IXIA Novus 10GE/1GE/100M Ethernet Load Modules
This chapter provides details about Novus 10/1 family of load modules and its specifications and features.
Novus 10/1 is a new, tri-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 10GE/1GE/100M Ethernet over copper and fiber and supports up to 192 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 10/1 load module are as follows:
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Provides support for testing SFP+ and 10GBase-T RJ-45 copper ports at different speeds simultaneously on the same load module
- Allows industry-standard RFC test and protocol emulation in large test bed with hundreds of 10GE, 1GE, 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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10GE, 1GE, 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, IxLoad, and the related Tcl and automation APIs
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Adds IxLoad L4-7 including Voice, Video and Access protocols
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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 10/1 family is available in the following three models:
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Novus10/1GE16DP
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Novus10/1GE8DP
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Novus1GE16DP
The load modules are described as follows:
Novus10/1GE16DP
Novus10/1GE16DP is a full-featured 16-port, Dual-PHY (RJ45 and 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).
Novus10/1GE8DP
Novus10/1GE8DP is a full-featured 8-port, Dual-PHY (RJ45 and SFP+) 10GE and 1GE load module designed for high-density switch testing. 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).
Novus1GE16DP
Novus1GE16DP is a full-featured 16-port, Dual-PHY (RJ45 and SFP+) 1GE and 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 Novus10/1GE16DP load module is shown in the following figure:
Figure: Novus Module-Novus10/1GE16DP
Novus10/1GE8DP Field Upgrade
The following Novus 10/1, 8 port load module can be upgraded to support evolving test needs, by a software field-upgrade to a full 16-port Novus10/1GE16DP load module.
- Novus10/1GE8DP (944-1143)
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 10GE/1GE/100M Load Modules and Supported Adapters are provided in the following table.
Model Number | Part Number | Description |
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Novus10/1GE16DP 10G/1G/100M
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944-1142 |
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Novus10/1GE8DP 10G/1G/100M |
944-1143 |
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Novus1GE16DP 1G/100M |
944-1146 |
Note: This is the Novus10/1GE16DP, 16-port load module (944-1142) enabled for ONLY 1GE/100Mbps operation on all 16-ports. |
Specifications
The load module specifications are contained in the following table.
Feature | Novus10/1GE16DP 10G/1G/100M | Novus10/1GE8DP 10G/1G/100M | Novus1GE16DP 1G/100M |
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Hardware Load Module Specifications |
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Slot / Number of Ports |
1-slot with 16x10/1G Dual-PHY SFP+/10GBASE-T ports |
1-slot with 8x10/1G Dual-PHY SFP+/10GBASE-T ports |
1-slot with 16x10/1G Dual-PHY SFP+/100BASE-T ports |
Physical Interfaces |
16-ports of Dual-PHY SFP+/10GBASE-T RJ-45 |
8-ports of Dual-PHY SFP+/10GBASE-T RJ-45 |
16-ports of SFP+/100BASE-T RJ-45 |
Supported Port Speeds |
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CPU and Memory |
Multicore processor with 2GB of CPU memory per port |
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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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12 load modules:
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12 load modules:
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XGS12-HSL Chassis (940-0016) |
12 load modules:
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12 load modules:
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12 load modules:
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XGS2-SD Chassis (940-0010) |
2 load modules:
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2 load modules:
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2 load modules:
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XGS2-HSL Chassis (940-0014) |
2 load modules:
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2 load modules:
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2 load modules:
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XGS12-SDL Chassis (940-0011) |
12 load modules:
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12 load modules:
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12 load modules:
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XGS2-SDL Chassis (940-0013) |
2 load modules:
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2 load modules:
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2 load modules:
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Transmit Feature Specifications |
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Transmit Engine |
Wire-speed packet generation with timestamps, sequence numbers, data integrity signature, and packet group signatures. |
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Max. Streams per Port |
512 |
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Max. Streams per Port in Data Center Ethernet |
256 |
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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 |
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Stream Controls |
Rate and frame size change on the fly, sequential, and advanced stream scheduler. |
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Minimum Frame Size |
10GE:
1GE and 100ME:
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Maximum Frame Size |
16,384 bytes |
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Maximum Fame Size in Data Center Ethernet |
9,216 bytes |
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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 |
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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. |
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Value Lists (max.) |
2M across 5 User Defined Fields |
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Sequence (max.) |
512 |
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Error Generation |
Generate good CRC or force bad CRC, undersize and oversize standard Ethernet frame lengths, and bad checksum. |
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Hardware Checksum Generation |
Checksum generation and verification for IPv4, IP over IP, ICMP/GRE/TCP/UDP, L2TP, GTP . |
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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 |
Not Applicable |
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Latency Measurement Resolution |
2.5 nanoseconds |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Hardware Capture Buffer per Port or Resource Group |
512MB per port |
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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. |
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Latency / Jitter Measurements |
Cut-through, store and forward, forwarding delay, up to 16 Latency bins / jitter, MEF frame delay, and inter-arrival time. |
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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. |
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Software Defined Network |
OpenFlow, Segment Routing, BGP Link State (BGP-LS), PCEP, VXLAN, EVPN VXLAN, OVSDB, GENEVE. |
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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. |
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Broadband and Authentication |
PPPoX/L2TPv2, DHCPv4/DHCPv6, ANCP, IPv6 Autoconfiguration (SLAAC), IGMP/MLD, IPTV, 802.1x, WebAuth, EAPoUDP, Cisco NAC. |
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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. |
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Data Center Ethernet |
DCBX/LLDP, FCoE/FIP, PFC (IEEE 802.1Qbb), TRILL, Cisco FabricPath, SPBM, VEPA. |
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Layer 4-7 Application Traffic Testing Support |
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Data |
HTTP, HTTPS, TCP Session, FTP, DNS, Mail (SMTP, POP3, and IMAP),TFTP, AppReplay, AppLibrary. |
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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. |
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Voice |
Advanced VoIP SIP & RTP, Audio & Video Codecs, VoLTE, MSRP, Telepresence, SMS, T.38; includes: Voice Quality and Video Quality for conversational video traffic. |
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Storage |
iSCSI, CIFSv1, CIFSv2 (SMB2), SMB3, NFSv3 Client, NFSv4 Client, NFS4.1 Client, Cloud Storage Client. |
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Access |
IPv4, IPv6, VLAN, Emulated Routers, DNS, DHCP. |
Application Support
The Ixia application support for Novus 10GE/1GE/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. |
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 10GE/1GE/100M load module is shown in the following figure:
Figure: Front panel of Novus10/1GE16DP
LED Panel
There are 2 bicolor LEDs per port for the SFP+ (10G) variant. The LED panel specifications for Novus 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 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.