GTS Ethernet Intel® FPGA Hard IP User Guide

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Date 8/05/2024
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A.3.3. FlexE Mode

The GTS Ethernet Intel® FPGA Hard IP supports all flexible Ethernet mode variants with optional RSFEC feature. This mode bypassed the Ethernet MAC and uses PCS66 interface to read and write to the PMA block.

The TX FlexE datapath consists of:

  • TX PCS scrambler—enables the data to be scrambled. Channels does not lock correctly if the data is not scrambled.
  • Alignment insertion—the TX PCS interface inserts alignment markers.
  • Striper—enables logically sequential data to be segmented to increase data throughput.

The RX FlexE datapath consists of:

  • Aligner—enables the alignment of incoming data.
  • RX PCS descrambler—enables the incoming scrambled data to be descramble.