Silicom fb4CGg3@VU9P

  • Card information:

    • Vendor: Silicom

    • Name: fb4CGg3@VU9P also in variant fb2CGg3@VU9P

    • Ethernet ports: 4x QSFP28 (fb4CGg3) or 2x QSFP28 (fb2CGg3)

    • PCIe conectors: Edge connector

    • FPGA Card Website

  • FPGA specification:

    • FPGA part number: xcvu9p-flgb2104-2-i

    • Ethernet Hard IP: CMAC (100G Ethernet)

    • PCIe Hard IP: USP (up to PCIe Gen3 x16)

NDK firmware support

  • Ethernet cores that are supported in the NDK firmware:
  • PCIe cores that are supported in the NDK firmware:

    • USP in the PCIe Module

    • See the <NDK-FPGA_root_directory>/card/silicom/fb4cgg3/config/card_conf.tcl file for supported PCIe configurations.

  • Makefile targets for building the NDK firmware (valid for Minimal app, may vary for other apps):

    • Use make 100g2 command for firmware with 2x100GbE for fb2CGg3 card only (default).

    • Use make 100g4 command for firmware with 4x100GbE for fb4CGg3 card only.

  • Support for booting the NDK firmware using the nfb-boot tool:

    • YES.

Note

To build the NDK firmware for this card, you must have the Xilinx Vivado installed, including a valid license.