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Pin Descriptions Grouped by Function

Gigabit Ethernet (GMII) Configuration

Gigabit Ethernet Media Independent Interface (GMII) is configured in one of two ways:

• Use one CP cluster when density is more important than wire-speed performance

because you can then implement up to four Gigabit Ethernet ports per C-5e NP.

• Use two CP clusters for wire-speed performance and additional processing power. You

can implement up to two Gigabit Ethernet ports per C-5e NP.

Table 10 lists the possible CP cluster combinations you can use and Figure 4 shows receive

and transmit pin configurations by cluster. Table 11 lists the signals and pinouts for

Gigabit Ethernet (GMII).

Table 10 Transmit and Receive Pin Combinations for Gigabit Ethernet and Fibre Channel

CLUSTER

SINGLE CLUSTER MODE (TBI OR GMII)

TWO CLUSTER MODE (GMII)*

* The Two Cluster Mode column lists typical configurations. Any cluster can be set up to either receive

or transmit. So you could configure a dual cluster mode where cluster 0 receives and cluster 3

transmits.

Port 1 Tx and Rx

Port 1 Tx

Port 2 Tx and Rx

Port 1 Rx

Port 3 Tx and Rx

Port 2 Tx

Port 4 Tx and Rx

Port 2 Rx

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