FTB-8130NGE Power Blazer - next-generation multiservice test module

Fully integrated multiservice test solution supporting next-generation SONET/SDH, OTN, Ethernet and Fibre Channel test functions

  • : 31.03.2017
  • : 31.03.2022

Key features

The industry’s smallest and most efficient module, ideal for mobile backhaul and packet transport network deployments
Comprehensive Fibre Channel test capabilities (1x, 2x, 4x, 10x)
OTN forward error correction (FEC) and optical channel data unit multiplex testing capabilities as per ITU-T G.709
Complete bidirectional EtherSAM (ITU-T Y.1564) test suite
ODUO and ODUflex for optical transport network (OTN), the technology of choice for transporting Ethernet traffic over the core network; OAM&P for troubleshooting and maintenance
Ability to test all channels simultaneously and real-time error/alarm monitoring to accelerate testing time and improve the efficiency of development environments
Complete Carrier Ethernet services portfolio: PBB-TE, MPLS, IPv4/IPv6 and one-way delay
True wire-speed, stateful TCP throughput test for undisputable SLA reinforcement for Ethernet services
EXFO Connect-compatible: automated asset management; data goes through the cloud and into a dynamic database

Applications

MSTP, MSPP and ROADM field installation, commissioning and service turn-up
DSn/PDH and SONET/SDH up to OC-192/STM-64
OTN (ITU-T G.709) with FEC testing and ODU multiplexing up to 10.7 Gbit/s
10/100/1000M, GigE and 10 GigE (LAN/WAN) BERT and RFC 2544 testing
1x, 2x, 4x and 10x Fibre Channel testing

Description

The choice for integrated multiservice transport testing

The responsibilities of traditional SONET/SDH telecom field installation personnel have evolved over the last few years. With the advent of packet-aware SONET/SDH add-drop multiplexers—including multiservice transport platforms (MSTPs) and new reconfigurable add-drop multiplexers (ROADMs)—technicians must not only perform traditional SONET/SDH tests, but are now also responsible for verifying packet-based services such as Ethernet, 10 Gigabit Ethernet and Fibre Channel running over the same network elements.

This has resulted in a growing need for multitechnology test solutions to support the deployment, operation and maintenance of these multiservice platforms and the corresponding data-aware SONET/SDH networks.

EXFO’s FTB-8130NGE (10/11.3 Gbit/s) Power Blazer test module has been designed to specifically address such field commissioning and maintenance requirements, providing SONET/SDH, Ethernet and Fibre Channel test functions in the industry’s smallest and most efficient module, and setting a new standard for multiservice field testing.

Scalable, high-performance SONET and SDH testing

SONET/SDH service turn-up and troubleshooting

The FTB-8130NGE Power Blazer module offers a wide range of SONET/SDH test functions ranging from simple bit-error-rate (BER) testing to advanced characterization and troubleshooting procedures. These functions include:

  • Mixed and bulk payload generation and analysis from 64 kbit/s to 10 Gbit/s
  • High-order mappings: STS-1/3c/12c/48c/192c and AU-3/AU-4/AU-4-4c/16c/64c
  • Low-order mappings: VT1.5/2/6, TU-11/12/2/3
  • Unframed optical signal testing at 10 Gbit/s rate
  • Section/RS, Line/MS, high-order (HO) and low-order (LO) path overhead manipulation and monitoring
  • Section/RS, Line/MS, high-order and low-order path alarm/error generation and monitoring
  • High-order and low-order pointer generation and monitoring
  • K1/K2 OH byte capture
  • Tandem connection monitoring
  • Performance monitoring: G.821, G.826, G.828, G.829, M.2100, M.2101
  • Frequency analysis and power measurement
  • Payload block and replace
  • Frequency offset generation
  • DS1 loopcodes and NI/CSU loopback emulation
  • Automatic protection switching (APS) and service disruption time (SDT) measurements
  • Multichannel SDT measurements and real-time error/alarm monitoring for all STS-1/AU-4 channels
  • Round-trip delay measurements
  • DS1/DS3 auto detection of line-code framing and test pattern
  • Dual DS1/DS3 receiver testing
  • Independent transmitter and receiver testing
  • Through mode analysis
  • Intrusive Through mode
  • Programmable error/alarm injection
  • DS1 FDL
  • Fractional T1/E1 testing
  • DS3 FEAC

Optical transport network testing

OTN as per ITU-T G.709 has recently introduced two new concepts: ODUO and ODUflex. ODUO is a new virtual container of 1.25 Gbit/s bandwidth specifically defined for efficiently mapping Gigabit Ethernet services over OTN. As for ODUflex, it is the most efficient sub-wavelength bandwidth management capability for transport line rates of 10 Gbit/s, 40 Gbit/s and upcoming 100 Gbit/s. ODUflex allows providers to interconnect routers in ways that enable efficient bandwidth growth in steps of 1.25 Gbit/s, eliminating the need to allocate a full fixed-rate ODU container to each connection, and allowing service providers to transport efficiently and seamlessly across lower-cost optical infrastructures.