1. Presented Hardware Setup
(As recommended by Lockheed Martin.)
NXB-10GXxR Intelligent NIC®
10 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe Adapter with pluggable XFP optical interface (
Node 1
Node 2
Node 3
TigerSwitch 10G 8-Port Standalone XFP 10Gigabit Ethernet Managed Layer 2 Switch
SMC Networks, Inc.

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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).

5. 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, – 60 Hz, 2 A

6. 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

7. 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:
3 ISU ECpE Department’s update of the Senior Design lab may cover this cost

8. 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.