ANSI INCITS TR 35 : 2004

Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 References
   2.1 General
   2.2 Approved references
   2.3 References under development
   2.4 Informative references
3 Definitions and conventions
   3.1 Overview
   3.2 Conventions
   3.3 Keywords
   3.4 Acronyms
   3.5 Definitions
4 Background for MJSQ
   4.1 Overview
   4.2 Relationship to SONET and receiver tolerance requirements
   4.3 Relationship to earlier FC standards
   4.4 Traditional measurement methodology risks
5 Jitter overview
   5.1 Serial transmissions
   5.2 Jitter output context
   5.3 Jitter tolerance context
   5.4 Jitter assumptions summary
   5.5 FC-0 and MJS(-1) interface overview
   5.6 Fibre channel physical architecture
6 Jitter fundamentals
   6.1 Purpose of addressing all important signal levels
   6.2 Essential properties of signals
   6.3 Number of events per bit-period
   6.4 Statistical distribution at a specific signal level
   6.5 Basic relationships within statistical jitter
        distributions
   6.6 Jitter eye mask methodology for signal quality
        specification
   6.7 Signal measurements vs. jitter eye mask signal quality
        specifications
   6.8 Jitter timing reference at different signal levels
        during data acquisition
   6.9 Example of a 2-dimensional jitter measurement
   6.10 Jitter timing reference frequency response requirements
   6.11 Jitter frequency concepts
   6.12 Jitter output measurement methodologies
   6.13 Effects of varying jitter distributions on BER
   6.14 Methodology for jitter and signal quality specification
        for 'processed' signals
   6.15 Determination of compliance
   6.16 Extremely stressful data patterns and scrambling
7 Jitter causes and jitter distribution
   7.1 Jitter contribution elements
   7.2 Jitter distribution
8 Calculation of jitter compliance values (level 1)
   8.1 Overview - separation of jitter components
   8.2 Examples comparing level 1 DJ with peak to peak DJ
   8.3 Methodology details for calculating level 1 DJ and
        level 1 TJ
9 Basic data forms, analysis, and separation of jitter
   components
   9.1 Overview
   9.2 Best fit of tails of histograms
   9.3 Frequency spectrum method
10 Signal quality measurement methodologies
   10.1 Overview
   10.2 Equivalent time oscilloscope methods
   10.3 Enhanced equivalent time oscilloscope
   10.4 BERT scan
   10.5 Time interval analysis
   10.6 Real time oscilloscope methods
11 Jitter/signal tolerance measurement methodologies
   11.1 Overview
   11.2 Jitter tolerance test methodologies
12 Example use of jitter specification methodology for FC-PI-n
   12.1 Overview
   12.2 Dependence on signal properties other than jitter output
        at the average signal level
   12.3 Jitter output budget and jitter tolerance budget
13 Practical measurements
   13.1 Level 1 and level 2 measurements
   13.2 System considerations
   13.3 Component considerations
   13.4 Instrumentation considerations
   13.5 Reference standards/calibration considerations
   13.6 Test fixture compensation and calibration issues
   13.7 Data output format considerations
14 Detailed implementation examples
   14.1 TIA for optical gamma T at switching threshold for FC
        Ports
   14.2 Electrical Gamma T using a real time oscilloscope
   14.3 Optical and electrical Gamma T using a jitter optimized
        sampling oscilloscope
   14.4 BERT Delta R signal tolerance
Annexes
A Test bit sequences
   A.1 Test bit sequence characteristics
   A.2 Compliant jitter test bit sequences
   A.3 Practical issues with compliant patterns in operating
        FC systems
B Practical measurements
   B.1 Introduction
   B.2 Basic architecture
   B.3 Instrumentation interface adapters
C Choosing the corner frequency: fc/1667
D Frequency domain measurement (spectrum analyzer)
   D.1 Overview
   D.2 Frequency domain measurement algorithm
E Positioning of jitter eye mask relative to the data
   E.1 Introduction
   E.2 Peak to peak vs mean
   E.3 Restrictions on jitter distributions
   E.4 Jitter tolerance and jitter output issues
   E.5 Special consideration for optical delta T points
   E.6 Summary
F Crosstalk jitter components
   F.1 Overview
   F.2 Equipment setup
   F.3 Measurement setup
   F.4 Results for test 1: (zero crosstalk added)
   F.5 Results for test 2: (50mV of crosstalk added)
   F.6 Results for test 3: (100mV of crosstalk added)
   F.7 Combined results
   F.8 Conclusions
G Developing a signal budget at connectors
   G.1 Introduction
   G.2 Physical architecture
   G.3 Options for connectors other than Gamma
   G.4 Determining the budgets when using a compliance
        interconnect methodology
H Extrapolation to low probability CDF levels
   H.1 Introduction
   H.2 Effects of DJ calculation and encoding scheme
   H.3 Example extrapolations
   H.4 Relationship to data pattern
   H.5 Summary

Provides background information for revising and expanding the signal specifications presently contained within the FC-PH-n, FC-PI-n, and 10GFC standards and draft standards. Applicable to fully functional Fibre Channel subsystem and FC port implementations as well as to the individual components that comprise the link.