Spirent Communications, a leading provider of test, assurance and analytics solutions for next-generation devices and networks, has announced that it has partnered with MultiLane, a global leader in data centre interconnects, to offer vendor-neutral testing solutions supporting the 800G ecosystem.
This milestone is a result of the two companies’ joint mission to enable 800G infrastructure development and adoption and help the industry resolve testing challenges, no matter the interconnect strategy.
Aniket Khosla, VP of Product Management, Cloud and IP, Spirent Communications, said: “Our partnership with MultiLane will assure successful deployments of this complex new technology while helping customers improve product quality and ensure reliable, high-quality user experiences.”
QSFP-DD800 is one of the first port standards that uses individual electrical 100G lanes. The design, optimisation and fabrication of these 100G lanes presents a significant challenge for host and pluggable developers alike. The partnership facilitates the test and verification of QSFP-DD hardware, including transceivers – switches that use these transceivers and hyperscaler use cases.
While 400G technology is still relatively new, customers are already looking to Spirent and MultiLane for new 800G test solutions to validate high-density, higher-power-consuming applications as the ecosystem looks to deliver even faster capabilities that can maximise capacity of existing space-limited physical locations.
