Stratix IV Tecnical Problem

[Altera_Forum]

Dear Sir 

I have bought Stratix IV 4SGX230N from your site. We have read that this board supports SFP-HSMC card. Therefore we need to buy this card but our research needs high speed up to 10GB. My question is that can this board with SFP-HSMC card accept SFP+, XFP?.    My Best Wishes Waddah

[Altera_Forum]

You did not buy the kit from this site. This is a user-maintained forum. 

 Stratix IV GX devices do not support 10.3125Gbps transceiver rates.  Stratix IV GT devices do, and Stratix V devices do.  Cheers, Dave

[Altera_Forum]

Thank you for your replaying  

Is the board (DUAL XAUI TO SFP+ HSMC BOARD) suitable with Stratix IV 4SGX230N to achieved up to 10Gbps ?    Waddah

[Altera_Forum]

--- Quote Start ---   Is the board (DUAL XAUI TO SFP+ HSMC BOARD) suitable with Stratix IV 4SGX230N to achieved up to 10Gbps ?   --- Quote End ---    Do you have a link to the board?  XAUI is 4 x 3.125Gbps, so if the board you refer to has a PHY chip that takes in XAUI and outputs 10.3125Gbps to SFP+, then yes, it would work with the Stratix IV GX FPGA.  Cheers, Dave

[Altera_Forum]

Yes i have the link ,but i can't send it you here . 

Please give you your e.mail.

[Altera_Forum]

Its staring you in the face ... its my forum name :)

[Altera_Forum]

http://www.terasic.com.tw/cgi-bin/page/archive.pl?language=english&categoryno=71&no=597&partno=2 

 Yes, this board will do what you need.  NOTE: the HSMC connector on the Stratix IV GX kit supports 8 transceivers on the connector on the left, but only 6 on the right, so you can only use one of these boards and get two SFP+ ports. You might be able to add a second board, but you would only get one more SFP+ port.  Cheers, Dave

[Altera_Forum]

Thank you very much 

How can i buy it? I need it as soon as possible

[Altera_Forum]

--- Quote Start ---   How can i buy it? I need it as soon as possible  --- Quote End ---    Contact Terasic.  Cheers, Dave

[Altera_Forum]

I want to Test Designs Using Stratix IV GX FPGA Development + Dual xaui SFP HSMC  

  this required (hsmc_loopback.sof)   How can i find this file

[Altera_Forum]

--- Quote Start ---  I want to Test Designs Using Stratix IV GX FPGA Development + Dual xaui SFP HSMC    this required (hsmc_loopback.sof)   How can i find this file  --- Quote End ---    From its name, hsmc_loopback, it implies loopback at the HSMC. This is not what you want for testing a XAUI/SFP+ HSMC board. Terasic likely have an example for that.   I am sure there are several layers of loopback;  1) A simple loopback where data from SFP+ is received over XAUI and then sent back over the link.  2) A more complex loopback where data is received as 10GbE packets and the contents checked.  You'll want to perform both sorts of checks.  Cheers, Dave

[Altera_Forum]

Thank for your reply  

i just implement the setting in the attached file you can page 29 step 6   waddah

[Altera_Forum]

I did find this file  

hsmc_loopback.sof

[Altera_Forum]

Would you like please send me the pin information of Stratix V 5SGTMC7K2F40C2ES and EP5SGXEA7N2F40C2N devices ?