EPX-280 Ethernet Network Interface Device (NID), Service Tester, Monitoring and Aggregation Tap

Ethernet probe for service verification, monitoring, demarcation, aggregation and tapping

FUNCTIONS

• Four 10/100/1000Base-T and four 100/1000Base-X ports
• 10/100/1000 Mbps line rate Ethernet stream generation
• Layer 1 to Layer 4 BER test with 8 streams per port
• IPv6 and IPv4 throughput and bandwidth performance
• ITU-T Y.1564 Service Activation Methodology (SAM)
• Independent stream configuration and measurement
• QoS analysis through VLAN/CoS and IP ToS/DSCP
• Carrier Ethernet service portfolio - PTN, PBB-TE, MPLS-TP
• Link OAM (802.3ah) discovery and loopback
• RFC2544 benchmarking suite
• Smart and remote loopback with mirroing
• Network interface device (NID) network demarcation
• In-service pass through and monitoring
• Service OAM (802.1ag) performance monitoring
• Link, Switch or Analyzer tapping
• Many-to-many port(s) aggregation
• Media converter
• Segment link (power failure switch over)
• Traffic/Stream merging and regeneration
• SNMP trap and OAM alarm events
• Link failure propagation
• 19” 1U rack mount kit
• Redundant and -48VDC power supply

PRODUCTIVITY

• On-site, on-demand testing
• Fast power-up time
• Test profiles and measurement reports
• Web based management
• Remote operation and back office (OSS) integration

INTEGRITY

• nteroperable with other Ethernet testers
• Ethernet service performance and quality assurance
• Real time packet forwarding, filtering and processing in line rate
• Minimal failover and down time
• Network monitoring tool escalation (Sniffer, Wireshark, WebSense...)