25G Ethernet Intel® Stratix® 10 FPGA IP User Guide

Download PDF
ID 683154
Date 9/15/2021
Public
Document Table of Contents
Document Table of Contents x
1. About the 25G Ethernet Intel FPGA IP 2. Getting Started 3. 25G Ethernet Intel FPGA IP Parameters 4. Functional Description 5. Reset 6. Interfaces and Signal Descriptions 7. Control, Status, and Statistics Register Descriptions 8. Debugging the Link 9. 25G Ethernet Intel® Stratix® 10 FPGA IP User Guide Archives 10. Document Revision History for the 25G Ethernet Intel® Stratix® 10 FPGA IP User Guide
1. About the 25G Ethernet Intel FPGA IP x
1.1. Release Information 1.2. Features 1.3. 25G Ethernet Intel FPGA IP Core Device Family and Speed Grade Support 1.4. IP Core Verification 1.5. Performance and Resource Utilization
1.3. 25G Ethernet Intel FPGA IP Core Device Family and Speed Grade Support x
1.3.1. 25G Ethernet Intel FPGA IP Core Device Family Support 1.3.2. 25G Ethernet Intel FPGA IP Core Device Speed Grade Support
1.4. IP Core Verification x
1.4.1. Simulation Environment 1.4.2. Compilation Checking 1.4.3. Hardware Testing
2. Getting Started x
2.1. Installing and Licensing Intel® FPGA IP Cores 2.2. Specifying the Intel® Stratix® 10 IP Core Parameters and Options 2.3. Simulating the IP Core 2.4. Generated File Structure 2.5. Integrating Your IP Core in Your Design 2.6. Compiling the Full Design and Programming the FPGA
2.1. Installing and Licensing Intel® FPGA IP Cores x
2.1.1. Intel® FPGA IP Evaluation Mode
2.5. Integrating Your IP Core in Your Design x
2.5.1. Pin Assignments 2.5.2. Adding the Transceiver PLL 2.5.3. Adding the External Time-of-Day Module for Variations with 1588 PTP Feature 2.5.4. Placement Settings for the 25G Ethernet Intel FPGA IP Core
4. Functional Description x
4.1. 25G Ethernet Intel FPGA IP Core Functional Description 4.2. User Interface to Ethernet Transmission
4.1. 25G Ethernet Intel FPGA IP Core Functional Description x
4.1.1. 25G Ethernet Intel FPGA IP Core TX MAC Datapath 4.1.2. 25 GbE TX PCS 4.1.3. TX RS-FEC 4.1.4. 25G Ethernet Intel FPGA IP Core RX MAC Datapath 4.1.5. Link Fault Signaling Interface 4.1.6. 25 GbE RX PCS 4.1.7. RX RS-FEC 4.1.8. Flow Control 4.1.9. 1588 Precision Time Protocol Interfaces
4.1.1. 25G Ethernet Intel FPGA IP Core TX MAC Datapath x
4.1.1.1. Frame Padding 4.1.1.2. Preamble Insertion 4.1.1.3. Inter-Packet Gap Generation and Insertion 4.1.1.4. Frame Check Sequence (CRC32) Insertion
4.1.4. 25G Ethernet Intel FPGA IP Core RX MAC Datapath x
4.1.4.1. IP Core Preamble Processing 4.1.4.2. IP Core Malformed Packet Handling 4.1.4.3. Length/Type Field Processing 4.1.4.4. RX CRC Checking and Dynamic Forwarding
4.1.4.3. Length/Type Field Processing x
4.1.4.3.1. Length Checking
4.1.8. Flow Control x
4.1.8.1. TX Pause/PFC Flow Control Frame Transmission Request 4.1.8.2. XON/XOFF Pause Frames
4.1.9. 1588 Precision Time Protocol Interfaces x
4.1.9.1. Implementing a 1588 System That Includes a 25G Ethernet Intel FPGA IP Core 4.1.9.2. PTP Transmit Functionality 4.1.9.3. PTP Receive Functionality 4.1.9.4. External Time-of-Day Module for 1588 PTP Variations 4.1.9.5. PTP Timestamp and TOD Formats 4.1.9.6. Design Considerations in PTP
4.2. User Interface to Ethernet Transmission x
4.2.1. Order of Transmission 4.2.2. Bit Order For TX and RX Datapaths
6. Interfaces and Signal Descriptions x
6.1. TX MAC Interface to User Logic 6.2. RX MAC Interface to User Logic 6.3. Transceivers 6.4. Transceiver Reconfiguration Signals 6.5. Avalon® Memory-Mapped Management Interface 6.6. PHY Interface Signals 6.7. 1588 PTP Interface Signals 6.8. Miscellaneous Status and Debug Signals 6.9. Reset Signals
6.4. Transceiver Reconfiguration Signals x
6.4.1. Accessing the Native PHY Registers in H-Tile Devices 6.4.2. Accessing the Native PHY Registers in L-Tile Devices
7. Control, Status, and Statistics Register Descriptions x
7.1. PHY Registers 7.2. TX MAC Registers 7.3. RX MAC Registers 7.4. Pause/PFC Flow Control Registers 7.5. Statistics Registers 7.6. 1588 PTP Registers 7.7. TX Reed-Solomon FEC Registers 7.8. RX Reed-Solomon FEC Registers
7.5. Statistics Registers x
7.5.1. TX Statistics Registers 7.5.2. RX Statistics Registers
8. Debugging the Link x
8.1. Error Insertion Test and Debugging
1. About the 25G Ethernet Intel FPGA IP
2. Getting Started
3. 25G Ethernet Intel FPGA IP Parameters
4. Functional Description
5. Reset
6. Interfaces and Signal Descriptions
7. Control, Status, and Statistics Register Descriptions
8. Debugging the Link
9. 25G Ethernet Intel® Stratix® 10 FPGA IP User Guide Archives
10. Document Revision History for the 25G Ethernet Intel® Stratix® 10 FPGA IP User Guide

4.1.1. 25G Ethernet Intel FPGA IP Core TX MAC Datapath

The TX MAC module receives the client payload data with the destination and source addresses. It then adds, appends, or updates various header fields in accordance with the configuration specified. The MAC does not modify the destination address, the source address, or the payload received from the client. However, the TX MAC module adds a preamble, if the IP core is not configured to receive the preamble from user logic. It pads the payload of frames greater than eight bytes to satisfy the minimum Ethernet frame payload of 46 bytes. By default, the MAC inserts the CRC bytes. The TX MAC module inserts IDLE bytes to maintain an average IPG of 12.

Figure 13. Typical Client Frame at the Transmit InterfaceIllustrates the changes that the TX MAC makes to the client frame. This figure uses the following notational conventions:
  • <p> = payload size, which is arbitrarily large
  • <s> = number of padding bytes (0–46)
  • <g> = number of IPG bytes
Figure 14. TX MAC Functions

Section Content
Frame Padding
Preamble Insertion
Inter-Packet Gap Generation and Insertion
Frame Check Sequence (CRC32) Insertion

Level Two Title