Ixia Plans Holiday Debut Of 100 GE Testing System.

Ixia, a global provider of IP performance test systems, will begin shipping what it says is the industry's first 100 Gigabit Ethernet (GE) Development Accelerator System in mid November.

Ixia's 100 GE Development Accelerator System "provides engineers working on next generation high-speed components with the test capability necessary to prove that their products are rock-solid for 100 GE traffic generation, reception and error handling," it says. "The development system includes an Ixia XM2 chassis, a one-port bi-directional 100 GE interface module, and test application software. Traffic-generation capabilities include the generation of Ethernet streams of any size, pattern and rate, with internal or external clocking. Valid and error statistics are provided real time at line rate."

Following what it says was a successful "proof-of-concept" demonstration with Infinera and XO Communications last June, Ixia demonstrated its test platform to select network equipment manufacturers (NEMs) worldwide. "It's clear that the growth in network bandwidth demand is fueling the need for higher speed Ethernet links - to 40 and 100 Gigabits," adds Atul Bhatnagar, president and CEO at Calif.-based Ixia. "NEMs need ...