Xgig 1000 32/128 G FC & 25/50/100 GE Analyzer

Benefits

• Provides a unified platform to  troubleshoot server connections to Top-of-Rack Switch supporting both copper and optical connections
• Supports all application protocols in the data center environment used in traditional SANs, Hyper-convergence and clustering like FC, FCoE, SCSI, iSCSI, iWARP, iSER, RoCE, RoCEv2, SMBD, NVMe over Fabrics and VXLAN
• Supports both 25G Ethernet 50G Consortium and IEEE 802.3by with support for all FEC modes
• Supports RS FEC as per IEEE 802.3bj spec for 100GE
• Supports features to enable debugging of all OSI layers from the Physical layer to the Application layer
• Reduces downtime and saves SLA-management costs with an industry-proven, reliable analytical/troubleshooting solution
• Improves storage and network services management with comprehensive IO-performance statistics

Applications

• Analysis
• Error injection (jamming)
• Enable server clustering networking tests
• Support RoCE, ROCEv2
  • SMB over RDMA (SMB Direct)
• Support iWARP
• Support iSER – iSCSI over RDMA
• NVMe over Fabrics
• CIFS/SMB/SMB2, NFS
• Support Openflow/SDN

Key Features

32/128 G FC Features

• Analog pass-through and digital retime modes
• Support of copper cables for backplane applications
• Full capture of transmitter training and analysis
• Supports FEC-enabled traffic
• 32 G FC: RS-FEC (Clause 91)

25 GE Features

• Based on 25 GE Ethernet 50G Consortium and IEEE 802.3by
• Support for capture of Auto Negotiation and Link Training
  • FEC modes supported
    • No FEC
    • BASE-R FEC (Clause 74)
    • RS-FEC (Clause 91/108)
• All DAC cables supported for 25 GE

50 GE Features

• Based on 25G Ethernet 50G Consortium and IEEE 802.3by
• Support for capture of Auto Negotiation and Link Training
• BASE-R FEC supported
• Lane selector allowing to combine lanes into a 50 GE link

100 GE Features

• Based on IEEE 802.3bj specifications
• Support  for capture of Auto Negotiation and Link Training
  • RS-FEC Supported