Low Latency E-Tile 40G Ethernet Intel® FPGA IP User Guide

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Document Table of Contents x
1. About the Low Latency E-Tile 40G Ethernet Intel® FPGA IP 2. Low Latency E-Tile 40G Ethernet IP Core Parameters 3. Getting Started 4. Functional Description 5. Reset 6. Interfaces and Signal Descriptions 7. Control, Status, and Statistics Register Descriptions 8. Debugging the Link 9. Ethernet Toolkit Overview 10. Low Latency E-Tile 40G Ethernet Intel® FPGA IP User Guide Archives 11. Comparison Between Low Latency E-Tile 40G Ethernet Core and Low Latency 40GbE IP Core 12. Document Revision History for Low Latency E-Tile 40G Ethernet Intel® FPGA IP User Guide
1. About the Low Latency E-Tile 40G Ethernet Intel® FPGA IP x
1.1. Release Information 1.2. Low Latency E-Tile 40G Ethernet Intel® FPGA IP Supported Features 1.3. Low Latency E-Tile 40G Ethernet Intel® FPGA IP Device Family and Speed Grade Support 1.4. Resource Utilization
1.3. Low Latency E-Tile 40G Ethernet Intel® FPGA IP Device Family and Speed Grade Support x
1.3.1. Device Family Support 1.3.2. Low Latency E-Tile 40G Ethernet Intel® FPGA IP Device Speed Grade Support
3. Getting Started x
3.1. Installing and Licensing Intel® FPGA IP Cores 3.2. Specifying the Low Latency E-Tile 40G Ethernet IP Core Parameters and Options 3.3. Simulating the IP Core 3.4. Generated File Structure 3.5. Integrating Your IP Core in Your Design 3.6. Low Latency E-Tile 40G Ethernet IP Core Testbench 3.7. Compiling the Full Design and Programming the FPGA
3.5. Integrating Your IP Core in Your Design x
3.5.1. Pin Assignments 3.5.2. Ethernet Adaptation Flow 3.5.3. Placement Settings for the Low Latency E-Tile 40G Ethernet Core
3.6. Low Latency E-Tile 40G Ethernet IP Core Testbench x
3.6.1. Understanding the Testbench Behavior
4. Functional Description x
4.1. Low Latency E-Tile 40G Ethernet Core Functional Description 4.2. User Interface to Ethernet Transmission
4.1. Low Latency E-Tile 40G Ethernet Core Functional Description x
4.1.1. Low Latency E-Tile 40G Ethernet Core TX MAC Datapath 4.1.2. Low Latency E-Tile 40G Ethernet Core RX MAC Datapath 4.1.3. Link Fault Signaling Interface 4.1.4. Flow Control
4.1.1. Low Latency E-Tile 40G Ethernet Core TX MAC Datapath x
4.1.1.1. Frame Padding 4.1.1.2. Preamble Insertion 4.1.1.3. Inter-Packet Gap Generation and Insertion 4.1.1.4. Frame Check Sequence (CRC-32) Insertion
4.1.2. Low Latency E-Tile 40G Ethernet Core RX MAC Datapath x
4.1.2.1. IP Core Preamble Processing 4.1.2.2. IP Core Strict SFD Checking 4.1.2.3. Length/Type Field Processing 4.1.2.4. RX CRC Checking and Dynamic Forwarding
4.1.2.3. Length/Type Field Processing x
4.1.2.3.1. Length Checking
4.1.4. Flow Control x
4.1.4.1. TX Pause/PFC Flow Control Transmission 4.1.4.2. XON/XOFF Pause Frames
4.2. User Interface to Ethernet Transmission x
4.2.1. Order of Transmission 4.2.2. Bit Order For TX and RX Datapaths
6. Interfaces and Signal Descriptions x
6.1. TX MAC Interface to User Logic 6.2. RX MAC Interface to User Logic 6.3. Transceivers Signals 6.4. Transceiver Reconfiguration Signals 6.5. Avalon® Memory-Mapped Management Interface 6.6. Miscellaneous Status and Debug Signals 6.7. Reset Signals 6.8. Clocks 6.9. Flow Control Interface
7. Control, Status, and Statistics Register Descriptions x
7.1. PHY Registers 7.2. TX MAC Registers 7.3. RX MAC Registers 7.4. Pause/PFC Flow Control Registers
9. Ethernet Toolkit Overview x
9.1. Features
1. About the Low Latency E-Tile 40G Ethernet Intel® FPGA IP
2. Low Latency E-Tile 40G Ethernet IP Core Parameters
3. Getting Started
4. Functional Description
5. Reset
6. Interfaces and Signal Descriptions
7. Control, Status, and Statistics Register Descriptions
8. Debugging the Link
9. Ethernet Toolkit Overview
10. Low Latency E-Tile 40G Ethernet Intel® FPGA IP User Guide Archives
11. Comparison Between Low Latency E-Tile 40G Ethernet Core and Low Latency 40GbE IP Core
12. Document Revision History for Low Latency E-Tile 40G Ethernet Intel® FPGA IP User Guide

4.1. Low Latency E-Tile 40G Ethernet Core Functional Description

The Low Latency E-Tile 40G Ethernet core implements an Ethernet MAC in accordance with the IEEE 802.3 Ethernet Standard. The IP core implements an Ethernet PCS and PMA (PHY) that handles the frame encapsulation and flow of data between a client logic and Ethernet network.

Figure 4.  Low Latency E-Tile 40G Ethernet Core Block DiagramMain blocks, internal connections, and external block requirements.

In the TX direction, the MAC assembles packets and sends them to the PHY. It completes the following tasks:

  • Accepts client frames.
  • Inserts the inter-packet gap (IPG), preamble, start of frame delimiter (SFD), and padding. The source of the preamble and SFD depends on whether the IP core is in preamble-pass-through mode.
  • Adds the CRC bits if enabled.
  • Updates statistics counters if enabled.

In the RX direction, the PMA passes frames to the PCS that sends them to the MAC. The MAC completes the following tasks:

  • Performs CRC and malformed packet checks.
  • Updates statistics counters if enabled.
  • Strips out the CRC, preamble, and SFD.
  • Passes the remainder of the frame to the client.

In preamble pass-through mode, the MAC passes on the preamble and SFD to the client instead of stripping them out. In RX CRC pass-through mode, the MAC passes on the CRC bytes to the client and asserts the end-of-packet signal in the same clock cycle as the final CRC byte.


Section Content
Low Latency E-Tile 40G Ethernet Core TX MAC Datapath
Low Latency E-Tile 40G Ethernet Core RX MAC Datapath
Link Fault Signaling Interface
Flow Control

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