Novus 10/1 5-Speed Ethernet Load Modules

High-Density 10G/5G/2.5G/1G/100M Multi-Rate Ethernet Test in One Load Module

Keysight's Novus 10/1 5-speed family of load modules offers complete Layer 2-7 and Layer 2/3 network and application testing.

Support for Dual-PHY SFP+ and 10GBASE-T RJ45 copper that provides line-rate L2/3 traffic generation and analysis, high-performance routing/bridging, and host and access protocol emulation. True L4-7 application traffic generation and subscriber emulation is available, with the full feature load modules. With up to 16 Dual-PHY ports per module, you can create ultra-high-density test environments for 10/5/2.5/1/100M Ethernet over copper and for 10/1/100M over fiber. Up to 192 5-speed test ports are supported in a single 12-slot rackmount chassis.

Novus 5-speed load modules are available in four different models to match your L2/3 and/or L2-7 requirements and budget:

• NOVUS10/5/2.5/1/100M16DP: A full-featured 16-port, Dual-PHY SFP+ and RJ45 10/5/2.5/1/100M L2-7 load module

• NOVUS10/5/2.5/1/100M8DP: A full-featured 8-port, Dual-PHY SFP+ and RJ45 10/5/2.5/1/100M L2-7 load module 

• NOVUS10/5/2.5/1/100M16DP-R: A reduced-feature 16-port, Dual-PHY SFP+ and RJ45 10/5/2.5/1/100M L2/3 load module 

• NOVUS10/5/2.5/1/100M8DP-R: A reduced-feature 8-port, Dual-PHY SFP+ and RJ45 10/5/2.5/1/100M L2/3 load module 

To support evolving test needs, users can add a field-upgrade option that converts an 8-port, 5-speed, full- or reduced-feature load module to a 16-port 5-speed load module of the same type.

Highlights

• Industry’s only and highest-density Dual-PHY SFP+/10GBASE-T RJ45 solution

• 5-speed 10G/5G/2.5G/1GE/100M ports provide low total cost of ownership and high ROI

• Feature, scale, and performance parity with Keysight’s existing10GE and 1GE load modules

• Broad coverage of L4-7 protocols including video, voice, storage, and access

• Purpose built to test high-performance, low-latency devices

Key features

• 210G, 5G, 2.5G, 1G, and 100M line-rate hardware packet capture and decode tools to detect and debug data transmission errors

• Full feature L2-7, and reduced L2/3 feature versions, allowing flexibility to choose the desired level of performance

• All models and their speeds support full line-rate traffic generation to evaluate ASIC designs, FPGAs, and networking equipment switch fabrics 

• Ultra-high scale and performance for emulating L2/3 protocols to validate performance and scalability of routing/switching and data center test cases by using Keysight’s IxNetwork application

• Support for testing SFP+ and 10GBASE-T RJ-45 copper ports at different speeds simultaneously using the same load module

• Industry-standard RFC tests and protocol emulation in large test bed with hundreds of 10G, 5G, 2.5G, 1G, and/or 100M ports in a single test—to benchmark data plane, performance, and scale of ultra-high-density network equipment

• Application support for IxExplorer, IxNetwork, IxLoad and their related Tcl and automation APIs

• IxLoadi application for L4-7 testing, including data, video, voice, storage, and access protocols

• Flexible 4:1 CPU and memory aggregation, for ultra-high-scale protocol emulation and performance

• Flexible custom packet generation for all supported frame sizes and speeds

• Real-time latency measurement and statistics with a latency resolution of 2.5ns

• Extensive port and traffic flow statistics 

• Advanced sequence checking with duplicate packet detection

• Support for preamble customization is now available on IxNetwork for the Novus 1GE/10GE 5-Speed and 3-Speed load modules. Customization is available for both the preamble length and the preamble data of frames.

Novus 10/1 5-speed brings a new level of performance with a broad range of coverage of the most popular features of IxNetwork and IxLoadi applications.