Artesyn ATCA-9405 Installation and Use (May 2014) - Manual (Page 91)

Ethernet Infrastructure
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5.2 Ethernet Switch
The Ethernet switching device used on ATCA-9405 is Marvell 98CX8234, a highly integrated
32-Port 10 Gigabit Ethernet L2+ Packet Processor with 40 Gigabit Ethernet Uplinks.
The 98CX8234 is a member of the Prestera
®
-CX family that addresses bandwidth demand,
high density 10G solutions, and support for future 40G upgradability. The device is a packet
processor that is managed with an external CPU connected through PCI Express interface. The
device supports wide and flexible configuration of network interfaces from 1 GbE to 40 GbE
ports.
The ports can operate in Serial Gigabit Media Independent Interface (SGMII), 10 Gigabit
Attachment Unit Interface(XAUI), Reduced 10 Gigabit Attachment Unit Interface (RXAUI), or
40 Gigabit Attachment Unit Interface (XLAUI) Ethernet interface mode. The device has large
on-chip memory to support full wire speed L2, L3, and L4 filter performance.