AN 838: Interoperability between Intel® Arria® 10 NBASE-T Ethernet Solution with Aquantia* Ethernet PHY Reference Design

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Date 1/12/2018
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Running Basic Packet Transfer

Follow these steps to run basic packet transfer using the reference design once the links between Intel 1G/2.5G/5G/10G Multi-rate Ethernet PHY and Aquantia AQR105 Ethernet PHY are successfully connected:

  1. Depending on which Intel® Arria® 10 GX Transceiver SI development kit you would like the loop back mechanism to be, enable the Avalon® ST interface loop back in the System Console using the following command:
    SET_TRAFFIC_CONTROLLER_STD_CHANNEL_BASE_ADDR 1
    SET_AVALON_ST_LOOPBACK_ENA
  2. In the System Console from the Intel® Arria® 10 GX Transceiver SI development kit without the Avalon® ST interface loop back, use the following command to start packets transfer. This reference design connects channel 1 of the transceiver to the SFP+ interface.
    TEST_EXT_LB <channel> <speed> <burst_size>.
    Example: TEST_EXT_LB 1 10G 80000000.
The following diagram shows an example of successful packets transfer during basic packet transfer test.
Figure 6. Example of Basic Transfer Test Result