Link Street™

Switching
Solutions
7-Port Fast Ethernet Switch with 802.1Q
88E6063

PRODUCT OVERVIEW
The Marvell¨ Link Streetª family of low power Fast Ethernet (FE) switches provides industry-leading functionality
and price-performance ratio for the cost-sensitive Small OfÞce/Home OfÞce (SOHO) gateway/switching market
and enterprise desktop switching market. The Link Street 88E6063 device is a 7-port Quality of Service (QoS)
switch integrating a high-performance switching fabric with four priority queues, a high-speed address look-up
engine, Þve 10/100 Ethernet digital PHY ports, two MII ports, seven independent Media Access Controllers
(MACs), Virtual Cable Testerª (VCT) technology for advanced cable diagnostics, 1Mb of memory, and Spanning
Tree support. Other advanced features include 802.1p/IPv4/IPv6 trafÞc classiÞcation, 802.1Q VLAN, extensive
RMON counters and special power management techniques for lowest power dissipation. The 88E6063 switch has
optimizations for faster packet routing and is an ideal product for low cost enterprise-class desktop switches,
advanced broadband gateway routers and Multi-Tenant Unit (MTU) gateways.
Port 0 & 1 Fiber
Enable and Controls
RX0 10BASE-T EE_CS
100BASE-TX/FX Port 0Õs Port States
& Register Loader EE_CLK
Transceiver MAC Tag Processing EE_DIN
TX0 w/Auto Crossover EE_DOUT
RX1 10BASE-T Port 1Õs Port States
100BASE-TX &
MAC Tag Processing
Transceiver
TX1 w/Auto Crossover
Time Slot Memory ControllerÑData Path
1 Mb Embedded
RX2 10BASE-T Memory
Port 2Õs Port States

Time Slot Memory ControllerÑAddress Path

100BASE-TX &
MAC Tag Processing Switch
Transceiver Fabric & Address
TX2 w/Auto Crossover Database
RX3 10BASE-T Port 3Õs Port States RESET#
100BASE-TX &
MAC Tag Processing
Transceiver XTAL_IN
TX3 w/Auto Crossover Queue Controller XTAL_OUT
10BASE-T with Four TrafÞc
RX4
100BASE-TX Port 4Õs Port States Classes CLK_SEL
Transceiver &
MAC Tag Processing
TX4 w/Auto Crossover SW_MODE[1:0]
ENABLE_P5
MAC or PHY Mode Port 5Õs Port States
&
MII/RMII/SNI Interface MAC Tag Processing
Look-up
DISABLE_P6 Engine
MAC or PHY Mode Port 6Õs Port States
&
MII/RMII/SNI Interface MAC Tag Processing
LED0[4:0]
LED1[4:0]
LED2[4:0]
LED Controller 40 32-Bit 802.1Q MDC
LEDCLK RMON VLAN CPU/Reg Interface MDIO
LEDENA Counters Table
LEDSER per port INT#

Fig 1. Link Street 88E6063 SOHO Switch Internal Block Diagram

FEATURES
¥ Single-chip integration of a 7-port FE QoS switch
¥ Five integrated 10/100 Ethernet PHY ports and two MII ports
Ð Two of the PHY ports can be conÞgured as copper or Þber
Ð Multi-mode MII interfaces
¥ Virtual Cable Testerª(VCT) technology
¥ Automatic MDI/MDIX crossover for 100BASE-TX and 10BASE-T ports
BENEFITS
¥ Provides low power solution for advanced wireless and wireline
gateway routers, enterprise desktop switches and MTU gateways
Ð Support both copper and Þber connections 
Ð Provide design ßexibility for connections to CPUs or external PHYs
¥ Advanced cable integrity diagnostics helps customers determine
location of cable opens, shorts and impedance mismatch; 
¥ Reduces costly phone calls to equipment manufacturersÕ support centers
¥ SimpliÞes networking installation
¥ Reduces costly support phone calls
 Link Street™ 7-Port Fast Ethernet Switch

FEATURES BENEFITS

¥ High-speed switch fabric ¥ Provides true non-blocking switching performance 

Ð Integrated 1 Mb on-chip memory Ð Reduces cost and enhances performance
Ð High-performance look-up engine with support for up to 2,048 MAC Ð Supports a large number of Ethernet nodes
address entries with automatic learning and aging
¥ QoS support with four trafÞc classes ¥ Ideal for supporting prioritized packet streams for time critical 
Ð QoS determined by destination MAC address, port ID, IEEE 802.1p and multimedia trafÞc 
tags, IPv4 Type of Service (TOS), Differentiated Services (DiffServ), Ð Supports the most number of trafÞc priority schemes in its class
and IPv6 trafÞc class
¥ Port VLAN and 802.1Q VLAN support ¥ Provides Layer 2 Þrewall protection 
Ð 802.1Q VLAN support for up to 64 VLANs Ð Support both port-based membership or 802.1Q VLAN-based 
Ð 802.1Q VLAN processing per port and VLAN tagging and untagging membership schemes 
Ð Supports full IEEE 802.1Q VLAN features
¥ Multiple address databases (up to 16) ¥ Allows packet routing without modiÞcation of the MAC address
¥ SNMP and trafÞc snooping support ¥ Enhances manageability 
Ð Extensive RMON statistics counters Ð SNMP support for better network management 
Ð IGMP snooping (IPv4) and MLD snooping (IPv6) Ð Allows better monitoring of trafÞc running on the network
¥ Supports a low cost 25 MHz XTAL clock source ¥ Helps to reduce overall Bill of Material (BOM) cost
¥ CMOS low power dissipation PAVE = less than 1W ¥ Eliminates expensive heatsinks or fans and permits the use of 
low cost and small enclosures

APPLICATIONS

The Marvell Link Street family of products provides industry-leading functionality for low cost integrated switches. The 88E6063
switchÕs high integration, low power, and two extra ports save BOM costs and support many applications with few additional
active components in a small footprint. The ßexibility of the 88E6063 switch comes from its conÞguration options and integration.
The device supports an optional EEPROM to override any desired QoS default settings. The 88E6063 switch contains PHYs, LED
drivers, voltage regulator logic, QoS switch logic, and memory. The only active components required to implement a complete
88E6063 10/100 Ethernet switch are a 25 MHz crystal clock source and two low cost PNP transistors used by the 88E6063
deviceÕs voltage regulator to generate 1.5V and 2.5V from 3.3V.
Router Chip with MAC
RXD[3:0]
TXD[3:0]

RX_CLK
TX_CLK
RX_DV
TX_EN
TX_ER

MDIO
MDC
CRS
COL

SMI
Port 5

ENABLE_P5 NC
25 MHz XTAL DISABLE_P6
3.3V Power 3.3V Link Street
(88E6063)
2.5V SOHO Switch Port 6 - MII
CONTROL_25
1.5V
CONTROL_15 PARALLEL
LED LINES 802.11
PHY
5x TX or
4x TX + 1 FX
Speed
Duplex/Collision
Port 0 Port 1 Port 2 Port 3 Port 4 Link/Activity
WAN LAN 1 2 3 4
Fig 2. Firewall Router Application
THE MARVELL ADVANTAGE: The Marvell Link Street 88E6063 FE switch comes with a complete set of hardware and software
development tools to assist network hardware engineers with product evaluation. MarvellÕs worldwide Þeld applications engineers
collaborate closely with network equipment vendors to develop and deliver new competitive products to market on time. Marvell utilizes
recognized world-leading semiconductor foundry and packaging services to reliably deliver high-volume and low cost total solutions.
For more information, visit our website at www.marvell.com.

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