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EDM01-14 DAG 3.6D Card User Guide 

 

©2005

 

Version 10: May 2006

 

 

1.4 DAG 3.6D Card Extended Functions 

Description 

The DAG 3.6D card functionality can be extended in many ways.  

 

The functionality of the 3.6D can be extended in many ways. The user can 

develop StrongARM code to filter records, or to collect statistics.  

 

The framer is normally set up to map DS3 payloads, but other mappings 

are possible.  

 

For detailed information on device address mapping on the StrongARM 

bus, or to discuss the use of other extended features contact the Endace 

customer support team at 

[email protected]

 

 

1.5 DAG 3.6D Card System Requirements 

Description 

The DAG 3.6D card and associated data capture system minimum 

operating requirements are: 

 

 

PC, at least Pentium II 400 MHz, Intel 440BX, GX or newer chip 

set 

 

Minimum of 128 MB RAM 

 

At least two free PCI free slot with 3.3V and 5V power 

 

Software distribution free space of 30MB  

 

Endace Linux Install CD requires 6GB 

 

Operating 

system 

For convenience, a Debian 3.1 [Sarge] Linux system is included on the 

Endace Software Install CD.  Endace currently supports Windows XP, 

Windows Server 2000, Windows Server 2003, FreeBSD, RHEL 3.0, and 

Debian Linux operating systems. 

 

Different 

system 

For advice on using a system substantially different from that specified 

above, contact Endace support at 

[email protected]

 

 

Summary of Contents for DAG 3.6D

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Page 2: ...7 839 0543 support endace com www endace com Endace USA Ltd Suite 220 11495 Sunset Hill Road Reston Virginia 20190 United States of America Phone 1 703 382 0155 Fax 1 703 382 0155 support endace com...

Page 3: ...ral Communications Commission FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment This equipmen...

Page 4: ...ty 7 3 2 Interpreting DAG 3 6D Card LED Status 8 3 3 DAG 3 6D Card LED Display Functions 9 3 4 Configuration in WYSYCC style 10 3 5 DAG 3 6D Card Capture Session 10 3 6 Inspect Interface Statistics 12...

Page 5: ...EDM01 14 DAG 3 6D Card User Guide 2005 ii Version 10 May 2006...

Page 6: ...tion The purpose of this DAG Card installation guide is to describe Installation of Operating System and Endace Software Confidence Testing DAG 3 6D Card Running Data Capture Software Synchronizing Cl...

Page 7: ...fferent interfaces this manual describes the DAG 3 6D Dual DS3 T3 co axial interface Figure Figure 1 1 shows the DAG 3 6D card Figure 1 1 DAG 3 6D Card 1 3 DAG 3 6D Card Architecture Description Becau...

Page 8: ...he DAG 3 6D card major components and process flow Figure 1 2 DAG 3 6D Card Major Components and Process Flow Time stamped packet or cell records are stored in a FIFO The DAG 3 6D can demap either ADM...

Page 9: ...support endace com 1 5 DAG 3 6D Card System Requirements Description The DAG 3 6D card and associated data capture system minimum operating requirements are PC at least Pentium II 400 MHz Intel 440BX...

Page 10: ...his section This section covers the following topics of information Installation of Operating System and Endace Software Insert DAG 3 6D Card into PC DAG 3 6D Card Port Connectors 2 1 Installation of...

Page 11: ...d with screw Step 4 Power Up Computer 2 3 DAG 3 6D Card Port Connectors Description There are two metal co axial BNC connectors on the DAG 3 6D card The top co axial is Port A furthest from the PCI sl...

Page 12: ...wer is slightly out of range then an increased bit error rate will be experienced If the power is well out of range then the system will be unable to lock to the PDH frames Signal source specification...

Page 13: ...tenuator if the level is too high or an amplifier if the level is too low Splitters Passive splitters usually have their insertion losses marked on the package or in the accompanying documentation A 5...

Page 14: ...G 3 6D Card LED Display Functions Description On the DAG 3 6D series of cards LEDs 1 and 2 display when powered up When DS3 signals are applied LEDs 6 and 8 should go out LEDs 5 and 7 should come on T...

Page 15: ...not add 20dB extra gain to Rx 3 5 DAG 3 6D Card Capture Session Description The DAG 3 6D card uses the SONET PDH ATM physical layer interface device to support capturing of ATM The card supports the...

Page 16: ...ation and statistics the dagthree tool is supplied Calling dagthree without arguments lists current settings The dagthree h prints a help listing on tool usage Step 5 Check FPGA Image Loaded Before co...

Page 17: ...s configured for c bit nom23 framing mode but m23 framing is required removing or adding the no prefix will change the setting Type dag endace dagthree d dag0 m23 linkA noreset noadm m23 nohighgain no...

Page 18: ...for more than 3 ms OoF DS3 Out of Framing The DS3 Framer is not synchronized LoF PLCP Loss of Frame PLCP OoF had been asserted for more than 3 ms OoE PLCP Out of Framing The PLCP Framer is not synchr...

Page 19: ...there is no valid signal input is A LoS LoF OoF LoF OoF LCD HEC Fix Sig Syn Idle Cell 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Status bits The PLCP LoF and OoF status b...

Page 20: ...ration 3 Host PC operating system version 4 DAG software version package in use 5 Any compiler errors or warnings when building DAG driver or tools 6 For Linux and FreeBSD messages generated when DAG...

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Page 23: ...talled drv dagload tools dagld d dag0 x xilinx dag36pci erf bit xilinx dag36atm erf bit The integrity of the card s physical layer is then set and the integrity of the physical layer to both DAG cards...

Page 24: ...and packet records are lost When the PC buffer fills the message kernel dagN pbm safety net reached 0xNNNNNNNN is displayed on the PC screen and printed to log var log messages The Data capture LED a...

Page 25: ...2Mbps rates and above 128MB or more may be required per card To change the amount of memory reserved edit the file etc modules If the Endace Install CD has been used it will include this section For D...

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Page 27: ...C Accurate time reference can be obtained from an external clock by connecting to the DAG card using the synchronization connector or the host PCs clock can be used in software as a reference source w...

Page 28: ...hold health threshold in ns default 596 Option default RS422 in none out none None in none out rs422in RS422 input hostin Host input unused overin Internal input synchronize to host clock auxin Aux in...

Page 29: ...ock If a PC is running NTP to synchronize its own clock then the DUCK clock is less smooth because the PC clock is adjusted in small jumps However overall the DUCK clock does not drift away from UTC T...

Page 30: ...rrect then one card is configured as the clock master for the other Locking cards together Although the master card s clock will drift against UTC the cards are locked together The cards are locked to...

Page 31: ...77ppb Worst Phase 88424ns crystal Actual 49999354Hz Synthesized 16777216Hz input Total 87464 Bad 0 Singles Missed 0 Longest Sequence Missed 0 start Wed Apr 27 14 27 41 2005 host Thu Apr 28 14 59 14 20...

Page 32: ...ad 0 Singles Missed 1 Longest Sequence Missed 1 start Thu Apr 28 14 55 20 2005 host Thu Apr 28 14 59 06 2005 dag Thu Apr 28 14 59 06 2005 Connecting time distribution server The TDS 2 module connects...

Page 33: ...socket connector pin outs Figure 6 1 RJ45 Plug and Socket Connector Pin outs Out pin connections Normally the GPS input should be connected to the A channel input pins 3 and 6 The DAG card can also ou...

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Page 35: ...able 7 1 shows the generic variable length record The diagram is not to scale timestamp timestamp type flags rlen lctr wlen rlen 16 bytes of record Table 7 1 Generic Variable Length Record Data format...

Page 36: ...s record Records can be lost between the DAG card and memory hole due to overloading on PCI bus The counter starts at zero and sticks at 0xffff Wlen wire length Packet length including some protocol o...

Page 37: ...January 1970 The high 32 bits contain the integer number of seconds while the lower 32 bits contain the binary fraction of the second This allows an ultimate resolution of 2 32 seconds or approximatel...

Page 38: ...example code showing how a 64 bit ERF timestamp erfts can be converted into a struct timeval representation tv unsigned long long lts struct timeval tv lts erfts tv tv_sec lts 32 lts lts 0xffffffffULL...

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