▪ All-in-one Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, and Fibre Channel testing

▪ Throughput, latency, frame loss, and back-to-back measurements per the industry-standard RFC 2544 tests

▪ User defined thresholds for accurate SLA assurance and verification

▪ Unframed BER testing to validate error free fiber connections

▪ Ethernet BER testing at layer 1, layer 2, and layer 3, with or without VLAN and MPLS tags

▪ Fibre Channel FC-1 and FC-2 BER testing with buffer-to-buffer credit and FC-2 header configuration

▪ Multiple stream generation and analysis for QoS verification of multiple services such as triple play

▪ Q-in-Q (VLAN stacking) capability, with up to three VLAN tags

▪ MPLS stacking capability, with up to three MPLS labels

▪ IP connectivity tests: Ping, Trace Route, Echo Response, ARP Wiz

▪ Web download verification

▪ FTP download/upload verification

▪ Smart Loop mode for layer 1, layer 2, and layer 3

▪ VLAN scan feature and traffic monitor for VLAN configuration verification and top bandwidth users visibility

▪ IEEE 802.3ah OAM device discovery and loopback control support

▪ Intelligent device discovery mode; discover other MX100s on the network for quick and easy loopback control configuration

▪ Remote control capability through the ReVeal PC software

▪ Frequency range support and analysis from 4 to 1000 MHz

▪ Measure video and power level of NTSC, PAL and SECAM analog video signals

▪ Carrier to Noise (C/N) and adjacent channel measurement ratio

▪ Measurement of QAM 64/256 digital signals including deep interleaved modulation

▪ Pre and Post BER measurements of QAM carriers

▪ Fast system scan mode of the entire active channel plan

▪ Installation test procedures with location specific limits

▪ Single-channel measurements with Min/Max thresholds

▪ Modulation Error Ratio (MER) measurement to identify transmission quality degradation

▪ Constellation diagram to assess digital channel quality and indicate impairments

▪ Tilt measurements to indicate distortion over the frequency spectrum allowing technicians to apply correct equalization

▪ Forward and Reverse path ingress scan indicate the presence of noise and/or CSO/CTB interference

▪ Upstream Signal Generation capability (CX120/ CX150/E models only)

▪ DOCSIS 2.0 modem emulation (CX150 models only)

▪ Euro-DOCSIS 2.0 modem emulation (CX150E models only)

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