Chapter 1
Xgig1000 System Overview
Xgig1000 2 Port 10G/40G Chassis
March 2017
Xgig1000 Hardware Guide
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Cascade ports use standard RJ-45 connectors and straight through CAT5 cables to
connect chassis, but use Viavi proprietary protocol to communicate between cascaded
units.
USB Ports
Standard USB type A connector may be used with any USB 2.0 device. This includes the
USB system recovery drive for second generation Xgig1000 chassis.
3.0 USB type A connectors may be used with any USB 3.0 device.
3.0 USB type B connector may be used with an external host as a Management port or for
USB administration.
Clock Ports
The Clock Out port provides a means of using the clock out signal to measure the eye
diagram of the output signal from the Analyzer. The Clock Out port accepts a SMA-type
cable.
The Clock In port functionality is TBD. This port is reserved for future use.
Port Connectors
The Xgig1000 has two QSFP connectors on the front. These ports support copper and
optical cabling. You can use the two 40G QSFP ports as eight 10G SFP ports by using two
one-to-four copper or optical QSFP male to SFP female breakout cables. To purchase
these cables, see the contact information for the Sales department in the front of this
manual.
The eight SFP ports are numbered, 1,2,3,4 and 5,6,7,8. Ports 1 and 2 are a port pair, as
are ports 3 and 4, and so on. You can create up to four SFP links.
shows how to
connect the breakout cables between the two QSFP ports on the Xgig1000 chassis and
the host/target SFP devices.
NOTE
A USB driver is installed as part of the installation package. If you choose to connect the
chassis using a USB extension cable, you may be prompted to re-install the USB driver.
