Intel® Stratix® 10 SX SoC Development Kit User Guide

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Date 6/02/2023
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5.3.3. The QSFP/SFP Tab

This tab allows you to perform loopback tests on the QSFP and SFP ports.

Figure 36. The QSFP/SFP Tab

The controls on this tab are described below.

Status

Displays the following status information during a loopback test:
  • PLL Lock: Shows the PLL locked or unlocked state.
  • Pattern Sync: Shows the pattern synced or not synced state. The pattern is considered synced when the start of the data sequence is detected.
  • Details: Shows the PLL lock and pattern status.
    Figure 37. PLL and Pattern Status

Port

Allows you to specify which interface to test. The following port tests are available:
  • QSFP0 x4
  • QSFP1 x4
  • SFP x1

PMA Setting

Allows you to make changes to the PMA parameters that affect the active transceiver interface. The following settings are available for analysis.

Serial Loopback: Routes signals between the transmitter and the receiver.

VOD: Specifies the voltage output differential of the transmitter buffer.

Pre-emphasis tap
  • 1st pre: Specifies the amount of pre-emphasis on the first pre-tap of the transmitter buffer.
  • 1st post: Specifies the amount of pre-emphasis on the first post-tap of the transmitter buffer.

Equalizer: Specifies the CLTE EQ Gain for the receiver.

AC Gain: Specifies the CLTE AC Gain for the receiver.

VGA: Specifies the VGA Gain for the receiver.

Data Type

Specifies the type of data contained in the transactions. The following data types are available for analysis.

  • PRBS 7: Selects pseudo-random 7-bit sequences
  • PRBS 15: Selects pseudo-random 15-bit sequences
  • PRBS 23: Selects pseudo-random 23-bit sequences
  • PRBS 31: Selects pseudo-random 31-bit sequences
  • HF: Selects highest frequency divide-by-2 data pattern 10101010
  • LF: Selects lowest frequency divide-by-33 data pattern

Error Control

Displays data errors detected during analysis and allows you to insert errors
  • Detected Errors: Displays the number of data errors detected in the hardware.
  • Inserted Errors: Displays the number of errors inserted into the transmit data stream.
  • Insert: Inserts a one-word error into the transmit data stream each time you click the button. Insert is only enabled during transaction performance analysis.
  • Clear: Resets the Detected Error counter and Inserted Errors counter to zero.

Run Control

  • TX and RX performance bars: Show the percentage of maximum theoretical data rate that the requested transactions are able to achieve.
  • Start: Initiates the loopback tests.
  • Tx (Mbps) and Rx (Mbps): Show the number of bytes of data analyzed per second.
  • Data Rate: Shows the data rate for each link.