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Users Manual
DataScout 10G & 10Gx
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Ethernet Testing
Overview
Service providers are actively turning up enterprise and carrier Ethernet technology as
the need for more and even more bandwidth and quality of service is desired. The
need for bandwidth and quality services has never been more important, making com-
prehensive Ethernet testing immediately at service turn-up vital to ensuring service
quality and increasing customer satisfaction.
Customer Service-Level Agreements (SLAs) dictate certain performance criteria that
must be met, with the majority documenting network availability and mean-time-to-
repair values which are easily verified. Today, Ethernet performance criteria are more
difficult to prove, and demonstrating performance availability, transmission loss, bursts,
latency and delay, link and service integrity cannot be accomplished accurately by a
PING or a volt meter.
With the DS10G-HW-ETH Ethernet test interface option installed field technicians, in-
stallers and contractors to immediately capture test results, run RFC-2544 tests and
demonstrate that the Ethernet service meets the customer SLA.
Test Interfaces
The test set has the ability to test:
1. Dual port 10000Base-X SFP+ (10GbE)
2. Dual port 1000Base-X SFP (1GbE)
3. Dual port 10/100/1000Base-T
Currently only 10GbE port A is active.