GTS Ethernet Hard IP User Guide: Agilex™ 3 FPGAs and SoCs
ID
848477
Date
7/07/2025
Public
1. Overview
2. Install and License the GTS Ethernet Hard IP
3. Configure and Generate Ethernet Hard IP variant
4. Integrate GTS Ethernet Hard IP into Your Application
5. Simulate and Compile (MAC+PCS) Design Example
6. Simulate and Compile (MII PCS Only/PCS66 OTN/PCS66 FlexE) Design Example
7. Simulate and Compile SyncE Design Example
8. Simulate and Compile PTP1588 Design Example
9. Simulate and Compile (Dynamically Reconfigurable Ethernet Mode)
10. Simulate and Compile - Auto-Negotiation and Link Training
11. Troubleshoot and Diagnose Issues
12. Appendix A: Functional Description
13. Appendix B: Configuration Registers
14. Appendix C: Document Revision History for the GTS Ethernet Hard IP User Guide: Agilex 3 FPGAs and SoCs
4.1. Implement Required Clocking
4.2. Implement Required Resets
4.3. Connect the Status Interface
4.4. Connect the MAC Avalon Streaming Client Interface
4.5. Connect the MII PCS Only Client Interface
4.6. Connect the PCS66 Client Interface – FlexE and OTN
4.7. Connect the Precision Time Protocol Interface
4.8. Connect the Ethernet Hard IP Reconfiguration Interface
4.9. Connect the Auto-Negotiation and Link Training
4.10. Connect the Multirate Auto-Negotiation and Link Training
4.11. Connect the Dynamically Reconfigurable Ethernet Mode
4.4.1.1. Drive the Ethernet Packet to the TX MAC Avalon Streaming Client Interface with Disabled Preamble Passthrough
4.4.1.2. Drive the Ethernet Packet on the TX MAC Avalon Streaming Client Interface with Enabled Preamble Passthrough
4.4.1.3. Use i_tx_skip_crc to Control Source Address, PAD, and CRC Insertion
4.4.1.4. Assert the i_tx_error to Invalidate a Packet
4.4.2.1. Receive Ethernet Frame on the RX MAC Avalon Streaming Client Interface with Preamble Passthrough Disabled
4.4.2.2. Receive Ethernet Frame with Preamble Passthrough Enabled
4.4.2.3. Receive Ethernet Frame with Remove CRC bytes Disabled
4.4.2.4. Monitor Status and Errors on the RX MAC Avalon Streaming Client Interface
1.5.3. Resource Utilization
The GTS Ethernet Hard IP resource utilization values are obtained from the Quartus® Prime Pro Edition software version 25.1.
Ethernet Rate | IP Core Variation | Combinatorial ALUTs | Logic Registers | Block Memory Bits |
---|---|---|---|---|
10GE | MAC Avalon® Streaming Interface, PCS and PMA without FEC | 1,642 | 2,152 | 20,480 |
MAC Avalon® Streaming Interface, PCS and PMA with Firecode FEC | 1,646 | 2,157 | 20,480 | |
MII PCS Only without FEC | 1,483 | 1,784 | 20,480 | |
MII PCS Only with Firecode FEC | 1,511 | 1,804 | 20,480 | |
PCS66 OTN without FEC | 1,480 | 1,774 | 20,480 | |
PCS66 OTN with Firecode FEC | 1,488 | 1,797 | 20,480 | |
PCS66 FlexE without FEC | 1,475 | 1,776 | 20,480 | |
PCS66 FlexE with Firecode FEC | 1,502 | 1,812 | 20,480 | |
MAC Avalon® Streaming Interface, PCS and PMA with PTP without FEC | 3,323 | 7,079 | 21,504 | |
MAC Avalon® Streaming Interface, PCS and PMA with PTP with Firecode FEC | 3,326 | 7,046 | 21,504 |