Hardware projects

Virtex-7 Ethernet switch/aggregator

The multi-Gbit Ethernet board

FPGA: Virtex-7
Application: 10 Gbit Ethernet network switch/aggregator

The multi-Gbit Ethernet board has 64 simultaneously usable external SFP ports for the optical connection of 10 Gbit Ethernet-capable hardware. In addition, two 8-lane PCIe ports are also available. The 4 gigabyte DDR3 memory provides the system with a powerful possibility for internal data storage.

The assembly contains the following main components:

  • Xilinx-Virtex-7-FPGA (XC7VX550T)
  • 64 × 10-GBit-Ethernet
  • 2 × PCIe
  • 4 GByte DDR3-SODIMM
  • Onboard PLL clock generation