{"id":4040,"date":"2020-11-27T14:08:50","date_gmt":"2020-11-27T14:08:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unitronix.co.uk\/site\/?page_id=4040"},"modified":"2025-10-22T14:58:35","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T13:58:35","slug":"layer1-switch","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.unitronix.co.uk\/site\/layer1-switch\/","title":{"rendered":"Layer1 Switch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container fusion-parallax-fixed nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-background-image:url(&quot;https:\/\/www.unitronix.co.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/digital-scaled.jpg&quot;);--awb-background-size:cover;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;background-attachment:fixed;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row 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style=\"--awb-padding-right:20px;--awb-padding-bottom:20px;--awb-padding-left:20px;--awb-bg-color:#ffffff;--awb-bg-color-hover:#ffffff;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:50%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:3.84%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:3.84%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1 HeaderNS\" style=\"--awb-font-size:16px;\" id=\"HeaderNS\"><h1>Layer 1 Switch<\/h1>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator\" style=\"align-self: flex-start;margin-right:auto;margin-bottom:20px;width:100%;max-width:275px;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-double sep-solid\" style=\"--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;--awb-sep-color:#ff6600;border-color:#ff6600;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2 HeaderNS\" style=\"--awb-font-size:18px;\" id=\"HeaderNS\"><h4 class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" data-fontsize=\"20\" data-lineheight=\"30px\"><strong>Test lab equipment\u00a0integration with Physical Layer Switch<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" data-fontsize=\"20\" data-lineheight=\"30px\"><strong>During Covid a lot of test engineers realised that it would be really cool, if all the kit in their test labs could be on a unified network and accessible via the web, allowing them to continue their test work from home.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" data-fontsize=\"20\" data-lineheight=\"30px\"><strong>How great would that be? \u2013\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Here\u2019s how you do it with a Physical Layer 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2%),var(--awb-color2-a));--awb-title-text-color:var(--awb-color8);--awb-title-active-text-color:var(--awb-color8);--awb-background-color:var(--awb-color1);--awb-border-color:var(--awb-color2);--awb-active-border-color:var(--awb-color4);--awb-title-font-family:var(--awb-typography1-font-family);--awb-title-font-weight:var(--awb-typography1-font-weight);--awb-title-font-style:var(--awb-typography1-font-style);\"><div class=\"nav\"><ul class=\"nav-tabs\" role=\"tablist\"><li class=\"active\" role=\"presentation\"><a class=\"tab-link\" data-toggle=\"tab\" role=\"tab\" aria-controls=\"tab-9906fe59d93dbe42a8e\" aria-selected=\"true\" id=\"fusion-tab-whatisalayer1switch?\" href=\"#tab-9906fe59d93dbe42a8e\"><h5 class=\"fusion-tab-heading\"><i class=\"fontawesome-icon fa-asterisk fas\" aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"font-size:22px; --icon-color:#333333;--icon-active-color:var(--awb-color5);\"><\/i>What is a Layer 1 switch?<\/h5><\/a><\/li><li role=\"presentation\"><a class=\"tab-link\" data-toggle=\"tab\" role=\"tab\" aria-controls=\"tab-c9d3ae59eb63a2e961c\" aria-selected=\"false\" tabindex=\"-1\" id=\"fusion-tab-financialmotivators\" href=\"#tab-c9d3ae59eb63a2e961c\"><h5 class=\"fusion-tab-heading\"><i class=\"fontawesome-icon fa-coins fas\" aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"font-size:22px; --icon-color:#333333;--icon-active-color:var(--awb-color5);\"><\/i>Financial Motivators <\/h5><\/a><\/li><li role=\"presentation\"><a class=\"tab-link\" data-toggle=\"tab\" role=\"tab\" aria-controls=\"tab-dbbb86b317f07bf6aa2\" aria-selected=\"false\" tabindex=\"-1\" id=\"fusion-tab-networktestlabchallenges\" href=\"#tab-dbbb86b317f07bf6aa2\"><h5 class=\"fusion-tab-heading\"><i class=\"fontawesome-icon fa-desktop fas\" aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"font-size:22px; --icon-color:#333333;--icon-active-color:var(--awb-color5);\"><\/i>Network Test Lab Challenges <\/h5><\/a><\/li><li role=\"presentation\"><a class=\"tab-link\" data-toggle=\"tab\" role=\"tab\" aria-controls=\"tab-e8ea751c0d5a16541e2\" aria-selected=\"false\" tabindex=\"-1\" id=\"fusion-tab-coldfusionbenefits\" href=\"#tab-e8ea751c0d5a16541e2\"><h5 class=\"fusion-tab-heading\"><i class=\"fontawesome-icon fa-server fas\" aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"font-size:22px; --icon-color:var(--awb-color7);--icon-active-color:var(--awb-color5);\"><\/i>ColdFusion Benefits <\/h5><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"tab-content\"><div class=\"nav fusion-mobile-tab-nav\"><ul class=\"nav-tabs\" role=\"tablist\"><li class=\"active\" role=\"presentation\"><a class=\"tab-link\" data-toggle=\"tab\" role=\"tab\" aria-controls=\"tab-9906fe59d93dbe42a8e\" aria-selected=\"true\" id=\"mobile-fusion-tab-whatisalayer1switch?\" href=\"#tab-9906fe59d93dbe42a8e\"><h5 class=\"fusion-tab-heading\"><i class=\"fontawesome-icon fa-asterisk fas\" aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"font-size:22px; --icon-color:#333333;--icon-active-color:var(--awb-color5);\"><\/i>What is a Layer 1 switch?<\/h5><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"tab-pane fade fusion-clearfix in active\" role=\"tabpanel\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-labelledby=\"fusion-tab-whatisalayer1switch?\" id=\"tab-9906fe59d93dbe42a8e\">\n<h4 class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" data-fontsize=\"16\" data-lineheight=\"24px\">The easiest way to think of a Layer 1 (L1) switch, also known as a physical layer switch, is as an electronic patch panel. Completely transparent connections between ports is performed based on software commands sent to the L1 switch over its control interface. In testing environments, this allows the tests to be as accurate as if there were a patch cord between the devices.<\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" data-fontsize=\"16\" data-lineheight=\"24px\">Using Layer 2 (L2) switches for connection purposes in a test environment can cause a number of problems. In L2 switches, the output bit stream is different from the input bit stream in that MAC control frames, such as pause frames, are discarded by the MAC layer. Also the differing clock timing forces the PHY on the L2 switch to add\/delete idle characters to compensate, making it impossible to compare input data streams to output data streams when testing using an L2 switch.<\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" data-fontsize=\"16\" data-lineheight=\"24px\">L1 switches on the other hand, are fully transparent to the traffic going through them. Once a connection is made between two ports the attached devices are essentially directly connected. L1 switches have very low latency and do not store or manipulate a single bit in the data stream. The internal hardware architecture of the L1 switch allows the L1 switch to duplicate any incoming data to any number of output ports at full wire speed without dropping a single bit. This allows testing of multiple devices from a single test set or output. Software simulation of cable breaks (port flapping) can also be simulated using software-defined duration times and repetitions of the simulated cable break.<\/h4>\n<\/div><div class=\"nav fusion-mobile-tab-nav\"><ul class=\"nav-tabs\" role=\"tablist\"><li role=\"presentation\"><a class=\"tab-link\" data-toggle=\"tab\" role=\"tab\" aria-controls=\"tab-c9d3ae59eb63a2e961c\" aria-selected=\"false\" tabindex=\"-1\" id=\"mobile-fusion-tab-financialmotivators\" href=\"#tab-c9d3ae59eb63a2e961c\"><h5 class=\"fusion-tab-heading\"><i class=\"fontawesome-icon fa-coins fas\" aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"font-size:22px; --icon-color:#333333;--icon-active-color:var(--awb-color5);\"><\/i>Financial Motivators <\/h5><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"tab-pane fade fusion-clearfix\" role=\"tabpanel\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-labelledby=\"fusion-tab-financialmotivators\" id=\"tab-c9d3ae59eb63a2e961c\">\n<h4>One of the <span lang=\"EN-US\">principle<\/span> financial motivators for upgrading to Test Automation is the pooling of commonly used equipment and sharing it on-demand. Lepton ColdFusion Layer 1 Switches eliminate manual cabling in Test Labs, which saves set up time, cuts errors and <span lang=\"EN-US\">allows<\/span> your teams pool resources to accelerate new releases. The one-time connection of Test Tools and Devices Under Test to the Layer 1 Switch also enables 24\/7 testing and full remote access to your Lab.<\/h4>\n<div>\n<h4>ColdFusion Layer 1 Switches are available in small and large rack mounted form factors. The compact 4RU size has port counts from 32 all the way up to 256 (with 1:4 breakout cables), and the larger Switch can scale up to 1024 ports of 1G to 28GB ports, or 256 up to 128GB ports, so whether you run a small test environment or a large Regression Lab, ColdFusion has your test automation needs covered.<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Up to 128Gb Layer 1 Switches compatible with any media and scalable to over 1000 ports in a single chassis<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As network products become more complex, so do their testing requirements; as a result, an ever increasing portion of the product development cycle is spent on QA and regression testing. Additional test equipment and network devices are needed both to support the functions being tested and to scale up the network topology.<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Automating the Test Lab can help shorten the QA test cycle, reduce the lab\u2019s CAPEX and OPEX requirements, and increase test coverage and product quality.<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"nav fusion-mobile-tab-nav\"><ul class=\"nav-tabs\" role=\"tablist\"><li role=\"presentation\"><a class=\"tab-link\" data-toggle=\"tab\" role=\"tab\" aria-controls=\"tab-dbbb86b317f07bf6aa2\" aria-selected=\"false\" tabindex=\"-1\" id=\"mobile-fusion-tab-networktestlabchallenges\" href=\"#tab-dbbb86b317f07bf6aa2\"><h5 class=\"fusion-tab-heading\"><i class=\"fontawesome-icon fa-desktop fas\" aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"font-size:22px; --icon-color:#333333;--icon-active-color:var(--awb-color5);\"><\/i>Network Test Lab Challenges <\/h5><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"tab-pane fade fusion-clearfix\" role=\"tabpanel\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-labelledby=\"fusion-tab-networktestlabchallenges\" id=\"tab-dbbb86b317f07bf6aa2\">\n<h4>Implementing test lab automation without automating the cable re-wiring presents many challenges that need to be dealt with. Some of these challenges include:<\/h4>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li>\n<h4>Manual cable rewiring disrupts automated tests and may double test time<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>Manual coordination of rewiring leads to poor lab equipment utilisation and control<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>Remote access is limited and can depend on support from local personal<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>Reproduction of test topologies requires more manual work and more time<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>Simulation of certain network failure conditions and cable breaks can be a challenge.<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><div class=\"nav fusion-mobile-tab-nav\"><ul class=\"nav-tabs\" role=\"tablist\"><li role=\"presentation\"><a class=\"tab-link\" data-toggle=\"tab\" role=\"tab\" aria-controls=\"tab-e8ea751c0d5a16541e2\" aria-selected=\"false\" tabindex=\"-1\" id=\"mobile-fusion-tab-coldfusionbenefits\" href=\"#tab-e8ea751c0d5a16541e2\"><h5 class=\"fusion-tab-heading\"><i class=\"fontawesome-icon fa-server fas\" aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"font-size:22px; --icon-color:var(--awb-color7);--icon-active-color:var(--awb-color5);\"><\/i>ColdFusion Benefits <\/h5><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"tab-pane fade fusion-clearfix\" role=\"tabpanel\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-labelledby=\"fusion-tab-coldfusionbenefits\" id=\"tab-e8ea751c0d5a16541e2\">\n<h4>Lepton\u2019s ColdFusion Layer 1 test automation switch enables the automation of 100% of lab infrastructure. With ColdFusion, one can make network topology changes with the click of a button, or by integrating QA test scripts with ColdFusion APIs.<\/h4>\n<h4>ColdFusion is the largest scale and density Layer 1 test automation switch available, capable of interconnecting up to 256 100G interfaces or 1024 10G\/25G interfaces, allowing you to:<\/h4>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li>\n<h4>Increase Lab Resource Utilisation<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>Run the same number of test cases using fewer test tools and DUT\u2019s<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>Gain full control and visibility over who is using lab resources, and for how long<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>Schedule and reserve resources<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>Allow remote test engineers to share the same lab resources<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>Reduce lab equipment idle time.<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Reduce test time<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li>\n<h4>Reduce unnecessary troubleshooting time due to manual cabling mistakes<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>Build, modify or teardown test topologies quickly and reliably using scripts<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>Quickly isolate and troubleshoot test problems.<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>Reduce test setup time<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>Free up Test Engineers\u2019 time to focus on their core technology challenges.<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Save money<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li>\n<h4>Reduce CAPEX through an increased utilisation of a smaller number of tools<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>Reduce Opex as automation increases and manual labour decreases<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>Reduce time to market, increasing savings and profits.<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-content-boxes content-boxes columns row fusion-columns-3 fusion-columns-total-3 fusion-content-boxes-2 content-boxes-clean-vertical content-left content-boxes-icon-on-top Product\" style=\"--awb-backgroundcolor:#ffffff;--awb-hover-accent-color:#ff6600;--awb-circle-hover-accent-color:#ff6600;\" id=\"Product\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><div style=\"--awb-backgroundcolor:#ffffff;border-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);\" class=\"fusion-column content-box-column content-box-column content-box-column-1 col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-4 fusion-content-box-hover content-box-column-first-in-row\"><div class=\"col content-box-wrapper content-wrapper-background link-area-link-icon icon-hover-animation-fade fusion-animated\" data-animationType=\"zoomIn\" data-animationDuration=\"1.0\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><div class=\"heading heading-with-icon icon-left\"><div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unitronix.co.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/UNITRONIX-Layer-1-Switch.png\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><h3 class=\"content-box-heading fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"--h3_typography-font-size:16px;--fontSize:16;line-height:1.5;\">8-SLOT CHASSIS<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"content-container\">\n<div class=\"s-title \">\n<div class=\"s-component s-text s-animation-page-slide_in\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Cold Fusion Chassis Options<br \/>\n<strong>Chassis can be populated with any combination of Interface Blades\u00a0making it the only L1 switch to support 10m to 128G in the same chassis<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The 12 RU 8-Slot Chassis can be populated with up to eight Interface Blades. The Chassis also houses integrated fabric control components, variable-speed fan units that automatically adjust according to the system temperature, and hot-swappable AC power supplies.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Port capacities per 8-Slot Chassis vary depending on the type of Interface blade used. Maximum port count is:<br \/>\n&#8211; 256 any-to-any mapping ports of up to 128Gbps<br \/>\n&#8211; 1024 ports of up to 28Gbps\/32Gbps Fibre Channel<br \/>\n&#8211; 512 any-to-any mapping ports up to 28G\/32Gbps Fibre Channel &#8211; including RJ45<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div style=\"--awb-backgroundcolor:#ffffff;border-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);\" class=\"fusion-column content-box-column content-box-column content-box-column-2 col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-4 fusion-content-box-hover \"><div class=\"col content-box-wrapper content-wrapper-background link-area-link-icon icon-hover-animation-fade fusion-animated\" data-animationType=\"zoomIn\" data-animationDuration=\"1.0\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><div class=\"heading heading-with-icon icon-left\"><div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unitronix.co.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/UNITRONIX-UK-2-Slot-Chassis-Layer1-Switching.png\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" alt=\"UNITRONIX UK-Layer1_Switching\" \/><\/div><h3 class=\"content-box-heading fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"--h3_typography-font-size:16px;--fontSize:16;line-height:1.5;\">2 SLOT CHASSIS<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"content-container\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The 4 RU 2-Slot Chassis can be populated with two Interface Blades that provide any-to-any port mapping. The Chassis also houses integrated fabric control components, variable-speed fan units that automatically adjust according to the system temperature and hot-swappable AC power supplies.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Port capacities per 2-Slot Chassis vary depending on the type of Interface blade used. Maximum port count is:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8211; 128 ports of 10Mbps to 28Gbps<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8211; 64 ports of up to 128Gbps<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8211; 256 ports using breakout cables up to 28Gbps<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div style=\"--awb-backgroundcolor:#ffffff;border-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);\" class=\"fusion-column content-box-column content-box-column content-box-column-3 col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-4 fusion-content-box-hover content-box-column-last content-box-column-last-in-row\"><div class=\"col content-box-wrapper content-wrapper-background link-area-link-icon icon-hover-animation-fade fusion-animated\" data-animationType=\"zoomIn\" data-animationDuration=\"1.0\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><div class=\"heading heading-with-icon icon-left\"><div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unitronix.co.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/UNITRONIX-32QSFP.png\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><h3 class=\"content-box-heading fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"--h3_typography-font-size:16px;--fontSize:16;line-height:1.5;\">32 QSFP INTERFACE BLADE<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"content-container\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Each 32 QSFP Interface Blade has 32 configurable QSFP28\/SFP28 ports that support any MSA compliant QSFP module with data rates up to 128Gbps. Additionally, each port partitions into four 1Gbps- 28Gbps (32Gbps Fibre Channel) data lanes and using breakout cables each blade supports up to 128 data lanes.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-content-boxes content-boxes columns row fusion-columns-3 fusion-columns-total-1 fusion-content-boxes-3 content-boxes-clean-vertical content-left content-boxes-icon-on-top Product\" style=\"--awb-backgroundcolor:#ffffff;--awb-hover-accent-color:#ff6600;--awb-circle-hover-accent-color:#ff6600;\" id=\"Product\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><div style=\"--awb-backgroundcolor:#ffffff;border-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);\" class=\"fusion-column content-box-column content-box-column content-box-column-1 col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-4 fusion-content-box-hover content-box-column-first-in-row content-box-column-last\"><div class=\"col content-box-wrapper content-wrapper-background link-area-link-icon icon-hover-animation-fade fusion-animated\" data-animationType=\"zoomIn\" data-animationDuration=\"1.0\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><div class=\"heading heading-with-icon icon-left\"><div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unitronix.co.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/UNITRONIX-64SFP.png\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><h3 class=\"content-box-heading fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"--h3_typography-font-size:16px;--fontSize:16;line-height:1.5;\">64 SFP INTERFACE BLADE<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"content-container\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Each 64 SFP Interface blade has 64 configurable SFP-based ports supporting any MSA compliant SFP module up to 28Gbps. (32Gbps Fibre Channel) Ethernet RJ45 SPF copper modules are also supported, and can populate the entire blade, for rates up to 10G.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3 HeaderNS\" style=\"--awb-font-size:16px;\" id=\"HeaderNS\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" title=\"UNITRONIX-Layer 1 switch- Lab Test\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unitronix.co.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/UNITRONIX-Layer-1-switch-Lab-Test.png\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-4071\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unitronix.co.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/UNITRONIX-Layer-1-switch-Lab-Test-200x113.png 200w, https:\/\/www.unitronix.co.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/UNITRONIX-Layer-1-switch-Lab-Test-400x225.png 400w, https:\/\/www.unitronix.co.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/UNITRONIX-Layer-1-switch-Lab-Test-600x338.png 600w, https:\/\/www.unitronix.co.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/UNITRONIX-Layer-1-switch-Lab-Test-800x450.png 800w, https:\/\/www.unitronix.co.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/UNITRONIX-Layer-1-switch-Lab-Test-1200x675.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.unitronix.co.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/UNITRONIX-Layer-1-switch-Lab-Test.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4 HeaderNS\" style=\"--awb-font-size:16px;\" id=\"HeaderNS\"><h1>L1 Testing Scenarios<\/h1>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-content-boxes content-boxes columns row fusion-columns-3 fusion-columns-total-3 fusion-content-boxes-4 content-boxes-clean-vertical content-left content-boxes-icon-on-top Product\" style=\"--awb-backgroundcolor:#ffffff;--awb-hover-accent-color:#ff6600;--awb-circle-hover-accent-color:#ff6600;\" id=\"Product\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><div style=\"--awb-backgroundcolor:#ffffff;border-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);\" class=\"fusion-column content-box-column content-box-column content-box-column-1 col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-4 fusion-content-box-hover content-box-column-first-in-row\"><div class=\"col content-box-wrapper content-wrapper-background link-area-link-icon icon-hover-animation-fade fusion-animated\" data-animationType=\"zoomIn\" data-animationDuration=\"1.0\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><div class=\"heading heading-with-icon icon-left\"><div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unitronix.co.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/UNITRONIX-Link-Flapping.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><h3 class=\"content-box-heading fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"--h3_typography-font-size:16px;--fontSize:16;line-height:1.5;\">LINK FLAPPING<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"content-container\">\n<div class=\"s-title \">\n<div class=\"s-component s-text s-animation-page-slide_in\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Intermittent cable connections or fibre insertion\/removal can cause the optical signal to fluctuate 100s of time before becoming stable. Link flaps can cause all sorts of network failures; from routing table recalculation to the PHY not being able to re-establish the link. The ability to identify and correct switch behavior under lab conditions can save hundreds of thousands of dollars in field failures and onsite support.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">ColdFusion can imitate these conditions by shutting down the output optical signal for a user-defined number of mSec and a user-defined number of times. With precise timing and order of events, multiple links failures, short time between link up\/down events and other field failures are easily simulated in the lab.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div style=\"--awb-backgroundcolor:#ffffff;border-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);\" class=\"fusion-column content-box-column content-box-column content-box-column-2 col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-4 fusion-content-box-hover \"><div class=\"col content-box-wrapper content-wrapper-background link-area-link-icon icon-hover-animation-fade fusion-animated\" data-animationType=\"zoomIn\" data-animationDuration=\"1.0\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><div class=\"heading heading-with-icon icon-left\"><div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unitronix.co.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/UNITRONIX-Fibre-Cut.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><h3 class=\"content-box-heading fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"--h3_typography-font-size:16px;--fontSize:16;line-height:1.5;\">FIBRE CUT SIMULATION<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"content-container\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Fibre cut simulation typically assumes that both fibres (both Tx and Rx) cut, but in real life, deployments, sometimes the fibre is cut in a way where only one of the strands in the cable is damaged. When this happens, losing one fibre out may not trigger the fail over mechanism because most fail overs rely on optical power monitoring.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">ColdFusion simulates this event by mapping two ports in a unidirectional fashion and can be programmed to transmit in one direction, but not in the other i.e. Device B receives signal from Device A, but Device A does not receive signal from Device B eliminating the optical power from a single strand. This can test to make sure the fail over mechanism is triggered in these situations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">ColdFusion can also simulate a microfibre cut in 100G network applications by simulating the same scenario above; eliminating optical power to one of the ports of the 4&#215;25 Gbps lanes in QSFP28 to insure that the device under test responds or triggers the proper fail over response.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div style=\"--awb-backgroundcolor:#ffffff;border-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);\" class=\"fusion-column content-box-column content-box-column content-box-column-3 col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-4 fusion-content-box-hover content-box-column-last content-box-column-last-in-row\"><div class=\"col content-box-wrapper content-wrapper-background link-area-link-icon icon-hover-animation-fade fusion-animated\" data-animationType=\"zoomIn\" data-animationDuration=\"1.0\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><div class=\"heading heading-with-icon icon-left\"><div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unitronix.co.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/UNITRONIX-Multicast-Mapping.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><h3 class=\"content-box-heading fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"--h3_typography-font-size:16px;--fontSize:16;line-height:1.5;\">MULTICAST MAPPING<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"content-container\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">ColdFusion is capable of perform multicast (1 to n) mappings. One transmit port can multicast a signal to any number of ports within the system with a user-settable return path to the test port. This allows one port of a very expensive test set to simultaneously generate a test signal to any number of ports in the switch.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">ColdFusion maximises the use of your existing test ports, or can minimise the number of new ports required to meet your testing needs.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-content-boxes content-boxes columns row fusion-columns-3 fusion-columns-total-2 fusion-content-boxes-5 content-boxes-clean-vertical content-left content-boxes-icon-on-top Product\" style=\"--awb-backgroundcolor:#ffffff;--awb-hover-accent-color:#ff6600;--awb-circle-hover-accent-color:#ff6600;\" id=\"Product\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><div style=\"--awb-backgroundcolor:#ffffff;border-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);\" class=\"fusion-column content-box-column content-box-column content-box-column-1 col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-4 fusion-content-box-hover content-box-column-first-in-row\"><div class=\"col content-box-wrapper content-wrapper-background link-area-link-icon icon-hover-animation-fade fusion-animated\" data-animationType=\"zoomIn\" data-animationDuration=\"1.0\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><div class=\"heading heading-with-icon icon-left\"><div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unitronix.co.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/UNITRONIX-Port-Mirroring.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><h3 class=\"content-box-heading fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"--h3_typography-font-size:16px;--fontSize:16;line-height:1.5;\">PORT MIRRORING<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"content-container\">\n<div class=\"s-title \">\n<div class=\"s-component s-text s-animation-page-slide_in\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">In the reverse of multicast mapping, ColdFusion can perform port mirroring which sends the same signal to any number of test devices for analysis. This 1 to n mirroring enables you to simultaneously run various tests on the same signal in a test configuration.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Cold Fusion&#8217;s port mirroring can impact the total amount of time needed to execute a test, freeing the equipment for the next test set up.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div style=\"--awb-backgroundcolor:#ffffff;border-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);\" class=\"fusion-column content-box-column content-box-column content-box-column-2 col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-4 fusion-content-box-hover content-box-column-last\"><div class=\"col content-box-wrapper content-wrapper-background link-area-link-icon icon-hover-animation-fade fusion-animated\" data-animationType=\"zoomIn\" data-animationDuration=\"1.0\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><div class=\"heading heading-with-icon icon-left\"><div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unitronix.co.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/UNITRONIX-Media-Conversion.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><h3 class=\"content-box-heading fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"--h3_typography-font-size:16px;--fontSize:16;line-height:1.5;\">MEDIA CONVERSION<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"content-container\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">A test lab environment is filled with many different types of media. Think about the devices under test, test equipment, and any ancillary equipment used in the configuration of the test scheme and how you will establish the connectivity architecture. Some equipment only supports one type of media. Some media is less expensive to implement. Comparing the cost of single mode and multi mode transceivers at higher data rates, you\u2019ll find single mode transceivers can be two to three times more expensive than its multi mode counterpart. Copper RJ45 connections can pose these same connectivity issues.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">ColdFusion supports the largest range of media types. Additionally its OEO architecture allows conversion of single mode signals to multi mode, and copper to fibre, making mappings from a single mode port to a multi mode port or a copper port to a fibre port possible. Having this flexibility allows you to utilise equipment in a test configuration regardless of media type.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-4 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1664px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-4 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-2 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"650\" title=\"UNITRONIX UK_Layer_1_Benefits\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unitronix.co.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/UNITRONIX-UK_Layer_1_Benefits.png\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-5073\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unitronix.co.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/UNITRONIX-UK_Layer_1_Benefits-200x68.png 200w, https:\/\/www.unitronix.co.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/UNITRONIX-UK_Layer_1_Benefits-400x135.png 400w, https:\/\/www.unitronix.co.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/UNITRONIX-UK_Layer_1_Benefits-600x203.png 600w, https:\/\/www.unitronix.co.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/UNITRONIX-UK_Layer_1_Benefits-800x271.png 800w, https:\/\/www.unitronix.co.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/UNITRONIX-UK_Layer_1_Benefits-1200x406.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.unitronix.co.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/UNITRONIX-UK_Layer_1_Benefits.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"100-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4040","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unitronix.co.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unitronix.co.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unitronix.co.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unitronix.co.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unitronix.co.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4040"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.unitronix.co.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4040\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6727,"href":"https:\/\/www.unitronix.co.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4040\/revisions\/6727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unitronix.co.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}