BCM578x0 Family of 10G Converged Controllers
The BCM578x0 family of Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) converged controllers represent the industry's first offering of quad-port converged controllers, delivering up to twice the port density - and many more features - in the industry's smallest footprint with extremely low power per port. Designed for high-volume, converged local-area-network-on-motherboard (LOM) and converged network adapter applications, the BCM578x0 family enables manufacturers to transition more of their product lines to high-speed 10GbE connectivity in a cost-effective manner.
Among the first solutions in the industry supporting the latest PCI Express® (PCIe®) 3.0 specification, the new 40nm Broadcom® converged controller family enables server manufacturers to reduce bill of material (BOM) costs while increasing performance and functionality.
On-chip protocol processing offload engines such as iSCSI, FCoE, TCP, and RDMA-ready hardware provide data center managers with a significant increase in storage and networking performance, while consuming less power and freeing up host CPU resources to perform other functions. Each device delivers industry-leading networking and storage performance via bi-directional line-rate on all 10G ports simultaneously.
The new 10GbE converged controller family includes:
BCM578x0 Family Highlights:
- Designed to deliver the industry's best performance with up to 67 percent higher input/output per second (IOPS) as compared to Broadcom's previous generation 10G offering.
- From a footprint perspective, the new converged controllers utilize only 0.82 square inches of space for up to four ports of converged 10GbE; including serializers/deserializers (SerDes) for SFP+ rack server and 10GBASE-KR for blade server applications. o The new family of converged controllers includes baseline server features such as Wake-on-LAN, Remote Boot (PXE), and NC-SI server management.
- Additional power savings in low utilization periods are achieved with Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE) capabilities that further reduce power consumption in 10GBASE-T applications.
More Information
Pre-Sale Questions:
For questions regarding Broadcom's products or solutions please contact the appropriate sales office, representative or distributor in your area.
