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Preface

About This Guide

The LogiCORE™ IP Ethernet 1000BASE-X PCS/PMA or SGMII User Guide provides
information about generating a Xilinx Ethernet 1000BASE-X PCS/PMA or SGMII core,
customizing and simulating the core using the provided example design, and running the
design files through implementation using the Xilinx tools.

Guide Contents

This guide contains the following information.

Preface, “About This Guide”

introduces the organization and purpose of this guide

and defines the conventions used in this document.

Chapter 1, “Introduction”

describes the core and related information, including

recommended design experience, additional documentation resources, technical
support, and submitting feedback to Xilinx.

Chapter 2, “Core Architecture”

provides an overview of the core including all

interfaces and major functional blocks.

Chapter 3, “Generating and Customizing the Core”

describes the Graphical User

Interface (GUI) options used to generate and customize the core.

Chapter 4, “Designing with the Core”

provides general guidelines for creating

designs with the core.

Chapter 5, “Using the Client-side GMII Data Path”

provides general guidelines for

creating designs using client side GMII of the Ethernet 1000BASE-X PCS/PMA or
SGMII core.

Chapter 6, “The Ten-Bit Interface”

provides general design guidelines when using the

Ten-Bit Interface (TBI) as the Physical Side of the core.

Chapter 7, “1000BASE-X with RocketIO Transceivers”

provides general design

guidelines when using the 1000BASE-X standard with the RocketIO™ transceiver as
the physical side of the core.

Chapter 8, “SGMII / Dynamic Standards Switching with RocketIO Transceivers”

provides general design guidelines when using either the SGMII standard, or the
Dynamic Switching option (between 1000BASE-X and SGMII standards). These
options always use a RocketIO as the physical interface.

Chapter 9, “Configuration and Status”

provides general guidelines for configuring

and monitoring the core, including a detailed description of the management registers
present in the core.

Chapter 10, “Auto-Negotiation”

provides guidelines for Auto-Negotiation function of

the core.

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