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High Capacity StrataXGS® Trident-II+ Ethernet Switch Series
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Overview
Overview
As server interfaces in the enterprise data center transition from 1 to 10GbE, and virtualization
continues to increase link utilization, data center networks are demanding top-of-rack (ToR)
switches with dense 10GbE ports and 100GbE connectivity to the spine layer.
With support for up to eight 100GbE ports and more than 100 10GbE ports, the StrataXGS®
Trident-II+ switch series can be used to build highly scalable, lower power, feature-rich ToR
switches. Together with spine switches built around the StrataXGS Tomahawk™ and StrataDNX™
switch series, the Trident-II+ series form the ideal combination to drive cloud scale networking
adoption in the enterprise market.
In addition, fabrics of BCM56868 with BCM56860 devices can be interconnected via the HiGig2™BCM56860
protocol to support multi-terabit chassis designs for large-scale data center, enterprise and service
provider applications. The StrataXGS Trident-II+ switch with integrated SmartSwitch™ technology
has been designed to address performance, capacity and service requirements for next generation
data centers and cloud computing applications.
Features
Single-chip solution for common fixed top-of-rack (ToR), aggregation
and line-card switching applications
Support for 100GbE uplinks (to connect to StrataXGS Tomahawk spine
switches)
Full performance VMWare® VXLAN and Microsoft® NVGRE tunneling
protocol performance
Up to 128x 10G integrated SerDes with Energy Efficient Ethernet for
maximum port density per RU
Standards compliant switch with support for up to 8 ports of 100 GbE,
32 ports of 40GbE or more than 100 ports of 1GbE/10GbE
Drop-in, lower power upgrade for StrataXGS Trident II switches
Applications
Routers
Software-Defined Networking Solutions
Switches
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Specifications
Specification Value
Lifecycle Active
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SerDes / GPHY 128 x 10G
I/O Bandwidth (Gbps) 1280
Bandwidth UOM Gbps
Package 28nm, FPB4NGS, 29mmx29mm
PHY Type 100GE
I/O Controller
Bus Interface
Transfer Rates
External Memory Interfaces 8-bit and 16-bit Flash, w/ 6 Chip Selects SRAM, NVSRAM
ASIC
Link-Speeds
Ports
TruFlow™
TruManage™
Smart Congestion Control
NPAR
RoCEv2
Multi-Host
Smart NICs
I/O BANDWIDTH (Gbps) 1280 Gbps
Optional Products
Lifecycle Status
Active
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28nm Octal 25G/28G Unidirectional Repeater
BCM82181
28nm Octal 25G/28G Bidirectional Repeater
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