MetroScope™ Service Provider Assistant

General Specifications
Weight,with battery	0.86 kg (1.9 lb)
Dimensions	19.1 x 15.2 x 4.4 cm (7.5 x 6.0 x 1.75 in)
Display	LCD touch screen, 640 x 480 pixels, TFT (active) color panel, touch pad
LED indicators	6 (including power LED)
Carrying Case	Rugged carrying case with two removable pockets, camcorder strap and adjustable strand hook

 

Power
Battery	Lithium Ion 7.2V DC (nominal), 4.2Ah, removable/rechargeable
Battery life	4 hour typical, 10 hour in standby mode
External AC adapter/battery charger	AC input: 90 to 264 V ac, 48 to 62 Hz; 1.5 A
	DC output: 15 V dc, 1.2 A (isolated output)
Auto Charger	12V “cigarette lighter” charger with 6 foot (1.8 m) fully extended coiled cord and LED power indication

 

Ports
Communication and accessory ports	1 USB (supports out-of-band NIC for remote control), 1 PCMCIA/Cardbus (PC Card type II), 1 SFP cage, 1 CompactFlash (Card Type I/II), 1 DB-9 serial, headphone jack, microphone jack, Kensington lock receptacle
RJ-45 / Copper Port	RJ-45 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet
Fiber Port	Small Form-factor Pluggable (SFP) in accordance with MSA
Supported SFP Modules	1000BASE- LX, SX, ZX, BX, 100BASEFX
SFP Connector	Duplex LC

 

Environmental and safety
Operating Temperature	0° to +50°C (32° to 122°F) with up to 95% relative humidity
Battery Charging	10° to +40°C (50° to 104°F) with up to 95% relative humidity
Temperature
Storage temperature	-20° to +60°C (-4° to 140°F)
Shock and vibration	Meets requirements of MIL-PRF-28800F for Class 3 equipment
Safety	CSA Canada and United States, CE, FCC Part 15 Class A, C-TICK N10140; UL and CSA approvals for universal AC adapter. EMC Complies with EN61326, Class A, Criteria C

 

Copper media
Cable types	Unshielded twisted pair LAN cables (100 and 120 Ohm UTP)
	Foil-screened twisted pair LAN cables (100 and 120 Ohm ScTP)
Cable length	1 to 305 m (3 to 1000 ft), accuracy dependent upon the cable type selected
Length resolution	± [5% of reading + 1 m (3 ft)], with open, shorted, with wire map adapter, or terminated with reflection = 20%
Receive level	100 to 5000 mVp-p
Datalink signal	500 to 4000 mVp-p
Measuring terminated cables	The Cable Verification feature tests the individual twisted-pairs of a cable that are terminated into most equipment vendor's Ethernet ports such as on a hub, switch or NIC. All cable tests other than WireView wire map and office locator ID are operational in the presence of datalink signal.
Wiremapper/office locator compatibility	Detects combinations of shorts, opens, and connector miswires. Compatible with Fluke Networks WireView wire map adapter/office locator.
Fault tolerance	The RJ-45 Ethernet connection on the analyzer is designed to withstand a maximum of 100 volts.

 

Fiber optic power measurements
Receive Input Power, Transmit Output Power, Temperature, Voltage, TX Bias Current	Real time access to digital diagnostic monitoring of SFP operating parameters in accordance with the SFP Multi Source Agreement (MSA) and SFF-8472.

 

ProVision™ Tests
Compatible remote devices	MetroScope, LinkReflector, EtherScope, Physical Loopback, 802.3ah Devices
Test Configuration	Each test may be made up of an unlimited number of suites which run sequentially. Each suite may measure a maximum of eight streams total (including upstream and downstream) from one to four MetroScope units or a maximum of four streams (roundtrip) from one to four reflectors.
Test Duration	Each suite can run for any length of time from 1s to 24h. Suites may be run sequentially for virtually unlimited test lengths.
Tests	Throughput, Latency, Jitter, Loss/BERT, measured in parallel
Application port	User defined, per stream
Frame content	All 0s, all 1s, alternating 1s and 0s, Pseudo Random Bit Sequence (PRBS), Incrementing Byte, HFPAT, LFPAT, MFPAT, LCRPAT, SCRPAT
Frame size	48, 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024, 1280, 1518, 2024, RFC-2544 sweep, Jumbo sweep, or user-defined including baby jumbo sizes up to 2024
Rate (bps)	Up to 1000 MBps (selectable per stream)
802.1Q settings	VLAN Id, QoS with CoS and ToS , QinQ VLAN Id, priority for each individual stream or all streams. Programmable TPID, DEI, CFI and VID for all streams.
IP TOS settings	IP Precedence/TOS parameter, DiffServe Code Point
Pass/Fail Limits	Throughput (separate upstream and downstream), Latency, Jitter, Loss/BERT
Summary Display	Summary matrix of all streams and all measurements; IP/Mac addresses, VLANPriority/TOS, status,Tx and Rx rates in bps and fps, frames sent and lost, loss ratio, errored intervals; current, average, maximum latency and jitter.
Detailed Display	Individual measurements may be shown in tabular (by frame size), graphical (by frame size) or trending (by current interfal or total test duration for all frame sizes).
Frame Loss Statistics	Total, current, and maximum for: frames sent and lost, loss ratio, BER, errored intervals, severely errored intervals
Data Export	Throughput, Frames Sent/Received, Loss, Delay and Jitter test results for each stream are time stamped and saved to the CD card once per measurement interval for the duration of the test.

 

RFC 2544 Tests
Compatible remote devices	MetroScope, LinkReflector, EtherScope Layer 1 Loopback, 802.3ah Devices
RFC-2544 Compliant Tests	Throughput, Latency, Frame Loss, Back-to-Back
Additional Performance Tests	Jitter, FrameBERT
Frame content	All 0s, all 1s, alternating 1s and 0s, Pseudo Random Bit Sequence (PRBS), Incrementing Byte , HFPAT, LFPAT, MFPAT, LCRPAT, SCRPAT
Frame size	48, 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024, 1280, 1518, RFC-2544 sweep, Jumbo sweep, or user-defined including baby jumbo sizes up to 2024
Application port	User defined
Rate (bps)	Up to 1000 Mbps
802.1Q settings	VLAN Id, priority
IP TOS settings	IP Precedence/TOS parameter, DiffServe Code Point
Throughput settings	Duration, maximum rate, measurement accuracy, pass/fail limits
Latency settings	Duration, rate, iterations, pass/fail limits
Frame loss settings	Duration, rate, step size, pass/fail limits
Frame loss settings	Duration, rate, step size, pass fail
Back to Back settings	Min and Max duration, rate, iterations, pass/fail
Jitter Settings	Duration, rate, pass/fail
FrameBERT Settings	Duration, rate, pass/fail

 

Traffic generator
Traffic type	Broadcast, multicast or unicast
Frame type	Benign Ethernet, Benign LLC, NetBEUI, Benign IP, IP/ICMP Echo, IP/UDP Echo, IP/UDP Discard, IP/UDP Chargen, IP/UDP NFS, IP/UDP NetBIOS , Layer 1/2/3 BERT
Frame size	48 , 2024 bytes (48,2024)
Rate	Utilization (%): 0.1 – 100, Frames/second: 1 – 1488095
Duration	Seconds: 1 – continuous, Frames: 1 – continuous
FCS Error	Generates any frame setting with an FCS error
Background mode	May be run concurrent with all other MetroScope tests excluding ProVision and RFC 2544 tests.

 

802.3ah Client
Functions	Remote device discovery, loop-up with 1s keep-alive, loop down. May be run in background while other MS functions are active.
Display	Loopback capability of remote, OAM status OAM mode link status, maximum OAM size, remote state

 

IPTV Tests
Configuration	Multicast Group IP, Port Number, join, leave, RTSP URL, setup, play, pause, teardown
Results	IGMP Latency, Total Packets Sent, Connected Time, Received Packet Rate, RFC-4445 MDI Delay Factor and Media Loss Rate for MPEG-2 streams

 

Service Performance Tool
Category of devices tested	DHCP Servers, DNS Servers, E-mail Servers (SMTP, POP3), NT File Servers, Web Servers, WINS Servers, User-Defined Servers
Test controls	Iterations, interval
Add device by	IP address or host name (except Web Server where URL added)
DHCP Server pass/fail criteria	Ping response time, server response time
DHCP Server BOOTP parameters (optional)	Subnet mask, domain server, WINS server, NetBIOS scope, POP3 server, router/default gateway, client DNS domain, NetBIOS node type, SMTP server, web server
DNS Server pass/fail criteria	Ping response time, server response time
E-mail Server pass/fail criteria	Ping response time, SMTP SYN/ACK response time, SMTP response time, POP3 SYN/ACK response time, POP3 response time
E-mail Server operation modes	Connect only, log in only, send/receive
NT File Server pass/fail criteria	Ping response time, SYN/ACK response time, connect time
NT File Server operation modes	Server response, read, write/read/delete
Web Servers pass/fail criteria	Web Server name lookup time, ping response time, SYN/ACK response time, first reply time, receive time, receive rate
WINS Servers pass/fail criteria	Ping response time, server response time
User-Defined Servers pass/fail criteria	Ping response time, SYN/ACK response time
Results format	Tabular, graphical, xml-based report

 

Wireless LAN Adapter Option
Specification compliance	IEEE 802.11a, 11b, 11g
Certifications	FCC part 15, Telec, CTICK, ETSI, EN301893, EN60950
Interoperability	WECA Compliant
Interface	32-bit Cardbus
Outdoor operating range	Up to 515 m (1690 ft)
Indoor operating range	Up to 85 m (279 ft)
Data rate	802.11a: up to 54 Mbps, 802.11b: up to 11 Mbps, 802.11g: up to 54 Mbps
Output power	18 dBm peak power
Infrastructure mode	BSS
External antenna connector jack	Hirose MS-147

 

Wireless LAN Directional Antenna
Frequency range	2.4 – 2.5 and 4.9 - 5.9 GHz
Minimum gain	5.0 dBi in the 2.4 GHz band and 7.0 dBi in the 5 GHz band
External antenna connector plug	Hirose MS-147

 

VoIP Phone Option
Calling Modes	SIP Call Manager, Direct IP Address
Address Book	Stores complete settings for up to 99 destinations
WAV File Output	Play 1-30 times or continuous
Settings	Call Manager Registration (Username, Password, Registrar, Proxy); NAT (Server); RTP (Codec and Port); Answer Control (Auto, Wave File, Do Not Disturb);
Call Log	ASCII log of all major call events
Measured Results	Total, current, maximum and minimum for: Frames Received and Dropped, MOS, R-Factor, Latency
Trend Graphs	MOS, R-Factor, Latency Graph with user-selectable update interval of 5s, 10s, 1 min, 10 min, 1 hour

 

LinkReflector specifications
Weight	10 oz (311 grams) with batteries installed
Dimensions	5.3” h x 3.1” w x 1.3” d (13.46 cm x 7.87 cm x 3.30 cm)
Operating Temperature	10° to +40°C (50° to 104°F) with up to 95% relative humidity
Media Access	10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T (IEEE 802.3), and PoE (IEEE 802.3af)
Operating Modes	Reflect All, Reflect Targeted MAC, Reflect Targeted IP, Reflect Fluke Networks Test Traffic, Reflect Non-Broadcast, Non-Reflecting (Troubleshooting Mode)
Address Setting	Manual or DHCP

 

LinkReflector Troubleshooting Mode
Cable Tests	Pair lengths, opens, shorts, splits, crossed, straight through, and cable ID
Tone Generator	IntelliTone digital tone: [500 KHz]; analog tones: [400Hz, 1KHz]
Ping	Automatically pings default router and DNS server; can be configured to ping up to 10 additional devices.
802.1x	Discovers and gains authentication to 802.1x networks.
PoE Detection	Detects and identifies PoE type.
Port Verification	Displays make, model, address, slot, and port of the nearest LLDP device
User Interface (UI)	Display: black and white, 2” x 1” display, link LED; control: five push-buttons for selection of icons and navigation of menus; power: on/off button
Ports	Test ports: RJ45 ports (2): network test port, loop-back wire map port; Application port: mini-USB, Kensington lock receptacle
Power Source	4 AA batteries or optional Li-ion Battery Pack with AC Charger