Re: Ethernet performance tests

[Tim Jackson <jackson.tim () gmail com>]

Each KM does not ad 4.9ms......

More like ~1msec per 100km...

1/4/msec usually per OEO conversion (depends on the box)...

--
Tim

On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 9:31 PM, Mike Mainer <mmainer () tekinside com> wrote:
> Exfo, JDSU, Fluke all offer hand held test sets that can run a rfc2544
> (http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2544.txt) test.  Do you own the path between cpe
> <-> cpe?  Remeber that for each km of fiber distance add about 4.9ms (one
> way) of latency.  Do basline tests on your cpe gear so you know what you are
> working with from the being.  Different tests at different speeds/cpe hand
> off (1Gig fiber, 10Gig fiber, Copper @ 10/100/1000) so that all varations
> are captured.
>
> Did this at a pervious company, had to test everything in everything
> deployable state.
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 6:54 PM, Tim Jackson <jackson.tim () gmail com> wrote:
> > 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 () 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
>
>
>
> --
> -Mike Mainer