XAUI v12.3 Product Guide
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PG053 April 6, 2016
Chapter 2:
Product Specification
Verification
The XAUI core has been verified using both simulation and hardware testing.
Simulation
A highly parameterizable transaction-based simulation test suite was used to verify the
core. Verification tests include:
• Register access over MDIO
• Loss and regain of synchronization
• Loss and regain of alignment
• Frame transmission
• Frame reception
• Clock compensation
• Recovery from error conditions
Hardware Verification
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
®
10-Gigabit Ethernet MAC. This
design comprises the MAC, XAUI, a
ping
loopback First In First Out (FIFO), and a test pattern
generator all under embedded processor control. This design has been used for
conformance and interoperability testing at the University of New Hampshire
Interoperability Lab.