The NetBlazer V2 Series adds 100G testing to its
portfolio, with a wide-range of features designed to drastically
reduce both technicians' testing time and operators' overall cost
of testing.
QUEBEC CITY, May 24, 2016 /CNW Telbec/ - EXFO Inc.
(NASDAQ: EXFO, TSX: EXF), a leading provider of portable,
multiservice field testing solutions, today announced the newest
additions to the NetBlazer family—the FTB-890 and FTB-890NGE
high-speed portable field testers. Testing traffic speeds ranging
from 64K to 100G, the FTB-890 and FTB-890NGE offer a complete suite
of testing capabilities to address the transformation of metro
networks driven by the surge in demand for high-capacity video,
voice and other services, as well as the specific testing
requirements of DCIs.
Housed in the FTB-1 Pro platform, the FTB-890 and FTB-890NGE
NetBlazer Series of modules are the industry's smallest test
solutions that offer complete support of native CFP4, QSFP+/QSFP28
and SFP+ transceiver interfaces to efficiently and cost effectively
turn-up and troubleshoot 10M-to-100G networks.
Keeping in step with EXFO's unprecedented simplicity in GUI
design and test-set configuration, these latest NetBlazer modules
are loaded with easy-to-use, intuitive test functionalities,
meaning simply that more testing is done in less time. These
capabilities include the following: iSAM—EXFO's three-step SLA
validation test based on Y.1564 and
RFC 6349; a pluggable optics validation tool to quickly identify
faulty optics (including the newest 100G pluggable transceivers:
CFP4 and QSFP28); testing of Fibre Channel rates from 1x to 16x—all
on the same test set.
All the features of the test modules, including GUI simplicity
and usability, were designed by EXFO based on the expertise gained
by being directly out in the field with technicians, learning
first-hand how operators test their networks and which features are
important to empower them to work better, faster and more
efficiently.
"Operators need to design and deploy optimized and scalable
networks. In order to maximize return on investment, the turn-up
and deployment of those networks must be fast and efficient while
expenses are kept low," said Claudio
Mazzuca, Vice-President of EXFO's Transport and Service
Assurance Division. "EXFO's newest NetBlazer modules give operators
the tools to do just that—backed and built using EXFO's deep
understanding of 100G testing in both metro networks and
DCIs."
Demonstration of the FTB-890 and FTB-890NGE high speed portable
test modules will take place at EXFO's booth (no. 323) during the
Big Communications Event, in Austin,
Texas from May 24-25,
2016.
For more information on the latest NetBlazer modules, please
visit www.exfo.com/netblazer-v2.
About EXFO
EXFO provides communications service providers (CSPs) with test
orchestration and performance intelligence solutions to ensure the
smooth deployment, maintenance and management of next-generation,
physical, virtual, fixed and mobile networks. The company has also
forged strong relationships with network equipment manufacturers
(NEMs) to develop deep expertise that migrates from the lab to the
field and beyond. EXFO's key differentiation comes from combining
intelligent, automated and cloud-based test and monitoring
solutions with real-time analytics to deliver unmatched end-to-end
visibility and assurance—from a network, services and end-user
level. EXFO is no. 1 in portable optical testing and boasts the
largest active service assurance deployment worldwide. For more
information, visit www.EXFO.com and follow us on the EXFO Blog.
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