Iometrix Verifies Cisco Networking Equipment with Agilent
Technologies' N2X Multiservice Tester
21st June 2004
Most Comprehensive Test of Metro Ethernet Services Conducted
to Date
CHICAGO, Supercomm, June 21, 2004 -- Agilent Technologies
Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced that Iometrix has used the
Agilent N2X multiservice infrastructure tester to verify the
functionality and performance of both E-Line and E-LAN services
delivered using a wide variety of Cisco Systems' optical,
switching and routing platforms. These tests were developed
on the basis of the Metro Ethernet Forums MEF 1 specification
and represent the most comprehensive test of metro Ethernet
services to date.
Agilent N2X's ability to create unique traffic types for
over 32,000 streams and to measure results in real time allowed
Iometrix to quickly configure and test realistic emulations
of metro Ethernet services. The six services tested were data
plane transparency, control plane transparency, VLAN transparency,
protection and restoration, performance and quality of service.
The services were tested over a realistic network testbed
constructed of:
- Cisco ONS 15454 multiservice provisioning platforms;
- Cisco 3550 routers deployed at the edge;
- Cisco OSR 7600 routers providing virtual private LAN service
(VPLS) over multiprotocol label switching (MPLS); and
- Cisco GSR12000 routers in the core network.
The Agilent N2X provides test engineers with a powerful and
easy-to-use functionality for testing multiple services while
simultaneously emulating a network infrastructure of routers,
switches and transport elements.
"Agilent N2X's great flexibility and its real-time measurement
results allowed us to quickly test each type of Ethernet service,"
said Bob Mandeville, president of Iometrix. "We were able
to build scenarios for key features of Ethernet services such
as multiplexing at the UNI, all-to-one VLAN bundling, bandwidth
profiling and Layer 2 control protocol transparency, while
validating functionality and performance with ease."
"Agilent N2X's industry-leading capability to test metro
Ethernet and IP/VPLS services has put us at the cutting edge
of services testing," said Dave Bass, vice president and general
manager of Agilent's Data Network Division. "We are proud
to work with industry leaders Iometrix and Cisco to create
new service test methods."
A copy of the Iometrix report can be found at www.iometrix.com.
More information on the Agilent N2X multiservice tester can
be found at www.agilent.com/comms/n2x.
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