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Tsi578 User Manual
June 6, 2016
Integrated Device Technology
www.idt.com
3.
Serial RapidIO Electrical Interface
This chapter describes the IDT-specific electrical layer features of the Tsi578 Serial RapidIO Electrical
Interface. See the
for a description of the standards-defined RapidIO
features common to all RapidIO ports.
This chapter includes the following information:
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“Port Aggregation: 1x and 4x Modes” on page 68
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“Programmable Transmit and Receive Equalization” on page 77
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“Port Loopback Testing” on page 79
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“Bit Error Rate Testing (BERT)” on page 80
3.1
Overview
The Tsi578 has eight Media Access Controllers (MAC) comprising the 16 Serial RapidIO ports. The 16
ports are grouped into pairs consisting of one even numbered port and one odd numbered port. Each
port has flexible testing features including multiple loopback modes and bit error rate testing. Each pair
of ports share four differential transmit lanes and four differential receive lanes.
Even and odd number ports have different capabilities. Even numbered ports can operate in either 4x or
1x mode, while odd numbered ports can only operate in 1x mode. When the even numbered port is
operating in 4x mode, it has control over all four differential pairs (designated Lanes A, B, C and D). In
4x mode, the default state of the odd numbered port is powered on. All registers in the even and odd
numbered port are accessible but the odd numbered port does not have access to the PHY. In order to
decrease the power dissipation of the port, the odd numbered port can be powered down in this
configuration. When the even numbered port is operating in 1x mode it uses only Lane A and the odd
numbered port is permitted to operate in 1x mode using Lane B.
The Tsi578 MAC and SerDes interconnect block diagram is shown in the following figure.