Cable Diagnostics - Planet Networking & Communication XGS-6320 Series User Manual

4.9.2.4 Cable Diagnostics

This page is used for running the Cable Diagnostics.
Press to run the diagnostics. This will take approximately 5 seconds. If all ports are selected, this can take approximately 15
seconds. When completed, the page refreshes automatically, and you can view the cable diagnostics results in the cable status
table. Note that Cable Diagnostics is only accurate for cables of length 7 - 140 meters.
10 and 100 Mbps ports will be linked down while running cable diagnostic. Therefore, running cable diagnostic on a 10 or 100
Mbps management port will cause the switch to stop responding until VeriPHY is complete. The VeriPHY Cable Diagnostics
screen in Figure 4-9-2-4 appears.
The page includes the following fields:
Object

Port
 Description

Cable Status
Buttons
: Click to run the diagnostics.
Figure 4-9-2-4 VeriPHY Cable Diagnostics Page Screenshot
Description
The port where you are requesting Cable Diagnostics.
Display per port description.
Port:
Port number.
Pair:
The status of the cable pair.
OK - Correctly terminated pair
Open - Open pair
Short - Shorted pair
Short A - Cross-pair short to pair A
Short B - Cross-pair short to pair B
Short C - Cross-pair short to pair C
Short D - Cross-pair short to pair D
Cross A - Abnormal cross-pair coupling with pair A
Cross B - Abnormal cross-pair coupling with pair B
Cross C - Abnormal cross-pair coupling with pair C
Cross D - Abnormal cross-pair coupling with pair D
Length:
The length (in meters) of the cable pair. The resolution is 3 meters
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