AUGUST 18, 2008 -- Digital Lightwave Inc. (search for Digital Lightwave) has announced the MSA 2020 Module for the NIC Platform. The new multi-service analyzer module is designed to provide a broad range of testing capability in a single module.
The MSA 2020 is available with SONET/SDH testing from 51 up to 155 Mbits/sec, 622 Mbits/sec, 2.5 Gbits/sec, or 10 Gbits/sec. Ethernet testing options are available, which include 10/100/1000Base-T (dual ports), Gigabit Ethernet (dual ports), and 10-Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) LAN/WAN interfaces. Additional license-based test options available for the MSA 2020 include OTN testing at 2.6 and 10.7 Gbits/sec, Generic Framing Procedure (GFP), 10GbE WAN, 10GbE over OTN, and ODU-1 to ODU-2 multiplexing with additional capabilities available soon. Test options can be added at the time of initial purchase or at a future time with only a license key.
"With the MSA 2020 module, the NIC Platform takes another significant step into the future," stated Tom Newhart, director of sales for the Americas. "This new module provides multiple capabilities in a single card with the flexibility to provide the features our customers need when they need them. When even more testing capabilities such as 40G and OSA are needed, the MSA 2020 can be combined with other NIC modules to provide a powerful combination in a single portable or rack-mount instrument. The NIC is the industry's best solution to obsolescence."
The MSA 2020 is available in all NIC Platform products, including the two-slot portable chassis and five-slot NIC Plus (portable) and NIC EP (rack-mount). Combined with additional NIC modules including 40/43-Gbit/sec testing, OSA, PDH/T-Carrier, and jitter/wander, the NIC can provide a custom all-in-one platform for testing today's advanced optical networks, according to the manufacturer.
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