EA218

The EA-208 provides the Ethernet network access interface. It supports 6 ports of 10Mbps Ethernet and 2 ports of 10/100 Mbps Ethernet. The 10Mbps ports uses serial interface to connect with external 10BaseT or other 10Mbps PHY devices. For 10/100 Mbps ports, MII interface is used to connect external PHY devices.

The EA-208 provides the MAC protocols, handles the local buffer memory interface and management, arbitrates among multiple priority queues, and interfaces with the XpressFlow Engine and other Access Controllers through the XpressFlow message passing protocol.