Ixia (NASDAQ: XXIA), a leading provider of network testing,
visibility, and security solutions, and Viavi Solutions (NASDAQ:
VIAV), a global provider of network test, monitoring and assurance
solutions, have joined forces to showcase the world’s first public
interoperability demonstration of a test system running
bi-directional 400GbE line rate traffic with RS-544 Forward Error
Correction (FEC) as currently defined in the IEEE 802.3bs draft
standard. The demonstration, which is intended to prove that the
technology is ready for adoption, will be shown in the Viavi booth
(#550) at the ECOC 2016, the largest conference on optical
communication in Europe, to be held in Düsseldorf, Germany,
September 19-21, 2016.
Industry-leading network equipment manufacturers are heavily
investing in the development of new Intellectual Property (IP) and
ASICs for the next generation of higher speed switches and routers
to address the growing bandwidth requirements of expanding
hyperscale data centers. Carriers and service providers also need
to address these requirements. Robust test tools are needed
throughout this development to identify potential bugs and
eliminate ASIC and hardware re-spins, which waste human resources,
increase development costs, and delay time to market.
Ixia and Viavi Solutions plan to demonstrate full
interoperability of independently developed MAC, PCS, and RS-544
FEC IP by each company, including the critical FEC element that
enables 400GbE error-free data packets to be carried over fiber
links, on readily available hardware components. This demonstration
is intended to show that it is now possible to successfully bring
products to market that interoperate in accordance with emerging
400GbE standards and are ready for adoption by network equipment
manufacturers as well as companies that need to move forward with
their 400GbE implementation.
Jerry Pepper, distinguished engineer at Ixia, stated, “We are
proud to be a key part of the first public 400GbE FEC/PCS
demonstration of two independent implementations that interoperate
successfully. We understand the importance to the 400GbE ecosystem
to have robust test equipment available at this critical time in
the development of new IP and ASICs.”
Ixia’s full portfolio of network infrastructure test systems,
including the 400GbE test system, offer the same send/receive
capabilities on all speed ports, with packet lengths as small as
49B, which is smaller than the minimum Ethernet frame size. It is
also capable of sending and receiving a single 400GbE line rate
flow at any packet size.
Viavi’s Optical Network Tester (ONT) has been proven in lab
testing of 100G components, and now has the industry’s first 400G
support to include FEC and PAM4 modulation. Pioneers of the
high-speed network ecosystem now have a comprehensive, integrated
platform for design, development, and validation of 400G
technologies including CFP8 pluggable 400G optics.
400GbE technology is a leading edge technology, and this
demonstration is intended to confirm that the key elements,
including field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), CFP8 (CFP2
form-factor pluggable) optics, CFP8 connectors, and IP, are
available and ready to build the next generation of high speed
optical networking products.
“It is a very exciting time in high speed networking technology,
and we are delighted to work together with Ixia to demonstrate the
first stages of a vibrant and healthy 400GbE ecosystem,” said Paul
Brooks, 400G technology lead, Viavi Solutions. “We are all
committed to helping our customers successfully bring 400GbE
products to market with the confidence that they can interoperate
and perform to expectations.”
As an IEEE Task Force contributor, Ixia has intimate knowledge
of the FEC requirements. Customers benefit from the experience and
expertise Ixia has in testing 400GbE at line rate. This allows
development and test engineers to uncover interoperability and
network equipment performance issues early in the product cycle.
Ixia will demonstrate FEC with traffic at the full line rate of
400GbE, which is approximately 600 million packets per second. In
this demonstration, real-time FEC encoding will take place on the
outgoing traffic data path, and at the same time FEC error
correction will operate on the incoming traffic data path.
Viavi has a long history of application tools covering the
highest speeds of optical network technology. As a member of IEEE,
OIF, Ethernet alliance, and ITU-T, Viavi provides the industry with
confidence that the most up-to-date knowledge and practices are on
hand to cover the challenges of bringing product to market through
IC and module validation, as well as through the complexities of
FEC-based interconnects carrying time-sensitive payloads.
About Ixia
Ixia (Nasdaq: XXIA) provides testing, visibility, and security
solutions, strengthening applications across physical and virtual
networks for enterprises, service providers, and network equipment
manufacturers. Ixia offers companies trusted environments in which
to develop, deploy, and operate. Customers worldwide rely on Ixia
to verify their designs, optimize their performance, and ensure
protection of their networks to make their applications stronger.
Learn more at www.ixiacom.com. Connect with Ixia via LinkedIn,
Twitter, Ixia Blog and YouTube.
About Viavi Solutions
Viavi (NASDAQ: VIAV) is a global provider of network test,
monitoring and assurance solutions to communications service
providers, enterprises and their ecosystems, supported by a
worldwide channel community including Viavi Velocity Solution
Partners. We deliver end-to-end visibility across physical, virtual
and hybrid networks, enabling customers to optimize connectivity,
quality of experience and profitability. Viavi is also a leader in
high performance thin film optical coatings, providing light
management solutions to anti-counterfeiting, consumer electronics,
automotive, defense and instrumentation markets. Learn more
about Viavi at www.viavisolutions.com. Follow us on Viavi
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