IXIA FCMGXM Load Modules
This chapter provides details about FCMGXM family of load modules specifications and features.
The FCMGXM family of high speed load modules delivers high-density, 2/4/8G fibre channel test solution. These load modules deliver high-density converged data center infrastructure for testing end-to-end Fibre Channel and Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) testing. The fibre channel load module comes with four or eight ports and each port can be configured to run at 2, 4, or 8 G speeds.
The 4-port and 8-port FCMGXM load modules deliver complete FC-2 and FCP data plane capabilities and performance.
One of the modules in this family, the FCMGXM8, is shown in the following figure.
Figure: FCMGXM Load Module
Part Numbers
The part numbers are shown in the following table.
Load Module | Part Numbers | Description |
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FCMGXM4 |
950-0001 FCMGXM4S-01 |
4-Port Fibre Channel Load Module, with 2 Gbps, 4 Gbps and 8 Gbps support and SFP+ interface. It requires one or more SFP+ transceiver options. |
FCMGXM8 |
950-0002 FCMGXM8S-01 |
8-Port Fibre Channel Load Module, with 2 Gbps, 4 Gbps and 8 Gbps support and SFP+ interface. It requires one or more SFP+ transceiver options. |
Specifications
The load module specifications are contained in the following table.
Feature | Specification |
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Load Modules |
FCMGXM8/FCMGXM4 |
Number of ports per module |
8/4 |
Number of chassis slots per module |
1 |
Maximum ports per chassis |
Note: XM12 High Performance chassis is required for 88 ports to be installed in a single chassis. Up to eleven 8-port load modules are supported in an XM12 High Performance chassis, and up to 8 8-port load modules are supported in a standard XM12 chassis. The XM2 chassis supports up to 16 ports. |
Supported transceivers |
SFP+ Tri-rate 2/4/8G duplex LC connector 850nm multimode 1310 single mode. |
Per-port CPU speed and memory |
800 MHz, 1 GB/1 GHz, 1 GB. |
Per-port capture buffer |
512 MB |
Interface speeds |
2/4/8G FC |
FC-1 Primitives |
Yes |
FC-2 Protocols |
Yes |
FCP Support |
Yes |
Number of transmit flows per port (sequential values) |
Billions |
Number of transmit flows per port (arbitrary values) |
1 million |
Number of trackable receive flows per port |
1 million |
Number of stream definitions per port |
256 In packet stream (sequential) or advanced stream (interleaved) mode, each stream definition can generate millions of unique traffic flows. |
Table UDF |
1 million entries. Comprehensive packet editing function for emulating large numbers of flows. Entries of up to 256 bytes, using lists of values can be specified and placed at designated offsets within a stream. Each list consists of an offset, a size, and a list of values in a table format. |
Packet flow statistics |
Tracks 1 million flows. |
Transmit engine |
Wire-speed packet generation with timestamps, sequence numbers, data integrity signature, and packet group signatures. |
Receive engine |
Wire-speed packet filtering, capturing, real-time latency, and inter-arrival time for each packet group, data integrity, and sequence checking. |
User defined field features |
Fixed, increment, or decrement by user-defined step, value lists, range lists, cascade, random, and chained fields. |
Filters |
2x128-bit user-definable pattern and offset, frame length range, CRC error, data integrity error, and sequence checking error (small, big, reverse). |
Data field per stream |
Fixed, increment (byte/word), decrement (byte/word), random, repeating, user-specified, CJPAT, and CRPAT fields. |
Error generation |
CRC (good/bad), oversize frame, parity error, and R_RDY errors. |
Latency measurements |
20 nanoseconds resolution in packet timestamp. |
Statistics |
The new statistics are as follows:
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Operating temperature range |
41°F to 95°F (5°C to 35°C), ambient air. |