PMC-Sierra Gigabit Ethernet Switching Feature, System Benefit, Gigabit Ethernet Line Card, Asic

Feature	System Benefit
Redundant High-	￿ Redundant 10GE/10GFC XGMII to XAUI SERDES
Speed Serial I/O
Guaranteed Jitter	￿ Enables extremely low bit error rates critical for system performance across
Performance	process and system environment (temperature, voltage) variants
XAUI Retiming	￿ Extend backplane distances and improve system signal integrity
RX Equalization	￿ 10GE XGMII to XAUI SERDES
TX Pre-Emphasis	￿ 10GE XAUI backplane retimer and 10GBASE-CX4 driver

Modular Gigabit Ethernet and 10 Gigabit Ethernet Switch

10G XENPAK,

X2 or XPAK

MSA Module Slot

XGMII Interfaces XAUI

MAC/Port

Controller

ASSP, ASIC,

or FPGA

10 Gigabit Ethernet Line Card

2G, 3G Serial

or XAUI links

Switch

ASIC

w/ integrated

OpticalSFPSocketSFP	RGMII/RTBI Interface		GbE
OpticalSFPSocketSFP		MAC/Port
CopperSFPSocketSFP		Controller
		ASSP, ASIC,
CopperSFPSocketSFP
		or FPGA
CopperSFPSocketSFP
	Gigabit Ethernet Line Card
SFP Socket	with SFP Plug-in Modules

SERDES

1G or 2G Serial links

10G XENPAK, X2, XPAK, or IBPAK Modules

For IEEE 10GBASE-LX4, 10GBASE-CX4, 10G Fibre Channel or Infiniband

10GBASE-LX4 Module

Optical

Sub

Assembly

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10GBASE-CX4 Module

CX4

Cable

CX4 Connector

SERDES / Retimer Quick Links

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