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Micrel, Inc.
KSZ8873MLLJ
September 2011
4
M9999-091911-1.8
Contents
Pin Description and I/O Assignment................................................................................................................................. 11
Pin Configuration ................................................................................................................................................................ 16
Functional Description ....................................................................................................................................................... 17
Functional Overview: Physical Layer Transceiver .......................................................................................................... 17
100BASE-TX Transmit ..................................................................................................................................................... 17
100BASE-TX Receive ...................................................................................................................................................... 17
PLL Clock Synthesizer...................................................................................................................................................... 17
Scrambler/De-scrambler (100BASE-TX Only) ................................................................................................................. 17
10BASE-T Transmit.......................................................................................................................................................... 17
10BASE-T Receive........................................................................................................................................................... 18
MDI/MDI-X Auto Crossover .............................................................................................................................................. 18
Straight Cable ............................................................................................................................................................ 19
Crossover Cable ........................................................................................................................................................ 20
Auto-Negotiation ............................................................................................................................................................... 21
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Cable Diagnostics.............................................................................................................................................. 22
Access ....................................................................................................................................................................... 22
Usage......................................................................................................................................................................... 22
Functional Overview: Power Management....................................................................................................................... 22
Normal Operation Mode ................................................................................................................................................... 23
Energy Detect Mode ......................................................................................................................................................... 23
Soft Power Down Mode .................................................................................................................................................... 23
Power Saving Mode.......................................................................................................................................................... 23
Port based Power Down Mode......................................................................................................................................... 23
Hardware Power Down..................................................................................................................................................... 24
Functional Overview: MAC and Switch ............................................................................................................................ 24
Address Lookup................................................................................................................................................................ 24
Learning ............................................................................................................................................................................ 24
Migration ........................................................................................................................................................................... 24
Aging................................................................................................................................................................................. 24
Forwarding........................................................................................................................................................................ 24
Switching Engine .............................................................................................................................................................. 27
MAC Operation ................................................................................................................................................................. 27
Inter Packet Gap (IPG) .............................................................................................................................................. 27
Back-Off Algorithm..................................................................................................................................................... 27
Late Collision ............................................................................................................................................................. 27
Illegal Frames ............................................................................................................................................................ 27
Full Duplex Flow Control............................................................................................................................................ 27
Half-Duplex Backpressure ......................................................................................................................................... 27
Broadcast Storm Protection....................................................................................................................................... 28
Port Individual MAC address and Source Port Filtering ............................................................................................ 28
MII Interface Operation ..................................................................................................................................................... 28
MII Management (MIIM) Interface .................................................................................................................................... 29
Serial Management Interface (SMI).................................................................................................................................. 29
Advanced Switch Functions .............................................................................................................................................. 31
Bypass Mode .................................................................................................................................................................... 31
IEEE 802.1Q VLAN Support............................................................................................................................................. 31
QoS Priority Support......................................................................................................................................................... 32
Port-Based Priority..................................................................................................................................................... 32
802.1p-Based Priority ................................................................................................................................................ 32
DiffServ-Based Priority .............................................................................................................................................. 33
Spanning Tree Support..................................................................................................................................................... 33
Rapid Spanning Tree Support .......................................................................................................................................... 34
Tail Tagging Mode ............................................................................................................................................................ 34
IGMP Support ................................................................................................................................................................... 35