VSC8211 Evaluation Board
User Guide
Revision 1.0
December 2013
Vitesse Proprietary
Page 3 of 13
Contents
Revision History ................................................................................ 4
1
Introduction .............................................................................. 5
2
General Description ................................................................... 6
2.1
Hardware Features ............................................................................................. 6
2.1.1
Power Connections .................................................................................. 6
2.1.2
Copper Port RJ45 Connections .................................................................. 6
2.1.3
SGMII MAC Interface via SMA .................................................................... 6
2.1.4
GMII, RGMII, MII, TBI and RTBI MAC Interface .......................................... 7
2.1.5
Fiber Transceiver Interface (SFP Cage) ...................................................... 7
2.1.6
Switches ................................................................................................ 7
2.1.7
Taitien 25MHz Crystal ............................................................................. 7
2.1.8
External RefClk Option ............................................................................. 7
2.1.9
Silabs Microcontroller .............................................................................. 7
2.1.10
EEPROM Option ...................................................................................... 8
2.1.11
CMODE Pins (Pin-Strap mode) .................................................................. 8
2.1.12
LED Interface ......................................................................................... 8
2.1.13
CLOCKOUT SMA ..................................................................................... 8
2.2
Software Requirements ...................................................................................... 8
3
Quick Start ................................................................................ 9
3.1
Board Configuration ........................................................................................... 9
3.1.1
Power Up ............................................................................................... 9
3.1.2
Clock and Reset ..................................................................................... 10
3.2
GUI and Driver Installation ................................................................................ 10
3.3
Using the GUI ................................................................................................... 11
3.4
Test Cases ....................................................................................................... 12
3.4.1
CAT5 to SGMII with Clause 37 AutoNeg Enabled ........................................ 12
3.4.2
CAT5 to RGMII ...................................................................................... 12
3.5
Useful Registers ................................................................................................ 13
3.5.1
Ethernet Packet Generator ...................................................................... 13
3.5.2
Far-End Loopback .................................................................................. 13
3.5.3
Near-End Loopback ................................................................................ 13
4
Additional Information ............................................................ 13
Figures
Figure 1.
VSC8211EV ................................................................................................ 5
Figure 2.
MDIO/MDC Jumpers on J23 to SiLabs F340 pins .............................................. 8
Figure 3.
USBXpress as Seen From the Device Manager Window ................................... 10
Figure 4.
Connection Window .................................................................................... 11
Figure 5.
Register List Window .................................................................................. 11