Core
Technologies
Newsletter
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February
2010
Special Edition: New Low Cost, High Performance, Ethernet Testers |
Core is pleased to announce the
immediate availability of two new 10/100Mb, 1GbE, & 10GbE Ethernet
testers for both the Lab and Field
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New
high
density
rack
mount
testers
from
Xena
Networks
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Portable
battery
operated
testers
from
Bluelight
Technologies
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Bay
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Bluelight
Chassis |
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Xena Launches New Line of
Ethernet Testers
Xena Bay for high port
density - Xena Compact for
portability
Interface modules currently available:
10/100/1000Mbps Ethernet - 6 ports copper and electrical
10GbE - 2 ports copper and electrical (XFP, SFP+, CX4)
2x40GbE and 100GbE coming very soon!!!
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XenaBay
High-Density Ethernet
Test Platform |
The
XenaBay is a 12-slot chassis-based platform designed for high port
count, wire-speed Ethernet test applications.
The
4U chassis supports as many as 72 x GbE ports or 24 x 10GbE ports with
the same suite of optical and electrical interfaces supported on our
XenaCompact single slot chassis
XenaCompact
Transportable Ethernet
Test Platform
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The XenaCompact is a
one-rack unit (1-RU) transportable tester supporting a complete suite
of copper and optical Gigabit Ethernet and 10 Gigabit Ethernet
interfaces. This compact wire-speed tester can be configured with
either 6 x GbE ports or 2 x 10GbE ports.Priced Under $10K per
10GbE port or 6 x 1GbE ports
Xena is launching this
discount pricing programme in recognition of the need within the
R&E/NREN community for wire-speed Ethernet test solutions that are
affordable and full-featured yet flexible and easy to use. The
programme is scheduled to run through the end of April 2010.
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Welcome
to
Core
Tech's
Test
Equipment
Newsletter
Contents
Now
shipping
high
density
lab
and
field
portable
testers
for
Ethernet,
SONET/SDH,
PDH,
OTN,
and Fibre Channel
Xena
Launches
1GbE
and
10GbE
test
sets
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High
Density,
High
Performance,
Low
Price
Bluelight
Technologies
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releases
portable
1GbE/10GbE
Ethernet
Test
and
SONET/SDH
testing
up
to
10Gbps
Xena
Targets
April
2010
for
low cost 40
and
100GbE test system - customers interested in beta program should
contact us nowcoming in
April 2010
Net-O2
and
Xena
announce
the
release
of
industry's first field-test version of
Ethernet MEF9 and MEF14 Conformance Test Suites
Network
Instruments
Upgrades
Gigastor
1G
and
10G
Ethernet protocol & forensic network
analysis & trouble-shooting tool - 288TB storage
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Other
New
Ethernet
Test
Products from Core Technologies!
- Ethernet simulators for delay, jitter, and many other impairments
- Ethernet 1G/10G media converters and taps
- load balancing and device sharing solutions
- Protocol and Forensic Analysis
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Whats
new
in
Wireless
Testing?
-LTE Drive Test
-3G/4G Indoor Testing
-Post processing & analysis
-Portable anaysis and probes
-LTE Simulation and Analysis
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What's
new
in
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Portable
Field Test sets for Ethernet (up to 10GbE) SONET/SDH (up to 10Gbps),
OTN/FEC rates,
PDH (T1/T3/E1/E3/E4) & Fibre Channel (up to 10x) |
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BlueScope is a
compact,
portable, easy-to-use Ethernet and multi-service tester with powerful
and versatile
features that enable users to perform demanding IP network test and
measurements. Bluscope offers many different models with a
mixture of different interfaces types and quantities to meet many
different application and testing needs.
JUST
ANNOUNCED
- BL6000A for Ethernet,
SONET/SDH, OTN, and PDH testing at rates up to 10Gbs -
Bluelight
is
now
accepting
orders
for
the
NEW
Bluescope BL6000A - it is the
industry’s smallest handheld solution for testing OTN, SDH/SONET, PDH,
Ethernet, and Fibre-Channel
Ethernet
Features and Capabilities
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SONET/SDH, OTN,
and PDH Features
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•Graphical color touch-screen display,
keypad, and remote GUI - User friendly
• Supports multi-physical ports such as 10GbE (XFP), fiber 1000
BASESX/LX/ZX, 100FX, and copper 10/100/1000 BASE-T all on one platform.
Dual port available
• Multi-stream traffic
generation and analysis incl. layer
1/2/3/4 and customized packets
• Statistics measurements - utilization,
VLAN, flow control frames, uni/multi/broadcasts, under 64 Byte
frame, Jumbo frame etc.
• Packet analysis such as
(RTD), Packet Arrival Interval (PAI), Checksum/sequence/duplication
errors, and packet loss
• Ethernet and IP advanced tests such as ARP, Ping, Trace Route, DHCP,
and DNS.
• Built-in packet capture &
analysis
• TDR to detect and identify
cable faults,
measure cable length, identify irregular impedance on metallic twisted
pair cable
• loopback testing at layer 2
(MAC), layer 3 (IP) and layer 4 (TCP/UDP)
• IP application test such as Ping, ARP,
Trace Route, DNS, and DHCP.
• Full RFC2544 network benchmark testing
plus added Packet jitter test
• VLAN scan on ports, VLAN id
and Q-in-Q up to stacking 3 VLANs.
• Packet flooding : Flood any
field in the
packet (e.g., ip address, vlan, port, user)
• Configurable QoS (CoS, TOS, and DSCP)
• Optical power measurement.
• Fast and effective screen capture
• Optional troubleshooting of IPTV,
VoIP, and WLAN services
• Upgradable software via USB or FTP.
• File Manager - copy results, log files, screen capture and packet
capture files to USB card.
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SDH(SONET) testing : all rates up to 10G
STM1/4/16/64 = OC-3/12/48/192
• High-order and Low-order mappings, path overhead manipulation and
monitoring, path alarm/error generation and monitoring, and pointer
generation and monitoring
• Unframed mode at all of protocol rates
• Frequency offset generation
• Round-trip delay measurements
• Through mode analysis and Intrusive mode
• Frequency analysis and power measurement
• APS and service disruption measurements
• Programmable error/alarm injection
• Tandem connection monitoring
• Performance monitoring: G.821, G.826,
G.828, G.829, M.2100, M.2101
• Reference clock out SDH : 622M(STM-64) or 155M(STM-16 and below)
OTN : 669M(OTU-2) or 167M(OTU-1)
• BITS Clock for Tx reference clock source
: T1/E1/1.544Mhz/2.048Mhz
OTN Features
• OTN Testing : OTU1 (2.7 Gbit/s) and
OTU2 (10.7 Gbit/s) bit rates
• Over-clocked OTU2 rates: OTU1e
(11.0491 Gbit/s) and OTU2e (11.0957
Gbit/s)- Optional
• Synchronous mapping of SONET/SDH
signals within OTN as well as synchronous and asynchronous demapping
• OTU, ODU (including ODU TCM), OPU
layer alarms/errors generation and analysis. trace messages. amd
overhead manipulation
and monitoring
• Mux/demux of ODU1/ODU2 testing
PDH rate support
• PDH testing : E1, E3, E4, T1(DS1), T3(DS3)
Fibre Channel rate support
•1G/2G/4G/10G Fibre Channel SAN support
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Many
different Bluescope models to choose from
- BL200A
- 1 Copper 10/100/1000 baseT port, and 1 optical 1G port (with 100FX)
- BL400A
- 2 Copper 10/100/1000 baseT ports, and 2 optical 1G ports (with 100FX)
- BL1000A
- 1 Optical 10G Base SX/LX/ZX XFP port
- BL1400A
- 1 Optical 10G port, and 2 10/100/1000Mbps copper and 2 optical 1G
ports
- BL2000A
- 2 Optical 10G Base SX/LX/ZX XFP ports
- BL6000A
- 1 Optical 10G port (SONET/SDH, Ethernet, or FC), 1 10/100/1000M
copper ethernet port, and 1 SFP based optical port (Ethernet, SONET/SDH
to 2.5G, or FC, or all) - Supports SONET/SDH, OTN, PDH, and Fibre
Channel - can be purchased as a SONET/SDH or Ethernet only tester, or
combined to do all of the above
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Xena Networks to Ship with Reflex Photonics
40Gb & 100Gb CFP Transceiver Modules |
Xena is pleased to
announce that our 40Gb and 100Gb Ethernet test platforms will support
and ship with 40Gb and 100Gb Ethernet CFP transceiver modules from
Reflex Photonics. Xena also plans to support a number of CFP
transceiver modules from other manufacturers and will announce these as
samples are made available for early product testing.
CF-X12-C11901-01
100G Ethernet CFP
Transceiver Module
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CF-X08-C11901-01
Dual 40G Ethernet CFP
Transceiver Module
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The Reflex Photonics 40Gb
and 100Gb CFP transceiver modules (shown above) will be one of the
interface options available to customers ordering XenaCompact and
XenaBay platforms.
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In April 2010, Xena Networks will begin
beta testing its low cost wire speed 40Gb/100Gb Ethernet test
platform with network equipment manufacturers and network service
providers in North America and Europe
The C1-M1CFP is a member of Xena’s XenaCompact product series with a
feature set identical to and compatible with the features found on our
10 Gbps and 10/100/1000M Ethernet XenaCompact test port interfaces.
The C1-M1CFP will initially provide framed BERT capability and PMA
(CAUI/XLAUI) test features and will host 40Gb and 100Gb Ethernet
interfaces compliant with the IEEE 802.3ba draft specification. The
platform will support a number of transceiver modules including
100Gb/40Gb CFP-MSA, 100Gb CXP and 40Gb QSFP.
The 100Gb test interface is compliant to the IEEE 802.3ba draft
specification for 100GBASE-SR10 links. The interface will be
implemented using a Reflex Photonics CFP module featuring a single MPO
(Multi-Fiber Push On) connector that is CXP interoperable.
The 40Gb test interface is compliant to the IEEE 802.3ba draft
specification for 40GBASE-SR4 links. In a similar fashion, the
interface will be implemented using a Reflex Photonics CFP module
featuring dual MPO connectors that are QSFP interoperable
Requests
to
participate
in
beta
testing
of Xena's 40GbE/100GbE test
solutions should be sent to klangan@coretechrep.com.
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Net-O2
Announces Industry’s First
Field-Test Version of MEF-9 & MEF-14
Carrier Ethernet Conformance
Tests
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Net-O2
Technologies has just announced the industry's first MEF9
and MEF 14 field testing
conformance test solutions on XenaCompact Ethernet test platform, for
verifying Carrier Ethernet services in Service Provider networks.
ATTEST-CTS MEF9 and MEF 14 are
designed to perform MEF9 and 14 tests in Field deployments using a set
of remote XenaCompact systems, as well as Lab tests using standalone
systems. This provides a significant step forward from current
solutions that do not support the capability to perform these tests at
geographically separate locations.
Service Providers can use ATTEST
MEF9 and MEF14 conformance test suites to ensure that the Ethernet
services they offer to their Enterprise customers meet the SLAs.
Network equipment manufacturers can use these test suites to assure
that their products can be used in the Metro Ethernet Network (MEN) for
seamless access to Ethernet Services.
The Xena and Net-O2 Protocol
Conformance & Functional Verification Testing Solution
Xena Networks and Net-O2 Technologies
have worked together to create an innovative Ethernet test platform
that combines Xena’s high performance, wire-speed Ethernet test
hardware with Net-O2’s broad portfolio of IP & Ethernet functional
and conformance test suites.
The Xena Net-O2 joint solution represents a new approach to Ethernet
testing in the completeness of available features and the simplicity of
implementation and ease of use.
The joint
solution is an open, scaleable, low cost and highly customizeable test
platform that enables equipment and network test engineers to select
(and pay for) only the Ethernet test capabilities needed, and conduct
Ethernet OAM testing in a transportable form factor.
For more information on the Xena and Net-O2 joint solution, click
here
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Full Duplex, Line-Rate
Gigabit and 10 Gb Monitoring and Analysis
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The
GigaStor network recorder provides massive data collection and unique
time-based analysis that eliminate the need to recreate problems,
rapidly decreasing resolution
Storing up to 288 TB of
network data for days, weeks, or months, our network recorder
eliminates finger-pointing between network and application teams by
providing proof of what occurred. Use GigaStor to navigate to the exact
moment a problem happened, and see a detailed packet-level view of
before, during, and after the occurrence. Monitor LAN, WAN, Ethernet, Gigabit, 10 Gb,
OC, and Fibre Channel networks.
Use GigaStor's unique
time-based navigation and comprehensive expert analysis to quickly
drill down from high-level issues to perform root-cause analysis. From
an enterprise-wide view, you can track bandwidth utilization, network
Top Talkers, application metrics, NetFlow data, and even VoIP quality
statistics. Then use expert analysis to isolate the problem cause and
find potential resolutions.
High-End
Monitoring
and
Troubleshooting
On
the
Go
Depend on the GigaStor
Portable for troubleshooting network and application problems wherever
they occur. GigaStor Portable ends the hours of problem resolution and
finger-pointing by providing engineers with a detailed packet-level
view of the network before, during, and after problems occur.
- Capture days worth of
packet-level data
- Isolate network issues
quickly
- Reconstruct data streams
- Available for all common
network topologies including Gigabit, 10 Gb, WAN, OC, and Fibre
Channel. Includes either 2 TB or 4 TB of total storage
For more information,
please contact your local Core Technologies Rep, or the main office
below
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