Various AMD development boards support the <Tri-Mode Ethernet MAC> core. These boards can be used to prototype designs and establish that the core can communicate with the system.
The provided example design can, if generated with the correct part and core options, be targeted directly to the following list of boards. For more information, see Targeting the Example Design to a Board.
7 series evaluation boards:
- KC705
- AC701
Link Analyzers
Link analyzers can be used to generate and analyze traffic for hardware debug and testing. Common link analyzers include:
- Spirent SmartBits
- IXIA brand 10/100/1000 Ethernet test chassis
- Wireshark (a free packet sniffer software application)