Broadcom BCM56980B0KFSBG

Overview

The BCM56980B0KFSBG is an integral component of the highly modular switch architecture. Each port supports 10/100/1000-Mbps Ethernet with copper or fibre physical interfaces. The BCM56980B0KFSBG has a fully integrated SerDes with an SGMII interface on the GbE ports. The flexibility and modularity of the BCM56980B0KFSBG switch architecture makes it suitable for a wide range of applications including fixed, blade server, and metro Ethernet switching.

• 12 10/100/1000-Mbps Ethernet ports with copper or fibre connectivity • All address tables and buffer memory fully integrated on-chip • Support for jumbo frames of up to 9 KB in size • Advanced full-duplex end-to-end flow and congestion control with head-of-line blocking prevention • ContentAware™ packet filtering and classification per-port • Wirespeed operation • Support for 802.1p, TOS/DiffServ, policing, shaping, marking, and remarking • Rate control of broadcast, unknown multicast and unicast packets • Eight queues per port • Support for double 802.1q VLAN tagging and VLAN translation • Advanced diagnostic including JTAG boundary scan and BIST functionality • Low power consumption of 4.65W in a 480-pin PBGA package • Pin-to-pin compatible with the BCM5693

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