Spirent XFP-3730A

Product Overview

The SmartBits®XFP-3730A and XFP-3731A are SmartMetrics™ and TeraMetrics™ 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) XFP-MSA-based test modules used to measure the performance and test the interoperability of networking devices. TeraMetrics modules feature a dedicated Pentium™ processor that provides integrated and highly scalable control and date plane performance testing. TeraMetrics enables you to test applications from Layer 2 to 7. SmartMetrics provides a complete suite of Layer 2 and Layer 3 test capabilities at a lower cost per port than the TeraMetrics version. Each module complieswith the IEEE 802.3ae standard specification.

• Simultaneously measures packet loss, latency, and frame sequencing (i.e., jumbo test) for each stream and correlates it to traffic load
• Link fault signaling tests provide the ability to set and test remote and local link faults
• Unicast, broadcast, and multicast traffic effects can be analyzed
• 64Mb capture buffer enables the logging and exporting of filtered events to external protocol analysis equipment
• Per-port statistics include real-time latency, VLAN priority,  transmitted/received frames for MPLS, IPv4, IPv6, ARP, PING, IGMP, QoS (Diffserv, DSCP, ToS/CoS), total bytes, CRC errors, and over- and under-sized
• frames
• Data integrity checking of the data payload portion of the IP packet
• IP header checksum verification

Spirent – XFP-3730A 10GbE XFP Applications & Benefits

• Accelerates the development and deployment of 10GbE networking equipment through automated performance and functional testing.
• 10GbE LAN and WAN tests provide comprehensive application support.
• SmartBits correlates multiple key measurements like packet loss, latency, frame sequencing, and load from one test iteration. This gives test engineers unique insight into how buffe ring and queuing mechanisms affect packet IP QOS.
• Tests core router performance by simultaneously creating routing events and tracking the effect on data plane traffic.
• Stresses a router by havi ng it perform a different routing de cision for each and every frame.
• Tests the aggregation performance of switches when many 10/100 Mbps or Gigabit Ethernet ports are sending traffic to one or more 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports.
• Tests the performance of switches and routers using RFC 2544 and RFC 2889 test methodologies. (Transmit round robin traffic pattern at wire rate with one packet per burst.)