1G to 400G Ethernet testing capabilities based on IEEE standards
FTBx-88480 Series - dual-port 1G-400G, 800G-ready testers
Overview
FTBx-88480 Series provides compact, multiservice dual-port testing for 1G-400G, 400ZR and 400ZR+, enabling two circuits to be validated simultaneously. Includes EXFO’s modular Open Transceiver System (OTS) and is software upgradeable to 800G.
Highlights
Boost your 400G game today. Stay ready for 800G!
Dual-port testing. Field or lab. Future-proof.
The FTBx-88480 Series enables busy technicians to move smoothly and expertly between testing different rates (1G-400G), interfaces (including coherent) and transceiver types—all with a single platform. It’s the industry’s only portable dual-port 400G test solution that also supports dual-port 400ZR and 400ZR+ coherent optics.
Available in three configurations, the series is supported across EXFO’s portable and rackmount platforms for the ultimate in test flexibility. Modular by design, the FTBx-88480 Series includes the unique Optical Transceiver System (OTS) built to test today’s transceivers, while staying ready for tomorrow’s next-gen technologies.
The FTBx-88480 Series also features future-proof 112G electrical lanes for testing 400G QSFP112 optics. And, it’s the only 400G test solution that’s upgradeable to 800G through a simple software update—perfect to test the speeds you need today while staying ready for what’s next.
Built to go 800G!
Start your journey to 800G on your terms with the upgradeable, future-proof FTBx-88480 Series.
- Protect your CAPEX investment with an evolutive solution that tests 1G to 400G today and can upgrade to 800G when you need it.
- A simple 800G software upgrade means your unit can be ready to test 800G within minutes. No down-time or return-to-factory required.
- Supports both OSFP and QSFP-DD form factors for the ultimate in 800G test flexibility.
- Validate both 400G and 800G signal-breakout accuracy across multiple configurations. This is especially important within high-density environments like hyperscale data centers.
- Supports 400G breakout configurations (4×100GE and 2×200GE) and 800G breakouts (i.e. 2x 400GE, 4x 200GE, 8x 100GE).
Choose the FTBx-88480 Series 400G test solution and stay hardware-ready for 800G.
Test twice as fast with dual-port testing
The ability to test two ports simultaneously means technicians can do more in a single day. With the sheer volume of ports in play—like the thousands of high-speed connections within a single data center—fast and accurate testing is critical.
- Validate two circuits simultaneously (1G-400G, 400ZR and 400ZR+ coherent optics)
- Test main and backup links at the same time and under consistent conditions, reducing technician time in the field and potential for network failures
- Testing more in a day means more test results are consolidated on a single report, making analysis that much easier
OSFP, QSFP-DD or both!
With the FTBx-88480 Series, choose between OSFP and QSFP-DD test ports or a mix of both.
- Choose the FTBx-88480 with its 2x QSFP-DD ports and 1x SFP-DD ports.
- Need OSFP too? Then your choice is the FTBx-88481, featuring 1x OSFP port and 1x QSFP-DD port.
- Want it all? Our quad-port FTBx-88482, with 3x QSFP-DD, 1x OSFP and 1x SFP-DD ports, is the ideal solution.
Whichever you choose, we’ve got the network test solution that best fits your high-speed testing requirements.
Go modular with the Open Transceiver System
How do you test today’s transceivers, while being ready to validate tomorrow’s next-gen optics? Do both, with 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.
- Experience ultimate flexibility—swap out OTS modules in the field, choosing only the ones needed for various applications, rates or technologies under test.
- Save on CAPEX by eliminating the necessity to completely replace an expensive testing module. Instead, swap out OTS modules and extend the life of test 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 deployed.
Validate pluggable transceivers with iOptics
Too often, instead of checking connectors for cleanliness, field techs discard a presumably faulty transceiver when it just needed a quick cleaning. With thousands of pluggable transceivers at play, this rip-and-replace strategy is racking up more costs by the day.
Enter iOptics, an automated, intelligent test application on the FTBx-88480:
- Validate pluggable transceivers (1G to 400G) quicker than ever
- First portable test solution supporting 400ZR and OpenZR+ coherent optics
- Accurate, efficient way to test for faulty transceivers
- Validate a full range of transceivers including OSFP, QSFP-DD, QSFP28, QSFP+, SFP28, SFP+, SFP, AOC and DAC cables, Bidi SFP+ and SFP
Pioneering the validation of QSFP112 optics
QSFP112 represents the evolution of the QSFP transceiver form factor. Its streamlined, four-electrical lane architecture delivers a remarkable reduction in power consumption compared to its predecessor, QSFP-DD.
The FTBx-88480 Series 400G test solution offers advanced capabilities for validating cables and transceivers (including QSFP112) in laboratory, manufacturing and field applications. When paired with EXFO’s latest FTB-1 Pro platform, it’s the industry’s only portable QSFP112 test solution.
- Multi-port, QSFP112 configuration (up to 3 ports in a single, compact handheld solution)
- QSFP112-types supported: FR4, DR4, SR4, LR4, AOC, DAC.
64G Fibre Channel testing
EXFO’s 64G Fibre Channel test solution helps test engineers in the lab ensure that new switches and transceivers are up and running reliably. When paired with the latest FTB-1 Pro platform, it’s the industry’s first compact, portable 64G Fibre Channel tester.
- Fabric-login feature: Enables the exchange of service parameters with a fabric switch, and ultimately access to the fabric in order to reach the targeted node.
- Buffer-to-buffer credit estimation measurement: Allows for flow-control management by estimating the amount of memory buffers that must be configured at each node for optimal operation of the network.
- Round-trip latency tests: Calculates the lag introduced by the presence of the interconnection device.
Go beyond the field into the lab
Whether its carrier labs testing out the latest transceivers or equipment manufacturers running tests on manufacturing floors, the need for 400G test solutions extends beyond the field to lab and manufacturing applications.
With the FTBx-88480 Series in EXFO’s LTB-8 rackmount or portable platforms, users can:
- Get more done faster with up to 8 x 400G test ports running simultaneously.
- Test different rates (400G, 200G, 100G, 25G) and optics (OSFP, QSFP-DD)
Need to perform different tests simultaneously? Or want to test the same technology across 4 ports to speed up test programs? We’ve got you covered with the quad-port FTBx-88482. Includes dual-test capability on a mix of applications including BERT, RFC 2544, OTN, iOptics and more!
Combine the FTBx-88480 Series with other best-in-class test tools (e.g., OSA, optical switches and variable attenuators) for a full suite of advanced testing capabilities. Learn more.
