1 Gbps to 10 Gbps Ethernet in Altera Devices

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1 1 Gbps to 10 Gbps Ethernet in Altera Devices Transceiver Portfolio Workshops 2009

2 Agenda 1 Gbps Ethernet Standards Altera Triple-Speed Ethernet MegaCore, device features, and advantages Standards compliance and validation at Altera Development kit 10 Gbps Ethernet Standards Altera 10 GbE IP, device features, and advantages Standards compliance and validation at Altera Development kit 2

3 IEEE Gbps Ethernet Standards Blocks Altera device Hard or soft IP Hard IP Standard PHY devices 3

4 1 Gbps or 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet Blocks and Interfaces 1000Base-X SGMII 1000Base-T 1000Base-LX 1000Base-SX 1000Base-CX Altera FPGA or HardCopy ASIC with serial transceivers or devices with LVDS and 1.25 Gbps PHY ASSP LLC, M-CTL, 1 Gbps or 10/100/1000 Mbps RS GMII/ RGMII PCS, 1000Base-X [option: + SGMII] TBI/ RTBI/ SGMII PMA, 1000Base-X PMD, 1000Base-T/ 1000Base-LX/ 1000Base-SX/ 1000Base-CX/ MDI Medium: Twisted pair copper cable/ fiber optic cable Soft IP Hard IP 2 CML differential serial signals, or 2 LVDS signals 4 TP copper or 2 fiber optic cables, serial 1000Base-X and SGMII s supported in devices with serial transceivers and in Stratix III and Stratix IV FPGAs, and in HardCopy III and HardCopy IV ASICs with LVDS and soft CDR TBI, RTBI, GMII, and RGMII supported in all Cyclone, Stratix, Arria, and HardCopy device families Interface GMII: Gigabit media independent RGMII: Reduced (pin count) GMII SGMII: Serial GMII TBI: Ten-bit RTBI: Reduced (pin count) TBI MDI: Medium dependent 4

5 IEEE Base-X Block Diagram Key Test Points and Test Criteria TP1 measured characteristics Jitter generation Vod TP4 measured characteristics Jitter tolerance Vid Altera device Altera device PCS PCS Soft IP Soft or hard IP Soft or hard IP 5

6 Triple-Speed Ethernet (TSE) MegaCore Single to multi-port 10/100 Mbps or 1 Gbps applications LAN and WAN data plane or control plane (embedded system) applications Chip-to-chip, board-to-board, and inter-system network connectivity FPGA GMII (and external MII and RGMII) TBI SGMII, 1000Base-X 1000Base-X/SGMII PCS PMA Avalon -ST Tx FIFO Tx control Frame encapsulation Auto negotiation 8b/10b encoder Serializer External copper or optical PHY (PMD) External network Rx FIFO Rx control De-encapsulation synchronization 8b/10b decoder CDR and de-serializer STATS Avalon-MM HOST INT FC MGM T MDIO-MDC The first and only FPGA with LVDS support for 1 GbE 6

7 TSE MegaCore Features Half/full-duplex operation in 10/100 Mbps and full duplex in 1-Gbps mode Ethernet, PCS, and PMA dynamic configuration to 10/100/1000 Mbps IEEE standard compliant Validated by University of New Hampshire Interoperability Lab (UNH-IOL) Successfully passed the UNH Ethernet tests for 10/100 Mbits and 1 GbE IEEE clauses 4 (), 31(flow control), 36 (PCS), 37 (auto-neg.), and interop Many supported devices Stratix IV, Arria II GX, Stratix III, Cyclone III, Cyclone II, Stratix II, Stratix II GX, Arria GX, HardCopy III, and HardCopy II devices Standard s External Ethernet PHY device: MII, RMII, GMII, RGMII, SGMII, 1000Base-X, and TBI Supports GbE with SGMII in Stratix IV and Stratix III FPGAs and HardCopy IV and HardCopy III ASICs with LVDS, soft CDR, and a Rx passive equalizer The only FPGA with this feature Saves many serial transceivers and power for use in other high-speed applications 7

8 TSE MegaCore Configuration Options Single-port TSE configurations Multi-port TSE Avalon-ST GMII/ RGMII/MII Avalon-MM MDIO-MDC Avalon-ST GMII-MII TBI Internal system Port 0 Avalon-ST FIFOless MII/GMII/ RGMII PCS TBI PMA 1000Base-X/ SGMII Ethernet Port 0 PCS.... PCS PMA 1000Base-X, SGMII PCS PMA 1000Base-X, SGMII Internal System Port N FIFOless PCS PMA Ethernet Port N GMII PCS PMA 1000Base-X, SGMII Avalon- MM Control/ status registers MDIO- MDC PHY device management Soft IP Hard IP The only Ethernet multi-port IP core for FPGAs 8

9 IEEE GbE PMD Standards and Validation IEEE or industrystandard Cable type and transmission method IEEE clause or other spec. Signal type Total jitter (UI) Deterministic jitter (UI) Altera characterization on test result 1000Base- CX shielded jumper cable Two pairs of specialized balanced cabling Clause 39 CML TP1 = TP4 = TP1 = TP4 = SGMII (10/100/ 1000 Mbps) Two pairs of signal traces on boards and backplanes Cisco SGMII spec LVDS TP1 = TP4 = TP1 = TP4 = LVDS char. SFP pluggable module Optical or copper SFP spec OHM Diff. AC-coupled Vrx out(diff) = mv, Vrx (S.E)= mV, Vtx input (diff) = mV, Vtx (S.E.) = mV Optical TP1 = TP4 = Copper TP1 = TP4 = Optical TP1 = TP4 = Copper TP1 = TP4 = LVDS char. 1000Base- SX short wavelength optical Full-duplex multimode fibers Clause 38 Optical to network, CML or LVDS to FPGA TP1 = TP4 = TP1 = TP4 = Base- LX long wavelength optical Duplex singlemodule fibers or duplex multi-mode fibers Clause 38 Optical to network CML or LVDS to FPGA TP1 = TP4 = TP1 = TP4 = Base-T category 5 UTP Advanced multilevel signaling over 4 pairs of Cat-5 balanced unshielded twisted pair copper cables Clause 40 4D PAM

10 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet, PCS Standards, and Validation IEEE or industry standard at 10/100 Mbps and 1 Gbps MII/GMII s flow control 1000Base-X PCS 1000Base-X PCS autonegotiation SGMII PCS (10/100/ 1000 Mbps) 1000Base-T PCS 10/100 Mbps PCS IEEE clause or spec. Altera automated verification in each Quartus software release Altera hardware tests in each Quartus software release Clause 4 UNH validation test passed 10 Stratix II FPGA in Q Stratix IV GX and Arria II GX tests to be performed in 2009 Clause Clause 31 Clause 36 Clause 37 Clause 36 and Cisco SGMII spec Clause 40 Other clauses N/A, no integrated 1000Base-T PHY in Altera devices Not supported by Altera IP, but SGMII PCS supports 10/100 Mbps rates N/A Stratix II FPGA in Q Stratix IV GX and Arria II GX tests in 2009 Stratix II GX FPGA with soft PCS IP in Q Stratix II GX FPGA with hard PCS IP with SERDES in GbE mode in Q Stratix IV GX and Arria II GX tests in 2009 Stratix II GX FPGA with soft PCS IP in Q Stratix II GX FPGA with hard PCS IP with SERDES in GbE mode in Q Stratix IV GX and Arria II GX tests in 2009 Stratix II GX FPGA with soft PCS IP in Q Stratix II GX FPGA with hard PCS IP with SERDES in GbE mode in Q Stratix IV GX and Arria II GX tests in 2009 N/A -- --

11 TSE Validation Stratix II GX verification PCI Express Development Kit, Stratix II GX Edition UNH (University of New Hampshire) test suites based on IEEE Ethernet standard (, PCS, and 1000Base-X PMA) passed Device characterization showed compliance with 1000Base-X PMA Stratix II verification GbE and 10/100 fast Ethernet verification Nios II Development Kit, Stratix II Edition with Marvell 10/100/ E1111 PHY daughtercard UNH test suites () passed SGMII Serial CDR/SERDES implementation, Rx and Tx identical to 1000Base-X Stratix II GX SERDES and Stratix III LVDS characterization showed SGMII compliance 11

12 Hardware Verification MegaCore configuration for interoperability Development kit Interoperability hardware platform SERDES Ethernet 10/100/1000 PHY SFP module plus 1000Base-X PCS interoperability with copper/optical Gigabit SFPs Nios II Development Kit, Stratix II Edition Texas instruments TLK2201 PHY on Optiworkx MoreThanIP daughtercard Stratos SPLC-20-4-X-SL (optical Gigabit) Finisar FCMJ (copper Gigabit) plus 1000Base-X PCS plus PMA interoperability with copper/optical Gigabit SFPs PCI Express Development Kit, Stratix II GX Edition Stratix II GX embedded transceiver Stratos SPLC-20-4-X-SL (optical Gigabit) Finisar FCMJ (copper Gigabit) plus 1000BaseX-PCS- SGMII interoperability with copper SFPs Nios II Development Kit, Stratix II Edition Texas instruments TLK2201 PHY on Optiworkx MoreThanIP daughtercard Finisar FCMJ (copper Gigabit) plus 1000BaseX-PCS- SFP: SGMII plus Small PMA form-factor interoperability pluggable PHY: with copper Physical SFPs layer PCI Express Development Kit, Stratix II GX Edition Stratix II GX embedded transceiver Finisar FCMJ (copper Gigabit) 12

13 10 Gbps Ethernet

14 10 GbE Standard Blocks and Interfaces 4x Gbps Transceivers (XAUI) 4 x Gbps serial CML differential full-duplex lines Altera FPGA or HardCopy ASIC with serial transceiver LLC, M-CTL 10-Gbps RS XGMII 64 bits PCS, 10GBase-X 10-Gbps PMA service : 40 bits XGXS PMA, 10GBase-X XAUI PHY ASSP or module PMD, 10GBase-CX4 Optional XAUI/ 10GBase -CX4 Medium: < 15 meters shielded copper cable/ backplane/ board trace and 10GBase-X (8B/10B) PHY in backplane and LAN applications Altera FPGA or HardCopy ASIC with serial transceiver 10-Gbps PMA service : 40 bits LLC, M-CTL 10-Gbps RS XGMII 64 bits PCS, 10GBase-X XGXS PMA, 10GBase-X XAUI PMD chip, 10GBase-LX4/ -LRT/-T/-xR or XPAK/X2 pluggable module Medium: twisted pair copper cable/ optical cable and 10GBase-X PHY in LAN, or WAN (-R in PHY device) applications Soft IP Hard IP 14

15 10 GbE Standard Blocks and Interfaces 10-Gbps Transceiver Altera Stratix IV GT FPGA 10GBase-xR 10GBase-T LLC, M-CTL 10-Gbps RS XGMII PCS, 10GBase-R XSBI/40 bit PMA, 10GBase-R XFI PMD chip 10GBase-SR/ -LR -ER/-T or XFP pluggable module Medium: twisted pair copper cable/ optical cable XFP and 10GBase-R (64b/66b) PHY, low I/O count and cost solution Altera Stratix IV GT FPGA 10GBase-xR 10GBase-T LLC, M-CTL 10-Gbps RS XGMII PCS, 10GBase-R XSBI / 40 bits PMA, 10GBase-R XFI ASSP EDC/ repeat -er SFI 10GBase-SR/ -LR /-ER SFP+ module Medium: twisted pair copper cable/ optical cable Optional SFP+ and 10GBase-R (64b/66b) PHY, low I/O count, cost and power solution Soft IP Hard IP 15

16 Altera 10 GbE IP Features Full-duplex operation supporting Ethernet 10-Gbps data rate IEEE 802.3ae GbE standards compliant Validated by UNH in Stratix II GX FPGA Easy MegaWizard user configuration software SOPC Builder compliant Many supported devices: Stratix IV (GX, GT, and E), Stratix III, Stratix II, Stratix II GX, Arria GX, Arria II GX, and HardCopy III device families Competing 10 GbE IP uses 1,200 more LUTs just for XAUI logic, and: Does not have system side Tx and Rx FIFOs Does not have local and line loopback Does not have receive frame filtering 16

17 10 GbE Reference Design XAUI Interface Altera device with serial transceivers Avalon-ST system Avalon-MM management Slave 10 GbE reference design 10 GbE Management Management 10GBase-X (8b/10b) PCS hard IP 10GBase-X PMA hard IP, 4 x Gbps transceivers XAUI 4 x Gbps MDIO - MDC Standard PHY product PMD, copper or optical Network Altera device with serial transceivers Avalon-ST system Avalon-MM management Slave 10 GbE reference design 10 GbE Management Management 10GBase-X (8b/10b) PCS soft IP 10GBase-X PMA hard IP, 4 x Gbps transceivers XAUI 4 x Gbps MDIO - MDC Standard PHY product PMD, copper or optical Network Soft PCS: for utilization of transceiver block CMU channels in XAUI Soft IP Hard IP 17

18 10 GbE Reference Design XFI and SFI 10.3-Gbps Interfaces: Lowest Power and Lowest System Cost Stratix IV GT FPGA with 11.3-Gbps serial transceivers Avalon-ST system Avalon-MM management Slave Management slave 10 GbE Ref. design 10 GbE Management 10GBase-R (64b/66b) PCS soft IP 10GBase-R PMA hard IP Gbps transceiver I 2 C controller XFI, 10.3-Gbps serial I 2 C Standard PHY product 10-Gbps XFP module Network Stratix IV GT FPGA with 11.3-Gbps serial transceivers Avalon-ST system Avalon-MM management Slave Management slave 10 GbE Ref. design 10 GbE Management 10GBase-R (64b/66b) PCS soft IP 10GBase-R PMA hard IP Gbps transceiver I 2 C controller 10.3-Gbps serial EDC chip I 2 C SFI 10.3-Gbps serial Standard PHY product 10-Gbps SFP+ module Network The first and only 10Gb serial based Ethernet solution in FPGAs Note:Some system channels may not need EDC chip. 10GBase-R PCS IP available from MoreThanIP. 18

19 10 GbE Validation 10 GbE and PCS verification Hardware validation of, PCS, and PMA Tested by Altera with Altera Stratix II GX PCIe development kit with XAUI With CX4 adapter and 10 GbE switch and Spirent Communications 10 GbE test equipment With X2 optical modules (Finisar and Opnext) to Spirent Communications 10 GbE test equipment UNH tested with Stratix II GX FPGA With PCIe development kit and CX4 for and PCS tests (IEEE 802.3ae standard clauses 4, 31, 46, and 48) With signal integrity (SI) development kit for XAUI PMA (PMD) tests (IEEE 802.3ae standard clause 47) 19

20 IEEE GbE PMD Standards and Validation IEEE or industrystandard Cable type and transmission method IEEE clause or other spec. Signal type and Baud rate per serial lane Altera characterization or other test results XAUI 4 pairs of copper signal traces on board up to 50 cm Clause 47 CML, Gbps Stratix II GX Altera characterization tests in 2006 UNH XAUI validation with Stratix II GX FPGA in Aug UNH XAUI interop tests with Stratix II GX FPGA in Aug Stratix IV GX and Arria II GX tests to be done in 2009 X2 pluggable module FPGA side: XAUI, 4 pairs of copper signal traces on board up to 50 cm X2 MSA 2005, clause 47 FPGA side: CML, Gbps Stratix II GX Altera internal tests in 2006 UNH X2 pluggable module validation with Stratix II GX FPGA in Aug Stratix IV GX and Arria II GX tests to be done in 2009 XFI for XFP pluggable module FPGA side: 2 pairs of copper signal traces on board, 8 inches SFF INF- 8077i, 2005, Chapter 3 CML, Gbps Stratix IV GT Altera characterization tests to be done in 2009 UNH XFP module validation with Stratix IV GT FPGA in 2009 SFI for SFP+ pluggable module FPGA side: 2 pairs of copper signal traces on board, 8 inches SFF 8431, 2007, Chapter 3 CML, Gbps Stratix IV GT Altera characterization tests to be done in 2009 UNH XFP module validation with Stratix IV GT FPGA in GBase-CX4 8 pairs of copper cable Clause 54 CML, Gbps No Altera characterization UNH tests with Stratix II GX FPGA done in Aug GBase-SR, LR, ER, SW, LW, EW A pair of signal mode or multimode fiber Clause 52 Optical, Gbps N/A 10GBase-LX4 4 pairs of multimode fiber Clause 53 Optical, Gbps N/A 10GBase-T 4 pairs of copper cable Clause 54 PAM 16,800 Mbps N/A. no integrated 10GBase-T PHY in Altera device 20

21 10 GbE, PCS Standards, and Validation IEEE or industry standard IEEE clause or spec. Altera automated verification in each Quartus software release Altera hardware tests in each Quartus software release UNH validation test passed, 10 Gbps Clause 4 Stratix II GX FPGA (with PCle dev kit and CX4 adapter card) in June 2008 Stratix IV GX and Arria II GX test to be performed in 2009 RS, 20 Gbps (XGMII ) Clause 46 Stratix II GX FPGA (with PCle dev kit and CX4 adapter card) in June 2008 Stratix IV GX and Arria II GX test to be performed in 2009 flow control 10GBase-X PCS 10GBase-X PCS Clause 31 Clause 48 Clause 48 Stratix II GX FPGA (with PCle dev kit and CX4 adapter card) in June 2008 Stratix IV GX and Arria II GX tests in 2009 Stratix II GX FPGA with hard PCS IP (with PCle dev kit and CX4) July 2008 Stratix IV GX and Arria II GX tests in 2009 Stratix II GX FPGA with soft PCS IP (with PCle dev kit and CX4) to be performed in 2009 Stratix IV GX and Arria II GX tests in GBase-R PCS 10GBase-w, WIS Clause Stratix IV GT tests in 2009 Clause GBase-T PCS Clause 55 N/A, no integrated 10GBase-T PHY in Altera devices N/A N/A 21

22 Hardware Demo and Test Platform Stratix II GX PCIe Dev Kit and X2 Module Card 22

23 Hardware Demo and Test Platform Reference Design in Stratix II GX PCIe Dev Kit (EP2SGX130 for 2 XAUI Ports) XAUI Tx FIFO CX4 XAUI Rx Config. point FIFO Generator/ checker Nios proc. Config. point CX4 XAUI Tx XAUI Rx FIFO FIFO Generator/ checker 23

24 Hardware Demo 24

25 Hardware Demo PC-controlled Nios II soft processor Uses loop-back module for data transfer Requests some data generation Checks data received Checks performance Available now for customer demo 25

26 Thank You

27 10 GbE Blocks and Interfaces 2x 5.15-Gbps or 2x 6.25-Gbps Transceivers Altera FPGA or HardCopy ASIC with serial transceiver LLC, M-CTL 10-Gbps RS XGMII PCS, 10GBase-R + Inv Mux and alignment 10-Gbps PMA service : ea. 20 bits PMA 2x 5.15 Gbps ASSP 2x 5.15 MUX and Gbps EDC/ repeat -er 1 x 10-Gbps serial diff. fullduplex line SFI 10GBase-SR/ -LR /-ER SFP+ module 10GBase-xR 10GBase-T Medium: twisted pair copper cable / optical cable 10 Gbps with two 5.15Gb serial transceivers instead of XAUI of SFI 2 fiber optic cables or 4 twisted pairs copper cables Altera FPGA or HardCopy ASIC with serial transceiver 10-Gbps PMA service : ea. 20 bits LLC, M-CTL 10-Gbps RS XGMII PCS, RXAUI PMA 2x 6.25 Gbps RXAUI 2x 6.25 Gbps Another device 10 Gbps with RXAUI for chip to chip and chip to backplane Soft IP Hard IP 27

28 Up to 20 GbE Blocks and Interfaces 4x 4.2-Gbps or 4x 6.25-Gbps Transceivers Altera FPGA or HardCopy ASIC with serial transceiver LLC, M-CTL HiGig+/HiGig2 RS Speed up XGMII PCS, 10GBase-X 1.5x speed 16-Gbps PMA service PMA 4x 4.2 Gbps HiGig2 4x 3.75 Gbps to 4.2 Gbps Another device 15 Gbps with HiGig2 with 4-Gbps serial transceivers Altera FPGA or HardCopy ASIC with serial transceiver LLC, M-CTL 20-Gbps/HiGig2+ RS Speed up XGMII PCS, 10GBase-X 2x speed DXAUI 20-Gbps PMA service PMA 2x 6.25 Gbps DXAUI/ HiGig2+ 4x 6.25 Gbps Another device 20 Gbps with HiGig2+ or DXAUI for chip to chip and chip to backplane Soft IP Hard IP 28