EXFO FTBx-88460-400GE

Advanced testing of the full suite of new 400G technologies in lab and R&D environments. To keep pace with bandwidth demands, network operators are supporting higher transmission rates and data centers are upgrading both the capacity and number of their facilities. The industry standards’ bodies are pushed to develop more and faster Ethernet speeds, such as 400GE, to support trends like IoT, cloud, big data, and 5G.

Network infrastructure planners must deal with skyrocketing demands for more bandwidth, including in the data center interconnect (DCI) or even in core and metro networks. Network equipment manufacturers (NEMs) continue to push the limits of technology, developing increasingly innovative 400G solutions. Service providers are constantly expanding their networks, looking for more efficient and cost-effective ways to deploy those high-speed circuits.

Key Features:

• 400G/200G/100G Ethernet testing capabilities based on the IEEE 802.3bs and IEEE 802.3ba standard
• State-of-the-art Open Transceiver System (OTS) design for full flexibility with current and future transceivers
• Flex Ethernet (FlexE) testing capabilities with low and high speed Ethernet clients supported on 4xQSFP28 ports
• Flexible solution that uniquely supports current CFP8, QSFP-DD and OSFP interfaces as well as next-gen interfaces (e.g., coherent, CFP2- DCO, ZR) without adapters
• Compatible with EXFO’s LTB-8 Rackmount Platform featuring hot-swap capability for lab use and best-in-class 400G port density with up to two modules running simultaneously
• Compatible with the portable FTB-4 Pro Platform for the most compact 400G solution—ready for the lab-to-field transition
• OTUCn/FlexO BER testing capabilities supporting 419G mapped in ODUflex over four PHYs FOIC1.4 interfaces
• Supports quick optical transceiver validation and sanity check using iOptics, an intelligent pluggable optics test application
• Unframed BERT capabilities including the most important patterns:
  • PRBS31Q, PRBS13Q and SSPRQ
  • Pre-emphasis and RX equalization tools to modify the waveform for better eye opening at the destination
• PAM4 histogram: provides a graphic view from PAM4 eye diagram per lane, including PAM4 levels