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Ethernet Switching Software

Our software for Ethernet switching applications provides a comprehensive set of features for enterprise, carrier and industrial designs. These easily customizable and turnkey solutions shorten your development cycle and reduce your costs. Here is a list of the available applications:

Software for Ethernet Switching Applications

Application Name Description Software Library
VelocityDRIVE™ SP For Managing Embedded/Automotive Switch Applications VelocityDRIVE Software Platform
Application Name Description Product Number: Linux® OS Product Number: eCos
WebStaX For Basic L2 Enterprise Switch Applications VSC6819 VSC6812
SMBStaX For Advanced L2+ Enterprise Switch Applications VSC6816 VSC6813
IStaX For Industrial Ethernet Switch Applications VSC6817 VSC6815
CEServices For Carrier Ethernet Switch Applications VSC6818 VSC6810

Ethernet Switch and PHY APIs

Our Ethernet Switch and PHY Application Programming Interface (API), known as MESA, provides a comprehensive, user-friendly function library that is operating-system independent.

Ethernet Switch and PHY API Product Number
ETH API (MESA) VSC6803
Unified API VSC6802

8051 Ethernet Switching Software

We also offer 8051 Ethernet switching software for unmanaged/lightly managed applications:

Unmanaged/Lightly Managed Software Product Number
SparX-III Unmanaged VSC6811
Ocelot Unmanaged VSC6825
  Unmanaged API Linux® OS
Switch Family Part Numbers VSC6825 VSC6811 VSC6803 VSC6817 VSC6816 VSC6819
Ocelot Unmanaged VSC7511
VSC7512		 ✔   ✔      
Ocelot Managed VSC7513
VSC7514		     ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
SparX-III Unmanaged VSC7420
VSC7421
VSC7422		   ✔        
Serval-T VSC7410
VSC7415		     ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
SparX-III Managed VSC7424
VSC7425
VSC7426
VSC7427		     ✔   ✔ ✔
Caracal VSC7423
VSC7428
VSC7429		     ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Serval-2 Lite
Serval-2		 VSC7436
VSC7438		     ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Serval-TE
Serval-TE10		 VSC7430
VSC7435
VSC7437		     ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
SparX-IV VSC7440
VSC7442
VSC7444
VSC7448
VSC7449		     ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
SparX-5 VSC7546
VSC7549
VSC7552
VSC7556
VSC7558		     ✔   ✔ ✔
SparX-5i VSC7546TSN
VSC7549TSN
VSC7552TSN
VSC7556TSN
VSC7558TSN		     ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Jaguar-2
LynX-2		 VSC7468
VSC7464		     ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Maserati LAN9662
LAN9668		     ✔      
✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
LAN969x
Ethernet Switch Family		 LAN9694
LAN9696
LAN9698		     ✔   ✔ ✔
LAN969x
Ethernet Switch Family with TSN		 LAN9694TSN
LAN9696TSN
LAN9698TSN		     ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
LAN969x
Ethernet Switch Family with
TSN + HSR/PRP Redundancy		 LAN9694RED
LAN9696RED
LAN9698RED		     ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔