Communications: Ethernet Test System Doesn't Blink At 10-Gbit/s Data Rates

Aug. 9, 2004

A rugged, field-portable 10-Gbit Ethernet tester offers the tools necessary to install, commission, and troubleshoot high-speed networks. For field technicians, the CMA 5000 Multi-layer Test Platform enables network installation and commissioning by performing automated RFC testing, including Throughput, Frame Loss, and Latency at full 10-Gbit/s Ethernet line rates. The unit can also conduct bit-error-rate testing for transparent local-area network (TLAN) services. For troubleshooting, it provides global statistics, capture, and decode capability along with protocol analysis. In the lab, the system supports compliance testing by generating multiple streams of traffic along with full capture and decoding of the streams. Users can set important parameters, including—but not limited to—IP addresses, MAC addresses, and virtual local-area network (VLAN) tags.

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Dave Bursky

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Dave Bursky, the founder of New Ideas in Communications, a publication website featuring the blog column Chipnastics – the Art and Science of Chip Design. He is also president of PRN Engineering, a technical writing and market consulting company. Prior to these organizations, he spent about a dozen years as a contributing editor to Chip Design magazine. Concurrent with Chip Design, he was also the technical editorial manager at Maxim Integrated Products, and prior to Maxim, Dave spent over 35 years working as an engineer for the U.S. Army Electronics Command and an editor with Electronic Design Magazine.