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March 9, 2010

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To add a PSA to the test resource field, each

PSA N

button opens a menu

(Figure 3.35)

identical to the

Chassis

Selection

menu seen in Section 3.1.3. PSA Addresses may be entered, selected from the current list of known PSA’s,

or added to the list of known PSA’s. Many of the same rules apply here as would apply with the

Chassis Selection

menu. PSA addresses that are entered or selected MUST be available on the local network, or otherwise they will be
rejected. Additionally, each PSA added to the

PSA’s

column must be unique – there can be no duplication of

addresses from row to row. If a repeat PSA address is entered, it will not be added to the test resource field.

Once a valid PSA address has been assigned to the
Multi-Port test resource field, an associated

Ports

button

activates to enable the assignment of test ports from that
PSA chassis. The

Ports

sub-menu

(Figure 3.37)

is very

similar to the Copy Settings menu seen earlier. The
required test ports may be individually selected or, in the
event where all PSA test ports are utilized, the

ALL

PORTS

option may be selected. This menu will only be

enabled for the available test ports within the associated
PSA chassis. If fewer than 24 test ports (12 test blades)
are installed, then ALL PORTS will only include those
test ports that exist within the associated PSA chassis.

At any time, as resources are configured, the

Tally Ports

button may be used to summarize all test port resources

currently assigned for Multi-Port testing. The

Save Default

button will store a non-volatile Multi-Port Resources

configuration according to whatever is currently configured in the menu. The

Load Default

will load a previously

saved Multi-Port Resource configuration into the menu. When resource configuration is completed, the

DONE

button

will actually perform full resource availability checking as the menu is closed.

3.3.2.

Multi-Port PSE Test Menu

Following the same model as is used with PSE Conformance Testing, Multi-Port Tests may be run individually or
automatically sequenced to a standard report facility. The

Multi-Port PSE Test

(Figure 3.38)

enables the

execution of individual Multi-Port tests
within the previously defined Multi-
Port Test Resource field.

At the bottom of the

PSE Multi-Port

Tests

menu are the test resources that

are defined using the

PSE Multi-Port

Configure Resources

menu. These

resources must be present in order to
run Multi-Port tests.

Within the

PSE Multi-Port Tests

are 3 sub-menus for specifying tests and
test conditions. The

PD Emulation

sub-menu allows the selection and
configuration of PD Emulation
characteristics that will be applied to all
test ports as Multi-Port tests are run.
PD’s may be selected as

Class 0

Figure 3.37

Multi-Port Port Select Dialog

Figure 3.38

Multi-Port Selected Test Menu

Figure 3.35

Multi-Port Chassis Select

Figure 3.36

Multi-Port Test Field Configuration Menu