Endace DAG 4.3GE, User Manual

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Endace Measurement Systems Ltd EDM01.05-01r1 DAG 4.3GE Card User Manual
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Table of Contents
1.0 PREFACE........................................................................................................................... 1
1.1 User Manual Purpose ...................................................................................................... 1
1.2 DAG 4.3GE Card Product Description ........................................................................... 2
1.3 DAG 4.3GE Card Architecture ....................................................................................... 2
1.4 DAG 4.3GE Card Extended Functions ........................................................................... 3
1.5 DAG 4.3GE Card System Requirements ........................................................................ 4
2.0 INSTALLING DAG 4.3GE CARD .................................................................................. 5
2.1 Installation of Operating System and Endace Software.................................................. 5
2.2 Insert DAG 4.3GE Card into PC..................................................................................... 5
2.3 DAG 4.3GE Card Port Connectors ................................................................................. 6
2.4 Pluggable Optical Transceivers....................................................................................... 6
3.0 SETTING OPTICAL POWER ........................................................................................ 9
3.1 Optical Power Input ........................................................................................................ 9
3.2 Splitter Losses ............................................................................................................... 10
4.0 CONFIDENCE TESTING.............................................................................................. 11
4.1 Interpreting DAG 4.3GE Card LED Status................................................................... 11
4.2 DAG 4.3GE Card LED Display Functions ................................................................... 12
4.3 Configuration in WYSYCC Style ................................................................................. 13
4.4 DAG 4.3GE Card Capture Session ............................................................................... 14
4.5 Inspect Interface Statistics............................................................................................. 15
4.6 Reporting Problems....................................................................................................... 17
5.0 RUNNING DATA CAPTURE SOFTWARE................................................................ 19
5.1 Starting Capture Session ............................................................................................... 19
5.2 High Load Performance ................................................................................................ 22
5.3 DAG 4.3GE Card Packet Transmission Capabilities.................................................... 23
5.3.1 DAG Packet Transmission...................................................................................... 23
5.3.2 Inline Forwarding.................................................................................................... 26
6.0 SYNCHRONIZING CLOCK TIME.............................................................................. 27
6.1 Configurations Tool Usage ........................................................................................... 28
6.2 Time Synchronization Configurations .......................................................................... 29
6.2.1 Single Card no Reference Time Synchronization................................................... 29
6.2.2 Two Cards no Reference Time Synchronization .................................................... 30
6.2.3 Card with Reference Time Synchronization........................................................... 31
6.3 Synchronization Connector Pin-outs............................................................................. 33
7.0 DATA FORMATS OVERVIEW.................................................................................... 35
7.1 Data Formats ................................................................................................................. 35
7.2 Timestamps ................................................................................................................... 37
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