An indispensable tool for deployment of Storage Area Networks in Fibre Channel, ESCON, and FICON

The MTT with Fibre Channel Module is the first handheld tester to support 1, 2 and 4 gigabit Fibre Channel testing with full port logins of switch fabric. This new test set is an essential tool for service providers installing, turning up, verifying and diagnosing high-performance Storage Area Networks (SAN) in Fibre Channel, ESCON and FICON.

Highlights

• Dual Port Module
• Fibre Channel at 1.0625, 2.125 and 4.25 Gbps, ESCON at 200 Mbps
• User settable frame length (28 - 2140 bytes), test pattern, error injection
• Programmable FC-2 header
• Test from 1% to 100% bandwidth
• F_Port, N_Port, and E_Port login
• Round trip delay measurement
• Unframed and framed mode BERT
• Fibre Channel buffer-to-buffer credit management
• Bandwidth sweep and RFC2544
• Performance, frame and link statistics
• Interchangeable optics SFP for Fibre Channel
• Monitor mode
• 2x Interchangeable Optics SFP (Small GBIC) for Fibre Channel
• Loopback
• 850nm, 1310nm
• Patch cords included LC to SC (2 ea.)

This compact, field unit provides traffic generation and measurements to help verify end-to-end transport of Fibre Channel, ESCON and FICON and to determine throughput and link initialization.

The unit’s F_Port, N_Port and E_Port login with optimal buffer-to-buffer credit management enables technicians to perform Fibre Channel port login of switch fabric and manages buffer-to-buffer credits for tracking the compliance of service level agreements. In addition, BER test, roundtrip delay, bandwidth sweep and RFC2544-like automatic testing ensures accurate and quick measurement and diagnosis of SAN service performance and quality.

Unframed mode BERT results

FC-1 BERT Frame statistics

Applications

• FC guarantees a BER < 10e-12
  • Test at unframed (FC-0) and framed (FC-1) level
  • Test for 20 minutes min. error free
• Unframed
  • Use specific test patterns to stress the 8B/10B: high freq, low freq and mixed freq
  • Detect symbol, disparity and physical bit errors
• Framed
  • Use patterns: CSPAT, CJPAT, CRPAT
  • Select frame length, traffic shaping (constant or bursty traffic)
  • Load from 1% to 100% bandwidth
  • Detect bit errors, symbol, disparity and CRC errors