Spirent SmartBits System, Reference Manual

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Chapter 9: Ethernet Cards
LAN Series Modules
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Stream-based, wire-rate traffic generation (up to 1,448,095 frames per second) and
analysis.
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Supports auto-negotiation.
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Supports frame sizes of 64 to 16,384 bytes.
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Ports are completely independent in operation.
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Virtually unlimited address space coverage with varying, multiple address fields.
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Allows mask-based address skipping for easier test setup.
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Supports ping and auto-ARP.
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Per-port internal trigger-in signal support to auto start transmission or capture on a
per-port basis.
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Per-stream protocol and frame size (64 to 16 KB) settings and per-port transmission
mode control settings (continuous, single-burst, multi-burst, continuous multi-burst,
and echo).
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Arbitrary stream sequencing enables mixing of various frame rates.
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Unicast, broadcast, and multi-cast traffic effects may be analyzed.
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16 MB capture memory enables logging and exporting of filtered events to external
protocol analysis equipment.
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SmartMetrics (LAN-3300A/3310A) testing capabilities include throughput, sequence
tracking per stream, latency over time, latency per stream, and latency variation;
allows for histogram analysis.
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GBIC (LAN-3201B only). Allows users to change the physical interface to support
either multi-mode or single-mode fiber. Since the converters are hot-swappable, they
allow system configuration changes simply by plugging in a different type of
converter.
Additional
Features:
Additional features can be found in the following tables:
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Table 9-1, “Ethernet Cards Used in Applications,” on page 82 .
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Table 9-2, “Min/Max Frame Lengths in Bytes for Ethernet Cards,” on page 84 .
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Table 9-6, “Advanced Gigabit Features,” on page 91 .
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Table 9-8, “SMB-600/6000B Gigabit Ethernet Cards — Feature Set Summary,” on
page 93
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