Presented Hardware Setup (As recommended by Lockheed Martin.) NXB-10GXxR Intelligent NIC® 10 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe Adapter with pluggable XFP optical interface (http://www.netxen.com/products/boardsolutions/NXB-10GXxR.html) Node 1 Node 2 Node 3 TigerSwitch 10G 8-Port Standalone XFP 10Gigabit Ethernet Managed Layer 2 Switch SMC Networks, Inc.
Host System: Dell PowerEdge SC440 Capable of PCI-E x1/x4/x8 Operating System Dual-Boot (Windows, Linux) Approximate Cost: $500/system Separate system needed for each node
NetXen NXB-10GXxR NIC Pluggable XFP optical interface 10GBASE-SR and –LR support PCI-E Ver 1.1 Interface x1/x4/x8 compatible 4 GB/s throughput Linux and Window OS supported Source: NetXen website http://www.netxen.com/products/boardsolutions/NXB-10GXxR.html
XFP – 10 Gigabit Small Form Factor Pluggable SMC10GXFP-SR TigerAccess™ XFP 10G Transceiver 1-Port 10GBASE-SR (LC) XFP Transceiver Used for 10 Gbps connections Operate at 850 nm (short range), 1310 nm (long range), or 1550nm (extended range).
TigerSwitch™ 10G Standalone 8-port XFP 10G Managed Layer 2 switch Model Number: SMC8708L2 Supports up to 8 XFP ports Delivers 10-Gigabit Ethernet Switching fabric – 160Gbps AC Input – 100 to 240 V, 50 – 60 Hz, 2 A
Availability Purchase by Team Purchase by Client Donated from Department NICs 2-3 0-1 - Switch 1 XFP Transceiver Optical Cabling As needed Available, details unknown Computer Systems If necessary and available in budget Supplied to senior design lab
Estimated Resource Costs Quantity Unit Cost Total Cost Optical NICs 2 $1000 $2000 1 Donated1 XFP Switch Donated XFP Transceiver 3 Fiber optic cables $802 $240 Host System $500 $15003 Total $3740 1 One optical NIC will need to be donated if the team must purchase the host systems 2 Source: http://www.myri.com/Myri-10G/product_list.html#cables-SR 3 ISU ECpE Department’s update of the Senior Design lab may cover this cost
Test Equipment Testing will be predominantly software based, the testbench will be executed on the computer system as described previously. If issues arise and the signal needs to be observed, an Agilent 86100A oscilloscope is available from the department. Availability of splitters is unknown.