Finisar Surveyor manual Introduction

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Introduction

Finisar is the technology leader in providing LAN and SAN analysis tools. Finisar's fully distributed, full-line-rate performance network analysis products monitor, measure, analyze, and troubleshoot 10/100/1000 Ethernet and VoIP. These products deliver unrivaled scalability, performance, accuracy and value to customers worldwide. Finisar's Surveyor software is a Windows-based (2K, NT 4.x, XP) software analyzer-plus-monitor application for 10/100/1000 Ethernet networks. Surveyor provides users with the most robust, easy to use set of network analysis and monitoring tools in a single package. Surveyor's features include full 7-layer packet decode and analysis, real-time network statistics, advanced alarm setting and actions, packet edit and slicing, multi-layer filtering, and automatic name table updating. Optional software modules provide multi-layer expert analysis, traffic generation, and the ability to monitor remote segments.

Finisar's Multi-QoS software plug-in monitors, measures, and analyzes QoS of VoIP (Voice Over IP) calls. Multi-QoS includes Telchemy’s VQMon VoIP call quality analysis engine. VQMon enables you to measure call quality from "ear-to- ear" using ITU standard passive test methods. This feature allows you to accurately predict MOS scores and confirm SLA performance. Multi-QoS reports over 20 QoS metrics (jitter, packet loss, delay, etc.) and provides Call and Channel table summaries similar to Call Detail Records (CDRs) for standard and custom VoIP protocols including H.323, SIP, and Cisco SSP and SCCP calls. Multi-QoS is one of the first products to provide both network analysis and VoIP measurement and verification for Cisco AVVID (Architecture for Voice, Video and Integrated Data). Features include call playback of G.711 codec data.

Surveyor typically interfaces with one or more of Finisar's hardware analyzer tools. Surveyor can simultaneously capture, monitor, and analyze multiple devices and analyze captured data. Surveyor monitors local network segments, and the optional Remote plug-in allows Finisar software to communicate with Finisar hardware and access Finisar products on remote segments.

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