VSC8476 Overview
With these functions, the VSC8476 implements the IEEE 802.3ae and T11 10 GFC XGMII extender sublayer (XGXS or PHY XS), physical coding sublayer (PCS), and physical medium attachment (PMA). The VSC8476 supports the 10.3 Gbps and the 10.5 Gbps rates as defined by IEEE 802.3ae and T11 10 GFC. All specifications refer to the higher 10.5 Gbps rate for consistency;.
VSC8476 Key Features
- 10 GbE and 10 G Fibre Channel serial LAN transceiver
- FullypliantwithIEEE802.3ae(10 GbE)and (10 G Fibre Channel) T11 Project-1413-D
- XFI pliant
- CML 10.3 Gbps to 10.5 Gbps high-speed front-end
- 4 × 3.125 Gbps to 3.1875 Gbps XAUI I/O
- XAUI lane programmability: lane swap, bit-order
- 8b/10b encoders/decoders
- XGMII I/O (1.5 V supply HSTL)
- Integrated gearbox function
- Support for data and control character 64B and 66B encoding and decoding