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Fibre Channel - Screen Functions and Description

Fibre Channel - Screen Functions and Descriptions Overview

(Specifically for Fibre Channel SAN testing on the Packet tab)

This section describes the various screens and functions that control Fibre Channel
(SAN) configuration and operation on the Packet tab:

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Config

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Perf Tests

(RFC-2544 only)

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Results

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Test

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LED Quick Status Area

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Common Function Buttons

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Lock/Unlock Icon

Config

Packet tab - Config Screens and Functions

(Specifically for Fibre Channel SAN testing on the Packet tab)

MPA_e_manual_D07-00-129P_RevA00

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Страница 1: ...EX Incorporated as governed by International copyright laws Information contained in this manual is provided as is and is subject to change without notice Trademarks of VeEX Incorporated have been ide...

Страница 2: ...MPA_e_manual_D07 00 129P_RevA00...

Страница 3: ...19 Configuring the IP Address Overview 19 Changing the IP Address with a USB Flash Drive 21 Changing the IP Address with the Remote GUI Client 26 Changing the MCH module s IP Address 28 Remote Client...

Страница 4: ...ics and Settings Reports 55 Test Setup Button 58 Saving a Customized Settings Configuration 59 Restoring a Settings Configuration or Factory Defaults 60 Clearing LED History and Resetting Results 61 L...

Страница 5: ...MPA 3rd Generation Chassis 6 Slots 84 MPA Rackmount Installation 85 MPA Chassis Dimensions 85 Chassis Mounting Brackets 86 How to install the chassis into a rack 87 MPA Power Connections 87 For the 1...

Страница 6: ...verview 103 MPM 400G Test Module Overview 106 Protocol Tabs 111 Protocol Processor Tabs 111 MLD Tab 111 MLD Tab Overview 111 Screens and Function Descriptions 116 Specific Tasks 172 OTN Tab 177 OTN Ta...

Страница 7: ...e Channel Specific Tasks 675 GFP Screens and Function Descriptions 684 GFP Specific Tasks 738 GUI System Tab 749 System Tab 749 Misc Screen 749 Miscellaneous System Settings 749 Update License Keys 75...

Страница 8: ...s 772 Renaming Files 772 Printing Saved Files 773 Viewing Saved Report Files 774 Creating a New Directory 775 Security Screen 775 Security Settings Screen 775 Adding a New User 776 Deleting a User 777...

Страница 9: ...LED Option 788 Multi Page Display 789 All Ether Ports 789 Service Disruption 791 To measure Service Disruption activity 791 To stop monitoring Service Disruption measurement activity 792 Monitoring S...

Страница 10: ...MPA_e_manual_D07 00 129P_RevA00...

Страница 11: ...ins general instructions for performing common tasks as well as common screen components and other useful information on how to use the MPA product Understanding Test Units Contains information about...

Страница 12: ...product may cause radio interference in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures Do Not Operate in Hazardous Conditions This instrument is not intended for outdoor use To avoid in...

Страница 13: ...power input connections Refer to Chapter 4 for the proper shutdown method before connecting or disconnecting the DC power cord or swapping the DC power supply Use Proper Power Cord To avoid fire haza...

Страница 14: ...lass II device Verify that the input power requirements 42 VDC to 56 VDC are met before installing the unit The DC Power supply is designed for redundant power sources with dual input 7W2 D Sub connec...

Страница 15: ...d or its affiliates in the United States and or in other countries Customer Technical Support Our Customer Technical Support representatives are available to help you Standard business hours are from...

Страница 16: ...ts to replace is returned to VeEX Inc by the customer along with proof of purchase within thirty 30 days of the request by the customer freight prepaid Additionally during the warranty period VeEX Inc...

Страница 17: ...S TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE SELLER MAKES NO OTHER WARRANTY WHETHER WRITTEN ORAL OR IMPLIED ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY TITLE NON INFRINGEMENT OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE IS HER...

Страница 18: ...e shipping container and mark FRAGILE on the container to ensure careful handling 4 Include the RMA number on the outside of the shipping container 5 Contact Customer Technical Support for the repair...

Страница 19: ...of the United States When the service is complete your unit will be returned to the customer postage paid excluding Calibration RMA s if the shipment is within the United States Customers outside the...

Страница 20: ...ibes how to configure the IP Address programmed on the MPA system s AM4022 processor and the MCH controller card combination For MPA system containing an SCM 210 controller card please refer to the se...

Страница 21: ...e following methods can be used for changing the AM4022 s IP Address USB flash drive preferred method Remote GUI Client must currently be connected by the Remote GUI client or VNC Note Regardless whic...

Страница 22: ...e the MPA s IP Address to whatever IP Address is programmed in the mpa_ipconfig file SCM 210 card 3x USB ports to choose from Software Requirements mpa_ipconfig Editable text file This file is include...

Страница 23: ...d then saved to a USB flash drive s root directory a The mpa_ipconfig file is a text file but it does not have a file extension b Do not rename the mpa_ipconfig file nor give it a file extension c If...

Страница 24: ...When IPADDR DHCP is used all further Addresses in this file are ignored 4 Copy the reconfigured mpa_ipconfig file to the USB flash drive if it is not already on one 5 Ensure the MPA system has been t...

Страница 25: ...Address configured in the mpa_ipconfig file is the same as that already programmed on the MPA system The mpa_ipconfig file was possibly renamed or given a file extension The mpa_ipconfig file was poss...

Страница 26: ...MPA system New IP Address information for the MPA system Hardware Requirements A Personal Computer with a 300 MHz Pentium processor or faster A standard 10 100 1000 Base T Ethernet cable for connecti...

Страница 27: ...pecific DNS Addresses need to be entered for your network otherwise the default DNS Addresses do not need to be changed a By default the DNS Address 1 Primary DNS is configured for 8 8 8 8 and the DNS...

Страница 28: ...to the MCH s micro USB port Option 2 Note After establishing a connection to the MCH card via either of the two options then you can View the MCH current IP Address or Change the MCH IP Address Softwa...

Страница 29: ...stablish a connection to the MCH via Ethernet Telnet 1 To communicate with the MCH via Telnet the MCH s GbE current IP Address must be known and responsive to Ping requests The MCH s default IP Addres...

Страница 30: ...ip this rest of this step c If Windows displays an error stating the Device driver software was not successfully installed the nat_mch inf driver will need to be manually installed d Open Device Manag...

Страница 31: ...e rest of the Serial Port settings as the following Speed Baud 19200 Data Bits 8 Stop Bits 1 Parity None Flow Control None 6 Click Open to establish the connection and wait for the console window to a...

Страница 32: ...rent IP Address a To change the IP Address press the Backspace key to delete the current Address one digit at a time then type the new Address followed by Enter to proceed to the next setting IP addre...

Страница 33: ...e turned Off and back On a Warning Do not turn the chassis Power off without first deactivating MCH and AMC cards 9 Close the PuTTy connection as well as all remote software connections to the MPA sys...

Страница 34: ...click on the DLI Remote Client icon and select Properties Then from the Compatibly tab enable the Run this program as Administrator option and click OK 1 Double click the DLI Remote Client shortcut ic...

Страница 35: ...r bmp extension DLI Remote Client Requirements Software The minimum software requirements are Windows XP Vista 7 8 10 or newer Windows operating systems Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 0 or greater TCP...

Страница 36: ...users to remotely control the MPA test modules The Remote Client software is supplied on the USB flash drive shipped with the MPA system and can also be downloaded from our website or provided by emai...

Страница 37: ...7 After the installation is complete a DLI Remote Client shortcut icon appears on the desktop Open the application by double clicking the DLI Remote Client icon 8 This completes the installation To i...

Страница 38: ...plication if upgrading to a newer remote version Automating the DLI Remote Client Icon The DLI Remote Client software is a graphical user interface GUI that allows you to remotely control portable and...

Страница 39: ...the same time each connected to the either same or different test sets Multiple DLI Remote Client icons can copied to your desktop each with a dedicated IP Address for connecting to multiple test set...

Страница 40: ...our network has the same IP Address as the MPA Verify the network Ethernet cable is connected to the MCH card s GbE port Verify you have Local Admin permissions on your PC Laptop Initial remote file t...

Страница 41: ...instructions to reboot the MPA Contact Customer Technical Support VNC Connection Virtual Network Computing VNC Connection As of Feature Set version 8 1 45 and later a VNC Server has been added to MPA...

Страница 42: ...to MPA When the MPA is connected to the same network as your VNC equipped PC or directly connected to your PC s Ethernet port you can log into the MPA using the VNC viewer to remotely control the use...

Страница 43: ...x 1 Select Options 2 From either the Basic tab or the Advanced Display tab change verify the following options Select Scale to Window Size Enable check Preserve Aspect Ratio Disable uncheck Enable Too...

Страница 44: ...the File menu 2 From the Options tab select the following options Set the Picture Quality to High Disable uncheck View only Set the Scaling to Automatic Enable check Preserve Aspect Ratio Enable check...

Страница 45: ...o connect to the MPA 8 If an Unencrypted Connection message appears select check Don t warn me about this again and click Continue 9 Enter the MPA s VNC Password and click OK The default VNC Password...

Страница 46: ...VNC Port from 1 to 10 being entered is not being used by another user Example 4 Click on Connect 5 Enter the MPA s VNC Password and click OK The default VNC Password for the MPA is Admin1 Multiple Rem...

Страница 47: ...a single MPA unit via VNC Remote GUI Login 1 Refer to Virtual Network Computing VNC Connection to establish a VNC connection to the MPA unit 2 From the VNC desktop double click the MPA REMOTE GUI ico...

Страница 48: ...the Remote GUI application Since the Remote GUI runs in full screen mode within the VNC viewer window users can now resize the GUI to any desired viewing size by grabbing and dragging any of the four...

Страница 49: ...he Shut Down button from the bottom right corner of the GUI then choose Logout from the shutdown menu Logout closes your Remote GUI session without affecting other users The Shutdown and Reboot option...

Страница 50: ...eving Saved Reports Test Reports Screen Captures Setup Configuration Settings and other files are saved using the Report button from the Remote GUI within a VNC connection These files are all saved to...

Страница 51: ...ame and Password that was used to login to the Remote GUI If a TCP Port is required the default Port for FTP is 21 The default FTP Username is Admin and the default Password is Admin1 However any User...

Страница 52: ...viewer does not support Preserve Aspect Ratio and needs to be upgrade to a newer version Password Authentication Failed The wrong password is being entered If the root user authentication password ha...

Страница 53: ...error type to insert The Error Insert button then causes single error insertions of the selected Error Type each time the button is pressed Stopping a Test The Stop common function button stops the r...

Страница 54: ...on function button located at the bottom of the touch screen Configured testing on the current protocol processor is restarted Presets Function The Presets function provides a quick and convenient way...

Страница 55: ...protocol connections Select All to Tx Rx This globally disconnects any internal connections between multiple protocol processors A protocol processor will now expect to receive a signal using its line...

Страница 56: ...Disrupt Reports Service Disruption statistics RTD Reports the Round Trip Delay measurements RFC Thru Put Reports the Throughput test settings and a summary of the test results for each packet size pa...

Страница 57: ...t is sent to your PC s default printer The format of the report is similar to the PDF file which allows a User Image file such as your company s logo to be printed at the top of the report PDF File Th...

Страница 58: ...rt file name Select File Name and using the Key board screen that appears enter the File Name of your choosing Enter a file name and select OK File names cannot include special characters or any space...

Страница 59: ...ngs currently configured for other protocol processors for example OTN etc will also be saved with that setting configuration To save a configuration 1 Create a test configuration using the Transmit a...

Страница 60: ...saved configurations for a protocol processor s Receive or Transmit settings Change the Protocol Mode 1 Select Test Setup from the Common Function Buttons 2 Select the Set Protocol Mode button 3 The...

Страница 61: ...e to a USB thumb drive or to another drive letter the select Drive and choose the drive letter where the file is located 5 From the File list select the name of the settings configuration to be restor...

Страница 62: ...rors alarms and event activity that may be stopped from using the Stop button The LEDs recorded history clears Status Indicator The Elapsed Time reset to zero seconds and begins counting over again Lo...

Страница 63: ...dialog box The Unlock Login dialog box appears 2 Enter your User ID Press to open an on screen keyboard or use a mouse and keyboard to enter the User ID 3 Enter your Password Press to open an on scre...

Страница 64: ...MCH card combination then at this point the blue hot swap LED on the AM4022 Processor will flash on off in short blinks while the processor is shutting down Wait for the hot swap LED to turn solid bl...

Страница 65: ...OK will begin the Reboot process which may take several minutes to complete 3 The Remote GUI will automatically disconnect from the MPA unit and close 4 After waiting about 5 minutes or so the Remote...

Страница 66: ...About This Product screen for the MPA s current Feature Set number Software Upgrade Requirements Verify you can Ping the MPA processor s current IP Address o See instructions on Configuring the IP Ad...

Страница 67: ...ollowed by a System Software Update screen stating The software update process has started Warning Do not turn the MPA s Power Off or connect to the MPA system during this time period 8 The web browse...

Страница 68: ...ted time period for evaluation purposes unit rentals etc Timed Licenses contain a start date and end date which can be for as little as one day or last as long as one year To enable a Timed License Cu...

Страница 69: ...e License key and operate according to the options defined by that key MPA Shutdown Procedure This procedure describes the step by step process for shutting down a rack mounted MPA system When an MPA...

Страница 70: ...d then pull out the Unlock Extraction handle to the first stop position on the SCM 210 card Important When an Unlock Extraction handle is pulled out to the first stop position the blue hot swap LED wi...

Страница 71: ...b Push in on the button on the bottom side of the connector to unplug the Self Locking power cable Note The Unlock Extraction handles on the remaining MPM test modules do not need to be pulled out pr...

Страница 72: ...the end of a fiber through a microscope or your bare eye if the other end is connected to an operating piece of network or test equipment 1 Prior to inserting any patch cord into the microscope verify...

Страница 73: ...er with your thumb 2 Gently stroke the tip of the connector along the exposed film in the manner according to the directions on the label 3 While sliding the connector along the blue film slightly twi...

Страница 74: ...pressurized canned air approximately two inches from the end of the receptacle and applying three to five short blasts of air Do not use cotton swabs as cotton can leave particles and threads behind U...

Страница 75: ...lot 2 The OTN SDH and PACKET Protocol Processor tabs for Test Unit 3 are labelled as S2 P1 which is short for Slot 2 and Port 1 The OTN SDH and PACKET Protocol Processor tabs for Test Unit 4 are label...

Страница 76: ...GUI S1 P1 S2 P1 etc In the examples above the 1st and 2nd generation MPA chassis units have an AMC Processor located either below or above the Slot 1 depending on the chassis leaving five additional s...

Страница 77: ...Units For the purpose of this document a Test Unit consists of all of the Protocol Processors that share the same Slot Port and Lock icon Thus the Protocol Processor tabs for Test Unit 1 in the GUI c...

Страница 78: ...d No individual user has control of it I can lock the test set by selecting this icon and choosing Lock or Lock and Exit from the Lock Unlock dialog box I have the test set locked You currently contro...

Страница 79: ...one else 1 Select the Lock icon The Lock Unlock dialog box appears 2 Select Force Unlock The command buttons change to Lock and Exit and Lock You must have Admin privileges to be able to force the unl...

Страница 80: ...dialog box appears 2 Selecting one of the following causes the command buttons to change to Unlock and Exit and Unlock and the information boxes become available Lock and Exit Locks the unit and auto...

Страница 81: ...nter The notes appear in their associated information box 4 Select Exit to close the Lock Unlock dialog box To edit notes on the Lock Unlock dialog box for a test unit To edit the notes the test unit...

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Страница 83: ...ication and chassis management An AM4022 processor for software processing A maximum of five 5 single slot MPM test modules Slot 1 is located in the top row above the AM4022 processor Slot 2 is locate...

Страница 84: ...is is the same and similar layout as the second MPA generation and supports the following high level chassis features An SCM 210 card replacing both the MCH and AM4022 processor for user communication...

Страница 85: ...M 10G Module Overview MPM 100G Module Overview MPM 100AR Module Overview MPM 400G Module Overview MPA Rackmount Installation All three generations of the MPA chassis can be rack mounted into a 19 in 4...

Страница 86: ...uipment rack using the mounting brackets attached to either side of the chassis Because of the variety of screw thread dimensions used with different racks you must supply four 4 mounting screws speci...

Страница 87: ...k s rails 3 While one installer holds the chassis in place insert the first customer supplied rail screw into one of the bottom screw slots on the mounting bracket and fasten the screw to the mounting...

Страница 88: ...rument a The AC Power Supply supports a standard IEC 320 C14 connector as well as a Self Locking connector to prevent the power cord from accidentally being unplugged b The entire cord set must be cer...

Страница 89: ...the power cord To avoid electric shock the grounding conductor must be connected to earth ground Before making connections to the input or output terminals of the instrument ensure that the product is...

Страница 90: ...d before making input power connections to the device A ground connector is provided on the back side of the chassis for the use of a grounding lug or ground wires with a single U shaped connector or...

Страница 91: ...than 100 CFM of total airflow though the chassis Air Filter Swap The MPA chassis provides a front replaceable air filter next to the right fan tray to reduce the level of dust intake The air filter e...

Страница 92: ...as ESD shoe grounders or an ESD wrist strap before installed or exchanging any electric component within this system Test Module Removal With the MPA chassis powered off use the module s Unlock Extra...

Страница 93: ...on of the module s printed circuit board in the image above Push on the front of the card until it contacts the backplane socket then push even harder on the front of the card with the appropriate amo...

Страница 94: ...ller card the SCM 210 combines the functionality of the original MCH controller and AM4022 processor combination into one full sized card that inserts in the legacy MCH slot freeing up an addition MPM...

Страница 95: ...tem central management and data switching device for internal and external user communication MPA units sold prior to October 2015 were shipped with an earlier version of the MCH controller card that...

Страница 96: ...ealth LED 3 RJ 45 LAN port 10 100 1000 Base T 4 RJ 48 Clock In Out port 5 External Clock In Status LED 6 Slot Status LEDs 7 Micro B USB 2 0 port 8 Module Hot Swap LED 9 Module Extraction Handle Ethern...

Страница 97: ...flash drive and USB mouse connectivity as well as a Standard DisplayPort video connector for controlling the local Graphical User Interface application AM4022 Processor 1 Module Out Of Service LED 2 M...

Страница 98: ...t testing or for loop back testing from Port to Port Thus an MPA unit equipped with five 6 MPM 10G cards is capable of supporting a total of twelve 12 independently configurable test ports referred to...

Страница 99: ...Ethernet Fibre Channel and CPRI Interface rates SDH STM 64 10G STM 16 2 5G STM 4 622M STM 1 155M STM 0 51M SONET OC 192 10G OC 48 2 5G OC 12 622M OC 3 155M OC 1 51M OTN OTU 1 2 66G OTU 2 10 7G OTU2e...

Страница 100: ...MPM 10G Test Module Overview 100 The MPM 10G card supports the following Protocol Processor tabs MPA_e_manual_D07 00 129P_RevA00...

Страница 101: ...to fit into any one of MPA s chassis test module slots Each MPM 100G card is equipped with two pluggable laser module ports to support both a CFP4 laser and a QSFP28 laser for testing 100G interface...

Страница 102: ...ease mechanism is oriented underneath the laser QSFP28 s Port Activity Indicator LED 2 above and to the left of the QSFP28 module glows green when the QSFP 28 s TX Laser is turned on CFP4 s Port Activ...

Страница 103: ...w SONET Tab Overview SDH Tab Overview Packet Tab Overview You may also navigate through the topics by using the Contents tab and window that appear on the left side of the screen MPM 100AR Test Module...

Страница 104: ...laser then Port 2 s Interface rate defaults to Not Assigned The MPM 100AR card has been designed to fit into any one of MPA s chassis test module slots The MPM 100AR card can be controlled by the GUI...

Страница 105: ...is turned on Each MPM 100G port Test Unit provides testing capabilities for the following SONET SDH OTN and Ethernet Interface rates SDH STM 256 39 813G STL 256 4 SONET OC 768 39 813G STL 256 4 OTN OT...

Страница 106: ...view OTN Tab Overview SONET Tab Overview SDH Tab Overview Packet Tab Overview You may also navigate through the topics by using the Contents tab and window that appear on the left side of the screen M...

Страница 107: ...nd SCPI interface scripting is very similar to the MPM 100G card but only includes MLD and a PACKET protocol processor tabs Pluggable CFP8 laser modules are hot swappable which allows for testing diff...

Страница 108: ...EEE 802 3bs compliant CFP8 module Supports 400GAUI 16 16x25G NRZ electrical interface to CFP8 Applications Comprehensive 400GE test applications for layers 1 3 Full rate 400GE BERT testing for through...

Страница 109: ...upports the following Protocol Processor tabs MLD Tab Overview Packet Tab Overview You may also navigate through the topics by using the Contents tab and window that appear on the left side of the scr...

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Страница 111: ...s per card slot may be available for testing See Understanding Test Units for details The following Protocol Processor tabs are supported MLD Tab Overview OTN Tab Overview SONET Tab Overview SDH Tab O...

Страница 112: ...be monitored All Physical lane settings and results can be tested and monitored from this tab All Optical lane settings and results can be tested and monitored from this tab The following processor c...

Страница 113: ...Channel 14 025G Port 1 Port 2 SFP 10G Fibre Channel 10 518G Port 1 Port 2 SFP OTN OTU4 111 809G OTL 4 4 Port 1 only QSFP28 OTU3e2 44 583G OTL 3 4 Port 1 only QSFP OTU3e1 44 571G OTL 3 4 Port 1 only QS...

Страница 114: ...Unframed BERT 43 018G Port 1 only QSFP Unframed BERT 41 25G Port 1 only QSFP Unframed BERT 39 813G Port 1 only QSFP Unframed BERT 28 05G Port 1 Port 2 SFP28 Unframed BERT 25 781G Port 1 Port 2 SFP28...

Страница 115: ...FP4 QSFP28 40G Ethernet 41 25G QSFP OTN OTU4 111 809G OTL 4 4 CFP4 QSFP28 OTU3e2 44 583G OTL 3 4 QSFP OTU3e1 44 571G OTL 3 4 QSFP OTU3 43 018G OTL 3 4 QSFP SONET SDH OC 768 STM 256 39 813G STL 256 4 Q...

Страница 116: ...opics by using the Contents tab and window that appear on the left side of the screen Screens and Function Descriptions MLD Tab Screen Functions and Descriptions Overview This section of the online he...

Страница 117: ...smit screens SET Multi Lanes ERROR ALARM MLD Transmit Set The MLD Transmit Settings screen configures the MLD transmit parameters It contains the following functions Function Description Settings Cont...

Страница 118: ...module is unplugged The wavelength of the selected interface is determined by the specifications of the laser module being used Unframed BERT Interfaces are only valid when the number of Physical Lane...

Страница 119: ...ncrement and decrement from one user defined Offset Peak to second user defined Offset Peak each ranging from 300 0 to 300 0 PPM s A user defined Step Size can be set in PPM s and a user defined Step...

Страница 120: ...sed on the selected reference clock is displayed When the TX Clock Reference setting is set to Recovered this measurement is derived from the external recovered clock Measured TX Line Frequency Offset...

Страница 121: ...able Error FEC Uncorrectable Chan AB Generates a FEC Uncorrectable Error on Channels A B FEC Uncorrectable Chan A Generates a FEC Uncorrectable Error on Channel A FEC Uncorrectable Chan B Generates a...

Страница 122: ...rectable Symbol Error on Channel A FEC Correctable Symbol Error on Channel A error types Error Burst Size Sets the number of errors to transmit per burst from 0 to 15 Error Burst Period Sets the durat...

Страница 123: ...used to generate LOS on all Optical Lanes simultaneously The ALL LOS OFF button can be used to turn off the LOS alarm on any Optical Lanes currently generating an LOS alarm Virtual Lane Errors and Al...

Страница 124: ...MLD Tab 124 100G Ethernet For 100G 400G RS FEC Ethernet Interface the virtual lanes are referred to as FEC lanes 100G RS FEC Ethernet MPA_e_manual_D07 00 129P_RevA00...

Страница 125: ...Protocol Tabs 125 400G RS FEC Ethernet For SONET SDH and OTN Interface types the virtual lanes are referred to as Logical lanes OTU 4 MPA_e_manual_D07 00 129P_RevA00...

Страница 126: ...MLD Tab 126 Unframed BERT Interface types use Physical lanes but do not use virtual lanes Unframed BERT 103G Unframed BERT 425G MPA_e_manual_D07 00 129P_RevA00...

Страница 127: ...t Delays currently being generated on any of the lanes Lane Map This menu allows you to choose Rotate or Restore to Defaults When Rotate is selected you choose the virtual lane number to be assigned t...

Страница 128: ...ently being inserted on that lane The following Alarm Types may or may not be available depending on the configured Interface type SONET SDH and OTN Alarms LOF Loss Of Frame The equipment cannot lock...

Страница 129: ...terface type if the number of virtual lanes double the number of physical lanes then two Logical or FEC PCS virtual lanes will be mapped into each physical lane The number in parentheses is the virtua...

Страница 130: ...rface rates require a QSFP pluggable laser module 32G and 25G Interface rates require a SFP28 pluggable laser module 16G and 10G Interface rates require a SFP pluggable laser module Constant LOS or LO...

Страница 131: ...s from 0 to 300 ppm in increments of 0 1 0 ppm is disabled Excessive Skew Threshold Sets the Skew alarm Bit Delay threshold in bits for all virtual lanes Logic FEC PCS When a virtual lane s measured S...

Страница 132: ...Disabled SER Deactivate Threshold Sets the number of Symbols for the SER Deactivate Threshold from 0 to 65534 MPM 400G card only The SER Deactivate Threshold value must be less than the SER Activate...

Страница 133: ...e Skew bit Shows the measured Skew delay in Bits Skew ps Shows the measured Skew delay in picoseconds For 40G 100G Ethernet Interface types the virtual lanes are referred to as PCS lanes 100G Ethernet...

Страница 134: ...MLD Tab 134 100G RS FEC Ethernet 400G RS FEC Ethernet MPA_e_manual_D07 00 129P_RevA00...

Страница 135: ...SONET SDH and OTN Interface types the virtual lanes are referred to as Logical lanes OTU 4 Unframed BERT Interface types use Physical lanes but do not use virtual lanes Unframed BERT 112G MPA_e_manua...

Страница 136: ...al Lane Results MLD Results Screens and Functions All monitored activity that the MLD Multi Lane Distribution protocol processor receives is reported to the Results screen This screen provides several...

Страница 137: ...virtual lanes as well as any client errors and alarms on any of the associated OTN SONET SDH and Packet tabs For alarms the duration is reported as a count in seconds For errors an error count is repo...

Страница 138: ...NNe N format Current error rate using an N NNe N format The following Errors may or may not be displayed depending on the error types supported by the configure Interface Error Type Description FEC Co...

Страница 139: ...Correctable Zeros errors on Channel A FEC Chan B Uncorr FEC Uncorrectable errors on Channel B FEC Chan B Corr CW FEC Correctable Code Word errors on Channel B FEC Chan B Corr Sym FEC Correctable Symbo...

Страница 140: ...G card only The following FEC Analysis errors are monitored FEC Correctable Symbol Breakdown Description FEC Corr Sym Count 1 15 FEC Correctable Symbol error counts on Symbols 1 to 15 Errors and Alarm...

Страница 141: ...rmat Average error rate using an N NNe N format Current error rate using an N NNe N format When monitoring Alarm statistics the following information is display Lane selected Name of Alarm type select...

Страница 142: ...Lane w lane position Displays the FEC Lane number s assigned to each Physical Lane LOAMPS Indicates if any Loss of Alignment Marker Payload Sequence alarms are being received on any of the lanes see b...

Страница 143: ...ne is currently receiving any of the specified Errors or Alarms The lane s Error Alarm button will appear Grey with Red text if that lane previously received any of the specified Errors or Alarms but...

Страница 144: ...een with black text The specific function is active and OK Red with black text An error or alarm event is in progress White with red text This function experienced an error or alarm event This event i...

Страница 145: ...hs Saves a graph to file as a grp file that can be replayed at a later time Important This is not a text file when replayed it appears as the original graph plot Choose Print a Graph to Report if you...

Страница 146: ...tab select Graph 3 Select the Graph screen s Print Report command button The Report Setup menu appears 4 Select Graphs to File to print reports to a file 5 Click the OK button the File Browser dialog...

Страница 147: ...s the files to its default directory on the test unit Replaying Graphs Use the Replay Graphs button to open any previously saved graph GRP that is stored on the system Use the Stop Replay button to cl...

Страница 148: ...ns for 1 week 2 Weeks Test runs for 2 weeks User Defined Allows a specific test duration to be entered using a touch screen keypad The minimum duration is 1 minute The maximum duration is 99 days 23 h...

Страница 149: ...ext file with a stat file extension The test does not repeat Record Current Statistics using a delimiter At the end of a timed test a statistics report of the received Errors Alarms Pointer Analysis a...

Страница 150: ...y selecting Stop from the Common Function Buttons or by changing the Action After Duration value Print Events and Repeat Test This option appears when Repeat Actions is selected At the end of a timed...

Страница 151: ...and Repeat Test This option appears when Repeat Actions is selected At the end of a timed test both test Statistics and Events are saved to individual text files with the stat and evt file extensions...

Страница 152: ...e a file named OTN S2 P1 155815 represents a OTN statistics report from Port 1 on Slot 2 and was recorded at 15 58 15 To determine how long a test will run refer to Duration After configuring the Dura...

Страница 153: ...he laser module Swing Sets the transmit differential voltage Swing value in mV for the Physical Lanes Select ALL to adjust the Swing values for all of the lanes or adjust each physical lane individual...

Страница 154: ...by the processor MLD Test CFP Info The CFP Info screen displays common MDIO register values as programmed by the CFP s manufacturer for the inserted CFP4 or CFP8 module The CFP Info screen can also be...

Страница 155: ...CFP NVR 1 Hex Addr 8002 Ethernet Code Displays what if any Ethernet application is supported by the CFP module Example 400GBASE 400GE 100GE 40GE and SR16 SR4 LR4 ER4 DR4 FR8 LR8 etc CFP NVR 1 Hex Add...

Страница 156: ...s Vendor OUI Organizationally Unique Identifier CFP NVR 1 Hex Addr 8031 8033 Part Number Displays the CFP module s Part Number model number CFP NVR 1 Hex Addr 8034 8043 Serial Number Displays the CFP...

Страница 157: ...e Displays the CFP module s vendor manufacturer date in the format YYYYMMDD e g 20180310 March 10 2018 CFP NVR 1 Hex Addr 8054 805B Lot Code Displays the CFP module s Lot Code Note Nothing is returned...

Страница 158: ...ALM Displays the logical state of the Transmit path alarm MOD_ABS Reports the presence of an inserted CFP module to the Host TRANS_LOS Reports if the CFP is transmitting LOS on any Optical Lane MDIO A...

Страница 159: ...s per the SFF 8636 Specification The following 2 wire I2C Serial Addresses are compliant with SFF 8636 Specification for Management Interface for Cabled Environments Rev 2 7 January 26 2016 Table 6 15...

Страница 160: ...e Complements Byte 140 See Table 32A Vendor Name Displays the module s Vendor manufacturer Name Page 00h Byte 148 163 Size 16 Byte Vendor OUI Displays the module s Vendor OUI Organizationally Unique I...

Страница 161: ...age 00h Byte 147 Size 4 bits Bits 7 4 Ref Table 6 20 Wavelength Displays the module s optical Wavelength and Wavelength Tolerance or Copper Cable Attenuation Page 00h Byte 186 189 Size 4 Bytes Max Tem...

Страница 162: ...value which displays as a four digit hexadecimal number next to the Data button Select the Data button to open a keypad that can used to enter a user defined hexadecimal value to be written to the ref...

Страница 163: ...e default voltage level for this setting is 3 30 Volts The CFP Info 2 screen also displays the following information Active Supply Voltage The DC voltage level being supplied to the CFP8 module from t...

Страница 164: ...ended rate select compliance Page 00h Byte 141 Size 1 Byte Wavelength Displays the module s optical Wavelength and Wavelength Tolerance or Copper Cable Attenuation Page 00h Byte 186 189 Size 4 Bytes P...

Страница 165: ...F Displays the link length supported for SMF fiber in km Page 00h Byte 142 Size 1 Byte Length 50um Displays the link length supported for OM2 50 125 um fiber units of 1 m Page 00h Byte 144 Size 1 Byte...

Страница 166: ...BLE Toggles the logical state of the TX_DIS pin state RS0 Toggles the logical state of the Rate Select 0 bit RS1 Toggles the logical state of the Rate Select 1 bit TX_FAULT Reports the state of the TX...

Страница 167: ...alue to the specified reference address The user defined hexadecimal numbers can range from 0 to FF a leading 0 does not need to be entered MLD Test Module Check The Module Check screen provides the a...

Страница 168: ...s and event history to help narrow the focus if problems are detected on the incoming signal and provide a starting point when trying to diagnose problems This portion of the screen allows you to quic...

Страница 169: ...eneral status summary of all circuit packs installed in the unit MLD LEDs Quick Status LEDs Color Description Typically a Red LED indicates a problem whereas a Green or White LED indicates error free...

Страница 170: ...Red HighBER High Block Error Rate Indicates that the MLD is receiving High Block Error Rate errors HighSER High Symbol Error Ratio Indicates that the MLD is receiving High Symbol Error Ratio errors F...

Страница 171: ...ore virtual lanes is receiving FEC Correctable bit errors UNCORR FEC Uncorrectable Indicates that one or more virtual lanes is receiving FEC Uncorrectable bit errors LOAMPS Loss of Alignment Marker Pa...

Страница 172: ...l or FEC PCS virtual lane number and the position number in parentheses that the received virtual lane number was assigned to Unframed BERT interfaces will just show the received physical lane numbers...

Страница 173: ...either data blocks or control blocks The sync header is 01 for data blocks and 10 for control blocks Thus there is always a transition between the first two bits of a block The remainder of the block...

Страница 174: ...received in a row that do not match the alignment marker that the lane is currently locked to Skew Skew or relative delay can be introduced between lanes by both active and passive elements of a link...

Страница 175: ...arm statistic information as well as other counts that pertain to the test performed Multiple reports can be combined into one file by selecting more than one report type The reports listed below are...

Страница 176: ...is similar to the PDF file which allows a User Image file such as your company s logo to be printed at the top of the report PDF File The selected report is saved as a PDF file and this format allows...

Страница 177: ...ame Select File Name and using the Key board screen that appears enter the File Name of your choosing Enter a file name and select OK File names cannot include special characters or any spaces The Fil...

Страница 178: ...709 networks including OTU 3 43 018G OTU 3e1 44 571G OTU 3e2 44 583G OTU 4 111 809G and OTUCn 112 304 GHz including support for the following Mappings ODU Flex mapping supports 8G Fibre Channel 4G Fi...

Страница 179: ...Test OTUCn Config LED Quick Status Area Common Function Buttons Lock Unlock Icon Transmit OTN Transmit Screens and Functions The transmit section allows you to configure the transmit signal parameter...

Страница 180: ...ss through the unit without altering the data in the signal The following options are available On and Off When Passthru Mode is turned On the TX Clock Reference automatically changes to Recovered Int...

Страница 181: ...es OTU 3e1 OTL 3 4 testing via QSFP OTU3 43 018G MLD Provides OTU 3 OTL 3 4 testing via QSFP For the MPM 10G card the following OTN interface rates may be available depending on the licensed based tes...

Страница 182: ...ides 8 Gigabit Fibre Channel testing via SFP Fibre Chan 4 25G Provides 4 Gigabit Fibre Channel testing via SFP Fibre Chan 2 125G Provides 2 Gigabit Fibre Channel testing via SFP Fibre Chan 1 0625G Pro...

Страница 183: ...e Determines the timing source for the transmit signal Select one of the following Internal Derives the transmit data s timing source from the Chassis Clock setting as configured on the System tab MIS...

Страница 184: ...N frame and the payload data is defined by the configuration settings on the SONET tab PRBS Inserts a PRBS payload pattern into the OTN frame Null Client Inserts an All Zeros payload pattern into the...

Страница 185: ...into an OTU1e or OTU2e The available mapping options are dependent on the Interface rate selected and the licensed based test options currently enabled Payload Pattern Selects a test pattern to inser...

Страница 186: ...al Channel Payload Unit OPU frequency offset in ppm The OPU Frequency Offset setting is only available for ODTU Multi Chan ODTU Add Drop or SONET SDH Asynchronous mappings Initial Laser Setting Contro...

Страница 187: ...S pattern Null Client The foreground ODU j Mapping is configured with an All Zeros pattern GFP The foreground ODU j Mapping is configured with a GFP Payload ITU T G 709 Sup43 7 3 The foreground ODU 2...

Страница 188: ...In SDH mode the foreground ODU 0 is configured for an Asynchronous Add Drop mapping to the SDH processor s STM 4 Interface From the SDH tab you can further multiplex the STM 4 Mapping option from an A...

Страница 189: ...en the ODU j Mapping is configured for SONET SDH Asynchronous payload OTN Transmit Set Set 2 Use the Set 1 and Set 2 screens to configure the OTN Transmit parameters The following describes the functi...

Страница 190: ...TX line frequency for the currently configured interface based on the selected reference clock is displayed When the TX Clock Reference is configured for Recovered this measurement is derived from th...

Страница 191: ...te value is 1111 0110 0xF6 OA2 Edits the second three bytes of the FAS OH The default byte value is 0010 1000 0x28 For OTU 4 the third A2 byte is disabled and has been allocated as the Logical Lane Ma...

Страница 192: ...Two bytes of the Section Monitoring overhead are reserved RES for future use GCC0 1 and GCC0 2 General Communication Channel 0 Byte 1 and Byte 2 RES 1 and RES 2 Two bytes of the OTU overhead are rese...

Страница 193: ...00 0010 Signal Degrade 0000 0011 through 1111 1111 are reserved for future use OI Bytes 1 through 9 are used for the Operator Identifier field OS Bytes 10 through 127 are used for the Operator Specifi...

Страница 194: ...s set to 1 to indicate a BDI The Status STAT bits are three bits used to indicate the use of a maintenance signal SAPI Source Access Point Identifier The SAPI is the first part of the multi frame Trai...

Страница 195: ...Optical Channel Data Unit ODU overhead bytes and messages can be edited using three separate screens on the unit ODU A ODU B and TCM The ODU overhead contains six Tandem Connection Monitoring TCM fiel...

Страница 196: ...r Specific This is part of the TTI structure A 32 character string can be entered for this value OTN Transmit OTN OH OPU Use this screen to edit the Optical Channel Payload Unit OPU bytes Option Descr...

Страница 197: ...OH Overhead The A D OH settings apply to the additional layer of overhead bytes for lower ODU rate payloads that are multiplexed up to a higher OTU Interface rate The Transmit A D OH screens become en...

Страница 198: ...BEI OPU OMFI OPU C640 CRC8 OPU C8 CRC8 BIT TCM1 BIP8 TCM6 BIP8 and TCM1 BEI TCM6 BEI Note that FEC Correctable Uncorrectable errors are inserted after the FEC wrapper is created When testing Add Drop...

Страница 199: ...r selected User Defined Allows you to enter and save a customized error insertion rate When an Alarm to Burst is selected as well as supported error types then Periodic Burst is displayed Error Burst...

Страница 200: ...e LOF OOF LOM OOM ODU AIS ODU LCK ODU OCI ODU BDI TCM1 BDI TCM6 BDI and TCM1 BIAE TCM6 BIAE Selecting None will turn off any active Alarms being generated Receive OTN Receive Screens and Functions The...

Страница 201: ...of the Settings Control mode Interface Selects the receive Interface Rate For the MPM 100AR card the following OTN interface rates may be available depending on the selected Port and the licensed bas...

Страница 202: ...depending on the licensed based test options currently enabled OTU2f 11 317G Provides 11 317 Gigabit Fibre Channel testing over OTU 2 via SFP OTU1f 11 270G Provides 11 270 Gigabit Fibre Channel testi...

Страница 203: ...1 Gigabit Fibre Channel testing via SFP MORE Displays another page of Interface Rate CPRI 12 16512G Provides Unframed 12 16512G CPRI testing via SFP CPRI 10 1376G Provides Unframed 10 1376G CPRI testi...

Страница 204: ...chronous The Optical Channel Payload Unit OPU of the OTN frame is synchronized with the rest of the OTN frame and the payload data is defined by the configuration settings on the SDH tab SDH Asynchron...

Страница 205: ...Add Drop ODTU Add Drop mappings support a single channel mapping structure comprised of multiple ODU j levels ODTU Add Drop mappings differ from ODTU Multi Channel mappings in that multi level ODTU A...

Страница 206: ...w alarm will occur MPM 10G card only The threshold value is entered using an on screen keypad and can range from 10 0 dBm to 100 0 dBm in increments of 0 1 dBm The default value is 100 0 Disabled For...

Страница 207: ...H tab SONET Synchronous The Optical Channel Payload Unit OPU of the foreground ODU j Mapping is synchronized with the rest of the OTN frame and the payload data is defined by the configuration setting...

Страница 208: ...oreground ODU 0 is configured for an Asynchronous Add Drop mapping to the SONET processor s STS 12 Interface From the SONET tab you can further multiplex the STS 12 Mapping option from an STS 12c Bulk...

Страница 209: ...G Tributary Slots are assigned to each of the ODU j ports within the ODTU mapping For multi level ODTU Add Drop mappings select the ODU j or ODU j Selected button located in the LED Quick Status area...

Страница 210: ...to Recovery Method This is used as an attempt to recover the signal in the event the OTN s client processor signal SONET SDH tab Packet tab etc is in an alarm state such as Loss of Frame or Loss of Li...

Страница 211: ...bled or Disable Alarm Reporting A D OPU Out of Frequency Threshold Sets the threshold in ppm for which the Add Drop OPU Frequency Wide alarm occurs based on the measured A D OPU Justify Frequency Offs...

Страница 212: ...incoming signal This is a read only function Use the TCM Selection button to select which of the 6 TCM channels to view Use the SAPI Expected and DAPI Expected buttons to configure expected SAPI and...

Страница 213: ...n Access Point Identifier DAPI trace received on the incoming signal for OTU ODU and TCM1 TCM6 OH bytes Expected DAPI Trace The Expected DAPI Trace is a User Defined setting that can be compared to th...

Страница 214: ...U TCM1 BEI ODU GCC1 1 OTU FAS OA2 3 ODU TCM2 BEI ODU GCC2 1 OTU MFAS ODU TCM3 BEI ODU GCC1 2 OTU SM TTI ODU TCM4 BEI ODU GCC2 2 OTU SM BIP ODU TCM5 BEI ODU APS PCC 1 OTU SM BEI ODU TCM6 BEI ODU APS PC...

Страница 215: ...to equal or not equal in order to trigger the capture event This setting only appears when the Capture Trigger is set to BYTE EQUAL or BYTE NOT EQUAL Bytes After Trigger When a Capture event has been...

Страница 216: ...or will wait until the selected Capture Trigger event occurs Stop Deactivates the capture feature and changes the State from Waiting for Trigger to Start and re enables the Capture button Reset Clears...

Страница 217: ...urement is only made when the OPU is configured for an Asynchronous Add Drop mapping ODU j A D OPU Justify Frequency Offset in PPM For multi level ODTU Add Drop mappings select the ODU j or ODU j Sele...

Страница 218: ...rms It is effective in identifying a general area to investigate when error or alarm activity is detected This function displays a list of received errors and alarms For alarms the duration is reporte...

Страница 219: ...can be monitored For multi level ODTU Add Drop mappings the following Add Drop errors are monitored for each ODU j level A D FRAME A D TCM1 BIP8 Add Drop TCM6 BIP8 A D MFAS A D TCM1 BEI Add Drop TCM6...

Страница 220: ...rop Alarms When configured for an Add Drop mapping the system can monitor and report alarms on the incoming Add Drop ODU Mapping The Add Drop Alarms function lists the duration of the alarm in seconds...

Страница 221: ...unts Asynchronous mappings Justification Seconds Reports the total duration of OPU Justifications in seconds Asynchronous mappings For multi level ODTU Add Drop mappings the following Add Drop counts...

Страница 222: ...as been recorded by the unit since the time the test was started The events appear in a table that lists events the number of events logged the start and stop time of the event and the duration of the...

Страница 223: ...e test history for either the current test or a previously saved test To use the graphs function 1 Select a protocol processor that has been configured for Error Alarm testing 2 From Results select Gr...

Страница 224: ...s to adjust the graph s time scale to an earlier or later time Selecting Shift Left moves the graph s reference cursor to the left and displays earlier events Selecting Shift Right move the graph s re...

Страница 225: ...lts tab select Graph 3 Select the Graph screen s Print Report command button The Report Setup menu appears 4 Select Graphs to File to print reports to a file 5 Click the OK button the File Browser dia...

Страница 226: ...n to open any previously saved graph GRP that is stored on the system Use the Stop Replay button to close the graph file For more information on retrieving a saved graph file see Print or View Saved F...

Страница 227: ...Status Area The left side of the screen provides an at a glance view of the current protocol processor s LEDs and Laser ON Off button The LEDs report incoming error and alarm activity current status a...

Страница 228: ...creen for individual Optical Lane power levels E A Indicates the current Error Alarm configured for transmission in the OTN signal This is a status indicator Test Paused This LED will turn Red if the...

Страница 229: ...alarm statistics related to that status LED For LED descriptions for a specific protocol processor go to the appropriate protocol processor section of the online help and navigate to Screen Functions...

Страница 230: ...COR Forward Error Correction Correctable This is an error LED LOM Loss of Multiframe This is an alarm LED OOM Out of Multiframe This is an alarm LED BIP8 Bit Interleaved Parity 8 OTU This is an error...

Страница 231: ...ing ODU This is a Summary LED that indicates if a TCM error or alarm has been detected on any TCM channel If this LED is red click the LED text TCM Summary to display a detailed LED window with all of...

Страница 232: ...d Drop OTU to display a detailed LED window with all of the Add Drop OTU alarms Multi Chan Multi Channel Add Drop This is a Summary LED that indicates if an error or alarm has been detected on any of...

Страница 233: ...LED window with all of the A D ODU TCM errors and alarms for TCM 1 to TCM 6 PAT SYNC Loss of Pattern Synchronization Displays the status of loss of Pattern Synchronization on any active details chann...

Страница 234: ...ow with all of the OTN TCM errors and alarms for TCM 1 to TCM 6 The OTN TC LEDs window appears in the center of the screen The following describes the TCM LEDs that appear for each of the six TCM Fiel...

Страница 235: ...n This function configures how long a timed test runs The following options are available Continuous Test is untimed and unit is always collecting data 5 Minutes Test runs for 5 minutes 15 Minutes Tes...

Страница 236: ...Options Description None No action occurs at the end of the test duration Print Current Statistics At the end of a timed test a statistics report of the received Errors Alarms Pointer Analysis and Si...

Страница 237: ...ter Duration value Record Statistics and Repeat Test This option appears when Repeat Actions is selected At the end of a timed test a statistics report of the received Errors Alarms Pointer Analysis a...

Страница 238: ...est This option appears when Repeat Actions is selected At the end of a timed test both test Statistics and Events are automatically printed to the configured printer and the timed test restarts This...

Страница 239: ...of the received Errors Alarms Pointer Analysis and Signal Status functions evt Event Report A detailed summary of received Errors Alarms and Pointer event activities The file naming convention is XX...

Страница 240: ...etwork and can be configured to monitor for a specific event that will cause a service disruption switch When this event occurs the duration in both seconds and frames is logged These statistics can b...

Страница 241: ...r the time duration in milliseconds of consecutive error free frames to elapse before Protection Switch measurements stop accumulating Good Frames This function allows you to enter the number of conse...

Страница 242: ...2 777 ms OTU1f 0 012 ms 12 s 16383 frames 189 794 ms OTU2f 0 012 ms 12 s 16383 frames 188 997 ms OTU1 0 049 ms 49 s 16383 frames 802 302 ms The Service Disruption Reports include up to 200 of the most...

Страница 243: ...t and return to the unit Continuous Round Trip Delay If selected continuous DM frames are transmitted through your network The current frame count and duration appear in the Current column The fastest...

Страница 244: ...Type Displays the module s Connector Type Example LC MPO 1x12 Page 00h Byte 130 Size 1 Byte Ref SFF 8024 Table 4 3 Encoding Displays the module s Signal Encoding Page 00h Byte 139 Size 1 Byte Ref SFF...

Страница 245: ...ower dBm Displays the measured RX optical power between 40 to 8 2 dBm Page 00h Byte 34 41 Table 6 8 Size 16 bits Length SMF km Displays the link length supported for SMF fiber in km Page 00h Byte 142...

Страница 246: ...FP8 Module Control Pins are read only Control Pin Description TX_DISABLE Toggles the logical state of the TX_DIS pin state RS0 Toggles the logical state of the Rate Select 0 bit RS1 Toggles the logica...

Страница 247: ...ess the specified address for the desired Page Select the Write button to send the user defined Data value to the specified reference address The user defined hexadecimal numbers can range from 0 to F...

Страница 248: ...UC4 4x MPM 100 modules 4x 100G Ports 4x 100G OTUC5 5x MPM 100 modules 5x 100G Ports 5x 100G OTUC6 6x MPM 100 modules 6x 100G Ports 6x 100G Flexible OTUCn Configuration Examples MPA units with an SCM 2...

Страница 249: ...OTUCn example groups see OTUCn Examples OTUCn Config Screen and Functions To configure the MPA for OTUCn testing select the Interface menu from any available OTN tab that is licensed for the OTUCn tes...

Страница 250: ...have a padlock See Locking and Unlocking a Test Set for details GoTo The OTN S P icon is shortcut button that will take you to that specific port s OTN tab in the GUI OTN specific features such as er...

Страница 251: ...OTUCn Selection This button allows you to select which OTN ports are added to each OTUCn group in sequential order The number of ports added to an OTUCn determines the n size of the OTUCn where an OT...

Страница 252: ...port in the OTUCn group stops incrementing Every OTN port Slice in the OTUCn group stop s logging alarm error and event statistics reported by the port s Results function Only the OTUCn group s contr...

Страница 253: ...the Select button will create an OTUC1 group for just that port If two or more OTN Ports have been selected then the Select button will create an OTUCn group for all ports selected Clear The Clear bu...

Страница 254: ...MPA unit the OTUCn feature can support multiple different configurations including up to six 6 OTUC1 s three 3 OTUC2 s two 2 OTUC3 s one 1 synchronized OTUC6 one 1 OTUC2 and one 1 OTUC4 as well as mu...

Страница 255: ...Protocol Tabs 255 MPA_e_manual_D07 00 129P_RevA00...

Страница 256: ...OTN Tab 256 MPA_e_manual_D07 00 129P_RevA00...

Страница 257: ...cific Tasks Overview Specifically for LAN WAN Ethernet testing on the Packet tab This section includes tasks that are specific to the OTN protocol processor G 709 compliant For a description of specif...

Страница 258: ...up to and demultiplexed out of a higher OTU Interface rate For OTU 4 various ODTU jk mappings are supported allowing up to 80 ODU 0 mappings ODTU 04 Allows OTU 4 to be filled with 80 ODU 0 s ODTU 14 A...

Страница 259: ...nous and Asynchronous SDH SONET mappings as well as GFP mappings Select ODU 1 Added from Transmit SET 1 screen to configure which one of the ODU j payloads will be configured for the specified ODU 1 m...

Страница 260: ...ecific To change the wavelength simply hot swap the laser module WARNING Always turn the TX Laser off before hot swapping laser modules When the laser module has been removed after an OTN interface wa...

Страница 261: ...ing OTN FEC Mode 1 Select the OTN tab 2 Select Transmit and Set 3 Select the SET 2 button from the Transmit Set window 4 Select Forward Error Correction and then Enable or Disable If the Transmit and...

Страница 262: ...ent that will cause a service disruption switch When this event occurs the duration in both seconds and frames is logged These statistics can be used to determine how long it takes for your network eq...

Страница 263: ...following Single APS Monitors for a single service disruption event Seconds and frames are reported and the State returns to Inactive Continuous APS Constantly monitors for service disruption events...

Страница 264: ...For GFP Bulk mode the max data rate at 100 BW is 2 488320 GHz Select the Packet tab to test the configured GFP mapping which can be distributed on one or to up to 32 independent GFP test streams For...

Страница 265: ...r button Clock Reference and Line Frequency Offset After setting the 10G LAN interface rate select the Packet tab to configure and test the Ethernet processor and Streams settings Inserting Alarms The...

Страница 266: ...ommon function buttons to inject single errors Selecting None will stop the error transmission Power Hot Power Warm and Power Low Alarms Pluggable laser modules that provide Digital Diagnostic informa...

Страница 267: ...hold Since the Maximum and Minimum receive power levels can vary from one laser module to another you should reference the data sheet for information pertaining to a specific laser module s limits Rec...

Страница 268: ...continue Event Log reporting 7 If the test has completed a Timed Test or if the Stop function button located at the bottom of the touch screen was pressed then the End Test Date and Time will also be...

Страница 269: ...selecting more than one report type The reports listed below are only available for the OTN protocol processor Settings Reports the Stream Settings for the selected Port Statistics Reports all Steam T...

Страница 270: ...is similar to the PDF file which allows a User Image file such as your company s logo to be printed at the top of the report PDF File The selected report is saved as a PDF file and this format allows...

Страница 271: ...opens allowing you enter a report file name Select File Name and using the Key board screen that appears enter the File Name of your choosing and select OK File names cannot include special characters...

Страница 272: ...ce menu regardless if the inserted laser module supports the selected rate or not The user should verify that the inserted laser module supports the desired Interface rate prior to selecting it The fo...

Страница 273: ...1 Set Set 2 SOH POH PTR APS Error Alarm SONET Transmit Set Set 1 Use the Set 1 and Set 2 screens to configure the SONET Transmit parameters The following describes the functions that appear on the Set...

Страница 274: ...allowing an incoming STS signal to pass through the unit without altering the data in the signal The following options are available On and Off When Passthru Mode is turned On the TX Clock Reference...

Страница 275: ...terface Rates that are tested on the Packet tab 802 3 LAN 10 3125G 10000Base FX optical Ethernet testing 10G LAN 802 3 LAN 3 125G 2500Base FX optical Ethernet testing 2 5G LAN 802 3 LAN 1 25G 1000Base...

Страница 276: ...FP laser modules This setting is disabled when laser module is not inserted The wavelength of the selected interface is determined by the specifications of the laser module being used Verify that the...

Страница 277: ...k Fill MPM 100G MPM 100AR MPM10G STS 192c Ethernet WAN MPM10G STS 48c Bulk Fill MPM 100G MPM 100AR MPM10G STS 12c Bulk Fill MPM 100G MPM 100AR MPM10G STS 3c Bulk Fill MPM 100G MPM 100AR MPM10G STS 1 B...

Страница 278: ...ed this setting is renamed to SPE Added VT Added Selects foreground VT of the mapped signal When available select the VT Added button to enter the number of the specific VT channel to set as the foreg...

Страница 279: ...t data s timing source from the Chassis Clock setting as configured on the System tab MISC screen CLK INT displays in the LED Quick Status Area when configured for Internal clocking Recovered Derives...

Страница 280: ...ed Offset Peak to second user defined Offset Peak each ranging from 300 0 to 300 0 PPM s A user defined Step Size can be set in PPM s and a user defined Step Duration in Seconds can also be configured...

Страница 281: ...e H1 Pointer byte to be set to support a SONET or SDH Transport OH Changes to the Transport OH are another way to stress a SONET network by simulating errors alarms and other stress conditions The fol...

Страница 282: ...ilable 00 Unequipped 01 Equipped 02 VT Structured STS 03 Lock VT Mode 04 Async DS3 Mapping 12 Async DS4NA Mapping 13 ATM Mapping 14 DQDB Mapping 15 Async FDDI Mapping 16 HDLC Over SONET 1A 10G WAN IEE...

Страница 283: ...l Mapping 07 VC AIS User Defined Any 3 bit value 0h to 7h This option is only available for VT 1 5 VT 2 and VT 6 mappings Synchronization Status S1 Allows the user to set the S1 byte to one of the fol...

Страница 284: ...errors and alarms between TCM equipment Disable TCM mode is disabled and the Z5 Z6 bytes follow normal operation TX Clock Loss Threshold Configures the user definable threshold for the TX Clock Loss...

Страница 285: ...100G and MPM 100AR cards this setting is supported on the MLD tab SONET Transmit SOH The Transmit SOH screen contains the following options Function Description Showing Select Showing to choose an Ove...

Страница 286: ...essage consists of 15 ASCII characters appended with a CRC 7 at the end of the message User Defined 16 byte Selects a 16 byte user defined ASCII message as the transmitted trace pattern The message is...

Страница 287: ...head bytes to edit their hexadecimal values Path Overhead Bytes include J1 B3 C2 G1 F2 H4 Z3 Z4 and Z5 VT Overhead Bytes include V5 J2 Z6 and Z7 VT Overhead Bytes only appear when a VT mapping is sele...

Страница 288: ...message consists of 15 ASCII characters appended with a CRC 7 at the end of the message User Defined 16 byte Selects a 16 byte user defined ASCII message as the transmitted trace pattern The message i...

Страница 289: ...15 ASCII characters appended with a CRC 7 at the end of the message User Defined 16 byte Selects a 16 byte user defined ASCII message as the transmitted trace pattern The message is entered and saved...

Страница 290: ...al pattern as the transmitted trace pattern The 0x01 byte value repeats indefinitely and does not contain CRC 7 All 00 s Selects an All Zeros 0x00 hexadecimal pattern as the transmitted trace pattern...

Страница 291: ...pect a change in the pointer value An NDF error is registered when the received point value changes and the NDF flag bits are not toggled Pointer Value The Pointer Value indicates the offset between t...

Страница 292: ...or lower negative numbers increases the frequency justification rate This function is disabled by entering 0 for the frequency offset Pointer Action Determines the type of Pointer activity that occur...

Страница 293: ...ture that allows the LTE to switch to a backup line in case of errors or failures on the main line APS commands can be configured for either Linear or Ring based networks and are transmitted using byt...

Страница 294: ...e K1 Bits 1 4 Ring Mode K1 Bits 5 8 Ring Mode K2 Full Byte Ring Mode K2 Bits 1 4 Ring Mode K2 Bit 5 Provisioned Ring Mode K2 Bits 6 8 Ring Mode Duration in Frames The Duration in Frames function deter...

Страница 295: ...te to 11111111 bit pattern User Defined Allows you to configure the bit pattern one bit at a time using the touch screen keypad K1 Bits 1 4 Linear Mode This function edits the first four bits of the K...

Страница 296: ...ansmit Illegal button setting K1 Bits 5 8 Linear Mode This function edits the last four bits of the K1 byte When APS commands are configured for Linear mode these bits indicate the channel number For...

Страница 297: ...ttern 1000 9 Channel 9 requests switch action Bit pattern 1001 10 Channel 10 requests switch action Bit pattern 1010 This is the Transmit Default button setting 11 Channel 11 requests switch action Bi...

Страница 298: ...bit pattern User Defined Allows you to configure the bit pattern one bit at a time using the touch screen keypad K2 Bits 1 4 Linear Mode SDH This function edits the first four bits of the K2 byte In...

Страница 299: ...requests switch action Bit pattern 1000 9 Channel 9 requests switch action Bit pattern 1001 10 Channel 10 requests switch action Bit pattern 1010 This is the Transmit Default button setting 11 Channel...

Страница 300: ...nd 8th bits of the K2 byte These bits indicate if a FERF or FEBE occurs at the line level The current value displays in the User Setup column of the APS Commands function Options Description 000 Unuse...

Страница 301: ...ions are available Options Description Set to 00000000 Configures the K1 byte to 00000000 bit pattern Default 10101010 Configures the K1 byte to 10101010 bit pattern Illegal 11111111 Configures the K1...

Страница 302: ...tern 1001 1010 SD P Signal degrade Path Bit pattern 1010 This is the Transmit Default button setting 1011 SD R Signal degrade Ring Bit pattern 1011 1100 SF S Signal fail Span Bit pattern 1100 1101 FS...

Страница 303: ...ts switch action Bit pattern 0100 5 Channel 5 requests switch action Bit pattern 0101 6 Channel 6 requests switch action Bit pattern 0110 7 Channel 7 requests switch action Bit pattern 0111 8 Channel...

Страница 304: ...ns are available Options Description Set to 00000000 Configures the K2 byte to 00000000 bit pattern Default 10101010 Configures the K2 byte to 10101010 bit pattern Illegal 11111111 Configures the K2 b...

Страница 305: ...switch action Bit pattern 0100 5 Channel 5 requests switch action Bit pattern 0101 6 Channel 6 requests switch action Bit pattern 0110 7 Channel 7 requests switch action Bit pattern 0111 8 Channel 8 r...

Страница 306: ...n SHT OTO Short Path Code Bit 5 0 LNG OTN Long Path Code Bit 5 1 When selected both the Transmit Default and Transmit Illegal button settings are configured for LNG OTN K2 Bits 6 8 Ring Mode This func...

Страница 307: ...ransmit Illegal button setting Error Alarm SONET Transmit Error Alarm Use this screen to configure and transmit SONET errors and alarms For information on inserting errors and alarms see the online he...

Страница 308: ...Error Generates a BIP 8 error over the Line layer Bits in the B2 byte are toggled to create an error This type of simulation allows an NE in this case the downstream equipment to be tested to verify...

Страница 309: ...f error was formerly called a Path Far End Block Error FEBE P BIP V Generates a BIP 2 error over the VT layer Bits in the V5 byte are toggled to create an error Only available when a VT mapping is sel...

Страница 310: ...of the Z5 byte is used for this error Only appears when the TC Overhead Processing is configured for Path Enable TC BIP V Generates a Tandem Connection Bit Interleaved Parity error over the VT layer B...

Страница 311: ...may vary based on the type of error selected User Defined Allows the user to enter a custom error rate anywhere between the Minimum and Maximum allowed rates SONET Error Alarm Alarm Generated This Ala...

Страница 312: ...efect Indicator This generates an RDI L condition using the K2 byte of the Line OH This simulates a downstream NE in this case the test unit at the Line layer reporting a failure to an upstream NE The...

Страница 313: ...When a PTE receives this alarm it will generate an AIS to downstream NEs UNEQ V Virtual Tributary Unequipped Alarm An all zeros pattern is inserted into the V5 byte of the VT OH The V5 byte is the VT...

Страница 314: ...VT multiframe pattern to downstream equipment The NE will also send an RDI V alarm to its upstream equipment Only available when a VT mapping is selected TC RDI P Tandem Connection Remote Defect Indic...

Страница 315: ...alarm to upstream equipment indicating that defects have been detected within the Tandem Connection The TCM equipment receiving this alarm should detect a change to Bit 8 in multiframe 73 of the Z6 b...

Страница 316: ...appears when the TC Overhead Processing is configured for VT Enable Receive SONET Receive Screens and Functions The receive section allows you to configure the receive settings for the parameters used...

Страница 317: ...ttings Control If Coupled is selected settings changed on the Receive screen will automatically change on the Transmit screen as well If Independent is selected settings established on the Receive scr...

Страница 318: ...face Rates that are tested on the Packet tab 802 3 LAN 10 3125G 10000Base FX optical Ethernet testing 10G LAN 802 3 LAN 3 125G 2500Base FX optical Ethernet testing 2 5G LAN 802 3 LAN 1 25G 1000Base FX...

Страница 319: ...QSFP laser modules This setting is disabled when laser module is not inserted The wavelength of the selected interface is determined by the specifications of the laser module being used Verify that th...

Страница 320: ...Fill MPM 100G MPM 100AR MPM10G STS 192c Ethernet WAN MPM10G STS 48c Bulk Fill MPM 100G MPM 100AR MPM10G STS 12c Bulk Fill MPM 100G MPM 100AR MPM10G STS 3c Bulk Fill MPM 100G MPM 100AR MPM10G STS 1 Bul...

Страница 321: ...e unit expects to receive on the incoming SONET signal Select one of the following patterns PRBS 9 PRBS 9 Inv PRBS 11 PRBS 11 Inv PRBS 15 PRBS 15 Inv PRBS 20 PRBS 20 Inv PRBS 23 PRBS 23 Inv PRBS 31 PR...

Страница 322: ...e from 0 ppm to 300 0 ppm in increments of 0 1 ppm The default value is 0 ppm Disabled Trigger Out Trigger Out is currently not supported SONET Receive Set Set 2 Use the Set 1 Set 2 and Set 3 screens...

Страница 323: ...ped 02 VT Structured STS 03 Lock VT Mode 04 Async DS3 Mapping 12 Async DS4NA Mapping 13 ATM Mapping 14 DQDB Mapping 15 Async FDDI Mapping 16 HDLC Over SONET 1A 10G WAN IEEE802 3ae 1B GFP Mapping User...

Страница 324: ...sables Trace Identifier Mismatch TIM alarm reporting A Section Trace Identifier Mismatch TIM S alarm occurs when the incoming J0 trace does not match the Expected J0 trace setting as defined below An...

Страница 325: ...characters appended with CR and LF characters at the end of the message Default 16 byte Selects the default 16 byte ASCII message as the expected trace pattern The message consists of 15 ASCII charac...

Страница 326: ...tain CRC 7 The J0 trace is part of the Section Overhead and is known as the Section trace or J0 byte When TIM Alarm Reporting is Enabled a TIM S alarm occurs if the incoming J0 trace does not match th...

Страница 327: ...aracters appended with CR and LF characters at the end of the message Default 16 byte Selects the default 16 byte ASCII message as the expected trace pattern The message consists of 15 ASCII character...

Страница 328: ...Tab 328 repeats indefinitely and does not contain CRC 7 When TIM Alarm Reporting is Enabled a TIM P alarm occurs if the incoming J1 trace does not match the Expected J1 Trace MPA_e_manual_D07 00 129P_...

Страница 329: ...acters appended with CR and LF characters at the end of the message Default 16 byte Selects the default 16 byte ASCII message as the expected trace pattern The message consists of 15 ASCII characters...

Страница 330: ...the incoming J2 trace does not match the Expected J2 Trace SS Bits Alarm Reporting Enables or Disables SS bits reporting This function is used in conjunction with the Expected SS Bits function If ena...

Страница 331: ...ode Disable TCM mode is disabled and the Z5 byte follows normal operation The following options are available for VT mappings Path Enable The Z5 byte is monitored for TCM error and alarm reporting mod...

Страница 332: ...pattern The message is entered and saved using a touch screen keyboard The user defined message can be up to 15 ASCII characters appended with a CRC 7 at the end of the message All 01 s Selects an All...

Страница 333: ...essor will refresh every 30 seconds or so which gives the client processor an opportunity to re acquire a good framing or link By setting this to Alternate then the SONET processor will not try to aut...

Страница 334: ...OH Path Overhead screen contains the following options Option Description STS Dropped Allows the user to enter the number of the specific STS channel to monitor The default setting is 1 Path Overhead...

Страница 335: ...ng SONET signal This is a read only function The J2 trace only appears when VT mapping is selected TC Trace Displays the TCM trace received on the incoming SONET signal This is a read only function SO...

Страница 336: ...to be captured A1 A2 J0 Z0 B1 E1 F1 D1 D2 D3 H1 H2 H3 B2 K1 K2 D4 D5 D6 D7 D8 D9 D10 D11 D12 S1 Z1 Z2 M1 E2 MORE When MORE is selected then the following Path Overhead bytes can be selected J1 B3 C2...

Страница 337: ...Capture event has been triggered 256 overhead byte values will be captured from 0 to 255 This setting is used to specify how many of those 256 bytes should be captured immediately following the trigge...

Страница 338: ...Capture Trigger setting is set to MANUAL then the capture will immediately be triggered otherwise the processor will wait until the selected Capture Trigger event occurs Stop Deactivates the capture f...

Страница 339: ...column displays each captured frame s byte value in ASCII format A hex value o 0 will be displayed as blank SONET Receive SIG Displays the following measurements of the incoming SONET signal Frequency...

Страница 340: ...ective in identifying a general area to investigate when error or alarm activity is detected This function displays a list of received errors and alarms For alarms the duration is reported as a count...

Страница 341: ...Parity Virtual Tributary NDF V New Data Flag Virtual Tributary The following parameters are measured for the incoming errors Error count using an 11 digit format Average error rate using an N NNe N fo...

Страница 342: ...ace Identifier Mismatch Section for J0 byte TC RDI P V Tandem Connection Remote Defect Indicator Pat Sync Pattern Synchronization TC ODI P V Tandem Connection Outgoing Defect Indicator PLM P Payload L...

Страница 343: ...range from 0 to 782 VT Pointer results only appear when a VT mapping is configured SONET Results Event The Results Event function provides a detailed summary of when and how many errors alarms and ot...

Страница 344: ...zontal tables the top table displaying K1 results the bottom table displaying K2 results The K1 table decodes the value for bits 1 4 and bits 5 8 The K2 table decodes the value for bits 1 4 bit 5 and...

Страница 345: ...black text An error or alarm event is in progress White with red text This function experienced an error or alarm event This event is cleared by selecting Restart White with black text No activity fr...

Страница 346: ...ph report to printer or file Save Graphs Saves a graph to file as a grp file that can be replayed at a later time Important This is not a text file when replayed it appears as the original graph plot...

Страница 347: ...rom the Results tab select Graph 3 Select the Graph screen s Print Report command button The Report Setup menu appears 4 Select Graphs to File to print reports to a file 5 Click the OK button the File...

Страница 348: ...ication saves the files to the RemoteClient directory on the PC A VNC connection saves the files to its default directory on the test unit Replaying Graphs Use the Replay Graphs button to open any pre...

Страница 349: ...for 1 week 2 Weeks Test runs for 2 weeks User Defined Allows a specific test duration to be entered using a touch screen keypad The minimum duration is 1 minute The maximum duration is 99 days 23 hour...

Страница 350: ...t file with a stat file extension The test does not repeat Record Current Statistics using a delimiter At the end of a timed test a statistics report of the received Errors Alarms Pointer Analysis and...

Страница 351: ...d by selecting Stop from the Common Function Buttons or by changing the Action After Duration value Print Events and Repeat Test This option appears when Repeat Actions is selected At the end of a tim...

Страница 352: ...d Repeat Test This option appears when Repeat Actions is selected At the end of a timed test both test Statistics and Events are saved to individual text files with the stat and evt file extensions an...

Страница 353: ...le a file named SONET S2 P1 155815 represents a SONET statistics report from Port 1 on Slot 2 and was recorded at 15 58 15 To determine how long a test will run refer to Duration After configuring the...

Страница 354: ...how a granular accuracy of 1 frame duration For all SONET rates one frame is roughly 125 ms 125 s Test Service Disruption functions include Action State Starts and stops Service Disruption mode If an...

Страница 355: ...and is entered using a keypad Switch MilliSecs Indicates the Current most recent Average Minimum and Maximum durations in milliseconds that it took for the service disruption events errored frames to...

Страница 356: ...tivity The State returns to Inactive Round Trip Delay Time milliSec Indicates the duration in milliseconds that it takes for each errored frame transmitted to return back to the unit Round Trip Delay...

Страница 357: ...abled Environments Rev 2 7 January 26 2016 Table 6 15 Upper Page 00h Memory Map I2C Function Description Address Location Module ID Displays the module s form factor Identifier code Example SFP SFP Pa...

Страница 358: ...184 185 Size 2 Bytes Serial Number Displays the module s Serial Number Page 00h Byte 196 211 Size 16 Bytes Date Code Displays the module s vendor manufacturer date in the format YYMMDD e g 180310 Marc...

Страница 359: ...yte Length OM3 Displays the link length supported for OM3 50 125 um fiber units of 2 m Page 00h Byte 143 Size 1 Byte Compliance Codes Displays which of the Transceiver Compliance Codes per SFF 8472 Ta...

Страница 360: ...e address Select the or buttons to increment or decrement the hexadecimal reference address Select the Read button to read the selected reference address current value which displays as a four digit h...

Страница 361: ...1 errors ES Errored Seconds Reports the duration of the incoming B1 errors in seconds and the percentage of errored seconds compared to the duration of error free seconds EFS Error Free Seconds Report...

Страница 362: ...of errored seconds compared to the duration of error free seconds EFS Error Free Seconds Reports the duration of the incoming B2 error free seconds and the percentage of error free seconds compared t...

Страница 363: ...ared to the duration of errored seconds SES Severely Errored Seconds Reports the duration of SES on the incoming SONET signal An SES is reported when the number of REI L errors per second equals or ex...

Страница 364: ...is present UAS Unavailable Seconds Reports the number of seconds that the Path layer was considered unavailable A Path is considered unavailable when at least 10 consecutive Severely Errored Seconds...

Страница 365: ...exceeds 600 errors per second or when an LOS alarm SEF alarm LOF alarm AIS L alarm LOP P alarm AIS P alarm UNEQ P alarm UNEQ V alarm AIS V alarm LOP V alarm or LOM V alarm occurs UAS Unavailable Secon...

Страница 366: ...ree seconds EFS Error Free Seconds Reports the duration of the incoming BIT error free seconds and the percentage of error free seconds compared to the duration of errored seconds SES Severely Errored...

Страница 367: ...other protocol tabs then Not Assigned will be displayed If a laser module is not inserted then No Laser will be displayed RX Displays the received optical power in dBm This status indicator will flas...

Страница 368: ...then that Error or Alarm condition was active at some point during the current test s history If an LED and the LED s Text are both Red then that Error or Alarm condition is currently active Quick Sta...

Страница 369: ...B1 byte carries the parity information so a B1 error is a Section error that applies not only to the Section OH but the entire frame Any error in the frame will result in B1 error This is an error LED...

Страница 370: ...ed on the incoming SONET signal This is an alarm LED REI P STS Path Remote Error Indicator Indicates that an error count is being received from downstream Path terminating equipment An REI is also kno...

Страница 371: ...gnal Loss of Frame or AIS defect This is an alarm LED RFI V VT Remote Failure Indicator Indicates a defect on the VT at persisted beyond the maximum time allocated to the transmission system protectio...

Страница 372: ...em Connection Monitoring is disabled by default and must be enabled in order to test for TCM errors and alarms For SONET processors the TC Overhead Processing setting can be Enabled from the Transmit...

Страница 373: ...tes that a defect has occurred at the downstream TCM equipment The unit is receiving an alarm Bit 8 in multiframe 73 of the Z5 byte is used for this indicator This is an alarm LED TC ODI P Tandem Conn...

Страница 374: ...ct has occurred at the downstream TCM equipment The unit is receiving an alarm Bit 8 in multiframe 73 of the Z6 byte is used for this indicator This is an alarm LED TC ODI V Tandem Connection Outgoing...

Страница 375: ...APS K1 and K2 Values Power Hot Power Warm and Power Low Alarms Insert Alarms Insert Errors Make Pointer Adjustments Using the Event Log Saving and Printing Statistics and Settings Reports SONET Troub...

Страница 376: ...causes an RDI alarm How to Insert Errors How to Insert Alarms What Causes a B1 Error SONET uses the B1 byte of the Section Overhead to detect parity errors on the incoming SONET signal A B1 error occ...

Страница 377: ...ransmitted in the data This result is place into the Line Overhead s B2 byte of the following SONET frame The receiving SONET equipment performs the same calculation and compares the results If the va...

Страница 378: ...B1 and B2 errors faulty transmit and receive equipment a low receive signal or dirty fibers with the additional element of faulty Path Terminating Equipment The first step in troubleshooting a B3 erro...

Страница 379: ...AIS L downstream within 125 milliseconds of detecting an LOS or LOF alarm on the incoming SONET signal An AIS P is an AIS generated by an LTE to alert downstream STS Path terminating equipment PTE th...

Страница 380: ...RDI P alarms If the MPA receives an RDI L or RDI P alarm it is reported by the MPA s LEDs and logged to the Results screen The MPA can be used to simulate RDI alarms to verify if upstream NEs react ac...

Страница 381: ...NET and SDH protocol processors Automatic Protection Switching APS is a function that allows an LTE to switch to a backup or protection channel in case errors or failures occur on the working channel...

Страница 382: ...last four bits of the K1 byte 7 Edit the K2 byte The K2 byte provides additional information about SONET network architecture and alarm conditions There are four functions that allow you to edit the...

Страница 383: ...se to view APS activity in either K1 and K2 Hex values or decode them To view received K1 and K2 values 1 Select the Results button 2 Select APS from the tabs along the left side of the Results screen...

Страница 384: ...Digital Diagnostic information will inform the circuit pack when the received optical power level has exceeded the module s Power Warm and Power Hot thresholds The Power Warm alarm will begin to incr...

Страница 385: ...l threshold Since the Maximum and Minimum receive power levels can vary from one laser module to another you should reference the data sheet for information pertaining to a specific laser module s lim...

Страница 386: ...an Error Rate The system starts transmitting errors at a constant error rate 7 After selecting an Error Type you can also press the Error Insert button from the common function buttons to inject sing...

Страница 387: ...l Pointer movements within the transmitted signal You can stress test a network by changing pointers or introducing an offset that continuously adjusts the STS or VT Pointer Recording in the Event Log...

Страница 388: ...r if the Stop function button located at the bottom of the touch screen was pressed then the End Test Date and Time will also be logged 8 Select the Report function button located at the bottom of the...

Страница 389: ...ing more than one report type The reports listed below are only available for the SONET protocol processor Settings Reports the Stream Settings for the selected Port Statistics Reports all Steam Tx Rx...

Страница 390: ...V file format with a csv file extension PDF Printer The selected report is sent to your PC s default printer The format of the report is similar to the PDF file which allows a User Image file such as...

Страница 391: ...maximum dimension size of 750px by 150px 6 Select OK to begin Printing or Saving the specified report 7 If printing to a Text File Delimited or PDF File then the File Browser dialog box opens allowing...

Страница 392: ...odules All Interface rates supported by the card type that are actively licensed can be selected from the Interface menu regardless if the inserted laser module supports the selected rate or not The u...

Страница 393: ...n Set Set 1 Set Set 2 SOH POH PTR APS Error Alarm SDH Transmit Set Set 1 Use the Set 1 and Set 2 screens to configure the SDH Transmit parameters The following describes the functions that appear on t...

Страница 394: ...u Mode Activates or deactivates passthru mode allowing an incoming STM signal to pass through the unit without altering the data in the signal The following options are available On and Off When Passt...

Страница 395: ...E Displays another page of Interface Rates that are tested on the Packet tab 802 3 LAN 10 3125G 10000Base FX optical Ethernet testing 10G LAN 802 3 LAN 3 125G 2500Base FX optical Ethernet testing 2 5G...

Страница 396: ...ard supports hot swappable QSFP laser modules This setting is disabled when laser module is not inserted The wavelength of the selected interface is determined by the specifications of the laser modul...

Страница 397: ...16c Bulk Fill MPM 100G MPM 100AR MPM10G AU 4 4c Bulk Fill MPM 100G MPM 100AR MPM10G AU 4 C 4 Bulk Fill MPM 100G MPM 100AR MPM10G C 3 Bulk Fill AU 3 MPM 100G MPM 100AR MPM10G C 3 Bulk Fill AU 4 MPM10G...

Страница 398: ...ignal TUG 3 will only display for LP mappings if the AU type is set as AU 4 TUG 2 Added Selects the foreground TUG 2 of the mapped signal TUG 2 is only available for LP mappings C 12 and C 11 TU Added...

Страница 399: ...Reference Determines the timing source for the transmit signal Select one of the following Internal Derives the transmit data s timing source from the Chassis Clock setting as configured on the System...

Страница 400: ...ne frequency offset will continuously increment and decrement from one user defined Offset Peak to second user defined Offset Peak each ranging from 300 0 to 300 0 PPM s A user defined Step Size can b...

Страница 401: ...he H1 Pointer byte to be set to support a SONET or SDH Transport OH Changes to the Transport OH are another way to stress an SDH network by simulating errors alarms and other stress conditions The fol...

Страница 402: ...available 00 Unequipped 01 Equipped 02 TUG Structured 03 Lock TU Mode 04 Async 34M 45M Mapping 12 Async 140M Mapping 13 ATM Mapping 14 DQDB Mapping 15 FDDI Mapping 1A 10G WAN IEEE802 3ae 1B GFP Mappin...

Страница 403: ...Synchronous 05 ATM 06 O 181 Test Signal Mapping 07 VC AIS User Defined Any 3 bit value 0h to 7h This option is only available for C 2 C 12 and C 11 mappings Synchronization Status S1 Allows the user...

Страница 404: ...N2 bytes follow normal operation TX Clock Loss Threshold Configures the user definable threshold for the TX Clock Loss alarm in PPM using an on screen keypad When the Measured TX Line Frequency Offse...

Страница 405: ...g Select Showing to choose an Overhead slot within the SDH signal The overhead bytes that appear on the SOH screen are associated with this slot RS and MS Overhead bytes Allows the user to select any...

Страница 406: ...yte Selects a 16 byte user defined ASCII message as the transmitted trace pattern The message is entered and saved using a touch screen keyboard The user defined message can be up to 15 ASCII characte...

Страница 407: ...ead bytes to allow for Intrusive and non intrusive passthru mode HP J1 Trace The J1 Trace is a repeating 64 byte 16 byte or 1 byte pattern that can be configured to send the system s default ASCII pat...

Страница 408: ...7 The J1 trace is part of the HP Overhead and is known as the Path trace or the J1 byte LP J2 Trace The J2 Trace is a repeating 64 byte 16 byte or 1 byte pattern that can be configured to send the sys...

Страница 409: ...race is part of the LP Overhead and is known as the LP trace or the J2 byte TC Trace The TC Trace is a repeating 16 byte or 1 byte pattern that can be configured to send the system s default ASCII pat...

Страница 410: ...the Pointer Value provides another method for stress testing a network to verify if the receiving equipment can detect Pointer Value changes The Transmit PTR screen contains the following AU Pointer...

Страница 411: ...pad After entering the new Pointer Value the Pointer automatically moves to the new position Freq Offset The Pointer Frequency Offset function adjusts the rate at which Pointer adjustments are needed...

Страница 412: ...of Pointer location movements to occur when the INC Pointer or DEC Pointer buttons are pressed The Pointer burst count ranges from 1 to 8 Ms between Bursts Allows the user to set the number of Millis...

Страница 413: ...K2 bytes Start Begins transmission of the K1 and K2 byte configuration Clear Clears the table The following Apply Maintenance to Entry window APS Transmit functions are available APS Mode Linear This...

Страница 414: ...5 frames can be entered K1 Full Byte Linear Mode This function configures the bit pattern of the K1 byte using either predefined or user defined settings by individually setting the eight bits of the...

Страница 415: ...Exerciser Ring Bit pattern 0100 0101 Unused Not used Bit pattern 0101 0110 WTR Wait to restore Bit pattern 0110 0111 Unused Not used Bit pattern 0111 1000 MS Manual switch Bit Pattern 1000 1001 Unuse...

Страница 416: ...nal containing valid Transport Overhead for carriage of the APS bytes and BIP 8 Bit pattern 0000 1 Channel 1 requests switch action Bit pattern 0001 2 Channel 2 requests switch action Bit pattern 0010...

Страница 417: ...egal button setting K2 Full Byte Linear Mode This function configures the bit pattern of the K2 byte using either predefined or user defined settings by individually setting the eight bits of the K2 b...

Страница 418: ...e protection channel is supplied with a signal containing valid Transport Overhead for carriage of the APS bytes and BIP 8 Bit pattern 0000 1 Channel 1 requests switch action Bit pattern 0001 2 Channe...

Страница 419: ...ction Bit pattern 1101 14 Channel 14 requests switch action Bit pattern 1110 15 EXTRA Extra traffic channel requesting switch bit pattern 1111 This is the Transmit Illegal button setting K2 Bit 5 Prov...

Страница 420: ...Bi direct Provisioned for Bidirectional switching Bit pattern 101 110 MS RDI RDI L Multiplex Section Remote Defect Indicator Bit pattern 110 111 MS AIS AIS L Multiplex Section Alarm Indication Signal...

Страница 421: ...ptions are available Options Description 0000 NR No request Bit pattern 0000 0001 RR R Reverse request Ring Bit pattern 0001 0010 RR S Reverse request Span Bit pattern 0010 0011 EXER R Exerciser Ring...

Страница 422: ...he K1 byte When APS commands are configured for Ring mode these bits contain the Destination Code Identification The following options are available Options Description Null 0 Protection channel reque...

Страница 423: ...equests switch action Bit pattern 1011 12 Channel 12 requests switch action Bit pattern 1100 13 Channel 13 requests switch action Bit pattern 1101 14 Channel 14 requests switch action Bit pattern 1110...

Страница 424: ...In Ring mode the first four bits are the Source Node Identification The Source Node ID is set to the Node s own ID The following options are available Options Description 0 Protection channel request...

Страница 425: ...it Default button setting 11 Channel 11 requests switch action Bit pattern 1011 12 Channel 12 requests switch action Bit pattern 1100 13 Channel 13 requests switch action Bit pattern 1101 14 Channel 1...

Страница 426: ...User Setup column of the APS Commands function Options Description 000 Idle Idle Bit pattern 000 001 Br Bridged Bit pattern 001 010 Br Sw Bridged and switched Bit pattern 010 This is the Transmit Defa...

Страница 427: ...m The purpose of generating an error or alarm is to stress the network element that is receiving the error or alarm by testing if it can detect the incoming error alarm and then report error alarm sta...

Страница 428: ...to be tested to verify if 1 it can detect incoming remote errors and 2 then conduct performance monitoring such as error counts and rates This type of error was formerly called a Line Far End Block Er...

Страница 429: ...ble when a LP mapping is selected BIT Error Generates bit errors This type of simulation allows an NE in this case the downstream equipment to be tested to verify if 1 it can detect incoming errors an...

Страница 430: ...n the TC Overhead Processing is configured for LP Enable LP TC OEI Generates a Tandem Connection Outgoing Error Indicator over the Lower Order Path layer between TCM equipment Bit 6 of the N2 byte is...

Страница 431: ...s chapter Depending on the selected mapping the following alarm types are available Alarm Description None No alarms are generated Turns alarms off LOS Loss of Signal An all zeros pattern is transmitt...

Страница 432: ...oss of a valid Pointer When the downstream NE receives an AU LOP it generates a DSn AIS alarm to its downstream equipment and an HP RDI alarm to its upstream equipment AU AIS Administrative Unit Alarm...

Страница 433: ...To do this the system changes the pattern of the V5 byte in the LPOH The NE receiving the LP RDI alarm should detect a change to the V5 byte on the incoming signal Only available when a LP mapping is...

Страница 434: ...n alarm to upstream TCM equipment indicating that defects have been detected within the Tandem Connection The TCM equipment receiving this alarm should detect a change to Bit 7 in multiframe 74 of the...

Страница 435: ...etect a change to Bit 7 in multiframe 74 of the N2 byte Only appears when the TC Overhead Processing is configured for LP Enable LP TC AIS Tandem Connection Alarm Indication Signal Generates an AIS al...

Страница 436: ...t 1 Set 2 and Set 3 screens to configure the SDH Receive parameters The following describes the functions that may appear on the Set 1 screen depending on the card type and configuration Function Desc...

Страница 437: ...erface Rates that are tested on the Packet tab 802 3 LAN 10 3125G 10000Base FX optical Ethernet testing 10G LAN 802 3 LAN 3 125G 2500Base FX optical Ethernet testing 2 5G LAN 802 3 LAN 1 25G 1000Base...

Страница 438: ...P laser modules This setting is disabled when laser module is not inserted The wavelength of the selected interface is determined by the specifications of the laser module being used Verify that the i...

Страница 439: ...6c Bulk Fill MPM 100G MPM 100AR MPM10G AU 4 4c Bulk Fill MPM 100G MPM 100AR MPM10G AU 4 C 4 Bulk Fill MPM 100G MPM 100AR MPM10G C 3 Bulk Fill AU 3 MPM 100G MPM 100AR MPM10G C 3 Bulk Fill AU 4 MPM10G C...

Страница 440: ...s in an STM 256 signal to be monitored The options that appear will depend on your current Interface and Mapping configuration The default setting is 1 When All Path mapping is selected this setting i...

Страница 441: ...level in dBm is lower than the power low threshold setting the Power Low alarm will occur MPM 10G card only The threshold value is entered using an on screen keypad and can range from 10 0 dBm to 100...

Страница 442: ...ure the SDH Receive parameters The following describes the functions that may appear on the Set 2 screen depending on the card type and configuration Function Description PLM Alarm Reporting Enables o...

Страница 443: ...Structured 03 Lock TU Mode 04 Async 34M 45M Mapping 12 Async 140M Mapping 13 ATM Mapping 14 DQDB Mapping 15 Async FDDI Mapping 16 HDLC Over SONET 1A 10G WAN IEEE802 3ae 1B GFP Mapping FE O 181 Test S...

Страница 444: ...g Enables or Disables Trace Identifier Mismatch TIM alarm reporting A Regenerator Section Trace Identifier Mismatch RS TIM alarm occurs when the incoming J0 trace does not match the Expected J0 trace...

Страница 445: ...II characters appended with CR and LF characters at the end of the message Default 16 byte Selects the default 16 byte ASCII message as the expected trace pattern The message consists of 15 ASCII char...

Страница 446: ...b 446 repeats indefinitely and does not contain CRC 7 When TIM Alarm Reporting is Enabled an RS TIM alarm occurs if the incoming J0 trace does not match the Expected J0 Trace MPA_e_manual_D07 00 129P_...

Страница 447: ...I characters appended with CR and LF characters at the end of the message Default 16 byte Selects the default 16 byte ASCII message as the expected trace pattern The message consists of 15 ASCII chara...

Страница 448: ...b 448 repeats indefinitely and does not contain CRC 7 When TIM Alarm Reporting is Enabled an HP TIM alarm occurs if the incoming J1 trace does not match the Expected J1 Trace MPA_e_manual_D07 00 129P_...

Страница 449: ...I characters appended with CR and LF characters at the end of the message Default 16 byte Selects the default 16 byte ASCII message as the expected trace pattern The message consists of 15 ASCII chara...

Страница 450: ...orting Enables or Disables SS bits reporting This function is used in conjunction with the Expected SS Bits function If enabled and an SS Bits mismatch is detected on the received signal the alarm s d...

Страница 451: ...following options are available for Lower Order mappings Path Enable The N1 byte is monitored for TCM error and alarm reporting mode VT Enable The N2 byte is monitored for TCM error and alarm reporti...

Страница 452: ...d ASCII message as the expected trace pattern The message is entered and saved using a touch screen keyboard The user defined message can be up to 15 ASCII characters appended with a CRC 7 at the end...

Страница 453: ...g this to Default the SDH processor will refresh every 30 seconds or so which gives the client processor an opportunity to re acquire a good framing or link By setting this to Alternate then the SDH p...

Страница 454: ...unction SDH Receive POH The Receive POH Higher order Path Overhead screen contains the following options Option Description AU Dropped Allows the user to enter the number of the specific AU channel to...

Страница 455: ...LP J2 Trace Displays the LP J2 trace received on the incoming SDH signal This is a read only function The J2 trace only appears when Low Path mapping is selected TC Trace Displays the TCM trace recei...

Страница 456: ...be captured A1 A2 J0 Z0 B1 E1 F1 D1 D2 D3 H1 H2 H3 B2 K1 K2 D4 D5 D6 D7 D8 D9 D10 D11 D12 S1 Z1 Z2 M1 E2 MORE When MORE is selected then the following Higher order Path HP Overhead bytes can be selec...

Страница 457: ...n a Capture event has been triggered 256 overhead byte values will be captured from 0 to 255 This setting is used to specify how many of those 256 bytes should be captured immediately following the tr...

Страница 458: ...top Deactivates the capture feature and changes the State from Waiting for Trigger to Start and re enables the Capture button Reset Clears the previously captured byte values State Displays the curren...

Страница 459: ...power level when the laser module has multiple Optical lanes The per lane optical power levels are displayed on the MLD Receive SIG screen AU Pointer Frequency Offset in PPM TU Pointer Frequency Offse...

Страница 460: ...No Errors or Alarms Errors The unit can monitor and report errors on the incoming SDH signal The Errors function provides a detailed analysis of the incoming error as described below The reported err...

Страница 461: ...tem can monitor and report alarms and their duration on the incoming SDH signal The alarms are shown in duration of the alarm in seconds The following SDH alarms can be monitored LOS Loss of Signal HP...

Страница 462: ...n Outgoing Defect Indicator HP PLM Higher Order Path Payload Label Mismatch HP LP TC AIS Tandem Connection Alarm Indication Signal Concat Concatenated HP LP TC UNEQ Tandem Connection Unequipped AU AIS...

Страница 463: ...Event The Results Event function provides a detailed summary of when and how many errors alarms and other specific activity that has occurred and has been recorded by the unit since the time the test...

Страница 464: ...ue for bits 1 4 and bits 5 8 The K2 table decodes the value for bits 1 4 bit 5 and bits 6 8 Also displayed in the tables are the number of frames received that contain the K1 and K2 bytes and the elap...

Страница 465: ...ic function For a list of available LEDs in the SDH protocol processor see SDH LEDs and SDH TCM LEDs SDH Results Graph The Graph function allows incoming errors and alarms to be graphed The graphs can...

Страница 466: ...ginal graph plot Choose Print a Graph to Report if you desire graph information that can be printed out Replay Graphs Stop Replay Replays or stops saved graph grp files Shift Left and Shift Right Use...

Страница 467: ...lts tab select Graph 3 Select the Graph screen s Print Report command button The Report Setup menu appears 4 Select Graphs to File to print reports to a file 5 Click the OK button the File Browser dia...

Страница 468: ...es to its default directory on the test unit Replaying Graphs Use the Replay Graphs button to open any previously saved graph GRP that is stored on the system Use the Stop Replay button to close the g...

Страница 469: ...ion of the incoming B1 error free seconds and the percentage of error free seconds compared to the duration of errored seconds SES Severely Errored Seconds Reports the duration of Severely Errored Sec...

Страница 470: ...e of error free seconds compared to the duration of errored seconds SES Severely Errored Seconds Reports the duration of Severely Errored Seconds SES rate percentage and objective percentage on the in...

Страница 471: ...percentages or status M 2101 1 Near B2 Errors ES Errored Seconds Reports the duration of the incoming B2 errored blocks per seconds the percentage of errored seconds compared to the duration of error...

Страница 472: ...second STM 0 2 400 errors per second 9 600 errors per second Perf Monitor HP Specifically for SDH testing The HP screen provides a detailed breakdown for Higher Order Path errors detected and logged b...

Страница 473: ...an Out Of Frame OOF alarm Loss of Frame LOF alarm Loss of Signal LOS alarm MS AIS alarm AU LOP alarm AU AIS alarm or HP UNEQ alarm is present SEP Severely Errored Period A period of time during which...

Страница 474: ...H signal An SES is reported when the number of B3 errored blocks per second equals or exceeds 2 400 errors per second or when an Out Of Frame OOF alarm Loss of Frame LOF alarm Loss of Signal LOS alarm...

Страница 475: ...G 826 and G 828 Near LP BIP Errors EB Errored Block count Reports an error count of incoming LP BIP errors BBE Background Block Errors Reports the number of the incoming LP BIP background block error...

Страница 476: ...rrored seconds compared to the duration of error free seconds and the objective percentage EFS Error Free Seconds Reports the duration of the incoming LP REI error free seconds and the percentage of e...

Страница 477: ...he percentage of errored seconds compared to the duration of error free seconds and the S1 and S2 percentage SES Severely Errored Seconds Reports the duration of Severely Errored Seconds SES rate perc...

Страница 478: ...error count of incoming BIT errors BBE Background Block Errors Reports the number of the incoming BIT background block errors by count rate percentage and objective percentage ES Errored Seconds Repo...

Страница 479: ...Pass Uncertain or failure Perf Monitor M 2120 M 2110 Specifically for SDH testing The M 2120 M 2110 screen provides a detailed breakdown for errors detected and logged by the SDH protocol processor by...

Страница 480: ...al to the reset threshold and there has not been any unavailable time during that period An RTR15 can only occur subsequent to a 15 minute period containing a TR15 TR24 Threshold Report 24 hour evalua...

Страница 481: ...s selected from one of the other protocol tabs then Not Assigned will be displayed If a laser module is not inserted then No Laser will be displayed RX Displays the received optical power in dBm This...

Страница 482: ...t the LED s Text is Red then that Error or Alarm condition was active at some point during the current test s history If an LED and the LED s Text are both Red then that Error or Alarm condition is cu...

Страница 483: ...Out Of Frame OOF defect continues for 3 milliseconds or longer This is alarm LED OOF Out Of Frame Declared when four or more consecutive errored frames are detected on the incoming SDH signal This is...

Страница 484: ...an alarm is being received from upstream HP terminating equipment This is an alarm LED HP RDI HPOH Remote Defect Indication Indicates that a remote alarm is being received from downstream HP terminat...

Страница 485: ...This is an alarm LED TU PTR TU Pointer Adjustments Indicates Pointer offsets or adjustments between the VC payload and the STM N frame are occurring This is a status LED TU LOM TU Loss of Multiframe...

Страница 486: ...ct the TCM text to display the TCM Summary LEDs The TCM Summary LED only appears when TC Error Alarm Processing is enabled in the Receive settings SSM Signal Status Mismatch Displays when the expected...

Страница 487: ...icator This is an error LED HP TC REI Tandem Connection Remote Error Indication Indicates that an error has occurred at the downstream TCM equipment The unit is receiving an error Bit 5 of the N1 byte...

Страница 488: ...REI Tandem Connection Remote Error Indication Indicates that an error has occurred at the downstream TCM equipment The unit is receiving an error Bit 5 of the N2 byte is used for this indicator This i...

Страница 489: ...ters associated with a SDH protocol processor The Test screen contains the following functions SET 1 Service Disruption RTD SFP Info MPM 10G only SDH Test Set 1 The SET 1 functions determine how long...

Страница 490: ...tions including printing results to a printer or recording them to a file repeating a test or just processing one test Test results appear in a columned report format however there is one option avail...

Страница 491: ...eat Actions is selected At the end of a timed test a statistics report of the received Errors Alarms Pointer Analysis and Signal Status are printed to the configured printer and the timed test restart...

Страница 492: ...Actions is selected At the end of a timed test a detailed summary of Errors Alarms and Pointer event activities saved to a text file with a evt file extension and the timed test restarts This test cy...

Страница 493: ...configured for Prompt Each Time then a Windows Print dialog box appears for you to choose between your PC s default printer or another printer listed in the drop down menu Record Options When a Record...

Страница 494: ...icating that the test was paused earlier Events occurring while in Pause mode will not be recorded in the Results Errors Alarms screens Event Log nor Performance Monitoring screens however the corresp...

Страница 495: ...ria Determines the type of alarm error or pattern event that is used as a trigger to generate service disruption activity in your network The unit monitors the incoming signal for the specified event...

Страница 496: ...rted into a frame and transmitted through your network The frame s transmission through the network is measured in frame counts and milliseconds Frame counts indicates the number of frames received be...

Страница 497: ...ents stop accumulating The range is 1 to 16383 frames and is entered using a keypad SDH Test SFP Info The SONET SDH and OTN protocol tabs on the MPM 10G module includes the following SFP Info screen u...

Страница 498: ...per Cable Attenuation Page 00h Byte 186 189 Size 4 Bytes Power Displays the module s Power Class Level Page 00h Byte 129 Size 4 bits Vendor Name Displays the module s Vendor manufacturer Name Page 00h...

Страница 499: ...km Page 00h Byte 142 Size 1 Byte Length 50um Displays the link length supported for OM2 50 125 um fiber units of 1 m Page 00h Byte 144 Size 1 Byte Length 62 5um Displays the link length supported for...

Страница 500: ...BLE Toggles the logical state of the TX_DIS pin state RS0 Toggles the logical state of the Rate Select 0 bit RS1 Toggles the logical state of the Rate Select 1 bit TX_FAULT Reports the state of the TX...

Страница 501: ...t the Page 0 to Page 4 checkbox to access the specified address for the desired Page Select the Write button to send the user defined Data value to the specified reference address The user defined hex...

Страница 502: ...Loss of Signal LOS What causes a B1 error What causes a B2 error What causes a B3 error What causes an AIS alarm What causes an RDI alarm How to Insert Errors How to Insert Alarms Unit Reports Loss of...

Страница 503: ...egenerator Section layer of the incoming SDH signal The parity error is known as a Bit Interleaved Parity 8 bit BIP 8 The B1 byte which is part of the Regenerator Section Overhead contains 8 bits used...

Страница 504: ...DH equipment performs the same calculation and compares the results If the value calculated by the receiving SDH equipment equals the value calculated by the transmitting SDH equipment then the data c...

Страница 505: ...st then there may be a problem with fibers or the transmit or receive equipment along the SDH path If these errors are not present then there may be a problem with the Path Terminating Equipment Relat...

Страница 506: ...eceives an MS AIS or AU AIS alarm it is reported by the MPA s LEDs and logged to the Results screen The MPA can be used to simulate AIS alarms to verify if downstream NEs react accordingly to an incom...

Страница 507: ...B3 error What causes an AIS alarm What causes an RDI alarm How to Insert Errors How to Insert Alarms 10G WAN testing over STM 64 For SDH mode 10G WAN is tested over STM 46 1 Select the SDH tab dependi...

Страница 508: ...by generating a condition that is likely to cause APS switching You also have the capability to generate specific APS messages and monitor the response by configuring the K1 and K2 bytes You can crea...

Страница 509: ...of the K2 byte Use the K2 Bit 5 provisioned function to set the fifth bit of the K2 byte Use the K2 Bits 6 8 function to set the last three bits of the K2 byte 8 Select Duration in Frames to determin...

Страница 510: ...the APS Results screen you can decode a specific K1 K2 byte s value or decode the values for all K1 K2 bytes To decode a specific K1 K2 byte value Select APS Summary The results table displays the K1...

Страница 511: ...is just a warning and continued operation while the Power Warm alarm is incrementing will not cause permanent damage The Power Hot alarm will begin to increment if the received optical power exceeds...

Страница 512: ...t which time the current performance event counts are stored in the historical registers and the current performance event registers are reset to zero After resetting the registers to zero the pass or...

Страница 513: ...splay the Select Threshold dialog box and choose TR24 9 Set the error threshold for the 24 hour evaluation period and choose OK Inserting Alarms The system can transmit alarms to simulate various alar...

Страница 514: ...transmitting errors at a constant error rate 7 After selecting an Error Type you can also press the Error Insert button from the common function buttons to inject single errors Selecting None will sto...

Страница 515: ...ters or introducing an offset that continuously adjusts the AU or TU Pointer Recording in the Event Log The Event Log is a table that displays events recorded by the unit A scroll bar is available all...

Страница 516: ...h screen was pressed then the End Test Date and Time will also be logged 8 Select the Report function button located at the bottom of the touch screen to Print or Save evt extension the Event Log repo...

Страница 517: ...Reports the K1 K2 byte sequences results summary Performance Reports the Performance Monitoring results Capture Reports the results from an overhead byte capture test Serv Disrupt Reports Service Dis...

Страница 518: ...tton to clear the User Comments 5 When printing a report to PDF Printer or PDF File you can include a User Image file such as your company s logo image to be printed saved to the top of the report fil...

Страница 519: ...s multiplexed into SONET SDH and OTN interfaces and GFP payload packets encapsulated in SONET SDH and OTN interfaces The MPM 10G s Packet tab can be used for testing from 10Mbps up to 10Gbps Ethernet...

Страница 520: ...d WAN Screens and Function Descriptions Ethernet Screen Functions and Descriptions Overview Specifically for LAN WAN Ethernet testing on the Packet tab This section describes the various screens and f...

Страница 521: ...Packet tab The Config Set Configuration Settings screen allows you to define the Packet tab s Ethernet parameters that will be used to generate a traffic flow into the network The following functions...

Страница 522: ...bps QSFP RS FEC opt LAN 41 Gbps QSFP opt LAN 25 Gbps opt LAN 25 Gbps RS FEC opt LAN 25 Gbps Seed A B appears when 25 Gbps opt LAN is set 10 Gbps opt LAN 10 Gbps Seed A B appears when 10 Gbps opt LAN i...

Страница 523: ...ports the desired Interface rate prior to selecting it The Packet processor supports hot swappable laser modules The wavelength of the selected interface is determined by the specifications of the plu...

Страница 524: ...Packet Tab 524 Framed GFP Transparent and GFP Bulk options For Fibre Channel testing see the Fibre Channel section MPA_e_manual_D07 00 129P_RevA00...

Страница 525: ...FEC Interfaces support Seed A B test patterns Negotiate Allows the user to enable or disable the Auto Negotiation function Enabled Enabling auto negotiation allows the system to look at the incoming s...

Страница 526: ...ble Ethernet Interface rates Reflect Allows the user to start IP Packet Reflection Mode Valid options are Digital Lightwave Packets Only This will only reflect back data packets that were generated fr...

Страница 527: ...acy 10 Gigabit Ethernet equipment which may not support this option Deficit Idle Count allows the 10G Ethernet processor to violate the minimum Inter Packet Gap IPG of 12 byte by adding or subtracting...

Страница 528: ...ore information see the Inserting a Pause Flow Control into a Stream specific task Preamble Allows the user to modify the interface Port s Preamble and the Start Frame Delimiter SFD The SFD is designe...

Страница 529: ...e Destination MAC Address and end on the last byte of the Frame Check Sequence FCS Frame Size bytes Probability 64 0 175 256 0 014 1024 0 088 1500 0 673 1566 0 050 VLAN RX TPID Filters the Stream Resu...

Страница 530: ...it sec Displays the current rate of packets sent and received in Megabits per second BW Displays the current percentage of bandwidth of packets sent and received Initial Laser Setting Controls whether...

Страница 531: ...or will evenly scale back the actual rates generated to achieve a maximum bandwidth of exactly 100 All Selecting All with Enable Disable all 32 test streams simultaneously If one or more streams are c...

Страница 532: ...umber of stacked VLAN tags enables 1 through 4 or N A for none MPLS Levels The number of stacked MPLS tags enables 1 through 4 or N A for none IP Dest Destination IP address UDP Dest UDP Destination P...

Страница 533: ...box 3 In the Select Next Column dialog box select the button for the associated description to appear as the first column from left to right in table The Select Next Column dialog box disappears and y...

Страница 534: ...lumn display order Clicking on the Apply button when no items are listed in the display window will set up the default columns display order Count Statistics Table The Count Statistics Table displays...

Страница 535: ...all 32 Streams and applies other global changes to each selected Stream all in one step See Ethernet Multi Stream Configuration for details Important Multi Stream Configuration is only available when...

Страница 536: ...on MAC addresses should be set to FF IP Src address Sets the IP address of the source origination For IPv4 the address is entered in decimal notation using a keypad There are no restrictions on values...

Страница 537: ...FFF 0 FFFF If four digits are entered in a field a colon will be automatically added If only less than four digits are entered you must enter a colon manually IP Mode Sets the IP version IPv4 or IPv6...

Страница 538: ...peating loop Increment The frame size of each consecutive packet transmitted increments in length by one byte ranging from the minimum byte size entered to the maximum byte size entered in a repeating...

Страница 539: ...rmal 1 High bit 5 sets the Reliability 0 Normal 1 High bit 6 sets the Cost 0 or 1 bit 7 is reserved for future use 0 or 1 RFC 2474 redefined the TOS fields where bits 0 5 set the Differentiated Servic...

Страница 540: ...et Gap between packets in either Bytes or Milliseconds Burst Size Configures the number of packets to be inserted in each Burst This setting applies to both the traffic generation rates and the Send B...

Страница 541: ...nd down will transmit for See How to use the Ramp Mode for Ethernet Traffic Generation for information on Ramp mode testing Select MPLS VLAN Tagging Enables either VLAN MPLS or No Tagging When testing...

Страница 542: ...te User Defined HEX value VLAN Tagging must be enabled to use this parameter VLAN PCP QOS Configures the VLAN Priority Code Point Quality Of Service This is the frame s priority level and is a 3 bit f...

Страница 543: ...ave All Saves all changes made and closes the Traffic Stream Profile window Exit Closes the Traffic Stream Profile window without saving changes Config Errors and Alarms Specifically for LAN WAN Ether...

Страница 544: ...ksum error type only for 400GE Selecting an error type will not send the error immediately but will only select the type of error to be sent when the Send Error button is pressed or when an Error Rate...

Страница 545: ...al Fault When enabled the test interface will respond to Local Fault alarms by generating Remote Faults This setting is only available for 10 Gbps Optical LAN WAN Perf Test Perf Test Conf Test Button...

Страница 546: ...ing provides a specific set of tests that can be used to measure and report the performance characteristics of network devices The RFC Tests Conf screen provides the preliminary stream configuration s...

Страница 547: ...isable check boxes Allows the user to select the packet sizes that will be used for the RFC tests Packet Sizes Displays the packet sizes Selecting a Packet Size button allows the user to assign a user...

Страница 548: ...hroughput Testing To run an RFC 2544 Frame Loss test see Frame Loss Testing To run an RFC 2544 B2B Burst test see Back to Back Burst Testing RFC Tests Through Put Test Thru Put This is an RFC 2544 ben...

Страница 549: ...nge The BW Floor is configured from the RFC Tests Conf screen Accept Lost Rate Sets a packet loss rate threshold The test fails if packet loss exceeds this value Valid values are 0 100 The default is...

Страница 550: ...2544 test settings see What are RFC 2544 Tests To run an RFC 2544 Thru Put test see Throughput Testing To run an RFC 2544 Frame Loss test see Frame Loss Testing To run an RFC 2544 B2B Burst test see B...

Страница 551: ...upported on the MPA BW Floor Displays the setting for the low end of the bandwidth test range The BW Floor is configured from the RFC Tests Conf screen Packet Size buttons Determines which packet size...

Страница 552: ...Back to Back Burst test is used to determine the buffering capability of the Device Under Test DUT This is done by sending a burst of frames to the unit and then counting how many frames are forwarded...

Страница 553: ...e the test signal The destination port configuration setting is not supported on the MPA Resolution in frame Sets the level of precision for the B2B test by frames The value is the number of frames in...

Страница 554: ...ee Throughput Testing To run an RFC 2544 Frame Loss test see Frame Loss Testing To run an RFC 2544 B2B Burst test see Back to Back Burst Testing RFC Tests Graph On completion of the RFC 2544 testing t...

Страница 555: ...Protocol Tabs 555 4 Select Goto Frame Loss Graph to view Frame Loss Rate Results to see the Frame Loss Rate for the tested frame sizes MPA_e_manual_D07 00 129P_RevA00...

Страница 556: ...Packet Tab 556 5 To display the Packet Distribution Graphs Under the Results tab select the Count tab then the Packet Sizes tab MPA_e_manual_D07 00 129P_RevA00...

Страница 557: ...s Bandwidth profile testing with CIR EIR and Traffic Policing testing capabilities Supports Non Color Aware modes Supports the optional Y 1564 reordered and out of order frames analysis per test flow...

Страница 558: ...llowing options appear on the Conf screen Option Description Test Allows the user to switch between RFC 2544 and Y 1564 Performance Standard Tests If this button is disabled then only the selected Per...

Страница 559: ...MAY test services for 15 minutes if the services are provided over a network already carrying working traffic in a metro application 2 hour Performance test durations MAY be used for services running...

Страница 560: ...Packet Tab 560 Service 09 User Defined Optional Service 10 User Defined Optional Table 1 Recommended Frame Sizes Lengths for each Service Number MPA_e_manual_D07 00 129P_RevA00...

Страница 561: ...side tab screen for the selected Service The Config Ramp test was designed to gradually reach and then exceed the maximum CIR by testing all 7 Steps at their default CIR values for each selected Servi...

Страница 562: ...e acceptance when Ethernet traffic is below or equal to the CIR green traffic in Figure 1 the performance parameters will not be judged against the limits above the CIR The next step of the service co...

Страница 563: ...tus field next to the Start Stop button Y 1564 Test The following options appear on the Test screen Option Description Service s 1 10 Allows the user to select the Service to Edit Service Name Allows...

Страница 564: ...ch Service Number Max Frame Loss Allows the user to configure the selected Service s Maximum Frame Loss Pass Fail threshold rate for both the Configuration tests and the Performance test The Max Frame...

Страница 565: ...while meeting the performance level guaranteed in the service level agreement SLA The CIR bandwidth rate can be set from 0 01 to 100 per Service CIR EIR Allows the user to set the additional Excess I...

Страница 566: ...clicked on from the Configuration Test Results table a detailed result view is displayed for that service Detailed Y 1564 Configuration Test Results 2 When a specific service is selected clicked on f...

Страница 567: ...ow to enable Y 1564 test mode 1 Select the desired test interface rate 2 Verify appropriate network connections such as power levels valid link state etc 3 Select the Perf Test Conf tab 4 Select the T...

Страница 568: ...568 How to configure Y 1564 test options 1 From the Conf side tab select the desired settings 2 From the Test side tab select the desired settings Y 1564 Conf Tab Configuration MPA_e_manual_D07 00 12...

Страница 569: ...st one test must be selected 2 The Config Ramp and Config Burst selections are Y 1564 Configuration tests 3 The Perf selection enables the Y 1564 Performance test 4 Select the Start button in the Auto...

Страница 570: ...ing Y 1564 Tests How to view Y 1564 summary results 1 Select the Perf Test Results tab 2 A summary overview of the Configuration and Performance test results for all services are displayed MPA_e_manua...

Страница 571: ...is selected from the Configuration Test Results table a detailed result view is displayed for that service 2 When a specific service is selected from the Performance Test Results table a detailed res...

Страница 572: ...Results How to save or print Y 1564 test results 1 Select the Report button at the bottom of the screen 2 The individual or combined Y 1564 test results can be saved or printed Y 1564 Report Result O...

Страница 573: ...ent Displays a summary of error alarm activity Large LEDs Displays easy to read LEDs of error alarm activity Graph Displays a graphical representation of the error and alarm history Results Scan Scree...

Страница 574: ...64 bytes Invalid IP An error in the frame s IP Checksum Invalid UDP An error in the frame s UDP Checksum Runts A frame whose length is 64 byte with an FCS error The following error statistics are dis...

Страница 575: ...Pack module experience a power loss fault during test Paused The test was manually paused by selecting the Pause button or by a SCPI script command Power Hot The received optical power level exceeded...

Страница 576: ...on Results Count Screen Specifically for LAN WAN Ethernet testing on the Packet tab The Count screen displays Utilization Packets VLAN MPLS and Packet Size statistics by type and count To view total t...

Страница 577: ...Avg IPv4 Mbps rate transmitted TX IPv4 PPS Displays the Current Min Max and Avg IPv4 Packet Per Second rate transmitted RX IPv4 BW Displays the Current Min Max and Avg IPv4 BW received RX IPv4 Mbps Di...

Страница 578: ...ays the Current Min Max and Avg VLAN Mbps rate transmitted TX VLAN PPS Displays the Current Min Max and Avg VLAN Packet Per Second rate transmitted RX VLAN BW Displays the Current Min Max and Avg VLAN...

Страница 579: ...escription Transmit Packets Reports the total number of packets sent Received Packets Reports the total number of packets received Transmit Bytes Reports the total number of bytes sent Received Bytes...

Страница 580: ...ol Reports the total number of IGMP packets received Received Broadcast Packets Reports the total number of Broadcast packets received Received Multicast Packets Reports the total number of Multicast...

Страница 581: ...evel Reports the total number of frames received that are identified as VLAN frames per tag level For each tag level enabled 1 4 a 4 byte VLAN tag is inserted in the Ethernet frame between the Source...

Страница 582: ...s button The following statistics appear Packet Sizes Description Packet Size Table Reports the received packet count and percentage of total received packets for each packet byte size range found 64...

Страница 583: ...een allows you to scroll through the different packet streams and view their individual results The following statistics appear Statistic Description Selected Stream Entry Displays the selected Stream...

Страница 584: ...eater than 0 while the test stream generation is active even if no packets are actually being lost dropped This is due to the real time RX packet count being lower than the TX packet count because of...

Страница 585: ...s the alarm was active during the test for the following Alarm type Pattern Sync Latency Displays Minimum Average and Maximum latency delay measurements in microseconds s A latency measurement is take...

Страница 586: ...tton to toggle between the order you wish to view the results Select Pause to temporarily halt the display of results and press Resume to continue displaying results in real time For more information...

Страница 587: ...o display incoming alarms and errors 3 Use the following buttons to control graphing parameters Sample Rate Sets the timing for graph results at increments of 1 Second 1 Minute or 15 Minutes Change Sc...

Страница 588: ...splays earlier events Selecting Shift Right move the graph s reference cursor to the right and displays later events You may also adjust the graph s time scale by using your finger and dragging the re...

Страница 589: ...ter time The graph is saved with a grp extension To view the graph select the Replay Graphs button and choose the desired grp file from the Browser dialog box Important Files saved when working with t...

Страница 590: ...ne how long a protocol processor s test runs and what activities occur at the end of the test The following appears on the SET 1 screen Function Description Duration This function configures how long...

Страница 591: ...r there is one option available to record the statistics using a delimiter The table below describes the Action after Duration options Action after Duration Options Description None No action occurs a...

Страница 592: ...continues until the test is stopped by selecting Stop from the Common Function Buttons or by changing the Action After Duration value Record Statistics and Repeat Test This option appears when Repeat...

Страница 593: ...d by selecting Stop from the Common Function Buttons or by changing the Action After Duration value Print Statistics Events and Repeat Test This option appears when Repeat Actions is selected At the e...

Страница 594: ...ion is chosen the results are saved to a file with one of the following extensions stat Results Report A statistics report of the received Errors Alarms Pointer Analysis and Signal Status functions ev...

Страница 595: ...rn red Pressing Clear History or Restarting a new test will clear all LED history Test Service Disruption Specifically for LAN WAN Ethernet testing on the Packet tab The unit can measure Service Disru...

Страница 596: ...and is entered using a keypad Consecutive Bad Time Required This function allows you to enter the time duration in milliseconds of consecutive errored frames to elapse before Protection Switch measur...

Страница 597: ...pter LED Quick Status Area Specifically for LAN WAN Ethernet testing on the Packet tab The left side of the screen provides an at a glance view of the current protocol processor s LEDs and Laser ON Of...

Страница 598: ...us summary of all circuit packs installed in the unit Quick Status LEDs Color Description Typically a Red LED indicates a problem whereas a Green or White LED indicates error free operation If an LED...

Страница 599: ...ynchronization in at least one of the 32 Streams BIT ERR Bit error status LED Indicates a detected BIT error in at least one of the 32 Streams SEQ ERR Sequence error status LED Indicates a sequence er...

Страница 600: ...med Test Using Acceptance Criteria Measuring Service Disruption Saving and Printing Statistics and Settings Reports Configuring Packet Streams Specifically for LAN WAN Ethernet testing The Config Strm...

Страница 601: ...t is most important to you can be displayed without needing to use the scroll bar 7 With all of the test streams turned Off press the Restart button at the bottom of the screen to set the transmitted...

Страница 602: ...From the Stream Profile Table select any Stream by touching any Stream 1 16 or 17 32 in the white area The traffic Stream profile for the selected screen will appear Multi Stream Configuration will b...

Страница 603: ...each subsequent Stream when the Save All button is selected The MAC addresses and IPv6 IP addresses will increment by hex values 6 The example shown in the Stream Profile window above will result in...

Страница 604: ...e for 1G and 2 5G Optical Ethernet rates and 10M and 100M Electrical rates To enable auto negotiation 1 Select the Packet tab 2 Select Config and choose SET 3 If the current Interface rate or Mode nee...

Страница 605: ...Ramp Ceiling value Ramp Step This is the size of the Bandwidth or Mbps rate that each step up and down should change by Ramp Floor This is the minimum Bandwidth or Mbps rate that the stream will step...

Страница 606: ...ile window Rate From this menu select either Constant Bandwidth or Constant Mbit sec For Burst mode burst of 100 BW are inserted but the overall rate is averaged over time Burst Size The number of pac...

Страница 607: ...e 100 bandwidth for 1 2 a second then the amount of Off time would depend on the Rate setting The Rate is the ratio of time that packets are On for 100 BW versus Off for 0 BW If the Rate is set to 50...

Страница 608: ...LAN tagging on by clicking the desired stream in the Stream Profile table The Traffic Stream Profile dialog box appears 2 From the Traffic Stream Profile dialog box select the button next to No MPLS V...

Страница 609: ...095 is reserved for implementation use and should not be configured or transmitted Enabling MPLS Label Stacking MPLS Multi Protocol Label Switching is a set of procedures for augmenting IPv4 and IPv6...

Страница 610: ...y of Service priority ranging from 0 best effort to 7 highest S Bottom Bottom of Stack This is a 1 bit bottom of stack flag This bit is automatically set to 1 for the last MPLS label to be enabled i e...

Страница 611: ...the TX State column of the Stream Profile table 8 The total TX and RX packet count statistics for all packet streams are displayed in the Count Statistics table below Stream Profile table To start tra...

Страница 612: ...ce to stop sending frames for a specified amount of time Quanta allowing the low bandwidth receiver to catch up and process queued frames Important Flow Control must be enabled in order to count recei...

Страница 613: ...of the Config Screen 5 Select Error Type and choose an error type from the Select Error Type dialog box 6 Select Error Rate and choose an error rate from the Select Error Rate to Insert dialog box 7 E...

Страница 614: ...arm from the tabs along the left side of the Config Screen 6 Select Alarm Generated and choose an alarm type from the Select Alarm dialog box Important Once an alarm is selected then alarm will contin...

Страница 615: ...a rate which can be transported at each of a series of packet sizes defined by the standard i e 64 128 256 512 1024 1280 1518 bytes NOTE The MPA offers the ability to send non standard packet sizes La...

Страница 616: ...ck the RFC test packets How to Configure and perform RFC2544 Testing Note The RFC tests are performed over the selected test Stream The RFC tests will over ride the test Stream s bandwidth rate frame...

Страница 617: ...the minimum frame length will be changed from 64 to 68 and the first rate tested in the RFC 2544 test will be 68 bytes long 6 Enable the On Off checkbox for the Stream s that has just been configured...

Страница 618: ...for Through Put and Frame Loss testing 4 Select Dest Port and choose the port that will receive the test signal Note if a port is in IP Reflection Mode or if it is already in an active RFC test this s...

Страница 619: ...hroughput speed is indicated by the rate at which the transmission and reception of the Ethernet test stream is accomplished without packet loss For example the Throughput test starts by transmitting...

Страница 620: ...elect BW Floor to set the low end of the bandwidth test range The RFC test will not exceed the setting Valid values are 01 99 IMPORTANT The minimum delta between the ceiling and floor setting is 1 For...

Страница 621: ...Burst and stream test Statistics Settings Event and Service Disruption measurements to a file for access later or for immediate printing RFC 2544 Frame Loss Testing Frame Loss testing is an RFC 2544...

Страница 622: ...he RFC Tests screen To start the Frame Loss test 1 Select Start Test Once the test begins this button toggles to Stop Test 2 The unit immediately starts transmitting a test stream at 10 of the maximum...

Страница 623: ...g a burst of frames to the unit and then counting how many frames are forwarded by the unit During the test a burst of fixed length frames with the minimum inter frame gap between them is sent through...

Страница 624: ...rs 7 Enter a precision level for the test The value is the number of frames in the longest burst that the DUT will handle without the loss of any frames 8 Select Of Repetitions A keypad appears 9 Ente...

Страница 625: ...and Traffic Policing testing capabilities Supports Non Color Aware modes Supports the optional Y 1564 reordered and out of order frames analysis per test flow Supports Service Performance testing on u...

Страница 626: ...the desired test interface rate 2 Verify appropriate network connections such as power levels valid link state etc 3 Select the Perf Test Conf tab 4 Select the Test button and enable the Y 1564 selec...

Страница 627: ...Protocol Tabs 627 Y 1564 Conf Tab Configuration Y 1564 Test Tab Configuration MPA_e_manual_D07 00 129P_RevA00...

Страница 628: ...erf selection enables the Y 1564 Performance test 4 Select the Start button in the Automated Test Sequence section The selected tests will now start and their real time status will be displayed next t...

Страница 629: ...is selected from the Configuration Test Results table a detailed result view is displayed for that service 2 When a specific service is selected from the Performance Test Results table a detailed res...

Страница 630: ...o save or print Y 1564 test results 1 Select the Report button at the bottom of the screen 2 The individual or combined Y 1564 test results can be saved or printed Y 1564 Report Result Options Timed T...

Страница 631: ...slt tab configure the Pass Fail Test acceptance criteria options These include Acceptable Sequence Error rate Acceptable Bit Error rate and Acceptable Loss Rate These values are set up on a per stream...

Страница 632: ...our network equipment to react to a service disruption event and switch to a backup path When enabled the trigger event to begin service disruption measurements occurs on incoming packets with CRC FCS...

Страница 633: ...stop accumulating 4 Select Consecutive Bad Time Required and enter a time interval ranging from 0 1 milliseconds to 1638 3 milliseconds This function allows you to enter the time duration in millisec...

Страница 634: ...owing reports are available from the Packet tab Settings Reports the Stream Settings for the selected Port Statistics Reports all Steam Tx Rx Packet counts Errors and Alarms Events Reports a summary o...

Страница 635: ...mance test summary for each Service Stream tested Avg RX Loss Min Max Avg Curr Jitter Min Max Avg Curr Latency Sequence Error Stats Loss Error Stats Status Y1564 Combined Combines the Y 1564 Settings...

Страница 636: ...ext file with a txt file extension Delimited The selected Settings or Statistics report is save as a text file using Comma Delimited CSV file format with a csv file extension PDF Printer The selected...

Страница 637: ...e JPG PNG GIF and BMP file extensions Click the User Image File button to open a File Browser window When printing saving the report using the DLI Remote Client GUI then the image file must be copied...

Страница 638: ...re Channel Screen Functions and Descriptions Overview Specifically for Fibre Channel SAN testing on the Packet tab This section describes the various screens and functions that control Fibre Channel S...

Страница 639: ...n Mode Sets which Fibre Channel Interface rate has been selected to test from the MLD OTN or SONET SDH tab s Interface menu Sets which Fibre Channel Interface rate to test and displays the configured...

Страница 640: ...s the desired Interface rate prior to selecting it The Packet processor supports hot swappable laser modules The wavelength of the selected interface is determined by the specifications of the pluggab...

Страница 641: ...s detected Stream Profile Table The Stream Profile Table contains one Fibre Channel stream that can be configured Selecting the stream from the profile table opens the Traffic Stream Profile dialog bo...

Страница 642: ...Restore Previous State When the unit is turned on the laser will be on or off based on its previous setting before the unit was turned off Information about the configuration of the streams are displa...

Страница 643: ...Routing Control address Config Traffic Stream Profile Specifically for Fibre Channel SAN testing on the Packet tab A frame stream s profile defines the size content and several addresses and other pa...

Страница 644: ...the bandwidth percentage used from 0 01 to 100 BW Payload Sets the type of data used for the stream s payload The payload can be set to PRBS 31 PRBS 31 INV User Defined SOF Select the Start of Frame D...

Страница 645: ...ting portion says if this is a data frame or a link control frame either an ACK or a Link Response and the information portion indicates the type of data supports raw edit of field values only D_ID De...

Страница 646: ...ld Control 1 byte specifies the presence of or absence of optional headers and the size between the frame header and frame payload supports raw edit of field values only SEQ_CNT Sequence Count 2 bytes...

Страница 647: ...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...

Страница 648: ...tial the higher the error rate Code errors in Fibre Channel rates on the MPM 10G card do not support Error Rates Alarm Generated Fibre Channel Alarms are currently not supported Perf Test RFC 2544 Tes...

Страница 649: ...nf screen Option Description Test For Fibre Channel the only Performance Test option supported is RFC 2544 If this button is disabled then only the selected Performance Standard Test is currently avai...

Страница 650: ...will not exceed the setting Valid values are 01 99 IMPORTANT The minimum delta between the ceiling and floor setting is 1 For example if the BW Ceiling is set to 10 then the BW Floor must be set to 9...

Страница 651: ...rial Duration is configured from the RFC Tests Conf screen BW Ceiling Displays the setting for the high end of the bandwidth test range The BW Ceiling is configured from the RFC Tests Conf screen WWN...

Страница 652: ...of packets received by the test set Latency Min Max Avg Reports how long it takes for the test frames to traverse the network and return to the unit The values that appear are in milliseconds If the...

Страница 653: ...the RFC Tests Conf screen BW Ceiling Displays the setting for the high end of the bandwidth test range The BW Ceiling is configured from the RFC Tests Conf screen WWN Dest Address Displays the destina...

Страница 654: ...izes to view their test results Start Stop Test Starts and stops the Frame Loss test The button toggles between Start when a test is not running and Stop when a test is running The following list of t...

Страница 655: ...Protocol Tabs 655 4 Select Goto Frame Loss Graph to view Frame Loss Rate Results to see the Frame Loss Rate for the tested frame sizes MPA_e_manual_D07 00 129P_RevA00...

Страница 656: ...Packet Tab 656 5 To display the Packet Distribution Graphs Under the Results tab select the Count tab then the Packet Sizes tab MPA_e_manual_D07 00 129P_RevA00...

Страница 657: ...st of errors along with their count errored seconds average and current rates ALARM Displays a list of alarms along with the number of seconds spent in the alarm condition Count Displays Frame count s...

Страница 658: ...ror types can be monitored Error Type Description Code A Code error or Symbol error is detected in the line encoding Oversized A frame whose length is 2144 bytes Undersized A frame whose length is 28...

Страница 659: ...n N NNe N format Current Displays the current error rate using an N NNe N format Results Alarm Screen Specifically for Fibre Channel SAN testing on the Packet tab The Alarm screen reports the various...

Страница 660: ...plays the alarm type recognized and recorded by the unit Seconds Displays the number of seconds the alarm spent in the alarm condition Results Count Specifically for Fibre Channel SAN testing on the P...

Страница 661: ...kets Description Transmit Frames Reports the total number of frames sent Received Frames Reports the total number of frames received Transmit Bytes Reports the total number of bytes sent Received Byte...

Страница 662: ...ets Total number of Packets transmitted Bytes Total number of Bytes transmitted BW Percent of bandwidth currently being transmitted Receive Statistics Packets Total number of Packets received Bytes To...

Страница 663: ...stics as total number of Seconds the alarm was active during the test for the following Alarm type Pattern Sync Latency Displays Minimum Average and Maximum latency delay measurements in microseconds...

Страница 664: ...screen area This is especially useful for viewing any errors or alarms from a long distance such as across the room from a test bay The following describes the LED colors If the LED color is Then thi...

Страница 665: ...t and Shift Right Adjusts the graph s time scale to an earlier or later time Print Report Prints a graph report to printer or file Save Graphs Saves a graph to file as a grp file that can be replayed...

Страница 666: ...s tab select Graph 3 Select the Graph screen s Print Report command button The Report Setup menu appears 4 Select Graphs to File to print reports to a file 5 Click the OK button the File Browser dialo...

Страница 667: ...o the RemoteClient directory on the PC A VNC connection saves the files to its default directory on the test unit Replaying Graphs Use the Replay Graphs button to open any previously saved graph GRP t...

Страница 668: ...for 1 week 2 Weeks Test runs for 2 weeks User Defined Allows a specific test duration to be entered using a touch screen keypad The minimum duration is 1 minute The maximum duration is 99 days 23 hour...

Страница 669: ...s not repeat Record Current Statistics using a delimiter At the end of a timed test a statistics report of the received Errors Alarms Pointer Analysis and Signal Status are saved to a comma separated...

Страница 670: ...Buttons or by changing the Action After Duration value Print Events and Repeat Test This option appears when Repeat Actions is selected At the end of a timed test a detailed summary of Errors Alarms...

Страница 671: ...tion appears when Repeat Actions is selected At the end of a timed test both test Statistics and Events are saved to individual text files with the stat and evt file extensions and the timed test rest...

Страница 672: ...tatistics report from Port 1 on Slot 2 and was recorded at 15 58 15 To determine how long a test will run refer to Duration After configuring the Duration you must select Restart in order for the Time...

Страница 673: ...areas Laser On Off button Enables you to turn the laser on and off If no SFP module is installed the button will state No Laser TX Displays the transmit interface configuration such as rate wavelengt...

Страница 674: ...Error or Alarm condition was active at some point during the current test s history If an LED and the LED s Text are both Red then that Error or Alarm condition is currently active Quick Status Area...

Страница 675: ...screens and their functionality refer to Fibre Channel Screen Functions and Descriptions Overview The following procedure demonstrates how to interconnect the MPA with a Fibre Channel SAN switch and...

Страница 676: ...tested 2 Configure the Fibre Channel test interface 3 Turn the TX Laser on and verify both transmit and receive optical power levels are within specification Then interconnect the transmit and receive...

Страница 677: ...following The Fabric Login status will display Fabric Not Logged in The Name Server Login status will display Named Server Not Logged in 9 Select the On Off button labelled 1 to the left of the stream...

Страница 678: ...Turn the TX Laser on and verify both transmit and receive optical power levels are within specification Then interconnect the transmit and receive test port interfaces with the SAN equipment 4 The tes...

Страница 679: ...available while the test stream is enabled 10 Select the Fabric Login button to perform a Fabric Login The Fabric Login status will display Waiting for Response while it attempts to login to the SAN e...

Страница 680: ...screen displays a summary LED view for all of the protocol processors including all HDEnet ports in the instrument The status indicators and LEDs are displayed in the LED Quick Status Area and in the...

Страница 681: ...counting received packets and the Pass Fail acceptance results are displayed under the Results Strm Rslt tab User Defined Acceptance Criteria Accept Bit Errors A user specified threshold value for det...

Страница 682: ...Reports the Throughput test settings and a summary of the test results for each packet size passing rate transmitted and received packets minimum maximum average latency RFC Frame Loss Reports the Fra...

Страница 683: ...e format with a csv file extension PDF Printer The selected report is sent to your PC s default printer The format of the report is similar to the PDF file which allows a User Image file such as your...

Страница 684: ...t feature set folder before selecting Print Report For the best appearance quality the image file should have a width to height ratio of 5 1 with a maximum dimension size of 750px by 150px 6 Select OK...

Страница 685: ...n contains the following functions Set GFP Bulk Fill Set GFP F or GFP T Strms Pg 1 and Pg 2 Traffic Stream Profile GFP F or GFP T Error Alarm RX OH Config Set screen Specifically for GFP F or GFP T te...

Страница 686: ...then GFP frame does adds 4 additional bytes after the payload for pFCS error analysis The pFCS Error Type can only be inserted when pFCS is turned on EXI Allows the user to enable or disable the Exte...

Страница 687: ...0x05 Trans ESCON 0x06 Trans GbE 0x08 MAPOS 0xFD GFP 64 66B LAN 0xFE GFP bulk fill User Defined range from 1 bit to 32 bits and is entered using a touch screen keypad See inserting LOCS and LOCCS alarm...

Страница 688: ...allows the user to select a predefined TPID value 0x8100 0x88A8 0x9100 and 0x9200 or enter a user defined value Count Statistics Table The Count Statistics Table displays the following information fo...

Страница 689: ...enable or disable the optional Payload FCS Identifier pFCS bytes 0 pFCS Off When the pFCS payload Frame Check Sequence is turned off then GFP frame does not utilize the 4 additional bytes after the pa...

Страница 690: ...ON 0x06 Trans GbE 0x08 MAPOS 0xFD GFP 64 66B LAN 0xFE GFP bulk fill User Defined range from 1 bit to 32 bits and is entered using a touch screen keypad See inserting LOCS and LOCCS alarms for their af...

Страница 691: ...ts whose VLAN TPID are specified by the TPID filter options Four filters are available A through D Filter A is mandatory and always enabled B through D are optional Each filter has a menu that allows...

Страница 692: ...then up to 32 independent test streams can be configured and simultaneously generated and tested per port Otherwise only 1 test stream can be generated and tested per port On Off Checkboxes 1 32 Enab...

Страница 693: ...ottom that can be used to see all of the columns in the table Selecting a Stream row from the profile table opens the Traffic Stream Profile dialog box from which the stream parameters are configured...

Страница 694: ...st button will generate a single burst of packets on the selected stream id for the number of packets specified by the Burst Size setting when the selected stream is turned off The default Burst size...

Страница 695: ...to select the chosen however many of the remaining entries in the Select Next Column dialog box you wish to re order 7 There are two choices for submitting the selected column display order 1 Selecti...

Страница 696: ...nt and received since the test was started Mbit sec Displays the current rate of packets sent and received in Megabits per second BW Displays the current percentage of bandwidth of packets sent and re...

Страница 697: ...origination address for generated traffic The address is a 12 digit 6 octets HEX value that is entered using a keypad The address is entered into 6 separate fields 2 characters each There are no restr...

Страница 698: ...s than four digits are entered you must enter a colon manually IP Dest address Sets the IP address of the destination For IPv4 the address is entered in decimal notation using a keypad There are no re...

Страница 699: ...User Data Protocol destination port number 0 to 65535 Port 0 is an officially reserved port in TCP IP networking and should not be used Frame Size Sets the frame length in bytes The frame size is ent...

Страница 700: ...Limits IPv6 Sets the IP Time To Live Hop Limits This is a decimal value from 0 to 255 This is an IP header field designed to keep packets from running in loops essentially forever through a network th...

Страница 701: ...setting applies to both the traffic generation rates and the Send Burst button The Send Burst button will generate a single burst of packets for the specified amount of packets The default Burst size...

Страница 702: ...the checkbox for the next tag Each tag adds 4 bytes to the Packet s header fields MPLS Label Configures the MPLS Label value The default value is 0x1234 but the menu lets you enter any 2 byte User De...

Страница 703: ...ble Indicator This is a 1 bit setting that should remain set to the default value of 0 for Ethernet networks VLAN Tagging must be enabled to use this parameter VLAN VID Assigns a VLAN ID to the VLAN t...

Страница 704: ...lly for GFP Mappings 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...

Страница 705: ...k Sequence error PFI must be On sFCS Generates an invalid Superblock Frame Check Sequence error Only supported in GFP Transparent Mode Corr cHec Generates a Correctable Core Header Error Control which...

Страница 706: ...tem begins sending the alarm condition Select one of the following None Turns alarm generation off LFD Generates a constant Loss of Frame Delineation alarm LOCCS Generates a constant Loss of Client Ch...

Страница 707: ...ce Test option supported is RFC 2544 The RFC 2544 Tests screen contains the following functions Conf Thru Put Frame Loss B2B Burst Graph The following list of tasks demonstrate how to configure and te...

Страница 708: ...uration Determines how long the test runs for each packet size This duration is used each time the test fails Valid duration values are 1 86400 seconds The default value is 60 seconds Stream ID Allows...

Страница 709: ...e The following parameters allow the user to configure and test each of the RFC tests so that one will run after the previous test completes Thruput Latency checkbox and status field Frame Loss checkb...

Страница 710: ...the Throughput Results for your selected frame sizes measured against the RFC standardizations table for frame length and frames per second criteria 4 Select Goto Frame Loss Graph to view Frame Loss R...

Страница 711: ...Protocol Tabs 711 5 To display the Packet Distribution Graphs Under the Results tab select the Count tab then the Packet Sizes tab MPA_e_manual_D07 00 129P_RevA00...

Страница 712: ...e RFC test The Stream ID is configured from the RFC Tests Conf screen Trial Duration Displays how long the test will run for each packet size This duration is used each time the test fails The Trial D...

Страница 713: ...Rate Reports the passing rate percentage for the specific packet size TX Packets Reports the number of packets transmitted in the stream for the frame RX Packets Reports the number of packets received...

Страница 714: ...RFC Tests Conf screen Trial Duration Displays how long the test will run for each packet size This duration is used each time the test fails The Trial Duration is configured from the RFC Tests Conf s...

Страница 715: ...frames transmitted Receive Frames Reports the total number of frames received Loss Reports the percentage of frame loss that occurred during the test This calculation is the received frames divided b...

Страница 716: ...me burst The default frame burst sizes used are 64 128 256 512 1024 1280 and 1518 bytes Option Description Stream ID Displays the ID number of the stream that will be used for the RFC test The Stream...

Страница 717: ...rt when a test is not running and Stop when a test is running Important The BW Ceiling and BW Floor settings do not apply to the Back to Back Burst test The following list of tasks demonstrate how to...

Страница 718: ...lts Scan Screen Specifically for GFP Mappings This function displays a list of received errors and alarms For alarms the duration is reported as a count in seconds For errors an error count is reporte...

Страница 719: ...whose length is 64 bytes with good FCS CRC checksum Invalid FCS An error in the Frame Check Sequence CRC checksum and whose Frame length is 64 bytes Invalid IP An error in the frame s IP Checksum Inv...

Страница 720: ...curred which is a CRC 16 EXI must be On Uncorr eHEC An Uncorrectable Extension Header Error Control error occurred which is a CRC 16 EXI must be On Invalid Super An invalid Superblock error occurred G...

Страница 721: ...The Circuit Pack module experience a power loss fault during test Paused The test was manually paused by selecting the Pause button or by a SCPI script command Power Hot The received optical power le...

Страница 722: ...ted Total TX Mbps Displays the Current Min Max and Avg Total Mbps rate transmitted Total TX PPS Displays the Current Min Max and Avg Total Packet Per Second rate transmitted Total RX BW Displays the C...

Страница 723: ...BW Transmitted TX IPv6 Mbps Displays the Current Min Max and Avg IPv6 Mbps rate transmitted TX IPv6 PPS Displays the Current Min Max and Avg IPv6 Packet Per Second rate transmitted RX IPv6 BW Display...

Страница 724: ...Min Max and Avg MPLS BW Transmitted TX MPLS Mbps Displays the Current Min Max and Avg MPLS Mbps rate transmitted TX MPLS PPS Displays the Current Min Max and Avg MPLS Packet Per Second rate transmitt...

Страница 725: ...ets Reports the total number of IPv4 packets sent Received IPv4 Packets Reports the total number of IPv4 packets received Transmit IPv6 Packets Reports the total number of IPv6 packets sent Received I...

Страница 726: ...ved A quanta is a 512 bit timing increment used by a Pause frame The number of quanta N x 512 bits indicate the duration of the pause Important Flow Control must be enabled in order to count Pause Pac...

Страница 727: ...d MPLS label level 1 4 separate data rows for TC Entries 0 7 are displayed These reports the number of frames received for each user priority level value A total of 8 different counters appear for eac...

Страница 728: ...st dropped This is due to the real time RX packet count being lower than the TX packet count because of the latency If no packets were lost during the test then this value will drop to 0 when the test...

Страница 729: ...transmission These values are updated real time as new latency measurements are logged If the TX and RX are looped on itself with a short patch cable the latency may appear as 0 s Jitter Displays Mini...

Страница 730: ...t Log section Results Large LEDs Screen Specifically for GFP Mappings This button displays the LED Error and Alarm Indicators in a large easy to read format that covers the entire screen area This is...

Страница 731: ...d and unit is always collecting data 5 Minutes Test runs for 5 minutes 15 Minutes Test runs for 15 minutes 1 Hour Test runs for 1 hour 2 Hours Test runs for 2 hours 24 Hours Test runs for 24 hours 72...

Страница 732: ...Alarms Pointer Analysis and Signal Status are printed to the configured printer The test does not repeat Record Current Statistics At the end of a timed test a statistics report of the received Error...

Страница 733: ...ted At the end of a timed test a statistics report of the received Errors Alarms Pointer Analysis and Signal Status are saved to a text file with a stat file extension and the timed test restarts This...

Страница 734: ...of a timed test both test Statistics and Events are automatically printed to the configured printer and the timed test restarts This test cycle continues until the test is stopped by selecting Stop fr...

Страница 735: ...d summary of received Errors Alarms and Pointer event activities The file naming convention is XX S P hhmmss file extension where XX is the Protocol Processor name S is the Slot P is the Port hh is Ho...

Страница 736: ...coming error and alarm activity current status and event history to help narrow the focus if problems are detected on the incoming signal and provide a starting point when trying to diagnose problems...

Страница 737: ...ror or Alarm condition is currently active Quick Status Area LED s that are underlined are Summary Status LEDs and can be selected to display a summary pop up window to show the individual LEDs and so...

Страница 738: ...alarm status LED Indicates a loss of pattern synchronization in at least one of the 4 streams This is an alarm LED BIT ERR Bit error status LED Indicates a detected BIT error in at least one of the 4...

Страница 739: ...ovides the tools required to configure or edit GFP packets To configure a packet stream 1 Configure the GFP Payload setting from the SONET SDH tab or the GFP Mapping from the OTN tab depending on the...

Страница 740: ...ceived packet counts to 0 8 Enable the desired stream s to begin generating traffic on the configured test stream s 9 After the desired test time has elapsed then Disable the stream s currently genera...

Страница 741: ...ion are completely independent of each other The remote settings are saved on the remotely each connected PC The Clear button can be used to clear the entries in the Rearrange Columns dialog box displ...

Страница 742: ...Type and choose an error type from the Select Error Type dialog box Important DO NOT set an Error Rate when inserting a single error 4 If you want to clear any previously collected data select Restar...

Страница 743: ...m results 1 From the Packet tab select Results 2 Select one of the following Scan Displays a list of errors and alarms along with their count and duration ERR Displays a list of errors along with thei...

Страница 744: ...Resume to restart the event log 5 To display events in an ascending order select Descending The button changes to Ascending and the events appear from the oldest event to the most recent event 6 Selec...

Страница 745: ...esults for each packet size passing rate transmitted and received packets minimum maximum average latency RFC B2B Burst Reports the Back to Back Burst test settings and a summary of the test results f...

Страница 746: ...format with a csv file extension PDF Printer The selected report is sent to your PC s default printer The format of the report is similar to the PDF file which allows a User Image file such as your c...

Страница 747: ...o the C Program Files DLI RemoteClient Compat feature set folder before selecting Print Report For the best appearance quality the image file should have a width to height ratio of 5 1 with a maximum...

Страница 748: ...MPA_e_manual_D07 00 129P_RevA00...

Страница 749: ...ons The System tab contains the following function screens Misc I O Setting File Service Security User Preference All Test Status All Ether Ports Service Disruption Monitor Chat Faults Misc Screen Mis...

Страница 750: ...atures Timed License Keys can also be obtained which will unlock requested features for a specific length of time After the timed license key expires the requested feature will automatically become un...

Страница 751: ...erver and not configured for Automatically set the Time and Date the system Date and Time can be configured manually However the Date and Time will automatically revert back to their default values pr...

Страница 752: ...e Date and Time are not automatically acquired on boot up 1 From the System tab select Unit Time Date The Date Time and Time Zone menu appears 2 The Date Time and Time Zone menu displays the following...

Страница 753: ...ow appear 4 Select the desired Time Zone by geographic location from the drop down menu 5 Select OK The system time will automatically update for the change in time zones To adjust clock automatically...

Страница 754: ...e Time Zone Properties window appear 4 Enable the Automatically adjust clock for daylight saving changes checkbox 5 Select OK The system time will automatically update for daylight saving time changes...

Страница 755: ...the right of Manually Adjust Date Time 3 Select Automatically Adjust Date Time The Enter User String keyboard appears 4 Enter the Name or IP Address of the desired network Internet time server and se...

Страница 756: ...Technical Support Product Name VeEX MPA TM Product Serial Number 11 Digits Usage Time This is the total number of hours that the MPA unit has been operating Card Type Software Version Licensing and ad...

Страница 757: ...C s hard drive To close the About This Product window select OK Check for Upgrade This software update notification window informs the user if there is an updated software version available for the te...

Страница 758: ...ades Changing the Protocol Mode The unit can be configured to operate in either SONET or SDH networks The options that appear on this screen are determined by your hardware configuration Changing the...

Страница 759: ...options appear Restore To Factory Default SDH Restore To Factory Default SONET These options appear if your unit contains one or more board capable of testing SONET SDH 4 Select the desired protocol m...

Страница 760: ...Select OK to save the settings file To Restore a settings configuration 1 Select System and choose Misc 2 Select the Restore Settings From File button The File Browser window appears 3 Type or select...

Страница 761: ...mode If the selected External clock option is not available then the transmitted signals default to the Internal clock To set the chassis clock 1 Both the Processor s IP Address and the MCH s IP Addr...

Страница 762: ...ce clock input which is 2 048 Mbps Chassis SETS option appears in the Clock Reference menu and CLK SETS displays in the Quick LED Status area when selected External 2 048 MHz Clock In Out This synchro...

Страница 763: ...the Quick LED Status area when selected The Clock output is a 1 544 MHz sine wave clock Internal 2 048 MHz Clock In Out The transmit signals derive their data s timing source from the system s Intern...

Страница 764: ...g mode By default the transmitted signals default to an Internal clock with no output To set the chassis clock 1 Connect an External clock reference to either the SCM 210 s RJ 48 or SMA Clock In Out P...

Страница 765: ...Quick LED Status area when selected The RJ 48 CLK A Out port is a 1 544 Mbps BITS clock The SMA CLB B Out port is a 1 544 MHz 75 ohm TTL clock Internal CLK A 2 048 Mbps CLK B 2 048 MHz Out The transmi...

Страница 766: ...s SETS option appears in the Transmit Clock Reference menus and CLK SETS displays in the Quick LED Status area when selected SMA CLK B 1 544 MHz In Out The transmit signals derive their data s timing...

Страница 767: ...the Transmit Clock Reference menus and CLK Ext 10 MHz displays in the Quick LED Status area when selected The SMA CLB B Out port is a 10 MHz 75 ohm TTL clock External Clock In Status MPA units that ha...

Страница 768: ...gured for a Chassis Clock setting Pre Locked Briefly displays as the MCH detects that an External Clock has been connected to its RJ 48 Clock port Locked The MCH was successfully able to synchronize t...

Страница 769: ...net Port Settings Changing the IP Address with the Remote GUI Client Reboot A reboot is required for the new IP Address settings to take effect Ethernet Port Settings If Ethernet port parameters are c...

Страница 770: ...system conflict can occur if an IP address in this range is assigned to the processor If you use an IP address in the range of 192 168 x y where x is not 138 then you must set the Subnet Address to 2...

Страница 771: ...I O Settings window 1 Select the System tab and choose I O Settings 2 From the Ethernet screen select Reboot The Reboot dialog box appears 3 Select OK to continue with the reboot process or Cancel to...

Страница 772: ...delete files the Access Denied message appears Deleting Directories 1 From the System tab select File Services 2 Select a directories from the File List box Directory names are shown between left and...

Страница 773: ...ple the default directory is C Program Files DLI RemoteClient Locate the Compat folder from which the Remote Client is running The folder name represents the Feature Set operating on the unit For exam...

Страница 774: ...m Files DLI RemoteClient Locate the Compat folder from which the Remote Client is running The folder name represents the Feature Set operating on the unit For example the Compat folder for Feature Set...

Страница 775: ...ad appears 3 Enter a directory name and select Enter The new directory appears at the bottom of the File List box Do not use spaces in directory names Security Screen Security Settings Screen Security...

Страница 776: ...disable the System Security Lock Enable Disable Security System Lock Enabling the Security System Lock check box prevents other users from logging onto the test set with the Remote GUI or SCPI Reset S...

Страница 777: ...on the User List Deleting a User 1 From the System tab select Security 2 From the User List select the User Name to be deleted 3 With the user name highlighted select Delete The user is removed from...

Страница 778: ...To enable Security System Lock 1 From the System tab select Security 2 From Default Entry select the Security System Lock check box A checked box indicates that the Security System Lock function is en...

Страница 779: ...nging a Tab Name for the Go To Label for more information Current Printer When printing a report or a saved file to a network printer you can disable or enable the Windows Print dialog If No Prompt Us...

Страница 780: ...open a keypad 5 Select Update List Entry to add the name to the User Defined Name column of the list box 6 Repeat steps 3 through 5 to continue adding user defined names as desired 7 Select Save All L...

Страница 781: ...he Select Alarms Sound dialog box 5 Select a sound The sound selection uses the WAV file s name For example chord wav appears as CHORD 6 If desired select Test to hear the sound 7 Select Apply To turn...

Страница 782: ...16 sounds will appear in the selection window The sound files that appear use the WAV file s name 8 Select the new WAV file and choose Apply Sending Email Alerts Before using the email alert feature...

Страница 783: ...the message to several recipients 6 Select the Mail Interval and pick a desired time setting from the Duration of Test window This option determines the minimum amount of time required to elapse betw...

Страница 784: ...t being sent without it Note The Mail Password is not saved displayed shared transmitted to anyone or accessible by anyone in any way Important The Mail Password setting DOES NOT persist after the uni...

Страница 785: ...if a specified error or alarm event occurs If you have configured to monitor a single processor then you may select either the All Tests Status window or any window under that processor s tab Note A...

Страница 786: ...brief LOS situation to occur 3 Check the designated email inbox and verify that the email notification was received 3 If the email alert does not appear in the Inbox then be sure to check any anti sp...

Страница 787: ...bs the protocol processor tabs appear in groups of 12 Select the All Test button All Test 1 to 12 to scroll through the various groups The following information appears for each protocol processor or...

Страница 788: ...of Status Indicator LEDs for the Protocol Processor You will then see a pop up window containing all Status LEDs for that Protocol Processor or Port number Press OK to close the window Conditional LED...

Страница 789: ...y When a unit is equipped with more than 12 Protocol Processors or Port numbers the All Test Status screen will be split into multiple groups The All Test Status button will indicate the group being d...

Страница 790: ...olumn Port A pop up window will allow the user to supply a new position for that row Reset Rows to Default Click on to restore the sequence of rows to default Order Columns Select to re order columns...

Страница 791: ...how long it takes for your network equipment to react to a service disruption event and switch to a backup path This function also allows you to set a specific event as a trigger for service disruptio...

Страница 792: ...onds and frames are reported and the State returns to Inactive Continuous APS Constantly monitors for service disruption events and updates the seconds and frames reported The unit will immediately be...

Страница 793: ...ver from excepting new commands as they arrive nor does it pause the processors from carrying out the commands Choose Resume to continue to display new commands as they arrive 4 Choose Clear to delete...

Страница 794: ...ar in a High Priority Message pop up window in front of the other GUI connections regardless of which tab the other GUI s are currently viewing The other GUI users will need to click an OK button to c...

Страница 795: ...ived chat messages from the current GUI s Chat window This does not effect other GUI users Chat messages in the Received Messages box are also permanently remove when the current GUI application is cl...

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Страница 797: ...indication has been activated For SONET SDH AIS can occur due to an LOS LOF or LOP failure on Line layer Path layer or Virtual Tributary AIS L Line Alarm Indication Signal All Ones pattern used to ind...

Страница 798: ...tocols and high level languages for voluntary use in the United States APS Automatic Protection Switching The K1 and K2 bytes of the line overhead section of the Synchronous Payload Envelope are reser...

Страница 799: ...evious STM N frame before scrambling The value is placed in the three B2 bytes of the MS Overhead before scrambling These bytes are provided for all STM 1 signals in STM N signals B3 byte Path bit int...

Страница 800: ...ation BIAE Backward Incoming Alignment Error BPV Error Bipolar Violation Indicates that two consecutive pulses of the same polarity occurred in the same digital bit stream Bit Errors Errors in the exp...

Страница 801: ...both telecommunication and data communications applications up to 400Gbps A CFP8 supports eight times and two times the bandwidth density of CFP and CFP4 form factors respectively The CFP8 interface m...

Страница 802: ...et interface or link and are transmitted in GFP over SONET SDH The cause of this alarm is often no light or too high an offset at the Ethernet port on the physical interface resulting in the loss of c...

Страница 803: ...itoring administration and other communication needs D4 D12 Multiplex Section MS Data Communications Channel DCC bytes These nine bytes form a 576 kbits s message channel from a central location for O...

Страница 804: ...es of any specific error EFS Error Free Seconds A measurement of the time in seconds in which there were no errors detected in the signal being monitored EFSR Error Free Seconds Rate A measurement of...

Страница 805: ...re determined using the Error to Insert and Error Insert Rate functions Error Ratio In data transmission the ratio of the number of incorrect elements transmitted to the total number of elements trans...

Страница 806: ...for connecting computers printers workstations etc within the same building or campus Ethernet operates over twisted wire and coaxial cable at speeds up to 10Mbps The theoretical limit of Ethernet mea...

Страница 807: ...es a particular failure has been started FCS Frame Check Sequence The extra characters added to a frame for error detection and correction FCS is used in X 25 HDLC Frame Relay and other data link laye...

Страница 808: ...transmission in which the source transmitter sends redundant data and the destination receiver recognizes only the portion of the data that contains no apparent errors Because FEC does not require ha...

Страница 809: ...ocol data unit oriented client signal adaptation which enables data mapping into a SONET SDH Virtual Container Go To This button allows you to quickly select and jump to a specific tabbed function a p...

Страница 810: ...ck Status LEDs area this is a status LED HP RDI Higher Order Path Remote Defect Indicator SDH only In the Quick Status LEDs area an alarm LED indicating a signal was returned to the transmitting HP Te...

Страница 811: ...ocol designed for use in interconnected systems of packet switched computer communication networks IR Information Rate In Y 1564 this is the average bit rate in bps of Ethernet service frames at the m...

Страница 812: ...ts continued connection to the intended transmitting terminal J2 byte Used to repetitively transmit a Lower Order Access Path Identifier so that a path receiving terminal can verify its continued conn...

Страница 813: ...1 4 is Source Node Identification Source node ID is set to the nodes own ID K2 Bits 5 In APS Linear Mode 0 provisioned for 1 1 mode 1 provisioned for 1 n mode In APS Ring Mode it indicates short or l...

Страница 814: ...shing down the street in contrast to coherent light which in the same example is more like a group of soldiers marching down the street in row formation with each soldier in step LCV Line Code Violati...

Страница 815: ...n a linear direction as opposed to a Ring Network Line B2 Error The B2 byte is a parity code in the Line Overhead section of the Transport Overhead in the Synchronous Transport Frame It is even parity...

Страница 816: ...tween line terminating equipment Line Terminating Equipment LTE Equipment at either end of a Line span in a SONET network that originates the Line Overhead or terminates the Line Overhead Live RX Patt...

Страница 817: ...s of Signal Seconds Loss of Pointer LOP An alarm signal generated when no valid pointer is received in eight consecutive frames or when eight consecutive New Data Flags are received Loss of Signal LOS...

Страница 818: ...Sync M MAC Media Access Control The lower of two sublayers of the data link layer defined by the IEEE The MAC sublayer handles access to shared media such as whether token passing or contention will b...

Страница 819: ...s for high speed transmission rates of 40Gbps and 100Gbps MPA Multi Protocol Analyzer VeEX s MPA rackmount systems are a MicroTCA chassis systems used for testing multiple telecom and datacom networks...

Страница 820: ...t on an equipment failure MS AIS maintains operation of the downstream regenerators and therefore prevents generation of unnecessary alarms At the same time data and orderwire communication is retaine...

Страница 821: ...ion NPJC Negative Pointer Justification Count O OA1 The OTU FAS is a 6 byte structure that occupies row 1 columns 1 to 6 of the OTU overhead The first three bytes columns 1 to 3 of the OTU FAS are OA1...

Страница 822: ...r level 192 A SONET channel of 9 953 gigabits per second Gbps OC 768 Optical Carrier level 768 A SONET channel of 39 813 gigabits per second Gbps ODTU jk where jk may be any combination from 01 to 34...

Страница 823: ...dered overhead information P P Suffix Suffix indicating Path level Passthru A function that allows an incoming signal to pass through the unit without altering the data in the signal PFE Suffix indica...

Страница 824: ...traffic and of providing Quality of Service QoS in modern Layer 2 Ethernet networks It uses the 3 bit PCP field in the VLAN header for the purpose of packet classification PDU Protocol Data Unit A pac...

Страница 825: ...are not counted and starting points are at 3 byte increments for a VC 4 payload the possible range is Total STM 1 bytes minus Section Overhead bytes Pointer value range PoS Packet over SDH SONET Uses...

Страница 826: ...t another circuit operating independently can synchronize on the pattern and detect individual transmission bit errors This test pattern is useful for simulating live data traffic PRBS patterns vary i...

Страница 827: ...zeros and 20 consecutive ones PRBS 20 Inv PRBS 220 1 Inverted generates a maximum of 20 consecutive zeros and 19 consecutive ones PRBS 23 PRBS 223 1 is a 8 388 607 bit pseudorandom pattern which gene...

Страница 828: ...gement frame PTI 4 with other values currently undefined See also PFI Pulse Code Modulation PCM The most common method of encoding an analog voice signal into a digital bit stream First the amplitude...

Страница 829: ...up to 16Gbps QSFP Quad Small Form factor Pluggable Pronounced QSFP plus A QSFP module is a compact hot pluggable transceiver used for data and telecommunication applications that multiplexes four 4 da...

Страница 830: ...An indication returned to a transmitting node source that a B3 error has been detected at the receiving node sink at the path level Restart A common function button that clears and resets all error al...

Страница 831: ...nerator Section An SDH term that is equivalent to Section in SONET RSOH For SDH Regenerator Section Overhead This is equal to a SOH in SONET RS TIM For SDH Regenerator Section Overhead Trace Identifie...

Страница 832: ...s a complete list of all available SCPI command in the SCPI Command Reference Guide SDH Synchronous Digital Hierarchy A set of standard fiber optic based serial standards planned for use with SONET in...

Страница 833: ...te an SEF defect SEFS Severely Errored Frame Seconds The number of seconds in which an entity has an extremely high frame error rate or major defect Service Disruption Measurement of service disruptio...

Страница 834: ...th telecommunication and data communications applications up to 4Gbps SFP Small Form factor Pluggable Pronounced SFP Plus An enhanced SFP module that supports data and telecommunication rates up to 11...

Страница 835: ...for manufacturers Also see SONET Versus SDH Terminology SPE See Synchronous_Payload_Envelope STM Synchronous Transport Module A structure in the SDH transmission hierarchy STM 1 is SDH s base level t...

Страница 836: ...s Its optical equivalent is an OC 1 STS 48c Synchronous Transport Signal Level 48 concatenated STS 192c Synchronous Transport Signal Level 192 concatenated STS 768c Synchronous Transport Signal Level...

Страница 837: ...this indicator This is an error TC RDI Tandem Connection Remote Defect Indication Indicates that a defect has occurred at the downstream TCM equipment The unit is receiving an alarm Bit 8 in multifram...

Страница 838: ...rop Mapping functionality between higher speed and lower speed Protocol Processors Test Unit See Test Set tHEC Type Header Error Checksum TIM Trace Identifier Mismatch alarm Enabled from the Receive S...

Страница 839: ...line is unavailable when 10 consecutive seconds that qualify as SES L seconds occur UAS P Near End Unavailable Seconds Path Reports the number of seconds that the STS path layer was considered unavai...

Страница 840: ...the transmitted and expected received payload pattern The pattern is entered using a keypad and can be entered in Hex Decimal or Binary format V V Suffix indicating SONET Virtual Tributary Near End VF...

Страница 841: ...ft alone Payloads that exceed the standard payload container capacity a VC 3 may be transported using a concatenation method VeEX The Verification EXperts The parent company of Digital Lightwave www v...

Страница 842: ...set to 00 and returned to the near end when there is an SEF or AIS at the far end Otherwise they are set to 11 Y Y 1564 ITU T Y 1564 defines a test methodology that may be used in assessing the prope...

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