FocalPoint Ethernet Switch and Router Chip Family
The FM2000 layer-2 and the FM4000 L2/L3/L4 devices are available in a variety of port configurations with as many as 24 ports of full line-rate 10G switching and routing in a single, integrated device. Each FM2000 has a comparable, pin-compatible FM4000 device, enabling customers to offer a family of products with a range of features and price points, leveraging a single hardware design.
Similarly, a version of the FM6000 is available that is pin compatible with the FM4000 series devices, providing an upgrade path for new advanced features available only in the FM6000 series.
The following matrix provides a guide to the features and maximum port configurations in the FM2000, FM4000 and FM6000 series products:
Product
|
L2
|
L3 |
L4 |
FlexPipe |
SGMII
(1G) |
XAUI
(10G) |
XFI, KR (10G) |
MLD, KR4 (40G) |
|
X |
- |
- |
- |
24 |
24 |
- |
- |
|
X |
X |
X |
- |
24 |
24 |
- |
- |
|
X |
X |
X |
X |
72 |
24 |
72 |
18 |
Note: The ports identified as "SGMII" can be independently configured to operate at 10M, 100M, 1G, and 2.5G rates, using the SGMII standard.
The single-chip FM2000 series delivers a robust set of switching capabilities including VLAN support, spanning tree, security, link aggregation, management, statistics and more. With an unprecedented level of integration, the FM2000 device offers the most compact, lowest latency, power-efficient and cost-effective layer-2 Ethernet switching solutions available today.
The FM4000 series provides a high-performance, low-latency Ethernet switch architecture including a comprehensive suite of Layer 3/4 TCP/IP features and advanced security, congestion management and system management capabilities. These switches contain all the features necessary to enable Ethernet as the single, converged Data Center fabric, transporting inter-processor, storage and networking traffic. Traffic classification, class-based congestion management, and sophisticated traffic policing and queue management mechanisms allow multiple traffic types to be classified and effectively processed on a prioritized basis. Advanced tag switching, L2/3/4 access control lists and other security features, IPv4 and IPv6 unicast and multicast and in-band management capabilities -- all while preserving extremely low 300ns latency -- contribute to provide a resilient, highly-scalable Data Center switch platform.
The FM6000 series offers industry-leading density, latency, and packet rate, with an adaptable and deterministic packet processing pipeline -- FlexPipe, which offers the flexibility to embrace new data center standards as they emerge. The FM6000 supports the entire suite of IEEE DCB standards, including 802.1Qaz (ETS), 802.1Qbb (PFC), and 802.1Qau (QCN), along with 40G MLD interfaces, making it the ideal core for the next-generation highly-integrated top-of-rack switch.
Fulcrum provides a complete set of FocalPoint software tools that make it easy to utilize many of the advanced features available in the FocalPoint switch chips. These software tools includes a feature rich API, the TestPoint scripting tool and the ControlPoint protocol stack.
Fulcrum has developed a number of platform reference designs which demonstrate the capabilities of the FocalPoint devices and enable customers to get to market quickly with integrated, low-cost, and differentiated product offerings.
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