Disaster Recovery/SAN Testing
You rely on your storage-area network (SAN) or disaster-recovery solution to protect and restore your critical data─especially when it counts. Is your network up to the task?
Testing Fiber Channel in SAN networks
A variety of tests can be performed to verify a Fibre Channel network:
- Transport system/SAN extension tests
- FC-0, FC-1 or FC-2 traffic analysis
- Performance measurements
- Interconnection device verifications
- Link initialization testing
- Fabric login verifications
- Port login checks
- Addressing verifications
- End-node testing
- End-to-end performance analysis
Recommended Test Solutions
Testing Fibre Channel networks requires a solution that performs all the above tests in a portable, easy-to-use unit that can be automated through scripting.
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- The FTB-8520 Packet Blazer™ SAN Test Module can test both telecom and Fibre Channel services and lets you conduct end-to-end latency testing for:
- Fibre Channel transport networks (DWDM; SDH/SONET)
- Fibre Channel fabrics
- Fibre Channel end-nodes
- End-to-End Fibre Channel networks
- End-to-end Fibre Channel networks (starting from a SAN island, through the transport network and finishing on another SAN island)
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| The FTB-8520 Packet Blazer, along with other test modules, can be housed in one of two portable platforms: |
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- FTB-200 Compact Platform
A modular portable test set for the network technician
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- FTB-400 Universal Test System
The ultimate multiple-module platform for network experts performing optical and protocol testing
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