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FTBx-88260 - 1G to 100G network tester

Customizable 1G-100G testing (including 25G/50G) built to handle multiple interfaces via EXFO’s Open Transceiver System (OTS)

Key features

With EXFO’s Open Transceiver System (OTS): innovative, evolutionary design enabling any transceiver (now or future) to fit into an EXFO test solution
OTS support for multiple interfaces: dual SFP28, dual QSFP28, single CFP4
Dual-port Ethernet testing capability up to 50GE including a complete Ethernet test suite
iOptics test application that quickly validates the sanity of an optical device using minimal configuration
Compatible with EXFO’s LTB-8 Rackmount Platform featuring hot-swap capability for lab use
Compatible with FTB-2 Pro Platform capable of running up to two modules simultaneously for up to four ports of 25 GigE
Compatible with FTB-4 Pro Platform capable of running up to four modules simultaneously for up to eight ports of 25 GigE
Combine with FTBx-88200NGE module for 10M to 100G in a single testing solution
Supported by EXFO Multilink, a web-based application for easy multi-user management and remote access

Description

Rapid evolution in transceiver technology

Whether motivated by cost, power requirements, space or increased demand for bandwidth, pluggable transceivers are evolving rapidly. Predicting how long an existing transceiver will be required before another comes along to take its place is tough—making the obsolescence of today’s hardware simply a waiting game.
Another challenge is that network operators and data centers still need to support existing technologies, but also be ready to address new rates and technologies without always doing forklift upgrades. Whether we consider SFP and SFP+ (for rates up to 10G) or QSFP28 and CFP4 (for 100G) or SFP28 (for 25G rates), it’s clear that integrating all these into a network—as well as testing and validating them—is a huge task. The smart move is to allocate budget for versatile—not limited—solutions.

EXFO’s Open Transceiver System (OTS)

Introducing a new concept for the latest Power Blazer modules: EXFO’s Open Transceiver System (OTS). The OTS is an innovative, evolutionary design enabling any transceiver (now or future) to fit into an EXFO test solution. Benefits include:

• Experience ultimate flexibility—swap out OTS modules right in the field, lab or on the production floor, choosing only the ones needed for whichever applications, rates or technologies under test.
• Save tens of thousands of dollars by eliminating the necessity to completely replace an expensive testing module. Instead, change a less costly OTS module and extend the life of testing equipment.
Support multiple transceiver types simultaneously with a future-proof architecture designed to handle both current and upcoming high-speed transceiver technologies as they are developed and launched.

Support for multiple transceiver types

 From left to right they are: Dual SFP28, Single CFP4, Dual QSFP28, Sync

Dual SFP28

  • 10G / 25G / FC32x data rates
  • Ethernet Dual Port testing (EBERT, RFC2544, ESAM, TGEN), OTN, SONET/SDH, FC testing
  • The dual port can be shared with another OTS module, one port from each OTS module

Dual QSFP28

  • 40G/100G data rates
  • Framed Ethernet Dual Port testing (EBERT, RFC2544, ESAM, TGEN), OTN testing
  • The dual port can be shared with another OTS module, one port from each OTS module

Single CFP4

  • 100G data rate
  • Ethernet Dual Port testing (EBERT, RFC2544, ESAM, TGEN), OTN testing
  • The dual port can be shared with another OTS module, one port from each OTS module

Sync

  • Built-in GPS
  • Ideal solution for latency and clock testing
  • Next-generation timing application

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Resources

All resources
Spec sheet
Multiprotocol transport datacom solutions - English (September 21, 2022)
Spec sheet
Multiprotocol transport datacom solutions - Français (September 21, 2022)
Spec sheet
Multiprotocol transport datacom solutions - 中文 (September 21, 2022)
Spec sheet
Power Blazer Series - English (United States) (November 07, 2019)
Spec sheet
Power Blazer Series - 中文(中国) (November 07, 2019)
Brochures and catalogs
Test solutions for submarine networks - English (February 17, 2023)
Application notes
DFL-5720 Digital Frequency-Locking System: Simplifying Wavelength-Locker Testing - English (August 21, 2011)
Application notes
Transforming from 100GE to 400GE: objectives, differences and new physical interfaces - English
Application notes
Transforming from 100GE to 400GE: objectives, differences and new physical interfaces - 中文
Application notes
Flex Ethernet: breaking the chains of physical bandwidth - English (May 11, 2018)
Application notes
EXFO SPN link up and troubleshooting - 中文 (January 23, 2023)
Reference guides
Mobile Fronthaul Testing - English (September 06, 2017)
Reference posters
5G testing done right - English (United States) (November 11, 2020)
Reference posters
5G testing done right - 中文(中国) (November 11, 2020)
Reference posters
5G testing done right - Español (España) (November 11, 2020)
Flyers and pamphlets
Data center test solutions - English (United States) (January 24, 2023)
Flyers and pamphlets
Data center test solutions - 中文(中国) (January 24, 2023)
Flyers and pamphlets
Data center test solutions - Deutsch (Deutschland) (January 24, 2023)
Flyers and pamphlets
Data center test solutions - 日本語 (日本) (January 24, 2023)

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