TNETX4090

ThunderSWITCH II9-PORT 100-/1000-MBIT/S ETHERNETSWITCH

SPWS044E ± DECEMBER 1997 ± REVISED AUGUST 1999

ring-cascade topology (continued)

DFrames received on a ring port must have an out-of-band pretag in the clock cycle before Mxx_RXDV is asserted. The contents of the pretag are examined, and based on the results, are either forwarded normally, or immediately discarded within the MAC. If discarded, the frame does not affect any of the statistics or address-lookup database. Frames are forwarded normally, unless:

±The pretag is 0.

±The two IDs within the pretag are not the same.

±The ID within the received pretag is the same as ringid. This identifies a frame that originated at this device, and that has passed completely around the ring.

The pretag format is shown in Figure 8.

M08_GTCLK

M08_TXEN

M08_RXDV

M08_TXD3±

 

 

M08_TXD0/

Ring ID

Preamble

M08_RXD3±

 

 

M08_RXD0

 

 

M08_TXD7±

 

 

M08_TXD4/

Ring ID

Preamble

M08_RXD7±

 

 

M08_RXD4

 

 

Figure 8. Ring-Topology Pretag Timing

The devices in the ring are connected as shown in Table 13.

Table 13. Ring-Topology Connectivity

SWITCH TERMINAL

n

 

n + 1

 

 

 

M08_TXD7

M08_RXD7

 

 

 

M08_TXD6

M08_RXD6

 

 

 

M08_TXD5

M08_RXD5

 

 

 

M08_TXD4

M08_RXD4

 

 

 

M08_TXD3

M08_RXD3

 

 

 

M08_TXD2

M08_RXD2

 

 

 

M08_TXD1

M08_RXD1

 

 

 

M08_TXD0

M08_RXD0

 

 

 

M08_TXEN

M08_RXDV

 

 

 

M08_TXER

M08_RXER

 

 

 

M08_COL

FLOW

 

 

 

NOTE: When a port is configured for the ring topology, IEEE Std 802.3x flow control should be disabled. Hardware-based flow control is supported using the FLOW and Mxx_COL terminals; however, this must be enabled by setting the flow bit in SysControl.

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Texas Instruments TNETX4090 specifications Ring-Topology Connectivity, M08GTCLK M08TXEN M08RXDV, Switch Terminal