Notices© Keysight Technologies 2017No part of this manual may be reproducedin any form or by any means (includingelectronic storage and retrieval or transla-tion into a foreign language) without prioragreement and written consent fromKeysight Technologies as governed byUnited States and international copyrightlaws.TrademarksPCI Express® and PCIe® are registeredtrademarks of PCI-SIG.Manual Part NumberM8040-91020EditionEdition 4.0, June 2017Printed in GermanyKeysight Technologies Deutschland GmbHHerrenberger Strasse 130,71034 Böblingen, GermanyTechnology LicensesThe hardware and/or software described inthis document are furnished under alicense and may be used or copied only inaccordance with the terms of such license.U.S. Government RightsThe Software is “commercial computersoftware,” as defined by Federal AcquisitionRegulation (“FAR”) 2.101. Pursuant to FAR12.212 and 27.405-3 and Department ofDefense FAR Supplement(“DFARS”) 227.7202, the U.S. governmentacquires commercial computer softwareunder the same terms by which the soft-ware is customarily provided to the public.Accordingly, Keysight provides the Soft-ware to U.S. government customers underits standard commercial license, which isembodied in its End User License Agree-ment (EULA), a copy of which can be foundat http://www.keysight.com/find/sweula.The license set forth in the EULA representsthe exclusive authority by which the U.S.government may use, modify, distribute, ordisclose the Software. The EULA and thelicense set forth therein, does not requireor permit, among other things, that Key-sight: (1) Furnish technical informationrelated to commercial computer softwareor commercial computer software docu-mentation that is not customarily providedto the public; or (2) Relinquish to, or other-wise provide, the government rights inexcess of these rights customarily providedto the public to use, modify, reproduce,release, perform, display, or disclose com-mercial computer software or commercialcomputer software documentation. Noadditional government requirementsbeyond those set forth in the EULA shallapply, except to the extent that thoseterms, rights, or licenses are explicitlyrequired from all providers of commercialcomputer software pursuant to the FAR andthe DFARS and are set forth specifically inwriting elsewhere in the EULA. Keysightshall be under no obligation to update,revise or otherwise modify the Software.With respect to any technical data asdefined by FAR 2.101, pursuant to FAR12.211 and 27.404.2 and DFARS 227.7102,the U.S. government acquires no greaterthan Limited Rights as defined in FAR27.401 or DFAR 227.7103-5 (c), as appli-cable in any technical data.WarrantyTHE MATERIAL CONTAINED IN THIS DOCU-MENT IS PROVIDED "AS IS," AND IS SUB-JECT TO BEING CHANGED, WITHOUTNOTICE, IN FUTURE EDITIONS. FURTHER,TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BYAPPLICABLE LAW, KEYSIGHT DISCLAIMSALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS ORIMPLIED WITH REGARD TO THIS MANUALAND ANY INFORMATION CONTAINEDHEREIN, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TOTHE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MER-CHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PAR-TICULAR PURPOSE. KEYSIGHT SHALL NOTBE LIABLE FOR ERRORS OR FOR INCIDEN-TAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES INCONNECTION WITH THE FURNISHING,USE, OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS DOCU-MENT OR ANY INFORMATION CONTAINEDHEREIN. SHOULD KEYSIGHT AND THEUSER HAVE A SEPARATE WRITTEN AGREE-MENT WITH WARRANTY TERMS COVER-ING THE MATERIAL IN THIS DOCUMENTTHAT CONFLICT WITH THESE TERMS, THEWARRANTY TERMS IN THE SEPARATEAGREEMENT WILL CONTROL.Safety NoticesCAUTIONA CAUTION notice denotes a hazard.It calls attention to an operating pro-cedure, practice, or the like that, ifnot correctly performed or adheredto, could result in damage to theproduct or loss of important data. Donot proceed beyond a CAUTIONnotice until the indicated conditionsare fully understood and met.WARNINGA WARNING notice denotes a hazard.It calls attention to an operating pro-cedure, practice, or the like that, ifnot correctly performed or adheredto, could result in personal injury ordeath. Do not proceed beyond aWARNING notice until the indicatedconditions are fully understood andmet.2 Keysight M8040A High-Performance BERT Getting Started Guide