Multi-port RFC2544/EtherSAM loopback appliance

Sat Sep 27 02:25:57 UTC 2014

Many ethernet termination devices will support most of the features it sounds like you are looking for. No clue what price range you consider but these may work for you.

Been a couple years since I played with the EtherSAM, but I think it supports two different testing options. One where the far end is on the same subnet and one which uses L3/IP. If you are on the same LAN segment, then pretty much any switch which supports loopback should work I think. Else, devices such as the Adva FSP150 or Juniper ACX or MX (probably a bit of overkill but very multi-purpose), or several different Ciena platforms come to mind.

On Sep 26, 2014, at 9:51 AM, Jason Lixfeld <jason at lixfeld.ca> wrote:

Group,

I'm looking for options and opinions on a cost effective, multi-port (6'ish port SFP/SFP+) RFC2544/EtherSAM rack appliance that can act as the remote/loopback for our field installers' portable RFC2544/EtherSAM enabled Exfo test sets.

I came across XenaNetworks XenaCompact which looks like it would fit the bill, but I'm sure there are others (save Ixia, Exfo and Fluke, which I'm pretty much excluding by default because I imagine they are likely completely out to lunch on price relative to the extremely simplified feature set we require).

Thanks in advance.