Spirent ST-6410 Ethernet Card
 
The Spirent ST-6410 is a unique 10 Base-T Ethernet card designed for full-duplex communications in network test environments. Operating at 10 Mbps, the ST-6410 is designed for applications requiring intensive Ethernet testing, especially in those areas where data integrity and error detection become vital. The ST-6410 is designed to capture and generate frames of up to 8,191 bytes and can handle diverse packet sizes with ease, further extending its appropriateness in performing full-duplex network testing.
 
With an RJ-48 interface, the ST-6410 integrates seamlessly with the legacy Ethernet infrastructures, making the ideal settings for 10 Mbps Ethernet networks. The ST-6410 identifies essential test functions such as CRC error detection and the identification of alignment and oversize problems, ensuring proper data integrity over the network. The ST-6410 supports error generation capabilities, enabling engineers to simulate a wide range of network conditions that can be used to carry out comprehensive testing of network performance against several operational stresses.
 
Advanced features of the ST-6410 include latency resolution down to 100 ns-critical in environments where high-resolution timing analysis is required. This ethernet card is therefore suited to test applications where the accuracy of network timing is critical. The ST-6410 integrates seamlessly with Spirent's SmartBits chassis system, extending its versatility and effectiveness within a variety of Ethernet testing and simulation applications. In addition, the ST-6410 supports wire-speed-plus traffic rates, ensuring that performance remains robust even in the most-demanding test environments.
 
The ST-6410 can capture and analyze Ethernet frames of interest within a set of predefined parameters that give them great insight into network behaviors under conditions that they have induced. The ST-6410 is also very sturdy in design, allowing testing in a standard environment and complex network setups, hence important in the development of network equipment, more so where compatibility with legacy Ethernet systems is involved. Spirent ST-6410 addresses 10 Mbps full-duplex Ethernet and is fully equipped to generate high-precision test data in respect of network quality assurance and optimization across a wide range of applications.