SmartDV’s FC-NVMe Verification IP is a comprehensive solution for verifying NVMe over Fibre Channel, the INCITS T11 standard enabling native NVMe command transport over existing Fibre Channel fabrics for low-latency, high-throughput SSD access without SCSI translation overhead. Fully compliant with the FC-NVMe standard as defined by the INCITS T11 committee and FC-NVMe-2, and built on the complete Fibre Channel transport stack, it supports complete verification of FC-NVMe Initiator and Target components across NVMe queue pair model, NVMe command and completion queue semantics, FC-NVMe frame mapping, LS (Link Service) commands for NVMe association management, the NVME Information Unit format, error detection and recovery, and coexistence with legacy FCP-SCSI traffic on the same FC fabric.
SmartDV’s FC-NVMe VIP supports UVM, SystemVerilog, and Verilog, and integrates seamlessly into diverse verification environments. It is simulator-independent and compatible with all leading EDA simulators, providing flexibility across simulation platforms.
With complete NVMe Admin and I/O queue verification, NVMe namespace discovery, FC-NVMe association establishment and teardown, multi-queue out-of-order completion, built-in functional coverage, and a complete test suite, SmartDV’s FC-NVMe VIP enables verification teams to thoroughly validate FC-NVMe interface designs for next-generation enterprise HBAs, all-flash storage arrays, and any FC SAN infrastructure migrating from FCP-SCSI to native NVMe semantics for high-performance flash workloads.