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VSC7396

VSC7396

GENERAL DESCRIPTION:

SPECIFICA TIONS:

SparX-G5m™ – 5+1-Port Integrated Gigabit Ethernet Switch with Transceivers

VSC7396

SparX-G5m

is

the

highly

integrated,

single-chip Gigabit Ethernet switch with 5+1 Integrated

GbE Copper PHY ports. As part of the Vitesse SparX

Family

of

Switches,

SparX-G5m

delivers

high

performance

with

easy

migration

paths,

and

comprehensive system solutions that enable ultra-short

time-to-market and market-leading system cost.

A Vitesse Switch Family Member

Web-managed Switches, taking the family into a new generation of

integration. With its five integrated tri-speed Gigabit Ethernet copper

transceivers, one tri-speed RGMII/GMII, and several integrated

management interfaces, it is specifically targeted at SMB and SOHO

unmanaged applications; with its V-Core CPU (on-chip 8051) and parallel

CPU interface, it enables Web-managed and managed switch

applications.

Being a member of the switch family provides a number of unique

advantages when designing with the chip: there is nearly 100% software

compatibility between the switch family members; software written for

SparX-G5m can easily be used with other switch configurations in the

family, and vice-versa; and with minimal effort and time, designs can be

upgraded to higher port counts, or migrated to other configurations or

future technology. Building a product family is easy when designing with

Vitesse switches!

SparX-G5m shares the unique traits of the Vitesse SparX Family Of

Switches. The highly integrated switch supports 136 kilobytes of on-chip

frame buffer, and the integration of the copper PHY as well as an internal

oscillator circuit simplifies PCB layout to reduce time and cost. Further

trimming down system cost is the industry's lowest power, fully integrated,

Switch-plus-Copper PHY technology.

The switches provide for high performance designs with their nonblocking,

wire-speed performance, which includes wire-speed MAC address

learning. Designing both unmanaged and Web-managed solutions is

straightforward. The chips offer an internal V-Core CPU (on-chip 8051)

and serial and parallel CPU interfaces, and support a host of management

protocols such as GxRP, SNMP, and three flavors of Spanning Tree:

Standard STP, Multiple STP, and Rapid STP.

Controlling networks operated by the Vitesse switches is simple; advanced

classification with IPv4 and IPv6 support, along with port DSCP remarking

and 802.1X authentication support, provides flexible QoS operation. This

is backed up by Layer 2-4 link aggregation and VLAN support, enabling

managed switches to be deployed. The VSC7396 provides Multicast

Listener Discovery (MLD) snooping for more efficient management of IPv6

frames.

With its unique low power dissipation, the VSC7396 enables fanless

operation, thereby providing higher system reliability and lower noise, both

to the benefit of the user.

Designing with Vitesse SparX Family Of Switches means designing with

the complete Vitesse solution: Vitesse provides a comprehensive,

Web-managed switch software system for the V-Core CPU (internal 8051).

This is in addition to the unmanaged and smart managed software

systems for 8051, which are also included. For homegrown software

development, the Vitesse full platform and OS independent switch API is

supplied. Accompanying the software systems are the Vitesse Switch

reference systems. These are production-ready hardware designs that

also serve as evaluation platforms. The Vitesse solution is supplied with a

comprehensive collateral package, including software source code, full

documentation, and an in-depth qualification report for easy

pre-evaluation.

25-MHz LVTTL clock

1.2 V core power supply

3.3 V interface power supply

5-port unmanaged Gigabit Ethernet SMB/SOHO switch

5-port Web-managed Gigabit Ethernet SMB/SOHO switch

5-port LAN switch and 1-port WAN broadband (DSL/WLAN) router

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