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METRODATA NetTESTER FAMILY USER MANUAL

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14.2.6.6.5

Peer Name .............................................................................. 96

14.2.6.6.6

MAC Address .......................................................................... 96

14.2.6.6.7

MAC Modifier .......................................................................... 96

14.2.6.7

Test Peer (Layer 3) ....................................................................... 97

14.2.6.7.1

C-VLAN................................................................................... 97

14.2.6.7.2

Remote IP ............................................................................... 97

14.2.6.7.3

Interface .................................................................................. 98

14.2.6.7.4

Ping ........................................................................................ 98

14.2.6.7.5

UDP Port ................................................................................. 98

14.2.6.8

Test State ...................................................................................... 98

14.2.6.9

Start Test, Stop Test ..................................................................... 99

14.2.6.10

Test Progress .............................................................................. 99

14.2.6.11

View Report ................................................................................. 99

14.2.6.12

Send Report .............................................................................. 100

14.2.6.13

Store Settings ............................................................................ 100

14.2.7

SAM Tester (Tester Function, Multiple-Test Mode) .......................... 100

14.2.7.1

Test Channels ............................................................................. 100

14.2.7.1.1

Name .................................................................................... 101

14.2.7.1.2

Test Parameters ... Send Report .......................................... 101

14.2.7.1.3

Remove ................................................................................ 102

14.2.8

SAM Tester (Manual-Mode Tester Function) .................................... 102

14.2.8.1

Manual Setup .............................................................................. 102

14.2.8.1.1

Frame Content ...................................................................... 102

14.2.8.1.2

Frame Rates ......................................................................... 103

14.2.8.1.3

Monitor .................................................................................. 103

14.2.9

Fibre PRBS (NT1003/NT1005) ......................................................... 103

14.2.9.1

State ............................................................................................ 104

Summary of Contents for NetTESTER NT1003

Page 1: ...Family NT1003 NT1005 NT10G05 Software version 9 43 DATE 22nd February 2021 DOCUMENT NO 76 02 107 REVISION A PREPARED BY Martin Harvey Metrodata Ltd Laxton House Crabtree Office Village Eversley Way Eg...

Page 2: ...etrodata Ltd Laxton House Crabtree Office Village Eversley Way Egham Surrey TW20 8RY United Kingdom DISCLAIMER Metrodata Ltd makes no representations or warranties with respect to the contents hereof...

Page 3: ...METRODATA NetTESTER FAMILY USER MANUAL 76 02 107 Rev A Page 3 of 133 Document History 22 2 2021 A Combined NetTESTER family manual for version 9 43 software...

Page 4: ...22 2 2 1 AC Power 23 2 2 2 DC Power 23 2 3 Configuration Switches 24 2 3 1 Switch 1 WAN Interface 25 2 3 2 Switch 2 Auto Negotiation 25 2 3 3 Switches 3 and 4 Speed 25 2 3 4 Switch 5 Duplex 25 2 3 5 S...

Page 5: ...Password System 31 5 2 Password Recovery 31 5 3 User Interface Advanced Mode 31 6 VLANs and Tagging 33 7 Layer 3 4 Operation TCP IP and Unit Management 34 7 1 Management Interfaces 34 7 1 1 Aux Inter...

Page 6: ...Two Way Delay Measurements 43 10 Service Activation Testing 44 10 1 The Service Assurance Module 44 10 2 Loopback Function 44 10 2 1 Layer 2 Loopback 44 10 2 2 Layer 3 Loopback 45 10 2 3 Layer 4 Loop...

Page 7: ...e 53 13 1 Terminal Telnet SSH Interface 53 13 2 HTTP Interface 55 13 3 Inputting Special Value Types 56 13 3 1 Time Periods 56 13 3 2 Bandwidth Values 57 13 3 3 Allocation Lists 57 13 3 4 IP and MAC A...

Page 8: ...10G05 64 14 1 5 SLA definition single SLA mode 64 14 1 5 1 Name 64 14 1 5 2 Bandwidth 65 14 1 5 2 1 CIR 65 14 1 5 2 2 CBS 65 14 1 5 2 3 EIR 65 14 1 5 2 4 EBS 65 14 1 5 2 5 Bandwidth 66 14 1 5 2 6 Incl...

Page 9: ...ersion 69 14 1 7 3 Serial Number 69 14 1 7 4 MAC Address 69 14 1 7 5 Time and Date 69 14 1 7 6 Time Date 69 14 1 7 7 Time Zone 70 14 1 7 8 Sync to Server 70 14 1 8 Access Control 70 14 1 8 1 Password...

Page 10: ...4 14 1 10 SNMP 74 14 1 10 1 Communities 75 14 1 10 2 Managers 75 14 1 10 2 1 SNMP Manager Settings 75 14 1 10 2 1 1 IP Address 76 14 1 10 2 1 2 Access Rights 76 14 1 10 2 1 3 Receives Traps 76 14 1 10...

Page 11: ...80 14 2 4 SAM Tester Loopback Function 80 14 2 4 1 Layer 80 14 2 4 2 Protocol 81 14 2 4 3 UDP Port 81 14 2 5 SAM Tester Tester Function 81 14 2 5 1 Multiple Tests 81 14 2 5 2 Report Settings 82 14 2...

Page 12: ...ined Size 87 14 2 6 2 3 Phase 1 2 Rate 87 14 2 6 2 4 Phase 1 2 Duration 88 14 2 6 2 5 Stop on Fail 88 14 2 6 2 6 Detailed Report 88 14 2 6 3 Test Parameters RFC2544 88 14 2 6 3 1 Frame Sizes 88 14 2 6...

Page 13: ...1 Test Time 92 14 2 6 4 5 2 CIR Test 92 14 2 6 4 5 3 EIR Test 92 14 2 6 4 5 4 Policing Test 92 14 2 6 4 5 5 CBS Test 93 14 2 6 4 5 6 EBS Test 93 14 2 6 4 6 Performance Test 93 14 2 6 4 6 1 Performanc...

Page 14: ...6 9 Start Test Stop Test 99 14 2 6 10 Test Progress 99 14 2 6 11 View Report 99 14 2 6 12 Send Report 100 14 2 6 13 Store Settings 100 14 2 7 SAM Tester Tester Function Multiple Test Mode 100 14 2 7...

Page 15: ...06 14 3 3 3 Interface 106 14 3 4 TWAMP Setup 106 14 3 4 1 DSCP 107 14 3 4 2 Message Length 107 14 3 4 3 Padding 107 14 3 4 4 Transmit Rate 107 14 3 4 5 Receive Timeout 107 14 3 5 SLA Settings 108 14 3...

Page 16: ...Testing 115 14 5 Maintenance 116 14 5 1 Restart Unit 116 14 5 2 Restore Defaults 116 14 5 3 Settings File functions 116 14 5 3 1 File Name 117 14 5 3 2 Get file from TFTP server 117 14 5 3 3 Get file...

Page 17: ...from TFTP server 120 14 5 4 6 Get file from browser web 120 14 5 4 7 Use file to program software 120 14 5 4 8 Delete file 121 14 5 5 Save Settings 121 15 References 122 APPENDIX A TWAMP Technology P...

Page 18: ...d monitoring traffic on the WAN side All units also offer a dedicated port for managing the unit There are 3 types of network physical interface 10 100 1000Base T with auto negotiation via RJ45 connec...

Page 19: ...st be terminated to the screened connector shell and not connected to any pins of the connector Failure to use the correct connectors may compromise EMC compliance 1 2 1 EN55022 Statement The EDD unit...

Page 20: ...tandard landfill 1 4 RoHS Compliance The unit is compliant with the EU RoHS Directive 2002 95 EC The RoHS directive bans the use of six hazardous materials in products placed on the market after July...

Page 21: ...n a 1U rack space using the mounting kit part number 80 05 256 Figure 2 1 Rack mounting NT1003 or NT1005 To mount the NT1003 or NT1005 in the 19 inch rack mount adaptor first remove the two M3x12 scre...

Page 22: ...When rack mounting NT1003 and NT1005 units ensure that the bit switches on the underside of the unit s are correctly configured prior to fitting the assembly in the rack see section 2 3 The NT10G05 ca...

Page 23: ...ersions have two separate external power connections Supply status is displayed on two rear panel LEDs 2 2 1 AC Power AC power is supplied via an IEC mains power socket The unit will operate with an i...

Page 24: ...Switches On the underside of the NT1003 and NT1005 there are 8 bit switches which may be used to configure certain functions There is also a label giving a summary of these functions as well as other...

Page 25: ...2 Auto Negotiation When a copper WAN interface is selected either Auto Negotiation or fixed configuration may be chosen ON Auto Negotiation Enabled OFF Auto Negotiation disabled fixed speed and duplex...

Page 26: ...onfiguration Zero Touch Configuration ZTC is enabled via switch 7 This switch should be left in the default position ON ZTC enabled OFF ZTC disabled Table 2 10 Bit switch 7 2 3 7 Switch 8 Cold Start F...

Page 27: ...ll the configuration data to factory default values with a small number of exceptions Unit MAC address Unit serial number Certain settings may be changed from the factory default values as part of the...

Page 28: ...unit configuration data can be translated to or from a format that may be stored and transferred as a printable text file This is referred to as a configuration or settings file The unit supports a s...

Page 29: ...tandard DCE pin out allowing direct connection to a PC serial port or USB serial adaptor The pinout of the connector is shown below Pin Direction Signal 1 2 Out Receive Data 3 In Transmit Data 4 In DT...

Page 30: ...t via SSH even directly following a cold start Telnet and HTTP are normally also available but may be disabled as a security precaution on certain special product versions See section 7 1 1 for more i...

Page 31: ...section 2 3 5 A cold start will return the entire unit configuration including password s to factory defaults Where a unit is installed in a rack and access to the bit switches is not possible or in...

Page 32: ...t settings Changing any of them runs the risk of altering the meaning or context of items on the tester user interface without this being necessarily clear Suggested advanced mode changes that might b...

Page 33: ...separate LAN connections This is done by adding an extra 4 byte tag near the start of each packet which identifies the VLAN to which it belongs using a number in the range 1 4095 the VLAN ID Each VLAN...

Page 34: ...nctionality within the unit is provided in large part by high performance dedicated hardware L3 functions are mostly implemented in software As such these functions are relatively low performance and...

Page 35: ...d on a per management interface basis so a mixture of DHCP and statically assigned IP addresses is possible With DHCP enabled and with the correct server setup the unit can learn additional informatio...

Page 36: ...cting via SSH there is typically a delay of several seconds whilst initial cryptographic functions are performed Once this is done the user interface operates as normal This delay can be shortened by...

Page 37: ...ial File Transfer Protocol TFTP and Secure File Transfer Protocol SFTP are supported in order to allow the transfer of information in the form of files between the unit and an external management enti...

Page 38: ...Server mode does not support the automatic transfer of test report files If server mode is selected report files can only be transferred manually and only the most recent report from each test channel...

Page 39: ...sferred from the unit to be saved as text files on an external device 8 2 File System The unit includes a very limited file system that acts as a temporary storage area for software and configuration...

Page 40: ...P supports renaming and deleting The user interface allows similar actions to be performed using client mode TFTP where the unit acts as client or HTTP to read and write files However the user interfa...

Page 41: ...cess Information Rate The EIR specifies additional bandwidth up to a total of CIR EIR that may be available at the provider s discretion Note that traffic using this excess bandwidth is not required t...

Page 42: ...n the packet as it passes over the service IFDV Inter Frame Delay Variation Jitter IFDV specifies that maximum acceptable variation in the FTD between adjacent packets passing over the service Availab...

Page 43: ...By attaching to a service activation test peer see section 10 the SLA is used to set test parameters and mark results as pass or fail 2 By attaching to an in service performance monitoring session se...

Page 44: ...e connected via the service to be tested One unit generates traffic and sends it over the connection The other unit performs a loopback function returning the traffic over the connection with addressi...

Page 45: ...n MAC addresses swapped and FCS recalculated as per the Layer 2 loopback In addition packets carrying an IP payload will have their source destination IP addresses swapped the TTL field reset to a val...

Page 46: ...burstiness Hardware based timestamping is used to record packet transmission and reception times providing high accuracy delay measurements for every packet 10 3 1 Test Regimes A manual mode is provid...

Page 47: ...in terms of throughput delay and burst handling of a network connection Though it wasn t originally aimed at service activation testing it has become one of the most well used methodologies in this ar...

Page 48: ...varying number of packets A binary search is again employed to find the largest burst that will pass error free 10 3 1 2 4 Packet Sizes Each of the three test elements is repeated for each of the sele...

Page 49: ...SLA CIR CBS etc The testing process is described in detail in the Y 1564 document and reference to this is recommended for more information Section 14 2 6 4 describes how the Y 1564 test is set up 10...

Page 50: ...le But whenever the link fails the device will automatically switch to OTDR mode and identify the fault location The unit maintains a log of faults and can generate SNMP trap messages when they occur...

Page 51: ...12 1TWAMP Two Way Active Measurement Protocol TWAMP is a Layer 3 performance monitoring tool defined in RFC5357 10 Strictly speaking the unit supports TWAMP Light a simplified version described in an...

Page 52: ...and can only be changed from the Advance Mode user interface For strict compliance with RFC5357 the NTP TWAMP option should be selected Where the peer is a Metrodata product running software version...

Page 53: ...n contains status information comprising the unit model node name and global alarm status summary Menus are displayed with a title followed by a number of items spanning two columns descriptions on th...

Page 54: ...tings menu Testing menu Perf monitoring menu Otdr display Maintenance menu HIGHLIGHTED letter select item escape exit menu Menu items are selected using single key stokes In TTY mode the key for an it...

Page 55: ...e with a value displayed in the right hand column Selecting this type of item will allow the value to be modified providing this is permitted Depending on the item one of two methods is used to enter...

Page 56: ...op left of the window 13 3Inputting Special Value Types 13 3 1 Time Periods Time periods with a 1 second granularity appear in many places Values may be entered as a number of seconds with or without...

Page 57: ...VLANs or priority values these may be entered as individual values separated by commas as a range two values separated by a dash or a combination of the two The following example shows equivalent entr...

Page 58: ...1000M max Duplex Full auto negotiation Enabled negotiated 1000M FD Mdi mdix Auto caBle tester display 14 1 1 1 Interface NT1003 NT1005 Menu Tree Main Set Up Settings WAN Port Interface Where the port...

Page 59: ...ase T Gigabit Ethernet when Auto Negotiation is enabled the speed setting defines the maximum speed advertised to the link partner and the menu item changes to max speed The options are as below 10M A...

Page 60: ...ppearing to operate normally when diagnostics like ping are used to test the link Note Auto Negotiation is mandatory in 1000M mode so cannot be disabled unless the speed selection is either 10M or 100...

Page 61: ...ettings WAN Port CaBle Tester The cable test menu enables a TDR check of the cabling attached to this port When two 1000BaseT interfaces are correctly connected the test results are as shown below Cab...

Page 62: ...V Alrm Hi 2 0 12 85 3 70 Warn Hi 1 1 10 80 3 60 Warn Lo 9 13 2 5 3 00 Alrm Lo 10 14 1 10 2 90 Value 3 40 5 38 3 28 Status OK ALARM OK OK OK Esc exit Enter refresh SFP modules include an EEPROM to iden...

Page 63: ...maximum mode advertised to the link partner and the option changes to max duplex The options are as below Half Advertise Half Duplex Full Advertise Half Duplex Full Duplex 14 1 3 5 Auto Negotiation Me...

Page 64: ...u Tree Main Set Up Settings User Port The user port where supported is configured via a menu similar to WAN port see sections 14 1 1 14 1 3 An additional value of None is available for the interface s...

Page 65: ...in bits per second and should be in the range 100k to 1G 14 1 5 2 2 CBS Menu Tree Main Set Up Settings SLA Bandwidth CBS CBS or Committed Burst Size is the guaranteed burst size that will be supplied...

Page 66: ...ed or excluded from SLA bandwidth calculations 14 1 5 2 8 External Tags Menu Tree Main Set Up Settings SLA Bandwidth EXternal Tags SLA bandwidth calculation may take account of one or more externally...

Page 67: ...SLA Colour Marking The colour marking system specifies how colour marked packets are identified by the unit COLOUR MARKING Pcp green 5 7 14 1 5 10 1 PCP Green Menu Tree Main Set Up Settings SLA Colour...

Page 68: ...1 SLA1 10G 64k 2 2 SLA2 1G 64k Esc exit 1 details new Enter refresh This accesses the SLA definition menu which is in most part identical to the one for single SLA mode SLA 1 Name SLA1 Bandwidth menu...

Page 69: ...n Menu Tree Main Set Up Settings Unit Info Software version This display item shows the version of main and boot software running on the unit When reporting problems with units it is useful to include...

Page 70: ...r to force a manual synchronisation by issuing a Sync Now command Following power up the NTP standard calls for a random delay before the NTP client will request sync from the server manual sync can b...

Page 71: ...Tree Main Set Up Settings Access Control View User For security reasons it may be desirable to disable the view user This can be done by selecting the View User menu item and toggling the value to Dis...

Page 72: ...terface MGMT Time server 10 1 1 12 interface MGMT 14 1 9 1 Admin Status Menu Tree Main Set Up Settings Mgmt Interface Admin Status The interface is enabled by setting the Admin Status to Up Note that...

Page 73: ...Mgmt Interface Net Mask The network mask is used to differentiate the network address from the host address If DHCP is enabled the net mask is served by the DHCP server and is configured automatically...

Page 74: ...ing the Destination Mask should be sent 14 1 9 5 3 Interface Menu Tree Main Set Up Settings Mgmt Interface Routing table entry Interface Specifies the interface over which matching packets should be s...

Page 75: ...provide a limited level of security within SNMP as only requests with the correct community name will be actioned By default all communities are set to public The community names must be changed to m...

Page 76: ...s SNMP Managers manager Receives Traps The manager may also be set up for traps If enabled the unit will generate traps destined for this manager when alarm events occur 14 1 10 2 1 4 SNMP Version Men...

Page 77: ...u Tree Main Set Up Testing Ping To provide connectivity checking capability the unit can generate ICMP ping requests to a selected IP address PING dest Ip 192 168 0 100 interFace LAN1 packet siZe 64 P...

Page 78: ...refresh When a Ping test is running the results display shows the state of the test The display shows the result of the last Ping test message and also gives a cumulative count of the sent received a...

Page 79: ...onger than this to reply then no reply will appear in the results and there will be no IP address or delay information available for that hop The default timeout value is 3 seconds 14 2 2 5 Start Stop...

Page 80: ...n is enabled and any packets received that match the criteria will be looped with the appropriate address swapping Tester The traffic generator analyser is enabled allowing a range of Service Activati...

Page 81: ...4 2 Protocol Menu Tree Main Set Up Testing SAM Tester Protocol If the L3 loopback is selected a value for the IP Protocol byte must be specified Take care to avoid protocols that are used for managem...

Page 82: ...s running concurrently 14 2 5 2 Report Settings Menu Tree Main Set Up Testing SAM Tester Report Settings REPORT SETTINGS report Header menu report file Name nt1005_00c0810017e6 rep 14 2 5 2 1 Report H...

Page 83: ...les By default this comprises the unit type and MAC address for identification with the rep extension When a report is generated the base name will be extended to include regime information the channe...

Page 84: ...ency of the WAN port See section 14 2 6 3 Y 1564 Selects the Y 1564 test methodology See section 14 2 6 4 14 2 6 1 2 Training Menu Tree Main Set Up Testing SAM Tester Test Parameters TraIning In order...

Page 85: ...ed see sections 9 14 1 5 and 14 1 6 If RFC2544 regime is selected an additional SLA selection option of none is available This corresponds to the normal non SLA operating mode for RFC2544 testing See...

Page 86: ...gh speed trunk with one SLA whilst the remote units have a lower speed connection with an SLA that reflects this 14 2 6 1 3 3 Other Parameters The remainder of the tester SLA menu shows the SLA parame...

Page 87: ...a string of letter codes with no space between them They may also be entered as a list of numbers separated by commas For example abc is equivalent to 64 128 256 Note that the jumbo sizes have no lett...

Page 88: ...t Parameters Stop on Fail The test can be set to terminate immediately if the first phase results in a failure or to continue and run the second phase 14 2 6 2 6 Detailed Report Menu Tree Main Set Up...

Page 89: ...per limit 105 of CIR Sla pass 100 of CIR 14 2 6 3 3 1 Perform Test Menu Tree Main Set Up Testing SAM Tester Test Parameters THroughput Test Perform Test The throughput test may be skipped by setting t...

Page 90: ...works the throughput figure will involve some packet buffering and as such gives a much higher latency reading The rate allows for a lower rate to be used to measure latency due to an uncongested link...

Page 91: ...Defined size The user defined frame size defaults to 1518 bytes but may be set to any value between 64 and the MTU 14 2 6 4 3 Colour Aware Menu Tree Main Set Up Testing SAM Tester Test Parameters col...

Page 92: ...short but long enough to give a valid view of the network Values should be entered in one of the standard time period formats see section 13 3 1 The default value is 3 seconds 14 2 6 4 5 2 CIR Test Me...

Page 93: ...options for CBS test are Perform Perform the CBS Test Skip Do not perform the CBS test 14 2 6 4 5 6 EBS Test Menu Tree Main Set Up Testing SAM Tester Test Parameters CoNfiguration Test EBS Test The EB...

Page 94: ...le number of minutes 14 2 6 4 6 3 Detailed Report Menu Tree Main Set Up Testing SAM Tester Test Parameters PerfOrmance Test Detailed Report Setting the Detailed Report option to Yes will cause the rep...

Page 95: ...nu Tree Main Set Up Testing SAM Tester Peer The peer menu for a Layer 2 peer is shown below PEER TEST CHANNEL 1 Layer L2 Flow 1 mgmt C vlan 1 Direction Network coloUr pcp menu discoVer peers peer Name...

Page 96: ...allowing the desired peer to be selected Where a peer has been configured with a node name see section 14 1 7 1 this will be used to identify it Otherwise the product name will be shown in brackets fo...

Page 97: ...r Metrodata EDD device this will be the correct selection in almost all cases since the peer devices normally face each other over their WAN Network ports Loopback User side In the unusual situation w...

Page 98: ...1 9 5 14 2 6 7 4 Ping Menu Tree Main Set Up Testing SAM Tester Peer PinG This command will run a 10 packet ping test to the configured peer and display the results 14 2 6 7 5 UDP Port Menu Tree Main...

Page 99: ...Rx Bandwidth CIR 100 007 Lost In Flight Frames 0 FLR 0 010 FLR 0 000 FTD max ms 100 000 FTD min ave max ms 0 0362 0 0534 0 0558 at percentile 95 000 FTD Good 100 000 IFDV max ms 10 000 IFDV min ave ma...

Page 100: ...ster Function Multiple Test Mode Menu Tree Main Set Up Testing SAM Tester The multiple test mode allows up to 8 tests which may have different regimes parameters and or peers to be defined and then au...

Page 101: ...Stop Tests Menu Tree Main Set Up Testing SAM Tester Test Channels channel ProGress Menu Tree Main Set Up Testing SAM Tester Test Channels channel View Report Menu Tree Main Set Up Testing SAM Tester T...

Page 102: ...de parameters by hand is definitely not recommended With the manual mode function selected the SAM tester menu simply contains a link to the manual mode setup menu SAM TESTER sam Function Tester Manua...

Page 103: ...e Rate 47348 Ir 25 000 of CIR Frames burst 1 Bs 0 100 of CBS 14 2 8 1 3 Monitor Menu Tree Main Set Up Testing SAM Tester Manual Setup Monitor The monitor menu contains items concerned with the receive...

Page 104: ...creen displays the running time the number of errors detected and the equivalent bit error rate These may be manually cleared either during or after the test has run BERT Test Results Test Seconds 57...

Page 105: ...mp Traps menu repOrts menu Remove peer dUplicate peer Store settings 14 3 1 Name Menu Tree Main Set Up Perf Monitoring peer Name The Name parameter can be used to give the performance monitoring sessi...

Page 106: ...d for use by another performance monitoring session or a SAM test channel PM PEER1 INTERFACE Dhcp Off local Ip 192 168 0 1 Net mask 255 255 255 0 default gateWay 192 168 0 254 The options should be se...

Page 107: ...e packet size with the additional padding filled as defined by the padding parameter 14 3 4 3 Padding Menu Tree Main Set Up Perf Monitoring peer TWAMP Setup PAdding The padding parameter defines the c...

Page 108: ...sured performance fails to comply with any of the 4 SLA performance parameters SLA ALARMS Availability menu Flr menu fTd menu Ifdv menu Each parameter has a similar menu allowing the operation of the...

Page 109: ...able 15m Recommended setting for FLR FTD and IFDV alarms 30m 1h 3h 6h 12h 24h Recommended setting for Availability alarm 14 3 6 Monitor Alarm Menu Tree Main Set Up Perf Monitoring peer Monitor Alarm A...

Page 110: ...owing the behaviour of the alarm to be configured MONITOR ALARM FLR Error thresh 5 14 3 6 2 1 Error Threshold Menu Tree Main Set Up Perf Monitoring peer Monitor Alarm param Error Threshold It is recom...

Page 111: ...ng the results REPORTS 1 temp display 2 15min reports display 3 24hr totals display 4 24hr reports display 5 30 day totals display Clear Data Reports all use a standard layout with minor variations as...

Page 112: ...P The report shows Session Peer details Session peer number name and peer address Report start time The time date at which data gathering for this report was started Logged time The time over which th...

Page 113: ...report is shown below TWAMP Performance Report Peer1 Customer TWAMP 192 168 0 11 2 way Logged time 1562s Outbound Inbound SLA Alarms Sent Frames 1562 NP 0s Received Frames 1562 SLA 0s Lost Frames 0 M...

Page 114: ...ain Set Up Perf Monitoring peer RepOrts 3 24hr totals The 24 hour total report is a simply a sum of all 96 historical 15 minute reports This total will give a rolling 24 hour report updating every 15...

Page 115: ...eer Store Settings Changes made to the performance monitoring settings may be saved along with all the other unit settings if desired 14 4Optical Time Domain Reflectometry OTDR Testing Menu Tree Main...

Page 116: ...ser issues a warm start request the unit will indicate that a warm start is about to take place and then close the connection 14 5 2 Restore Defaults Menu Tree Main Set Up MAintenance Restart Cold Sta...

Page 117: ...ile name then wait demo cfg Transfer complete Any key to continue A status message will be displayed when the TFTP process completes indicating either success or details of any error 14 5 3 3 Get file...

Page 118: ...r success or details of any error 14 5 3 7 Send file to console terminal Telnet SSH Menu Tree Main Set Up MAintenance Config File Send file to CoNsole This command causes the configuration file to be...

Page 119: ...low SOFTWARE UPGRADE File name nt1005 943 contains Main 9 43 8 transfer status complete programming not started get file from Tftp server use file to Program software display Delete file 14 5 4 1 File...

Page 120: ...ile details Name nt1005 943 Size 4435927 Date 13 52 32 Mon 8 2 2021 Contents Unit Description fcm9005 Main Software Version 9 43 8 29 01 2021 Current running software Unit Description fcm9005 Main Sof...

Page 121: ...red to the unit and is not used to update the unit s software or the restart is to be delayed then the file should be manually deleted once it is no longer needed This frees internal resources and all...

Page 122: ...Attributes December 2018 Online Available https wiki mef net display CESG MEF 10 4 Subscriber Ethernet Service Attributes 7 S Bradner and J McQuaid RFC2544 Benchmarking Methodology for Network Interco...

Page 123: ...STER FAMILY USER MANUAL 76 02 107 Rev A Page 123 of 133 13 Metro Ethernet Forum MEF10 2 Ethernet services Attributes Phase 2 October 2009 Online Available https wiki mef net display CESG MEF 10 2 Serv...

Page 124: ...imestamped with the transmit time T_tx1 as it leaves the Generator and is timestamped with the receive time T_rx1 when it is received by the Reflector The PDU is then returned by the Reflector and is...

Page 125: ...T_Tx1 T_inward ABS T_rx2 T_tx2 The variation is calculated by comparing the delay of the current packet with that of the previous packet such that Variation_out ABS T_Outward n T_outward n 1 And Vari...

Page 126: ...tics for each TWAMP session and maintain a collection of 96 15 minute buckets giving 24 hour s worth of data after which point it will maintain using 30 24 hour buckets to allow for long term monitori...

Page 127: ...y may be defined as 95 of all frames must be within 100mS over 24 hours which means that there could be 4320 latency violations before the SLA would be breached To overcome this problem the unit has a...

Page 128: ...File metroif mib Augmentation to ifTable providing additional interface stats METROFLOW MIB File metroflow mib Objects relating to Flow configuration METROSLA MIB File metrosla mib Objects relating to...

Page 129: ...Off FLR 0 030 FTD 3ms FDV 0 3ms MTU 1521 Frame size s 64 1518 notes warnings errors note frame sizes exclude tags warning selected colour marking system is not available tests will run in non colour a...

Page 130: ...138905351 Frame Size bytes mix Tx Bandwidth bps 8999994 CIR bps 9M Tx Bandwidth CIR 100 000 CBS bytes 9k Rx Frames 173849 EIR bps 8k Rx Bandwidth fps 1407 EBS bytes 7k Rx Bytes 138905351 Rx Bandwidth...

Page 131: ...e login process Changing from the default basic password to the multi level login system must be done via the advanced mode user interface When the multi level login system is in use most of the admin...

Page 132: ...nded to allow occasional access to advanced functions and it is not intended to be used as the normal method of accessing the unit Furthermore there are some functions that are not available on the Ne...

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