> I did some investigation and now I have some details. > The term 'PHY' described in Ether Group Spec should be the PCS + PMA, a figure > below for one configuration: > > +------------------------+ +-----------------+ > | Host Side Ether Group | | XL710 | > | | | | > | +--------------------+ | | | > | | 40G Ether IP | | | | > | | | | | | > | | +---------+ | | XLAUI | | > | | MAC - |PCS - PMA| | |----------| PMA - PCS - MAC | > | | +---------+ | | | | > +-+--------------------+-+ +-----------------+ Thanks, that makes a lot more sense. Andrew
