XAUI v12.3 Product Guide
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PG053 April 6, 2016
Appendix A
Verification and Interoperability
The XAUI core has been verified using both simulation and hardware testing.
Simulation
A highly parameterizable transaction-based simulation test suite has been used to verify
the core. Tests included:
• Register access over MDIO
• Loss and re-gain of synchronization
• Loss and re-gain of alignment
• Frame transmission
• Frame reception
• Clock compensation
• Recovery from error conditions
Hardware Testing
The core has been used in several hardware test platforms within Xilinx. In particular, the
core has been used in a test platform design with the Xilinx
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10-Gigabit Ethernet MAC core.
This design comprises the MAC, XAUI, a “ping” loopback FIFO, and a test pattern generator
all under embedded PowerPC® processor control. This design has been used for
conformance and interoperability testing at the University of New Hampshire
Interoperability Lab. PCS reports are available from the factory on request.