COMMUNICATIONS TEST & MEASUREMENT SOLUTIONS
EtherNID OE
Ethernet Services Demarcation Point
Key features
The growing demand for Ethernet Services is exploding
everywhere.
Carriers contending in this competitive market space are faced with several
challenges:
•
Setting a clear Demarcation Point between the Customers' and
the Carriers' Ethernet Network
•
Implementing Operations, Administration and Maintenance
(OAM), to reduce OPEX and minimize truck-roll
•
Assuring End-to-End Service Level Agreement (SLA) parameters
•
Offering Carrier-Grade Reliability
All of this while avoiding any impact on network performance and
keeping CAPEX at a minimum
The Accedian EtherNID™ OE Ethernet Demarcation Device (EDD) offers the solution to these
challenges by implementing standards-based OAM and loop-back capabilities. Providing a Per-
formance Assurance Agent™ (PAA™) allows measuring and tracking End-to-End SLA parameters
such as Latency, Jitter, Packet Loss and Availability in a continuous manner, while the service is run-
ning.
Acting as an optical port extension to Metro Access Platforms the EtherNID™ OE is the ideal vehicle
to define a clear network boundary at the customer premises of single or multi-tenant commer-
cial environments. Using the SFP form factor connector, it allows using a wide variety of optical
transceivers for different wavelengths and reaches as well as allowing the use of bi-directional fiber
modules to reduce fiber count.
Furthermore, the EtherNID™ OE's high-performance Fast-Thru™ engine minimizes intrinsic
packet-jitter and latency of the device, thus allowing the deployment of multiple units along an
End-to-End Ethernet Service Path without introducing any significant latency or jitter to the ser-
vice itself.
The EtherNID™ OE also includes Dual Monitor Ports where external test devices can be con-
nected to perform nonintrusive, in-service troubleshooting, thus offering Layer 1 to 4 visibility in
each direction independently or combined, a function that carriers are used-to with traditional
demarcation devices but lacking from current Ethernet service delivery methods. Furthermore,
intelligent wire-speed filters can be applied to selectively monitor specific traffic.
In order to track bandwidth usage of the E-Lines, the EtherNID™ OE also allows remotely accessing
Per-Flow statistics, thus providing detailed utilization metrics of the thru-traffic (e.g. per VLAN,
per EVC, per ToS, per CoS, per Ethertype, per MAC, per IP, etc.).
The EtherNID™ OE interacts seamlessly with Ethernet OAM compliant devices, supports SNMP,
comes with an embedded Web GUI and can be optionally managed via a Management VLAN.
Designed very cost effectively for volume deployment, the EtherNID™ OE unlocks the business-
case for High-Performance, manageable Metro Ethernet service delivery in the last-mile.
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www.jdsu.com
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