EXFO ETS-1000G Ethernet Analyzer

The EXFO ETS-1000G Ethernet Analyzer is a portable field instrument for turn-up, validation, and troubleshooting of Carrier Ethernet services across 10 Mbit/s to 10 Gbit/s networks. Designed for field technicians, it delivers layer-aware testing from Layer 1 to Layer 4 with native support for VLAN, MPLS, and QoS configurations. The instrument performs RFC 2544 compliance testing, bit error rate analysis, multistream traffic generation, packet jitter measurement, and OAM diagnostics to validate SLA performance and network integrity. Note: This model has been discontinued by the manufacturer.

Technical Specifications

Link Speeds: 10 Mbit/s, 100 Mbit/s, 1,000 Mbit/s, 10 Gbit/s (LAN and WAN)

RFC 2544 Testing: Throughput, back-to-back, latency, frame-loss, and asymmetrical measurement modes

Frame Sizes: RFC-defined and user-configurable (64 to 9,600 bytes)

Test Layers: Layer 1 through Layer 4, with optional VLAN and MPLS insertion

BERT/EtherBERT™: Physical, data link, network, and transport layer testing with standard and user-defined pattern sequences (CRTP, PRBS 2E11-1, PRBS 2E15-1, PRBS 2E20-1, PRBS 2E23-1, PRBS 2E29-1, PRBS 2E31-1)

Error Measurement: Bit error, bit mismatch (0 and 1 states), LSS, and LOS detection

Multistream Capability: Up to 10 independent traffic streams with per-stream throughput, frame count, and latency analysis

Stream Configuration: MAC address (source/destination), VLAN ID and priority, IP address (source/destination), TOS, DSCP, TTL, UDP port (source/destination), payload, and MPLS tag insertion

Packet Jitter: RFC 4689–compliant measurement including jitter and latency distribution analysis

OAM Support: IEEE 802.3ah testing with connection establishment, protocol statistics, and loopback control

Loopback Modes: Layer 1 through Layer 4

TCP/IP Diagnostics: TCP client, DNS lookup, ARP monitoring, MAC/VLAN/IP flooding, ping, and traceroute

Key Features

Compact, cost-effective design optimized for field deployment

Asymmetrical test result analysis for directional performance validation

Static and random frame size generation for error injection testing

Layer-agnostic configuration supporting protocol-aware traffic patterns

Typical Applications

Carrier Ethernet service validation and SLA verification

Network turn-up and commissioning

Field troubleshooting and performance analysis

Transport network diagnostics on delay-sensitive circuits

Compatibility & Integration Supports standard Ethernet interfaces at all specified link speeds with protocol flexibility across Layers 1–4.