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Altera_Forum
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14 years ago

Stratix IV Tecnical Problem

Dear Sir

I have bought Stratix IV 4SGX230N from your site. We have read that this board supports SFP-HSMC card. Therefore we need to buy this card but our research needs high speed up to 10GB. My question is that can this board with SFP-HSMC card accept SFP+, XFP?.

My Best Wishes

Waddah

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    Altera_Forum
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    14 years ago

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    Is the board (DUAL XAUI TO SFP+ HSMC BOARD) suitable with Stratix IV 4SGX230N to achieved up to 10Gbps ?

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    Do you have a link to the board?

    XAUI is 4 x 3.125Gbps, so if the board you refer to has a PHY chip that takes in XAUI and outputs 10.3125Gbps to SFP+, then yes, it would work with the Stratix IV GX FPGA.

    Cheers,

    Dave
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    Altera_Forum
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    14 years ago

    Thank you for your replaying

    Is the board (DUAL XAUI TO SFP+ HSMC BOARD) suitable with Stratix IV 4SGX230N to achieved up to 10Gbps ?

    Waddah
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    Altera_Forum
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    14 years ago

    You did not buy the kit from this site. This is a user-maintained forum.

    Stratix IV GX devices do not support 10.3125Gbps transceiver rates.

    Stratix IV GT devices do, and Stratix V devices do.

    Cheers,

    Dave