Below you can find pictures about the equipment that is used for testing the Terabit/s Switch.
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| Link endpoint servers
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| Wireing
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| 144x144 switching matrix with 1000base-SX transceivers
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| Setup with oscilloscope, real Gb ethernet shown.
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| Gb ethernet from Switching Matrix
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| Eye pattern with 1000base-SX mask
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| The system passes mask test
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| Optical transceivers
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| The Switch Matrix
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| The I/O, Core and transceivers Power Supplies
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| Testing of Transceivers with Pattern Generator.
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| Testing of cascaded boards with optical interconnect (1.25 Gb/s)
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| Testing of transceivers at 3 Gb/s
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| Result (upper limit reached)
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