Marvell Switching Prestera 98dx83xx Product Brief 2016 12
Marvell Switching Prestera 98dx83xx Product Brief 2016 12
Overview
Marvell® Prestera® 98DX83xx multi-layer Ethernet switch The Marvell Prestera 98DX83xx family includes extensive traffic
devices are a new generation of highlyintegrated packet counters across all its processing and forwarding/fi ltering
processors built for service delivery in Campus LAN Access engines. The architecture enables key technologies, such as
Switch and Aggregation, Wi-Fi 802.11ac Wave2 Access Point standard virtual overlay encapsulations as well as large L2/
Aggregation, eDrive and Server connectivity, and other L3-host Forwarding Database (FDB) and Longest Prefix Match
interconnect applications requiring low-power 40GbE and (LPM) tables for high scaling of L2/L3 services.
10GbE connectivity.
These devices support two-step and one-step Precision Time
They can be used in SDN and OpenFlow applications, utilizing Protocol (PTP) per the IEEE 1588v1/v2 standard and includes
its multiple TCAM lookups for generic match/action rules and up to 33 high-speed, low-power, multi-rate SERDES. It is also
its L2/L3 forwarding tables. The Marvell Forwarding Plane feature and software compatible with the previous generations
Abstraction (FPA) software suite enables seamless integration of the Prestera-DX Family of devices and provides a consistent
with the leading OpenFlow agents and controllers. architecture for 1 and 10 Gigabit Ethernet devices.
Block Diagram
PCIe
Network Ports
SERDES Interface
Key Features
Features Benefits
Virtual Overlay Network • NVGRE, VXLAN-GPE, GENEVE, SPB, and 802.1BR port extender
Unified Architecture • Support for virtual bridging and routing and congestion
management features enabling OpenFlow, SDN/Network Function
Virtualization (NFV) cloud-managed network deployments
SERDES Test Capabilities • Rx and Tx/Rx Training capability per SERDES lane for optimizing
the SERDES performance and error rate
• Built-in test capabilities (loopback and PRBS) per SERDES lane
• Eye Opening Monitor per SERDES lane for tuning and diagnostics
Target Applications
The Marvell Prestera 98DX83xx family provides a consistent architecture for 1 Gigabit and 10 Gigabit Ethernet devices.
Typical target applications include:
• Enterprise and Campus 10GbE Access and Aggregation Switch • SMB Managed, smart and unmanaged 10GbE switches
• 10G embedded connectivity (base station, servers) for Internet café and Gaming
• Storage and server connectivity in the private cloud
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