Line Card (×6)

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A modular ingress/egress card with multiple 10/40/100 Gbit Ethernet ports, PHYs, and a local forwarding engine that pushes packets to the fabric.

Direct parts	7
Total parts	116
Used in	1 assembly
Class	Assembly

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A modular ingress/egress card with multiple 10/40/100 Gbit Ethernet ports, PHYs, and a local forwarding engine that pushes packets to the fabric. A full specification article for this item is being written. Meanwhile its bill of materials and connections are below.

Line Card (×6) parts and their functions

7 top-level parts · 116 parts in total · full bill of materials below

Line Card (×6) parts diagram: 1 forwarding chip, 2 10/40G PHY, 3 optical port cage, 4 packet buffer, 5 packet processor, 6 LC thermal module, 7 SMD passive (R/C/L). 116 parts in 7 top-level items. — Line Card (×6) parts diagram. Numbers match the table below; each box is one top-level part or assembly with what it contains.

#	Part	Qty	What it does
1	Forwarding Chip	1×	Per-port forwarding engine
2	10/40G PHY	6×	10/40G Ethernet transceiver PHY
3	Optical Port Cage	6×	QSFP or SFP+ cage
4	Packet Buffer	1×	Ingress/egress queuing RAM
5	Packet Processor	1×	Packet classification engine
6	LC Thermal Module	1×	Integrated heatsink or fan
7	SMD Passive (R/C/L)	100×	Termination and power decoupling

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Bill of materials for Line Card (×6)

7 top-level lines · 7 rows shown · 116 parts total · indented to 3 levels

#	Item / sub-assembly	Part no.	Qty/assy	Ext. qty	Parts	Type
1	Forwarding Chip	core-router-lc-forwarding-chip	1×	1	·	part
2	10/40G PHY	core-router-lc-phy	6×	6	·	part
3	Optical Port Cage	core-router-lc-connector	6×	6	·	part
4	Packet Buffer	core-router-lc-buffer	1×	1	·	part
5	Packet Processor	core-router-lc-pmac	1×	1	·	part
6	LC Thermal Module	core-router-lc-cooling	1×	1	·	part
7	SMD Passive (R/C/L)	smd-passives	100×	100	·	part

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Where the line card (×6) is used

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Used in 1 assembly

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Sourcing: possible vendors

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Vendor	HQ	Specialty	MOQ	Lead time
🇨🇳Foxconn foxconn.com ↗	Shenzhen, CN	Electronics contract mfg	1,000 pcs	6–10 wks
🇸🇬Flex (Singapore) flex.com ↗	Singapore	Electronics contract mfg	1,000 pcs	6–10 wks
🇮🇳Dixon Technologies dixoninfo.com ↗	Noida, IN	Electronics contract mfg	1,000 pcs	6–10 wks
🇨🇳BYD Electronics bydelectronic.com ↗	Shenzhen, CN	Electronics contract mfg	1,000 pcs	6–10 wks
🇸🇬Venture Corp venture.com.sg ↗	Singapore	Electronics contract mfg	1,000 pcs	6–10 wks