Ethernet Toolkit User Guide

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Date 4/28/2025
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Document Table of Contents
Document Table of Contents x
1. Ethernet Toolkit Overview 2. Setting up the Ethernet Toolkit 3. Functional Description 4. Document Revision History for the Ethernet Toolkit User Guide
1. Ethernet Toolkit Overview x
1.1. Features 1.2. Supported Ethernet IP Cores and Devices
2. Setting up the Ethernet Toolkit x
2.1. System Requirements and Prerequisites 2.2. Running the Ethernet Toolkit
2.1. System Requirements and Prerequisites x
2.1.1. System Requirements 2.1.2. Enabling your Design for the Ethernet Toolkit
3. Functional Description x
3.1. Ethernet Toolkit Groups and Tabs 3.2. Link Bring Up Guidelines 3.3. Ethernet Toolkit Multirate Support 3.4. Ethernet Toolkit Subsystem Support 3.5. Ethernet Toolkit GTS Ethernet Hard IP Support
3.1. Ethernet Toolkit Groups and Tabs x
3.1.1. IP Configuration and Other Information 3.1.2. General Commands 3.1.3. Settings 3.1.4. Status 3.1.5. Statistics Counters 3.1.6. Testing Features
3.1.2. General Commands x
3.1.2.1. Loopback 3.1.2.2. Resets
3.1.4. Status x
3.1.4.1. Link Bring Up 3.1.4.2. PCS Status 3.1.4.3. PHY Status 3.1.4.4. MAC Settings 3.1.4.5. AN and LT Status
3.1.5. Statistics Counters x
3.1.5.1. Example Design Packet Generator Settings 3.1.5.2. Transmitter and Receiver Statistics 3.1.5.3. RS-FEC
3.1.5.1. Example Design Packet Generator Settings x
3.1.5.1.1. Packet Generator for E-, H-, and L-Tile Ethernet IPs 3.1.5.1.2. Packet Generator for F-Tile Ethernet IP
3.1.5.2. Transmitter and Receiver Statistics x
3.1.5.2.1. Effective Bandwidth Calculation
3.1.5.3. RS-FEC x
3.1.5.3.1. 32-Bit Soft CWBIN Counter Status
3.1.6. Testing Features x
3.1.6.1. Example Design PHY and Packet Generator Loopback Test 3.1.6.2. Read Register 3.1.6.3. Write to Register
3.2. Link Bring Up Guidelines x
3.2.1. Example Link Bring Up Using E-Tile Hard IP 3.2.2. Example Link Bring Up Using F-Tile Hard IP 3.2.3. Example Link Bring Up Using GTS Ethernet Hard IP
1. Ethernet Toolkit Overview
2. Setting up the Ethernet Toolkit
3. Functional Description
4. Document Revision History for the Ethernet Toolkit User Guide

3.3. Ethernet Toolkit Multirate Support

Ethernet Toolkit support for the F-Tile Ethernet Multirate Intel FPGA IP is added from Quartus® Prime Pro Edition software release 23.3 onwards.

The Ethernet Toolkit supports the same features for the F-Tile Ethernet Multirate Intel FPGA IP as described in Ethernet Toolkit Groups and Tabs section. Currently the Ethernet Toolkit only supports F-Tile Ethernet Multirate Intel FPGA IP example designs.

The Ethernet Toolkit gets detected by the name eth_f_dr_toolkit for the F-Tile Ethernet Multirate Intel FPGA IP example design as shown in following figure.
Figure 42. Ethernet Toolkit Detection for the F-Tile Ethernet Multirate Intel FPGA IP
You must switch between the profiles in your Ethernet multirate design manually as described in the F-Tile Dynamic Reconfiguration Suite Intel FPGA IP User Guide and then close the Ethernet Toolkit collection and re-open to access the reconfigured profile information. There is only one instance of the Ethernet Toolkit for the Ethernet multirate design and there is a drop-down menu option to select the different port numbers as shown in the following figure.
Figure 43. Ethernet Toolkit Port Number Selection for Ethernet Multirate Design
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