Fluke Networks Launches New Version Of Carrier Ethernet Analyser

Fluke Networks has introduced version 2.0 of its MetroScope carrier Ethernet analyser, with a newly designed ProVision test suite, the first test designed specifically for testing carrier Ethernet as a service. The MetroScope analyzer and the ProVision test process allow more thorough testing of carrier Ethernet links while minimising the time and cost involved.

“While carrier Ethernet has evolved as a service, field test technologies have not,” said Mark Mullins, carrier Ethernet marketing manager at Fluke Networks. “We designed ProVision to meet the challenge of turn up testing and troubleshooting these new, complex services. ProVision will help service providers ensure the quality of their differentiated offerings while keeping costs under control'.

By running four tests (throughput, loss, latency and jitter) in parallel, MetroScope tests circuits more thoroughly than device-based tests such as RFC 2544. The ProVision test package used by MetroScope also supports faster troubleshooting by trending of all four measurements for up to 24 hours, and displaying results for up to three streams simultaneously. This provides the technician a rapid means of seeing what has changed and where to begin troubleshooting.

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MetroScope can be paired with the low-cost LinkReflector for affordable, end-to-end testing. The LinkReflector is an IP loopback solution offering multiple use models, attached to the customer’s network, within the core network, or at a data centre. MetroScope’s portability and the LinkReflector’s flexibility allow users to quickly bring an efficient test system to each individual situation. The LinkReflector completes the MetroScope test set at a fraction of the price of competitive ‘two unit’ test systems.