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SHDSL 48-Port and 72-Port Line Interface Modules (LIM) Guide
Configuring the SHDSL LIM
Diagnostic internal, external, and bit error-rate tests
Diagnostic internal, external, and bit error-rate tests
You can use the internal diagnostic test to identify problems that might occur during
data transfer between the control module and line interface modules (LIMs). If the
internal diagnostic test (IDT) feature is enabled for a line, the system generates a data
stream internally from the control module and sends it to that line. The line loops the
data back to the control module. The control module then analyzes the data and
reports the statistics in the
line-diag-stat
profile.
You can run a bit-error-rate test (BERT) to check the data integrity of the interface or
connection. While a BERT is running, normal data transmission is interrupted on the
line.
The
line-diag
profile contains the parameters that you use to configure a line for an
IDT and a BERT. Following is a listing of the profile, shown with default values:
[in LINE-DIAG/{ shelf-1 slot-2 1 }]
physical-address* = { shelf-1 slot-2 1 }
bert-timer = 1 minute
bert-enable = no
idt-enable = no
idt-num-of-msg = 1000
bert-bit-duration = 6-power
bert-direction = down-stream
Parameter
Setting
bert-timer
Duration of the bit-error-rate test (BERT). Specify one of
the following values:
■
1 minute (the default)
■
2 minutes
■
3 minutes
■
4 minutes
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5 minutes
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10 minutes
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15 minutes
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20 minutes
■
30 minutes
bert-enable
Enable or disable bit-error-rate test (BERT). (Note that a
BERT disrupts data transmission.) Specify one of the
following values:
■
no
(default)—Line is disabled for BERT.
■
yes
—Line is enabled for BERT.
idt-enable
Whether internal diagnostic testing is enabled on the line.
■
no
(default)—Line is disabled for loopback testing.
■
yes
—Enables internal diagnostic testing on the line.