Keysight: INPT 1600GE

Keysight’s Interconnect and Network Performance Tester 1600GE (INPT-1600GE) is a new 1.6 Terabit Ethernet (1.6T) hardware test platform for traffic generation, analysis and data center interconnect testing. It provides functional, performance and interoperability benchmarks over a broad range of silicon chips, interconnects, cables, and networking equipment.  Available in a portable benchtop model and a rack-mount version, the testing platform supports lab deployment and validation of network equipment such as switches and routers. INPT-1600GE ships with a brand-new Interconnect Test System software (ITS), delivering a holistic solution that organizes, stores, and uses data intelligently to automate interconnect validation in high-speed Ethernet networks and AI data centers. The ITS is an innovative browser-based software application that includes a robust, fast graphical user interface (GUI). The software runs directly on the Interconnect and Network Performance Tester 1600GE hardware platforms, or on a client network. ITS software offers an Interconnect Library (IL) that introduces a new way to organize, retrieve, and use interconnect data, including Common Management Interface Specification (CMIS) data.

Judge’s comment: “Well-positioned product for immediate sales from a respected vendor.”