GL Communications Inc. has announced its latest next-generation Ethernet/IP tester, the PacketExpert 10G, which supports comprehensive testing of 10G Ethernet/IP networks.
Jagdish Vadalia, a senior manager for product development at the company, said, “GL’s PacketExpert 10G provides comprehensive testing of 10-Gb/s Ethernet/IP networks. It has two 10-Gb/s optical ports and two 10/100/1000-Mb/s electrical/optical ports capable of bit error rate testing (BERT), smart loopback, RFC 2544, wirespeed record and playback, IP link simulation and impairment emulation (IPLinkSim), and Y.1564 (ExpertSAM) test functionalities.
“These tests are supported on each port independently for wirespeed Ethernet/VLAN/MPLS/IP/UDP testing. BERT is implemented for all layers. RFC 2544/Y.1564 is applicable for Layers 2, 2.5, and 3, and loopback is applicable for Layers 2, 3, and 4.”
He added, “PacketExpert 10G provides an easy-to-use and intuitive GUI that provides easy access to all the above mentioned functionalities such as BERT, loopback, RFC 2544, record and playback, IPLinkSim, and ExpertSAM. Also provided is a command line interface (CLI), which allows the users to access all the aforementioned functionalities remotely using a TCL or Python client and MAPS CLI Server.
“GL also offers touchscreen handheld PacketExpert 10G version of 10G Ethernet/IP Tester with a tablet PC mounted on PacketExpert 10G. This handheld tester is suitable for field testing.
“With the capability to generate/receive traffic with stacked VLAN (Q-in-Q) and stacked MPLS, PacketExpert 10G finds use in testing a wide range of networks—that is, testing individual links/switches, testing local Ethernet/IP networks (LANs), end to end testing of wide area networks (WANs), testing core/MPLS networks, and more.
“GL’s other Ethernet/IP Tester variants includes quad-port PacketExpert and HD-PacketExpert, a higher density 12/24 GigE ports form factor solutions for testing GigE switches, routers, and network conditions.
“GL also provides software only Ethernet IP Test tool referred to as PacketCheck a general-purpose network performance analysis tool for 10-Mb/s, 100-Mb/s, and 1-Gb/s networks.”
http://www.gl.com/packetexpert-10g-optical-ethernet-tester.html
