Chapter 9: Ethernet Cards
GX Series SmartCards
96 SmartBits System Reference
GX Series SmartCards
• GX-1405B 1000 Base-SX
(RJ-45)
• GX-1405Bs 1000 Base-LX
(RJ-45)
• GX-1420B 100/1000 Base-
Copper (RJ-45)
• GX-1421A 100/1000 Base
GMII/MII (80-pin)
Card Type: Full Duplex Ethernet 1000/100
Mbps SmartCards.
Where Used: SMB-200 and SMB-2000; one port
per card; each card occupies two
slots in a chassis.
Applications
Supported:
SmartWindow, SmartLib, SmartApplications, AST II.
Devices Tested: Switches and routers, over copper wire.
Test Objective: A packet-based traffic generator to test performance of devices based on industry standard
RFCs and the applicable IEEE 802.3ab draft specification.
Features:
GX-1405B, GX-1405Bs GX-1420B, GX-1421A
Transmit and receive beyond wire speed.
Generates, monitors, and captures data.
High port density for generating heavy
and realistic loads.
Generates good and errored traffic.
Generates oversized and undersized
frames (0–2,048 bytes).
Supports 100/1000 Mbps with
autonegotiation.
Wire-rate traffic generation, traffic
analysis and capture with IP checksum
error detection.
Millions of IP Flows generated in
hardware.
Generates oversized and undersized
frames (20–2,048 bytes).
ARP reply analysis.
Ping generation.
VLAN Tag generation.
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