We dispatch a technician to an end-site and perform tests either head->head with another test set, or to a loop at a far-end..
We do ITU-T Y.156sam/EtherSAM and/or RFC2544 tests depending on the customer requirements. (some customers require certain tests for x minutes) http://www.exfo.com/en/Products/Products.aspx?Id=370 ^--All of our technicians are equipped with those EXFO sets and that module. Also covers SONET/DS1/DS3 testing as well in a single easy(er) to carry set.. -- Tim On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 6:32 PM, Diogo Montagner <diogo.montag...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I am looking for performance test methodology for ethernet-based > circuits. These ethernet circuits can be: dark-fiber, l2circuit > (martini), l2vpn (kompella), vpls or ng-vpls. Sometimes, the ethernet > circuit can be a mix of these technologies, like below: > > CPE <-> metro-e <-> l2circuit <-> l2vpn <-> l2circuit <-> metro-e <-> CPE > > The goal is verify the performance end-to-end. > > I am looking for tools that can check at least the following parameters: > > - loss > - latency > - jitter > - bandwidth > - out-of-order delivery > > At this moment I have been used IPerf to achieve these results. But I > would like to check if there is some test devices that can be used in > situations like that to verify the ethernet-based circuit performance. > > The objective of these tests is to verify the signed SLAs of each > circuit before the customer start to use it. > > I checked all MEF specifications and I only find something related to > performance for Circuit Emulation over Metro-E (which is not my case). > > Appreciate your comments. > > Thanks! > ./diogo -montagner > >
