14 Keysight M8000 Series of BER Test Solutions Installation Guide
1 System Requirements
Hardware and Software Requirements
The following are the hardware and software requirements that should be
met before the installation of software components on the controller (host
computer):
Minimum hardware requirements
• Pentium® processor 1 GHz or equivalent
• 16 GB available RAM
• USB 3.0 connection
• PCIe 2.0/8x (only for highest data throughput and desktop PC)
• VGA resolution 1024 x 768
• 1.5 GB or more free hard disc space
Software requirements
• The following operating systems are supported:
• Windows 7 (64 bit) SP1
• Windows 8 (64 bit)
• Windows 8.1 (64 bit)
• Windows 10 (64 bit)
• Keysight I/O libraries version 17.2
The M8070B software is required to control the M8020A, M8030A and
M8040A systems.
In case of M8020A, PCIe connectivity between the M9505A AXIe Chassis
and an external desktop PC controller is recommended when full channel
plus large patterns need to be downloaded.