The Intel® Ethernet FM4000 family of switch devices contain up to 24 10GbE ports and utilize a high performance, low latency Ethernet switch architecture including a comprehensive suite of Layer 3 features along with advanced classification, congestion management, and system management capabilities. These switches contain all the features necessary to enable Ethernet as the single, converged datacenter fabric, transporting inter-processor, storage and networking traffic. The FM4000 products provide many advanced features, which are listed in the table below.
Features and Specifications |
Intel® Ethernet Switch FM4224 |
Intel® Ethernet Switch FM4212 |
Intel® Ethernet Switch FM4112 |
Intel® Ethernet Switch FM4410 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Maximum bandwidth |
240G |
120G |
96G |
90G |
Maximum SGMII ports |
24 |
12 |
24 |
16 |
Maximum XAUI ports |
24 |
12 |
8 |
8 |
Maximum 10G KR ports |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Maximum 40G KR4 ports |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Cut-through latency |
300nS |
300nS |
300nS |
300nS |
Frame processing rate |
360 Mpps |
180 Mpps |
144 Mpps |
95 Mpps |
Shared packet memory size |
2MB |
2MB |
2MB |
2MB |
Traffic classes |
8 |
8 |
8 |
8 |
MAC table size |
16K |
16K |
16K |
16K |
ACL rules |
16K |
16K |
16K |
16K |
IPv4/IPv6 routes |
16K/4K |
16K/4K |
16K/4K |
16K/4K |
Intel® FlexPipe™ technology |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Advanced load balancing |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
CEE/DCB features |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Server virtualization support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Advanced tunneling Features |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Carrier Ethernet support |
No |
No |
No |
No |
CPU interface |
EBI |
EBI |
EBI |
EBI |
Target applications |
Data center, FSI, HPC, ATCA, broadband access, video distribution, security appliances |
Data center, FSI, HPC, ATCA, broadband access, video distribution, security appliances |
Data center, FSI, HPC, ATCA, broadband access, video distribution, security appliances |
Data center, FSI, HPC, ATCA, broadband access, video distribution, security appliances |








