Napatech 200G Compact Solution NT200A02
2-PORT 100G PCIE GEN3

2 × 100 Gbps PACKET CAPTURE AND ANALYSIS

Use cutting-edge network acceleration technology to add real-time line rate performance to your application. Napatech 2-port 100 Gbps accelerators provide full packet capture and analysis of network data at 200 Gbps with zero packet loss. The Napatech accelerator will capture all frames, including erroneous frames normally discarded by standard NICs.

The Napatech accelerator allows you to merge data from two ports into a single, time-ordered analysis stream. The compact form factor of the NT200A02 enables 2 x 100G applications in 1U server platforms, saving rack space and reducing the overall cost of the solution.

The 12 GB DDR4 RAM buffer allows buffering packets on the accelerator to prevent packet loss during peak server loads. Packets are hardware timestamped when they arrive at the network ports, ensuring that the timestamp is always reliable.

The accelerator also comes in a NEBS level 3 compliant variant.

FEATURE HIGHLIGHTS

• Scalable Pipeline Architecture
• Network ports: 2 × QSFP28
• Capture of Ethernet LAN: Full 2 × 100 Gbps
• Zero packet loss for all frame sizes
• 12 GB DDR4 RAM buffer (500 ms at 200 Gbps)
• Typical CPU load: < 5% of one core
• Addressing up to 1 TB application buffer memory
• Packet or segment delivery to application
• Hardware accelerated:
• Multi-port packet merge
• 4 ns time-stamping
• Slicing at fixed offset
• RMON1 counters, including jumbo frames
• PPS time synchronization
• OS time synchronization
• Easy-to-integrate API
• Linux and libpcap

NAPATECH-SUPPORTED APPLICATIONS

Napatech accelerators enable OEM vendors to build high-performance network appliances based on standard servers. Examples of applications include:

• Revenue and services optimization
• Quality of experience optimization
• Financial latency measurement
• Customer experience analysis
• Data loss prevention
• Virtualized activity analysis
• Cyber defense
• Fraud detection and compliance management
• Infrastructure management and security
• Network and application performance
• Troubleshooting and compliance

SPECIFICATIONS

GENERAL FEATURES

• Full line-rate processing for all frames from 64 bytes to 10,000 bytes – keep or discard erroneous frames
• IEEE standard: IEEE 802.3 100 Gbps Ethernet support
• Network interface: 2 × QSFP28 ports
• Supported QSFP28 modules:100GBASE-SR4 and 100GBASE-LR4
• Data rate: 2 × 100 Gbps
• Typical CPU load: < 5%
• Time formats: PCAP-ns/-μs and UNIX 10 ns
• Time resolution: 4 ns
• Stratum 3 compliant TCXO
• SMA interface for PPS time synchronization
• RJ45 100/1000BASE-T interface for future IEEE1588 PTP support.

ACCELERATOR SOFTWARE

• Operating systems: Linux
• Napatech API for high performance and advanced features
• libpcap
• SDK tools included in source code for debugging and prototyping and as application examples

ACCELERATOR HARDWARE

• Bus type: 16-lane 8 GT/s PCIe Gen3*
• 12 GB onboard DDR4 RAM
• Flash: Support for two boot images
• Built-in thermal protection
• Physical dimensions: ½-length and full-height PCIe
• Weight excluding 2 x QSFP28:
• NT200A02-SCC: 455 g
• NT200A02-NEBS: 475 g
• MTBF according to UTE C 80-810:
• NT200A02-SCC: 317,821 hours
• NT200A02-NEBS: 311,435 hours
• Power consumption including 2 x QSFP28:
• NT200A02-SCC: max 75 Watts
• NT200A02-NEBS: max 75 Watts

* To enable the throughput of 16-lane PCIe Gen3, the COTS server must support PCIe bifurcation.

ENVIRONMENT FOR NT200A02-SCC

• Operating temperature: 0 °C to 45 °C (32 °F to 113 °F)
• Operating humidity: 20% to 80%

ENVIRONMENT FOR NT200A02-NEBS

• Operating temperature: –5 °C to 55 °C (23 °F to 131 °F) measured around the accelerator
• Operating humidity: 5% to 85%
• Altitude: < 1,800 m
• Airflow: >= 2.5 m/s

REGULATORY APPROVALS AND COMPLIANCES

• PCI-SIG®, NEBS level 3, CE, CB, RoHS, REACH, cURus (UL), FCC, CSA, VCCI, C-TICK