Keysight, Nokia Demo First 800GE Readiness and Interoperability Public Test

Aug. 9, 2022

The test solution enables network operators to validate the reliability of high-bandwidth, large-scale 800-Gigabit Ethernet (GE) in service-provider and data-center environments.

David Maliniak

Related To: Microwaves & RF

Keysight Technologies collaborated with Nokia to successfully demonstrate the first public 800GE test, validating the readiness of next-generation optics for service providers and network operators.

With the move to the 800GE pluggable optics on front-panel ports, interconnect and link reliability requires a new round of validation cycles to support carrier-class environments. These high-speed interfaces create a unique challenge as new 800GE-capable silicon devices, optical transceivers, and high-bandwidth Ethernet speeds must be accurately tested.

The readiness testing, conducted at Nokia's private SReXperts customer event in Madrid in June 2022, included Keysight's AresONE 800GE Layer 1-3 800GE line-rate test platform and the Nokia 7750 Service Routing platform. The AresONE was used to test and qualify Nokia's FP5 network processor silicon along with 800GE pluggable optics. Specific Nokia platforms used in the validation were the FP5-based 7750 SR-1x-48D supporting 48 ports of 800GE and the 7750 SR-1se supporting 36 ports of 800GE.

Nokia's FP5 silicon delivers 112G SerDes, which enables 800GE support in hardware. FP5 enables networks to efficiently scale capacity and, concurrently, IP subscriber services while maintaining integrity. Thus, it provides advanced protection against escalating network security threats and lowers power consumption.

The company is the first vendor to ship high-density 800GE systems this year with platforms supporting a range of 36 × 800GE in compact fixed platforms to 432 ports of 800GE in the flagship 7750 SR-14s.

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David Maliniak | Executive Editor, Microwaves & RF

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In his long career in the B2B electronics-industry media, David Maliniak has held editorial roles as both generalist and specialist. As Components Editor and, later, as Editor in Chief of EE Product News, David gained breadth of experience in covering the industry at large. In serving as EDA/Test and Measurement Technology Editor at Electronic Design, he developed deep insight into those complex areas of technology. Most recently, David worked in technical marketing communications at Teledyne LeCroy, leaving to rejoin the EOEM B2B publishing world in January 2020. David earned a B.A. in journalism at New York University.