Spirent SmartBits System, Reference Manual

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Chapter 9: Ethernet Cards
Feature Summary of 10/100 Mbps Cards
SmartBits System Reference 89
Summary of Key Features, Similarities and Differences
The following table highlights key features; the shaded rows indicate feature differences
between the cards.
Table 9-5. Comparison of ML-7710 and LAN-3101A Cards
Feature ML-7710 LAN-3101A
# Ports per Card 1 12
Max # Ports per Chassis 20 72
Interface RJ-45 RJ-45
Speed 10/100 Mbps 10/100 Mbps
Tx modes:
Continuous
Single burst
Multiburst
Continuous multiburst
Constant frame transmit
UP to 16 million frames per burst
Up to 65,536 repetitive bursts with a
user-defined delay between bursts
Runs multi-burst mode continuously
Constant frame transmit
Up to 4 billion frames per burst
Up to 4 billion repetitive bursts with
a user-defined delay between bursts
Runs multi-burst mode continuously
•
Continuous
•
Constant frame transmit.
•
Constant frame transmit.
•
Single burst
•
Up to 16 million frames per burst.
•
Up to 4 billion frames per
burst.
•
Multiburst
•
Up to 65,536 repetitive bursts with
a user- defined delay between
bursts.
•
Up to 4 billion repetitive bursts
with a user- defined delay
between bursts.
•
Continuous multiburst
•
Runs multi-burst mode
continuously.
•
Runs multi-burst mode
continuously.
Min Tx Interpacket Gap
Max Tx Interpacket Gap
Increments
10 Mbps 100 Mbps
9.6
µ
sec 960 ns
16 sec 1.6 sec
400 ns 40 ns
10 Mbps 100 Mbps
9.6
µ
sec 960 ns
26.8sec 2.68 sec
400 ns 40 ns
Duplex Mode Full/Half Full/Half
SmartMetrics
1 Yes Yes
Latency resolution + 100 ns + 100 ns
Max # streams per port 1000 1000
Alternate Streams 1 1
Max # Flows per stream 64K 64K