Do the Stratix 10 GX and SX FPGA families support Fibre Channel?

[DZuck1]

Hi,

Do the Stratix 10 GX and SX FPGA families support Fibre Channel?

The Intel® Arria® 10 Transceiver PHY User Guide (UG-01143 | 2018.10.16) specifically mentions that it supports Fibre Channel but the Intel Stratix 10 L- and H-Tile Transceiver PHY User Guide (UG-20055 | 2019.01.23) makes no mention of Fibre Channel.

Thanks,

Daniel

[Deshi_Intel]

Hi Daniel, Yes. Stratix 10 FPGA is able to support fiber optical channel. For instance, you can take a look at below S10 XCVR SI kit board where it has transceiver channel that connect to SFP and QSDP module. https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/programmable/products/boards_and_kits/dev-kits/altera/kit-s10-transceiver-si.html Thanks. Regards, dlim

[DZuck1]

Hi Dlim, I understand that the Stratix 10 can support optical fiber communications. My question is specific to the Fibre Channel (FC) standard from the FCIA. Thanks, Daniel

[Deshi_Intel]

Hi Daniel, S10 transceiver characterization is still on-going but I noticed we do support FC protocol on S10 L-tile transceiver. Thanks. Regards, dlim