- The world's first single chip providing over 100 10GbE ports
- Realizing large-scale network infrastructure expansion with 2x improved forwarding density
- Supports tens of thousands of server and machine endpoints in a multi-tenant environment
- Providing innovation to cloud-scale networks with integrated smart switch technology

September 4, 2012 – Broadcom, a global leader in wired and wireless semiconductors, today announced the StrataXGS® Trident II series, a new family of Ethernet switching solutions designed to meet the bandwidth, scalability, and efficiency demands of cloud networking environments and mega data centers. Based on Broadcom’s StrataXGS architecture, this new 10/40GbE series is the first chip to provide over 100 10/40GbE switches, four times the virtual network scale, and two times the forwarding and sorting tables, and will deliver significant returns on investment in connecting private and multi-tenant public cloud computing infrastructure.

Public and private clouds, Web 2.0, and other high-bandwidth data center applications are driving the need for greater scale and efficiency in data centers. Broadcom’s Strata XGS Trident II Series provides the most complete network switching capabilities with industry-leading bandwidth and port density, enabling tens of thousands of servers, storage endpoints, applications, and users to realize cost-effective and high-performance data center advancements.

Realizing fast and rich layerless networks with new SmartSwitch technology

The Strata XGS Trident II Series provides new smart switch technology to break down the barriers of traditional silicon and system-imposed performance in cloud-scale networks. The increasing performance needs for server-to-server and server-to-storage communication are also driving the need for fast, rich, and layerless networks. Similarly, the need for dynamic workload placement, granular traffic visibility, load balancing, and diagnostics is driving more flexible Software Defined Networks (SDN). New smart switch technologies include the following:
• Smart-NV: Provides up to four times greater scalability and enables SDN virtualization for virtual and physical workloads at wire speeds. In addition, it enables cloud-scale network infrastructure virtualization using enhanced L2oL3 (Layer 2 over Layer 3) network virtualization technologies such as NVGRE and VXLAN.
• Smart-Buffer: Provides up to 5 times higher packet buffer utilization and burst absorption performance using an innovative traffic load-based intelligent and dynamic allocation method.
• Smart-Table: Provides the highest Layer 2 and Layer 3 forwarding scale with network topology-based profiling for maximum deployment flexibility.
• Smart-Hash: Eliminates polarization in Fat Tree networks that process load imbalances and heavy, diverse traffic patterns. It provides network traffic visibility and diagnostics required for SDN.

Market Trends
o Annual global data center IP traffic is expected to reach 4.8 zettabytes (ZB) by 2015.
o The compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of overall cloud IP traffic is projected to increase by 66% from 2012 to 2015.
o It is expected to account for more than one-third (34%) of total data center traffic.
o The compound annual growth rate of public cloud workloads is expected to grow by 50% from 2012 to 2015.
o 40% of servers are virtualized today and are expected to reach 75% by 2015
o The compound annual growth rate of data center 10GE ports is expected to increase by 40% from 2012 to 2016.
o The compound annual growth rate of the 40GE portfolio is projected to increase by 130% from 2012 to 2016.
Strata XGS Trident II Key Features
o 10/40GbE single-chip switch configuration
o Flexibility to provide 32 40GbE ports and over 100 10GbE ports
o The first integrated switch provides NVGRE and VXLAN L2 to L3 transport and gateway switch technologies
o Supports industry-leading multipath-based Fat Tree network scale at the same cost
o Provides improved FCoE network scale by realizing up to 4x forwarding entry expansion and LAN/SAN consolidation
o SFP+/QSFP modules provide high port density through direct connection to the KR backplane
o Integrated IEEE 1588 Phase 1 Timing Solution
o Provides 40% reduction in Bill of Material (BOM) costs and 30% improved phase accuracy

The Strata XGS Trident II series includes various device options and is currently available as a sample.It is urgent.

Ram Velaga, Vice President and General Manager of Broadcom’s Core Switch business unit, stated, “Broadcom’s Strata XGS switch solutions are renowned in the industry for delivering exceptional performance levels and cost metrics in data center, service provider, and enterprise network environments.” He added, “Broadcom’s recently launched Strata XGS Trident II Series is a successor to the successful Trident Series that realizes a new era of cloud scale and SDN while delivering innovation with new features that meet the performance, scalability, and efficiency demands of traditional enterprises and emerging mega data centers.”

Seamus Crehan, President of Crehan Research, stated, “Technological developments such as virtualization, cloud computing, and network consolidation are fully contributing to the increasing demand for data center switches.” He added, “This is evident in the recent rapid growth of 10GbE and 40GbE data center switches, which are the focus of Broadcom’s existing Trident series. System vendors, OEMs, and cloud providers will now be able to address these growing data center network demands with enhanced speeds, port densities, and important and exciting new data center features.”