1G/2.5G/5G/10G Multirate Ethernet PHY IP User Guide: Agilex™ 3 and Agilex™ 5 FPGAs and SoCs

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Date 10/24/2025
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Document Table of Contents
Document Table of Contents x
1. About the 1G/2.5G/5G/10G Multirate Ethernet PHY IP for Agilex™ 3 and Agilex™ 5 Devices 2. Getting Started 3. Functional Description 4. Parameter Settings for 1G/2.5G/5G/10G Multirate Ethernet PHY IP 5. Interface Signals 6. Configuration Registers 7. Troubleshooting and Debugging Diagnostics 8. 1G/2.5G/5G/10G Multirate Ethernet PHY IP User Guide: Agilex™ 3 and Agilex™ 5 FPGAs and SoCs Archives 9. Document Revision History for the 1G/2.5G/5G/10G Multirate Ethernet PHY IP User Guide: Agilex™ 3 and Agilex™ 5 FPGAs and SoCs
1. About the 1G/2.5G/5G/10G Multirate Ethernet PHY IP for Agilex™ 3 and Agilex™ 5 Devices x
1.1. Release Information 1.2. Features 1.3. Device Family Support 1.4. Device Speed Grade Support 1.5. Resource Utilization
2. Getting Started x
2.1. Introduction to IP 2.2. Installing and Licensing IPs 2.3. Specifying the IP Core Parameters and Options 2.4. Generated File Structure 2.5. Simulating IPs 2.6. Integrating Your IP Core in Your Design
2.2. Installing and Licensing IPs x
2.2.1. IP Evaluation Mode
2.6. Integrating Your IP Core in Your Design x
2.6.1. Adding the GTS System PLL Clocks IP
3. Functional Description x
3.1. Architecture 3.2. Dynamic Reconfiguration Flow 3.3. Clocking and Reset Sequence 3.4. Timing Constraints 3.5. Operation Speed Switching 3.6. USXGMII 3.7. Fmax Requirement
3.1. Architecture x
3.1.1. 1G, 2.5G, 1G/2.5G, 1G/2.5G/10G (MGBASE) 3.1.2. 10M/100M/1G/2.5G/5G/10G (USXGMII) (NBASE) 3.1.3. 1G/2.5G/10G MGBASE PCS only
3.2. Dynamic Reconfiguration Flow x
3.2.1. RTL Generation using Dynamic Reconfiguration IP
3.2.1. RTL Generation using Dynamic Reconfiguration IP x
3.2.1.1. Step 1: Generating the 1G/2.5G/5G/10G Multirate Ethernet PHY IP 3.2.1.2. Step 2: QSF settings and Dynamic Reconfiguration (DR) profile assignments 3.2.1.3. Step 3: RTL Generation using Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Tool 3.2.1.4. Step 4: Instantiate the IP top file with the GTS Dynamic Reconfiguration Controller IP
3.3. Clocking and Reset Sequence x
3.3.1. Clocking 3.3.2. Reset Sequence
4. Parameter Settings for 1G/2.5G/5G/10G Multirate Ethernet PHY IP x
4.1. Core Configuration 4.2. Analog Parameters
5. Interface Signals x
5.1. Clock Signals 5.2. Reset Signals 5.3. Serial Interface Signals 5.4. Avalon Memory-Mapped Interface Signals 5.5. XGMII Signals 5.6. GMII Signals 5.7. PHY Status Signals 5.8. Transceiver Mode and Operating Speed Signals 5.9. Transceiver Status and Reconfiguration Signals 5.10. GTS Reset Sequencer Signals 5.11. Dynamic Reconfiguration Controller Interface Signals
5.6. GMII Signals x
5.6.1. 1G/2.5G/10G MGBASE PCS Only PMA Interface
6. Configuration Registers x
6.1. Register Map 6.2. PHY Registers
7. Troubleshooting and Debugging Diagnostics x
7.1. Troubleshooting Checklist 7.2. Enabling Diagnostic Loopback Modes 7.3. Recommended Reset Handling 7.4. Troubleshooting Using the Signal Tap Analyzer
7.2. Enabling Diagnostic Loopback Modes x
7.2.1. Internal Serial Loopback 7.2.2. External Loopback
7.4. Troubleshooting Using the Signal Tap Analyzer x
7.4.1. Signals for Signal Tap
1. About the 1G/2.5G/5G/10G Multirate Ethernet PHY IP for Agilex™ 3 and Agilex™ 5 Devices
2. Getting Started
3. Functional Description
4. Parameter Settings for 1G/2.5G/5G/10G Multirate Ethernet PHY IP
5. Interface Signals
6. Configuration Registers
7. Troubleshooting and Debugging Diagnostics
8. 1G/2.5G/5G/10G Multirate Ethernet PHY IP User Guide: Agilex™ 3 and Agilex™ 5 FPGAs and SoCs Archives
9. Document Revision History for the 1G/2.5G/5G/10G Multirate Ethernet PHY IP User Guide: Agilex™ 3 and Agilex™ 5 FPGAs and SoCs

7.2. Enabling Diagnostic Loopback Modes

The 1G/2.5G/5G/10G Multirate Ethernet PHY IP supports the following loopback modes:
  • Internal serial loopback
  • External loopback

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Internal Serial Loopback
External Loopback

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