Novus QSFP28 High-Density 100/50/40/25/10GE Load Module Family

High-Density 100/50/40/25/10GE QSFP28 with multi-rate Ethernet capability is here to stay!

Bandwidth requirements for enterprises, cloud service providers, and global data centers are growing rapidly, surpassing the bandwidth that today’s 10GE and 40GE interface speeds can provide. Cloud service providers and Hyper-scale data centers are deploying high-density 100GE, 50GE, and 25GE networking infrastructure solutions to meet these demands.

Network equipment manufacturers (NEMs) are rapidly increasing port densities and delivering highly flexible multi-rate switch/routing ports to capture market share. These products are designed to support 100/50/40/25/10GE on a single port. The new requirements to remain competitive involve previously unheard levels of complexity.

To capitalize on today’s innovation, NEMs need native QSFP28 test and measurement systems to deliver higher density 100GE products with multi-rate Ethernet speed capabilities. At the same time, they must ensure support for legacy 40GE/10GE as their customers transition to 100GE/50GE/25GE. As data centers, cloud service providers, and large enterprises implement this same high-density network equipment in their own networks, they too need the same type of test solution to verify performance and functionality before deployment.

Novus QSFP28 100G load module family enables high-density, multi-rate switch/router testing. With Novus, Novus-M, and Novus-R providing full, mid-range, and reduced scale and performance, respectively, it is the ideal platform for interoperability and functional testing, as well as high-port-count performance testing across cloud, hyperscale data center, service provider, and enterprise networks. It supports 8-ports of native QSFP28 100GE with optional fanouts that support 16-ports of 50GE, 8-ports of 40GE, or 32-ports of 25GE or 10GE per load module. We also offer an affordable lower-density 4-port full feature configuration that can upgrade to 8-ports as testing grows to take advantage of full power, performance, and scale of this load module.

As complex multi-rate test requirements for validating 100GE, 50GE, 40GE, 25GE, and 10GE on the same physical port have become mainstream, Novus native QSFP28 100GE interfaces with different fanout speed mix or point-to-point cable support provides a more efficient and flexible set of test use cases.

Novus QSFP28 load modules are available in four different models:

• NOVUS100GE8Q28+FAN: A full-featured model that is an 8-port, 100GE, 50GE, 40GE, 25GE, and 10GE load module designed for enterprise and data center switch and router testing.

• NOVUS-M100GE8Q28+FAN: A mid-range scale and performance model that is an 8-port, 100GE, 50GE, 40GE, 25GE, and 10GE load module designed for small/medium enterprise switch and router testing.

• NOVUS-R100GE8Q28+FAN: A reduced feature model that is an 8-port, 100GE, 50GE, 40GE, 25GE, and 10GE load module designed for high-density switch testing. Novus-R scales down the L2/3 feature set and increases affordability to make the build-out of high-port-count 100GE test beds achievable at a lower cost.

• NOVUS100GE4Q28+FAN: A full-featured model that is a 4-port, 100GE, 50GE, 40GE, 25GE, and 10GE load module designed for enterprise and data center switch and router testing.