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Contents

Ethernet, Fibre Channel, IP, and TCP/UDP  Testing Manual

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Specifying traffic load settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  58

Transmitting a constant load. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  58

Transmitting a bursty load. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  59

Transmitting a ramped load  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  61

Transmitting and analyzing layer 2 traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  62

Transmitting and analyzing layer 2 patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  63

Monitoring layer 2 traffic  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  64

Transmitting and analyzing layer 2 MPLS-TP, T-MPLS or MPLS traffic  64

About MPLS-TP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  65

Analyzing MPLS-TP OAM  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  65

Transmitting and analyzing MPLS-TP traffic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  68

Using J-Proof to verify layer 2 transparency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  69

Understanding transparent loopbacks  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  69

Configuring the traffic originating instrument  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  70

Using Quick Config to configure test frames  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  71

Verifying the far end filter settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  72

Initiating the transparent loopback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  72

Starting the frame sequence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  73

Observing transparency results  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  73

Layer 3 testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  73

Specifying L3 interface settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  74

Specifying the data mode and link initialization settings . . . . . . . . . . . .  74

Specifying PPPoE settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  75

PPPoE messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  77

Terminating a PPPoE session  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  77

Specifying transmitted IPv4 packet settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  77

Specifying IPv4 filter settings  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  79

Specifying transmitted IPv6 packet settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  80

Specifying IPv6 filter settings  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  81

Transmitting and analyzing IP traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  82

Ping testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  83

Specifying IP settings for Ping and Traceroute testing . . . . . . . . . .  83

Transmitting ping request packets  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  85

Running Traceroute. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  85

Monitoring IP traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  86

Capturing packets for analysis  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  87

What is captured? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  88

Test traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  88

Control plane traffic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  88

How much can be stored in the buffer?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  88

Why use packet slicing? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  88

Understanding the Capture toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  89

Specifying filter settings  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  89

Capturing packets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  90

Manually capturing packets  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  90

Capturing packets based on a trigger. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  91

Saving or exporting captured packets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  94

How long will it take to save the PCAP file? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  96

Analyzing the packets using Wireshark® . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  96

Analyzing the packets using J-Mentor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  97

Loopback testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  99
Inserting errors or pause frames 
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  99
Inserting alarms or defects
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  100
Measuring round trip delay or packet jitter 
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  101
Measuring one way delay 
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  101

CDMA/GPS receivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  102

ATP-GPS test packets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  102

Network diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  102

Summary of Contents for T-BERD

Page 1: ...T BERD MTS 5800 Handheld Network Test Family Ethernet Fibre Channel IP and TCP UDP Testing Manual...

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Page 3: ...e Milestone Center Court Germantown Maryland 20876 7100 USA Toll Free 1 855 ASK JDSU Tel 1 301 353 1560 Fax 1 240 404 1996 www jdsu com T BERD MTS 5800 Handheld Network Test Family Ethernet Fibre Chan...

Page 4: ...ve companies Terms and conditions Specifications terms and conditions are subject to change without notice The provision of hardware services and or software are subject to JDSU s stan dard terms and...

Page 5: ...t is the responsibility of the equipment owner to return equipment and batteries to JDSU for appropriate disposal If the equipment or battery was imported by a reseller whose name or logo is marked on...

Page 6: ...iv Ethernet IP and TCP UDP Testing Manual...

Page 7: ...Connecting the instrument to the circuit 3 Step 4 Starting the test 3 Step 5 Viewing test results 4 Setting the result group and category 4 Additional test result information 5 Running multiple tests...

Page 8: ...ion 32 Issues to consider 32 Enabling the feature 33 Discovering another JDSU test instrument using J Connect 33 Discoverable instruments 33 Prerequisites 34 Discovering an instrument 34 About the Ref...

Page 9: ...tings 75 PPPoE messages 77 Terminating a PPPoE session 77 Specifying transmitted IPv4 packet settings 77 Specifying IPv4 filter settings 79 Specifying transmitted IPv6 packet settings 80 Specifying IP...

Page 10: ...rs or pause frames 121 Measuring round trip delay and packet jitter 121 Measuring service disruption time 121 Monitoring layer 2 MiM traffic 121 Synchronous Ethernet testing 122 Transmitting and analy...

Page 11: ...multiple streams 152 Specifying the load type for all streams 152 Specifying the load unit on a stream with burst 153 Specifying the load unit for multiple streams 154 Specifying common traffic charac...

Page 12: ...ties 178 Understanding VoIP basics 178 Understanding the graphical user interface 179 Action buttons 179 Understanding the LED panel 179 Understanding the VoIP call bar 180 Understanding VoIP test res...

Page 13: ...ies 228 About loopbacks 229 J QuickCheck 229 Understanding the J QuickCheck stages 230 Test at configured Max Bandwidth 231 Layer 2 Quick Test 231 Asymmetrical tests 231 Throughput test 232 JDSU zeroi...

Page 14: ...ta 282 Chapter 11 Test Results 283 About test results 284 Summary Status results 284 CPRI OBSAI test results 285 CPRI and OBSAI LEDs 285 Interface Signal results 286 CPRI OBSAI Error Stats 287 CPRI OB...

Page 15: ...e L4 results 328 L4 Link Counts results 328 L4 Filter Stats results 329 L4 Filter Counts results 329 J Profiler results 329 Graphical results 330 Disabling automatic graph generation 330 Histogram res...

Page 16: ...endix A GPS Option for Timing Verification and Analysis 337 GPS and Precision Timing 338 Use of GPS Hardware in Testing 338 GPS Option Hardware and Software 338 GPS Option List of Contents 338 Outputs...

Page 17: ...se this manual Topics discussed include the following Purpose and scope on page xvi Assumptions on page xvi Terminology on page xvi Ethernet IP and TCP UDP Testing Manual on page xvii Conventions on p...

Page 18: ...192 where n represents the user selected line rate STM n Used to refer to each of the optical SDH rates supported by the instrument STM 1 STM 4 STM 16 and STM 64 where n represents the user selected l...

Page 19: ...setting up the T BERD MTS 5800 instrument specifications and contact information for JDSU s Technical Assistance Center TAC Help The topics addressed in the testing manuals are also available on the T...

Page 20: ...ges This symbol represents a risk of explosion This symbol represents a Note indicating related information or tip This symbol located on the equipment battery or its pack aging indicates that the equ...

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