Hello,

I am still having issues receiving data over 40 GbE. I currently have a
direct connection between the transmitting and receiving SKARABs, both on
the leftmost 40 GbE port of Mezzanine slot 3 . Using tcpdump on a server
with a 40GbE interface, I was able to confirm that the SKARAB which
transmits data is successfully doing so. Also, both SKARABs can
successfully be pinged over 40GbE. Despite this, I am still unable to
receive data on the other SKARAB, even when Promiscuous Mode is enabled. I
did observe that the orange and green LEDs are turned on for both of the
SKARAB's 40GbE ports. The green light blinks on the SKARAB that is
transmitting data and the orange light blinks on the SKARAB that is
receiving data, therefore it appears they are communicating with each
other.

Any other suggestions on how to debug the reception data over 40 GbE would
be much appreciated, as I am still unsure what could be causing the issue.

Thanks,

Mark

On Fri, Jun 30, 2017 at 3:57 AM, Paul Prozesky <paul.proze...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Morning Mark
>
> Please have a look here for SKARAB 40gbe TX and RX models with demo
> software.
>
> https://github.com/ska-sa/mkat_fpga/tree/devel/source/skarab_dev/tut2
>
> Cheers
> Paul
>
>
> On 30 June 2017 at 07:46, Jason Manley <jman...@ska.ac.za> wrote:
>
>> Hi Mark
>>
>> The current SKARAB 40G yellowblock is a bit of a hack.
>>
>>   1) It is currently not parameterised, and is hard-coded for the first
>> port on Mezzanine slot 3.
>>
>>   2) The tx_valid and rx_valid lines are 4-bits wide, not 1 bit. This
>> will be rectified soon, but in the meanwhile, just feed the value "3" to
>> tx_valid to send packets.
>>
>>   3) Note that there was a recent change to the TX and RX 64-bit word
>> ordering (was previously incorrectly swapped). Make you built your
>> bitstreams with a recent git checkout.
>>
>> It's on our todo list to get it properly parameterised and to fix the
>> 4-bit weirdness, but it's not clear when we'll have that done.  In the
>> meanwhile, the 40G does work, and we are successfully using this first port
>> actively at SKA-SA.
>>
>> Some things you should try to help debug:
>>
>>   1) The microblaze will attempt to DHCP on the 40G interface. Did it
>> obtain a lease? Check your DHCP server logs.
>>
>>   2) Check (using casperfpga software) that the cores are actually
>> configured like you think. There was a version of microblaze that overwrote
>> things. And if it's DHCP'ing (this is how we use the ports), then the IP
>> will have changed from what you expect. 
>> myfpgaobject.gbes['my_forty_gbe_core'].print_core_details()
>> (or g.get_core_details()).
>>
>>   3) What does tcpdump/wireshark show is coming out of the TX board?
>>
>>   4) Did you select different MAC addresses for the "hardcoded"
>> yellowblocks on the TX and RX side? Else a switch might not forward the
>> packets.
>>
>>   5) Can you ping both 40G interfaces from a computer?
>>
>> Jason Manley
>> CBF Manager
>> SKA-SA
>>
>> Cell: +27 82 662 7726 <+27%2082%20662%207726>
>> Work: +27 21 506 7300 <+27%2021%20506%207300>
>>
>> On 29 Jun 2017, at 20:37, Peryer, Mark A. <mark.per...@cfa.harvard.edu>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > I am trying to send data from one SKARAB to another SKARAB over 40GbE.
>> I have created two separate JASPER files, one for receiving and one for
>> transmitting. Each design has one forty_gbe yellow block and are configured
>> similar to Tutorial 2 on the casper website. In the JASPER file used for
>> transmitting, I have placed a snapshot block on the tx_data signal for the
>> forty_gbe block and am able to read the correct data from the snapshot
>> block using casperfpga. While it appears that the correct data is being
>> transmitted, nothing is received by the second SKARAB. In the JASPER file
>> used for receiving data, I have a snapshot block on the rx_data signal,
>> which should trigger once a valid frame is received. However, when I run
>> fpga01.snapshots.snapshot2.print_snap(50) it just hangs, indicating
>> nothing has been received.
>> >
>> > I did notice that when I right click on the forty_gbe yellow block and
>> go to Mask >> Edit Mask >> Parameters&Dialog, there is a menu that allows
>> for the card slot location of the 40GbE card to be selected. Our SKARAB
>> units have the 40GbE card populated on Mezzanine Slot 3, however only Card
>> Slot 0 and 1 are available to be selected. Should this option be set to
>> slot 3 in order to properly use the 40GbE ports?
>> >
>> > I should also mention that I have configured the tx_dest_ip block input
>> to be 192.168.5.20 and the tx_dest_port to be 10000, which are the default
>> values for the forty_gbe block.
>> >
>> > If there is anything else I should look at in order to properly
>> configure the forty_gbe yellow blocks please advise.
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> >
>> > Mark
>> >
>> >
>> >
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