Fluke EtherScope - Series II Network Assistant

Description

The handheld EtherScope analyzer assists network professionals with installation, validation and troubleshooting of Gigabit LANs and 802.11 wireless LANs. Install and integrate infrastructure easily by testing, verifying and fixing configuration issues during deployment. Validate network performance and service delivery by measuring key performance attributes and the availability and responsiveness of essential resources.

Diagnose LAN health with one click. Close trouble tickets fast with guided drill-downs to the root cause. Audit the performance of the network on a regular, periodic basis to identify and correct emerging issues. The EtherScope Network Assistant makes testing is so simple practically anyone can troubleshoot problems instantly.

 

Features

  • Health Audit test
    • Automated diagnosis of LAN health with one click
    • Guided troubleshooting
    • Built in reporting
    • Included with the LAN option
  • Streamlined user interface
    • Simplified set of large icons representing the most used tests (default option)
    • Faster access to key information and simplified troubleshooting
    • Included with the LAN and WLAN options
  • ProVision™ tests
    • Single-process measurement of multiple Ethernet performance metrics for 4X minimum improvement in testing time
    • Measurement of throughput, latency, litter, and loss/BERT using LAN/WAN relevant methodologies
    • Advanced asymmetric testing
    • Multi-stream testing
    • Jumbo 16kB frame support
    • Included with the ITO option
  • RFC 2544 performance test enhancements
    • Asymmetric link support in RFC2544 Loss Test
    • Support for intermediate NAT/proxy devices
    • Included with the ITO option
  • Desktop applications
    • IPTV
    • 802.3ah
    • Included with the LAN option
  • Miscellaneous enhancements
    • Improved device and network discovery
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Specifications

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 for mainframe and standard accessories

   

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.
LAN option must be enabled to activate the copper port.

Fiber Port

Small Form-factor Pluggable (SFP) in accordance with MSA.
Fiber option must be enabled to activate the fiber port.

Supported SFP Modules

1000BASE- LX, SX, ZX, BX, 100BASEFX.
Transceiver models MS-SX, MS-LX, and MS-100FX require EtherScope software version 4.0 or higher.

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

EtherScope, MetroScope, LinkRunner PRO/Duo with reflector, layer 1 loopback, 802.3ah device
Note: An EtherScope with v5 software or a LinkRunner Duo is required for 16K jumbo frame testing.

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 peer devices 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, 9000, RFC-2544 sweep, Jumbo sweep, or user-defined including jumbo sizes up to 16000

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 Performance Tests

Compatible remote devices

EtherScope, MetroScope, LinkRunner PRO/Duo with reflector, layer 1 loopback, 802.3ah device

RFC-2544 Compliant Tests

Throughput, Latency, Frame Loss, Back-to-Back

Additional Performance Tests

Loss Rate, 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

64, 128, 256, 512, 1024, 1280, 1518, 9000, RFC-2544 sweep, Jumbo sweep, or user-defined including jumbo sizes up to 16000

Application port

User defined

Rate (bps)

Up to 1000 M

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 limits

Loss Rate

Duration, rate, pall/fail limits

Jitter Settings

Duration, rate, pass/fail limits

FrameBERT Settings

Duration, rate, pass/fail limits

   

Server Response Tool

TCP Port Response

DNS Name, IP address, port name, port number, port responsiveness

TCP Trace Route

Hop Count, router name, IP address, average RTT and percentage of total RTT

   

Internetwork Throughput Option

Compatible remote device

EtherScope, MetroScope, LinkRunner PRO/Duo with reflector option, OptiView v3 Integrated Network Analyzer, OneTouch Series II

Frame content

All 0s, all 1s, alternating 1s and 0s, Pseudo Random Bit Sequence (PRBS)

Frame size

64, 128, 256, 512, 1024, 1280, 1518, sweep of all sizes

Rate (bps)

12336 to 1000 M

Duration(s)

1 to 64,800 (18hr)

Results

Frames sent, received, rate and percent loss for both upstream and downstream directions

Results format

Tabular, graphical, xml-based report

   

Traffic generator

Traffic type

Broadcast, multicast or unicast, FCS errors

Frame type

Layer 1 FLUKE, Layer 2 FLUKE, Layer 3 FLUKE, 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

Frame size

48, 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024, 1280, 1518, 9000, user defined up to 16000B

Rate

Utilization (%): >0 – 100, Frames/second: 1 – 1488095

Duration

Seconds: 1 – continuous, Frames: 1 – continuous

   

Service Performance Tool

Category of devices tested

DHCP Servers, DNS Servers, E-mail Servers (SMTP, POP3), FTP Servers, 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

FTP Server pass/fail criteria

Ping response time, SYN/ACK response time, connect time, disconnect time, delete file time, write rate, read rate

FTP Server operation modes

Server response, read, write/read/delete

NT File Server pass/fail criteria

Ping response time, SYN/ACK response time, connect time, disconnect time, delete file time, write rate, read rate

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

   

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

   

Instrument Settings

TCP/IP

DHCP, static

Management TCP/IP

DHCP, static (management using USB Ethernet adapter purchased separately)

802.1Q

LAN: S-VLAN, C-VLAN, TPID, Priority, DEI, VID

IP Type Of Service (TOS)

LAN: IP precedence, DSCP

Security

LAN: 802.1X
WLAN: 802.1X, WEP, WPA PSK, 802.11i PSK, WPA, WPA2

802.1X EAP type

TLS, GTC, MD5, MSCHAPV5, PEAP GTC, PEAP MD5, PEAP MS-CHAP-V2, PEAP TLS, TTLS PAP, TTLS CHAP, TTLS MSCHAP, TTLS MSCHAP-V2, TTLS EAP-MD5, TTLS EAP-GTC, TTLS-EAP-MSCHAP-V2, TTLS EAP-TLS, EAP FAST

Active tests

LAN: User defined tests to appear on detailed view home page and drop down navigation

SNMP

LAN: v1, v2, v3 (with SHA and MD5 authentication, DES encryption)

Ethernet

LAN: Auto-negotiation, force setting, MAC address

Instrument security

Password control for remote UI, ProVision and RFC2544 tests, SNMP settings, and 802.1X

General

Enable as remote, advanced remote NAT/Proxy settings, user preferences

Group names

WLAN: assign alias to one or more devices

Tools

LAN

Ping, trace route, trace switch route, traffic generator, web browser, telnet, SSH telnet, terminal, FTP, TFTP, xDP port reporter (CDP, LLDP), Service Performance Tool, Remove CF Card, Lock Screen, Report

WLAN

Ping, trace route, web browser, telnet, SSH telnet, terminal, FTP, TFTP, wireless throughput, report

Wireless LAN Adapter Card

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

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