Digital Lightwave Introduces Network Impairment Observer Software

Digital Lightwave, a provider of optical networking test equipment and technology, today announced the Network Impairment Observer software.

 

Digital Lightwave (News - Alert) is displaying the NIO software along with other network test equipment and technology at SuperComm 2009 in Chicago, Oct. 21-23.

 

Company officials said the NIO application, a key element in a Managed Test System, allows users to monitor, control and manage up to 30 Digital Lightwave Network Information Computers (NIC (News - Alert)) products including NIC 2.5G, NIC 10G, NIC NXG, NIC GigE, NIC Plus, and NIC EP.

 

Digital Lightwave’s portable NIC solutions are software-based, modular products that feature a large array of functions in a single integrated solution, including SONET/SDH/OTN rates from 51 Mbps to 43 Gbps with VCAT, LCAS and GFP, Ethernet 10/100/1000BaseT, GigE, 10GigE, 100BaseFX, Fibre Channel and PDH/T-Carrier testing, said company officials.

 

Using NIO, a single user can monitor the status of multiple NICs simultaneously, view detailed reports of alarms and errors and can set up thresholds for automatic alerts. Additionally, the solution provides a snapshot of network health in real time, allows the user to correlate alarm and error indications and enables faster troubleshooting.

 

Alarms can be filtered by user-assigned severity levels – minor, major and critical. There are user-assigned error-rate thresholds to filter errors. The user interface includes advance sorting and filtering and allows users to display exactly the information desired.

 

The NIO also features a remote graphical user interface (GUI) that can be launched by a single click for any NIC that is connected, enabling full control of any NIC product remotely.

 

With these features, NIO helps reduce downtime and cost of network maintenance, company officials said.

 

“NIO fills a need that our customers have requested for a long time,” said Mike Botham, director of Engineering at Digital Lightwave, in a statement. “Adding the capability of correlate alarms and errors in multiple locations can greatly improve the speed and accuracy of troubleshooting, resulting in significant time and money saved.”

 

The company recently announced the addition of SSA 1220 (SONET-SDH Analyzer) Module for the NIC Platform. The new module provides fully featured SONET, SDH and Optical Transport Network testing at a competitive price, officials said.