E-Tile Hard IP Agilex™ 7 Design Example User Guide: Ethernet, E-tile CPRI PHY and Dynamic Reconfiguration

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Document Table of Contents x
1. About E-tile Hard IP Agilex™ 7 Design Example User Guide 2. E-Tile Ethernet IP for Agilex™ 7 FPGA Design Example 3. E-tile CPRI PHY Intel® FPGA IP Design Example 4. E-Tile Dynamic Reconfiguration Design Example 5. E-tile Hard IP Agilex™ 7 Design Examples User Guide Archives
2. E-Tile Ethernet IP for Agilex™ 7 FPGA Design Example x
2.1. Quick Start Guide 2.2. 10GE/25GE with Optional RS-FEC Design Examples 2.3. 100GE with Optional RS-FEC Design Example 2.4. Ethernet Toolkit Overview 2.5. Document Revision History for the E-Tile Hard IP for Ethernet Agilex™ 7 FPGA IP Design Example User Guide
2.1. Quick Start Guide x
2.1.1. Directory Structure 2.1.2. Generating the Design 2.1.3. Simulating the E-tile Ethernet IP for Intel Agilex® 7 FPGA Design Example Testbench 2.1.4. Compiling the Compilation-Only Project 2.1.5. Compiling and Configuring the Design Example in Hardware 2.1.6. Testing the E-tile Ethernet IP for Intel Agilex® 7 FPGA Hardware Design Example
2.1.3. Simulating the E-tile Ethernet IP for Intel Agilex® 7 FPGA Design Example Testbench x
2.1.3.1. Fast Sim Model for E-tile Ethernet IP for Intel Agilex® 7 FPGA
2.1.6. Testing the E-tile Ethernet IP for Intel Agilex® 7 FPGA Hardware Design Example x
2.1.6.1. 10GE/25GE Design Example 2.1.6.2. 100GE MAC+PCS with Optional (528,514) RS-FEC or (544,514) RS-FEC and Adaptation Flow Hardware Design Example 2.1.6.3. 100GE PCS Only with Optional (528,514) RS-FEC or (544,514) RS-FEC, and Optional PTP Hardware Design Example
2.2. 10GE/25GE with Optional RS-FEC Design Examples x
2.2.1. Simulation Design Examples 2.2.2. Hardware Design Examples 2.2.3. 10GE/25GE Design Example Interface Signals 2.2.4. 10GE/25GE Design Examples Registers
2.2.1. Simulation Design Examples x
2.2.1.1. Non-PTP 10GE/25GE MAC+PCS with Optional RS-FEC Simulation Design Example 2.2.1.2. PTP 10GE/25GE MAC+PCS with Optional RS-FEC Simulation Design Example 2.2.1.3. 10GE/25GE PCS Only, OTN, or FlexE with Optional RS-FEC Simulation Design Example 2.2.1.4. 10GE/25GE Custom PCS with Optional RS-FEC Simulation Design Example
2.2.2. Hardware Design Examples x
2.2.2.1. 10GE/25GE MAC+PCS with Optional RS-FEC and PTP Hardware Design Example Components 2.2.2.2. 10GE/25GE PCS Only with Optional RS-FEC Hardware Design Example Components 2.2.2.3. 10GE/25GE Custom PCS with Optional RS-FEC Hardware Design Example
2.3. 100GE with Optional RS-FEC Design Example x
2.3.1. Simulation Design Examples 2.3.2. Hardware Design Examples 2.3.3. 100GE MAC+PCS with Optional RS-FEC Design Example Interface Signals 2.3.4. 100GE PCS with Optional RS-FEC Design Example Interface Signals 2.3.5. 100GE MAC+PCS with Optional RS-FEC Design Example Registers 2.3.6. 100GE PCS with Optional RS-FEC Design Example Registers
2.3.1. Simulation Design Examples x
2.3.1.1. Non-PTP E-tile Ethernet IP for Intel Agilex® 7 FPGA 100GE MAC+PCS with Optional RS-FEC Simulation Design Example 2.3.1.2. E-tile Ethernet IP for Intel Agilex® 7 FPGA 100GE MAC+PCS with Optional RS-FEC and PTP Simulation Design Example 2.3.1.3. E-tile Ethernet IP for Intel Agilex® 7 FPGA 100GE PCS Only with Optional RS-FEC Simulation Design Example 2.3.1.4. E-tile Ethernet IP for Intel Agilex® 7 FPGA 100GE OTN with Optional RS-FEC Simulation Design Example 2.3.1.5. E-tile Ethernet IP for Intel Agilex® 7 FPGA 100GE FlexE with Optional RS-FEC Simulation Design Example
2.3.2. Hardware Design Examples x
2.3.2.1. 100GE MAC+PCS with Optional RS-FEC and PMA Adaptation Flow Hardware Design Example Components 2.3.2.2. 100GE MAC+PCS with Optional RS-FEC and PTP Hardware Design Example 2.3.2.3. 100GE PCS with Optional RS-FEC Hardware Design Example Components 2.3.2.4. Ethernet Adaptation Flow for 100G (CAUI-2) PAM4 <---> 100G (CAUI-4) NRZ Dynamic Reconfiguration Design Example
2.4. Ethernet Toolkit Overview x
2.4.1. Features
3. E-tile CPRI PHY Intel® FPGA IP Design Example x
3.1. E-tile CPRI PHY Intel® FPGA IP Quick Start Guide 3.2. E-tile CPRI PHY Design Example Description 3.3. Document Revision History for the E-tile CPRI PHY Intel® FPGA IP Design Example User Guide
3.1. E-tile CPRI PHY Intel® FPGA IP Quick Start Guide x
3.1.1. Hardware and Software Requirements 3.1.2. Generating the Design 3.1.3. Directory Structure 3.1.4. Simulating the Design Example Testbench 3.1.5. Compiling the Compilation-Only Project 3.1.6. Compiling and Configuring the Design Example in Hardware 3.1.7. Testing the E-tile CPRI PHY Intel® FPGA IP Hardware Design Example
3.2. E-tile CPRI PHY Design Example Description x
3.2.1. Features 3.2.2. Simulation Design Example 3.2.3. Hardware Design Example 3.2.4. Interface Signals 3.2.5. Design Example Register Map for Reconfiguration
4. E-Tile Dynamic Reconfiguration Design Example x
4.1. Quick Start Guide 4.2. 10G/25G Ethernet Dynamic Reconfiguration Design Examples 4.3. 25G Ethernet to CPRI Dynamic Reconfiguration Design Example 4.4. CPRI Dynamic Reconfiguration Design Examples 4.5. 100G Ethernet Dynamic Reconfiguration Design Example 4.6. Document Revision History for the E-Tile Dynamic Reconfiguration Design Example
4.1. Quick Start Guide x
4.1.1. Directory Structure 4.1.2. Generating the Design 4.1.3. Simulating the E-Tile Dynamic Reconfiguration Design Example Testbench 4.1.4. Compiling and Configuring the Design Example in Hardware 4.1.5. Testing the E-Tile Dynamic Reconfiguration Hardware Design Example
4.1.2. Generating the Design x
4.1.2.1. Design Example Parameters
4.1.3. Simulating the E-Tile Dynamic Reconfiguration Design Example Testbench x
4.1.3.1. Running the Simulation 4.1.3.2. Generating New HEX File Using Eclipse-based Ashling RiscFree IDE Tool 4.1.3.3. Performing the Link Initialization
4.1.5. Testing the E-Tile Dynamic Reconfiguration Hardware Design Example x
4.1.5.1. Running the Design Example in Hardware 4.1.5.2. Power Management Setting for Agilex™ 7 Transceiver Signal Integrity Development Kit
4.2. 10G/25G Ethernet Dynamic Reconfiguration Design Examples x
4.2.1. Functional Description 4.2.2. Simulation Design Examples 4.2.3. Hardware Design Examples 4.2.4. 10GE/25GE Design Example Interface Signals 4.2.5. 10GE/25GE Design Examples Registers 4.2.6. Dynamic Reconfiguration Flow for 25GbE PTP FEC to 25GbE PTP Non-FEC
4.2.1. Functional Description x
4.2.1.1. Clocking Scheme
4.2.2. Simulation Design Examples x
4.2.2.1. 10GE/25GE MAC+PCS with RS-FEC and PTP Simulation Dynamic Reconfiguration Design Example Components 4.2.2.2. 10GE/25GE MAC+PCS with RS-FEC Simulation Dynamic Reconfiguration Design Example Components
4.2.3. Hardware Design Examples x
4.2.3.1. 10GE/25GE MAC+PCS with RS-FEC and PTP Hardware Dynamic Reconfiguration Design Example Components 4.2.3.2. 10GE/25GE MAC+PCS with RS-FEC Hardware Dynamic Reconfiguration Design Example Components
4.3. 25G Ethernet to CPRI Dynamic Reconfiguration Design Example x
4.3.1. Functional Description 4.3.2. Simulation Design Examples 4.3.3. Hardware Design Examples 4.3.4. 25G Ethernet to CPRI Design Example Interface Signals 4.3.5. 25G Ethernet to CPRI Design Examples Registers 4.3.6. Dynamic Reconfiguration Flow for 25GbE PTP FEC to 24G CPRI FEC
4.3.1. Functional Description x
4.3.1.1. Clocking Scheme 4.3.1.2. Reset
4.3.2. Simulation Design Examples x
4.3.2.1. 25GE MAC+PCS with RS-FEC and PTP to CPRI Simulation Dynamic Reconfiguration Design Example Components
4.3.3. Hardware Design Examples x
4.3.3.1. 25GE MAC+PCS with RS-FEC and PTP to CPRI Hardware Dynamic Reconfiguration Design Example Components
4.4. CPRI Dynamic Reconfiguration Design Examples x
4.4.1. Functional Description 4.4.2. Simulation Design Examples 4.4.3. Hardware Design Examples 4.4.4. CPRI Design Example Interface Signals 4.4.5. CPRI Design Example Registers 4.4.6. Dynamic Reconfiguration Flow for 24G CPRI FEC to 24G CPRI Non-FEC
4.4.1. Functional Description x
4.4.1.1. Clocking Scheme
4.4.2. Simulation Design Examples x
4.4.2.1. 24G CPRI PHY with RS-FEC Simulation Dynamic Reconfiguration Design Example Components 4.4.2.2. 9.8G CPRI PHY Simulation Dynamic Reconfiguration Design Example Components
4.4.3. Hardware Design Examples x
4.4.3.1. CPRI PHY with RS-FEC Hardware Dynamic Reconfiguration Design Example Components
4.5. 100G Ethernet Dynamic Reconfiguration Design Example x
4.5.1. Functional Description 4.5.2. Testing the 100G Ethernet Dynamic Reconfiguration Hardware Design Example 4.5.3. Simulation Design Examples 4.5.4. 100GE DR Hardware Design Examples 4.5.5. 100G Ethernet Dynamic Reconfiguration Design Example Interface Signals 4.5.6. 100G Ethernet Dynamic Reconfiguration Examples Registers 4.5.7. Steps to Enable FEC 4.5.8. Steps to Disable FEC
4.5.2. Testing the 100G Ethernet Dynamic Reconfiguration Hardware Design Example x
4.5.2.1. Dynamic Reconfiguration Flow in 100G Ethernet Dynamic Reconfiguration Example Design
4.5.3. Simulation Design Examples x
4.5.3.1. 100GE MAC+PCS with Optional RS-FEC Dynamic Reconfiguration Simulation Design Example 4.5.3.2. Simulating the E-tile Ethernet IP for Intel Agilex® 7 FPGA Design Example Testbench
4.5.4. 100GE DR Hardware Design Examples x
4.5.4.1. 100GE MAC+PCS with Optional RS-FEC Dynamic Reconfiguration Hardware Design Example Components
4.5.7. Steps to Enable FEC x
4.5.7.1. Configuring for 100G NRZ with RSFEC [KR-FEC (528,514)] 4.5.7.2. Configuring for 100G NRZ with RSFEC [KP-FEC (544,514)] 4.5.7.3. Configuring for 100G PAM4 with RSFEC [KP-FEC (544,514)]
1. About E-tile Hard IP Agilex™ 7 Design Example User Guide
2. E-Tile Ethernet IP for Agilex™ 7 FPGA Design Example
3. E-tile CPRI PHY Intel® FPGA IP Design Example
4. E-Tile Dynamic Reconfiguration Design Example
5. E-tile Hard IP Agilex™ 7 Design Examples User Guide Archives

4.1.1. Directory Structure

The E-Tile Dynamic Reconfiguration Design Example file directories contain the following generated files for the design examples.

Figure 29. E-Tile Dynamic Reconfiguration 10G/25G Ethernet and 25G Ethernet to CPRI Design Example Directory Structure
Figure 30. E-Tile Dynamic Reconfiguration 24G CPRI Design Example Directory StructureThe example directory structure applies to all CPRI variants. <datarate> is either "24G" or "9P8G", depending on your IP core variation.
Figure 31. E-Tile Dynamic Reconfiguration 100G Ethernet Design Example Directory Structure
Table 23.   E-Tile Dynamic Reconfiguration Design Example Testbench File Descriptions

File Names

Description

Key Testbench and Simulation Files

<design_example_dir>/example_testbench/basic_avl_tb_top.sv Top-level testbench file. The testbench instantiates the DUT and runs Verilog HDL tasks to generate and accept packets.

Testbench Scripts

<design_example_dir>/example_testbench/mentor/run_vsim.do

The Siemens* EDA ModelSim* SE or QuestaSim* script to run the testbench.

<design_example_dir>/example_testbench/synopsys/run_vcs.sh

The Synopsys* VCS* script to run the testbench.

<design_example_dir>/example_testbench/synopsys/run_vcsmx.sh

The Synopsys* VCS* MX script (combined Verilog HDL and SystemVerilog with VHDL) to run the testbench.

<design_example_dir>/example_testbench/run_xcelium.sh The Cadence* Xcelium* script to run the testbench.
Table 24.   E-Tile Dynamic Reconfiguration Design Example Hardware Design Example File Descriptions for 10G/25G Ethernet and CPRI Protocols

File Names

Description

<design_example_dir>/hardware_test_design/alt_ehipc3.qpf Quartus® Prime project file
<design_example_dir>/hardware_test_design/alt_ehipc3.qsf Quartus® Prime project settings file
<design_example_dir>/hardware_test_design/alt_ehipc3.sdc Synopsys Design Constraints files. You can copy and modify these files for your own Intel Agilex® 7 design.
<design_example_dir>/hardware_test_design/alt_ehipc3.sv Top-level Verilog HDL design example file
<design_example_dir>/hardware_test_design/common/ Hardware design example support files
Table 25.   E-Tile Dynamic Reconfiguration Design Example Hardware Design Example File Descriptions for 100G Ethernet Protocol

File Names

Description

<design_example_dir>/hardware_test_design/alt_ehipc3_hw.qpf Quartus® Prime project file
<design_example_dir>/hardware_test_design/alt_ehipc3_hw.qsf Quartus® Prime project settings file
<design_example_dir>/hardware_test_design/alt_ehipc3_hw.sdc Synopsys Design Constraints files. You can copy and modify these files for your own Intel Agilex® 7 design.
<design_example_dir>/hardware_test_design/alt_ehipc3_hw.v Top-level Verilog HDL design example file
<design_example_dir>/hardware_test_design/common/ Hardware design example support files
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