BCM56502
®
24-PORT GbE MULTILAYER SWITCH WITH TWO 10-GbE/
HiGig+™ PORTS
24-Port Gigabit Ethernet Multilayer Switch
• 24 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet ports supporting both copper
and fiber connections
Fifth generation of StrataSwitch
®
and StrataXGS
®
product line
Two 12-Gbps or 10-Gbps HiGig+
TM
port uplink interfaces
Two 10-GbE switching ports, CX4 support
Line-rate switching for all packet sizes and conditions
On-chip data packet memory and table memory
IPv6 routing and tunneling
Advanced Fast Filter Processor (FFP) ContentAware
TM

classification
Advanced security features in hardware
Port-trunking and mirroring supported across stack
Advanced packet flow control:
Head-of-line blocking prevention
Back pressure support
Eight QoS queues per port with hierarchical minimum/
maximum shaping per Class of Service (CoS) per queue per port
Standard compliant 802.1ad provider bridging
Highly scalable BroadScale
TM
architecture evolved from five
generations of switching experience provides rich features,
scalability, and future proof solutions.
Optimized for secure-switching and convergence of applications
and services in the networks.
System vendors can build scalable high-performance, high-port
density GbE LAN switches in several form factors.
Multiple CoS and low latency enable the support of VoIP and
other voice, video, and data applications.
Built-in high-speed serial interfaces with Broadcom-unique
SerDes technology ease and accelerate system design, while
reducing cost and conserving board space.
Broadcom switch API compatibility enables software reuse and
faster time-to-market.
Small package and low power enables cost-effective and high-
performance system design.
FEATURES SUMMARY OF BENEFITS
10/100/1000 MACs
ContentAware FFP Security
L2/IPv4/IPv6
PCI
Packet Buffer MMU
HiGig+/10 GbE HiGig+/10 GbE
24 x GbE