RTL8370N-VB: Single-chip 8-port gigabit
non-blocking switch architecture
Embedded 8-port 10/100/1000Base-T PHY
Each port supports full duplex
10/100/1000M connectivity (half duplex
only supported in 10/100M mode)
Full-duplex and half-duplex operation with
IEEE 802.3x flow control and backpressure
Supports 9216-byte jumbo packet length
forwarding at wire speed
Supports Realtek Cable Test (RTCT)
function
Supports 96-entry ACL Rules
Search keys support physical port,
Layer2, Layer3, and Layer4 information
Actions support mirror, redirect,
dropping, priority adjustment, traffic
policing, CVLAN decision, and SVLAN
assignment
Supports 5 types of user defined ACL
rule format for 64 ACL rules
Optional per-port enable/disable of ACL
function
Optional setting of per-port action to
take when ACL mismatch
Supports IEEE 802.1Q VLAN
Supports 4K VLANs and 32 Extra
Enhanced VLANs
Supports Un-tag definition in each
VLAN
Supports VLAN policing and VLAN
forwarding decision
Supports Port-based, Tag-based, and
Protocol-based VLAN
Up to 4 Protocol-based VLAN entries
Supports per-port and per-VLAN egress
VLAN tagging and un-tagging
Supports IVL, SVL, and IVL/SVL
Supports 4096-entry MAC address table
with 4-way hash algorithm
Up to 4096 L2/L3 Filtering Database
Supports Spanning Tree port behavior
configuration
IEEE 802.1w Rapid Spanning Tree
IEEE 802.1s Multiple Spanning Tree
with up to 16 Spanning Tree instances
Supports IEEE 802.1x Access Control
Protocol
Port-Based Access Control
MAC-Based Access Control
Guest VLAN
Supports Quality of Service (QoS)
Supports per port Input Bandwidth
Control
Traffic classification based on IEEE
802.1p/Q priority definition, physical
Port, IP DSCP field, ACL definition,
VLAN based priority, MAC based
priority, and SVLAN b
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