20 Keysight M8000 Series of BER Test Solutions Installation Guide
1 System Requirements
Hardware Configurations for M8030A
The M8030A is a modular test solution which can be tailored to your
specific needs from two channels with one M8041A to up to 10 channels.
The M8030A supports the following modules.
• M8041A high-performance BERT generator-analyzer-clock 8/16 Gb/s
• M8051A high-performance BERT generator-analyzer 8/16 Gb/s
• M8192A Multi-channel synchronization module
The modules must be installed in the M9514A AXIe 14-slot chassis as
shown in Table 3 on page -20:
Table 3 M8030A modules’ arrangement in the M9514A AXIe chassis
Slot Number Module
# 1 For M8030A-BU1, M9536A or M9537A AXIe embedded controller. For
M8030A-BU2, this slot is empty and covered with filler front-panel
# 2-4 M8041A module
# 5-6 M8051A module
# 7 M9521A AXIe system module, always included in M8030A-BU1 or
M8030A-BU2, mandatory
# 8-9 M8051A module
# 10-11 M8051A module
# 12-13 M8051A module
# 14 M8192A multi-channel synchronization module, mandatory