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Linecard Control
Processor
Ethernet Port
Ethernet Line Card
MAC
Packet
Processing
Linecard Control
Processor
Ethernet Line Card
MAC
Packet
Processing
Linecard Control
Processor
Ethernet Line Card
Fabric
Adapter
System Card
System Control
Processor
Fabric
Ethernet Port
Ethernet Port
VSC8584
VSC8584
VSC8584
Highlights
• Part of the world's fi rst and only NIST
FIPS197 128/256-bit MACsec-support
family of GbE PHYs
• 802.1AE-2006, 802.1AEbn-2011, and
802.1AEbw-2013 compliant
• Exclusive patented "Tag-in-the-Clear" and
"Flow-Based" technologies enable MACsec
to work in any IPv4 or IPv6-based network
capable of supporting VLANs and/or MPLS
• One-step and two-step VeriTime™ time
stamping over encapsulated links including
MPLS and PBB
• MPLS and Ethernet Y.1731 OAM
• EcoEthernet™ 2.0 green technology
• Supports clause 45 MDIO register access
• Enhanced SPI interface supports high port
count IEEE 1588v2 applications
Applications
• Wireless backhaul systems
• Carrier Ethernet cellular base systems
• Industrial automation systems
• Secure data center to data center
interconnects
Enables network-wide Layer 2 MACsec encryption and preserves
nanosecond-level IEEE 1588v2 network timing accuracy with a simple
PHY upgrade.
The quad port VSC8584 GbE PHY with Intellisec and VeriTime is
ideal for securing cloud network applications including e-commerce,
databases, collaboration, smart grid, video, and enterprise or
government communications.
Intellisec enables a realistic and affordable Layer 2 MACsec
security solution. Intellisec is a patent-pending technology enabling
IEEE802.1AE MACsec encryption end-to-end over any network,
including multi-operator and cloud-based networks, independent of
the network's awareness of security protocols. Intellisec is not limited
to traditional MACsec link-based box-to-box applications. Likewise,
Intellisec scales easily with the number of interfaces delivering signifi cant
cost savings in network deployment.
VeriTime is Microsemi's patent-pending timing technology that delivers
the industry's most accurate IEEE 1588v2 timing implementation down
to 4 ns. Integration of MACsec with IEEE 1588v2 time stamping in the
PHY is an effi cient and low cost method to protect data passing through
the network while maintaining highly accurate time of day (ToD). For
these applications, the device supports daisy-chaining of SPI interfaces
for IEEE 1588v2 time stamping to reduce the number of pins required
on a target ASIC, SoC or FPGA.
VSC8584 supports Y.1731 OAM and MPLS-TP OAM for accurate delay
measurement and performance monitoring. In addition, it includes dual
recovered clock outputs for timing references in Synchronous Ethernet
solutions. Using Microsemi's Ring Resiliency™ technology, the PHY
switches between master and slave timing without interrupting the
1000BASE-T link.
VSC8584
Quad-Port 10/100/1000BASE-T, 100/1000BASE-X PHY with Synchronous Ethernet, VeriTime™, Intellisec™, and QSGMII/ SGMII MAC
