Xena 50G Ethernet Test Modules

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Xena’s 50GE Test Modules

With the IEEE standard for 50GE Ethernet approaching finalization, products have already started appearing. Like 25GE, 50GE will be used to link servers to data centers, and analysts are predicting both servers and high-performance flash storage systems will soon need speeds faster than 25GE.

To help accelerate product development, the 25 Gigabit Ethernet Consortium has made its 25GE and 50GE Ethernet specification royalty-free and open to all data center ecosystem vendors.

Being able to reuse 25GE components from existing 100GE networks should make 50GE cost-effective to implement. For example, 25GE cabling is about the same cost structure as 10GE while boosting performance by 250%. Similarly, 50GE is half the cost of 40GE, with a 25% increase in performance.

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(# of Ports / Speed)
2 x 100GE ports
4 x 50GE ports
2 x 40GE ports
8 x 25GE ports
8 x 10GE ports

This 2-port 100GE test module can also test 50GE, 40GE, 25GE and 10GE delivering great value for money.

Software
All Xena solutions include user-friendly software to make it quick and easy to perform a multitude of relevant performance, QA, compliancy and functional testing: XenaManager, applications for automated RFC 2544, Y.1564, RFC 2889, RFC 3918 testing, and Xena OpenAutomation.

Pricing

Our test solutions are renowned for their price/performance – you get a lot of great features at a very affordable price. To help you evaluate our 50GE solutions we are happy to offer free online demo session where we walk you through all the software and answer any questions you might have regarding your specific test scenario.

If you already know what you need, we can also arrange for a quick quote. Part of our value proposition is that we include all software and 3 years of upgrades free of charge with every L2-3 solution. We also offer free technical support for the lifetime of the product and a year’s free hardware warranty.

Xena offers a choice of two chassis 1U and 4U that can be equipped with an extensive range of copper and optical Gigabit Ethernet test modules supporting all Ethernet speeds 1GE, 2.5GE, 5GE, 10GE, 25GE, 40GE, 50GE, 100GE, 200GE, 400GE and 800GE.

The chassis and test modules are controlled via XenaManager, a Windows GUI client provided for ad-hoc test execution, and remote management of test equipment located in multiple locations. Also included are standalone applications for automated RFC 2544, Y.1564, RFC 2889 and RFC 3918 testing.

Finally, an open TCP/IP-based text API lets users automate testing from any software environment, using Tcl, Python, Perl, VBA and Java wrappers to convert to/from the generic XOA CLI format.

The Xena Networks test equipment can handle the widest range of lab-based test scenarios – performance testing, functional testing, QoS and so on – with a minimum of fuss.

Pricing is considerably lower than the industry leaders – especially when you factor in our policy of including 3 years’ free software upgrades and HW warranty, plus free training and tech support

Xena is repeatedly praised for being user-friendly. The hardware is easy to install and configure, and the intuitive software really does make life simpler for test engineers

Xena reflects its Scandinavian roots – quality products loaded with smart “no-fuss” features that deliver great value, from a company that sincerely cares about customer satisfaction.

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Why choose Xena?

Xena offers a full-featured Layer 2-3 stateless traffic generator and analysis platform. It is used to configure and generate Ethernet traffic at all speeds up to 800GE, and analyze how network devices and services, perform in response, making it perfect for most lab-based data-plane test scenarios.

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