EXFO FTB-860, User Manual

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Common Test Setup, Results, and Functions
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Test Configurator - Interface

Auto-Negotiation check box, available with 10/100/1000M Electrical
interface, should be selected if the remote connected port is also set to
Auto-Negotiation , otherwise its check box should be cleared. When
selected, the test application indicates to the remote port which
parameters to use. The
Auto-Negotiation check box is automatically
selected for 1GE Electrical interface and is not configurable.
Note:
When the Auto-Negotiation check box is selected, the port Speed ,
Duplex
, and
Flow Control
can be set. Those settings are not applied
immediately to the port, they are used only when the negotiation process is
started and take effect only when the auto-negotiation succeeds. However
current settings are applied immediately to the port when the
Auto-Negotiation check box is cleared.

Speed , available with 10/100/1000M Electrical interface, allows the
selection of the interface rate:
10M
,
100M
, or
1GE
. The
10M
speed is
not available with SyncE test application.

Duplex
is not configurable and is set to
Full Duplex
. Not available for
10GE LAN interface.

Flow Control
is not configurable and is set to
None
meaning that
Pause frames are ignored.
When the
Auto-Negotiation
check box is selected,
Cable Mode
and
Local
Clock are not available.

Cable Mode
, available with
10/100/1000M Electrical
interface, allows
to select the type of cable when Manual is selected: MDI for straight
through cable or
MDIX
for crossover cable. The detection of MDI or
MDIX cable type is done automatically by the FTB-860/880 when Auto
Detect
is selected.

Local Clock : is only available with 1GE Electrical interface and allows
to set the provenance of the clock:
Master
(default), or
Slave
. When
the Auto-Negotiation check box is selected, Local Clock is not
available.