F-tile Architecture and PMA and FEC Direct PHY IP User Guide

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Document Table of Contents x
1. F-tile Overview 2. F-tile Architecture 3. Implementing the F-Tile PMA/FEC Direct PHY Intel® FPGA IP 4. Implementing the F-Tile Reference and System PLL Clocks Intel® FPGA IP 5. F-tile PMA/FEC Direct PHY Design Implementation 6. Supported Tools 7. Debugging F-Tile Transceiver Links 8. F-tile Architecture and PMA and FEC Direct PHY IP User Guide Archives 9. Document Revision History for F-tile Architecture and PMA and FEC Direct PHY IP User Guide A. Appendix
2. F-tile Architecture x
2.1. F-Tile Building Blocks 2.2. F-Tile Placement Rules 2.3. PMA Architecture 2.4. Clock Architecture
2.1. F-Tile Building Blocks x
2.1.1. FHT and FGT PMAs 2.1.2. 400G Hard IP and 200G Hard IP 2.1.3. PMA Data Rates 2.1.4. FEC Architecture 2.1.5. PCIe* Hard IP 2.1.6. Bonding Architecture 2.1.7. Deskew Logic 2.1.8. Embedded Multi-die Interconnect Bridge (EMIB) 2.1.9. IEEE 1588 Precision Time Protocol for Ethernet 2.1.10. Clock Networks 2.1.11. Reconfiguration Interfaces
2.2. F-Tile Placement Rules x
2.2.1. PMA-to-Fracture Mapping 2.2.2. Determining Which PMA to Map to Which Fracture 2.2.3. Hard IP Placement Rules 2.2.4. IEEE 1588 Precision Time Protocol Placement Rules 2.2.5. Topologies 2.2.6. FEC Placement Rules 2.2.7. Clock Rules and Restrictions 2.2.8. Bonding Placement Rules 2.2.9. Preserving Unused PMA Lanes
2.2.1. PMA-to-Fracture Mapping x
2.2.1.1. FHT-PMA-to-400G-Hard-IP-Fracture Mapping 2.2.1.2. FGT-PMA-to-400G-Hard-IP-Fracture Mapping 2.2.1.3. FGT-PMA-to-200G-Hard-IP-Fracture Mapping
2.2.2. Determining Which PMA to Map to Which Fracture x
2.2.2.1. Implementing One 200GbE-4 Interface with 400G Hard IP and FHT 2.2.2.2. Implementing One 200GbE-2 Interface with 400G Hard IP and FHT 2.2.2.3. Implementing One 100GbE-1 Interface with 400G Hard IP and FHT 2.2.2.4. Implementing One 100GbE-4 Interface with 400G Hard IP and FGT 2.2.2.5. Implementing One 10GbE-1 Interface with 200G Hard IP and FGT 2.2.2.6. Implementing Three 25GbE-1 Interfaces with 400G Hard IP and FHT 2.2.2.7. Implementing One 50GbE-1 and Two 25GbE-1 Interfaces with 400G Hard IP and FHT 2.2.2.8. Implementing One 100GbE-1 and Two 25GbE-1 Interfaces with 400G Hard IP and FHT 2.2.2.9. Implementing Two 100GbE-1 and One 25GbE-1 Interfaces with 400G Hard IP and FHT 2.2.2.10. Implementing 100GbE-1, 100GbE-2, and 50GbE-1 Interfaces with 400G Hard IP and FHT
2.2.5. Topologies x
2.2.5.1. Topology 5: 400G Hard IP (FHT) + 200G Hard IP (FGT) Example 2.2.5.2. Topology 6a: 400G Hard IP with Mixed Transceiver Mode Example 2.2.5.3. Topology 14: 1x PCIe x4 + 400G Hard IP (FGT) with PTP Example
2.2.8. Bonding Placement Rules x
2.2.8.1. Bonded Lanes Use Case 1 2.2.8.2. Bonded Lanes Use Case 2
2.3. PMA Architecture x
2.3.1. FHT PMA Architecture 2.3.2. FGT PMA Architecture
2.3.1. FHT PMA Architecture x
2.3.1.1. FHT Transmitter PMA Architecture 2.3.1.2. FHT Receiver PMA Architecture 2.3.1.3. FHT PMA Loopback Modes
2.3.1.1. FHT Transmitter PMA Architecture x
2.3.1.1.1. FHT Transmitter Buffer and Phase Generator 2.3.1.1.2. FHT Serializer 2.3.1.1.3. FHT Gray-Coder and Pre-Coder 2.3.1.1.4. FHT Data Pattern Generator and Verifier
2.3.1.2. FHT Receiver PMA Architecture x
2.3.1.2.1. FHT Receiver Buffer and Equalizer 2.3.1.2.2. CDR Block 2.3.1.2.3. FHT Deserializer
2.3.2. FGT PMA Architecture x
2.3.2.1. FGT Transmitter PMA Architecture 2.3.2.2. FGT Receiver PMA Architecture 2.3.2.3. FGT PMA Tuning 2.3.2.4. FGT PMA Loopback Modes
2.3.2.1. FGT Transmitter PMA Architecture x
2.3.2.1.1. FGT Transmitter Buffer and Phase Generator 2.3.2.1.2. FGT Serializer 2.3.2.1.3. FGT Gray-Coder and Pre-Coder 2.3.2.1.4. FGT Data Pattern Generator and Verifier
2.3.2.2. FGT Receiver PMA Architecture x
2.3.2.2.1. FGT Receiver Buffer and Equalizer 2.3.2.2.2. Control Unit 2.3.2.2.3. FGT Deserializer
2.4. Clock Architecture x
2.4.1. Reference Clock Network 2.4.2. Datapath Clock Network 2.4.3. System PLL 2.4.4. Datapath Clock Cadences
2.4.1. Reference Clock Network x
2.4.1.1. FHT Reference Clock Network 2.4.1.2. FGT and System PLL Reference Clock Network 2.4.1.3. FGT Primary PLL Configuration
2.4.1.2. FGT and System PLL Reference Clock Network x
2.4.1.2.1. FGT Reference Clock Receiver Analog Front End
3. Implementing the F-Tile PMA/FEC Direct PHY Intel® FPGA IP x
3.1. F-Tile PMA/FEC Direct PHY Intel® FPGA IP Overview 3.2. Designing with F-Tile PMA/FEC Direct PHY Intel® FPGA IP 3.3. Configuring the IP 3.4. Signal and Port Reference 3.5. Bit Mapping for PMA and FEC Mode PHY TX and RX Datapath 3.6. Clocking 3.7. Custom Cadence Generation Ports and Logic 3.8. Asserting Reset 3.9. Bonding Implementation 3.10. Independent Port Configurations 3.11. Configuration Registers 3.12. Configurable Intel® Quartus® Prime Software Settings 3.13. Configuring the F-Tile PMA/FEC Direct PHY Intel® FPGA IP for Hardware Testing 3.14. Hardware Configuration Using the Avalon® Memory-Mapped Interface
3.1. F-Tile PMA/FEC Direct PHY Intel® FPGA IP Overview x
3.1.1. PMA Direct Supported Modes 3.1.2. FEC Direct Supported Modes 3.1.3. Unsupported PMA/FEC Modes
3.2. Designing with F-Tile PMA/FEC Direct PHY Intel® FPGA IP x
3.2.1. Preset IP Parameter Settings
3.3. Configuring the IP x
3.3.1. General and Common Datapath Options 3.3.2. TX Datapath Options 3.3.3. RX Datapath Options 3.3.4. RS-FEC (Reed Solomon Forward Error Correction) Options 3.3.5. Avalon® Memory Mapped Interface Options 3.3.6. Register Map IP-XACT Support 3.3.7. Example Design Generation
3.3.1. General and Common Datapath Options x
3.3.1.1. FGT PMA Configuration Rules for SATA and USB mode
3.3.2. TX Datapath Options x
3.3.2.1. TX PMA interface Parameters
3.3.3. RX Datapath Options x
3.3.3.1. RX FGT PMA Interface Options
3.4. Signal and Port Reference x
3.4.1. TX and RX Parallel and Serial Interface Signals 3.4.2. TX and RX Reference Clock and Clock Output Interface Signals 3.4.3. Reset Signals 3.4.4. RS-FEC Signals 3.4.5. Custom Cadence Control and Status Signals 3.4.6. TX PMA Control Signals 3.4.7. RX PMA Status Signals 3.4.8. TX and RX PMA and Core Interface FIFO Signals 3.4.9. PMA Avalon® Memory Mapped Interface Signals 3.4.10. Datapath Avalon® Memory Mapped Interface Signals
3.4.10. Datapath Avalon® Memory Mapped Interface Signals x
3.4.10.1. Number of Datapath Memory Mapped Avalon® Interfaces and Additional Address Bits per Interface
3.5. Bit Mapping for PMA and FEC Mode PHY TX and RX Datapath x
3.5.1. Parallel Data Mapping Information 3.5.2. TX and RX Parallel Data Mapping Information for Different Configurations 3.5.3. Example of TX Parallel Data for PMA Width = 8, 10, 16, 20, 32 (X=1) 3.5.4. Example of TX Parallel Data for PMA width = 64 (X=2) 3.5.5. Example of TX Parallel Data for PMA width = 64 (X=2) for FEC Direct Mode
3.5.2. TX and RX Parallel Data Mapping Information for Different Configurations x
3.5.2.1. TX Parallel Data Mapping Information for SATA and USB Protocol Modes for Different Configurations
3.6. Clocking x
3.6.1. Clock Ports 3.6.2. Recommended tx/rx_coreclkin Connection and tx/rx_clkout2 Source 3.6.3. Port Widths and Recommended Connections for tx/rx_coreclkin, tx/rx_clkout, and tx/rx_clkout2 3.6.4. FGT PMA Fractional Mode
3.7. Custom Cadence Generation Ports and Logic x
3.7.1. Enabling the tx_cadence_slow_clk_locked Port 3.7.2. Rate Match FIFO
3.8. Asserting Reset x
3.8.1. Reset Signal Requirements 3.8.2. Power On Reset Requirements 3.8.3. Reset Signals—Block Level 3.8.4. Reset Signals—Descriptions 3.8.5. Status Signals—Descriptions 3.8.6. Run-time Reset Sequence—TX 3.8.7. Run-time Reset Sequence—RX 3.8.8. Run-time Reset Sequence—TX + RX 3.8.9. Run-time Reset Sequence—TX with FEC
3.8.8. Run-time Reset Sequence—TX + RX x
3.8.8.1. Run-time Reset Sequence Approximate Time Durations
3.11. Configuration Registers x
3.11.1. PMA and FEC Direct PHY Soft CSR Register Map 3.11.2. FHT PMA Register Map 3.11.3. FGT PMA Register Map 3.11.4. FEC Register Map 3.11.5. Lane Offset Address 3.11.6. Accessing Configuration Registers
3.11.6. Accessing Configuration Registers x
3.11.6.1. Accessing PMA and FEC Direct PHY Soft CSR Registers 3.11.6.2. Accessing FHT PMA Registers 3.11.6.3. Accessing FGT PMA Registers
3.12. Configurable Intel® Quartus® Prime Software Settings x
3.12.1. FHT PMA Settings 3.12.2. FGT PMA Settings
3.13. Configuring the F-Tile PMA/FEC Direct PHY Intel® FPGA IP for Hardware Testing x
3.13.1. Using Debug Endpoint Interface within the F-Tile PMA/FEC Direct PHY Intel® FPGA IP 3.13.2. Using JTAG to Avalon® Master Bridge Intel FPGA IP
3.13.1. Using Debug Endpoint Interface within the F-Tile PMA/FEC Direct PHY Intel® FPGA IP x
3.13.1.1. RTL Connection Example for Debug Endpoint Avalon® Interface
3.13.2. Using JTAG to Avalon® Master Bridge Intel FPGA IP x
3.13.2.1. RTL Connection Example for JTAG to Avalon® Master Bridge Intel IP
3.14. Hardware Configuration Using the Avalon® Memory-Mapped Interface x
3.14.1. FHT PMA 3.14.2. FGT PMA
3.14.1. FHT PMA x
3.14.1.1. Enabling Loopback 3.14.1.2. Enabling the PRBS Generator and Verifier 3.14.1.3. TX Equalizer Settings 3.14.1.4. TX Error Injection 3.14.1.5. RX Reconvergence 3.14.1.6. Preserving Unused Lanes
3.14.2. FGT PMA x
3.14.2.1. Direct Register Method 3.14.2.2. FGT Attribute Access Method
3.14.2.1. Direct Register Method x
3.14.2.1.1. Direct Register Method Examples
3.14.2.2. FGT Attribute Access Method x
3.14.2.2.1. FGT Attribute Access Method Example 1 3.14.2.2.2. FGT Attribute Access Method Example 2 3.14.2.2.3. FGT Attribute Access Method Example 3
4. Implementing the F-Tile Reference and System PLL Clocks Intel® FPGA IP x
4.1. IP Parameters 4.2. IP Port List 4.3. Mode of System PLL - System PLL Reference Clock and Output Frequencies 4.4. Guidelines for F-Tile Reference and System PLL Clocks Intel® FPGA IP Usage 4.5. Guidelines for Refclk #i is Active At and After Device Configuration
4.5. Guidelines for Refclk #i is Active At and After Device Configuration x
4.5.1. Guidelines for System PLL Reference Clock 4.5.2. Guidelines for FGT Reference Clock
5. F-tile PMA/FEC Direct PHY Design Implementation x
5.1. Implementing the F-tile PMA/FEC Direct PHY Design 5.2. Instantiating the F-Tile PMA/FEC Direct PHY Intel® FPGA IP 5.3. Implementing a RS-FEC Direct Design in the F-Tile PMA/FEC Direct PHY Intel® FPGA IP 5.4. Instantiating the F-Tile Reference and System PLL Clocks Intel® FPGA IP 5.5. Enabling Custom Cadence Generation Ports and Logic 5.6. Connecting the F-tile PMA/FEC Direct PHY Design IP 5.7. Simulating the F-Tile PMA/FEC Direct PHY Design 5.8. F-tile Interface Planning
5.2. Instantiating the F-Tile PMA/FEC Direct PHY Intel® FPGA IP x
5.2.1. Setting General and Common Datapath Options 5.2.2. Setting TX Datapath Options 5.2.3. Setting RX Datapath Options
5.7. Simulating the F-Tile PMA/FEC Direct PHY Design x
5.7.1. PAM4 Encoding Schemes in Simulation
5.8. F-tile Interface Planning x
5.8.1. F-tile Interface Planner Usage Example
6. Supported Tools x
6.1. F-Tile Channel Placement Tool 6.2. F-Tile PMA and FEC Direct Port Mapping Calculator 6.3. F-Tile Clocking and Datapath Tool 6.4. F-Tile TX Equalizer Tool
7. Debugging F-Tile Transceiver Links x
7.1. F-Tile Transceiver Toolkit GUI 7.2. F-Tile Transceiver Debugging Flow Walkthrough 7.3. Transceiver Toolkit Parameter Settings 7.4. Troubleshooting Common Errors 7.5. Transceiver Toolkit Scripts
7.1. F-Tile Transceiver Toolkit GUI x
7.1.1. Collection View
7.2. F-Tile Transceiver Debugging Flow Walkthrough x
7.2.1. Modifying the Design to Enable F-Tile Transceiver Debug 7.2.2. Programming the Design into an Intel FPGA 7.2.3. Loading the Design to the Transceiver Toolkit 7.2.4. Creating Transceiver Links 7.2.5. Running BER Tests 7.2.6. Running Eye Viewer Tests 7.2.7. Running Link Optimization Tests
7.5. Transceiver Toolkit Scripts x
7.5.1. Supported Transceiver Toolkit Scripts 7.5.2. Modifying the Scripts 7.5.3. Script Execution 7.5.4. Example of the Results in Tcl Console
A. Appendix x
A.1. F-Tile Production Revision and Firmware OPNs
1. F-tile Overview
2. F-tile Architecture
3. Implementing the F-Tile PMA/FEC Direct PHY Intel® FPGA IP
4. Implementing the F-Tile Reference and System PLL Clocks Intel® FPGA IP
5. F-tile PMA/FEC Direct PHY Design Implementation
6. Supported Tools
7. Debugging F-Tile Transceiver Links
8. F-tile Architecture and PMA and FEC Direct PHY IP User Guide Archives
9. Document Revision History for F-tile Architecture and PMA and FEC Direct PHY IP User Guide
A. Appendix

2.1.2. 400G Hard IP and 200G Hard IP

F-tile supports 400G hard IP and 200G hard IP. 400G hard IP interfaces either with up to four FHT PMAs or 16 FGT PMAs (one at a time), and 200G hard IP interfaces with up to eight FGT PMAs (Quad0 and Quad1).

Starting with Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition software version 23.1, F-tile supports the mixed transceiver mode in which the 400G Hard IP interfaces with up to four FHT PMAs and four FGT PMAs (Quad2).

400G hard IP and 200G hard IP can be divided into fractures. The building block of a fracture is a stream.

  • A stream is a logical representation of a datapath connecting one EMIB to one PMA, so one stream maps to one EMIB and has a maximum of 32 Gbps data. One PMA can connect up to four streams.
  • The PMA width determines the number of streams used. Each PMA with a width of 32 or less uses one stream. Each PMA with a width of 64 uses two streams. Each PMA with a width of 128 uses four streams. For example:
    • 10GbE needs a single stream.
    • 40GbE running on four 10 Gbps PMAs needs four streams.
    • 53 Gbps PAM4 requires a 64 PMA width, so it needs two streams.
    • 100 Gbps PAM4 requires a 128 PMA width, so it needs four streams.
  • See the following "Hard IP Fractures and Streams" figures.
    • In 400G hard IP, Stream0-Stream15 map to EMIB_23-EMIB_8, respectively.
    • In 200G hard IP, Stream0-Stream7 map to EMIB_7-EMIB_0, respectively.
One or more streams combine to form a fracture. For example, 16 streams are combined to form the st_x16 fracture. A fracture can include MAC, PCS, FEC, a combination of the three, or bypass all three. The fracture naming convention is: 
<st as an abbreviation of stream>_x<number of streams in the fracture>_<index number>
For example, the st_x2_2 fracture combines two streams of up to 32 Gbps data for index number two.

Each fracture in 400G hard IP includes MAC, PCS, and FEC. Each fracture in 200G hard IP includes a PCS and FEC. 400G hard IP is a superset of 200G hard IP. If you need MAC or require bandwidth greater than 200 Gbps, use 400G hard IP. See PMA Data Rates for supported data rates.

Table 3.  Supported Fractures in 400G Hard IP and 200G Hard IP
Fracture Type 400G Hard IP (MAC, PCS, and FEC) 200G Hard IP (PCS and FEC) Example Protocols
Number of Fractures (n) Number of Streams and EMIBs per Fracture Number of Fractures (n) Number of Streams and EMIBs per Fracture
st_x1 16 1 8 1

9.8 Gbps PMA Direct

10GbE-1 IEEE Ethernet

25GbE-1 IEEE Ethernet

16G Fibre Channel

32G Fibre Channel
st_x2 8 2 4 2

50GbE-1 and 50GbE-2 IEEE Ethernet

50GbE-1 and 50GbE-2 Ethernet Technology Consortium

64G Fibre Channel
st_x4 4 4 2 4

40GbE-4 IEEE Ethernet

100GbE-1, 100GbE-2, and 100GbE-4 IEEE Ethernet

100GbE-2 Ethernet Technology Consortium

100G Interlaken with RS-FEC

128G Fibre Channel
st_x8 2 8 1 8

200GbE-2, 200GbE-4, and 200GbE-8 IEEE Ethernet

200GbE-4 Ethernet Technology Consortium
st_x16 1 16 N/A N/A

400GbE-4 IEEE Ethernet

400GbE-8 Ethernet Technology Consortium

400G FlexO
Table 4.  400G Hard IP and 200G Hard IP Supported Configurations
Configuration

MAC

(400G hard IP only)

PCS

(no 8b/10b)

 FEC PMA Example Protocols
Supported by 400G Hard IP
Full hard IP (with MAC) Yes Yes Optional FHT or FGT Ethernet
Supported by 400G Hard IP and 200G Hard IP
PCS Direct Not used Yes Optional

FHT or FGT for 400G Hard IP

FGT for 200G Hard IP

 Common Public Radio Interface (CPRI) 24G
FlexE Not used Yes (64b/66b encoder/decoder bypass) Optional

FHT or FGT for 400G Hard IP

FGT for 200G Hard IP

 FlexE
Open Transport Network (OTN) Not used Yes (64b/66b encoder/decoder and scrambler bypass) Optional

FHT or FGT for 400G Hard IP

FGT for 200G Hard IP

 OTN
FEC Direct Not used Not used Yes

FHT or FGT for 400G Hard IP

FGT for 200G Hard IP

 Interlaken 300G-6, 32G Fibre Channel, 64G Fibre Channel
PMA Direct Not used Not used Not used

FHT or FGT for 400G Hard IP

FGT for 200G Hard IP

 CPRI (low data rate), high-definition multimedia interface (HDMI), serial digital interface (SDI), JESD204B/C
Figure 2. 400G Hard IP Fractures and Streams
Figure 3. 200G Hard IP Fractures and Streams

400G hard IP and 200G hard IP can use various fracture combinations. Using a fracture makes the fractures to its right and left that share the same stream unavailable. For example, for 400G hard IP, the st_x8_0 and st_x16_0 fractures share eight streams (Stream0-Stream7), and the st_x2_0 and st_x8_0 fractures share two streams (Stream0-Stream1).

Therefore, using st_x8_0 in 400G hard IP makes the following fractures unavailable:

  • st_x16_0
  • st_x4_0
  • st_x4_1
  • st_x2_0 - st_x2_3
  • st_x1_0 - st_x1_7
Figure 4. 400G Hard IP Usable Fractures by Stream

And, using st_x2_0 in 200G hard IP makes the following fractures unavailable:

  • st_x8_0
  • st_x4_0
  • st_x1_1
  • st_x1_0
Figure 5. 200G Hard IP Usable Fractures by Stream
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