Chapter 1: About SmartBits Chassis
Introduction
8 | SmartBits 600x/6000x Installation Guide
Introduction
Networks and the communications industry are growing in size and complexity. Switches
and routers contain faster ports and in response to this growth, networks have a greater
number of nodes, with each node carrying more flows of traffic. In response to this
growth, test system capabilities must also grow. Testing under real-world conditions can
involve generating more than 64,000 flows of traffic. The SmartBits600x/6000x chassis
are the next generation of test platforms that meet these growing requirements.
The SmartBits 600x/6000x chassis are high-density network performance analysis test
systems. All chassis support most of the same features and functionalities, and use
SmartBits modules to support a variety of port types.
This installation guide explains how to install and set up the SmartBits 600x/6000x chassis
after a brief introduction to the systems’ features. For more information about the
hardware descriptions of the modules used in these chassis, refer to the SmartBits System
Reference manual.
For installation details and a description of each software application, see the specific user
guide and online help file for each application.
SmartBits Overview
SmartBits 600x/6000x chassis multiport performance analysis systems allow you to test,
simulate, analyze, troubleshoot, quality assure, develop, and certify the following
protocols:
• 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet
• 10 Gigabit Ethernet
• OC-3c, OC-12c, OC-48c, and OC-192c Packet over SONET (POS)
• OC-3c, OC-12c ATM
• Fibre Channel
The following network types are supported:
• Switching hubs, routers, repeaters, and bridges
• Live networks
• Network interface cards (NICs)
• VLANs and ELANs
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