TNETX4090

ThunderSWITCH II9-PORT 100-/1000-MBIT/S ETHERNETSWITCH

SPWS044E ± DECEMBER 1997 ± REVISED AUGUST 1999

description (continued)

MII

10/100

MAC

MII

10/100

MAC

MII

10/100

MAC

MII

10/100

MAC

MII

10/100

MAC

MII

10/100

MAC

MII

10/100

MAC

MII

10/100

MAC

EEPROM

I/F

CPU I/F

With

DMA

Local Packet Switching Memory

100-M

Management

MAC

MDIO

Switching Engine (Queue Manager)

Rambus

DRAM

Controller

VLAN 802.1Q

and

Address-Lookup Engine

2048 CAM

100/1000

MAC

GMII/PMA

Hardware

RMON

and

Etherstat

MIB

I/F

LED

I/F

JTAG

I/F

Figure 1. TNETX4090 Block Diagram

Statistics for the Etherstat, SNMP, and remote-monitoring management information base (RMON MIB) are independently collected for each of the nine ports. Access to the statistics counters is provided via the direct input/output (DIO) interface. Management frames can be received and transmitted via the DIO interface, creating a complete network management solution. Figure 1 is a block diagram of the TNETX4090.

The TNETX4090 memory solution combines low cost and extremely high bandwidth, using 600-Mbit/pin/s concurrent RDRAM. The packet memory has been implemented to maximize efficiency with the RDRAM architecture. Data is buffered internally and transferred to/from packet memory in 128-byte bursts. Extremely high-memory bandwidth is maintained, allowing all ports to be active without bottlenecking at the memory buffer.

The TNETX4090 is fabricated with a 2.5-V technology. The inputs are 3.3-V tolerant and the outputs are capable of directly interfacing to TTL levels. This provides the customer with a broad choice of interfacing device options.

Signal names and their terminal assignments are sorted alphabetically in Table 1.

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