EXFO Power Blazer 88000 Series, User Manual

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Test Functions
572
88000 Series
Packet Capture
Frame Length
Specifies the length of the frame that will be saved in the capture buffer.

Complete
captures the entire frames.

Truncated captures only the first specified number of bytes per frame.
Use either the Bytes field to manually enter the number of bytes per
frame or tap on the
Truncation Calculator button for automatic bytes
per frame calculation.
Bytes allows the selection of the number of bytes that will be saved in
the capture buffer for each frame captured: 14 (default) to 1536 bytes.
Truncation Calculator allows determining easily at what byte to
truncate the frame captured by selecting the desired frame header
components.

Header Layer
specifies the header layer level:
Layer 2 (Ethernet)
,
Layer 3 (IP) , or Layer 4 (TCP/UDP) .

IP Version
specifies the IP version:
IPv4
or
IPv6
.

Encapsulation parameters are optional and not selected by
default.
VLAN check box, when selected, enables VLAN and allows
selecting the number of VLANs: 1, 2, or 3.
MPLS check box, when selected, enables MPLS and allows
selecting the number of labels: 1 or 2.
EoE check box, when selected, enables EoE
PBB-TE
check box, when selected, enables PBB-TE.

Additional Payload (bytes) allows selecting optionally the
number of additional payload bytes (1 to 1400 bytes).

Total Number of Bytes indicates the number of bytes for the
selected frame parameters. This value will be used as the
truncated frame length (
Truncated field).