Advance AI Fabric Validation and Workload Emulation at 1600GE

1 hour

AI workloads are driving data center networks to 1.6T Ethernet, creating new validation challenges for next-generation AI fabrics. As link speeds increase and switch radix grows, teams must ensure signal integrity over 224G lanes, understand congestion during microbursts, and model collective communication patterns that impact job completion time. Traditional testing methods often miss complex interactions, masking performance risks until late in the development cycle, or after deployment, when issues are more costly to resolve.

In this interactive webinar, you’ll gain insight into today’s AI and high-speed Ethernet market trends and growth predictions from a leading industry analyst. Learn how to validate AI network infrastructure by emulating real-world AI workloads and generating high-density traffic to model real GPU clusters.

You’ll also hear about a more unified approach that combines AI workload emulation, physical layer validation, and traffic and protocol testing into a single platform. Discover how to validate fabric performance at scale, identify issues earlier, and gain full-stack visibility from physical layer performance to RoCEv2 traffic patterns — so you can design and deploy AI infrastructure with confidence.

Key takeaways:

  • Understand validation challenges in 1600GE AI fabrics, including 224G signaling and large-scale switching.
  • Learn how to emulate real-world AI workloads, including collective communication and RoCEv2 traffic.
  • Identify congestion, microbursts, and performance bottlenecks earlier — before manufacturing and deployment.
  • Use a unified, full-stack validation approach across physical, protocol, and workload layers to reduce risk and accelerate readiness.
  • Apply practical strategies to optimize AI fabric performance and improve cluster efficiency.

Handouts

[Slides] 650 Group - AI Networking Trends and Market Growth View Download
[Slides] AresONE 1600GE View Download
[White Paper] Rethinking AI-Scale Data Center Validation View Download
[Web] End-to-End Validation for AI Data Centers View Download
[Blog] Building the AI Data Center: Why Early Validation at System Scale Matters More Than Ever View Download
[Solution Brief] Validating 1.6T Ethernet and Emulating Real AI Workloads View Download
[Data Sheet] AresONE 1600GE Validating 1.6T Networks and AI Data Centers View Download

Presenters

  • Razvan Arhip
    Product Manager, AI and Network Test Solutions, Keysight Technologies
    Razvan specializes in pre and post silicon validation solutions for AI and high speed chipset, device, and data center technologies. Passionate about improving customer experience, he has spent his 20+ year career in post-sales support, delivering architect level technical solutions, and developing next generation products with strong market adoption. He also has extensive expertise creating both virtual and hardware only test solutions—from initial design through market readiness and launch. Razvan graduated from the Polytechnic University of Bucharest with a degree in Computer Networking and Software.
  • Alan Weckel
    Co-Founder and Analyst, 650 Group
    Alan has more than 20 years of research and engineering experience in the industry. He has been quoted in CIO Today, Wall Street Journal, and Fierce Telecom for his expertise. Alan regularly delivers presentations at a wide variety of industry and finance events, including Citibank, Deutsche Bank, IEEE and Ethernet Summit. His work at previous companies including Cisco Systems, Dell’Oro Group and Raytheon provide a foundation for his deep knowledge of the industry and its supply chain.

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Webinar: Advance AI Fabric Validation and Workload Emulation at 1600GE by Keysight