Realtek PDF datasheets for RTL8324

The RTL8324 is a layer-2 switch controller that integrates 1.25Mbits of high-speed SSRAM, an 8K-entry MAC address lookup table, 24 Ethernet/Fast Ethernet MACs, and a switch engine into one chip.

The Remote Management Tool (RMT) software package is bundled with the RTL8324. The RMT is a Windows-based tool developed to enhance the functionality of Realtek’s dumb layer 2 switches via software. The RMT gives network administrators the ability to remotely configure and monitor dumb layer 2 switches as though they were intelligent switches. With QoS, Trunking, VLAN, bandwidth control, remote control, and an 0.18μm process, the RTL8324 is a cost effective switch controller for a 24-Port 10/100 dumb or smart switch application.

Port trunking is supported on all ports to increase ba ndwidth. Load balancing and fault tolerance provide top performance and reliability. The RTL8324 provides 2-level priority queues for multimedia or real-time network applications. The CoS (Class of Serv ice) can be port-based, IEEE 802.1p tag-based, and/or TCP/IP header TOS/DS field-based. The RTL 8324 supports up to 32 VLAN groups that may be configured as port-based VLANs and/or IEEE 802.1Q tagged VLANs. ARP broadcast and Leaky VLAN are also supported.

The RTL8324 supports diagnostics a nd analysis. Counters are included for: RX byte count, RX packet count, TX byte count, TX packet count, CRC error packet count, collision packet count, dropped packet count, and dropped byte count. The RTL8324 supports TX and RX bandwidth control on each port; 128Kbps, 256Kbps, 512kbps, 1Mbps, 2Mbps, 4Mbps, or 8Mbps may be selected in each direction.