VIAVI TestCenter: What is the minimum firmware version required to run a specific module?

VIAVI TestCenter: What is the minimum firmware version required to run a specific module?

5.60 - 09/17/2025 • There is no new hardware on this release.   5.59 - 07/30/2025 • There is no new hardware on this release.   5.58 - 06/25/2025 • There is no new hardware on this release.   5.57 - 05/11/2025 • There is no new hardware on this release.   5.56 - 4/16/2025 • Due to a refresh in the computer board in the following modules, there are minimum STC versions needed for these modules show up in the UI.  • Please keep in mind that these 80-level part numbers have the newer M3-QC computer board and require 5.56 or above builds to be recognized in the chassis  M3-QC stands for Morph3 Quad Core • Note that this information is not indicated in the release notes 80-level Description Rev  Model Sellable 80-001110 FGA,FLEXE,YELLOWSTONE-QSFP28,100G--10GBE,12P,MORPH3-QC,ROHS A10 PX3-QSFP28-12 80-001270 FGA,NEMESIS-QSFP28,100/50/40/25/10GBE,12-PORT,MORPH3-QC,ROHS A5 * DX3-100GQ-T12 • * Module has not reached production yet, and its Rev may change. Rev will be what is listed above or higher   5.55 - 1/2025 • There is no new hardware on this release. • N11U no longer supported.   5.54 - 12/2024 • There is no new hardware on this release.   5.53 - 10/2024 • There is no new hardware on this release.   5.52 - 8/2024 • Due to a refresh in the computer board in the following modules, there are minimum STC versions needed for these modules show up in the UI.  • Please keep in mind that these 80-level part numbers have the newer M3-QC computer board and require 5.52 or above builds to be recognized in the chassis  M3-QC stands for Morph3 Quad Core • Note that this information is not indicated in the release notes 80-level Description Rev   Model Sellable   80-002541 FGA,CYCLOPS,16-PORT,QUINT SPEED,N-BASET,CM,MORPH3-QC,ROHS A * DX2-10GQ-C16 • * Module has not reached production yet, and its Rev may change. Rev will be what is listed above or higher   5.51 - 8/2024 • There is no new hardware on this release. • Not documented into 5.51 Release notes - this module below had changes made due to EOL components (has same functionality as previous 80-002766) and requires STC 5.51 or later. Supported only N4U and N12U chassis due to new CPU Thermal/Airflow Requirements. o    FX3-QSFP28-4 (80-002694)    5.50- 7/2024 • Due to a refresh in the computer board in the following modules, there are minimum STC versions needed for these modules show up in the UI.  • Please keep in mind that these 80-level part numbers have the newer M3-QC computer board and require 5.50 or above builds to be recognized in the chassis • M3-QC stands for Morph3 Quad Core • Note that this information is not indicated in the release notes   80-level Description Rev   Model Sellable    80-002591 FGA,STC,ROGUE FX2 16-PORTS,1G,SFP+,MORPH3-QC,ROHS A5 *FX2-1G-S1680-002669 FGA,MANTIS,QSFP-DD,PX3,400/200/100/50/25/10G,MORPH3-QC,ROHS A1 * PX3-QSFP-DD-8 80-002670 FGA,MANTIS,QSFP-DD,DX3,400/200/100/50/25/10G,MORPH3-QC,ROHS A * DX3-QSFP-DD-8 80-003060  FGA,STC,WRAITH SFP+ FX2 16-PORTS,10G/1G,MORPH3-QC,ROHS A6 * FX2-10G-S16 • * Module has not reached production yet, and its Rev may change. Rev will be what is listed above or higher   5.49 - 4/2024 • B3-800 Appliances: 4-port and 8-port models  • These are the key features of the appliance: • Supports EEE 802.3ck, 802.3df, and Ethernet Technical Consortium 800G BASE-R • Auto Negotiation and Link Training (AN/LT) for all supported speed modes • Speed modes capabilities: 1x800G, 2x400G, 4x200G, 2x200G, 8x100G, and 8x50G PAM4. • Extended Layer 1 pattern support: PRBS7, PRBS9, PRBS13, PRBS15, PRBS23, PRBS31, PRBS58, and SSPRQ (TX only). • Additional speed at 56GEL: 1x400G • Form Factor variants : QSFP-DD or OSFP appliances • Port variants: 4 or 8 physical ports  •   5.48 - 3/2024 • There is no new hardware on this release or any obsoleted hardware removed.   5.47 - 2/2024 •  No new hardware on this release.   5.46 - 12/2023 • There is no new hardware on this release.   5.45 - 10/2023 • There is no new hardware on this release.   5.44 - 09/24/2023 • B2-800-OSFP-8-T1S Appliance • B2-800-QD-8-T1S Appliance  • Not documented into Release notes - these two modules below had changes made due to EOL components (has same functionality as previous 80-level part number) Other than requiring 5.44 and later, it also not supported in N11U. Supported only N4U and N12U due to new CPU Thermal/Airflow Requirements. • MX2-10G-S12 (80-003136)  • MX3-QSFP28-4 (80-002688) • Some test modules are no longer supported in this VIAVI TestCenter release. See release notes. 5.43 - 08/21/2023 • N12U chassis (may or may not be affected by FAQ17890 ) • New low-current variant - Cannot be downgraded below 5.43 • • A2-400 appliance: • Support L1 service • B2-800 4-port appliance: • Support PX mode • Support L1 service • Error injection • FEC statistics 5.42 - 06/20/203 • VIAVI A2-400 Appliance • • Enable all QSPF-DD physical ports (50G default) • Support high-performance routing scale modes: PAM4 400G, PAM4 100G • Support LAG modes: 400G default and 400G ECM-scaling, 100G ECM-scaling • Support Layer 1 Performance modes, PAM4 400G, 200G speeds    5.41 - 05/03/2023 • There is no new hardware on this release 5.40 - 03/22/2023 • There is no new hardware on this release 5.39 - 01/30/2023 • VIAVI M1 Compact 2U Appliance • Layer 2–3 traffic generation and analysis with powerful network emulation and application layer protocols for emulating a wide range of device types, users, and protocols • M1-KIT-04-START - M1 4-PORT 10G/1G SFP+ AND LAYER 2-3 SW KIT • M1-KIT-06-START - M1 8-PORT 10G/1G SFP+ AND LAYER 2-3 SW KIT • M1-KIT-15-START - M1 16-PORT FX2 10/100/1000 ETHERNET SFP NIC AND HW TIMING KIT • M1-KIT-18-START - M1 8-PORT FX2 10/100/1000 SFP, 4-PORT 10/1G SFP+ TIMING KIT • M1-KIT-21-START - M1 4-PORT DX3 100/50/40/25/10G QSFP28, L2-3 & 2544 STARTER KIT • M1-KIT-23-START - M1 2-PORT DX3 100/50/40/25/10G QSFP28, 4-PORT FX2 10/1G SFP+ KIT • M1-KIT-25-START - M1 4-PORT 1G SFP NIC, 8-PORT 10G/5G/2.5G/1G/100M COPPER KIT 5.38 - 12/07/2022 • VIAVI A2 400G 2U Appliance​ • 8- and 16-port QSFP-DD platform offering PAM4 and NRZ in one platform • Support 400/200/100/50G (50G PAM4) and 200/100/50/40/25/10G (NRZ) speed modes 5.37 - 10/28/2022 • There is no new hardware on this release 5.36 - 09/29/2022 • There is no new hardware on this release 5.35 - 07/29/2022 - see also FAQ20002 • Model Number80-levelRev affectedCF-NIC-68-CF2080-002363C or higherNIC-6580-002365D or higherFX2-1G-S880-002314 or 80-002594B or higherMX2-1G-S880-002315B or higherFX2-1G-S1280-002596B or higherMX2-1G-S1280-002317B or higherFX2-1G-S1680-002593B or higherMX2-1G-S1680-002296B or higher 5.34 - 06/29/2022 • VIAVI B2 800G 4-Port QSFP-DD800 Appliance  (B2-800-QD-4-T1S)​ • Add 1x800G full support​ • Add 4x200G, 2x200G and 8x50G speeds​ • ​VIAVI B2 800G 4-Port OSFP Appliance  (B2-800-OSFP-4-T1S)​ • Available in both 4-port and 2-port variants​ • Support 1x800G, 2x400G, 4x200G, 2x200G, 8x100G, and 8x50G speeds 5.33 - 06/2/2022 • There is no new hardware on this release 5.32 - 04/29/2022 • There is no new hardware on this release 5.31 - 03/15/2022 • A1-400-QD-16 Appliance • A1 400G 16-port Appliance with QSFP-DD interface – Support PAM4: 400/200/100/50G – Support NRZ: 200/100/50/40/25/10G • Also support PFC features at 25G (NRZ) and 10G (NRZ) 5.30 -  02/01/2022 • There is no new hardware on this release 5.29 - 12/24/2021 • There is no new hardware on this release 5.28 - 12/07/2021 • There is no new hardware on this release 5.27 - 11/16/2021 • There is no new hardware on this release   5.26 - 10/06/2021 • AP-C2-KIT-11AX-1E A compact and portable 2U appliance that has IEEE 802.11ax WLAN tri-band 2.4GHz/5GHz/6GHz interface card (one Wi-Fi NIC) with VIAVI IEEE 802.3bz BASE-T 100Mbps/1Gbps/2.5Gbps/5Gbps/10Gbps Ethernet card on a copper interface. Customer can upgrade their existing AP-C2-KIT-11AX-1 appliance to AP-C2-KIT-11AX-1E appliance to extend the test coverage in 6GHz frequency band 5.25 - 09/11/2021  • Not an official release • AP-C2-KIT-11AX-1E • A compact and portable 2U appliance that has IEEE 802.11ax WLAN tri-band 2.4GHz/5GHz/6GHz interface card (one Wi-Fi NIC) with VIAVI IEEE 802.3bz BASE-T 100Mbps/1Gbps/2.5Gbps/5Gbps/10Gbps Ethernet card on a copper interface. • Customer can upgrade their existing AP-C2-KIT-11AX-1 appliance to AP-C2-KIT-11AX-1E appliance to extend the test coverage in 6GHz frequency band 5.24 - 08/11/2021 • There is no new hardware on this release 5.23 - 06/29/2021 • There is no new hardware on this release 5.22 - 05/21/2021 • There is no new hardware on this release • FlexE - 50G PAM4   5.21 - 04/22/2021 • There is no new hardware on this release   5.20 - 03/31/2021 • Wi-Fi New Hardware • VIAVI 802.11ax 6GHz Wi-Fi 6/6E C50 High Radio Count (HRC) Appliance • C50-KIT-11AX-6E • C50 4-Port 10G/5G/2.5G/1G/100M Ethernet Copper, 802.11AX Wi-Fi 6E Tri-Band NICs for 20 OFDMA/MU Clients, 2x2 MIMO, 2.4GHz/5GHz/6GHz, and HW Timing • VIAVI C50 WLAN 802.11AX Tri-Band 6GHz Wi-Fi 6/6E Appliance • C50-KIT-11AX-8 • C50 4-Port 10G/5G/2.5G/1G/100M Copper, 802.11AX Wi-Fi 6E Tri-Band Wi-Fi NICs,2.4GHZ/5GHZ/6GHz, DFS Radar Signal Emulation and Testing, and HW Timing  5.19 Release Notes - 02/20/2021 • 400G platform • Additional NRZ speeds of 200G, 25G and 10G on the following models • Test modules: PX3-400GS-T2, DX3-400GS-T2, PX3-QSFP-DD-2 and DX3-QSFP-DD-2 • Appliances: PX3-QSFP-DD-8 and DX3-QSFP-DD-8 • Note: AN/LT are not yet supported on these NRZ speeds • Extend XStream mode feature to 4x100G mode on PX3 400G appliances • VIAVI XStream Mode: 100G Enhanced Data Performance and Protocol Scale • 100G platform • PX3-QSFP28-12: Routing Scaling Enhancement for LAG • Added MR-VFD support • Added Raw Stream support • Some test modules are no longer supported in this VIAVI TestCenter release. See release notes. 5.18 - 01/22/2021 • Hardware-specific Software Features • FX2 test modules and NIC-65 in 1G mode: • Add 802.1CB Frame Replication and Elimination for Reliability (FRER) support • FX2-40G-Q5 test module • Enable latency with RFC 5481 Jitter Counter Mode • PX3/DX3 400G NRZ • Support L1 services at 2x100G mode • L1 services for PAM4 • Add Auto-tune capability • FX3/MX3 100G 2-port test module • Support Pre/Post FEC SER • PX3 12-port test module • Support PFC enhancement at 10G and 25G speed 5.17 - 12/11/2020 • There is no new hardware on this release • STC-ECM-Scaling Mode (XStream) - 400G 5.16 - 11/25/2020 • DX3-400GS-T2 • PX3-400GS-T2 • PX3-QSFP-DD (80-002534) - Note that this information about this particular 80 part number is not indicated in the release notes, we got this information directly from agile. • MX3-QSFP28-4 (80-002588, A5) 5.15 - 10/22/2020 • Due to a change last year from using MM2 to MM3 CPUs in the following modules, there are minimum STC versions needed for these modules show up in the UI.  • Please keep in mind that these 80 level part numbers have the newer MM3 and require 5.15 or above builds to be recognized in the chassis • Note that this information is not indicated in the release notes. • Number          Description Lifecycle         Phase Rev      Model Sellable               80-002543 FGA,STC,DDPL FX3 4P,100/50,QSFP28,NRZ ONLY,NEW RAMS,MM3,ROHS Production A6 FX3-QSFP28-4 80-002555 FGA,APOCALYPSE FX3 8P,25/10,SFP28,125-85,MM3,ROHS Production A4 FX3-25GD-S8 80-002556 FGA,APOCALYPSE FX3 8P,25GO,SFP28,125-85,MM3,ROHS Production A3 FX3-25GO-S8 80-002574 FGA,APOCALYPSE FX3 2P,100/50/40/25/10,QSFP28,125/85,MM3,ROHS Production A5 FX3-100GQ-T2 80-002575 FGA,APOCALYPSE FX3 2P,100/50/25,QSFP28,125/85,MM3,ROHS Production A3 FX3-100GQ-T2 80-002576 FGA,APOCALYPSE FX3 2P,100/40/10,QSFP28,125/85,MM3,ROHS Production A3 FX3-100GTL-T2 80-002577 FGA,APOCALYPSE FX3 2P,100/25,QSFP28,125/85,MM3,ROHS Production A3 FX3-100GD-T2 80-002578 FGA,APOCALYPSE FX3 2P,100G,QSFP28,125/85,MM3,ROHS Production A3 FX3-100GO-T2 80-002579 FGA,APOCALYPSE FX3 8P,25/10,QSFP28,125/85,MM3,ROHS Production A2 FX3-25GD-T2 80-002581 FGA,SLIPSTREAM FX3 2P,100/50/40/25/10,QSFP28,32/16,MM3,ROHS Production A3 FX3-100GQF32-T2 80-002582 FGA,SLIPSTREAM FX3 2P,100/50/25,QSFP28,32/16,MM3,ROHS Production A3 FX3-100GTNF32-T2 80-002583 FGA,SLIPSTREAM FX3 2P,QSFP28,32/16 ONLY,MM3,ROHS Production A3 FX3-F32O-T2 5.14 - 09/29/2020 • 400G Hardware • Release the following P/N: • PX3-400GQ-T2 (80-002539) • PX3-400GO-T2 (80-002651) • DX3-400GO-T2 (80-002652) • DX3-200GO-T2 (80-002653) • DX3-400GQ-T2 (80-002654) • DX3-400GD-T2 (80-002655) • DX3-400GDF-T2 (80-002656) • Release the following P/N. Add new speeds by purchasing the appropriate HWO speed option. • DX3-QSFP-DD-2 (need to check Agile) • PX3-QSFP-DD-2 (80-002679) • PX3/DX3-400G test modules support 8x50G AN/LT if the card supports 50G speed option. • LAG support for 100G and 50G links on 400G appliance 5.13 - 09/04/2020 • 400G Hardware • Support for 4x100G NRZ Breakouts (ACC-1067A) on VIAVI TestCenter 400G Appliances and Test Modules • MX3-QSFP28-4 (80-002588, A4, first release) 5.12 • Not an official release   5.11 - 06/30/2020 • 400G HardwareDX3-QSFP-DD-8 (80-002545) • DX3-QSFP-DD-8 (80-002552) Note: No LAG support in the 5.11 release.  Scheduled for the 5.12 release • PX3-QSFP-DD-8 (80-002552) Note: No LAG support in the 5.11 release.  Scheduled for the 5.12 release • C2 Appliance •  AP-C2-KIT-11AX-1 (802.11ax C2 Appliance) • AP-C2-EP-KIT-BM-1 • AP-C2-EP-KIT-BM-3 (C2 ENTERPRISE BENCHMARKING KIT WITH 3YR SUPPORT) • AP-C2-EP-KIT-BM-ROUTING-1 (C2 ENTERPRISE BENCHMARKING AND ROUTING KIT WITH 1YR SUPPORT) • AP-C2-EP-KIT-BM-ROUTING-3 (C2 ENTERPRISE BENCHMARKING AND ROUTING KIT WITH 3YR SUPPORT) • C50 Appliance • C50-KIT-11AX-6 (802.11ax C50 High Radion Count Appliance) 5.10 - 05/28/2020 • There is no new hardware on this release 5.09 Release Notes - 04/23/2020 • There is no new hardware on this release • Due to a change last year from using MM2 to MM3 CPUs in the following modules, there are minimum STC versions needed for these modules show up in the UI.  • Please keep in mind that these 80 level part numbers have the newer MM3 and require 5.09 or above builds to be recognized in the chassis. • Note that this information is not indicated in the release notes. • Number Description Lifecycle Phase Rev Model Sellable 80-001105 FGA,FLEXE,YELLOWSTONE-QSFP28,100/50/40/25/10G,12-P,MM3,ROHS Production A8