Agilent Technologies has announced an advanced network test option for its WireScope Pro cable certification tester. It supports two new software licences that enable network administrators and network solution integrators to validate and pre-qualify the quality of VoIP services and to stress test ethernet connections, all with the WireScope Pro.
Current owners of WireScope Pro, Agilent's Category 3 to 6A/Class C to EA and F LAN cabling certification tool, can upgrade the instrument by purchasing licence codes for the new functions and installing the latest firmware version.
Every tester comes equipped with a copper 10/100/1000 Mbps test port and an SFP port that supports optical Gigabit Ethernet modules. This enables VoIP testing without carrying another tool and claims a 50% reduction in the price of VoIP testing and full line rate traffic generation compared to purchasing a separate tester. This saves money and reduces the amount of gear to carry.
In addition, the company has introduced option N2640A-010 for the tester, which activates the Autodiscovery function for network stations and servers, Autotest, ping, trace route, traffic statistics and basic SNMP queries like Locate Switch Port.
Information on the software licences (licences are serial-number specific):
- Licence option N2640A-030 activates the VoIP test function. The test delivers MOS value and R-factor of SIP-based VoIP services, according to ITU-T G.107.
- Licence option N2640A-011 activates traffic generation up to gigabit line rate, suitable to stress-test ethernet links, and to validate the traffic steering capabilities of the network infrastructure.
- Both licence options require that network test option N2640A-010 be installed on the instrument.
