A new multiport, multi-user, and multi-speed portable design and validation platform it can be used to test artificial intelligence (AI), high-performance computing (HPC), data centre interconnects (DCI), and network infrastructure.
Demand for optical interconnects (optics and fibre cables) and the 800GE Ethernet interconnects required to build AI, ML, and HPC network infrastructure is dramatically increasing, with Grand View Research forecasting a compound annual growth rate of 12.6% for the DCI market until 2030.
The Interconnect and Network Performance Tester 800GE Benchtop delivers new capabilities in a quiet, portable, energy-efficient platform that addresses the unique test requirements of manufacturers of network equipment (NEMs), silicon chips (ASIC), optics and cables, as well as cloud service providers, and data centre operators.
Key benefits of the Interconnect and Network Performance Tester 800GE Benchtop include:
Quiet, portable, and energy-efficient operation: The benchtop unit is lightweight and portable with a small footprint. With "office quiet" operation, the audible noise specification is only 60 decibels (dBA). The unit supports high-power consumption optical receivers up to 30 watts.
Increase test coverage: The multi-user, multi-port, multi-speed platform, available in a 2-port and a 4-port model allows operators to run more tests simultaneously with 2, 3, or 4 users per chassis.
Enhance visibility: Keysight's IxExplorer software is included with the Interconnect and Network Performance Tester 800GE Benchtop chassis and provides an easy-to-use graphical interface to manage the hardware. The intuitive and user-friendly GUI can run on the benchtop itself by connecting a monitor, keyboard, and mouse - or connecting a computer to a test network for remote operation by multiple simultaneous users.
Emulate realistic network traffic: By utilising IxNetwork software with the benchtop hardware platform, operators can simulate authentic, real-world network traffic and control plane protocols. This provides end-to-end test system automation to benchmark performance and scale of layer 2 and layer 3 network devices and network protocols.
Accelerate AI training time: The platform leverages the validation and design capabilities of Keysight's AI data centre solutions. This accelerates AI training completion time and reduces costs by emulating high-scale workloads, providing insights into collective communication performance, executing defined behavioural models, enabling flexible 'what-if' scenario testing, and offering pre-packaged applications to further simplify the benchmarking process.
