Interfacing to the Transmit Client Interface - 2.7 English

1G/10G/25G Switching Ethernet Subsystem Product Guide (PG292)

Document ID
PG292
Release Date
2023-10-18
Version
2.7 English

The timing of a data frame transmission through the internal 32-bit client-side interface is shown in the following figure. The beginning of the data frame is shown by the presence of the Start character (the /S/ codegroup in lane 0 in the following figure) followed by data characters in lanes 1, 2, and 3.

When the frame is complete, it is completed by a Terminate character (the T in lane 1 in the following figure). The Terminate character can occur in any lane; the remaining lanes are padded by the XGMII idle characters.

Figure 1. Normal Frame Transmission Across the Internal 32-bit Client Interface

The following figure shows a similar frame to that in the preceding figure, with the exception that this frame is propagating an error. The error code is denoted by the letter E, with the relevant control bits set.

Figure 2. Frame Transmission with Error Across the Internal 32-bit Client Interface