TNETX3100 ThunderSWITCH^TM 10-PORT 10-/100-MBIT/S ETHERNET^TM SWITCH

SPWS031D - JUNE 1997 - REVISED OCTOBER 1997

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features

• Highly Integrated Single-Chip Shared-Memory Switch
• Provides Eight 10-Mbit/s Ethernet Ports and Two 10-/100-Mbit/s Ethernet Ports
• Collision-Based Flow Control
• Supports Cut-Through and Store-and-Forward Modes of Switching Operation
• All Ports Are Full-Duplex Capable
• 10-/100-Mbit/s Port Capable of Bidirectional Tagging
• Supports On-Chip Per-Port Storage for Etherstat^TM and Remote Monitoring (RMON) for Simple-Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
• Provides Direct Connection to Industry-Standard PHY Components:
  • 10-Mbit/s Ports - Serial Network Interface (SNI)
  • 10-/100-Mbit/s Ports - SNI for 10-Mbit/s and Media-Independent Interface (MII) for 100-Mbit/s
• Supports Multiple Media-Access Controller (MAC) Address Switching Modes
• Virtual-LAN (VLAN) Capable
• EEPROM Interface for Auto-Configuration, No CPU Needed, Enabling Lowest-Cost Switching Solution
• Provides External Address Match (EAM) Interface
• Packet Memory Utilizes Cost-Effective 60-ns Extended Data Out (EDO) DRAM
• Provides Direct Input/Output (DIO) Interface for Configuration and Statistics Information
• Provides Transmit Pacing
• LED Interface for Link Activity, Flow-Control Indication, and Port Status
• Fabricated in 3.3-V Low-Voltage Technology
• Packaged in 240-Pin Plastic Quad Flatpack
• 5-V Tolerant I/Os
• JTAG Compliant

  ThunderSWITCH, ThunderNET, and ThunderPHY are trademarks of Texas Instruments Incorporated. Ethernet and Etherstat are trademarks of Xerox Corporation

description

The ThunderSWITCH TNETX3100 is a 10-port 10-/100-Mbit/s Ethernet switch. A low-cost solution is achieved by combining the TNETX3100 with physical interfaces and low-cost packet memory. The TNETX3100 provides 32 internal media access controller (MAC) address registers, collision-based flow control, virtual LAN (VLAN) support, and uplink support.

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