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1 month ago

Agilex 7 F-Tile 200G hard IP de-feature clarification

There is a point in the Agilex 7 known issues list in UG-683584 for some silicon revisions The F-Tile Ethernet 200G Hard IP block is de-featured and cannot beused in production devices with OPNs th...
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1 month ago

Hello,

 

  • 200GE modes (such as 200GE-2 / 200GE-4 / 200GE-8) are de-featured on blank-suffix and “B”-suffix production silicon.
  • The restriction is tied to use of the 200G Ethernet Hard IP configuration itself.
  • It does not imply that the entire Ethernet hard block (MAC/PCS/FEC for lower rates) is unusable.

Therefore, configurations like:

  • 10GE-1
  • 25GE-1
  • 50GE-1

should still be usable, including their associated MAC/PCS/FEC functionality.

 

  • 200GE-4 / 200GE-8 bonded configurations →  unsupported on blank or B suffix devices.
  • 10/25/50GE-1 using MAC/FEC/PCS → Remain supported.
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    PixelPusher
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    1 month ago

    Hi Paveet, 

    Thanks for the clarification. Good that the other modes are still available.

    I have been reading this a bit further, and it seems that the 200G HIP block is de-featured, but the 400G block is still enabled. So can't we do 200GE-4/8 using the 400G HIP block?

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      paveetirrasrie_Altera
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      1 month ago

      Hello Rooney,

       

      No problem.

      Unfortunately, No. The presence of the 400G HIP does not imply that 200GE-4/8 is an allowed workaround for a de-featured 200G HIP block. 

      Not sure how feasible would that be but just suggesting, If your design requires use of the 200G Hard IP block, use production devices with OPNs that have "C" suffix. 

      Hope that answer your query.

       

      Regards,

      Pavee

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      paveetirrasrie_Altera
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      1 month ago

      Hello Rooney,

       

      I’m glad that your question has been addressed, I now transition this thread to community support. 
      If you have a new question, feel free to open a new thread to get the support from Altera experts.
      Otherwise, the community users will continue to help you on this thread. 
      Thank you.

       

      Regards,

      Pavee