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Spirent A2-400 Appliance Installation Instructions

PN 71-009456 Rev A October 2022

Spirent A2-400 Appliance
Installation Instructions

Note:

This document applies to the A2-400-QD-8-T1S and A2-400-QD-16-T1S

appliances. The term A2-400 appliance will be used throughout.

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Getting Started . . . . 4

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Certifications and Standards . . . . 5

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Site Selection . . . . 7

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Technical Specifications . . . . 7

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Rack Mounting Considerations . . . . 8

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Requirements . . . . 9

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System Description . . . . 10

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Appliance Firmware Support . . . . 15

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Connecting to the Appliance . . . . 16

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Summary of Contents for A2-400

Page 1: ...he A2 400 QD 8 T1S and A2 400 QD 16 T1S appliances The term A2 400 appliance will be used throughout Getting Started 4 Certifications and Standards 5 Site Selection 7 Technical Specifications 7 Rack Mounting Considerations 8 Requirements 9 System Description 10 Appliance Firmware Support 15 Connecting to the Appliance 16 Related Documentation 21 How to Contact Us 22 ...

Page 2: ...ftware Software Spirent also warrants that if properly used by Customer in accordance with the Software License Agreement the Software which it supplies will operate in material conformity with the specifications supplied by Spirent for such Software for a period of ninety 90 days from the date of delivery the Software Warranty Period The Product Warranty Period shall mean the Hardware Warranty Pe...

Page 3: ...ion Reflects conditions that could cause product damage or data loss Note Describes limitations on the use of the equipment or procedure Children Warning Warning This equipment is not suitable for use in locations where children are likely to be present Waarschuwing Deze apparatuur is niet geschikt voor gebruik op locaties waar kinderen waarschijnlijk aanwezig zijn Attention Cet équipement n est p...

Page 4: ...ward an immediate request to the delivering carrier to perform an inspection and prepare a damage report Save the container and packing material until contents are verified Concurrently report the nature and extent of damage to Spirent Communications Customer Support so that action can be initiated to repair or replace damaged items or instructions issued for returning items The responsibility of ...

Page 5: ...talled at the factory prior to shipment If you purchased additional speeds or ports for your appliance the license file will be emailed to you Please contact Customer Support to obtain the license key For more information about licensing refer to the Getting Started with Spirent TestCenter manual DOC10032 on the Knowledge Base 6 Connect the appliance test ports to your device or system under test ...

Page 6: ... supply systems EN 55035 2017 A11 2020 Electromagnetic compatibility of multimedia equipment Immunity requirements CONFORMS TO UL STD 62368 1 CERTIFIED TO CSA STD C22 2 NO 62368 1 ETL marking This product carries the cETLus mark Environmental Considerations This label is on all Spirent provided electrical and electronic products that are sold and shipped Figure 1 Waste of Electrical and Electronic...

Page 7: ...and any other installed equipment It is not recommended to install the appliance in an enclosure unless it is specifically designed to handle the airflow and cooling requirements Refer to Technical Specifications for temperature and power requirements Refer to Rack Mounting Considerations on page 8 for rack mount requirements Technical Specifications Environmental Operating requirements 50 to 95 F...

Page 8: ... ambient temperature of the rack environment may be greater than room ambient Therefore consideration should be given to installing the equipment in an environment compatible with the maximum ambient temperature Refer to page 7 for important operating specifications Reduced air flow Installation of the equipment in a rack should be such that the amount of airflow required for safe operation of the...

Page 9: ...C test ports to your system under test For cabling information refer to Table 1 on page 11 PC Requirements Refer to the Release Notes for information on the minimum PC requirements The release notes are available as a Related Resource on the CSC Downloads page refer to Related Documentation on page 21 Network Connectivity Note The terms management port and administrative port are used interchangea...

Page 10: ...e and should not be disassembled Servicing the units yourself jeopardizes your warranty Connector Panel Figure 2 shows the connector panels for the A2 400 QD 8 T1S and A2 400 QD 16 T1S appliance models Table 1 on page 11 describes the appliance connectors Figure 2 A2 400 Appliance Front and Back Panel Connectors 3 5 6 4 7 8 1 2 A2 400 QD 8 T1S Front Panel A2 400 Appliance Back Panel 2 1 A2 400 QD ...

Page 11: ...er direction 3 Power receptacle connect the power cords to the power receptacles and circuit outlets that meet the system requirements 4 Console access and control from left to right USB 3 1 port USB 2 0 port Video VGA connector 5 External Time Reference connectors from left to right 10 MHz SMA 1 PPS SMA Serial DCE RJ45 6 Ethernet administration port attach a RJ 45 terminated Cat 5 cable directly ...

Page 12: ...nce error has occurred Note During initialization the LED state transitions will be Solid Red to Solid Amber to Solid Green The LED will remain red if an error occurs during the initialization sequence Link Solid Green Off PC and appliance are communicating PC and appliance are not communicating Fan Solid Green Solid Red Internal appliance fans are operating properly One or more of the fans are no...

Page 13: ...cribes the speed LEDs Table 4 describes the link state LEDs Each test port has eight 8 multi color LEDs to indicate the link state for each possible 400G or sub rate port The LINK LEDs are labeled on the front panel Table 3 Appliance Port Speed LEDs Speed Color State 400G Green Solid 200G Blue Solid 100G Magenta Solid 50G White Solid 40G Blue Blink 25G Magenta Blink 10G White Blink Table 4 Applian...

Page 14: ...ing for the port group or 2 QSFP DD ports increments each of the sub port numbers above by 1 Then each subsequent pair of cages increments by 16 in a similar manner For example if the first port groups or QSFP DD ports were set to 400G PAM4 the ports would be numbered P1 P2 P17 P18 P33 P34 P49 P50 Table 5 Appliance Link State LEDs Speed Port 1 Sub port Numbering PAM4 Mode NRZ Mode 400G P1 P2 NA 20...

Page 15: ...oot feature you can switch between two installed versions of Spirent TestCenter using the command line interface You can identify the current version and standby version using the appropriate commands described in this section To see the available Spirent TestCenter versions using the command line interface 1 SSH to the device using the admin username Refer to page 16 for login instructions 2 Use ...

Page 16: ... Netmask and Gateway If you are connecting the appliance to a LAN you will probably need to change the IP address information Obtain an unused IP address netmask and gateway IP address from your IT department Use either of these methods to change the address information Recommended Use a communication program to SSH secure shell over the Ethernet administration port to the default IP address The d...

Page 17: ... 10 sets the IP address admin hypervisor netmask shows the current netmask admin hypervisor netmask 255 255 255 0 sets the netmask admin hypervisor gwaddress shows the current gateway address admin hypervisor gwaddress 192 168 1 1 set the gateway address admin hypervisor activate Activates your new settings Note If you are connected using SSH you will lose connectivity when you use the activate co...

Page 18: ...ss1 address2 delete Set the static DNS servers exit Exit gwaddress address Change the gateway address for the device help List all commands hostname Display or change the system hostname ipaddress address Change the IP address for the device ipv6address address Change the address for the IPv6 device ipv6gwaddress address Change the gateway address for the IPv6 device launcher Relaunch cookies list...

Page 19: ...ry Test Module Recovery is not supported on all test modules resetnetwork Reset all network settings to the factory defaults restartsysmgr Restart system manager securemode on off Enable or disable secure mode serialno Show the appliance serial number shutdown Shut down the system status Show the status summary switch_version Switches to the standby partition and reboots the system standby_version...

Page 20: ...quired to enter the generated password when they attempt to connect to the appliance How to use Authenticate mode on your appliance Note The Black bold text is user input Blue bold text is console output 1 Connect to appliance via console keyboard and display connected 2 Login as user admin password spt_admin admin To turn authenticate mode on admin authenticate on authenticate mode is currently d...

Page 21: ... review all release notes before you install or use the appliance The release notes are available as a Related Resource for your application on the CSC Downloads page https support spirent com If you are using the Spirent AION Platform for licensing refer to the Spirent AION Setup Guide for details on how to deploy the platform on premises To access the Spirent AION Setup Guide 1 Navigate to your ...

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