Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 1
1
DNPCI
E
_10G_K7_LL
(_QSFP)
E
THERNET
P
ACKET
A
NALYSIS
E
NGINE
......................................................................................................... 1
1.1
Overview......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1
1.2
FPGA – Xilinx, Kintex-7 ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 1
1.3
Two Channels of 10 GbE or Four Channels of 10 GbE for the _QSFP version ....................................................................................................... 2
1.4
QDR II+ SSRAM - Memory with the Lowest Latency ................................................................................................................................................. 2
1.5
DDR3 DRAM - Bulk Memory ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 2
1.6
PCI Express – Customizable 4-lane, GEN2 PCI Express........................................................................................................................................... 3
1.7
Time Synchronization .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 3
1.8
How Everything Works … ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 3
2
DNPCI
E
_10G_K7_LL
(_QSFP)
E
THERNET
P
ACKET
A
NALYSIS
E
NGINE
F
EATURES
....................................................................................... 4
3
P
ACKAGE
C
ONTENTS
:............................................................................................................................................................................................ 6
4
I
NSPECT THE
B
OARD
.............................................................................................................................................................................................. 6
5
A
DDITIONAL
I
NFORMATION
.................................................................................................................................................................................. 7
GETTING STARTED ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 8
1
B
EFORE
Y
OU
B
EGIN
.............................................................................................................................................................................................. 8
1.1
Configuring the Programmable Components .............................................................................................................................................................. 8
1.2
Warnings ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 8
2
I
NSTALLING THE
S
OFTWARE
................................................................................................................................................................................. 8
2.1
Exploring the Customer Support Package ................................................................................................................................................................... 9
3
B
OARD
S
ETUP
........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 9
3.1
Before Powering Up the Board .................................................................................................................................................................................... 9
3.2
Cooling Requirements – IMPORTANT!! ................................................................................................................................................................... 10
3.3
Powering Up the Board ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 10
4
U
SING THE
R
EFERENCE
D
ESIGN
(M
AIN
) ............................................................................................................................................................ 11
PROGRAMMING/CONFIGURING THE HARDWARE ...................................................................................................................................................... 14
1
I
NTRODUCTION
.................................................................................................................................................................................................... 14
2
C
ONFIGURING THE
FPGA
USING
JTAG ............................................................................................................................................................. 15
2.1
Setup - Configuring the FPGA using JTAG ............................................................................................................................................................... 15
2.2
Powering Up the Board ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 15
2.3
Installing Digilent cable driver................................................................................................................................................................................... 15
2.3.1
Windows .............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 15
2.3.2
Linux .................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 16
2.4
Configuring the FPGA ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 17
3
C
ONFIGURING THE
FPGA
USING
M
ASTER
BPI .................................................................................................................................................. 18
3.1
Setup - Configuring the FPGA using Master BPI ..................................................................................................................................................... 19
3.2
Powering Up the Board ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 19
3.3
Configuring the FPGA ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 19
3.4
Using multiple FPGA “boot” images for configuration fallback ............................................................................................................................ 21
4
U
SING
C
HIP
S
COPE
P
RO
(
VIA
JTAG) ................................................................................................................................................................... 22
4.1
Setup – Using ChipScope Pro (via JTAG) ................................................................................................................................................................. 23
4.2
Powering Up the Board ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 23
4.3
Configuring the FPGA ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 23
HARDWARE DESCRIPTION .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 25