Novus 10/1 3-Speed Ethernet Load Modules

High-Density 10G/1G/100M Multi-Rate Ethernet  in One Load Module

Keysight's Novus 10/1 family of load modules offers complete Layer 2-7 (L2-7) network and application testing in a single system.

Support for Dual-PHY (SFP+ and 10GBase-T RJ45) allows for 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 with one load module.

With up to 16 Dual-PHY ports per module, you can create ultra-high-density test environments for 10GE/1GE/100M Ethernet over copper and fiber.

Up to 192 10GE/1GE/100M Ethernet test ports are supported in a single 12-slot Keysight chassis.

Novus 10GE/1GE/100M load modules are available in three different models to match your requirements and budget:

• NOVUS10/1GE16DP: A full-featured 16-port, Dual-PHY (RJ45 and SFP+) 10GE/1GE/100M load module designed for high-density requirements.

• NOVUS10/1GE8DP: A full-featured 8-port, Dual-PHY (RJ45 and SFP+) 10GE and 1GE load module designed for high-density switch testing. To support evolving test needs, users can perform a software field-upgrade to a full 16-port NOVUS10/1G16DP load module.

• NOVUS1GE16DP: A full-featured 16-port, Dual-PHY (RJ45 and SFP+) 1GE and 100M load module designed for high-density requirements.

Highlights

• Industry’s highest-density and only 10/1/100M Dual-PHY SFP+/10GBASE-T RJ45 solution

• 3-speed 10GE/1GE/100M ports provide low total cost of ownership and high ROI

• Feature, scale, and performance parity with existing Keysight 10GE and 1GE load modules

• Broader coverage of L4-7 protocols including video, voice, storage, and access

• Purpose built to test high-performance, low-latency devices

Key Features

• Full line-rate traffic generation to evaluate ASIC designs, FPGAs, and hardware switch fabrics 

• Ultra-high scale and performance for emulating L2/3 protocols to validate performance and scalability of L2/3 routing/switching and data center test cases by using Keysight’s IxNetwork application

• Support for testing SFP+ and 10GBase-T RJ-45 copper ports at different speeds simultaneously on the same load module

• Perform industry-standard RFC benchmark tests and protocol emulation in large test bed with hundreds of 3-speed ports in a single test

• 10G, 1G, and 100M line-rate hardware packet capture and decode tools to detect and debug data transmission errors

• Application support for IxExplorer, IxNetwork, IxLoad, and the related Tcl and automation APIs

• Novus adds IxLoad L4-7 including voice, video, and access protocols

• Flexible 4:1 CPU and memory aggregation, for high-scale protocol emulation and performance • Flexible custom packet generation 

• Real-time latency with latency resolution of up to 2.5ns

• Extensive port and traffic flow statistics 

• Advanced sequence checking with duplicate packet detection

• Support for preamble customization is now available on IxNetwork for the Novus 1GE/10GE 5Speed and 3-Speed load modules. Customization is available for both the preamble length and the preamble data of frames.

Novus 3-speed brings new level of performance with broad range of coverage of all the most popular features of IxNetwork and IxLoad applications.