KSZ8999 Overview
The KS8999 contains eight 10/100 physical layer transceivers, nine MAC (Media Access Control) units with an integrated layer 2 switch. The device runs in two modes. The first mode is an eight port integrated switch and the second is as a nine port switch with the ninth port available through an MII (Media Independent Interface).
KSZ8999 Key Features
- 9 port (8+1) 10/100 integrated switch with eight physical layer transceivers and one MII/SNI interface
- Advanced Ethernet Switch with internal frame buffer
- 128K Byte of SRAM on chip for frame buffering
- 2.0Gbps high performance memory bandwidth
- Wire speed reception and transmission
- Integrated address look-up engine, supports 1K absolute MAC addresses
- Automatic address learning, address aging and address migration
- Advanced Switch Features
- Supports 802.1p priority and port based priority
- Supports port based VLAN
