SILVER50
Light. Compact. 50Gbps & Ready.
50 Gbps · 120 TB
An 11-pound benchtop recorder for 10/25GbE links — 50 Gbps sustained capture, up to 120 TB of NVMe storage, shipped in a durable carrying case.
The SILVER50, Purpose-Built for the Mission
SILVER50 is a light, compact Ethernet capture, record and replay system for SFP+ 10GbE and SFP28 25GbE links, offered at platform speeds of 20 or 50 Gbps.
Hardware timestamps resolve to 4 ns (Stratum 3 compliant), and recordings are written in PCAP or NTCAP format with an API and example C code for parsing and extraction. Enterprise NVMe storage runs from 8 TB to 120 TB, with optional TCG® Opal SSC encryption-ready drives and removable drives on request. The system is built on an Intel Xeon SoC with 4 to 16 cores, runs on 120/240 VAC at 300 W, and travels in a durable carrying case, with data offload options of four 1GbE RJ45 ports and two 10/25GbE SFP+/SFP28 ports.
Common applications
- 5G Testing
- Spectrum Monitoring
- Cybersecurity
- Lab/Test Range
- Tactical/Field
What Sets SILVER50 Apart
- 5G wireless access
- Mobile edge computing
- Core networks
- Minimized footprint - a low-cost “leave-behind” solution.
- Sustained 100% Ethernet capture, record, and playback performance.
- Real-time standard PCAP status monitoring of capture ports.
- Up to 60TB (SSDs) of local data storage.
- STIG compliant & AES256 encryption options.
- Data offload: USB 3.0 and 10GbE, 25GbE or 40GbE ports.
- Wideband digital receivers
- Radio frequency system-on-a-chip
- Digital signal processing
- Offensive computing
- Deep packet inspection
- Network capture & store
Full Technical Specs
Transcribed directly from the datasheet — grouped exactly as the datasheet presents them, nothing added or omitted.
- Storage
- Up to 120TB, NVMe Enterprise Grade Drives
- Capture & Replay Ports
- SFP+ 10GbESFP28 25GbE
- Weight
- 5kg (11 lbs)
- Size (Footprint)
- Width 33cm (13in)Height 9.6cm (4in)Depth 22.6cm (8.9in)
- Power
- 120/240 AC300 Watts
- Hardware Time Stamp
- Resolution: 4 ns, Stratum 3 compliant TCX
- Time formats: PCAP-ns/-us, UNIX 10 ns, 1 ns
- Timing/Synchronization
- OS time synchronization
- Rx Time Stamp
- Data Format
- PCAP or NTCAP format (capture/record only)
- API & example C code for data parsing and extraction
- In-Line FPGA Data Processing (Optional Features)
- Real-time FPGA in-line packet filtering
- Packet Filtering based on Layer2, Layer3, and Layer4 criteria
- Merging traffic from all ports into one stream
- Slicing at fixed or dynamic offset
- Traffic Retransmission from one port to another while capturing
- Storage Options
- High endurance Enterprise NVMe solid state drive
- Optional NVMe TCG® Opal SSC encryption-ready drives (SEDs)
- Storage capacity 8TB to 120TB
- Optional removable storage drives upon request
- CPU & Memory
- Intel Xeon SoC: 4 cores to 16 cores
- System Memory from 32GB to 256GB
- Peripherals
- Front: Power switch/LED, Reset switch, Drive LED, Network LEDs, System Status LED
- Rear: 2xUSB3.0, 1xVGA DSUB15 port (1920x1080 resolution)
- Rear: 1xGbE RJ45 dedicated for IPMI
- Data Offload Options
- 1GbE: 4 ports RJ45
- 10GbE/25GbE: 2 ports SFP+/SFP28
- Temperature & System Cooling
- Operating Temperature: 0°C to 40°C (32°F to 104°F)
- Non-Operating Temperature -40°C to 70°C (40°F ~ 158°F)
- Operating Humidity: 10~85% (non-condensing)
- 1 x 80mm, 1 x 60mm, 4 x 40mm PWM cooling fans
- Transport
- Durable Carrying Case
- Platform Speed Options
- 20Gbps, 50Gbps
- Link Options
- SFP+ (10GbE), SFP28 (25GbE)
- Storage Options
- 8TB, 15TB, 30TB, 60TB, 120TB
Every Angle of the SILVER50
Where SILVER50 Ships
5G Testing
Spectrum Monitoring
Cybersecurity
Lab/Test Range
Tactical/Field
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