Re: Multi-port RFC2544/EtherSAM loopback appliance

[Jerry Jones <jjones () danrj com>]

Many ethernet termination devices will support most of the features it sounds like you are looking for. No clue what 
price range you consider but these may work for you.

Been a couple years since I played with the EtherSAM, but I think it supports two different testing options. One where 
the far end is on the same subnet and one which uses L3/IP. If you are on the same LAN segment, then pretty much any 
switch which supports loopback should work I think. Else, devices such as the Adva FSP150 or Juniper ACX or MX 
(probably a bit of overkill but very multi-purpose), or several different Ciena platforms come to mind.


On Sep 26, 2014, at 9:51 AM, Jason Lixfeld <jason () lixfeld ca> wrote:

Group,

I'm looking for options and opinions on a cost effective, multi-port (6'ish port SFP/SFP+) RFC2544/EtherSAM rack 
appliance that can act as the remote/loopback for our field installers' portable RFC2544/EtherSAM enabled Exfo test 
sets.

I came across XenaNetworks XenaCompact which looks like it would fit the bill, but I'm sure there are others (save 
Ixia, Exfo and Fluke, which I'm pretty much excluding by default because I imagine they are likely completely out to 
lunch on price relative to the extremely simplified feature set we require).

Thanks in advance.