100G Interlaken Intel® FPGA IP User Guide

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Document Table of Contents x
1. About This IP Core 2. Getting Started With the 100G Interlaken IP Core 3. 100G Interlaken IP Core Parameter Settings 4. Functional Description 5. 100G Interlaken IP core Signals 6. 100G Interlaken IP Core Register Map 7. 100G Interlaken IP Core Test Features 8. Advanced Parameter Settings 9. Out-of-Band Flow Control in the 100G Interlaken IP core 10. 100G Interlaken IP core User Guide Archives 11. Document Revision History for 100G Interlaken User Guide A. Performance and Fmax Requirements for 100G Ethernet Traffic
1. About This IP Core x
1.1. Features 1.2. Device Family Support 1.3. IP Core Verification 1.4. Performance and Resource Utilization 1.5. Device Speed Grade Support 1.6. Release Information
1.1. Features x
1.1.1. IP Core Supported Combinations of Number of Lanes and Data Rate 1.1.2. IP Core Theoretical Raw Aggregate Bandwidth
2. Getting Started With the 100G Interlaken IP Core x
2.1. Installing and Licensing Intel® FPGA IP Cores 2.2. Specifying the 100G Interlaken IP Core Parameters and Options 2.3. Files Generated for Arria V GZ and Stratix V Variations 2.4. Files Generated for Intel® Arria® 10 Variations 2.5. Simulating the 100G Interlaken IP Core 2.6. Integrating Your IP Core in Your Design 2.7. Compiling the Full Design and Programming the FPGA 2.8. Creating a Signal Tap Debug File to Match Your Design Hierarchy
2.1. Installing and Licensing Intel® FPGA IP Cores x
2.1.1. Intel® FPGA IP Evaluation Mode
2.6. Integrating Your IP Core in Your Design x
2.6.1. Pin Assignments 2.6.2. Transceiver Logical Channel Numbering 2.6.3. Adding the Reconfiguration Controller 2.6.4. Adding the External PLL
2.6.3. Adding the Reconfiguration Controller x
2.6.3.1. Generating the Reconfiguration Controller 2.6.3.2. Connecting the Reconfiguration Controller to the IP Core
3. 100G Interlaken IP Core Parameter Settings x
3.1. Number of Lanes 3.2. Meta Frame Length in Words 3.3. Data Rate 3.4. Transceiver Reference Clock Frequency 3.5. Include Advanced Error Reporting and Handling 3.6. Enable M20K ECC Support 3.7. Include Diagnostic Features 3.8. Enable Native PHY Debug Master Endpoint (NPDME) 3.9. Include In-Band Flow Control Block 3.10. Number of Calendar Pages 3.11. TX Scrambler Seed 3.12. Transfer Mode Selection 3.13. Data Format
4. Functional Description x
4.1. Interfaces Overview 4.2. High Level Block Diagram 4.3. Clocking and Reset Structure for IP Core 4.4. Interleaved and Packet Modes 4.5. Dual Segment Mode 4.6. M20K ECC Support 4.7. 100G Interlaken IP Core Transmit Path 4.8. 100G Interlaken IP Core Receive Path
4.1. Interfaces Overview x
4.1.1. Application Interface 4.1.2. Interlaken Interface 4.1.3. Out‑of‑Band Flow Control Interface 4.1.4. Management Interface 4.1.5. Transceiver Control Interfaces
4.1.5. Transceiver Control Interfaces x
4.1.5.1. Transceiver Reconfiguration Controller Interface 4.1.5.2. Intel® Arria® 10 External PLL Interface 4.1.5.3. Intel® Arria® 10 Transceiver Reconfiguration Interface
4.3. Clocking and Reset Structure for IP Core x
4.3.1. 100G Interlaken IP Core Clock Signals 4.3.2. IP Core Reset 4.3.3. IP Core Reset Sequence with the Reconfiguration Controller
4.7. 100G Interlaken IP Core Transmit Path x
4.7.1. 100G Interlaken IP Core Transmit User Data Interface Examples 4.7.2. 100G Interlaken IP Core In-Band Calendar Bits on Transmit Side 4.7.3. 100G Interlaken IP Core Transmit Path Blocks
4.7.1. 100G Interlaken IP Core Transmit User Data Interface Examples x
4.7.1.1. 100G Interlaken IP Core Interleaved Mode (Segmented Mode) Example 4.7.1.2. 100G Interlaken IP Core Packet Mode Operation Example 4.7.1.3. 100G Interlaken IP Core Back-Pressured Packet Transfer Example 4.7.1.4. 100G Interlaken IP Core Dual Segment Interleaved Data Transfer Transmit Example
4.7.3. 100G Interlaken IP Core Transmit Path Blocks x
4.7.3.1. 100G Interlaken IP Core TX Transmit Buffer 4.7.3.2. 100G Interlaken IP Core TX MAC 4.7.3.3. 100G Interlaken IP Core TX PCS 4.7.3.4. 100G Interlaken IP Core TX PMA
4.8. 100G Interlaken IP Core Receive Path x
4.8.1. 100G Interlaken IP Core Receive User Data Interface Examples 4.8.2. 100G Interlaken IP Core RX Errored Packet Handling 4.8.3. In-Band Calendar Bits on the 100G Interlaken IP Core Receiver User Data Interface 4.8.4. 100G Interlaken IP Core Receive Path Blocks
4.8.1. 100G Interlaken IP Core Receive User Data Interface Examples x
4.8.1.1. 100G Interlaken IP Core Receiver Side Example 4.8.1.2. 100G Interlaken IP Core Dual Segment Interleaved Data Transfer Receive Example
4.8.2. 100G Interlaken IP Core RX Errored Packet Handling x
4.8.2.1. 100G Interlaken IP Core Receiver Side Example With Errors and In-Band Calendar Bits
4.8.4. 100G Interlaken IP Core Receive Path Blocks x
4.8.4.1. 100G Interlaken IP Core RX PMA 4.8.4.2. 100G Interlaken IP Core RX PCS 4.8.4.3. 100G Interlaken IP Core RX MAC 4.8.4.4. 100G Interlaken IP Core RX Regroup Block
5. 100G Interlaken IP core Signals x
5.1. 100G Interlaken IP Core Clock Interface Signals 5.2. 100G Interlaken IP Core Reset Interface Signals 5.3. 100G Interlaken IP Core User Data Transfer Interface Signals 5.4. 100G Interlaken IP Core Interlaken Link and Miscellaneous Interface Signals 5.5. 100G Interlaken IP Core Management Interface 5.6. Device Dependent Signals
5.6. Device Dependent Signals x
5.6.1. Transceiver Reconfiguration Controller Interface Signals 5.6.2. Intel® Arria® 10 External PLL Interface Signals 5.6.3. Intel® Arria® 10 Transceiver Reconfiguration Interface Signals
7. 100G Interlaken IP Core Test Features x
7.1. Internal Serial Loopback Mode 7.2. External Loopback Mode 7.3. PRBS Generation and Validation 7.4. CRC32 Error Injection 7.5. CRC24 Error Injection
7.3. PRBS Generation and Validation x
7.3.1. Setting up PRBS Mode in Arria V and Stratix V Devices 7.3.2. Setting up PRBS Mode in Intel® Arria® 10 Devices
8. Advanced Parameter Settings x
8.1. Hidden Parameters 8.2. Modifying Hidden Parameter Values
8.1. Hidden Parameters x
8.1.1. Include Temp Sense 8.1.2. RXFIFO Address Width 8.1.3. SWAP_TX_LANES and SWAP_RX_LANES (Data Word Lane Swapping)
9. Out-of-Band Flow Control in the 100G Interlaken IP core x
9.1. Out-of-Band Flow Control Block Clocks 9.2. TX Out‑of‑Band Flow Control Signals 9.3. RX Out-of-Band Flow Control Signals
1. About This IP Core
2. Getting Started With the 100G Interlaken IP Core
3. 100G Interlaken IP Core Parameter Settings
4. Functional Description
5. 100G Interlaken IP core Signals
6. 100G Interlaken IP Core Register Map
7. 100G Interlaken IP Core Test Features
8. Advanced Parameter Settings
9. Out-of-Band Flow Control in the 100G Interlaken IP core
10. 100G Interlaken IP core User Guide Archives
11. Document Revision History for 100G Interlaken User Guide
A. Performance and Fmax Requirements for 100G Ethernet Traffic

4.7.2. 100G Interlaken IP Core In-Band Calendar Bits on Transmit Side

If you turn on Include in-band flow control functionality, the itx_calendar input signal supports in-band flow control. It is synchronous with tx_usr_clk, but does not align with the packets on the user data interface. The 100G Interlaken IP Core reads the itx_calendar bits and encodes them in control words (Burst control words and Idle control words) opportunistically.

If you hold all the calendar bits at one, you indicate an XON setting for each channel. You should set the calendar bits to 1 to indicate that the Interlaken link partner does not need to throttle the data it transfers to this 100G Interlaken IP Core. Set this value by default if you choose not to use the in-band flow control feature of the 100G Interlaken IP Core. If you decide to turn off any channel, you must drive the corresponding bits of itx_calendar with zero (the XOFF setting) for that channel.

If you turn on Include in-band flow control functionality, the 100G Interlaken IP Core transmits each page of the itx_calendar bits on the Interlaken link in a separate control word, starting with the most significant page and working through the pages, in order, to the least significant page. If you turn off Include in-band flow control functionality, the IP core fills each flow control bit in each control word with the value of 1.

Consider an example where the number of calendar pages is four and itx_calendar bits are set to the value 64'h1111_2222_3333_4444. In this example, the Number of calendar pages parameter is set to four, and therefore the width of the itx_calendar signal is 4 x 16 = 64 bits. Each of these bits is a calendar bit. The transmission begins with the page with the value of 16'h1111 and works through the pages in order until the least significant page with the value of 16'h4444.

In this example, four control words are required to send the full set of 64 calendar bits from the itx_calendar signal. The 100G Interlaken IP Core automatically sets the Reset Calendar bit[56] of the next available control word to the value of one, to indicate the start of transmission of a new set of calendar pages, and copies the most significant page (16'h1111 in this example) to the In-Band Flow Control bits[55:40] of the control word. It maps the most significant bit of the page to the control word bit[55] and the least significant bit of the page to the control word bit[40].

The table shows the value of the Reset Calendar bit and the In-Band Flow Control bits in the four Interlaken link control words that transmit the 64'h1111_2222_3333_4444 value of itx_calendar:

Table 14.  Value of Reset Calendar Bit and In-band Flow Control Bits in the Example

Control Word

Reset Calendar Bit (bit [56])

In-Band Flow Control Bits (bits [55:40])

First

1

16'b0001000100010001 (16'h1111)

Second

0

16'b0010001000100010 (16'h2222)

Third

0

16'b0011001100110011 (16'h3333)

Fourth

0

16'b0100010001000100 (16'h4444)

For details of the control word format, refer to the Interlaken Protocol Specification, Revision 1.2.

The 100G Interlaken IP Core supports itx_calendar widths of 1, 2, 4, 8, and 16 16-bit calendar pages. You configure the width in the 100G Interlaken IP Core parameter editor.

By convention, in a standard case, each calendar bit corresponds to a single data channel. However, the 100G Interlaken IP Core assumes no default usage. You must map the calendar bits to channels or link status according to your specific application needs. For example, if your design has 64 physical channels, but only 16 priority groups, you can use a single calendar page and map each calendar bit to four physical channels. As another example, for a different application, you can use additional calendar bits to pass quality-of-service related information to the Interlaken link partner.

If your application flow-controls a channel, you are responsible for dropping the relevant packet. Intel® supports the transfer of the itx_calendar values you provide without examining the data that is affected by in-band flow control of the Interlaken link.

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