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N6468A SFP+ Electrical Performance Validation and Conformance Software

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Easy and Accurate Sfp+ Ethernet Transmitter Design Validation and Debug

The Keysight Technologies, Inc. N6468A SFP+ Ethernet electrical performance validation and conformance software for Infiniium oscilloscopes gives you an easy and accurate way to verify and debug your SFP+ and QSFP+ Ethernet designs. The Ethernet electrical test software allows you to automatically execute Ethernet physical-layer (PHY) electrical tests, and displays the results in a flexible report format. In addition to the measurement data, the report provides a margin analysis that shows how closely your device passed or failed each test.

The N6468A software performs a wide range of electrical tests required to meet the SFP+ Ethernet electrical specifications as documented in the SFF-8431 standard. The N6468A SFP+ also covers module tests found in the IEEE 802.3ba Annex 86A standard. To meet signal quality requirements, your product must successfully pass conformance testing based on these specifications.

Performing these tests gives you confidence in your design. The N6468A SFP+ Ethernet Compliance software helps you execute a wide subset of the conformance tests that can be measured with an oscilloscope.

Features

  • The N6468A SFP+ Ethernet electrical test software has several features to simplify the validation of Ethernet designs:
  • Setup wizard for quick and clear setup, configuration and test
  • Wide range of SFP+ Ethernet electrical tests enabling standards conformance
  • Accurate and repeatable results with Keysight Infiniium oscilloscopes
  • Automated reporting in a comprehensive HTML format with margin analysis

With the SFP+ Ethernet electrical test software, you can use the same oscilloscope you use for everyday debugging to perform automated testing and margin analysis based on the SFF-8431 standard.

N6468A SFP+ Compliance Application Software

Saves You Time

Easy test definition

The software extends the ease-of-use advantages of Keysight’s Infiniium oscilloscopes to testing SFP+ designs. Keysight’s automated test engine quickly walks you through the steps required to define the tests you want to make, set up the tests, perform the tests, and view the test results. A setup page lets you quickly make decisions from the outset regarding the choice of tests and perform functions that affect the testing task. The test selections available in the following steps are then filtered according to the choices made in the setup page. While selecting tests, you can select a category of tests all at once or specify individual tests. You can save tests and configurations as project files and recall them later for quick testing and review of previous test results. Straightforward menus let you perform tests with a minimum number of mouse clicks.

Configurability and Guided Connections

The N6468A SFP+ Ethernet electrical test software provides flexibility in your test setup. It guides you to make connection changes with hookup diagrams when the tests you select require it. You connect the oscilloscope to the device under test using the Wilder SFP+ or QSFP+ test fixture (www.wilder-tech.com). SMA cables may be required to attach the Wilder test fixtures to the Keysight Infiniium oscilloscope. See ordering information for more details. In addition to providing you with measurement results, the SFP+ Ethernet electrical test software provides a report format that shows you not only where your product passes or fails, but also how close you are to the limits specified for a particular test. You can select the margin test report parameter, which means you can specify the level at which warnings are issued to alert you to electrical tests where your product is operating close to the official test limit defined by the SFP+ specification.

Automation

You can completely automate execution of your application’s tests and Add-Ins from a separate PC using the included N5452A Remote Interface feature (download free toolkit from www.keysight.com/find/scope-apps-sw). You can even create and execute automation scripts right inside the application using a convenient built-in client.

Combine the power of built-in automation and extensibility to transform your application into a complete test suite executive:

  • Interact with your device controller to place it into desired states or test modes before test execution
  • Configure additional instruments used in your test suite such as a pattern generator and probe switch matrix
  • Export data generated by your tests and post process it using your favorite environment, such as MATLAB, Python, LabVIEW, C, C++, Visual Basic etc
  • Sequence or repeat the tests and “Add-In” custom steps execution in any order for complete test coverage of the test plan

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