Broadcom BCM53112 Low-power Fast-Ethernet RoboSwitch™-2
Broadcom BCM53112 Low-power RoboSwitch™-2 is a highly integrated fast-ethernet switch designed for high-end FE applications. The BCM53112 features eight 10/100BASE-T ports (with integrated EPHYs), four 100FX/1000FX SGMII ports and additional two 1GbE/2.5GbE SGMII+ ports. The Switches are also equipped with high-end forwarding engines that are required in advanced applications. These engines include an intelligent QoS mechanism, a flexible, compact filter processor (CFP), sophisticated VLAN manipulation capability, security features, and packet synchronization for time-sensitive networks.
The BCM53112 is ideal for Industrial applications that demand advanced Time Sensitive Networking (TSN) and Audio-Video-Bridging (AVB) support. The device can also be used for next-generation 100Mbps hybrid-speed SMB solutions that require combinations of 100M/1GE/2.5GE ports and either unmanaged or lightly managed from GUI or the cloud. The BCM53112 Switches are designed based on the 28nm RoboSwitch™ architecture that integrates a powerful ARM Cortex-M7 CPU. The ARM Cortex-M7 CPU enables customers to design complete SMB and Industrial switches without relying on external processors. The BCM53112 can be purchased with different software packages designed for many applications and can be used with basic unmanaged software to design unmanaged switches that require no advanced functionality or VLAN segregation.
Features
- Embedded ARM Cortex-M7, 400MHz, CPU
- 8 × 10/100/1000Base-T ports with integrated ultra-low-power GPHYs
- 1 × QSGMII port
- 1 or 2 × 2.5GE/10GE SGMII/XFI ports with KR support
- 1x RGMII
- Switch cascading for double port-count
- 16K entry MAC address table
- 1K multicast group support
- 1 MB packet buffer
- srTCM and trTCM meters (support color aware and color blind modes)
- Eight CoS queues per port with priority flow-control
- EEE 802.1p, MAC, and DSCP packet classification
- Per-queue and per port shaper
- 4K VLANs (IEEE 802.1Q) with Virtual Switching Instance (VSI) support
- 1K CFP rules support (up to 192b key)
- Mirroring and sFlow sampling
- Loop detection
- 1K packets and bytes counters
- 16 LAG trunks (32 supported across cascaded switches)
- VLAN mapping and translation
- Protection and security mechanisms: port authentication (802.1x), isolation groups, BUM traffic metering, DOS filtering
- IEEE802.3az Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE)
- 802.1BR standards-based port extender
- AVB and Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) support (802.1Qbv, 802.1Qav)
- IEEE 1588 and SyncE support, including 802.1ASrev
- Jumbo frame up to 10K bytes
- 13mm × 13mm FBGA package
Applications
- 100Mbps Industrial Ethernet Switches with or without TSN support
- 100Mbps Port-Extender (802.1BR) solutions
- 100Mbps Unmanaged and Web-Managed SMB devices with high-speed 1GE/2.5Ge uplinks