BCM5721

10/100/1000BASE-T CONTROLLER WITH INTEGRATED TRANSCEIVER

Single-chip device for server LAN-on-Motherboard (LOM) or
network interface card (NIC) applications

Integrated 10/100/1000BASE-T transceiver

10/100/1000BASE-T triple-speed MAC

High-speed RISC core with 24-KB cache

SMBus 2.0 controller

On-chip voltage regulation

Wake-on-LAN (WOL) power switching circuit

PCI Express host interface

1x lane

Four-pin interface

Functionality identical to PCI

Performance features

TCP, IP, and UDP checksum

Microsoft

Large Send Offload

Large burst read

Interrupt coalescing

Industry-compliant manageability features

IPMI 1.5 support

Standards-compliant WOL

Innovative out-of-box mode WOL

Hardware power switching

3.3V I/Os (5V tolerant)

JTAG

Wirespeed performance increases user performance

PCI Express provides wirespeed non-blocking throughput

TCP/IP offloads significantly reduce utilization of CPU

TCP/IP offloads significantly increase throughput to enable
faster downloads of large files

Industry's smallest GbE form factor enables easier
motherboard design

Innovative design reduces footprint to 67% smaller than
competing solutions

15 x 15-mm package

Integrated WOL switching eliminates external power
switching components

IPMI 1.5 remote manageability reduces IT costs

Support for standards-based manageability allows IT managers
to receive automatic alerts when PC support issues occur

Remote power-on/off features allow IT managers to power
cycle PCs to address issues

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