The EXFO AXS-850-1 Ethernet Test Set is a handheld platform for installation, turn-up, and maintenance of Ethernet and IP services. It combines RFC 2544 compliance testing, BERT analysis, traffic generation, and cable diagnostics into a single field-deployable unit designed for technicians and network engineers requiring rapid service validation and troubleshooting.
## Technical Specifications
**Performance Testing**
• RFC 2544 bidirectional testing: throughput, back-to-back frames, frame loss, and latency with independent per-direction results
• BERT up to Layer 4 with pattern support: PRBS 2^9-1, 2^11-1, 2^15-1, 2^20-1, 2^23-1, 2^31-1 (standard and user-configurable)
• Full-line-rate bidirectional end-to-end traffic generation and monitoring
• Packet jitter, real-time latency, throughput, sequencing, and frame loss measurement
• Multiple background streams for carrier Ethernet service testing
**Interfaces**
• Electrical: 10/100/1000Base-T Ethernet (RJ-45)
• Optical: 100/1000Base-X via SFP slot with dual or simplex LC connectors
• Compatible SFP modules: 850 nm and 1310 nm wavelengths
**Cable Testing**
• Ethernet categories: 3/Class C, 4, 5, 5e/Class D, 6e/Class E
• Continuity verification, MDI/MDIX compatibility checking
• Measurement: length, distance to fault, propagation delay, skew
**Network Diagnostics**
• IP connectivity tools: ping and traceroute
• QoS verification for metro Ethernet circuits with VLAN priority support
• Type of Service (ToS) and Differentiated Services (diffserv) configuration
## Key Features
• Quick configuration recall and storage to non-volatile USB media
• Report generation with internal storage and export via USB or network connection
• Intelligent network autodiscovery for simplified loopback testing across EXFO datacom testers
## Compatibility & Integration
The AXS-850-1 integrates with EXFO’s datacom test ecosystem through network autodiscovery and supports standard SFP optics for 850 nm and 1310 nm deployment scenarios. Configuration portability via USB memory enables rapid site-to-site testing procedures.
