Digital Lightwave NIC Plus

Model Number NICPLUS-A1E1F2P1XXXX configured for testing OC48 / OC12 / OC3 / OC1 / STS1 / DS3 / and DS1.  It also includes the OSA module for 1550nm band measurements.

Powerful & portable in a single unit

The NIC Plus is a one-stop solution for many applications.

Thanks to the variety of tests and applications it can support it can be used to support field circuit test and network turn up applications where a variety of interfaces may be needed day to day, as well as production line usage where automation support and port density is critical or lab use where remote test and in-depth analysis are a requirement.

Exactly the functionality you need

Equip the NIC Plus with the exact functionalities and protocol support you need.

Support up to 8 different physical interface protocols in a single analyzer. Need an Ethernet analyzer first thing in the morning? Now a Fibre Channel analyzer? A SONET/SDH analyzer later in the day? The NIC Plus has got you covered.

Full featured testing

Support for SDH, SONET, OTN, Ethernet, Fibre Channel, PDH, ATM, serial interface and DWDM testing capabilities.

Test next generation transport technologies such as Ethernet over OTN, Fibre Channel over OTN or Ethernet over SDH over OTN.

Support future technologies

Test tomorrows technologies as well as todays SONET/SDH, OTN, 40Gb/s, 43Gb/s, Ethernet, Fibre Channel and advanced NGN mappings.

The NIC platform is ready to support 100G/s for your 100G product and service introduction.

Ready for 100Gb/s

With five-slots available, the NIC Plus provides telecomm and datacomm testing in one chassis, capable of unmatched multi-port configurations as well as jitter and wander testing.

Remote controllable

Every NIC supports remote control as standard, supporting up to 9 remote users using a combination of the NIC remote control GUI application and VNC for control from any VNC supported device.

Multi-layer service test

Today's transport networks feature a multitude of layers and mapped protocols. The NIC fully supports multi-layer service testing allowing you to test at OTN or SONET/SDH interfaces with support for GFP/GMP mapping of Ethernet, 10 Gigabit Ethernet and Fibre Channel services and analysis of any intermediate control layers.

The key is in the detail

Your test is only as valuable as the results it produces. The NIC provides in-depth reporting including full error and alarm counts and rate display, graphing capabilities, report generation, and full event logs recording the beginning and end of every single event that is detected, whether it be a single bit error or an hour long loss of frame, not one detail is missed ensuring you can pinpoint the cause of any network issues.

More than just bit error rate testing (BERT)

NGN networks require not only bit error rate testing of a circuit but analysis at each of the layers / protocols supporting the delivered service. Use the NIC to perform service testing including Ethernet stress testing, Fibre Channel throughput, QoS testing, RFC-2544 benchmarking from lower layer protocols and analyze the mapping mechanisms that are being used in the transport of that service.

Optical Spectrum Analyzer (OSA) Module

DWDM Optical Spectrum Analyser

DWDM test features

• Support for C band, L band or C and L band.
• Aggregate power measurement
• Channel power measurement
• Centre wavelength measurement
• OSNR measurement