BCM56960B1KFSBG

Broadcom's BCM56960 Series, also known as the StrataXGS Tomahawk switch series, can help build highly scalable, feature-rich, top-of-rack (ToR), blade or aggregation switches to enable cloud-scale networking. StrataXGS Tomahawk is the first series of switches to offer 25 Gbps SerDes in support of 25/50/100GbE. It provides a total switching capacity of 3.2 Tbps ranging from 32 ports of 100 GbE to 128 ports of 25 GbE, with the flexibility to configure port type and speed to suit any high-performance networking application.The StrataXGS Tomahawk switch series includes BroadView instrumentation, which provides operators the telemetry to troubleshoot large-scale networks, apply controls for optimal performance, respond to potential problems before they happen and drive down OPEX. This includes extensive application flow and debug statistics, link health and utilization monitors, streaming network congestion detection and packet-tracing capabilities.

• Support for up to 32 × 100 GbE, 64 × 40/50 GbE or even 128 × 25 GbE ports with an aggregate switching bandwidth of 3.2 Tbps
• Integrated low-power 25Ghz SerDes
• Authoritative support for 25G and 50G Ethernet Consortium specification
• Configurable pipeline latency enabling sub-400 ns port-to-port operation
• Supports high-performance storage/RDMA protocols including RoCE and RoCEv2
• BroadView instrumentation provides switch- and network-level telemetry
• High-density FleXGS™ flow processing for configurable forwarding/match/action capabilities
• OpenFlow 1.3+ support using Broadcom OF-DPA™
• Comprehensive overlay and tunneling support including VXLAN, NVGRE, MPLS, SPB
• Flexible policy enforcement for existing and new virtualization protocols
• Enhanced Smart-Hash™ load-balancing modes for leaf-spine congestion avoidance
• Integrated Smart-Buffer™ technology with 5x greater performance vs. static buf