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The MX2-1G-S8 by Spirent is a Ethernet Multi-Speed Test Module designed to revolutionize network testing capabilities. With its advanced features and unparalleled performance, this module is an indispensable tool for the modern IT professional. Harnessing the power of Spirent Cloud Core technology and high-performing multi-core CPUs, the MX2-1G-S8 intelligently distributes processing resources across ports, resulting in superior scale testing. This module excels at handling multiple protocols concurrently on the same port, making it the ideal choice for testing converged devices like Provider Edge routers and application-aware devices.

The MX2-1G-S8 finds its utility in a wide range of applications, including cloud infrastructure and security devices, such as IDS/IPS and load balancers, ensuring they meet scale, security, availability, and performance requirements. In SDN and data center environments, this module validates forwarding performance and functional capabilities of Software Defined Networks (SDN) with its port density that is flexible and high-scale. The MX2-1G-S8 also proves invaluable for verifying the scale, reliability, and performance of Layer 2 and 3 services in edge and campus routers and switches.

The MX2-1G-S8 sets itself apart with a host of unique features and benefits. It offers multi-protocol realism within a line-rate traffic, enabling stress testing of complex converged IP systems, including cloud-scale data centers and service provider MPLS networks. The module acts as "a city in a box," combining FPGA-based Layer 2-3 architectures with Cloud Core CPU to deliver a Layer 2-7 test module that has the highest density in its class. Not only is it high-performance, but it also boasts a low overall total cost of ownership. Additionally, it provides greater total throughput for a given power footprint, enhanced chassis software license value, and topology emulation that eliminates the need for multiple DUTs in multiprotocol tests, lowering Capex.

The MX2-1G-S8 has industry-leading Layer 2-3 features with stress ASIC and backplane designs that facilitate live traffic changes. With the ability to modify the number of emulated devices, the traffic they generate, and the rate at which they send it "on the fly," the MX2-1G-S8 enables more realistic tests and faster troubleshooting. It excels in measuring ultra-low sub microsecond latencies with an impressive precision and resolution of 10ns. With 19 different scheduling algorithms at your disposal, the user can emulate real-world traffic patterns or push devices to their limits, simulating everything from micro-bursts to carefully timed sequences of demanding frames.