Optical and electrical options are available for the breakout solutions. The optical option can be implemented for single-mode fiber applications or multimode fiber applications. The correct type of pluggable modules and breakout cables must be selected for your target application.
Installing NT200A02 and upgrading the FPGA image
Install a Napatech NT200A02-SCC or NT200A02-NEBS SmartNIC as described in DN-1169 or DN-1200, respectively.
Pluggable modules and breakout cables
This table shows pluggable modules and breakout cables that can be used for single-mode fiber applications and multimode fiber applications.
Single-mode fiber application | Multimode fiber application | ||
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Optical pluggable module | 8 × 10 Gbit/s or 4 × 10 Gbit/s | QSFP+ 40GBASE-PSM4 | QSFP+ 40GBASE-SR4 |
4 × 25 Gbit/s | QSFP28 100GBASE-PSM4 | QSFP28 100GBASE-SR4 | |
Optical breakout cable (MPO to LC) |
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Two pluggable modules must be plugged into 2 ports of the NT200A02 SmartNIC to run at
8 × 10 Gbit/s. One pluggable module must be plugged into port 0 of the NT200A02 SmartNIC to
run at 4 × 25/10 Gbit/s. Port 0 is the furthermost port from the PCIe interface as shown in
the following figure.
For the electrical solution the QSFP+ module and the cable is combined in a QSFP+ 40GBASE-CR4 to SFP+ 10GBASE-CR direct-attach copper (DAC) breakout cable. And the QSFP28 module and the cable is combined in a QSFP28 100GBASE-CR4 to SFP28 25GBASE-CR DAC breakout cable. DAC breakout cables are multiple copper twinax cables which the pluggable modules are included as shown in this figure.
For information on available optical breakout cables, see DN-0515 or Miscellaneous-Accessories as well as Pluggable module and breakout cable selection guide.
Verifying the link status
/opt/napatech3/bin/monitoringAn output example for the NT200A02 SmartNIC running at 8 × 10 Gbit/s:
*───────────────────── monitoring (v. 3.27.0.32-f1a083f6) ─────────────────────┐ │ P A Type Link Down Rx Tx Max Temp. │ │ 0 0 QSFP+ 10G Full 92 0.00M 0.00M 9018 37.10 C │ │ 1 0 QSFP+ 10G Full 94 0.00M 0.00M 9018 37.10 C │ │ 2 0 QSFP+ 10G Full 92 0.00M 0.00M 9018 37.10 C │ │ 3 0 QSFP+ 10G Full 92 0.00M 0.00M 9018 37.10 C │ │ 4 0 QSFP+ 10G Full 92 0.00M 0.00M 9018 40.50 C │ │ 5 0 QSFP+ 10G Full 94 0.00M 0.00M 9018 40.50 C │ │ 6 0 QSFP+ 10G Full 92 0.00M 0.00M 9018 40.40 C │ │ 7 0 QSFP+ 10G Full 96 0.00M 0.00M 9018 40.40 C │ │ │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ Port 0 - Adapter 0 Intf 0: NT200A02_8x10 ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ RX RMON1 counters Totals │ │ Packets : #000000010155967065 Octets : #000002078088832706 │ │ Broadcast : #000000000000082346 Multicast : #000000000006921035 │ │ 64 octets : #000000002631811410 65-127 octets : #000000003381399028 │ │ 128-255 octets : #000000002257801870 256-511 octets : #000000001124984939 │ │ 512-1023 octets : #000000000343554574 1024-1518 octets: #000000000270045282 │ │ Undersize : #000000000000000000 Oversize : #000000000000155930 │ │ Fragments : #000000000000000000 Collisions : #000000000000000000 │ │ Drop events : #000000000000000000 Crc/Align errors: #000000000000011243 │ │ Jabbers : #000000000000001242 Ext drops : #000000000000675893 │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ Reset Tx/Rx 0RMON 1ExtRMON 2Checksum 3Decode 4Drop 5IPF Dec/Hex Tot/Spd Quit Sensors Color stat XTimeSync IEEE 1588 PTP EStream LFlowstat FDumpAn output example for the NT200A02 SmartNIC running at 4 × 25 Gbit/s.
*───────────────────── monitoring (v. 3.27.0.32-f1a083f6) ─────────────────────┐ │ P A Type Link Down Rx Tx Max Temp. │ │ 0 0 QSFP28-SR4 25G Full 0 0.00M 0.00M 9018 28.30 C │ │ 1 0 QSFP28-SR4 25G Full 0 0.00M 0.00M 9018 28.30 C │ │ 2 0 QSFP28-SR4 25G Full 0 0.00M 0.00M 9018 28.30 C │ │ 3 0 QSFP28-SR4 25G Full 0 0.00M 0.00M 9018 28.30 C │ │ │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ Port 0 - Adapter 0 Intf 0: NT200A02_4x10G/25G ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ RX RMON1 counters Totals │ │ Packets : #000000000000000000 Octets : #000000000000000000 │ │ Broadcast : #000000000000000000 Multicast : #000000000000000000 │ │ 64 octets : #000000000000000000 65-127 octets : #000000000000000000 │ │ 128-255 octets : #000000000000000000 256-511 octets : #000000000000000000 │ │ 512-1023 octets : #000000000000000000 1024-1518 octets: #000000000000000000 │ │ Undersize : #000000000000000000 Oversize : #000000000000000000 │ │ Fragments : #000000000000000000 Collisions : #000000000000000000 │ │ Drop events : #000000000000000000 Crc/Align errors: #000000000000000000 │ │ Jabbers : #000000000000000000 Ext drops : #000000000000000000 │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ Reset Tx/Rx 0RMON 1ExtRMON 2Checksum 3Decode 4Drop 5IPF Dec/Hex Tot/Spd Quit Sensors Color stat XTimeSync IEEE 1588 PTP EStream LFlowstat FDumpFor more information on the monitoring tool, see monitoring.
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