82598EB Datasheet, PDF (4/596 Pages) Intel Corporation – Intel® 82598EB 10 Gigabit Ethernet Controller Datasheet

Intel^® 82598EB 10 GbE Controller - Contents
Contents
1. General Information ..................................................................................................................11
1.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 11
1.2 Terminology and Acronyms ...........................................................................................................11
1.3 Reference Documents ...................................................................................................................14
1.4 Models and Symbols .....................................................................................................................15
1.5 Physical Layer Conformance Testing ...............................................................................................15
1.6 Design and Board Layout Checklists................................................................................................15
1.7 Number Conventions ....................................................................................................................16
1.8 System Configurations ..................................................................................................................16
1.9 External Interfaces .......................................................................................................................17
1.9.1 PCIe Interface ................................................................................................................18
1.9.2 XAUI Interfaces ..............................................................................................................18
1.9.3 EEPROM Interface ...........................................................................................................19
1.9.4 Serial Flash Interface.......................................................................................................20
1.9.5 SMBus Interface .............................................................................................................20
1.9.6 NC-SI Interface ..............................................................................................................20
1.9.7 MDIO Interfaces..............................................................................................................20
1.9.8 Software-Definable Pins (SDP) Interface (General-Purpose I/O).............................................21
1.9.9 LED Interface .................................................................................................................21
2. Signal Descriptions and Pinout List............................................................................................23
2.1 Signal Type Definitions .................................................................................................................23
2.2 PCIe Interface ............................................................................................................................. 24
2.3 XAUI Interface Signals ..................................................................................................................26
2.4 EEPROM and Serial Flash Interface Signals ......................................................................................27
2.5 SMBus and NC-SI Signals..............................................................................................................28
2.6 MDI/O Signals ............................................................................................................................. 29
2.7 Software-Definable Pins ................................................................................................................29
2.8 LED Signals ................................................................................................................................. 30
2.9 Miscellaneous Signals ...................................................................................................................30
2.10 Test Interface Signals ...................................................................................................................31
2.11 Power Supplies ............................................................................................................................ 31
2.12 Alphabetical Pinout/Signal Name ....................................................................................................33
2.13 Internal/External Pull-Up/Pull-Down Specifications............................................................................46
2.14 Pin Assignments (Ball Out) ............................................................................................................48
3. Functional Description...............................................................................................................53
3.1 Interconnects ..............................................................................................................................53
3.1.1 PCIe..............................................................................................................................53
3.1.1.1 Architecture, Transaction and Link Layer Properties ..............................................54
3.1.1.2 General Functionality .......................................................................................55
3.1.1.3 Host Interface .................................................................................................55
3.1.1.4 Transaction Layer ............................................................................................59
3.1.1.5 Messages .......................................................................................................62
3.1.1.6 Ordering Rules ................................................................................................63
3.1.1.7 Transaction Definition and Attributes ..................................................................64
3.1.1.8 Flow Control ...................................................................................................65
3.1.1.9 Error Forwarding .............................................................................................67
3.1.1.10 Link Layer ......................................................................................................67
3.1.1.11 PHY ...............................................................................................................68
3.1.1.12 Error Events and Error Reporting .......................................................................71
3.1.1.13 Performance Monitoring....................................................................................75
3.1.1.14 Configuration Registers ....................................................................................75
3.1.2 Manageability Interfaces (SMBus/NC-SI) .......................................................................... 109
3.1.2.1 SMBus Pass-Through Interface ........................................................................ 109
3.1.2.2 NC-SI .......................................................................................................... 110
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