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2. AFU Design
To enable the network port feature on the Intel® PAC with Intel® Arria® 10 GX FPGA, the AFU must implement the MAC and PHY IP blocks shown in the following table:
Network Port Mode |
Required IP Blocks in the AFU |
HSSI PHY Mode |
---|---|---|
4x10GBASE-SR |
One 10GbE MAC per channel supported by the AFU (up to 4) |
4x10GBASE-SR PCS/PMA |
40GBASE-SR4 |
One 40GbE MAC One 40GbE Physical Coding Sublayer (PCS) PHY |
40GBASE-SR4 PMA-only |
In addition to the above network IP blocks, the AFU must also implement the following supporting infrastructure:
- Client-side data interfaces and DMA required to move data between host or local memory, AFU workload streams, and the network port
- MMIO access through the cci-p device interface for host access to MAC/PHY control and status registers (CSRs), network statistics, and similar information
The FIM provides clock resources for client and PHY interfaces through the cci-p and hssi device interfaces.
The remainder of this section describes the hssi device interface and how to connect MAC and PHY IP implemented in the AFU to the HSSI PHY using the hssi interface.