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RCHD-SPARX

NETWORKING SWITCH SOM

High performance small footprint L2/L3
Ethernet solderable switch SoM.

Available soon

RCHD-SPARX

High Performance
Networking Switch SoM

Dual-core 1 GHz ARM Cortex-A53
up to 4GB DDR4 RAM
up to 200 Gbit/s bandwidth
up to 8x 25 GbE ports

65 configurable Ethernet ports
L2/L3 switching with QoS
PCIe Gen2
PoE controller

High performance switch

RCHD-SPARX provides functionalities of a high performance switch in a small form factor solderable SoM. Up to 200 Gbit/s of switching bandwidth. Packed with hardware and software networking features.

65 configurable Ethernet ports

High number of 1/2.5/5/10/25 Gbit/s ports allows for flexible configurations delivering high throughput and multi-port aggregation – for a maximum of 65 ports, up to 200 Gbit/s total bandwidth, with physical interfaces delivered through a dedicated baseboard. Its 105°C industrial temperature range allows implementations in harsh environments.

RCHD-SPARX - Specification

SoC	Microchip Sparx-5 Ethernet Switch - VSC7552, VSC7556, VSC7558
CPU Architecture	1 GHz dual-core ARM® Cortex-A53® for switch management ARM® Cortex-M3® for PCIe bootup and POE management
Memory	DDR4 SDRAM with ECC support (1, 2 or 4 GB)
Ethernet	128, 160 or 200 Gbit/s total switching bandwidth 65 Configurable Ethernet ports (65 MAC address range) Sample configuration: 8x 25 Gbit/s + 12x 10 Gbit/s + 24x 2.5 Gbit/s Support for QSGMII, USGMII, USXGMII, HSGMII, SGMII, 10GBASE-R, 25GBASE-R
Mass storage	eMMC (4 – 64 GB) EEPROM (32 KB) SPI NAND flash for bootloader (8 MB) Optional M.2 NVMe via baseboard
PCIe	1x 2.0/3.0 PCIe configurable as root complex or endpoint mode
Other Interfaces	SPI I2C GPIO
Debug	USB Micro-B 2.0 console port on baseboard JTAG
Software support	Linux 5.16 and newer U-Boot Yocto Buildroot FreeBSD
Additional features	EEE1588 Precision Time Protocol & SyncE Synchronous Ethernet
Power supply	5 V
Dimensions	75 mm x 80 mm

RCHD-SPARX - Baseboards

Planned Baseboard Options

Baseboard A:
8x 25 GbE SFP28
12x 10 GbE RJ-45 PoE++
24x 2.5 GbE RJ-45 PoE++

Baseboard B:
8x 25 GbE SFP28
48x 2.5 GbE RJ-45 PoE++

Baseboard C:
8x 25 GbE SFP28
12x 10 GbE SFP+
12x 5 GbE RJ-45 PoE++

Baseboard features:

Ethernet OOB management and debug
PoE power supply delivery
Redundant power supply support
I/O voltage monitoring
Temperature monitoring
Fan speed monitoring and control

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RCHD-SPARX is applicable for

Network aggregation for base stations
Industrial networking
Video surveillance
Network storage and data buffering
Enterprise L2/L3 management (L3-Lite)
Enterprise edge networking

WiFi aggregation
Embedded and control plane switches
Security appliances
Baseband processor interconnections
Customer Premises Equipment

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