VSC8584 Evaluation Board
VPPD-03500 VSC8584 User Guide Revision 1.0
Contents
1 Revision History ............................................................................................................................. 1
1.1 Revision 1.0 ........................................................................................................................................ 1
2 Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 2
3 General Description ....................................................................................................................... 3
3.1 Key Features ....................................................................................................................................... 3
3.1.1
Copper Port RJ45 Connections ................................................................................................................ 3
3.1.2
SGMII/QSGMII MAC SMA ........................................................................................................................ 3
3.1.3
Switch Block Control ................................................................................................................................ 3
3.1.4
Zarlink ZL30343 SyncE G.8262/SETS ........................................................................................................ 3
3.1.5
External 1588 Clock Option ..................................................................................................................... 4
3.1.6
External RefClk Option ............................................................................................................................ 4
3.1.7
1588 Daisy-Chain SPI Time-Stamping Connection .................................................................................. 4
3.1.8
Network Interface Microcontroller Card ................................................................................................. 5
4 Quick Start ..................................................................................................................................... 6
4.1 Connecting the Power Supply ............................................................................................................ 6
4.2 PC Software Installation ..................................................................................................................... 6
4.3 Connecting to the Board to the PC ..................................................................................................... 6
4.3.1
Changing the IP Address of the Board ..................................................................................................... 6
4.4 Using the Control Software ................................................................................................................ 7
4.4.1
CAT5 to SGMII with Clause 37 AutoNeg Enabled .................................................................................... 7
4.4.2
Board Initialization and Running PGY Scripts .......................................................................................... 8
4.4.3
Copper Media Operation (1000BASE-T) .................................................................................................. 9
4.4.4
Fiber Media Operation (1000BASE-X) ................................................................................................... 10
4.4.5
Fiber Media Operation (100BASE-FX) ................................................................................................... 10
4.5 Useful Registers ................................................................................................................................ 10
4.5.1
Ethernet Packet Generator ................................................................................................................... 10
4.5.2
Copper PHY Error Counters ................................................................................................................... 10
4.5.3
Fiber PHY Error Counters ....................................................................................................................... 10
4.5.4
Configuring 1588 Daisy-Chain SPI Time-Stamping ................................................................................ 11
5 Additional Information ................................................................................................................ 12
