PMA Direct Base Tab

In this tab you choose the resource and specify the instance name.

Table 1. Base Tab SettingsWhere n is 0-3.

Parameter	Choices	Notes
Instance Name	User defined	Specify the instance name.
PMA Direct Resource	Qn_LN0 Qn_LN1 Qn_LN2 Qn_LN3	Choose the resource. You cannot use the same quad for PMA Direct and PCIe®. The software prompts you with a message if you try to choose a quad that is already in use.
Quad-Lane Settings	Button	Click this button to open the Quad-Lane Settings dialog box that has options that apply to all lanes in the transceiver quad (e.g., reference clocks). You also use this dialog box to choose presets or specify a custom combination of reference clock frequency, data rate, and SerDes bit width. See Transceiver PLLs and Quad-Lane Settings.

The software prompts you with a message when you change the resource to a lane in another quad.