Altera Mentor Verification IP Altera Edition AMBA AXI3/4TM - Manual (Page 121)

Mentor VIP AE AXI3/4 User Guide, V10.2b 103
September 2013
Chapter 5
SystemVerilog AXI3 and AXI4 Monitor BFMs
This section provides information about the SystemVerilog AXI3 and AXI4 monitor BFMs.
Each BFM has an API that contains tasks and functions to configure the BFM and to access the
dynamic
Transaction Record during the lifetime of a transaction.
Note
Due to AXI3 protocol specification changes, for some BFM tasks, you reference the
AXI3 interface by specifying AXI instead of AXI3.
Inline Monitor Connection
The connection of a monitor BFM to a test environment differs from that of a master and slave
BFM. It is wrapped in an inline monitor interface and connected inline between a master and
slave, as shown in
Figure 5-1 . It has separate master and slave ports and monitors protocol
traffic between a master and slave. The monitor itself then has access to all the facilities
provided by the monitor BFM.
Figure 5-1. Inline Monitor Connection Diagram