E-Tile Hard IP User Guide: E-Tile Hard IP for Ethernet and E-Tile CPRI PHY Intel® FPGA IPs

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Document Table of Contents x
1. About E-tile Hard IP User Guide 2. About the E-Tile Hard IP for Ethernet Intel FPGA IP Core 3. About the E-Tile CPRI PHY Intel® FPGA IP 4. Supported Tools 5. E-tile Hard IP User Guide Archives
2. About the E-Tile Hard IP for Ethernet Intel FPGA IP Core x
2.1. E-Tile Hard IP for Ethernet Intel FPGA IP Supported Features 2.2. E-Tile Hard IP for Ethernet Intel FPGA IP Overview 2.3. IP Core Device Family and Speed Grade Support 2.4. IP Core Verification 2.5. Resource Utilization 2.6. Release Information 2.7. Getting Started 2.8. E-Tile Hard IP for Ethernet Intel FPGA IP Parameters 2.9. Functional Description 2.10. Reset 2.11. Interfaces and Signals 2.12. Register Descriptions 2.13. Document Revision History for the E-tile Hard IP for Ethernet Intel FPGA IP Core
2.3. IP Core Device Family and Speed Grade Support x
2.3.1. E-Tile Hard IP for Ethernet Intel FPGA IP Device Family Support 2.3.2. E-Tile Hard IP for Ethernet Intel FPGA IP Device Speed Grade Support
2.4. IP Core Verification x
2.4.1. Simulation Environment 2.4.2. Compilation Checking 2.4.3. Hardware Testing
2.7. Getting Started x
2.7.1. Installing and Licensing Intel® FPGA IP Cores 2.7.2. Specifying the IP Core Parameters and Options 2.7.3. Generated File Structure 2.7.4. Integrating Your IP Core in Your Design 2.7.5. IP Core Testbenches 2.7.6. Compiling the Full Design
2.7.1. Installing and Licensing Intel® FPGA IP Cores x
2.7.1.1. Intel® FPGA IP Evaluation Mode
2.7.4. Integrating Your IP Core in Your Design x
2.7.4.1. Channel Placement 2.7.4.2. Pin Assignments 2.7.4.3. Clock Requirements 2.7.4.4. External Time-of-Day Module for Variations with 1588 PTP Feature 2.7.4.5. SDC for Multiple E-Tile Instances
2.7.4.1. Channel Placement x
2.7.4.1.1. Guidelines and Restrictions for 24-bonded Channels Variant 2.7.4.1.2. Guidelines and Restrictions for 16-bonded Channels Variant
2.8. E-Tile Hard IP for Ethernet Intel FPGA IP Parameters x
2.8.1. Parameter Editor Parameters 2.8.2. RTL Parameters
2.9. Functional Description x
2.9.1. E-Tile Hard IP for Ethernet Intel FPGA IP MAC 2.9.2. 1588 Precision Time Protocol Interfaces 2.9.3. PCS, OTN, FlexE, and Custom PCS Modes 2.9.4. Auto-Negotiation and Link Training 2.9.5. TX and RX RS-FEC 2.9.6. PMA Direct Mode 2.9.7. Dynamic Reconfiguration 2.9.8. Ethernet Adaptation Flow for 10G/25G and 100G/4x25G Dynamic Reconfiguration Design Example 2.9.9. Ethernet Adaptation Flow for 100G (CAUI-2) PAM4 <---> 100G (CAUI-4) NRZ Dynamic Reconfiguration Design Example 2.9.10. Ethernet Adaptation Flow with PTP or with External AIB Clocking 2.9.11. Ethernet Adaptation Flow with Non-external AIB Clocking
2.9.1. E-Tile Hard IP for Ethernet Intel FPGA IP MAC x
2.9.1.1. MAC TX Datapath 2.9.1.2. MAC RX Datapath 2.9.1.3. Congestion and Flow Control Using PAUSE or Priority Flow Control (PFC) 2.9.1.4. Pause Control and Generation Interface 2.9.1.5. Pause Control Frame Filtering 2.9.1.6. Link Fault Signaling 2.9.1.7. Order of Ethernet Transmission
2.9.1.1. MAC TX Datapath x
2.9.1.1.1. TX Preamble, Start, and SFD Insertion 2.9.1.1.2. Source Address Insertion 2.9.1.1.3. Length/Type Field Processing 2.9.1.1.4. Frame Padding 2.9.1.1.5. Frame Check Sequence (CRC-32) Insertion 2.9.1.1.6. Inter-Packet Gap Generation and Insertion
2.9.1.2. MAC RX Datapath x
2.9.1.2.1. RX Preamble Processing 2.9.1.2.2. RX Strict SFD Checking 2.9.1.2.3. RX FCS Checking 2.9.1.2.4. RX Malformed Packet Handling 2.9.1.2.5. Removing PAD Bytes and FCS Bytes from RX Frames 2.9.1.2.6. RX Undersized Frames, Oversized Frames, and Frames with Length Errors 2.9.1.2.7. Inter-Packet Gap
2.9.1.3. Congestion and Flow Control Using PAUSE or Priority Flow Control (PFC) x
2.9.1.3.1. Conditions Triggering XOFF Frame Transmission 2.9.1.3.2. Conditions Triggering XON Frame Transmission
2.9.1.6. Link Fault Signaling x
2.9.1.6.1. Determining Link Fault Condition
2.9.2. 1588 Precision Time Protocol Interfaces x
2.9.2.1. Implementing a 1588 System That Includes a E-Tile Hard IP for Ethernet Intel FPGA IP 2.9.2.2. PTP Timestamp Accuracy 2.9.2.3. PTP Transmit Functionality 2.9.2.4. PTP Receive Functionality 2.9.2.5. External Time-of-Day Module for 1588 PTP Variations 2.9.2.6. PTP Timestamp and TOD Formats 2.9.2.7. 10G/25G TX and RX Unit Interval Adjustment 2.9.2.8. 10G/25G TX and RX PTP Extra Latency 2.9.2.9. 100G PTP TX User Flow 2.9.2.10. 100G PTP RX User Flow 2.9.2.11. 100G RX Virtual Lane Offset Calculation for No FEC Variants 2.9.2.12. 100G UI Adjustment 2.9.2.13. Minimum and Maximum Reference Time (TAM) Interval for UI Measurement (Hardware) 2.9.2.14. PTP System Considerations 2.9.2.15. Logic Lock Regions Requirements for PTP Accuracy Advanced Mode
2.9.3. PCS, OTN, FlexE, and Custom PCS Modes x
2.9.3.1. PCS Only Mode 2.9.3.2. OTN Mode 2.9.3.3. FlexE Mode 2.9.3.4. Custom PCS Mode
2.10. Reset x
2.10.1. Reset Sequence
2.10.1. Reset Sequence x
2.10.1.1. Reset Sequence with External AIB Clocking
2.11. Interfaces and Signals x
2.11.1. TX MAC Interface to User Logic 2.11.2. RX MAC Interface to User Logic 2.11.3. TX PCS Interface to User Logic 2.11.4. RX PCS Interface to User Logic 2.11.5. FlexE and OTN Mode TX Interface 2.11.6. FlexE and OTN Mode RX Interface 2.11.7. TX Custom PCS Interface to User Logic 2.11.8. RX Custom PCS Interface to User Logic 2.11.9. PMA Direct Interface 2.11.10. Custom Rate Interface 2.11.11. Deterministic Latency Interface 2.11.12. 1588 PTP Interface 2.11.13. Ethernet Link and Transceiver Signals 2.11.14. Reconfiguration Interfaces and Signals 2.11.15. Miscellaneous Status and Debug Signals 2.11.16. Reset Signals 2.11.17. Clocks
2.11.14. Reconfiguration Interfaces and Signals x
2.11.14.1. Ethernet Reconfiguration Interfaces 2.11.14.2. Transceiver Reconfiguration Interfaces 2.11.14.3. RS-FEC Reconfiguration Interfaces 2.11.14.4. PTP Reconfiguration Interfaces
2.11.17. Clocks x
2.11.17.1. Asynchronous Adapter Clock in 10G/25G Mode 2.11.17.2. Asynchronous Adapter Clock in 100G Mode 2.11.17.3. Clock Network Use Cases
2.11.17.3. Clock Network Use Cases x
2.11.17.3.1. Single 25G Ethernet Channel (with FEC) 2.11.17.3.2. Single 10G Ethernet Channel (without FEC) 2.11.17.3.3. Four 25G Ethernet Channels (with FEC) within a Single FEC Block 2.11.17.3.4. Ethernet 25G x 4 (FEC Off) 2.11.17.3.5. 10G/25G Ethernet Channel with Basic PTP Accuracy Mode 2.11.17.3.6. 10G/25G Ethernet Channel with Advanced PTP Accuracy Mode 2.11.17.3.7. 100G Ethernet with Aggregated FEC 2.11.17.3.8. 100G Ethernet with PTP 2.11.17.3.9. Single 25G Synchronous Ethernet Channel 2.11.17.3.10. Multiple 25G Synchronous Ethernet Channels
2.12. Register Descriptions x
2.12.1. Auto Negotiation and Link Training Registers 2.12.2. PHY Registers 2.12.3. TX MAC Registers 2.12.4. RX MAC Registers 2.12.5. Pause and Priority- Based Flow Control Registers 2.12.6. TX Statistics Counter Registers 2.12.7. RX Statistics Counter Registers 2.12.8. 1588 PTP Registers 2.12.9. RS-FEC Registers 2.12.10. PMA Registers
2.12.1. Auto Negotiation and Link Training Registers x
2.12.1.1. ANLT Sequencer Config 2.12.1.2. ANLT Sequencer Status 2.12.1.3. Auto Negotiation Config Register 1 2.12.1.4. Auto Negotiation Config Register 2 2.12.1.5. Auto Negotiation Status Register 2.12.1.6. Auto Negotiation Config Register 3 2.12.1.7. Auto Negotiation Config Register 4 2.12.1.8. Auto Negotiation Config Register 5 2.12.1.9. Auto Negotiation Config Register 6 2.12.1.10. Auto Negotiation Status Register 1 2.12.1.11. Auto Negotiation Status Register 2 2.12.1.12. Auto Negotiation Status Register 3 2.12.1.13. Auto Negotiation Status Register 4 2.12.1.14. Auto Negotiation Status Register 5 2.12.1.15. AN Channel Override 2.12.1.16. Consortium Next Page Override 2.12.1.17. Consortium Next Page Link Partner Status 2.12.1.18. Link Training Config Register 1 2.12.1.19. Link Training Status Register 1 2.12.1.20. Link Training Config Register for Lane 0 2.12.1.21. Link Training Config Register for Lane 1 2.12.1.22. Link Training Config Register for Lane 2 2.12.1.23. Link Training Config Register for Lane 3
2.12.2. PHY Registers x
2.12.2.1. PHY Module Revision ID 2.12.2.2. PHY Scratch Register 2.12.2.3. Loopback Mode 2.12.2.4. PHY Configuration 2.12.2.5. Reset Sequencer RS-FEC Disable 2.12.2.6. RX CDR PLL Locked 2.12.2.7. TX Datapath Ready 2.12.2.8. Frame Errors Detected 2.12.2.9. Clear Frame Errors 2.12.2.10. RX PCS Status for AN/LT 2.12.2.11. PCS Error Injection 2.12.2.12. Alignment Marker Lock 2.12.2.13. Change in RX PCS Deskew Status 2.12.2.14. BER Count 2.12.2.15. Transfer Ready (AIB reset) Status for EHIP, ELANE, and PTP Channels 2.12.2.16. EHIP, ELANE, and RS-FEC Reset Status 2.12.2.17. PCS Virtual Lane 0 2.12.2.18. PCS Virtual Lane 1 2.12.2.19. PCS Virtual Lane 2 2.12.2.20. PCS Virtual Lane 3 2.12.2.21. Recovered Clock Frequency in KHz 2.12.2.22. TX Clock Frequency in KHz 2.12.2.23. Configuration Fields for TX PLD 2.12.2.24. Status for TX PLDs 2.12.2.25. Status for Dynamic Deskew Buffer 2.12.2.26. Configuration for RX PLD Block 2.12.2.27. Configuration for RX PCS 2.12.2.28. BIP Counter 0 2.12.2.29. BIP Counter 1 2.12.2.30. BIP Counter 2 2.12.2.31. BIP Counter 3 2.12.2.32. BIP Counter 4 2.12.2.33. BIP Counter 5 2.12.2.34. BIP Counter 6 2.12.2.35. BIP Counter 7 2.12.2.36. BIP Counter 8 2.12.2.37. BIP Counter 9 2.12.2.38. BIP Counter 10 2.12.2.39. BIP Counter 11 2.12.2.40. BIP Counter 12 2.12.2.41. BIP Counter 13 2.12.2.42. BIP Counter 14 2.12.2.43. BIP Counter 15 2.12.2.44. BIP Counter 16 2.12.2.45. BIP Counter 17 2.12.2.46. BIP Counter 18 2.12.2.47. BIP Counter 19 2.12.2.48. Timer Window for Hi-BER Checks 2.12.2.49. Hi-BER Frame Errors 2.12.2.50. Error Block Count 2.12.2.51. Deskew Depth 0 2.12.2.52. Deskew Depth 1 2.12.2.53. Deskew Depth 2 2.12.2.54. Deskew Depth 3 2.12.2.55. RX PCS Test Error Count
2.12.3. TX MAC Registers x
2.12.3.1. TX MAC Module Revision ID 2.12.3.2. TX MAC Scratch Register 2.12.3.3. Link Fault Configuration 2.12.3.4. IPG Words to remove per Alignment Marker Period 2.12.3.5. Maximum TX Frame Size 2.12.3.6. TX MAC Configuration 2.12.3.7. EHIP TX MAC Feature Configuration 2.12.3.8. TX MAC Source Address Lower Bytes 2.12.3.9. TX MAC Source Address Higher Bytes
2.12.4. RX MAC Registers x
2.12.4.1. RX MAC Module Revision ID 2.12.4.2. RX MAC Scratch Register 2.12.4.3. Maximum RX Frame Size 2.12.4.4. RX CRC Forwarding 2.12.4.5. Link Fault Status 2.12.4.6. RX MAC Configuration 2.12.4.7. EHIP RX MAC Feature Configuration
2.12.5. Pause and Priority- Based Flow Control Registers x
2.12.5.1. TXSFC Module Revision ID 2.12.5.2. TX SFC Scratch Register 2.12.5.3. Enable TX Pause Ports 2.12.5.4. TX Pause Request 2.12.5.5. Enable Automatic TX Pause Retransmission 2.12.5.6. Retransmit Holdoff Quanta 2.12.5.7. Retransmit Pause Quanta 2.12.5.8. Enable TX XOFF 2.12.5.9. Enable Uniform Holdoff 2.12.5.10. Set Uniform Holdoff 2.12.5.11. Lower 4 bytes of the Destination address for Flow Control 2.12.5.12. Higher 2 bytes of the Destination address for Flow Control 2.12.5.13. Lower 4 bytes of the Source address for Flow Control frames 2.12.5.14. Higher 2 bytes of the Source address for Flow Control frames 2.12.5.15. TX Flow Control Feature Configuration 2.12.5.16. Pause Quanta 0 2.12.5.17. Pause Quanta 1 2.12.5.18. Pause Quanta 2 2.12.5.19. Pause Quanta 3 2.12.5.20. Pause Quanta 4 2.12.5.21. Pause Quanta 5 2.12.5.22. Pause Quanta 6 2.12.5.23. Pause Quanta 7 2.12.5.24. PFC Holdoff Quanta 0 2.12.5.25. PFC Holdoff Quanta 1 2.12.5.26. PFC Holdoff Quanta 2 2.12.5.27. PFC Holdoff Quanta 3 2.12.5.28. PFC Holdoff Quanta 4 2.12.5.29. PFC Holdoff Quanta 5 2.12.5.30. PFC Holdoff Quanta 6 2.12.5.31. PFC Holdoff Quanta 7 2.12.5.32. RXSFC Module Revision ID 2.12.5.33. RXSFC Scratch Register 2.12.5.34. Enable RX Pause Frame Processing 2.12.5.35. Forward Flow Control Frames 2.12.5.36. Lower 4 bytes of the Destination address for RX Pause Frames 2.12.5.37. Higher 2 bytes of the Destination address for RX Pause Frames 2.12.5.38. RX Flow Control Feature Configuration
2.12.6. TX Statistics Counter Registers x
2.12.6.1. TX Statistics Registers
2.12.7. RX Statistics Counter Registers x
2.12.7.1. RX Statistics Registers
3. About the E-Tile CPRI PHY Intel® FPGA IP x
3.1. Supported Features 3.2. E-Tile CPRI PHY Intel® FPGA IP Overview 3.3. E-Tile CPRI PHY Device Family Support 3.4. Resource Utilization 3.5. Release Information 3.6. E-Tile CPRI PHY Intel FPGA IP Core Device Speed Grade Support 3.7. Getting Started 3.8. Parameter Settings 3.9. Functional Description 3.10. E-Tile CPRI PHY Intel FPGA IP Interface Signals 3.11. Registers 3.12. Document Revision History for the E-tile CPRI PHY Intel FPGA IP
3.7. Getting Started x
3.7.1. Installing and Licensing Intel® FPGA IP Cores 3.7.2. Specifying the IP Core Parameters and Options 3.7.3. Generated File Structure 3.7.4. E-Tile CPRI PHY Intel FPGA IP Channel Placement 3.7.5. IP Core Testbenches 3.7.6. Compiling the Full Design
3.7.1. Installing and Licensing Intel® FPGA IP Cores x
3.7.1.1. Intel® FPGA IP Evaluation Mode
3.7.4. E-Tile CPRI PHY Intel FPGA IP Channel Placement x
3.7.4.1. One 24.33024 Gbps channel with RS-FEC 3.7.4.2. Two 24.33024 Gbps Channel with RS-FEC 3.7.4.3. Three 24.33024 Gbps channels with RS-FEC 3.7.4.4. Four 24.33024 Gbps channels with RS-FEC 3.7.4.5. Restrictions
3.9. Functional Description x
3.9.1. CPRI PHY Functional Blocks 3.9.2. Dynamic Reconfiguration
3.9.1. CPRI PHY Functional Blocks x
3.9.1.1. E-tile Native PHY 3.9.1.2. Soft Reset Sequencer 3.9.1.3. Latency Measurement
3.9.1.3. Latency Measurement x
3.9.1.3.1. Deterministic Latency Calculation
3.10. E-Tile CPRI PHY Intel FPGA IP Interface Signals x
3.10.1. Clock Signals 3.10.2. TX MII Interface 3.10.3. RX MII Interface 3.10.4. TX 8B/10B Interface 3.10.5. RX 8B/10B Interface 3.10.6. Status Interface for 64B/66B Line Rate 3.10.7. Status Interface for 8B/10B Line Rate 3.10.8. Serial I/O Pins 3.10.9. Reconfiguration Interfaces (Avalon-MM)
3.10.9. Reconfiguration Interfaces (Avalon-MM) x
3.10.9.1. CPRI PHY Reconfiguration Interface 3.10.9.2. Transceiver Reconfiguration Interface 3.10.9.3. RS-FEC Reconfiguration Interface
3.11. Registers x
3.11.1. PHY Registers 3.11.2. CPRI PHY Registers 3.11.3. PMA Registers 3.11.4. RS-FEC Registers
3.11.3. PMA Registers x
3.11.3.1. Minimizing PMA Adaptation Time
4. Supported Tools x
4.1. E-Tile Channel Placement Tool 4.2. Ethernet Toolkit Overview 4.3. Document Revision History for the E-tile Channel Placement Tool and the Ethernet Link Inspector
4.2. Ethernet Toolkit Overview x
4.2.1. Features
1. About E-tile Hard IP User Guide
2. About the E-Tile Hard IP for Ethernet Intel FPGA IP Core
3. About the E-Tile CPRI PHY Intel® FPGA IP
4. Supported Tools
5. E-tile Hard IP User Guide Archives

2.1. E-Tile Hard IP for Ethernet Intel FPGA IP Supported Features

The IP core is designed to the IEEE 802.3-2015 High Speed Ethernet Standard available on the IEEE website (www.ieee.org) and the 25G/50G Ethernet Specification, Draft 1.6 available from the 25 Gigabit Ethernet Consortium. The MAC provides cut-through frame processing to optimize latency, and supports full wire line speed with a 64-byte frame length and back-to-back or mixed length traffic with no dropped packets. All E-Tile Hard IP for Ethernet Intel FPGA IP variations are in full-duplex mode.

Table 4.   E-Tile Hard IP for Ethernet Intel FPGA IP Features
Features Description
PCS Hard IP logic that interfaces seamlessly to E-tile transceivers.
CAUI external interface consisting of four transceiver lanes operating at 25.78125 Gbps.
CAUI-2 external interface with two transceiver lanes operating at 53.125 Gbps with PAM4 encoding
25G AUI external interface with 1 transceiver lane operating at 25.78125 Gbps
10G AUI external interface with 1 transceiver lane operating at 10.3125 Gbps
Supports CAUI-4 links based on 64B/66B encoding with data striping and alignment markers to align data from multiple lanes.
Supports customizable data rate PCS from 2.5 to 28 Gbps for protocols other than Ethernet.
Optional RS-FEC(528,514) or RS-FEC(544,514) for 25G and 100G variations.
Supports 10G, 25G, and 100G variations.
  • Auto-negotiation (AN) as defined in IEEE Standard 802.3-2015 Clause 73 and the 25G Ethernet Consortium Schedule Draft 1.6, and
  • Link training (LT) as defined in IEEE Standard 802.3-2015 Clauses 92 and 93 and the 25G Ethernet Consortium Schedule Draft 1.6
RX Skew Variation tolerance that exceeds the IEEE 802.3-2015 High Speed Ethernet Standard Clause 80.5 requirements.
OTN Optional 25GE constant bit rate (CBR); with TX and RX PCS66 bit encoding/decoding and scrambling/descrambling disabled.
Note: The E-Tile Hard IP for Ethernet Intel FPGA IP provides support for the OTN feature. For further inquiries, contact your nearest Intel sales representative.
Optional RS-FEC(528,514) or RS-FEC(544,514) for 25G and 100G variations.
Flexible Ethernet (FlexE) Optional CBR; with TX and RX PCS66 bit encoding/decoding disabled and scrambling/descrambling enabled.
Optional RS-FEC(528,514) or RS-FEC(544,514) for 25G and 100G variations.
PMA Direct Mode Optional to switch from MAC+PCS to PMA only mode during run-time.
Frame Structure Control Support for jumbo packets.
RX CRC pass-through control.
1000 bits RX PCS lane skew tolerance for 100G links, which exceeds the IEEE 802.3-2015 High Speed Ethernet Standard Clause 82.2.12 requirements.
Optional per-packet TX CRC generation and insertion.
Optional Deficit Idle Counter (DIC) options to maintain a finely controlled 8-byte, 10-byte, or 12-byte inter-packet gap (IPG) minimum average, or allow the user to drive the IPG from the client interface
RX and TX preamble pass-through options for applications that require proprietary user management information transfer.
Optional TX MAC source address insertion.
TX automatic frame padding to meet the 64-byte minimum Ethernet frame length on the Ethernet link. Optional per-packet disabling of this feature.
TX error insertion capability supports client invalidation of in-progress input to TX client interface.
Frame Monitoring and Statistics RX CRC checking and error reporting.
Optional RX strict Start Frame Delimiter (SFD) checking per IEEE specification.
Optional RX strict preamble checking per IEEE specification.
RX malformed packet checking per IEEE specification.
Received control frame type indication.
Statistics counters.
Snapshot feature for precisely timed capture of statistics counter values.
Optional fault signaling: detects and reports local fault and generates remote fault, with support for unidirectional link fault as defined in IEEE 802.3-2015 High Speed Ethernet Standard Clause 66.
Flow Control Optional IEEE 802.3-2015 Ethernet Standard Clause 31 Ethernet flow control operation using the pause registers or pause interface.
Optional priority-based flow control that complies with the IEEE Standard 802.1Q-2014—Amendment 17: Priority-based Flow Control.
Pause frame filtering control.
Software can dynamically toggle local TX MAC data flow to support selective input flow cut-off.
Precision Time Protocol (PTP) Optional support for the IEEE Standard 1588-2008 Precision Clock Synchronization Protocol (1588 PTP) (1588v2).
1-step (1588v1 and 1588v2) and 2-step TX (1588v2) timestamps.
Support for PTP headers in a variety of frame formats, including Ethernet encapsulated, UDP in IPv4, and UDP in IPv6.
Support for Checksum Zero and Checksum extension byte calculations.
Support for Correction field operations.
Programmable extra latency.
Debug and testability Optional serial PMA loopback (TX to RX) at the serial transceiver for self-diagnostic testing.
Optional parallel loopback (TX to RX) at the MAC or at the PCS for self-diagnostic testing.
Bit-interleaved parity error counters to monitor bit errors per PCS lane.
RX PCS error block counters to monitor errors during and between frames.
Malformed and dropped packet counters.
High BER detection to monitor link bit error rates over all PCS lanes.
Optional scrambled Idle test pattern generation and checking.
Snapshot feature for precisely timed capture of statistics counter values.
TX error insertion capability supports test and debug.
Support for Ethernet Link Inspector (ELI) tool to monitor an Ethernet link.
Support for Ethernet Tool Kit to monitor an Ethernet link.
User System Interface Avalon® memory-mapped interface (Avalon-MM) to access the IP core control and status registers.
Avalon® streaming interface (Avalon-ST) connects the MAC to client logic with the start of frame in the most significant byte (MSB) in MAC+PCS variations. Interface for 100G channel has 512 bits; the 10/25G channels use 64 bits when the MAC layer is enabled.
MII data path interface connects the PCS to client logic in PCS-only variations. Interface for 100G variants has 256 bits of data and 32 bits of control; interface for 10G/25G variants has 64 bits of data and 8 bits of control.
Hardware and software reset control.
Supports Synchronous Ethernet (SyncE) by providing a CDR recovered clock output signal to the device fabric.
Supports external source clock for EMIB interface for applications that requires switching transceiver line rate.

For a detailed specification of the Ethernet protocol refer to the IEEE 802.3-2015 High Speed Ethernet Standard.

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