Ixia NOVUS100GE8Q28+FAN Novus 100GE 8 Port QSFP28 Load Module 944-1140

Ixia (Keysight) Novus QSFP28 100GE load module, model NOVUS100GE8Q28+FAN, part number 944-1140. Eight native QSFP28 100 Gigabit Ethernet ports in one slot for the XGS12 and XGS2 chassis. Layer 2-3 traffic generation and analysis under IxExplorer, IxNetwork and the Tcl and automation APIs.

This module was run on our bench as a complete instrument: installed in an Ixia XGS12 chassis, booted under IxOS, and driven at full 100GE line rate on all 8 ports at once for 3 h 17 min while every port was read every 5 seconds. The result was judged against ten written acceptance criteria, each set tighter than the IEEE 802.3 or RFC 2544 figure it is based on. The unit met all ten. The signed 14-page report with every per-port measurement and the time-series charts ships with the module.

Each port sent and received about 1.76 trillion frames, more than 1.18e15 bits. With zero errors over that many bits, the bit error ratio is bounded at 2.5e-15 at 95 percent confidence.

FCS, alignment, oversize, undersize, fragments, dribble, collisions, symbol, sequence and data-integrity errors; flow-control (pause) frames; local and remote faults and link-fault state; PCS sync errors, illegal codes, illegal idle, PCS local and remote faults; FEC corrected bits and uncorrectable subrows; RS-FEC corrected and uncorrected codewords; code errors, coding-error frames, error-character frames, dropped frames on ingress and egress, symbol-error frames, invalid end-of-frame count and disparity errors.

The module was hot-inserted and enumerated cleanly: zero FAIL records in the IxServer power-on record, eight port processors booted, Board Ready logged, FPGA versions TX 1.865 and RX 1.865. The boot record gives a maximum draw of 41.02 A at 12 V (492 W). All eight cables were identified by the module with vendor, part number and serial number. During the window the chassis log shows zero hardware events for this card.

Recorded as found: about 20 minutes before the window opened, IxOS logged a warning that the copper cable between ports 5 and 6 carries no compliance code. That cable is bench equipment and is not part of this sale. Ports 5 and 6 then ran the full window with zero errors and zero frame loss.

The testing covers identity, power-on self check, link, line speed, frame rate, frame delivery, error counters, temperature and log stability at 100GE on passive copper, which is the speed this unit is enabled for. IxOS does not expose fan speed, supply voltages or optical digital diagnostics for this module, so those were not measured. The frame generator and receiver were exercised through IxExplorer streams; protocol emulation under IxNetwork was outside the procedure.

– One NOVUS100GE8Q28+FAN load module, serial number 719365
– Signed test report ZC-TR-STOCK-719365 (PDF, 14 pages)

Not included:
– Chassis
– QSFP28 transceivers and cables
– IxOS, IxNetwork or other software and licenses (licenses reside on the chassis)

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Box 22 x 17 x 6 in, ship weight 13 lb. Packed in an anti-static bag with foam on all sides.

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