IXIA AresONE Fixed Chassis

This chapter provides details about AresONE 400GE fixed chassis, its specifications and features.

AresONE-400GE product family is the most compact high-port-density 400GE test solution for accelerating performance and benchmark testing of your high density 3.23-12.8Tbps networking devices. AresONE is the industry’s most compact 8-port and 4-port 400GE test solution. Due to the compact form factor and reduced power requirements, you can use the device when you need high performance, but have space and power availability constraints in the lab.
This 2 rack-unit device has four times the density of any other test solution and supports QSFP-DD pluggable interfaces. It runs IxNetwork, the industry’s most powerful L2-3 protocol test software.

AresONE is a fixed chassis. The field replaceability of parts and capability to sync to other chassis differentiates it from an appliance. See Chassis Synchronization.
This chassis is available in the following models:

The AresONE models enable full line-rate traffic generation functionality for transmit, receive, and capture. This facilitates RFC benchmark testing, stress testing, and hardware/ASIC bring-up in high-port-count test beds. It can be used for optics and cable qualification, interoperability, and functional test.

AresONE supports the following:

Key Features

The key features of AresONE fixed chassis are as follows:

AresONE Variants

AresONE fixed chassis comprises the variants described as follows:

T400GD-8P-QDD

T400GD-8P-QDD is an 8- port, high density, full performance model with native QSFP-DD 400GE physical interfaces and layer 1-3 support.

T400GDR-8P-QDD

T400GDR-8P-QDD is a reduced-performance model in a 2RU device designed for high-density hardware, ASIC, cable/optics qualification, RFC benchmark, and interoperability testing for high-port-count testing. The QSFP-DD-R400GE scales down the layer 2-3 feature set and layer 2-3 networking protocol scaling, without compromising routing protocol coverage, while increasing affordability.

T400GD-4P-QDD

T400GD-4P-QDD is a 4- port, high density, full performance model with native QSFP-DD 400GE physical interfaces with layer 1-3 support.

T400GDR-4P-QDD

T400GDR-4P-QDD is a reduced-performance model in a 2RU device designed for high-density hardware, ASIC, cable/optics qualification, RFC benchmark, and interoperability testing for high-port-count testing. The QSFP-DD-R400GE scales down the layer 2-3 feature set and layer 2-3 networking protocol scaling, without compromising routing protocol coverage, while increasing affordability.

T400GD-8P-OSFP

T400GD-8P-OSFP is an 8- port, high density, full performance model with native native OSFP 400GE physical interfaces and layer 1-3 support.

T400GDR-8P-OSFP

T400GDR-8P-OSFP is a reduced-performance model in a 2RU device designed for high-density hardware, ASIC, cable/optics qualification, RFC benchmark, and interoperability testing for high-port-count testing. The OSFP-R400GE scales down the layer 2-3 feature set and layer 2-3 networking protocol scaling, without compromising routing protocol coverage, while increasing affordability.

T400GD-4P-OSFP

T400GD-4P-OSFP is a 4- port, high density, full performance model with native OSFP 400GE physical interfaces with layer 1-3 support.

T400GDR-4P-OSFP

T400GDR-4P-OSFP is a reduced-performance model in a 2RU device designed for high-density hardware, ASIC, cable/optics qualification, RFC benchmark, and interoperability testing for high-port-count testing. The OSFP-R400GE scales down the layer 2-3 feature set and layer 2-3 networking protocol scaling, without compromising routing protocol coverage, while increasing affordability.

The 8-port full performance and reduced QDD and OSFP models are similar and shown in the following figure:

 

The 4-port full performance and reduced QDD and OSFP models are similar and shown in the following figure:

 

2x200GE, 4x100GE, 8x50GE Fan-Out Options

The T400GD and T400GDR Fan-Out options for the QDD and OSFP models are available in two forms:

2x200GE, 4x100GE, 8x50GE Factory Installed

2x200GE, 4x100GE, 8x50GE FAN-OUT FACTORY INSTALLED for the T400GD/T400GDR 8 and 4-port, full and reduced, fixed chassis systems. One option is required for each system for all 8x400GE ports (905-1044). This is applicable on new purchases to enable the 2x200GE, 4x100GE and 8x50GE fan-out speeds per port.

2x200GE, 4x100GE, 8x50GE Field Upgrade

2x200GE, 4x100GE, 8x50GE FAN-OUT FIELD UPGRADE for the T400GD/T400GDR 8-port and 4-port, full and reduced, fixed chassis systems. One option is required for each fixed chassis system for all 8x400GE ports (905-1045). This is applicable on field upgrade purchases to enable the 2x200GE, 4x100GE and 8x50GE fan-out speeds.

Part Numbers

Part Numbers for AresONE fixed chassis are provided in the following table.

Model Number Part Number Description

T400GD-8P-QDD

944-1170

  • 8-ports of 400GE with the native QSFP-DD physical interface.
  • Full performance
  • Supports layer 1-3

T400GDR-8P-QDD

944-1171

  • 8-ports of 400GE with the QSFP-DD physical interface.
  • Reduced performance
  • Supports layer 1-3

T400GD-4P-QDD

944-1172

  • 4-ports of 400GE with the QSFP-DD physical interface.
  • Full performance
  • Supports layer 1-3

T400GDR-4P-QDD

944-1173

  • 4-ports of 400GE with the QSFP-DD physical interface.
  • Reduced performance
  • Supports layer 1-3
T400GD-8P-OSFP 944-1174
  • 8-ports of 400GE with the native OSFP physical interface.
  • Full performance
  • Supports layer 1-3
T400GDR-8P-OSFP 944-1175
  • 8-ports of 400GE with the OSFP physical interface.
  • Reduced performance
  • Supports layer 1-3
T400GD-4P-OSFP 944-1176
  • 4-ports of 400GE with the OSFP physical interface.
  • Full performance
  • Supports layer 1-3
T400GDR-4P-OSFP 944-1177
  • 4-ports of 400GE with the OSFP physical interface.
  • Reduced performance
  • Supports layer 1-3
  • T400GD-8P-QDD+200G+100G+50G
  • T400GDR-8P-QDD+200G+100G+50G
  • T400GDR-4P-QDD+200G+100G+50G

  • T400GD-4P-QDD+200G+100G+50G
905-1044
  • 2x200GE, 4x100GE, 8x50GE fan-out speeds per port

  • Fan-out factory installed
  • Both full and reduced performance models
  • Required on new purchases
  • T400GD-8P-OFP+200G+100G+50G
  • T400GDR-8P-OSFP+200G+100G+50G
  • T400GDR-4P-OSFP+200G+100G+50G

  • T400GD-4P-OSFP+200G+100G+50G
905-1045
  • 2x200GE, 4x100GE, 8x50GE fan-out speeds per port

  • Fan-out field upgrade
  • Both full and reduced performance models
  • Required on field upgrade purchases

Specifications

The hardware specifications for the AresONE QDD and OSFP models are contained in the following tables.

AresONE 400GE QDD Specifications
Feature

T400GD-8P-QDD and T400GD-4P-QDD

FULL FEATURE 8-PORT and 4-PORT

T400GDR-8P-QDD and T400GDR-4P-QDD

REDUCED FEATURE 8-PORT and 4-PORT

Hardware Appliance Specifications

RU/ Number of Ports

2 RU 8-port and 4-port fixed chassis

Physical Interfaces

Native QSFP-DD physical port

Supported Port Speeds

400GE/port: 400GE-capable fiber and passive copper cable media

2x200, 4x100, 8x50GE capable with the purchase of a factory or a field upgrade speed option

CPU and Memory

Multicore processor with 2GB of CPU memory per port

IEEE Interface Protocols for 400GE

IEEE P802.3bs 200GE and 400GE, 400GBASE-R

IEEE 802.3cd 50 Gb/s, 100 Gb/s, and 200 Gb/s Ethernet

Layer 1 support

400GE native ports and 200/100/50GE speed option:

  • KP4 (RS-544) Ethernet Forward Error Correction, Clause 119
  • Auto-negotiation and link training support
  • Correctable and uncorrectable FEC statistics per-port
  • FEC symbol error injection (400GE and 200GE speeds)
  • PCS lanes Tx and Rx test and statistics
  • Layer 1 classical BERT

Optical Transceiver

Support

Capable of support for 400GBASE-DR4, 400GBASE-FR4, and 400GBASE-LR8 optical transceivers when available that are compliant to the QSFP-DD MSA.

Copper Cable Media

400GBASE-CR8, passive, copper Direct Attached Cable (DAC) up to 3 meters in length.

Fixed Chassis System Dimensions
  • 30.3” (L) x 17.3” (W) x 3.46” (H)
  • 770mm (L) x 438.2mm (W) x 88mm (H)

Fixed Chassis System

Weights

  • Hardware only: 74.6 lbs. (33.84 kg)
  • Shipping: 94.5 lbs. (42.86 kg)

Fixed Chassis System

Electrical Power

  • Operates on 100-240VAC, 50/60Hz
  • 200-240VAC is single phase
  • Requires (3) power sources when running 100-120VAC, 9A for each power supply.
  • AresONE fixed chassis is shipped with (3) 100-125VAC power cords.
  • AresONE can use (3) power sources when running 200-240VAC, 7A for each power supply.

Note: The power specifications are preliminary and for initial planning purpose.

Temperature

Operating: 41°F to 95°F (5°C to 35°C)

Storage: 41°F to 122°F (5°C to 50°C)

Humidity

Operating: 0% to 85%, non-condensing

Storage: 0% to 85%, non-condensing

Chassis Capacity: Maximum number of chassis and ports per model

T400GD-8P-QDD

(944-1170)

T400GDR-8P-QDD

(944-1171)

8-port fixed chassis systems:

  • 8-port, 2RU fixed chassis with built-in star topology synchronization ports to connect up to 5 additional fixed chassis systems
  • Total single synchronized system capacity is 48-ports of 400GE in a single configuration
  • Consult factory for port count requirements beyond 48-ports in a single configuration

T400GD-4P-QDD

(944-1172)

T400GDR-4P-QDD

(944-1173)

4-port fixed chassis systems:

  • 4-port, 2RU fixed chassis with built-in star topology synchronization ports to connect up to 5 additional fixed chassis systems
  • Total single system capacity is 24-ports of 400GE in a single configuration
  • Consult factory for port count requirements beyond 24-ports in a single configuration

Transmit Feature Specifications

Transmit Engine

Wire-speed packet generation with timestamps, sequence numbers, data integrity, and packet group signatures

Max. Streams per Port and Speed (Including in Data Center Ethernet)

400GE: 128

2x200GE: 128

4x100GE: 32

8x50GE: 16

400GE: 32

2x200GE: 32

4x100GE: 16

8x50GE: 8

Stream Controls

  • Rate and frame size change on the fly
  • Advanced stream scheduler support

Minimum Frame Size

400GE and 200GE

  • 60 bytes at full line rate
  • 56 bytes at less than full line rate

100GE and 50 GE

  • 64 bytes at full line rate
  • 56 bytes at less than full line rate
Maximum Frame Size 16,000 bytes
Maximum Fame Size in Data Center Ethernet 9,216 bytes
Priority Flow Control
  • 4 line-rate-capable queues, each supporting up to 2,500-byte frame lengths
  • 1 line-rate-capable queue, non-blocking supporting up to 9,216-byte frame length
Frame Length Controls Fixed, increment by user-defined step, weighted pairs (up to 16K in 400/200/100GE and 8K in 50GE), uniform, repeatable random, IMIX, and Quad Gaussian
User-Defined Fields (UDF) Fixed, increment or decrement by user-defined step, sequence, value list, and random configurations; up to 10, 32-bit-wide UDFs are available
Value Lists (Max.) per port
  • 400GE: 1M / UDF
  • 2x200GE: 1M / UDF
  • 4x100GE: 1M / UDF
  • 8x50GE: 512K / UDF
Sequence (Max.)
  • 400GE: 32K / UDF
  • 2x200GE: 16K / UDF
  • 4x100GE: 8K / UDF
  • 8x50GE: 4K / UDF
Error Generation (FEC and standard Ixia layer 2-3 Ethernet)

400GE FEC and 2x200GE FEC

  • FEC symbol error-injection allows the user to inject FEC symbol errors using various weighted methods to achieve specific bit error rates (BER) for 400/200GE
  • No FEC error insertion and related statistics for 4x100GE and 8x50GE

400GE, 2x200GE, 4x100GE, 8x50GE L2/3 Ethernet:

  • Generate good CRC or force bad CRC, undersize and oversize standard Ethernet frame lengths, and bad checksum
Physical Coding Sublayer
  • PCS lane marker error injection
  • PCS lane re-mapping
  • PCS lane marker error injection
  • PCS bit error generation
Hardware Checksum Generation Checksum generation for IPv4, IP over IP, ICMP/GRE/TCP/UDP, L2TP, GTP, and multilayer checksum; support for protocol verification for control plane traffic
Link Fault Signaling
  • Reports, no fault, remote fault, and local fault port statistics
  • Generate local and remote faults with controls for the number of faults and order of faults
  • Option to have the transmit port ignore link faults from a remote link partner and send traffic anyway
Latency Measurement Resolution

400GE: 0.625 nanoseconds

2x200GE: 1.25 nanoseconds

4x100GE: 2.5ns nanoseconds

8x50GE: 2.5ns nanoseconds

Intrinsic Latency Compensation Removes inherent latency error from the port electronics for all speeds
Transmit Line Clock Adjustment Ability to adjust the parts-per-million (ppm) line frequency over a range of +/- 100 ppm on all the ports of a 400GE fixed chassis system
Transmit/Receive Loopback Internal loopback support
Receive Feature Specifications
Receive Engine Wire-speed packet filtering, capturing, real-time latency, and inter-arrival time for each packet group, with data integrity, and sequence checking capability
Trackable Receive Flows per Port without Sequence Checking and with Tx/Rx Synch

400GE: 32K full statistics

2x200GE: 32K full statistics

4x100GE: 4K full statistics and 32K with minimum statistics

8x50GE: 4K full statistics and 16K with minimum statistic

Trackable Receive Flows per Port with and without Sequence checking and no Tx/RX synch

400GE: 32K full statistics

2x200GE: 32K full statistics

4x100GE: 8K full statistics and 32K with minimum statistics

8x50GE: 8K full statistics and 16K with minimum statistics

Minimum Frame Size

400GE and 2x200GE: 60 bytes

4x100GE and 8x50GE: 64 bytes

Filters (User-Defined Statistics, UDS) 2 SA/DA pattern matchers, 2x16-byte user-definable patterns. 6 UDS counters are available with offsets for start of frame.
Hardware Capture Buffer

400GE: 1MB

2x200GE, 4x100GE and 8x50GE: 1MB

Note: There is a hardware capture buffer per a fan-out resource group that may be assigned to one port of the fanout resource group

Standard Statistics and Rates Link state, line speed, frames sent, valid frames received, bytes sent/received, fragments, undersize, oversize, CRC errors, 6 user-defined stats, capture trigger (UDS 3), capture filter (UDS 4), data integrity frames, data integrity errors, sequence checking frames, sequence checking errors, ARP, and PING requests and replies
FEC Statistics

400GE and 2x200GE:

  • FEC port statistics: Total Bit Errors, Max Symbol Errors, Corrected Codewords, Total Codewords, Uncorrectable Codewords, Frame Loss Ratio, Pre-FEC Bit Error Rate, and Codeword error distribution analysis
  • FEC per lane Rx statistics: FEC Symbol Error Count, Corrected Bits Count, Symbol Error Rate, Corrected Bit Rate

4x100GE and 8x50GE

  • Corrected and uncorrectable codewords

Note: This is a minimum specification; consult factory for more information.

Latency / Jitter Measurements Cut-through, store and forward, forwarding delay, latency/jitter, MEF jitter, and inter-arrival time
Receive-side PCS Lanes Port Statistics Counters PCS: Sync Errors, Illegal Codes, Remote Faults, Local Faults, Illegal Ordered Set, Illegal Idle, and Illegal SOF
400GE Physical Coding Sublayer (PCS) ReceiveSide Statistics and Indicators

Per-lane PCS receive capabilities include:

  • Receive – per-lane PCS receive statistics; Physical Lane assignments, Lane Marker Lock, Lane Market Map, Relative Lane Skew, Lane Marker Error Count
  • Receive – per-lane FEC receive statistics; FEC Symbol Error Count, FEC Corrected Bits Count, FEC Symbol Error Rate, FEC Corrected Bit Rate
Layer 2-3 Protocol Support
Routing and Switching BGP4/BGP4+, OSPFv2/v3, ISISv4/v6, RIP/RIPng, EIGRP, BFD, IGMP/MLD/PIM-SM/SSM, LACP/Protocol over LACP, STP/RSTP/MSTP/PVST, GRE and Protocol over GRE, CFM/Y.1731, Link-OAM, PBB-TE, ELMI, 1588v2/SyncE ESMC, Y.1564QT, TWAMP, NTP, LISP; REQUIRES: 930-2201 IxNetwork Basic package for AresONE.

Complete protocol coverage with reduced session scale:

  • 100 routing and switching sessions
  • 2,000 host/access sessions
Software Defined Network BGP4/BGP4+, OSPFv2/v3, ISISv4/v6, RIP/RIPng, BFD; EVPN, VXLAN, GENEVE, Segment Routing, BGP-LS, PCEP, BGP SR-TE Policy, BGP FlowSpec, OVSDB, Netconf, BIER, OpenFlow; GRE and Protocol over GRE, LACP/Protocol over LACP; REQUIRES: 930-2201 IxNetwork Basic package for AresONE.

Complete protocol coverage with reduced session scale:

  • 100 routing and switching sessions
  • 2,000 host/access sessions
Basic Included with IxNetwork: IPv4/IPv6, DHCP, PPPoE, L2TP, IGMP, MLD, 802.1x
MPLS and VPN BGP4/BGP4+, OSPFv2/v3, ISISv4/v6, RIP/RIPng, BFD, RSVP-TE/P2MP, LDP/mLDP/LDPv6, L3VPN/6VPE, NGmVPN, PIM-SM/SSM/mVPN, MPLS-TP, MPLS OAM, GRE and Protocol over GRE, LACP/Protocol over LACP; REQUIRES: 930-2201 IxNetwork Basic package for AresONE.

Complete protocol coverage with reduced session scale:

  • 100 routing and switching sessions
  • 2,000 host/access sessions
Broadband Access and Authentication PPPoX/L2TP, DHCPv4/v6, ANCP, IGMP/MLD/IPTV, 802.1x, GRE/Protocol over GRE, LACP/Protocol over LACP, Session Aware Traffic, Service over MPLS, Broadband Control Plane QT, Asymmetric Data Performance QT; REQUIRES: 930-2201 IxNetwork Basic package for AresONE.

Complete protocol coverage with reduced session scale:

  • 100 routing and switching sessions
  • 2,000 host/access sessions
Data Center Ethernet BGP4/BGP4+, OSPFv2/v3, ISISv4/v6, RIP/RIPng, BFD; EVPN, VXLAN, GENEVE, OVSDB, DCBX, FCoE, Fabric Path, SPBM, VEPA, TRILL, FCoE QT, IxCloudPerf QT, RFC7747 BGP Convergence QT, LACP/Protocol over LACP; REQUIRES: 930-2201 IxNetwork Basic package for AresONE.

Complete protocol coverage with reduced session scale:

  • 100 routing and switching sessions
  • 2,000 host/access sessions

Note: In the unlikely event that the unit stops working and does not automatically restore the previous session due to an ESD event, the unit must be manually restarted.

AresONE 400GE OSFP Specifications
Feature

T400GD-8P-OSFP and T400GD-4P-OSFP

FULL FEATURE 8-PORT and 4-PORT

T400GDR-8P-OSFP and T400GDR-4P-OSFP

REDUCED FEATURE 8-PORT and 4-PORT

Hardware Appliance Specifications

RU/ Number of Ports

2 RU 8-port and 4-port fixed chassis

Physical Interfaces

Native OSFP physical ports

Supported Port Speeds

400GE/port: 400GE-capable fiber and passive copper cable media

2x200, 4x100, 8x50GE capable with the purchase of a factory or a field upgrade speed option

CPU and Memory

Multicore processor with 2GB of CPU memory per port

IEEE Interface Protocols for 400GE

IEEE 802.3bs 200GE and 400GE, 400GBASE-R

IEEE 802.3cd 50 Gb/s, 100 Gb/s, and 200 Gb/s Ethernet

Layer 1 support

400GE native ports and 200/100/50GE speed option:

  • KP4 (RS-544) Ethernet Forward Error Correction, Clause 119
  • Auto-negotiation and link training support
  • Correctable and uncorrectable FEC statistics per-port
  • FEC symbol error injection (400GE and 200GE speeds)
  • PCS lanes Tx and Rx test and statistics
  • Layer 1 classical BERT

Optical Transceiver

Support

Capable of support for 400GBASE-DR4, 400GBASE-FR4, and 400GBASE-LR8 optical transceivers when available that are compliant to the OSFP MSA 2.0.

Copper Cable Media

400GBASE-CR8, passive, copper Direct Attached Cable (DAC) up to 3 meters in length.

Fixed Chassis System Dimensions
  • 30.9” (L) x 17.3” (W) x 3.5” (H)
  • 785mm (L) x 43mm (W) x 88mm (H)

Fixed Chassis System

Weights

  • Hardware only: 74.6 lbs. (33.84 kg)
  • Shipping: 94.5 lbs. (42.86 kg)
Fixed Chassis System Shipment Dimensions
  • 41.5” (L) x 25.4” (W) x 14.25” (H)
  • 1054mm (L) x 645mm (W) x 362mm (H)

Fixed Chassis System

Electrical Power

  • Operates on 100-240VAC, 50/60Hz
  • 200-240VAC is single phase
  • Requires (3) power sources when running 100-120VAC, 9A for each power supply.
  • AresONE fixed chassis is shipped with (3) 100-125VAC power cords.
  • AresONE can use (3) power sources when running 200-240VAC, 7A for each power supply.

Note: The power specifications are preliminary and for initial planning purpose.

Temperature

Operating: 41°F to 95°F (5°C to 35°C)

Storage: 41°F to 122°F (5°C to 50°C)

Humidity

Operating: 0% to 85%, non-condensing

Storage: 0% to 85%, non-condensing

Chassis Capacity: Maximum number of chassis and ports per model

T400GD-8P-OSFP

(944-1174)

T400GDR-8P-OSFP

(944-1175)

8-port fixed chassis systems:

  • 8-port, 2RU fixed chassis with built-in star topology synchronization ports to connect up to 5 additional fixed chassis systems
  • Total single synchronized system capacity is 48-ports of 400GE in a single configuration
  • Consult factory for port count requirements beyond 48-ports in a single configuration

T400GD-4P-OSFP

(944-1176)

T400GDR-4P-OSFP

(944-1177)

4-port fixed chassis systems:

  • 4-port, 2RU fixed chassis with built-in star topology synchronization ports to connect up to 5 additional fixed chassis systems
  • Total single system capacity is 24-ports of 400GE in a single configuration
  • Consult factory for port count requirements beyond 24-ports in a single configuration

Transmit Feature Specifications

Transmit Engine

Wire-speed packet generation with timestamps, sequence numbers, data integrity, and packet group signatures

Max. Streams per Port and Speed (Including in Data Center Ethernet)

400GE: 128

2x200GE: 128

4x100GE: 32

8x50GE: 16

400GE: 32

2x200GE: 32

4x100GE: 16

8x50GE: 8

Stream Controls

  • Rate and frame size change on the fly
  • Advanced stream scheduler support

Minimum Frame Size

400GE and 200GE

  • 60 bytes at full line rate
  • 56 bytes at less than full line rate

100GE and 50 GE

  • 64 bytes at full line rate
  • 56 bytes at less than full line rate
Maximum Frame Size 16,000 bytes
Maximum Fame Size in Data Center Ethernet 9,216 bytes
Priority Flow Control
  • 4 line-rate-capable queues, each supporting up to 2,500-byte frame lengths
  • 1 line-rate-capable queue, non-blocking supporting up to 9,216-byte frame length
Frame Length Controls Fixed, increment by user-defined step, weighted pairs (up to 16K in 400/200/100GE and 8K in 50GE), uniform, repeatable random, IMIX, and Quad Gaussian
User-Defined Fields (UDF) Fixed, increment or decrement by user-defined step, sequence, value list, and random configurations; up to 10, 32-bit-wide UDFs are available
Value Lists (Max.) per port
  • 400GE: 1M / UDF
  • 2x200GE: 1M / UDF
  • 4x100GE: 1M / UDF
  • 8x50GE: 512K / UDF
Sequence (Max.)
  • 400GE: 32K / UDF
  • 2x200GE: 16K / UDF
  • 4x100GE: 8K / UDF
  • 8x50GE: 4K / UDF
Error Generation (FEC and standard Ixia layer 2-3 Ethernet)

400GE FEC and 2x200GE FEC

  • FEC symbol error-injection allows the user to inject FEC symbol errors using various weighted methods to achieve specific bit error rates (BER) for 400/200GE
  • No FEC error insertion and related statistics for 4x100GE and 8x50GE

400GE, 2x200GE, 4x100GE, 8x50GE L2/3 Ethernet:

  • Generate good CRC or force bad CRC, undersize and oversize standard Ethernet frame lengths, and bad checksum
Physical Coding Sublayer
  • PCS lane marker error injection
  • PCS lane re-mapping
  • PCS lane marker error injection
  • PCS bit error generation
Hardware Checksum Generation Checksum generation for IPv4, IP over IP, ICMP/GRE/TCP/UDP, L2TP, GTP, and multilayer checksum; support for protocol verification for control plane traffic
Link Fault Signaling
  • Reports, no fault, remote fault, and local fault port statistics
  • Generate local and remote faults with controls for the number of faults and order of faults
  • Option to have the transmit port ignore link faults from a remote link partner and send traffic anyway
Latency Measurement Resolution

400GE: 0.625 nanoseconds

2x200GE: 1.25 nanoseconds

4x100GE: 2.5ns nanoseconds

8x50GE: 2.5ns nanoseconds

Intrinsic Latency Compensation Removes inherent latency error from the port electronics for all speeds
Transmit Line Clock Adjustment Ability to adjust the parts-per-million (ppm) line frequency over a range of +/- 100 ppm on all the ports of a 400GE fixed chassis system
Transmit/Receive Loopback Internal loopback support
Receive Feature Specifications
Receive Engine Wire-speed packet filtering, capturing, real-time latency, and inter-arrival time for each packet group, with data integrity, and sequence checking capability
Trackable Receive Flows per Port without Sequence Checking and with Tx/Rx Synch

400GE: 32K full statistics

2x200GE: 32K full statistics

4x100GE: 4K full statistics and 32K with minimum statistics

8x50GE: 4K full statistics and 16K with minimum statistic

Trackable Receive Flows per Port with and without Sequence checking and no Tx/RX synch

400GE: 32K full statistics

2x200GE: 32K full statistics

4x100GE: 8K full statistics and 32K with minimum statistics

8x50GE: 8K full statistics and 16K with minimum statistics

Minimum Frame Size

400GE and 2x200GE: 60 bytes

4x100GE and 8x50GE: 64 bytes

Filters (User-Defined Statistics, UDS) 2 SA/DA pattern matchers, 2x16-byte user-definable patterns. 6 UDS counters are available with offsets for start of frame.
Hardware Capture Buffer

400GE: 1MB

2x200GE, 4x100GE and 8x50GE: 1MB

Note: There is a hardware capture buffer per a fan-out resource group that may be assigned to one port of the fanout resource group

Standard Statistics and Rates Link state, line speed, frames sent, valid frames received, bytes sent/received, fragments, undersize, oversize, CRC errors, 6 user-defined stats, capture trigger (UDS 3), capture filter (UDS 4), data integrity frames, data integrity errors, sequence checking frames, sequence checking errors, ARP, and PING requests and replies
FEC Statistics

400GE and 2x200GE:

  • FEC port statistics: Total Bit Errors, Max Symbol Errors, Corrected Codewords, Total Codewords, Uncorrectable Codewords, Frame Loss Ratio, Pre-FEC Bit Error Rate, and Codeword error distribution analysis
  • FEC per lane Rx statistics: FEC Symbol Error Count, Corrected Bits Count, Symbol Error Rate, Corrected Bit Rate

4x100GE and 8x50GE

  • Corrected and uncorrectable codewords

Note: This is a minimum specification; consult factory for more information.

Latency / Jitter Measurements Cut-through, store and forward, forwarding delay, latency/jitter, MEF jitter, and inter-arrival time
Receive-side PCS Lanes Port Statistics Counters PCS: Sync Errors, Illegal Codes, Remote Faults, Local Faults, Illegal Ordered Set, Illegal Idle, and Illegal SOF
400GE Physical Coding Sublayer (PCS) ReceiveSide Statistics and Indicators

Per-lane PCS receive capabilities include:

  • Receive – per-lane PCS receive statistics; Physical Lane assignments, Lane Marker Lock, Lane Market Map, Relative Lane Skew, Lane Marker Error Count
  • Receive – per-lane FEC receive statistics; FEC Symbol Error Count, FEC Corrected Bits Count, FEC Symbol Error Rate, FEC Corrected Bit Rate
Layer 2-3 Protocol Support
Routing and Switching BGP4/BGP4+, OSPFv2/v3, ISISv4/v6, RIP/RIPng, EIGRP, BFD, IGMP/MLD/PIM-SM/SSM, LACP/Protocol over LACP, STP/RSTP/MSTP/PVST, GRE and Protocol over GRE, CFM/Y.1731, Link-OAM, PBB-TE, ELMI, 1588v2/SyncE ESMC, Y.1564QT, TWAMP, NTP, LISP; REQUIRES: 930-2201 IxNetwork Basic package for AresONE.

Complete protocol coverage with reduced session scale:

  • 100 routing and switching sessions
  • 2,000 host/access sessions
Software Defined Network BGP4/BGP4+, OSPFv2/v3, ISISv4/v6, RIP/RIPng, BFD; EVPN, VXLAN, GENEVE, Segment Routing, BGP-LS, PCEP, BGP SR-TE Policy, BGP FlowSpec, OVSDB, Netconf, BIER, OpenFlow; GRE and Protocol over GRE, LACP/Protocol over LACP; REQUIRES: 930-2201 IxNetwork Basic package for AresONE.

Complete protocol coverage with reduced session scale:

  • 100 routing and switching sessions
  • 2,000 host/access sessions
Basic Included with IxNetwork: IPv4/IPv6, DHCP, PPPoE, L2TP, IGMP, MLD, 802.1x
MPLS and VPN BGP4/BGP4+, OSPFv2/v3, ISISv4/v6, RIP/RIPng, BFD, RSVP-TE/P2MP, LDP/mLDP/LDPv6, L3VPN/6VPE, NGmVPN, PIM-SM/SSM/mVPN, MPLS-TP, MPLS OAM, GRE and Protocol over GRE, LACP/Protocol over LACP; REQUIRES: 930-2201 IxNetwork Basic package for AresONE.

Complete protocol coverage with reduced session scale:

  • 100 routing and switching sessions
  • 2,000 host/access sessions
Broadband Access and Authentication PPPoX/L2TP, DHCPv4/v6, ANCP, IGMP/MLD/IPTV, 802.1x, GRE/Protocol over GRE, LACP/Protocol over LACP, Session Aware Traffic, Service over MPLS, Broadband Control Plane QT, Asymmetric Data Performance QT; REQUIRES: 930-2201 IxNetwork Basic package for AresONE.

Complete protocol coverage with reduced session scale:

  • 100 routing and switching sessions
  • 2,000 host/access sessions
Data Center Ethernet BGP4/BGP4+, OSPFv2/v3, ISISv4/v6, RIP/RIPng, BFD; EVPN, VXLAN, GENEVE, OVSDB, DCBX, FCoE, Fabric Path, SPBM, VEPA, TRILL, FCoE QT, IxCloudPerf QT, RFC7747 BGP Convergence QT, LACP/Protocol over LACP; REQUIRES: 930-2201 IxNetwork Basic package for AresONE.

Complete protocol coverage with reduced session scale:

  • 100 routing and switching sessions
  • 2,000 host/access sessions

Application Support

The Ixia application support for AresONE appliances is provided in the following table:

AresONE Application Support
Hardware Application Support

T400GD-8P-QDD

T400GD-4P-QDD

IxExplorer, IxNetwork, TCL API

T400GDR-8P-OSFP

T400GDR-4P-OSFP

IxExplorer, IxNetwork, TCL API

Transceiver and Cable Support

The transceivers and cables supported by AresONE fixed chassis are provided in the following table:

AresONE Transceiver and Cable Support
Transceiver/Cable Description Compatibility

QSFP-DD-1M-CBL

QSFP-DD-to-QSFP-DD 400GE 400GBASE-R passive copper, Direct Attach Cable (DAC), point-to-point cable, 1-meter length

 

  • T400GD-8P-QDD 8-port full (944-1170)
  • T400GDR-8P-QDD 8-port reduced (944-1171)
  • T400GD-4P-QDD 4-port full (944-1172)
  • T400GDR-4P-QDD 4-port reduced (944-1173)
QSFP-DD-2M-CBL QSFP-DD-to-QSFP-DD 400GE 400GBASE-R passive copper, Direct Attach Cable (DAC), point-to-point cable, 2-meter length
  • T400GD-8P-QDD 8-port full (944-1170)
  • T400GDR-8P-QDD 8-port reduced (944-1171)
  • T400GD-4P-QDD 4-port full (944-1172)
  • T400GDR-4P-QDD 4-port reduced (944-1173)
QSFP-DD-2-5M-CBL QSFP-DD-to-QSFP-DD 400GE 400GBASE-R passive copper, Direct Attach Cable (DAC), point-to-point cable, 2.5-meter length.
  • T400GD-8P-QDD 8-port full (944-1170)
  • T400GDR-8P-QDD 8-port reduced (944-1171)
  • T400GD-4P-QDD 4-port full (944-1172)
  • T400GDR-4P-QDD 4-port reduced (944-1173)
OSFP-1M-CBL OSFP-to-OSFP 400GE 400GBASE-R passive copper, Direct Attach Cable (DAC), point-to-point cable, 1-meter length.
  • T400GD-8P-OSFP 8-port full (944- 1174)
  • T400GDR-8P-OSFP 8-port reduced (944-1175)
  • T400GD-4P-OSFP 4-port full (944-1176)
  • T400GDR-4P-OSFP 4-port reduced (944-1177)

Status Icons

AresONE includes a full-color graphics display which includes a series of colored icons indicating the system health.

The description of the icons are provided in the following table.

Status Icons for AresONE fixed chassis

Icon Name

Icon Image

Icon State

Description

Alert Grey All systems are OK
Green Not Applicable (N/A)
Yellow An error occurred
Red N/A
Power Grey Power information not available
Green Power is OK
Yellow N/A
Red Power statistics unavailable or have exceeded limits
Server Grey IxServer has not started
Green IxServer is running and in the READY state
Yellow IxServer is running and in the BOOTING state
Red IxServer is stopped, or exited with an error
Network Grey Network is disconnected
Green Network is connected and has an IP address
Yellow Network is connected and acquiring an IP address
Red Network error
Management Grey No active management sessions
Green N/A
Yellow At least one management session is active
Red N/A

Mechanical Specifications

Front Panel

The Front panel of the AresONE fixed chassis is shown in the following figure (applies to 8-port and 4-port variants):

Figure: Front panel of AresONE

 

Front Panel Switch and Power LED

The front panel switches and indicators are provided in the following table:

Front panel Switch and LED specifications of AresONE fixed chassis
Feature Specification

Front Panel Switches

On/Off momentary power push button:

  • Short press (0.5-2 seconds) - Graceful system shutdown - allow up to 30 seconds before power-off.
  • Long press (4 seconds) - Force Power Shutdown - immediate

Front Panel Power LED

Off - Indicates Powered Off, No Standby Power

Blinking Blue - Indicates Powered Off, Standby power connected
Solid Blue - Indicates Powered On

 

Front Panel Port LEDs

Each port has four LEDs to indicate link state and activity. The LED panel specifications are provided in the following table.

LED panel Specifications for AresONE

MODE LED

TX STATUS

RX STATUS

FEC

  • Solid Red - Card fault
  • Solid Purple - 400GE speed mode
  • Solid Red - Link down
  • Solid Green - Link up
  • Blinking Green - TX is active
  • Blinking Red - RX active with errors
  • Blinking Green - RX active with no errors received
  • Off - Port is inactive
  • Solid Red - Uncorrectable FEC errors
  • Blinking Green - Correctable FEC errors
  • Solid Green - No errors
  • Off - FEC not enabled

 

Rear Panel

The Rear panel of the AresONE fixed chassis is shown in the following figure (applies to 8-port and 4-port variants):

Figure: Rear panel of AresONE

 
Field replaceable power supplies Mandatory to have all 3 power supplies plugged in for both 4 port and 8 port. See Fixed Chassis System Electrical Power.
Field replaceable fans Front to back airflow
Utility / Sync / Mgmt ports Sync connectors

Rear Panel Ports

The Rear Panel MGMT Port LED specifications are provided in the following table.

 

Rear panel Port Information for AresONE fixed chassis
Port Label Description Additional Information

RS232

Serial Console Port

Serial console access for system management.

Terminal settings: 115200 N-8-1, No Parity, No Flow Control

Mini Display Port (mDP) Digital Video / Monitor output for system management.
USB 3.0 Ports Keyboard, Mouse or other peripheral for system management
  VGA Analog Video / Monitor output for system management
Management Network Interface 100/1G/10G management port for connection to your network
SYNC OUT / IN Sync Connectors

For synchronization with up to 5 additional XGS12, XGS2 or AresONE systems using a Star topology.

Note: Daisy chaining topology with AresONE systems using both Sync In and Out is not supported)

METRONOME Metronome Sync Connector Reserved for future use

Rear Panel MGMT Port LEDs

The Rear Panel MGMT Port LED specifications are provided in the following table.

LED panel Specifications for AresONE

Position

Indicator

Color

Description

Left

Link Speed

Solid Green

Linked at 10G

Solid Yellow Linked at 1G
Off Linked at 100M or Link Down
Right Link/Activity Solid Green Link Up, no activity
Blinking Green Link Up, actively transmitting or receiving
Off Link Down

Power Supply LEDs

The power supply LEDs indicate the following:

Power Supply LED specifications for AresONE
State Description

Off

No AC power

Solid Amber

Power Supply Critical Failure, system shutdown

(eg. over temperature, over Current, fan fail)

Blinking Amber Power Supply Warning (eg. high temperature, high current, slow fan)
Solid Green AC Powered and Output Active (Normal Operation)
Blinking Green AC Powered and System inactive or in sleep state (Appliance Plugged in but Powered Down)

 

Chassis Synchronization

There is an increased need of chassis synchronization to run mixed speed port tests with the AresONE fixed chassis.
This ability to sync with other Ixia chassis differentiates it from an appliance.
Since AresONE has five sync out ports, an AresONE acting as master can sync five more AresONE fixed chassis or XGS chassis.

The following image shows the back of a master chassis where its sync out ports are connected to slave chassis by sync cables.

The following image shows a slave chassis that has sync cables connected to the sync-in port.

Note:

 

 

Cooling Fan Speed Control

The AresONE fixed chassis automatically monitors and measures the temperature of installed units. The fixed chassis automatically adjusts the fan speed to maintain proper cooling.

Rack Mount Cautions

If this unit is installed in a network equipment rack, please observe the following precautions:

  1. Elevated Operating Ambient Temperature: If installed in a closed or multi-unit rack assembly, the operating ambient temperature of the rack environment may be greater than room ambient temperature. Therefore, consider installing the equipment in an environment that is compatible with the maximum allowable ambient temperature specified for the chassis (35° C).
  2. Reduced Air Flow: Install the equipment in a rack so that the amount of air flow required for safe operation of the equipment is not reduced. Do not block the sides of the chassis, and leave approximately 8 inches of space, on either sides of the unit for proper ventilation. The air flow clearance should be 8 inches on either sides.
  3. Mechanical Loading: Mount the chassis so that it is level in the rack and that a hazardous condition is not caused.
  4. Circuit Overloading: Consideration should be given to the connection of the equipment to the supply circuit and the effect that overloading of the circuits might have on overcurrent protection and supply wiring. Appropriate consideration of equipment nameplate ratings should be used when addressing this concern.
  5. Reliable Earthing: Maintain reliable earthing (grounding) of rack-mounted equipment. Appliance frame should be screwed down to racks to ensure proper grounding path. In addition, pay special attention to supply connections other than direct connections to the branch circuit (such as use of power strips).
  6. Replacement of the power supply cord must of the same type cord and plug configuration that was shipped with the unit.

Précautions relatives au montage en rack

Si cette unité est installée dans une baie d’équipement réseau, observer les précautions suivantes:

  1. Température ambiante élevée: si installée dans un assemblage de baie fermé ou contenant plusieurs unités, la température ambiante de l’installation peut etre plus élevée que la température ambiante de la pièce. En conséquence, penser a installer l’équipement dans un environnement compatible avec la température ambiante maximale autorisée (35 C) spécifiée pour l’appareil.
  2. Circulation d’air réduite: installer l’équipement dans une baie de manière a ce que la circulation d’air requise pour faire fonctionner l’équipment en toute sécurité ne soit pas réduite. Ne pas bloquer les côtés de l’appareil, et laisser approximativement un espace de 12 pouces, de préférence 24 pouces, de chaque côté de l’unité pour une ventilation adéquate. L’espace laisse libre pour la circulation de l’air doit être de 12 pouces de chaque côté.
  3. Montage mécanique: monter l’appareil de manière a s’assurer qu’il soit droit dans la baie afin d’éviter de créer une condition dangereuse
  4. Un soin particulier doit etre apporté au branchement de l’équipement au circuit d’alimentation et aux conséquences qu’une charge excessive des circuits pourrait avoir sur le système de protection contre les surcharges et sur le cablâge d’alimentation. Prendre des précautions d’usage en prêtant attention aux normes figurant sur la plaque d’identification de l’équipement.
  5. Mise a la terre fiable: maintenir une mise a la terre fiable de l’équipement monté en baie. L’appareil doit etre vissé sur la baie afin d’assurer une mise a la terre correcte. De plus, faire particulièrement attention aux alimentations en courant autres que celles provenant de connections directes au circuit de dérivation (par exemple utilisation de prises multiples).
  6. Le remplacement du cordon d’alimentation doit comporter le même type de cordon et le même type de prise que ceux livrés avec l’unité.

Note: For instructions on rack mounting and administration of the AresONE fixed chassis, see the AresONE Native IxOS Getting Started Guide.