The Network Information Computer (NIC) is a portable test instrument for verifying and qualifying the performance of today's multi-service global communications networks. With a flexible software/firmware- based architecture, the scalable NIC Plus combines in a single platform the multitude of traditional hardware-based test sets required to install, maintain, and monitor high-speed multi-protocol networks.

The NIC is available in one of three form-factors. A small 2 slot chassis for dedicated applications, a portable 5 slot chassis for high density and multi-port use and a rack-mounted embedded chassis.

Multi-layer, multi-interface portable tester supporting SONET/SDH, OTN, Ethernet, Fibre Channel, PDH, ATM and serial interfaces.

OTN Testing

All G.709 OTN rates up to 112G with FEC generation and analysis

• OTU4, OTU3, OTU3e1/OTU3e2, OTU2f/OTU1f, OTU2e/OTU1e, OTU2, and OTU1
• OTL layer testing at 40/100G rates; unframed BERT testing for all rates
• ODU multiplexing with simultaneous generation and analysis at all levels; ODU0 and ODUflex (support is line rate dependent)
• GFP-T/GFP-F/Ethernet, Fibre Channel, SONET/SDH, PRBS and Null Client mappings (support is line rate dependent)
• Multi-Channel generation and analysis for OTU1 and OTU2
• Complete OTN overhead manipulation and analysis with byte capture, including trace and MSI bytes
• Intrusive and non-intrusive Pass Thru mode with byte and error/alarm overwrite
• Error/alarm generation with periodic burst insert and analysis
• OPU/client justification offset generation and analysis at all layers
• Service Disruption and Round Trip Delay measurements at any ODTU level

Ethernet/IP Testing

All Ethernet rates up to 103G

• 100G, 40G, OTU2e/OTU1e, 10G LAN, 10G WAN, 1G, 100M, and 10/100/1000BASE-T
• PCS layer testing at 40/100G rates; unframed BERT testing
• 32 IPv4/IPv6 test streams with independent addressing, traffic parameters, frame size (up to 16k), pattern, and rate mode (40/100G IPv4 only)
• Y.1564; RFC 2544 Throughput/Latency/Frame Loss/Back to Back Burst Performance test
  VLAN and MPLS tags up to 4 levels with QoS statistics (40/100G VLAN only)
• Per-port and per-stream results include: port utilization, counts, packet size distribution, and per stream latency and jitter statistics
• Service Disruption Measurement

SONET/SDH Testing

All SONET/SDH rates up to 40G

• STM-256/STM-64/STM-16/STM-4/STM-1/STM-0/STM-1e/STM-0e; OC-768/OC-192/OC-48/OC-12/OC-3/OC-1/EC-3/EC-1
• Serial and multi-lane 40G interfaces; STL-256.4 multi-lane logical layer testing
• SONET mappings: STS-768c, STS-192c, STS-48c, STS-12c, STS-3c, STS-1, VT-6, VT-2 and VT-1.5 (support is line rate dependent)
• SDH mappings: AU-4-256c, AU-4-64c, AU-4-16c, AU-4-4c, AU-4/C-4 and AU-4/AU-3 C-3/C-2/C-12/C-11; VCAT/LCAS (support is line rate dependent)
• PRBS, PDH/T-Carrier, and GFP-T/GFP-F/Ethernet clients; unframed BERT testing for all rates (support is line rate dependent)
• All Path Testing™ (APT) 10G and below – simultaneous testing of all HP/STS containers/SPEs
• Complete SONET/SDH Overhead and trace manipulation/analysis with byte capture
• Intrusive and non-intrusive Pass Thru mode with byte and error/alarm overwrite
• Line frequency offset generation and analysis
• Service Disruption, Round Trip Delay measurements, and APS Testing
• Performance monitoring statistics

PDH/T-Carrier Testing

• 1.5M/2M/34M/45M/139M - DS1/E1/E3/DS3/E4
• Bulk and multiplexed mapping structures; Fractional E1 and 56K/64K Fractional DS1 testing
• Drop and insert from SONET/SDH
• External Add/Drop line interface modes
• Performance monitoring per G.821, G.826, and M.2100
• Signal level and line frequency generation and analysis
• Service Disruption and Round Trip Delay measurements
• Simultaneous and independent interface testing; dual DS1/E1

Fiber Channel Testing
All Fiber Channel rates up to 11.3G

• OTU1f/OTU2f and 1/2/4/8/10G
• Unframed BERT testing for OTU1f/OTU2f, 8G, 10G
• Switch Fabric and Name Server login
• Test stream with user defined addressing, frame parameters, frame size, pattern and rate
• Error and alarm generation and analysis
• Primitive sequence generation
• RFC 2544 like Throughput/Latency/Frame Loss/Performance test
• Buffer-to-buffer credit / flow control analysis
• Per-port and per-stream results include: port utilization, counts, and per-stream latency statistics
• Service Disruption measurement for OTU1f/OTU2f, 10G

Optical Spectrum Analyzer

• Wavelength Range: C-band 1528.77 to 1562.23 nm, L-band 1568.77 to 1604.03 nm
• 50 GHz Absolute Channel Spacing; 85 C-band/L-band channels
• Maximum Input Power (all channels): 23 dBm, Single Channel: C-Band: -10 to -40 dBm/L-band:-10 to -35dBm
• Absolute Channel Power Accuracy (include PDL): ±0.7db
• Power Measurement Repeatability (for fixed polarization): ±0.1 dB
• Polarization Dependent Loss: <0.3 dB
• Absolute Wavelength Accuracy: ±60 pm
• OSNR Measurement Range: 10-25 dB (dependent on channel input power, noise floor, and filter isolation)
• OSNR Accuracy: ±1.5 dB (noise level ≥ -50 dBm, L-band noise level ≥ -45 dBm)
• Noise Floor: -60 dBm
• Power Measurement Resolution: 0.1 dB

Jitter/Wander Generation and Analysis

• OTU1 (NIC+)
• 2.5G-155M SONET/SDH (NIC+)
• PDH/T-Carrier (NIC and NIC+)

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