Viavi Solutions Inc.

Jason Curry

David George Coomber

Emmanuelle Marie Josèphe Janz

Michael Sack

Seisaku Nomura

Mark Gunville

Emmanuelle Marie Josephe Janz

A pluggable transceiver receives, from a client, a first message that indicates a first source IP address as being an IP address of a client, a first destination IP address as being an IP address of the pluggable transceiver, a first source port as being a port of the client, and a first destination port as being a port of the pluggable transceiver. The pluggable transceiver updates the first message to indicate the first source IP address as being the IP address of the pluggable transceiver, the first destination IP address as being an IP address of a server, and the first destination port as being a port of the server. The pluggable transceiver sends the updated first message to the server.

Pluggable transceiver to facilitate network traffic analysis

The disclosure relates to test-capable pluggable transceivers and network systems and methods using such transceivers. A central test server generates a test request and communicates to a mediation sub-system, which uses a common management protocol to communicate with a plurality of transceivers in the network. The mediation sub-system translates the test request into sub-tests and generates sequences of test-control commands for executing by specific transceivers to configure test logic deployed within the transceivers for testing designated network services, to generate test frames, and/or to process received frames to collect test results.

Network services testing with pluggable transceivers

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Raleigh, NC, United States of America

Jason Curry