NWK954
The IRD bus in each hub is connected to the
Data transfers on the backplane are synchronous to the backplane clock. The backplane clock is supplied by whichever hub supplies the data. When receiving data from the backplane, the backplane clock is enabled onto the local BPCLK signal by BPDIE_N. BPCLK connects to all NWK954s in the hub. When a hub supplies data to the backplane, BPCLK is driven locally and is enabled onto the backplane by BPDOE_N.
Each hub in a stack indicates receive activity on any of its twisted pair ports by asserting the backplane activity output (BPACTOUT_N). BPACTOUT_N can be taken from any one of the NWK954s and drives one of the backplane activity signals via an external buffer. The backplane supports up to 8 backplane activity signals. The backplane activity signals from up to 7 other hubs connect to the local BPACTIN_N signals which are input to all NWK954s in the hub.
When a collision occurs between 2 twisted pair ports in a hub, the event is communicated to other stacked hubs by BPCOL_N which is enabled onto the backplane collision signal by BPCOLOE_N. BPCOLOE_N defaults to being active low but can be changed to active high by the addition of an external
LED Drivers
The NWK954 provides 2 LED drivers per port to indicate port status (RXLED_N and ERLED_N), one LED driver to indicate collisions (COLLED_N) and 5 LED drivers to indicate network utilization (ACTLED_N). The LED drivers pull the output pins low to turn the LEDs on. The LEDs are turned on or off for a minimum of 40ms to ensure observability.
The port status LEDs indicate a variety of conditions and provide rapid diagnosis of network faults,as shown in Table 1. The network utilization LEDs are turned on at the thresholds given in Table 2.
NWK954 |
Enable signal configured for active low operation |
NWK954 |
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Enable signal configured for active high operation |
Fig. 7 Polarity selection on BPDOE_N, BPDIE_N and
BPCOLOE_N
RXLED_N | ERLED_N | Port status |
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Off | Off | No incoming signal |
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Off | Flash | Incoming signal but no idle pattern recognized* |
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On | Off | Link established, no incoming data packets |
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Flash | Off | Link established, receiving data packets |
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On | On | Link established, but port partitioned due to excessive collisions |
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| or port isolated due to false carriers |
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| or port disabled due to jabber |
Flash off | Flash on | Link established, false carrier or invalid data detected |
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*In 802.3 a continuous signal of the required amplitude is sufficient to establish a link but no data can be passed to the repeater controller until the descrambler has locked on to an idle pattern.
| Table 1 |
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LED | Network utilization |
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ACTLED_N0 | >1% |
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ACTLED_N1 | >12·5% |
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ACTLED_N2 | >25% |
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ACTLED_N3 | >50% |
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ACTLED_N4 | >60% |
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| Table 2 |
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