Advanced Ethernet Testing with GL’s Latest Multi-Functional High-Speed Solution

Welcome to the latest issue of GL's Newsletter! We are excited to announce the latest release of our High-Speed Ethernet and IP Test Solutions – PacketExpert™ 10GX used for testing local area and wide area networks and individual network infrastructure.

PacketExpert™ 10GX

Overview

GL’s PacketExpert™ is a multi-functional Ethernet tester that supports both electrical and optical interfaces. It can conduct a wide range of tests, including Bit Error Rate Testing, Smart Loopback Testing, RFC 2544, ITU-T Y.1564 testing to verify service level agreements, Wide Area Network Emulation, Packet Recording and Playback, Multi-stream UDP/TCP Traffic Generation, Wirespeed Ethernet Tap, and TCP Throughput Testing (RFC 6349). It supports speeds up to 10 Gbps across electrical and optical (single-mode and multi-mode) interfaces. GL also offers compatible SFPs and fiber-optic cables, providing a ready-to-use testing solution.

One PacketExpert™ 10GX device includes two 10/2.5/1 Gbps ports and two 10/100/1000 Mbps ports. All four ports support electrical and optical connections. The device is compatible with all SFP and SFP+ on the market.

The PacketExpert™ is controlled by a Windows® PC via a USB connection. The software has an easy-to-use Graphical User Interface where you can configure test parameters, start, and stop tests, view real-time graphs and statistics and export results.

GL also offers rack-mount PacketExpert™ 10GX variants. The rack-mount enclosure can house up to six PacketExpert™ 10GX devices to provide 24 GigE ports. With additional licensing, PacketExpert™ supports Python and C# Scripting capability for automation and repetitive testing.


Key Features

  • 10 Mbps, 100 Mbps (Base-T and Base-FX), 1G, 2.5G, 10G speeds
  • Electrical and Optical (SFP and SFP+) interfaces
  • Wirespeed Bit Error Rate Testing
  • RFC 2544 - Throughput, latency, frame loss, and back-to-back performance tests
  • Aggregated Ethernet network tap and filter. Can include 12 TTL triggers based on user defined packet detection
  • ITU-T Y.1564 - Test service level agreements
  • Wirespeed packet capture and playback
  • Layer wise Testing - Ethernet, Stacked VLAN (Q-in-Q), Stacked MPLS, IP, UDP
  • Smart loopback (auto layer detection) and layer-wise loopback testing
  • TCP Throughput Testing - according to the RFC 6349 standard
  • Multi stream traffic generation and analysis - send and receive multiple UDP streams and measure throughput, packet loss, delay, jitter, and packet reordering at full wirespeed
  • Generate frame sizes from 64 bytes to 16000 bytes
  • Emulate impairments such as congestion, latency, loss, jitter, and packet reordering
  • Playback previously recorded traffic with precise time stamping to emulate real world traffic

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