General

• Native OSFP and QSFP-DD PAM4 hardware for best-in-class signal integrity (no adapters required)
• 400G Ethernet testing per IEEE 802.3bs specification with KP4 Forward Error Correction (FEC)
• Provides all the necessary features to test transceivers, DAC and AOCs, including OSFP and QSFP-DD transceivers, networking equipment and 400GE links
• Advanced and flexible state-of-the-art FPGA-based design provides future-proof hardware support for emerging standards, test functions and applications
• Wide range of supported 400GE interfaces, including 400GBASE-SR8, FR8, LR8, DR4, FR4, LR4, CR8 and CR4
• MDIO/I2C registers Read and Write
• Per-lane PAM4 pre-emphasis settings
• KP4 FEC codeword symbol errors distribution and Skew
• Ethernet Throughput test
• Also supports QSFP56, QSFP28, QSFP+, SFP28, SFP+ interfaces for lower rate applications
• Battery backup for efficient operation and mobility within datacenters (no need for constant rebooting)

Applications

• Bring-into-service, verification and troubleshooting of high-speed Ethernet links
• Transceivers, DAC and AOC verification
• Evaluation labs and field support Comprehensive 400GE test applications for layers 1-4
• Full rate 400GE Throughput and frame loss measurements
• PCS & RS-FEC layer testing with skew generation and analysis
• PAM4 signal integrity testing with multi-lane unframed BERT
• MDIO verification and programming including and QSFP-DD Module Health check and stress feature
• High speed lane clock stressing/analysis and optical power level verification
• Portable for field testing, evaluations, demonstrations, interop check, benchmarking, troubleshooting, link verification, etc.
• Battery power for mobility within large datacenters, nodes, COs, R&D and evaluation labs.
• No carts or long reboots required.

Test Interfaces

• 1x OSFP PAM4
• 1x QSFP-DD PAM4
• 2x QSFP28/QSFP+ NRZ
• 2x SFP28/SFP+/SFP NRZ
• 2x Clock Input/Output
• 1x Eye Clock Output

PAM4 Interfaces

• Native support for 400G QSFP-DD and OSFP transceivers
• 400GBASE-SR8, FR8, LR8, DR4, FR4, LR4, CR8 and CR4
• Supports IEEE 802.3bs and MSA compliant transceivers*
• 15W supply supporting power classes 1 through 7
• Transceiver voltage control and power consumption monitoring
• Internal transceiver’s and cage temperature monitoring
• Native PAM4 electrical interface (no internal or external adapter required)
• Advanced transceiver verification test
• Per-lane post and pre-emphasis settings
• Lane BERT with independent test patterns

400G Ethernet Testing

• 400G Ethernet per IEEE 802.3bs
• Optical signal levels (TX and RX lanes), frequency
• Advanced KP4 FEC stress testing and analysis
• Physical, PCS/FEC, and Ethernet layer verification
• Throughput test, Frame Loss, Round Trip Delay (RTD). Errors, Alarms, events counters and rates
• Error and Alarm Injection

Ethernet Testing for 100GE and below

• 100GE, 40GE, 10GE, 1GE (50GE and 25GE ready)
• Optical signal levels (TX and RX lanes), frequency
• Physical, PCS, and Ethernet layer verification
• RFC2544, Throughput test, Frame Loss, Round Trip Delay (RTD). Errors, Alarms, events counters and rates
• Error and Alarm Injection
• Transceiver testing

* Check with factory for transceivers availability