METRODATA NetTESTER FAMILY USER MANUAL
76-02-107 Rev.A
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14.2.6.6.3
Direction (NT1003/NT1005)
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irection
On the NT1003 and NT1005, the L2 SAM test can be directed to either the Network
or the User port configured for the flow.
The NT10G05 only supports tests in the network direction.
14.2.6.6.4
Discover Peers
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er Peers
When operating in L2 mode, the Metrodata Discovery protocol (MDP) may be used
to discover remote hosts.
This command causes the unit to collect up-to-date information from all potential
peers on the selected flow.
14.2.6.6.5
Peer Name
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eer Name
The list of potential peers found by MDP will be offered as options here, 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, for
example:
(nt1005)
.
As well as MDP-discovered peers, there are two peers that are always available:
(magic mac)
Uses the fixed MAC address 00:c0:81:ff:00:00, which is
recognised by all Metrodata EDD products.
(self)
Uses the unit's own MAC address with bits 22 and 23 set (of
the form 00:c0:81:c0:xx:xx). This is for testing against a
physical loopback, or one performed by a device that does
no address-swapping.
14.2.6.6.6
MAC Address
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AC Address
If a peer is selected by name (see above), then the MAC address will be filled
automatically.
An address may be entered manually if required. In the case of a Metrodata EDD
device, this should be the device's unmodified address.
14.2.6.6.7
MAC Modifier
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