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The Silicom Denmark fbC8XG Card with fbCAPTURE API is a high port density packet capture and processing PCIe device. It performs at full line rate with zero packet loss on all eight 10GE ports, with a wide variety of functions. The card’s high port density is ideal for the data capture, processing, inline applications and special purpose function of fbCAPTURE.
With the high port density, it imbues applications with unprecedented scalability by offering traffic load balancing using the Tx channels of the ports. In a simple star architecture it can load balancing across 8 additional external processing appliances, as well as via DMA to the card’s host appliance itself.
Based on powerful FPGA Hardware technology, fbC8XG is a high performance OEM hardware platform intended for 10GE interfacing. Via its dual QSFP+ slots fitted with fanout modules it exposes all eight bidirectional 10GE interfaces of the QSFP+ ports.
With its PCIe Gen3 support, it features unrivaled performance in transfers to and from host systems.
The fbC8XG is part of the fbCAPTURE family which provides a powerful and flexible Software API, as well as standard libpcap integration. Through the integration of fbCAPTURE API, applications gain support for all fbCAPTURE cards, covering Ethernet speeds from 1GE to 100GE.
fbC8XG -Capture Card:
NETWORK INTERFACE IEEE standard: IEEE 802.3 10 Gbit/s Ethernet Physical interface: 2 x QSFP+ ports Data rate: 8 x 10 Gbit/s Supported QSFP+ modules with 4x10GE fan-out:
Ethernet PHY directly embedded in FPGA for full packet control Daisy chain between multiple cards supported
HOST INTERFACE Physical bus connector: 8-lane PCIe PCIe bus type: 1-8 lane PCIe Gen1/Gen2/Gen3 PCIe compliant 64 logical channels that can be connected to DMA or egressed via physical Tx ports
ON-BOARD MEMORY 8 GB (2x4GB 64 bit DDR3)
PERFORMANCE Capture rate (card internal): Full line rate Capture rate (bursts): Full line rate Capture rate (sustained): 55 Gbps Transmission rate (inline host DMA): 40 Gbps Transmission rate (inline bypass): 68 Gbps Transmission rate (daisy chain): Full line rate
LATENCY Less than 3 μs to host memory Less than 3 μs from host memory to Tx Non-blocking sending, allowing user applications to operate independently
TIME STAMPING & SYNC Resolution = 3.2 ns Accuracy down to 20 ns Optional external synchronization via PPS Customization for PTP IEEE 1588-2008 RJ45 Master/slave time sync between multiple cards
CONFIGURATION Dual boot images with automatic fallback to fail-safe image Full firmware upgrades via supplied tools or fbCAPTURE API
ENVIRONMENT Physical dimensions: Half length, standard height PCIe: 111 x 169 mm Weight: 292g Operational power consumption: Less than 39W Operating temperature: 0 – 55°C, 30 – 130°F Operating humidity: 20 – 80% Hardware compliance: RoHS, CE Passive cooling (No on-board fan required)
ADDITIONAL BOARD SUPPORT fbCAPTURE API On-board temperature sensor Internal board multi-color status LED Link and Activity LED for each port
Datasheet
10GE Capture Cards: Silicom PB_fbC8XG Datasheet