New PacketExpert 10GX Ethernet Tester Improves Testing Capabilities for 10 Gbps and 1 Gbps networks

Press Release Summary:

GL’s PacketExpert™ 10GX Ethernet Tester comes with multiple user-configurable TTL trigger I/O ports and combined 10Gbps/1Gbps capability. It captures packets-of-interest, generate events-driven triggers and actions, multi-stream playback and generate impairments. The unit allows up to 3 PacketExpert™ 10GX devices to be placed in a mTOP™ rack enclosure. The tester can run all 4 ports at 1-Gbps Electrical/Optical, including the 10 Gbps downshift to 1 Gbps.


Original Press Release:

Launching an All-New Ethernet Test Tool - ‘PacketExpert™ 10GX’ with Incredible Features

Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA – August 13, 2018- GL Communications Inc. a global leader in telecom test and measurement solutions, announced today its-new Ethernet Tester - PacketExpert™ 10GX, which extends testing capabilities for 10 Gbps and 1 Gbps networks. PacketExpert™ 10GX hardware unit is a more compact than its predecessor and includes multiple user-configurable TTL trigger I/O ports and combined 10Gbps/1Gbps capability. The device can run all 4 ports at 1-Gbps Electrical/Optical, including the 10 Gbps downshift to 1 Gbps.

Speaking to the press, Mr. Vijay Kulkarni CEO of the GL Communications Inc said, “the high-speed Ethernet links are widely found in the local area networks, industrial devices and applications, metropolitan area networks, wide area networks, and lately in mission critical networks. Testing network performance of high-speed Ethernet links is challenging and requires specialized test tools. The performance of Ethernet-based networks cannot be evaluated based only on the bit-error-rate (BER) and loopback testing. To quickly pinpoint and report issues, or to fully validate network performance of Ethernet / IP network, the network operators need Ethernet Testers that can capture packets-of-interest, generate events-driven triggers and actions, multi-stream playback, generate impairments, perform RFC2544 / Y.1564 / RFC6349 tests, Stacked VLAN/MPLS tests, and many others.”

He further added, “GL launched an all-new ethernet test tool PacketExpert™ 10GX which supports all the above functionalities and port capacity similar to that of previous PacketExpert™ 10G version. However, PacketExpert™ 10GX is more compact and adds 12-port user-configurable TTL trigger option as an important enhancement. Its narrow body allows up to 3 PacketExpert™ 10GX devices to be placed in a mTOP™ rack enclosure offering a higher density GigE port form factor solution.”

Mr. Kulkarni further explained the importance of TTL trigger enhancements as, “This feature is useful in detecting and timing important events propagating over communication networks, specifically mission critical networks such as VoIP ED137 ATM (Air Traffic Management networks The PacketExpert™10GX Hardware is used as a unique Packet Analyzer or Packetizer hardware capable of generating or accepting Packets and TTL triggers based on real-time packet capture, detection, and filter as necessary.” 

Important Features of PacketExpert™ 10GX

  • Two ports at 10 Gbps (Optical); These are combined 10Gbps/1Gbps ports that support 10 Gbps downshift to 1 Gbps allowing for all four ports on the device to run at 1 Gbps (Electrical/Optical)
  • Wirespeed BERT and Smart Loopback on all 4x 1 Gbps ports
  • Full support for USB 3.0 – higher USB data transfer speeds
  • Narrow body allows up to 3 PacketExpert™ 10GX devices to be placed in a mTOP™ rack enclosure offering a higher density GigE ports form factor solution; GL’s mTOP™ is a 1U rack mount enclosure, w/ Single Board Computer (SBC) and Windows® 10 64-bit
  • Optional 4 to 12 -Port SMA Jack Trigger Board (TTL Input/Output) on the back panel of the unit; 12- TTL I/O ports enhancement supports user-configurable ‘Filter to TTL’ mapping
  • Multi-functions - Wire speed BERTSmart LoopbackRFC 2544ExpertSAM™ (Y.1564)Record and PlaybackPacketBrokerIPNetSim™IPLinkSim™Multi-stream Traffic Generation and Analyzer, and ExpertTCP֭™ (RFC 6349) functionalities
  • Independent Ethernet/VLAN/MPLS/IP/UDP layer-wise testing at wirespeed
  • Playback the record files on all 4x 1 Gbps ports with onboard memory of 8 GB DDR3
  • PacketBroker - 2 SPAN (pass-through) ports and 2 DROP (Output) ports; SPAN ports can be 10Gbps/1Gbps, while DROP ports can be 1 Gbps only

About GL Communications Inc.,

GL Communications Inc is a global provider of test and measurement solutions and has over the years worked with major telecom equipment vendors, service providers, and system integrators to meet the testing requirements arising at various stages of telecom products development life cycle.

GL offers a broad set of test solutions that help perform all types of testing on networks, from initial system design, to fine-tuning, troubleshooting, live deployment, and monitoring. The products are widely used to verify and ensure 'quality and reliability' of Wireless (4G LTE, 3G, 2G), SONET/SDH, IP, TDM, and PSTN networks.

GL core product development is backed by a dedicated team of R&D experts to match evolving market and technical challenges in a most cost-effective and innovative way.

Contact:
Shelley Sharma
Phone: +1 301-670-4784
E-mail: info@gl.com 

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