IXIA Novus 10GbE/5GbE/2.5GbE/1GbE/100M Ethernet Load Modules

This chapter provides details about the Novus10/5/2.5/1/100M16DP 5-speed family of load modules and its specifications and features.

Novus10/5/2.5/1/100M16DP is a five-speed, high density, multi-rate ethernet load module with up to 16 Dual-PHY ports per module. This load module family supports complete Layer 2-7 (L2-7) network and application testing in a single system. It provides support for Dual-PHY (SFP+ and 10GBase-T RJ45), and enables up to line-rate L2/3 traffic generation and analysis, high-performance routing/bridging protocol emulation, and true L4-7 application traffic generation and subscriber emulation. All these features are available within one load module. It allows ultra-high-density test environments for 10GbE/5GbE/2.5GbE/1GbE/100M Ethernet over copper and fiber and supports up to 192 10GbE/1GbE/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 Novus10/5/2.5/1/100M16DP 5-speed family of load modules are as follows:

Load Modules

The Novus Novus10/5/2.5/1/100M16DP 5-speed family is available in the following four models:

The load modules are described as follows:

Novus10/5/2.5/1/100M16DP

Novus10/5/2.5/1/100M16DP is a 5-speed, full-featured 16-port, Dual-PHY (RJ45 and SFP+) 10GE/5GE/2/5GE/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).

Novus10/5/2.5/1/100M8DP

Novus10/5/2.5/1/100M8DP is a 5-speed, full-featured 8-port, Dual-PHY (RJ45 and SFP+) 10GE/5GE/2/5GE/1GE/100M load module designed for high-density switch testing. It is compatible with the XGS12-SD rack mount chassis (940-0011), and the XGS2-SD 2-slot standard performance chassis (940-0010).

Novus10/5/2.5/1/100M16DP-R

Novus10/5/2.5/1/100M16DP-R is a 5-speed, reduced-featured 16-port, Dual-PHY (RJ45 and SFP+) 10GE/5GE/2/5GE/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).

Novus10/5/2.5/1/100M8DP-R:

Novus10/5/2.5/1/100M8DP-R is a 5-speed, reduced-featured 8-port, Dual-PHY (RJ45 and SFP+) 10GE/5GE/2/5GE/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 Novus10/5/2.5/1/100M16DP load module is shown in the following figure:

Figure: Novus Module-Novus10/5/2.5/1/100M16DP

Novus10/5/2.5/1/100M8DP Field Upgrade

The following Novus 10/1, 8 port 5-speed load module can be upgraded to support evolving test needs, by a software field-upgrade to a full 16-port 5-speed 10/5/2.5/1/100M16DP load module.

Note: For the additional 8-port upgrade purchase, please provide the serial number of the desired load module at the time of placement of order, to install the option.

Part Numbers

Part Numbers for Novus 10GbE/5GbE/2.5GbE/1GbE/100M Load Modules and Supported Adapters are provided in the following table.

Part Numbers for Novus 10GbE/5GbE/2.5GbE/1GbE/100M Modules
Model Number Part Number Description

Novus10/5/2.5/1/100M16DP

 

944-1148

  • Dual-PHY with 16-ports each of the SFP+
  • 1-slot
  • 10GBASE-T RJ45 physical interfaces

  • L2-7 support

Novus10/5/2.5/1/100M8DP

944-1149

  • Dual-PHY with 8-ports each of the SFP+
  • 1-slot
  • 10GBASE-T RJ45 physical interfaces

  • L2-7 support

Novus10/5/2.5/1/100M16DP-R

944-1154

  • Dual-PHY with 16-ports each of the SFP+
  • 1-slot
  • 1000BASE-T RJ45 physical interfaces
  • L2-3 support

Novus10/5/2.5/1/100M8DP-R

944-1155

  • Dual-PHY with 8-ports each of the SFP+
  • 1-slot
  • 1000BASE-T RJ45 physical interfaces
  • L2-3 support

 

Specifications

The load module specifications are contained in the following table.

Novus 10GbE/5GbE/2.5GbE/1GbE/100M Load Module Specifications
Feature

Novus

10/5/2.5/1/100M16DP

Novus

10/5/2.5/1/100M8DP

Novus

10/5/2.5/1/100M16DP-R

Novus

10/5/2.5/1/100M8DP-R

Hardware Load Module Specifications

     

Slot / Number of Ports

1-slot with 16x10/1GbE

1-slot with 8x10/1GbE

1-slot with 16x10/1GbE

1-slot with 8x10/1GbE

Physical Interfaces

SFP+ and 10GBASE-T RJ-45

Supported Port Speeds

  • 10GbE, 1GbE, and 100Mbps speed support on the fiber and copper RJ45 ports

  • 5GbE, 2.5GbE speed support on the copper RJ45 ports

CPU and Memory

Multicore processor with 2GB of CPU memory per port

Cable Media

  • CAT5e twisted pair

  • CAT6 twisted pair

  • CAT6A twisted pair

Load Module Dimensions

  • 17.3” (L) x 1.3” (W) x 12.0” (H)
  • 440mm (L) x 33mm (W) x 305mm (H)

Load Module Weights

  • Module only: 12.9 lbs (5.85 kg)

  • Shipping: 19.7 lbs (8.94 kg)

Temperature

  • Operating: 41°F to 104°F (5°C to 40°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 Cards and Ports per Chassis Model

XGS12-SD Rackmount Chassis (940-0011)

12 load modules:

  • 192-ports with 10/5/2.5/1/100M Dual-PHY, 5-speed support

12 load modules:

  • 96-ports with 10/5/2.5/1/100M Dual-PHY, 5-speed support

12 load modules:

  • 192-ports with 10/5/2.5/1/100M Dual-PHY, 5-speed support

12 load modules:

  • 96-ports with 10/5/2.5/1/100M Dual-PHY, 5-speed support

XGS12-HSL Rackmount Chassis (940-0016)

12 load modules:

  • 192-ports with 10/5/2.5/1/100M Dual-PHY, 5-speed support

12 load modules:

  • 96-ports with 10/5/2.5/1/100M Dual-PHY, 5-speed support

12 load modules:

  • 192-ports with 10/5/2.5/1/100M Dual-PHY, 5-speed support

12 load modules:

  • 96-ports with 10/5/2.5/1/100M Dual-PHY, 5-speed support

XGS2-SD Rackmount Chassis (940-0010)

2 load modules:

  • 32-ports with 10/5/2.5/1/100M Dual-PHY, 5-speed support

2 load modules:

  • 16-ports with 10/5/2.5/1/100M Dual-PHY, 5-speed support

2 load modules:

  • 32-ports with 10/5/2.5/1/100M Dual-PHY, 5-speed support

2 load modules:

  • 16-ports with 10/5/2.5/1/100M Dual-PHY, 5-speed support

XGS2-HSL Rackmount Chassis (940-0014)

2 load modules:

  • 32-ports with 10/5/2.5/1/100M Dual-PHY, 5-speed support

2 load modules:

  • 16-ports with 10/5/2.5/1/100M Dual-PHY, 5-speed support

2 load modules:

  • 32-ports with 10/5/2.5/1/100M Dual-PHY, 5-speed support

2 load modules:

  • 16-ports with 10/5/2.5/1/100M Dual-PHY, 5-speed support

XGS12-SDL Chassis (940-0011)

12 load modules:

  • 192-ports with 10/5/2.5/1/100M Dual-PHY, 5-speed support

12 load modules:

  • 96-ports with 10/5/2.5/1/100M Dual-PHY, 5-speed support

12 load modules:

  • 192-ports with 10/5/2.5/1/100M Dual-PHY, 5-speed support

12 load modules:

  • 96-ports with 10/5/2.5/1/100M Dual-PHY, 5-speed support

XGS2-SDL Chassis (940-0013)

2 load modules:

  • 32-ports with 10/5/2.5/1/100M Dual-PHY, 5-speed support

2 load modules:

  • 16-ports with 10/5/2.5/1/100M Dual-PHY, 5-speed support

2 load modules:

  • 32-ports with 10/5/2.5/1/100M Dual-PHY, 5-speed support

2 load modules:

  • 16-ports with 10/5/2.5/1/100M Dual-PHY, 5-speed support

Transmit Feature Specifications

Transmit Engine

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, 5GbE, and 2.5GbE:

  • 49 bytes at full line rate without UDF
  • 60 bytes at full line rate with UDF

1GbE and 100Mbps:

  • 49 bytes at full line rate

Maximum Frame Size

16,384 bytes

Maximum Fame Size in Data Center Ethernet

9,216 bytes

Priority Flow Control

  • 8 line-rate-capable queues with each supporting up to 2,500 byte frame lengths
  • 1 queue supporting up to 9,216 byte frame lengths

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 total entries across 5 User Defined Fields

Sequence (max.)

512K maximum PGIDs per port

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

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

  • 1M without Tx/Rx Sync and sequence checking

  • 512k with Tx/Rx Sync and sequence checking

Minimum Frame Size

  • 64 bytes at full line rate into the capture buffer
  • 49 bytes at less than full line rate

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

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.

Layer 4-7 Application Traffic Testing Support

Data

HTTP, HTTPS, TCP Session, FTP, DNS, Mail (SMTP, POP3, and IMAP),TFTP, AppReplay, AppLibrary.

Video

RTSP, IPTV, VoD, Adobe Flash Client, Apple HLS Client, Microsoft Silverlight Client, Adobe HDS Client, DASH Client; includes Video Quality VQMON and TCP Video Quality.

Voice

Advanced VoIP SIP & RTP, Audio & Video Codecs, VoLTE, MSRP, Telepresence, SMS, T.38; includes: Voice Quality and Video Quality for conversational video traffic.

Storage

iSCSI, CIFSv1, CIFSv2 (SMB2), SMB3, NFSv3 Client, NFSv4 Client, NFS4.1 Client, Cloud Storage Client.

Access

IPv4, IPv6, VLAN, Emulated Routers, DNS, DHCP.

 

Application Support

The Ixia application support for Novus 10GE/5GE/2.5GE/1GE/100M load modules is provided in the following table:

Novus 10GE/5GE/2.5GE/1GE/100M Application Support
Application Support

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.

IxLoad

Provides a scalable L4-7 solution for testing converged multiplay services, application delivery platforms, and security devices and systems. IxLoad ensures quality of experience (QoE) through emulation of data, access, storage, voice and video subscribers, and associated protocols.

Mechanical Specifications

Front Panel

The front panel of one of the Novus 10GbE/5GbE/2.5GbE/1GbE/100M load module is shown in the following figure:

Figure: Front panel of Novus 10GbE/5GbE/2.5GbE/1GbE/100M

LED Panel

There are 2 bicolor LEDs per port for the SFP+ (10G) 5-speed variant. The LED panel specifications for Novus SFP+ (10G) 5-speed are provided in the following table.

LED panel Specifications for Novus SFP+ (10G) 5-Speed Load Module
Speed Mode LED1: TX LED LED2: RX LED

10GbE

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 Novus10/5/2.5/1/100M16DP 5-speed family supports optical transceivers and fiber cables for each of the physical interfaces that are supported:

Note: A 3 meter, multi-mode fiber LC-LC cable is included with this transceiver.

Note: A 10 ft, single-mode fiber LC-LC cable is included with this transceiver.

Note: SFP+10GBASE-LRM does not support the 10GE WAN mode in any of the load modules listed above.