IXIA Novus-32P 10GE/1GE/100M Ethernet Load Modules
This chapter provides details about Novus-32P 10/1 family of load modules and their specifications and features.
Novus-32P 10/1 is a tri-speed, high density, with up to 32 ports per module, multi-rate ethernet load module. This load module family supports complete Layer 2-3 (L2-3) network and application testing in a single system. It provides support for SFP+ ports, and enables up to line-rate L2/3 traffic generation and analysis, and high-performance routing/bridging protocol emulation. All these features are available within one load module. It allows ultra-high-density test environments for 10GE/1GE/100M Ethernet and supports up to 384 10GE/1GE/100M Ethernet test ports in a single 12-slot Ixia chassis.
For more information on Novus family of load modules, see Novus Load Modules.
Key Features
The key features of Novus-32P 10/1 load module are as follows:
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Provides ultra-high scale and performance for emulating L2/3 protocols to validate performance and scalability of L2/3 routing/switching and data center test cases using Ixia’s IxNetwork application
- Supports full line-rate traffic generation to evaluate ASIC designs, FPGAs, and hardware switch fabrics
- Allows industry-standard RFC test and protocol emulation in large test bed with hundreds of 10G, 1G, and/or 100M ports in a single test. This helps to benchmark data plane, performance, and scale of ultra-high-density network equipment.
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10G, 1G, and 100M line-rate hardware packet capture and decode tools to detect and debug data transmission errors
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Provides a broad range of application support including: IxExplorer, IxNetwork, and the related Tcl and automation APIs
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Has a flexible 4:1 CPU and memory aggregation, for high-scale protocol emulation and performance
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Uses flexible custom packet generation
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Provides real-time latency with latency resolution of up to 2.5ns
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Enables extensive port and traffic flow statistics
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Allows advanced sequence checking with duplicate packet detection
- Provides support for BroadR-Reach transceivers, to test BroadR-Reach enabled Automotive Ethernet switch, for SGMII 100Mbps.
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Provides support for 1000 Base T1 using Marvell Transceivers for SGMII 1G.
Load Modules
The Novus-32P 10/1 family is available in the following model:
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Novus10/1GE32S
The load module is described as follows:
Novus10/1GE32S
Novus10/1GE32S is a 32-port, SFP+ 10GE/1GE/100M load module designed for high-density requirements. It is compatible with the XGS12-SD rack mount chassis (940-0011), XGS12-HSL, 12-slot high speed rackmount chassis (940-0016), XGS2-SD 2-slot standard performance chassis (940-0010), and the XGS2-HSL, 2-slot high performance chassis (940-0014).
The Novus10/1GE32S load module is shown in the following figure:
Figure: Novus Module-Novus10/1GE32S
Part Numbers
Part Numbers for Novus-32P 10G/1G/100M Load Modules and Supported Adapters are provided in the following table.
Model Number | Part Number | Description |
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Novus10/1GE32S 10G/1G/100M
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944-1141 |
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Specifications
The load module specifications are contained in the following table.
Feature | Novus 10/1GE32S 10G/1G/100M |
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Hardware Load Module Specifications |
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Slot / Number of Ports |
1-slot with 32x10/1G SFP+ ports |
Physical Interfaces |
32-ports of SFP+ |
Supported Port Speeds |
10G, 1G, 100M |
CPU and Memory |
Multicore processor with 2GB of CPU memory per port |
Cable Media |
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Load Module Dimensions |
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Load Module Weights |
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Temperature |
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Humidity |
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Chassis Capacity: Maximum Number of Cards and Ports per Chassis Model |
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XGS12-SD Chassis (940-0011) |
12 load modules:
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XGS12-HSL Chassis (940-0016) |
12 load modules:
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XGS2-SD Chassis (940-0010) |
2 load modules:
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XGS2-HSL Chassis (940-0014) |
2 load modules:
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XGS12-SDL Chassis (940-0011) |
12 load modules:
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XGS2-SDL Chassis (940-0013) |
2 load modules:
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Transmit Feature Specifications |
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Wire-speed packet generation with timestamps, sequence numbers, data integrity signature, and packet group signatures. |
Max. Streams per Port |
512 |
Max. Streams per Port in Data Center Ethernet |
256 |
Inter-burst gap: min-max |
10: 6400ns-429s in 800ns steps100: 640ns-42.9s in 80ns steps1000: 64ns-16.7ms in 16ns steps Advanced Scheduler: 10: 0.419s 100: 0.0419s 1000: 0.0167s |
Stream Controls |
Rate and frame size change on the fly, sequential, and advanced stream scheduler. |
Minimum Frame Size |
10GbE:
1GbE and 100MbE:
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Maximum Frame Size |
16,384 bytes |
Maximum Fame Size in Data Center Ethernet |
9,216 bytes |
Priority Flow Control |
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Frame Length Controls |
Fixed, increment by user-defined step, weighted pairs, 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 ten, 32-bit wide UDFs are available. |
Value Lists (max.) |
2M across 5 User Defined Fields |
Sequence (max.) |
512 |
Error Generation |
Generate good CRC or force bad CRC, undersize and oversize standard Ethernet frame lengths, and bad checksum. |
Hardware Checksum Generation |
Checksum generation and verification for IPv4, IP over IP, ICMP/GRE/TCP/UDP, L2TP, GTP . |
Link Fault Signaling |
10GE: Reports no fault port statistics; ability to select the option to have the transmit port ignore link faults from a remote link partner |
Latency Measurement Resolution |
2.5 nanoseconds |
Transmit line clock adjustment |
Ability to adjust the parts-per-million line frequency over a range of -100 ppm to +100 ppm across all ports on the load module. |
Receive Feature Specifications |
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Receive Engine |
Wire-speed packet filtering, capturing, real-time latency and inter-arrival time for each packet group, with data integrity, sequence, and advanced sequence checking capability. |
Trackable Receive Flows per Port |
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Minimum Frame Size |
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Filters (User-Defined Statistics, UDS) |
2 SA/DA pattern matchers, 2x16-byte user-definable patterns with offsets capability for start of: frame, IP, or protocol. Up to 6 UDS counters are available. |
Hardware Capture Buffer per Port or Resource Group |
512MB per port |
Statistics and Rates |
Link state, line speed, frames sent, valid frames received, bytes sent/received, fragments, undersize, oversize, CRC errors, VLAN tagged frames, 6 user-defined stats, capture trigger (UDS 3), capture filter (UDS 4), 8 QoS counters, data integrity frames, data integrity errors, sequence and advanced sequence checking frames, sequence checking errors, ARP, and PING requests and replies. |
Latency / Jitter Measurements |
Cut-through, store and forward, forwarding delay, up to 16 Latency bins / jitter, MEF frame delay, and inter-arrival time. |
Layer 2-3 Protocol Support |
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Routing and Switching |
BGP4/BGP4+, OSPFv2/v3, ISISv4/v6, EIGRP/EIGRPv6, RIP/RIPng, BFD, IGMP/MLD, PIM-SM/SSM, STP/RSTP/MSTP, PVST+/RPVST+, Link Aggregation (LACP), LISP. |
Software Defined Network |
OpenFlow, Segment Routing, BGP Link State (BGP-LS), PCEP, VXLAN, EVPN VXLAN, OVSDB, GENEVE. |
MPLS |
RSVP-TE P2P/P2MP, LDP/LDPv6/mLDP, LDP L2VPN (PWE/VPLS), BGP VPLS, L3VPN/6VPE, 6PE, BGP RFC3107, MPLS-TP, MPLS OAM, EVPN/PBB-EVPN, Multicast VPN Rosen Draft, NG Multicast VPN. |
Broadband and Authentication |
PPPoX/L2TPv2, DHCPv4/DHCPv6, ANCP, IPv6 Autoconfiguration (SLAAC), IGMP/MLD, IPTV, 802.1x, WebAuth, EAPoUDP, Cisco NAC. |
Industrial Ethernet |
Link OAM (IEEE 802.3ah), CFM/Y.1731, PBB/PBB-TE, ELMI, TWAMP, Sync-E ESMC, IEEE 1588v2 (PTP), gPTP (IEEE 802.1AS), MSRP (IEEE 802.1 Qat), IEEE 1722. |
Data Center Ethernet |
DCBX/LLDP, FCoE/FIP, PFC (IEEE 802.1Qbb), TRILL, Cisco FabricPath, SPBM, VEPA. |
Application Support
The Ixia application support for Novus-32P 10G/1G/100M load modules is provided in the following table:
Application | Support |
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IxNetwork |
Provides wire-rate traffic generation with service modeling that builds realistic, dynamically-controllable data-plane traffic. IxNetwork offers the industry's best test solution for functional and performance testing by using comprehensive emulation for routing, switching, MPLS, IP multicast, broadband, authentication, Carrier Ethernet, and data center Ethernet protocols. |
IxExplorer |
Provides layer 2-3 wire-speed traffic generation and analysis test application. |
Tcl API |
Allows custom user script development for layer 2-7 testing. |
Mechanical Specifications
Front Panel
The front panel of one of the Novus-32P 10G/1G/100M load module is shown in the following figure:
Figure: Front panel of Novus-32P Novus10/1GE32S
LED Panel
There are 2 bicolor LEDs per port for the SFP+ (10G) variant. The LED panel specifications for Novus-32P SFP+ (10G) are provided in the following table.
Speed Mode | LED1: TX LED | LED2: RX LED |
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10GE |
Port Inactive/No Power=Off Link Down (all)=Solid Red Link Up (all)=Solid Green Tx Active=Blinking Green |
Port Inactive/No Power=Off Rx Active with Errors=Blinking Red Rx Active=Blinking Green |
Transceivers and Cables
The Novus-32P 10/1 family supports optical transceivers and fiber cables for each of the physical interfaces that are supported:
- 988-0011: This is an SFP+10GBASE-SR/SW and 1000BASE-SX optical, dual-rate, 850nm transceiver with pluggable SFP+ interface. It is compatible with all 10/1 Gigabit Ethernet Novus, PerfectStorm, and Firestorm load modules, and appliances.
Note: A 3 meter, multi-mode fiber LC-LC cable is included with this transceiver.
- 988-0012: This is an SFP+10GBASE-LR/LW and 1000BASE-LX optical, dual-rate, 1310nm transceiver with pluggable SFP+ interface. It is compatible with all 10/1 Gigabit Ethernet Novus, PerfectStorm, and Firestorm load modules, and appliances.
Note: A 10 ft, single-mode fiber LC-LC cable is included with this transceiver.
- 988-0013: This is an SFP+10GBASE-SR/SW, Accessory, 850nm transceiver with pluggable SFP+ interface. It is compatible with 944-0050 (LSM10GXM4S-01), 944-0051 (LSM10GXM8S-01), 944-0052 (LSM10GXMR4S-01), 944-0053 (LSM10GXMR8S-01), 944-0054 (LSM10GXM2S-01), 944-0055 (LSM10GXMR2S-01); and 944-0022 (LSM10G1-01) with 948-0012 (SFP+ADAP-01); or 944-0024 (LSM10GL1-01) with 948-0012 (SFP+ADAP-01).
- 988-0014: This is an SFP+10GBASE-LR/LW, Accessory, 1310nm transceiver with pluggable SFP+ interface. It is compatible with 944-0050 (LSM10GXM4S-01), 944-0051 (LSM10GXM8S-01), 944-0052 (LSM10GXMR4S-01), 944-0053 (LSM10GXMR8S-01), 944-0054 (LSM10GXM2S-01), 944-0055 (LSM10GXMR2S-01); and 944-0022 (LSM10G1-01) with 948-0012 (SFP+ADAP-01); or 944-0024 (LSM10GL1-01) with 948-0012 (SFP+ADAP-01).
- 988-0015: This is an SFP+10GBASE-LRM, Accessory, 1310nm transceiver, for multimode fiber, with pluggable SFP+ interface. It is compatible with 944-0050 (LSM10GXM4S-01), 944-0051 (LSM10GXM8S-01), 944-0052 (LSM10GXMR4S-01), 944-0053 (LSM10GXMR8S-01), 944-0054 (LSM10GXM2S-01), 944-0055 (LSM10GXMR2S-01); and 944-0022 (LSM10G1-01) with 948-0012 (SFP+ADAP-01); or 944-0024 (LSM10GL1-01) with 948-0012 (SFP+ADAP-01).
Note: SFP+10GBASE-LRM does not support the 10GbE WAN mode in any of the load modules listed above.
- 988-0016: This is an SFP+10GSFP+Cu, Accessory, passive, copper Direct Attach Cable Assembly, with pluggable SFP+ interface. It is compatible with NGY 10GE SFP+ modules, Xdenisty modules, and Xcellon-Flex 10GE SFP+ FE and AP modules.
- SFP-LX: This is a 1310nm LX, SFP 1 Gigabit Ethernet Transceiver.
- SFP-SX: This is a 850nm SX, SFP 1 Gigabit Transceiver.
- SFP-FX-100M-XCVR: This is a SFP 100BASE-FX 100M pluggable optical transceiver with MMF (multimode), 1310nm, and a 2km reach.