VeEX MPA, User Manual

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Protocol Tabs
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PARM For Link Control frames, indicates the specific type of Link
control frame. 4 bytes, used mostly as a "relative offset" in
sequences.
For ACK frames, used to indicate how many frames are being
acknowledged and whether all frames with lower SEQ_CNT
values have been acknowledged.
supports raw edit of field values only
Credits Specifies the initial number of frames that can be sent on the link
prior to receiving an R_RDY reply, range of 1 to 65535. Defaults
to 16.
Important: This value must be set before a Fabric & Name
Server login is attempted
Save All Saves all changes made to the Traffic Stream Profile window.
Exit Closes the Traffic Stream Profile window without saving
changes.
Config - Error Alarm
(Specifically for Fibre Channel SAN testing on the Packet tab)
The Error and Alarm screen allows the user to configure errors and alarms for insertion
into a stream to simulate various defects and anomalies. Simulating defects can
determine if the receiving equipment can detect and report an error in the incoming
signal.
Option Description
Error Type Selects the type of error to transmit into a stream. Selecting one
of the following will not send an error immediately but will only
select the type of error to send when the “Send Error” button is
pressed or when a rate is selected.
The following types are available:
•
Code - Generates line code errors
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