IXIA AresONE 800GE QSFP-DD800 Fixed Chassis

This chapter provides details about AresONE 800GE fixed chassis, its specifications and features.

AresONE 800GE 4-port model matches the port density and 3.2 Tbps traffic generation capability of AresONE 400 platforms. and is also stackable to build higher-throughput and port-count testbeds. This provides a future-proof test platform that can grow with the user needs.

AresONE 800GE enables testing multiple Ethernet speeds in the same platform with each port capable of the following speeds:

AresONE 800G offers flexibility for upgrades based on need. Users can field-upgrade from the 2-port configuration to the 4-port configuration and add on the 1x800GE speed field option at any time.

Key Features

The key features of AresONE 800GE QSFP-DD800 fixed chassis are as follows:

AresONE 800GE Variants

AresONE 800GE QSFP-DD800 fixed chassis is available in 4-port and 2-port with full- and reduced-performance model selections:.
4-port hardware chassis—Full and Reduced Performance models

2-ports enabled on the 4-port hardware chassis—Full and Reduced Performance models

 

800GE-4P-QDD

800GE-4P-QDD is a 4- port, high density, full performance model with native QSFP-DD800 physical interfaces and layer 1-3 support.

800GER-4P-QDD

800GER-4P-QDD is a 4-port, high density, reduced performance model with native QSFP-DD800 physical interfaces and layer 1-3 support.

800GE-2P-QDD

800GE-2P-QDD is a 2-port, high density, full performance model with native QSFP-DD800 physical interfaces and layer 1-3 support. In this model 2 ports are enabled on the 4-port chassis.

800GER-2P-QDD

800GER-2P-QDD is an 2-port, high density, reduced performance model with native QSFP-DD800 physical interfaces and layer 1-3 support. In this model 2 ports are enabled on the 4-port chassis.

The 4-port and 2-port full performance and reduced performance QDD models are similar and shown in the following figure:

Part Numbers

Part Numbers for AresONE 800GE QSFP-DD800 fixed chassis are provided in the following table.

Model Number Part Number Description

800GE-4P-QDD

944-1192

  • 4-port, fixed chassis model with native QSFP-DD800 physical interfaces

  • Full performance
  • Supports layer 1-3
  • Default speeds 2x400GE, 4x200GE, and 8x100GE per port (PAM4)

800GER-4P-QDD

944-1193

  • 4-port, fixed chassis model with native QSFP-DD800 physical interfaces

  • Reduced performance
  • Supports layer 1-3
  • Default speeds 2x400GE, 4x200GE, and 8x100GE per port (PAM4)

800GE-2P-QDD

944-1190

  • 2-port, fixed chassis model with native QSFP-DD800 physical interfaces

  • Full performance
  • Supports layer 1-3
  • Default speeds 2x400GE, 4x200GE, and 8x100GE per port (PAM4)

800GER-2P-QDD

944-1191

  • 2-port, fixed chassis model with native QSFP-DD800 physical interfaces

  • Reduced performance
  • Supports layer 1-3
  • Default speeds 2x400GE, 4x200GE, and 8x100GE per port (PAM4)

Specifications

The hardware specifications for the AresONE 800GE QSFP-DD800 fixed chassis are contained in the following table.

 
Feature

AresONE 800GE QSFP-DD800

Full Performance

2-Port / 4-Port

AresONE 800GE QSFP-DD800

Reduced Performance

2-Port / 4-Port

Part Number

944-1190 / 944-1192

944-1191 / 944-1193

Hardware Fixed Chassis System Specifications

RU/ Number of Ports

2 RU 2-ports enabled on 4-port hardware chassis or all 4-ports enabled

Physical Interfaces

Native QSFP-DD800 physical front panel pluggable ports

Supported Port Speeds

Default speeds 2x400GE, 4x200GE, and 8x100GE per port (PAM4):

  • Optical transceiver and fiber cable interconnect support

Optional speed:

  • PAM4: 1x800GE

  • Requires purchase of a factory or a field upgrade speed option.

CPU and Memory

Multicore processor with 4 GB of CPU memory per QSFP-DD800 front panel port

Number of users

4-port hardware chassis: Supports up to 4 users, one user per physical front panel port

2-port enabled on 4-port hardware chassis: Supports up to 2 users, one user per physical front panel port

Interface Protocols Specifications for 800GE/112Gb/s electrical lane support

IEEE 802.3ck Physical Layer Specifications and Management Parameters for 100 Gb/s, 200 Gb/s, and 400 Gb/s Electrical Interfaces Based on 100 Gb/s Signaling

Ethernet Technology Consortium v1.1 specification

Layer 1 support

PAM4,400/200/100GE speeds:

  • KP4 (RS-544,514) Ethernet Forward Error Correction, Clause 119

  • FEC Correctable and uncorrectable statistics per-port

  • FEC symbol error injection (400GE and 200GE speeds only)

  • FEC Codeword error distribution statistics

  • PCS lanes Tx and Rx test and statistics

QSFP-DD Optical Transceiver

Support

Support for QSFP-DD800 MSA compliant optical transceivers up to Power Class 8 with more than 14 watts of power consumption such as: 800GBASE-DR4, 800GBASE-2xFR4, and other optical transceivers and AOCs.

  • For transceivers that consume more than 14 watts of power, please consult the factory for additional information before using these optics in the system.

  • Please consult the factory for specific transceiver support information.

  • See Transceiver and Cable Support section for current support of optical transceiver for this product.

QSFP-DD800 Active Electrical Cable (AEC) Support Active Electrical Cable support; please consult the factory for specific support information.
Fixed Chassis System Dimensions
  • 30.6” (L) x 17.3” (W) x 3.46” (H)
  • 778 mm (L) x 440 mm (W) x 88 mm (H)

Fixed Chassis System

Weights

  • Hardware only: 58.4 lbs. (26.5 kg)

  • Shipping: 113 lbs. (51.5 kg) 1

Note: Approximate (includes rackmount slides, power cords, sync cables, and packaging)

Fixed Chassis System

Electrical Power

  • Operates on 100-240 VAC, 50/60 Hz

  • 200-240 VAC is single phase

  • Requires (3) power sources when running 100-120VAC, 9 Amps for each power supply. AresONE fixed chassis is shipped with (3 each) 100-125 VAC power cords.

  • Requires (2) power sources when running 200-240 VAC, 7 Amps for each power supply.

Temperature

(Ambient Air)

  • Operating: 41 °F to 95 °F (5 °C to 35 °C)

  • Storage: 41 °F to 122 °F (5 °C to 50 °C)

Humidity

(Ambient Air)

  • Operating: 0 % to 85 %, non-condensing

  • Storage: 0 % to 85 %, non-condensing

Regulatory Compliance Specifications IEC 62368-1, UL 62368-1, CSA C22.2 No.62368-1-14, CISPR 32, EN/IEC 55032, EN/IEC 61000, 47 CFR FCC Part 15B, CAN ICES-003(A)/NMB-003(A), AS/NZ CISPR 32/24, KN32/35, EN/IEC 63000

Chassis Synchronization Extendibility

Maximum Number of Chassis in Single Test Topology
  • Each chassis has built-in star topology synchronization ports to connect to five additional compatible chassis systems

  • The Metronome Timing System (942-0090) is used for synchronizing a total of six or more chassis at one time. Consult factory for port count requirements beyond five chassis 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

  • 1x800GE: 64 (per FPP)

  • 2x400GE: 64 (per fan-out)

  • 4x200GE: 64 (per fan-out)

  • 8x100GE: 32 (per fan-out)

  • 1x800GE: 32 (FPP)

  • 2x400GE: 32 (per fan-out)

  • 4x200GE: 32 (per fan-out)

  • 8x100GE: 16 (per fan-out)

Stream Controls

  • Rate and frame size change on the fly

  • Advanced stream scheduler support

  • Optional sequential stream scheduler support (must be ordered as a factory installed option-no field upgrade is available)

Minimum Frame Size

800GE, 400GE, 200GE and 100GE:

  • 64 bytes at full line rate

  • 60 bytes at less than full line rate

Maximum Frame Size

800GE, 400GE, 200GE and 100GE: 14,000 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 and below), 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
  • 1x800GE: 64K / port /UDF

  • 2x400GE: 64K /port /UDF

  • 4x200GE: 32K /port /UDF

  • 8x100GE: 64K / 4-ports /UDF

Sequence (Max.)
  • 800GE: 32K / port /UDF

  • 400GE: 32K /port /UDF

  • 200GE: 32K /port /UDF

  • 100GE: 8K /ports /UDF

Error Generation (FEC and Standard Keysight L2/3 Ethernet in PAM4 Mode Only)

800GE and 2x400GE 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 800/400GE

  • No FEC error insertion and related statistics for 8x100GE

800GE, 2x400GE, 4x200GE, 8x100GE 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
  • 800GE: 0.3125 ns

  • 400GE: 0.625 ns

  • 200GE: 1.25 ns

  • 100GE: 2.5 ns

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 +/- 50 ppm on all the ports of the 800GE 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
  • 800GE: 32K full statistics

  • 400GE: 32K full statistics

  • 200GE: 32K full statistics

  • 100GE: 4K full statistics and 32K with minimum statistics

Trackable Receive Flows per Port with and without Sequence checking and no Tx/RX synch
  • 800GE: 32K full statistics

  • 400GE: 32K full statistics

  • 200GE: 32K full statistics

  • 100GE: 8K full statistics and 32K with minimum statistics

Minimum Frame Size

64Bytes

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

1 MB per front panel QSFP-DD800 port and for fan-out modes on that port.

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.

PAM4 800GE, 2x400GE, 4x200GE, 8x100GE:

  • 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

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

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.

Application Support

The Ixia application support for AresONE 800GE QSFP-DD800 fixed chassis is provided in the following table:

 
AresONE 800GE Full and Reduced Performance
IxExplorer: Layer 1-3 wire-speed traffic generation, capture, and analysis with Forward Error Correction and error injection with statistics, PCS Lanes Tx/Rx with statistics and reporting capability.
Tcl API: Custom user script development for Layer 1-3 testing

Transceiver and Cable Support

The transceivers and cables supported by AresONE 800GE QSFP-DD800 fixed chassis are provided in the following table:

 
Transceiver/Cable Description Compatibility
QSFP-DD800 800GE Optical Transceiver
QSFPDD800-DR8-XCVR

Ixia, QSFPDD800-DR8-XCVR, 800GBASE-DR8, Single Mode Fiber, 500-meter reach with FEC, 1310nm center wavelength, 100G Lambda, optical transceiver (948-0068). CMIS 4.0 compliant. Compatible with Ixia cables: QSFPDD800-DR8-CBL MPO16 APC-APC, SMF, 3-meter and QSFPDD800-DR8-FO-CBL, fan-out, MPO16, APC-UPC, SMF, MPO16-to-8x100GE LC, 3-meter.

This transceiver is compatible the G800GE chassis: QSFP-DD (941-0084) and the QSFP-DD-COAX (941-0085), and with all models of AresONE 800GE QSFP-DD800 fixed chassis: 800GE-2P-QDD (944-1190), 800GER-2P-QDD (944-1191), 800GE-4P-QDD (944-1192), 800GER-4P-QDD (944-1193), 800GE-8P-QDD (944-1194) and 800GER-8P-QDD (944-1195).

Optical transceiver point-to-point cable
QSFPDD800-DR8-CBL Ixia, QSFPDD800-DR8-CBL, point-to-point, MPO16, APC-APC, Single Mode Fiber (SMF) cable, 2-meter length (942-0144) for QSFPDD-DR8 800GE optical transceiver, part number QSFPDD800-DR8-XCVR.

 

Optical transceiver fan-out cable
QSFPDD800-DR8-FO-CBL Ixia, QSFPDD800-DR8-FO-CBL, fan-out, MPO16, APC-UPC, Single Mode Fiber (SMF) cable, MPO16-to-8x100GE LC, 2-meter length (942-0125) for QSFPDD-DR8 800GE optical transceiver, part number QSFPDD800-DR8-XCVR.

Status Icons

AresONE 800GE QSFP-DD800 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.

 

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 800GE QSFP-DD800 fixed chassis is shown in the following figure (applies to 4-port and 2-port variants):

Front Panel Switch and Power LED

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

 
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.

 

MODE LED

TX STATUS

RX STATUS

FEC

  • Solid Blue – PAM4
  • Solid Red – Card fault
  • Off – No power to the card or port
  • Solid Red – All links down
  • Solid Green – All inks up
  • Solid Yellow – Some links up
  • Blinking (Red, Green or Yellow)– TX is active

Application Mode:

  • Blinking Red – RX active with errors
  • Blinking Green – RX active with no errors received
  • Off – Port is inactive
  • Blinking 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 800GE QSFP-DD800 fixed chassis is shown in the following figure:

 
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
Rear Panel ports Utility/Sync/MGMT ports

Rear Panel Ports

 
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 For metronome synchronization

Rear Panel MGMT Port LEDs

The Rear Panel MGMT Port LED specifications are same as that for AresONE. See AresONE Rear Panel MGMT Port LEDs.

Power Supply LEDs

The power supply LED specifications are same as that for AresONE. See AresONE Power Supply LEDs.

Chassis Synchronization

There is an increased need of chassis synchronization to run mixed speed port tests with the AresONE 800GE QSFP-DD800 fixed chassis.
This ability to sync with other Ixia chassis differentiates it from an appliance.
Since AresONE 800GE has five sync out ports, an AresONE 800GE acting as primary chassis can sync five more AresONE 800GE fixed chassis or XGS chassis.

For more details, see AresONE Chassis Synchronization.

Cooling Fan Speed Control

The AresONE 800GE 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 800GE fixed chassis, see the AresONE Native IxOS Getting Started Guide.