Introduction

NT80E3-2-PTP Running at 8 × 10 Gbit/s

Platform
Napatech SmartNIC
Content Type
Application Note
Capture Software Version
N-ANL11
Link™ Capture Software 12.8
Link™ Capture Software 12.7
Link™ Capture Software 12.6
Link™ Capture Software 12.5
Link™ Capture Software 12.4
Link™ Capture Software 12.3
Link™ Capture Software 12.2
Link™ Capture Software 12.1
Link™ Capture Software 12.0
Link™ Capture Software 11.9
Link™ Capture Software 11.8
Link™ Capture Software 11.7
Link™ Capture Software 11.6
Link™ Capture Software 11.5
Link™ Capture Software 11.4
Link™ Capture Software 11.3
Link™ Capture Software 11.2

In this document

This document contains information about the usage of a Napatech NT80E3-2-PTP SmartNIC with an 8 × 10 Gbit/s FPGA image and two 4 × 10 Gbit/s breakout cables. This provides an upgrade path from 10 Gbit/s to 40 Gbit/s. The document includes specifications and instructions on how to install the cables and on how to switch to the 8 × 10 Gbit/s FPGA image.
Note: An NT80E3-2-PTP must be upgraded with the 8 × 10 Gbit/s FPGA image. This image is available in the product package. However, the Napatech NT80E3-2-PTP-8×10/2×40 SmartNIC (part number 840-0042-xx-xx-xx) and the Napatech NT80E3-2-PTP-NEBS-8×10/2×40 SmartNIC run on the 8 × 10 Gbit/s FPGA image by default.
Note: The solution described in this document only applies to part numbers 840-0030-06-10-01 (NT80E3-2-PTP) and 840-0031-06-10-01 (NT80E3-2-PTP-NEBS) as well as later revisions of these.

Terminology

In this document the term NT80E3-2-PTP does not include NT80E3-2-PTP-8×10/2×40 SmartNICs, except in the title of the Hardware Installation Guide (DN-0980), and the term NT80E3-2-PTP-NEBS does not include NT80E3-2-PTP-NEBS-8×10/2×40 SmartNICs, except in the title of the Hardware Installation Guide (DN-0981). However, the term NT80E3-2-PTP includes NT80E3-2-PTP-NEBS SmartNICs, and the term NT80E3-2-PTP-8×10/2×40 includes NT80E3-2-PTP-NEBS-8×10/2×40 SmartNICs, except in contexts where the NEBS SmartNICs are also mentioned specifically.