Ethernet performance tests

Mon Nov 1 18:13:58 UTC 2010

EXFO also sells the BRIX SLA verifier, which calculates RTT, packet
loss, and jitter for various applications running on top of the link
layer.

-----Original Message-----
From: Tim Jackson [mailto:jackson.tim at gmail.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2010 6:54 PM
To: Diogo Montagner
Cc: nanog at nanog.org
Subject: Re: Ethernet performance tests

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.montagner at 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
>
>