Spirent B3 800G Appliance for AI/ML Tech at OFC

The Spirent B3 800G Appliance was first witnessed during the 2024 OFC Conference and Exhibition in San Diego, March 26-28 in booth #1515.

Spirent Communications existing industry-leading 800G test platform portfolio gets new addition.

The new Spirent B3 800G Appliance to its exiting 800G test platform portfolio is tailored for validating the reliability, high performance, and interoperability of Ethernet technologies.

Spirent’s ongoing OFC demonstration features the new B3 800G Appliance. The B3 800G Appliance is a high-density native 800G OSFP and QSFP-DD test platform. It is also stated as the first in its class to support IEEE 802.3df specifications.

As a vendor-neutral test system, the Spirent B3 800G Appliance helps accelerate 800G deployments. Also, Spirent B3 800G Appliance enables the networking industry to power new applications running AI/ML.

“The maturity of 400G and 800G technologies is accelerating deployments, with 800G solutions from multiple vendors being deployed at a rapidly accelerating pace,” said Aniket Khosla, Spirent’s VP of Wireline Product Management. “Comprehensive testing has become imperative to enable this next-generation network equipment to be tested and validated for interoperability and performance under real-world conditions.”

During OFC, Spirent’s 800G and 400G Key Test Solutions Showcased Are:

• Spirent’s decades of experience in Ethernet testing to help customers validate market readiness, high performance, and interoperability of new cutting-edge Ethernet technologies which are increasingly expected to meet the needs of artificial intelligence (AI) workloads.

• The Spirent B3 800G Appliance was first witnessed during the 2024 OFC Conference and Exhibition in San Diego, March 26-28 in booth #1515.

• Spirent has collaborated with vital industry partners to showcase the award-winning high-density B2 800G 8-Port Appliance. It was known to get recognition by the 2024 Lightwave Innovation Reviews for accelerating the development and adoption of 800G infrastructure.

The high-density native 800G OSFP and QSFP-DD test platform is designed to validate the reliability, performance and interoperability of the latest 800G networking solutions and devices across various interconnect technologies.

Spirent’s High-Density Native 400G QSFP-DD Test Platform at OFC

• It delivers high-performing, reliable, affordable, and interoperable 400G infrastructure and support emerging technologies like AI/ML.
• Meanwhile, the Spirent M1 Compact Appliance– also known to get recognized with an award from the 2024 Lightwave Innovation Reviews – will demonstrate how the flexibility built into its space-saving M1 configuration can accelerate time to market for new technologies and improve product quality by ensuring reliable, high-quality experiences.
• An ideal tool for the whole test lifecycle, the M1 Compact Appliance provides functional, performance, and benchmark testing of various Ethernet applications.

“Growing demand for computing power is driving new requirements for high-quality network connections,” says Khosla, “and with 800G – and 1.6T in the longer term – expected to become the standard networking technologies for large-scale AI training, validating the performance of next-generation routers and switches is essential for ensuring the overall network efficiency and response speed.”

Spirent’s industry-leading 400G and 800G test and validation solutions can be seen demonstrated with the technology partners including AMD (booth #1207), the Ethernet Alliance (booth #1415), and at Spirent’s booth #1515.