
Data Sheet
3
Intel
Media Switch IXE5418 Gigabit Device
Contents
1.0
General Description............................................................................................................5
2.0
Applications........................................................................................................................5
3.0
Functional Description........................................................................................................6
3.1
Introduction............................................................................................................6
4.0
Interface Descriptions.........................................................................................................8
5.0
Data Structures ..................................................................................................................9
5.1
Switching Block Entries.........................................................................................9
5.2
Layer 2 Protocol Support.....................................................................................10
5.3
IP Switching/Routing features .............................................................................10
5.3.1
Routing Domains....................................................................................10
5.3.2
IP Protocol Support ................................................................................11
5.4
IPX Switching/Routing Features..........................................................................11
5.4.1
Network and Node Addresses................................................................11
5.4.2
IPX Protocol Support..............................................................................11
5.5
Port-based VLAN Features .................................................................................11
5.5.1
Stack Port Net ID Entry ..........................................................................11
5.5.2
Stack Port to Local Port Lookup.............................................................12
5.6
Protocol-based VLAN Features...........................................................................12
5.7
802.1Q VLAN and 802.1D, 1998 Edition Priority and Class of Service Features12
5.8
Port Aggregation Features ..................................................................................12
5.9
Interrupt Generation and Handling......................................................................13
5.10
Packet Transfers to CPU.....................................................................................13
5.10.1 CPU Queues..........................................................................................13
5.10.2 Packet Headers......................................................................................13
5.11
Unresolved Packet Transfers to CPU .................................................................14
5.11.1 Unresolved Queues................................................................................14
5.12
Packet Transfers From CPU ...............................................................................15
6.0
Hardware Assisted Features............................................................................................16
6.1
Address Learning................................................................................................16
6.2
Learning of Socket Address ................................................................................16
6.3
Address Aging.....................................................................................................16
6.4
Statistics Counters ..............................................................................................16
6.5
Flow-based Statistics ..........................................................................................16
6.6
Bandwidth Management......................................................................................17
6.7
QoS.....................................................................................................................17
6.8
Broadcast and Multicast Storm Control...............................................................17
6.9
IP Multicast Routing ............................................................................................17
6.10
Prepend Word .....................................................................................................17
7.0
Electrical and Environmental Specifications.....................................................................18
7.1
7.2
7.3
Absolute Maximum Rating ..................................................................................18
Thermal Resistance ............................................................................................18
Functional Operating Range ...............................................................................19