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Re: I/F locations




Paul,

Please see my comments below:

Paul Bottorff wrote:
> 
> Rich:
> 
> I didn't intend to imply that XSBI was required. It is an optional
> interface for 10GBASE-LW4.

OK. To be sure, I'll make sure that I submit TF ballot comments on
Clause 53 which reinforce this point.
 
> Rich, I believe some or us would like to build systems using XSBI
> interfaces. It is inconvenient
> that 10GBASE-LR4 is unsupported using XSBI.

Please feel free to use the XSBI anywhere you like. It is an optional
interface. This means that it is not required for any P802.3ae compliant
system.

> Rich, the current SUPI implementation does not support LAN mode in the
> UNIPHY, however this
> could easily change by adding a periodic A1/A2 sequence to the 64b/66b data
> stream. It would
> only be necessary to add 8 A1 octets and 8 A2 octets. The current clause 53
> operation can then
> operate without modification. This would be nice since it makes the UniPHY
> really unified around
> the provided electrical interfaces.

Paul, What is a UNIPHY? We discussed this in early HSSG presentations,
but there is no occurrence of "UNIPHY" in P802.3ae D2.0 (I checked). 

SUPI only supports a data rate of 9.952 Gbps. A P802.3ae LAN requires a
10 Gbps data rate and a 10.3125 Gbps line rate when using 64b/66b
coding. What line rate are you proposing for SUPI in LAN mode? Is this a
proposal that will be aired soon? I thought we had gone well past the
cutoff date for new proposals in P802.3ae.

Best regards,
Rich

> Cheers,
> 
> Paul
> 
> At 09:38 PM 12/1/2000 -0800, Rich Taborek wrote:
> 
> >Paul,
> >
> >I have to respectfully disagree that the XSBI is in any way a required
> >interface of the 10GBASE-LW4 PHY. As you clearly indicate in D2.0,
> >Clause 53, Figure 53-1, the XSBI is an optional interface for the
> >10GBASE-LW4 PHY. Figure 53-1 clearly illustrates that the WIS may be
> >directly attached to the LW4 PMA.
> >
> >I don't understand your point of suggesting the extraneous insertion of
> >a high pin count, extraneous parallel interface (the XSBI) into the
> >10GBASE-LR4 PHY. Is there some specific benefit or purpose of this
> >suggestion?
> >
> >I am very confused by your second paragraph where you mention as SUPI
> >"extension" to allow WWDM attachment to the LAN 64b/66b encoder over
> >XSBI.
> >
> >1) All of the aforementioned elements, with the exception of the XSBI,
> >are required for the 10GBASE-LW4 PHY;
> >
> >2) SUPI is a PMA which is only applicable to the 10GBASE-LW4 PHY. It is
> >not applicable to either the 10GBASE-LR4, 10GBASE-XR, or 10GBASE-XW
> >PHYs.
> >
> >Here are my specific questions:
> >
> >A) What is a SUPI extension?
> >
> >B) How does a SUPI extension enable the use of the XSBI to "all optical
> >modules"?
> >
> >C) How would the XSBI be used as an optical interface for the
> >10GBASE-LR4 PHY? Do you have a proposal to do this?
> >
> >D) What is the advantage of using the 64b/66b PCS for the 10GBASE-LR4
> >PHY?  Do you have a proposal to do this?
> >
> >E) What specification/Clause specifies SUPI electrical operation,
> >specifically the channel model, jitter budgets, transmit eye and receive
> >eye? I am not aware that this is covered by any clause including Clause
> >47. In essence, the lower line rate advantage of SUPI is offset by
> >undesirable characteristics which significantly increase jitter such as
> >very long and unpredictable run lengths. It appears that no such
> >specifications exist.
> >
> >Best Regards,
> >Rich
> >
> >--
> >
> >Paul Bottorff wrote:
> > >
> > > Ted:
> > >
> > > I agree, the two demarcations are XSBI and XAUI.  SUPI is not an interface
> > > as standardized by IEEE. Instead SUPI supports the 10GBASE-LW4 by attaching
> > > WWDM to and XSBI interface. The 10GBASE-LW4 WWDM is supported attached to
> > > XSBI using SUPI, while the 10GBASE-LR4 WWDM can only be supported by
> > > implementing clause 48 and cannot attach to XSBI.
> > >
> > > Though late for this discussion, it is possible to extend SUPI to allow
> > > WWDM attachment to the LAN 64b/66b encoder over XSBI. This has three
> > > advantages: 1)it means all optic modules and modes could be supported using
> > > a XSBI interface; 2)the transmission frequency of the 10GBASE-LR4 would be
> > > reduced from 3.125 MHz per lane to 2.578125 MHz per lane; 3)we end up with
> > > a single 64b/66b PCS layer for all interfaces. Using this scheme XSBI could
> > > support all optic module types. In addition, the XAUI option would also
> > > support all types.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > >
> > > Paul
> > >
> > > At 01:35 PM 12/1/2000 -0800, Speers, Ted wrote:
> > >
> > > >         I realize this is an implementation question, but is there a
> > likely
> > > >demarcation point between the transceiver module and the MAC.  It's
> > hard to
> > > >sort out a lot of these discussions (LSS, XAUI/SUPI, etc.) without
> > have this
> > > >in proper context.
> > > >
> > > >         Possible points of demarcation would seem to be either the
> > XAUI or
> > > >the XSBI interfaces.  I've seen presentations suggesting both.
> > > >
> > > >         It seems that a break at the XSBI would offer the most in
> > terms of
> > > >end-user flexibility and economies of scale for both the users and the
> > > >vendors ... with one exception, 10GBASE-X4 would be left out in the cold
> > > >because, as far as I can tell, there is no way to implement the standard
> > > >across an XSBI.
> > > >
> > > >         Ted Speers
> > > >         Strategic Marketing
> > > >         Actel
> 
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