VSC7388

SparX-G8™ – 8-port Integrated Gigabit Ethernet Switch SoC with Copper PHYs

ETHERNET PRODUCTS

PB-VSC7388-005

BENEFITS:

Ensures Maximum Data Throughput in Highly Loaded Networks

Reduces the Need for any PHY Components Thereby Significantly

Reducing Overall Systems Cost

Eliminates the Need for External Buffer Memory While Maintaining

High Peak Load Performance

Enables Advanced Switch Management Using Run-time Protocols, in

Addition to Low Cost Unmanaged and Web Managed Operation

Enables LAN Edge Products to Generate Standard Priority which can be

used in the Core Network

Connects Effortlessly to Networks, Hosts, and Controllers that Utilize up

to 9.6K Sized Jumbo Frames

Optimizes Network Performance to Support any Digital Stream, from

Internet Browsing to VoIP and Video

Stores a Large Amount of Stations at Wire Speed in the On-chip MAC

Table, Ensuring Optimal Network Performance

Provides High Bandwidth Uplinking Abilities

Ensures Loss-less Data Transmission while Supporting Existing Legacy

Ethernet Equipment

Eliminates Unwanted Flooding of Ports and Thereby Increases Overall

Network Performance

Supports Complex Network Topologies with Fast Failure Recovery and

Access Control

Simplifies Design and Reduces Overall System Cost

Enables Real Time Cable Diagnostics and Low Cost Magnetics with

Only 4 or 8 Cores per port

FEA TURES:

8 Gigabit Ethernet Ports with Nonblocking Wire-speed Performance

8 Tri-speed (10/100/1000 Mbps) Copper Transceivers (IEEE 802.3ab™

Compliant) with 2 Optional Multiplexed Tri-speed (RGMII/GMII) Interfaces

144 KB On-chip Frame Buffer

Selection Between On-chip 8051 CPU or Off-chip 8-bit CPU for Fully

Managed Applications

DSCP Remarking for Both IPv4 and IPv6 Frames

Jumbo Frame Support in all Three Speeds (10/100/1000 Mbps)

Programmable Classifier for QoS, Including IEEE Std 802.1p™ and

DSCP for IPv4 and IPv6, with 4 Classes of Service

8K MAC Addresses and 4K VLANs (IEEE Std 802.1Q™)

Flexible Link Aggregation Compliant to IEEE Std 802.3ad™

Full Duplex Flow Control (IEEE Std 802.3X™) and Half Duplex Back

Pressure, Symmetric and Asymmetric

Multicast and Broadcast Storm Control as well as Flooding Control

Multiple Protocol Support: IEEE Std 802.1D™, IEEE Std 802.1w™, IEEE

Std 802.1s™ and IEEE Std 802.1X™

Integrated Oscillator Circuit

Vitesse VeriPHY™ Cable Diagnostics and SimpliPHY™ Magnetics

Technology

APPLICA TIONS:

8-port Unmanaged Gigabit Ethernet SMB/SOHO Switch

8-port Web Managed Gigabit Ethernet SMB/SOHO Switch

8-PORT UNMANAGED SMB SWITCH:

EEPROM

Serial EEPROM Interface

VSC7388

SparX-G8

TM

MagJacks with Integrated Magnetics