PM6110 META-DX1 Ethernet PHYs

Overview

Product Overview

The META-DX1 family devices are multi-purpose Ethernet MACs/PHYs supporting rates from 1GE to 400GE. Each family member has 48 high-speed SerDes to enable up to 1.2 Tbps capacity with PAM4 SerDes, 800 Gbps when configured for gearboxing or 2:1 mux applications, and 600 Gbps capacity with NRZ SerDes. These highly flexible devices support retiming (analog and PCS), forward and reverse gearboxing, industry-leading timestamping accuracy to enable Class C/D PTP applications, hitless 2:1 multiplexing, crosspoint functionality, and flexible I/O to enable connectivity to a variety of optical modules, DACs, packet processors, and Ethernet switches. The META-DX1 family has members supporting MACsec for encryption and Flexible Ethernet (FlexE) for Data Center Interconnect and Service Provider applications.

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• Protecting Ethernet traffic from ever-growing network security threats requires that any data leaving the data center must be encrypted. MACsec encrypts Ethernet traffic at the frame level and was designed to provide standards-based end-to-end WAN security.

• FlexE provides a way to optimize the use of network capacity, and enables a layer of flexibility between standards-based Ethernet rates, providing opex and capex benefits. FlexE enables large packet flows with higher efficiency than using Link Aggregation Groups (LAG). FlexE also allows the use of cost-optimized 100G optical modules while supporting new, higher data rates. FlexE on a switch or router can also reduce capex by enabling the transport portion of the network to choose a wavelength that maximizes the bandwidth efficiency.

Product Highlights

• Up to 1.2 Tbps capacity throughput in a single device
• Ethernet client support from 1GE to 400GE
• Flexible Ethernet support
• Line-speed MACsec encryption engines (10G-400G support) 
• 48 integrated 28G NRZ/56G PAM4 SerDes
• Optional Interlaken interface
• Direct connectivity to passive copper cables including support for link training and auto negotiation
• PTP (IEEE 1588v2) support up to Class C/D for 10G-400G
• SyncE support
• Ethernet retiming
• OTN retiming
• 800G forward and reverse gearbox functionality
• Hitless 2:1 mux mode for Working/Protect functionality
• Flexible I/O and crosspoint functionality supports “any-to-any” SerDes connection

Benefits for Service Providers & OEMs

• 1.2 Tbps device enables 10 Tbps+ line cards
• Class C/D timestamping enables 5G-ready equipment
• Crosspoint enables flexible connection to multiple types of optics on a single design
• FlexE enables a path to meet DCI requirements of hyperscale cloud service providers
• Enables MACsec to be deployed across existing Ethernet switched networks
• Hardware compatibility and common SDK across family reduces overall investment and reduces time to market
• Software Development Kit (SDK) APIs to reduce development time