Ixia Xcellon-Lava AP40/100GE 2P: Dual-Speed 40/100GbE Load Module — Refurbished, Tested, Warrantied

When your test plan crosses from 10GbE into 40 and 100 Gigabit Ethernet, the Ixia Xcellon-Lava AP40/100GE 2P (part number 944-1067) is the card that gets you there on the Optixia platform you already run. It is a dual-speed, Accelerated Performance load module: two CFP ports per single-slot card, each switchable between 40GE and 100GE, with full Layer 2–7 support under IxNetwork and IxLoad. A Reduced Performance sibling, the Lava RP40/100GE (944-1068), covers pure data-plane work at a lower tier.

We deal in refurbished Xcellon-Lava AP40/100GE modules — every unit fully tested, shipped with a comprehensive test report, and backed by a one-year warranty — plus the CFP adapter modules and XG12 chassis that build out a complete 40/100GbE test bed.

What the Xcellon-Lava Is Built For

Xcellon-Lava was Ixia’s first-generation high-speed Ethernet family for 40/100GE — built when those speeds moved from standards work into real core-network and data-center deployments, and still the practical way to put wire-speed 40/100GbE test ports into an Optixia chassis today.

Typical applications include:

• Core router and switch validation — wire-speed traffic generation and analysis on 40GE and 100GE uplinks, driven by IxNetwork for routing/switching protocol emulation at scale.
• Layer 4–7 application testing at high speed — the AP card runs IxLoad for stateful application traffic on 40/100GE links, the tier the Reduced Performance card omits.
• Data-center spine and fabric testing — validating 40GE server aggregation and 100GE spine links, including mixed-speed test beds alongside 10GbE modules in the same chassis.
• Interface flexibility labs — one card covers CFP, QSFP+, CXP, and QSFP28 connectivity through Ixia’s adapter ecosystem, so a single module follows your DUTs as optics evolve.
• Regression beds for shipping 40/100G products — line cards, NICs, and optics that still need continuous validation years after launch.

One Card, Every 40/100G Interface: The Adapter Ecosystem

The Lava’s two native ports are CFP MSA cages. What makes the card exceptionally flexible on the refurbished market is Ixia’s family of pluggable interface adapters — all of which we stock:

• CFP-to-QSFP+ Dual Interface Adapter (948-0023) — converts one CFP port into two pluggable 40GE QSFP+ ports for fiber or direct-attach copper. Each Lava card accepts up to two of these, turning one module into four QSFP+ 40GE test ports.
• CFP-to-QSFP+ single adapter (948-0022) — one pluggable 40GE QSFP+ port per CFP cage.
• CFP-to-CXP adapter (948-0027) — one 100GE CXP port for copper-cabled or multimode 100G work.
• CFP-to-QSFP28 adapter (948-0029) — single-port 100GE via the QSFP28 form factor that modern DUTs actually ship with. Ask us about availability.

That adapter flexibility matters more on the secondary market than it did new: your device under test almost certainly does not have CFP ports, and the adapters bridge a 2011-era interface to the QSFP+/QSFP28 world without buying exotic optics.

AP40/100GE vs. RP40/100GE: Which Tier Do You Need?

The split mirrors the rest of Ixia’s line: AP (Accelerated Performance, 944-1067) is the full Layer 2–7 card — stateful IxLoad application testing plus full-scale IxNetwork protocol emulation. RP (Reduced Performance, 944-1068) keeps the same dual-speed data plane for line-rate L2–3 traffic generation and benchmarking at a lower price point.

An honest note for buyers: as with every Ixia tier split, the capability difference is hardware — a Reduced Performance card cannot be licensed up to AP later. If stateful L4–7 testing at 40/100GE is anywhere on your roadmap, buy the AP card the first time.

Chassis Fit, Power, and Cooling — Read This Before You Order

• The Lava is a single-slot XM-form-factor module for Ixia’s 12-slot high-speed chassis — we stock XG12 chassis with licensed IxOS/IxNetwork software ready to pair with it.
• A fully populated 12-slot chassis yields up to 24 ports of 100GE — or, with dual QSFP+ adapters fitted, up to 48 ports of 40GE — from a single rack unit of test equipment real estate.
• These are FPGA-dense, heatsink-covered boards that run warm by design. Give the chassis the airflow headroom Ixia specifies, keep blanking panels in unused slots, and size lab cooling before the cards arrive.
• IxOS version support matters at 40/100G — tell us your chassis and IxOS revision and we will confirm compatibility before you buy.

Which Older Ixia Modules the Lava Replaces

Lava superseded Ixia’s first wave of high-speed Ethernet cards, and consolidates them with speed flexibility none of them had:

• HSE40GETSP1-01 (944-0069) — single-port 40GE-only module. The Lava doubles the port count and adds 100GE capability in the same slot.
• HSE40/100GETSP1-01 (944-0091) — the original dual-speed single-port card. The Lava carries twice the ports per slot with the newer Xcellon architecture behind them.
• HSE40/100GETSPR1-01 (944-0099) — the Reduced Performance data-plane variant of the same generation.

All three use the same CFP interface and the same 948-series adapters — so if you are consolidating an HSE-era bed, your existing adapters and optics carry straight over to the Lava.

Competitor Modules It Replaces or Competes With

Cross-shopping brands? On the secondary market the Xcellon-Lava competes with the 40/100GbE generations of the other major test vendors — Spirent’s HyperMetrics 40/100G TestCenter modules and the Xena Networks (now Teledyne LeCroy Xena) Loki- and Thor-class 100G chassis generators. The Lava’s differentiators are the same ones that made it Ixia’s flagship: dual-speed ports, the CFP-to-QSFP+/CXP/QSFP28 adapter ecosystem, and IxLoad-class stateful L4–7 on the AP card — all running on the IxNetwork/IxLoad software stack most validation labs already know.

Where Lava Fits Alongside Your 10GbE Test Bed

A 40/100G module is rarely the whole lab — it is the high-speed tier of a mixed test bed. The practical build pairs a Lava card for 40/100GE uplink and spine work with high-density 10GbE modules for the access tier: the Ixia Xdensity XDM10G32S delivers 32 wire-speed 10GbE ports per slot for bulk data-plane load, and for stateful Layer 4–7 application work at gigabit rates there is the Xcellon-Ultra NP. All of them share the same 12-slot chassis — one XG12 can host the whole mix.

Why 40/100GbE Testing Still Matters in 2026

• 40GE and 100GE are the deployed backbone. While 400G/800G takes the headlines, the installed base of 100GE spine links, 40GE aggregation, and 100G WAN interconnect is enormous and still growing at the edge — and all of it needs validation, interop, and regression coverage.
• Regression never stops. Shipping 40/100G line cards, NICs, and optics get firmware revisions for a decade. Burning 400G-class capital budget on 100G regression is money wasted.
• Refurbished is the rational buy at this tier. New 100G-capable test ports remain spectacularly expensive. A refurbished Lava delivers wire-speed 40/100GE test ports at a fraction of that cost, on software your team already runs.
• The Keysight connection keeps the platform alive. Keysight Technologies acquired Ixia in 2017, and the IxNetwork and IxLoad software that drives these cards continues under Keysight today.

Refurbished Xcellon-Lava Modules — Test Report and 1-Year Warranty Included

We carry refurbished Ixia Xcellon-Lava AP40/100GE 2P (944-1067) load modules along with the CFP adapter modules and licensed XG12 chassis that complete the test bed. Availability at this tier moves quickly — the product pages show live status, or contact us to confirm and reserve units.

Every refurbished unit we ship includes:

• A comprehensive test report — each module is fully tested before shipment, and the detailed report ships with the unit, so your lab has documented proof of functionality on day one.
• A full one-year warranty — every module is backed by 12 months of coverage for complete peace of mind.
• Significant savings versus new list price — wire-speed 40/100GbE test ports for a fraction of the new-equipment budget.

Adapters (948-0022, 948-0023, 948-0027) are in stock and listed separately — ask us about bundling adapters, optics, and a chassis with your module.

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View the CFP-to-QSFP+ dual adapter (948-0023) →

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