E100q Chimera

The E100 Chimera is a 2-port 100GE dual-media network emulator that can also test 50GE, 40GE, 25GE and 10GE

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2-port 100GE test module
The E100 Chimera is a 2 port 100GE network emulator that can also test these Ethernet network speeds: 50GE, 40GE, 25GE and 10GE. This unique flexibility is provided via two physical transceiver cages, both supporting QSFP28 and QSFP+ transceivers. Both cages can be active simultaneously.

The result is a highly versatile solution for performance and functional testing of network infrastructure and Ethernet equipment capable of supporting 100GE such as switches, routers, NICs, taps, packet-brokers, and backhaul platforms.

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Specifications

PORT LEVEL FEAUTRES

  1. Interface specifications

    QSFP28: 100G, 50G, 40G*, 25G, and 10G* Ethernet
    QSFP+: 40G and 10G Ethernet

    *Depending on transceiver capabilities

  2. Number of test ports (software configurable)

    2x100GE, 4x50GE,2x40GE, 8x25GE, and 8x10GE

  3. Interface options

    1 x 100GBASE-SR4/LR4/CR4 (as per 802.3bj), or
    2 x 50GBASE-SR2/LR2/CR2 (as per Consortium), or
    1 x 40GBASE-SR4/LR4/CR4 (as per 802.3ba), or
    4 x 25GBASE-SR/LR/CR (as per 802.3by/Consortium), or
    4 x 10GBASE-SR/LR/CR (as per 02.3ae)

    Actual interface options depend on the capabilities of the inserted transceiver.
    Both cages must run with the same base interface configuration (e.g. 2 x 100GE)
    ** As defined by 25/50 GigabitEthernet Consortium

  4. Forward Error Correction (FEC)

    RS-FEC (Reed Solomon) 528,514,t=7, IEEE 802.3 Clause 91 (100GE)
    RS-FEC (Reed Solomon) 528,514,t=7, IEEE 802.3 Clause 108 (25GE)
    RS-FEC (Reed Solomon) 528,514,t=7, 25G Ethernet Consortium (25GE)

  5. Number of transceiver module cages

    2 x QSFP28/QSFP+

  6. Port statistics (2)

    Link state, FCS errors, frame and byte counters

  7. SyncE

    Lock Tx clock to recovered Rx clock from any input port (Single clock domain)

  8. Field upgradeable

    System is fully field upgradeable to product releases (FPGA images and Software)

  9. Tx disable

    Enable/disable of optical laser

  10. Emulator bypass mode

    Sub 1 μs delay (depending on port speed)

100/50/40/25GE/10G PCS/PMA LAYERS

  1. Link Flap

    Single short or repeatable link down events with ms precision

  2. Error Injection (PMA Layer)

    Repeatable error inject periods at PMA layer with ms precision

  3. Supported frame sizes

    Ethernet packets from 56 to 12288 bytes

FLOWS

  1. Number of flows per port

    8 (incl. default flow)

  2. Flow filter definition

    Any protocol within the first 128 packet bytes. This includes:
    • Ethernet (DMAC / SMAC)
    • Any number of VLAN tags.
    • Any number of MPLS labels.
    • IPv4 / IPV6
    • UDP / TCP
    • eCPRI / RoE
    • Custom data fields.
    • Xena Payload ID (Xena proprietary)

  3. Flow statistics

    Chimera implements impairment counters per flow, including dropped, corrupted, mis-ordered and
    duplicated packets.

IMPAIRMENT PER FLOW

  1. General

    Impairments can be changed dynamically

  2. Packet Manipulation

    Packet drop
    Duplication
    Mis-ordering
    Protocol Corruption (Ethernet Frame FCS, IP/UDP/TCP header Check Sum error)

  3. Latency / Jitter

    Constant latency
    • Max. latency lossless 160ms (100GE wire-speed) Step-size 100 ns, accuracy: +/- 50 ns
    • Max. latency reduced bandwidth 1.6 s (19.5 sec)
    • Min. (Intrinsic) delay: 7.0 μs for 40G/50G/100G
    7.2 μs for 25G
    13.0 μs for 10G
    Accumulate & Burst
    Step (2 alternating delays)
    Jitter (Distributions – see below)

  4. Flexible Distributions

    Drop, duplication and corruption probability is configurable up to 100%. Step size: 0.0001%
    Impairments and jitter (Duplication, Drop, Corruption and latency) can be applied with very flexible
    distributions including Random, Periodic, Gilbert-Elliot, Gaussian, Gamma and Uniform. You can also
    specify custom distributions to be used with impairments.

  5. Bandwidth Control (L1 / L2)

    Policing – Step size: 100 kbps
    Shaping – Step size: 100 kbps

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