LXT9860/9880 —
Advanced 10/100 Repeater with Integrated Management
4
Datasheet
Document #: 248987
Revision#: 003
Rev Date: 08/07/01
3.8
IRB Operation .....................................................................................................47
3.8.1
IRB Signal Types ...................................................................................48
3.8.2
IRB Isolation...........................................................................................48
3.8.3
10 Mbps-Only Operation........................................................................48
3.8.3.1 MAC IRB Access.......................................................................48
3.8.3.2 Management Master Chain Arbitration......................................48
3.8.4
LXT98x/91x/98x0 Compatibility..............................................................48
MII Port Operation...............................................................................................51
3.9.1
Preamble Handling.................................................................................51
Serial Management I/F........................................................................................52
3.10.1 SMI Signals............................................................................................52
3.10.1.1Serial Clock...............................................................................53
3.10.1.2Serial Data I/O...........................................................................53
3.10.2 Read and Write Operations....................................................................53
3.10.2.1SMI Collision Handling..............................................................53
3.10.2.2SMI Address Match Indication ..................................................53
3.10.2.3SMI Frame Format....................................................................54
3.10.3 Address Assignment Methods ...............................................................57
3.10.3.1Chain Arbitration Mechanism....................................................58
3.10.3.2PROM Arbitration Mechanism...................................................58
3.10.3.3Address Re-Arbitration..............................................................59
3.10.4 Interrupt Functions .................................................................................59
Serial PROM Interface ........................................................................................59
Serial Configuration Interface..............................................................................60
3.9
3.10
3.11
3.12
4.0
Application Information
.................................................................................................61
4.1
General Design Guidelines .................................................................................61
4.2
Typical Applications ............................................................................................62
4.3
Application Circuitry ............................................................................................63
4.3.1
Power and Ground.................................................................................63
4.3.1.1 Supply Filtering..........................................................................63
4.3.1.2 Ground Noise............................................................................63
4.3.1.3 Power and Ground Plane Layout Considerations.....................63
4.3.1.4 Chassis Ground.........................................................................64
4.3.1.5 The RBIAS Pin..........................................................................64
4.3.2
MII Terminations ....................................................................................65
4.3.3
Twisted-Pair Interface ............................................................................65
4.3.3.1 Magnetics Information...............................................................66
4.3.4
Clock ......................................................................................................66
4.3.5
SMI and PROM Circuits.........................................................................68
4.3.6
LED Circuits ...........................................................................................69
4.3.6.1 Direct Drive LEDs......................................................................69
4.3.6.2 LED Pins Multiplexed with Configuration Inputs........................69
4.3.6.3 Serial LEDs ...............................................................................70
4.4
Inter-Repeater Backplane Compatibility..............................................................71
4.4.1
Local Backplane
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3.3V Only .................................................................72
4.4.2
Stack Backplane
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3.3V or 5V................................................................72
4.4.2.1 3.3V and 5.0V Stacking Boards Cannot Be Mixed....................72