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Ethernet and transport tester, matester application
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  • Page 1 User Guide ETHERNET AND TRANSPORT TESTER MaxTester Application MAX-800 Series www.EXFO.com...
  • Page 2 EXFO Inc. (EXFO). Information provided by EXFO is believed to be accurate and reliable. However, no responsibility is assumed by EXFO for its use nor for any infringements of patents or other rights of third parties that may result from its use.
  • Page 3 Contents Regulatory Information ....................... viii 1 Introducing the Ethernet and Transport Tester ......... 1 Features ..........................1 Technical Specifications ......................1 Conventions ..........................2 2 Safety Information ..................3 Additional Laser Safety Information ..................5 Installation Instruction Warnings ....................6 3 Getting Started .................... 9 Turning On the Unit .......................9 Starting the Application ......................9 4 Physical Interfaces and LEDs ..............
  • Page 4 Frequency ...........................105 FTFL/PT ..........................108 Interface ..........................112 Labels ..........................120 MAC/IP/UDP ........................121 Network ..........................134 RFC 2544 - Global ......................139 RFC 2544 - Subtests ......................142 Services - Global ........................151 Services - Profile ........................154 Signal ..........................161 Signal - Signal Configuration (DSn/PDH) ................167 MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 5 Signal - Signal Configuration (OTN) ...................175 Signal - Signal Configuration (SONET/SDH) ................177 Smart Loopback .........................181 Streams - Global ........................182 Streams - Profile ........................184 System ..........................192 Timer ..........................193 Traces (OTN) ........................195 Traces (SONET/SDH) ......................198 9 Test Results ....................201 Alarms/Errors Overview .......................203 FTFL/PT ..........................256 Graph (RFC 2544) ......................258 Labels ..........................259...
  • Page 6 Enabling Power Failure Recovery ..................404 When Using the Test Timer ....................405 13 Maintenance ....................407 Cleaning LC Connectors ......................408 Recalibrating the Unit ......................409 Recycling and Disposal .......................410 14 Troubleshooting ..................411 Solving Common Problems ....................411 Contacting the Technical Support Group ................412 Transportation ........................412 MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 7 15 Warranty ....................413 General Information ......................413 Liability ..........................414 Exclusions ...........................415 Certification ........................415 Service and Repairs ......................416 EXFO Service Centers Worldwide ..................417 A Specifications ................... 419 B Glossary ....................421 Acronym List ........................421 Ethernet Cables .........................437 G.709 Optical Transport Network (OTN) ................439 MPLS Labels ........................456...
  • Page 8 European Declaration of Conformity The full text of the EU declaration of conformity is available at the following Internet address: www.exfo.com/en/resources/legal-documentation. Laser Your instrument is a Class 1 laser product in compliance with standards IEC 60825-1: 2007/2014 and 21 CFR 1040.10, except for...
  • Page 9 SONET/SDH - DSn/PDH BERT DSn/PDH BERT NI/CSU Emulation Ethernet EtherSAM (Y.1564) RFC 2544 EtherBERT Traffic Gen & Mon Smart Loopback Through Mode Cable Test Technical Specifications To obtain this product’s technical specifications, visit the EXFO Web site at www.exfo.com. MaxTester...
  • Page 10 AUTION Indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not avoided, may result in component damage. Do not proceed unless you understand and meet the required conditions. MPORTANT Refers to information about this product you should not overlook. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 11 ARNING Use only accessories designed for your unit and approved by EXFO. For a complete list of accessories available for your unit, refer to its technical specifications or contact EXFO.
  • Page 12 Safety Information MPORTANT Refer to the documentation provided by the manufacturers of any accessories used with your EXFO product. It may contain environmental and/or operating conditions limiting their use. MPORTANT When you see the following symbol on your unit , make sure that you refer to the instructions provided in your user documentation.
  • Page 13 This product employs Class 1 Laser transceivers. ARNING When the LASER LED is on or flashing, the unit is transmitting an optical signal on the transceiver ports. Note: Refer to the MAX-800 Series user guide for additional test equipment safety information and ratings. MaxTester...
  • Page 14 All wiring and installation must be in accordance with local building and electrical codes acceptable to the authorities in the countries where the equipment is installed and used. ARNING Use only accessories designed for your unit and approved by EXFO. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 15 Safety Information Installation Instruction Warnings AUTION Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) Sensitive Equipment: Unit can be damaged by static electrical discharge. To minimize the risk of damage, dissipate static electricity by touching a grounded unpainted metal object before connecting or disconnecting cables to/from the unit. ...
  • Page 17 Getting Started The MaxTester has been shipped with the latest software version. Turning On the Unit Turn on the MAX-800 Series. Refer to the MAX-800 Series user guide for more information. Starting the Application The MAX-800 Series can be configured and controlled by starting the...
  • Page 19 Physical Interfaces and LEDs This section describes all connectors (ports) and LEDs available on the MAX-800 Series. AUTION To prevent exceeding the maximum input/output power level, please refer to this product’s technical specifications at www.exfo.com. MAX-860 and MAX-860G Models SFP+ P1...
  • Page 20 Physical Interfaces and LEDs MAX-880 Model MAX-880 Model SFP+ P1 SFP+ P2 RJ45 P1 RJ48C BANTAM BNC TX/RX2 BNC RX 1. Laser radiation emitted from this port when LASER LED is on. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 21 Physical Interfaces and LEDs MAX-890 and MAX-890Q Models MAX-890 and MAX-890Q Models The MAX-890Q model provides twice the amount of ports and capabilities than the MAX-890. The MAX-890Q is divided into two parts labelled A and B respectively. Port A2 Port B2 Port A1 Port B1...
  • Page 22 Ethernet 100 Mbit/s, 1000 Mbit/s optical Ethernet 10 Gbit/s LAN/WAN optical SFP+ P2 OC-1/STM-0, OC-3/STM-1, OC-12/STM-4, OC-48/STM-16, OC-192/STM-64 OTU1, OTU2 SFP+ P2 Ethernet 10/100/1000 Mbit/s electrical (using active copper SFP) Port SFP+ P2 is used with OC-192/STM-64 in Decoupled (TX≠RX) mode. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 23 Physical Interfaces and LEDs Port Availability 890/890Q The following table shows the list of available ports as well as a description and signals supported on both models. Connector Labelled Supported Signal(s) QSFP28 Ethernet 100 Gbit/s OTU4 Dual QSFP28 transceivers SFP28 Ethernet 100/1000 Mbit/s, 10 Gbit/s optical Ethernet 10/100/1000 Mbit/s electrical (using active copper SFP) Dual...
  • Page 24 Before inserting an optical module into the interface receptacle, inspect the receptacle to make sure nothing is inside. ARNING Use only EXFO supported transceivers. Refer to www.exfo.com for the list of supported transceivers. Using non-supported transceivers can affect the performance and accuracy of the test.
  • Page 25 Physical Interfaces and LEDs Connector type is BNC for coaxial 75-ohm cable connection. An adapter cable (BNC to Bantam) is required for Bantam external clock connection (not supplied). LEDs LASER red LED is on when the unit is emitting an optical laser signal. ...
  • Page 27 Graphical User Interface Overview This chapter describes the MaxTester graphical user interface. Main Application Window The following main application window is displayed when the MaxTester application is started. Title Bar Global Indicator Main Window Test Control Test Menu Application Status Bar Buttons Main Window The main window is used to setup a test and to view the test status and...
  • Page 28 Red: Loss of pattern. Gray: Test is not running (EtherBERT test) or the No Pattern Analysis (Live) check box is selected. Connection established between two testing units in Dual Test Set Ethernet (DTS) or in Loop Up mode. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 29 Graphical User Interface Overview Title Bar Icon Description Test Application and/or text Connection not established between two testing units in Dual Test Set Ethernet (DTS) or in Loop Up mode. Loopback Tool enabled on the port unused by the main test Ethernet application.
  • Page 30 Global Verdict Current Global Alarm History Test Timer Timer The global indicator area can be maximized for distant viewing. Tap anywhere within the global indicator area to display a maximized view. Tap again to exit the maximized view. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 31 Graphical User Interface Overview Global Indicator Global Verdict Reports the global test verdict status when supported by the test application and enabled (when applicable). Verdict Description PASS is displayed with a green background when all result values meet the configured threshold PASS criteria.
  • Page 32 Configurator, Timer, and System on page 59 for more information. Results allows viewing test results. Refer to Test Results on page 201  for more information. Functions allows configuring additional test functions (refer to Test  Functions on page 309). MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 33 Software Options button displays the list of software options. Note: For information on how to install and activate software options, refer to the MAX-800 Series User Guide. The MaxTester application must be restarted once a new software option is installed in order to activate it.
  • Page 34 NI-CSU NI/CSU Emulation OTU1 Optical Transport Unit-1 (2.7 Gbit/s) OTU2 Optical Transport Unit-2 (10.7 Gbit/s) OTU4 Optical Transport Unit-4 (111.81 Gbit/s) Plesiochronous Digital Hierarchy Synchronous Digital Hierarchy SONET Synchronous Optical Network Tandem Connection Monitoring STS/AU and VT/TU (SONET/SDH) MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 35 Graphical User Interface Overview Zoomed-In/Zoomed-Out Views Zoomed-In/Zoomed-Out Views Some configuration and result blocks give access to zoomed views allowing more detailed configurations/results. The block title contains the magnifier (+) icon when a zoomed view is available. To zoom-in, tap the magnifier (+) icon or anywhere on the block. To zoom-out, tap on the magnifier (-) icon or anywhere on the block title.
  • Page 36 Note: For certain text fields, the GUI pops up or uses the unit’s on-screen keyboard. Refer to the MAX-800 Series user guide for more information on how to use it. For full keyboard, the Back, Del, Shift, and Space bar keys have the same functionality as a regular PC keyboard.
  • Page 37 Graphical User Interface Overview Keyboard Usage For multiplexing keyboard, tap on all mapped signals that have to be added/removed to/from the test path. A mapped signal with an orange background color is part of the test path. A mapped signal with a gray background color is not part of the test path.
  • Page 38 Vertical Tabulation 001 1011 Escape 000 1100 Form Feed 001 1100 Information Separator 4 000 1101 Carriage Return 001 1101 Information Separator 3 000 1110 Shift-Out 001 1110 Information Separator 2 000 1111 Shift-In 001 1111 Information Separator 1 MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 39 Test Setup - Test Applications The MaxTester offers the following test applications. Available on MAX-... Type Application 890/890Q Page 860G Transport OTN BERT SONET/SDH BERT DSn/PDH BERT SONET/SDH - DSn/PDH BERT NI/CSU Emulation Ethernet EtherSAM (Y.1564) RFC 2544 EtherBERT Traffic Gen & Mon Smart Loopback Through Mode Cable Test...
  • Page 40 Network under test Testing Unit Testing Unit Path/Mapping  The OTN BERT test application offers the following path/mapping structures depending on the inserted transceiver and enabled options. Up to OTU4 for 890/890Q and up to OTU2 for 880. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 41 Allows the validation of the SONET or SDH transport protocol by performing a BERT test to check the traffic or payload stability over a network facility. Typical SONET/SDH BERT test applications:  EXFO Unit Network under test Testing Unit DUT Loopback...
  • Page 42 Test Setup - Test Applications SONET/SDH BERT Path/Mapping  The SONET/SDH BERT test application offers the following path/mapping structures depending on the inserted transceiver, and enabled options. For SONET BERT MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 43 Test Setup - Test Applications SONET/SDH BERT For SDH BERT MaxTester...
  • Page 44 BERT test to check the traffic or payload stability over a network facility. Typical DSn/PDH BERT test applications:  EXFO Unit Network under test Testing Unit DUT Loopback EXFO Unit EXFO Unit Network under test Testing Unit Testing Unit MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 45 Test Setup - Test Applications DSn/PDH BERT Path/Mapping  The DSn/PDH BERT test application offers the following path/mapping structures depending on model and enabled options. For DSn: Note: It is possible to enable DS0/E0 from Signal - Signal Configuration (DSn/PDH) on page 167.
  • Page 46 Typical SONET/SDH - DSn/PDH BERT test applications:  EXFO Unit Network under test Testing Unit DUT Loopback EXFO Unit EXFO Unit Network under test Testing Unit Testing Unit EXFO Unit Network Network under test under test Testing Unit MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 47 Test Setup - Test Applications SONET/SDH - DSn/PDH BERT Path/Mapping  The SONET/SDH - DSn/PDH BERT test application offers the following path/mapping structures depending on the model and enabled options. For SONET: MaxTester...
  • Page 48 Test Setup - Test Applications SONET/SDH - DSn/PDH BERT For SDH: MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 49 Test Setup - Test Applications NI/CSU Emulation NI/CSU Emulation Allows DS1 testing in NI/CSU (Network Interface/Customer Service Unit) emulation mode. Typical NI/CSU Emulation test applications: EXFO Unit Network under test Test Head NI/CSU Emulation EXFO Unit EXFO Unit DSn/PDH BERT...
  • Page 50 The results from local-to-remote and remote-to-local are available on the local testing unit. The Dual Port topology allows simultaneous and bidirectional traffic generation and analysis at 100 percent wire-speed at any packet size. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 51 Test Setup - Test Applications EtherSAM (Y.1564) Typical EtherSAM (Y.1564) test applications:  EXFO Unit EXFO Unit Network under test Testing Unit Loopback Unit EXFO Unit EXFO Unit Network under test Testing Unit Remote Unit EXFO Unit Network under test Testing Unit Supported Interfaces/Rates: 10M to 10G LAN/WAN, and 100G.
  • Page 52 The results from local-to-remote and remote-to-local are available on the local testing unit. The Dual Port topology allows simultaneous and bidirectional traffic generation and analysis at 100 percent wire-speed at any packet size. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 53 Test Setup - Test Applications RFC 2544 Typical RFC 2544 testapplications:  EXFO Unit EXFO Unit Network under test Testing Unit Loopback Unit EXFO Unit EXFO Unit Network under test Testing Unit Remote Unit EXFO Unit Network under test Testing Unit Supported Interfaces/Rates: 10M to 10G LAN/WAN and 100G .
  • Page 54 EXFO Unit Network under test Testing Unit Loopback Unit EXFO Unit EXFO Unit Network under test Testing Unit Testing Unit EXFO Unit Network under test Testing Unit EXFO Unit EXFO Unit Network under test Testing Unit Testing Units MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 55 Test Setup - Test Applications EtherBERT EXFO Unit EXFO Unit Network under test Testing Unit Loopback Units Supported Interfaces/Rates: 10M to 10G LAN/WAN and 100G. Dual  Port topology is available for either rates up to 10G WAN or 100G.
  • Page 56 EXFO Unit Network under test Testing Unit Loopback Unit EXFO Unit EXFO Unit Network under test Testing Unit Testing Unit EXFO Unit Network under test Testing Unit EXFO Unit EXFO Unit Network under test Testing Unit Testing Units MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 57 Test Setup - Test Applications Traffic Gen & Mon EXFO Unit EXFO Unit Network under test Testing Unit Loopback Units Supported Interfaces/Rates: 10M to 10G LAN/WAN and 100G. Dual Port  topology is only available for rates up to 10G WAN.
  • Page 58 The Smart Loopback test can be created locally (refer to Ethernet Test Applications on page 57) or remotely using either an EXFO unit (refer to Discover Remote Button on page 380) or a Third-Party device (see Third-Party Remote Loopback on page 51).
  • Page 59 This feature is used for unidirectional testing, where the test stream is transmitted from the third party device to a remote EXFO device. The looped back test stream is received and analyzed by the third-party device.
  • Page 60 Network Ethernet in Through Mode Supported Interfaces/Rates: 10M to 10GE LAN and 100GE;  10/100/1000M electrical is supported when using an active copper SFP and the RJ45 port on 860/860G/880 and using two active copper SFPs on 890/890Q. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 61 Category 5, Category 5e/Class D, and Category 6e/Class E. Note: Cable test result is reliable for cable length of 10 meters to 120 meters (32.81 feet to 393.7 feet). Typical Cable Test applications:  EXFO Unit UTP cable Testing Unit Far end equipment EXFO Unit...
  • Page 63 Selecting and Starting a Test A test can be created either by selecting the test from the Test Applications tab or by loading a previously saved configuration (refer to Save/Load Button on page 398 for more information). Transport Test Applications To select, configure, and start a Transport test: 1.
  • Page 64 7. Tap the Stop button to stop the test. By default the generate report pop-up is displayed. If required, tap Yes to generate a report of the test results and statistics (refer to Report Button on page 392). MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 65 Selecting and Starting a Test Ethernet Test Applications Ethernet Test Applications To select, configure, and start an Ethernet test: 1. From the test menu, tap Setup. 2. From the Test Applications tab, under Ethernet, tap a test icon. 3. From the Test Configurator tab configure the interface structure and its parameters.
  • Page 66 2. Not available with Traffic Gen & Mon and Through Mode. 3. Not available with Dual Port topology and when using an active copper SFP . However the clock is either set to Internal or Auto (1GE electrical). MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 67 Test Setup - Test Configurator, Timer, and System The Setup menu offers the following structure: Test Configurator for Transport test applications.  Test Application Block Subtab or Pop Up Page Button Modify Structure Signal Auto-Detect Interface Frequency FTFL/PT Labels QSFP/SFP Signal Traces <---...

  • Page 68: Table Of Contents

    EtherSAM - Ramp RFC 2544 - Global RFC 2544 - Subtests Smart Loopback Clock Clock EtherSAM EtherBERT Smart Loopback Cable Test RFC 2544 Traffic Gen & Mon Through Mode Timer, see page 193.  System, see page 192.  MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 69 Test Setup - Test Configurator, Timer, and System Test Configurator Overview Test Configurator Overview The Test Configurator tab displays the interconnected blocks composing the test structure. Each block of the test structure gives an overview of its configuration/status. Availability of each block depends on the selected test application and its structure.
  • Page 70 Physical Clock Port Clock Block Test Application indicates the selected test application.  Topology, for Transport Test Applications, indicates the selected  test topology. Modify Structure button, allows the configuration of the physical  port and the signal interface structure. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 71 Test Setup - Test Configurator, Timer, and System Test Configurator Overview Port Status icon and its description for a QSFP interface is only  displayed when validating or if there is a problem as described in the following table. Validating transceiver. Missing transceiver.
  • Page 72 (only available on MAX-860G using 10G WAN interface and on MAX-880). Tap on the clock area to change the settings and to see detailed status. For Dual Port topology, the clock block is not present but the clock is set to Internal. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 73 Test Setup - Test Configurator, Timer, and System Modify Structure Button Modify Structure Button From the Test menu, tap Setup, Test Configurator, and the Modify Structure button. For Transport Test Applications TX/RX allows the configuration of the following parameters for either TX/RX, RX and RX2, TX, or RX depending on the selected topology.
  • Page 74 STS-1e [51.840 Mbit/s] STM-1e [155.520 Mbit/s] STM-0e [51.840 Mbit/s] DS1 [1.544 Mbit/s] Bantam RJ48C E1 [2.048 Mbit/s] Bantam RJ48C DS3 [44.736 Mbit/s] E3 [34.368 Mbit/s] E4 [139.264 Mbit/s] Port 2 is used with OC-192/STM-64 in Decoupled (TX≠RX) mode. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 75 Test Setup - Test Configurator, Timer, and System Modify Structure Button Framing  Note: For OTN BERT test application with parallel interfaces, allows the selection of the test framing type. For serial interfaces, OTN BERT, and SONET/SDH BERT test applications, the Framing is set to Framed. For parallel interfaces: Framed (default): A single Pattern or Ethernet client applied ...
  • Page 76 Test Setup - Test Configurator, Timer, and System Modify Structure Button 20 Unframed Logical Lanes: Independent test pattern in each  logical lane. Available with OTU4 (4 Lanes) [111.81 Gbit/s]. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 77 Test Setup - Test Configurator, Timer, and System Modify Structure Button OTN Multiplexing - Config Mux button, available with OTN BERT,  indicates the OTN test mapping. Interface/Rate OTN Multiplexing OTU1 [2.666 Gbit/s] ODU1 OTU2 [10.709 Gbit/s] ODU2 SONET/SDH Multiplexing - Config Mux button allows the selection of ...
  • Page 78 DSn/PDH Multiplexing, available with SONET/SDH - DSn/PDH BERT  and DSn/PDH BERT test applications, allows the selection of the DSn/PDH multiplexing. Interface/Rate DSn/PDH Multiplexing None (default), DS1, E1 None None (default), E3, E3/E2/E1 None (default), E2/E1 None Client is set to Pattern.  MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 79 Test Setup - Test Configurator, Timer, and System Modify Structure Button Topology allows the selection of the network test topology.  Coupled (TX=RX) uses the same settings for both the TX and RX  signals. Decoupled (TX≠RX) uses independent settings for TX and RX ...
  • Page 80 Primary Port / Secondary Port, available with Through Mode test  application, allows selecting the unit’s ports that are respectively used as primary and secondary ports. The configuration of the network configuration parameters will be available on the Primary Port only. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 81 Test Setup - Test Configurator, Timer, and System Modify Structure Button Connector allows the selection of the unit’s port.  Connector Interface/Rate 860/860G/880 890/890Q 100GE (4 Lanes) [103.125 Gbit/s] Port A1/A2 - QSFP28 10GE WAN Port 1 - SFP+ Port B1/B2 - SFP28 10GE LAN Port 2 - SFP+ 1GE Optical...
  • Page 82 Unframed is only available with optical interface up to 10G LAN:  Encoded pattern generated by the PCS scrambler. Unframed with Sync is only available with optical interface up to  10G LAN: Pattern of a length corresponding to the number of bytes transmitted in 1 second. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 83 Test Setup - Test Configurator, Timer, and System Modify Structure Button 4 Unframed CAUI-4: Independent infinite length test pattern in  each CAUI-4 lane (no blocks). Available with 100GE (4 Lanes). 20 Unframed PCS: Independent infinite length test pattern in each ...
  • Page 84 Dual Port is only available with: EtherSAM, RFC 2544, and Traffic Gen & Mon for rates up to  10G WAN. EtherBERT for either rates up to 10G WAN framed/unframed or for  rates 100G Framed Layer 2. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 85 Test Setup - Test Configurator, Timer, and System Signal Auto-Detect Signal Auto-Detect The Signal Auto-Detect allows the detection of the DS1/DS3 interface Line Coding (DS1), Framing, and Test Pattern. Signal Auto-Detect is only available: with DS1 and DS3 interfaces.  when the test is stopped.
  • Page 86 For live traffic, the No Pattern Analysis (Live) check box should be selected as the traffic is a live pattern thus there is no analysis of pattern loss, bit error, and no traffic indications. Only available with a framed test. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 87 Test Setup - Test Configurator, Timer, and System BERT and Unframed BERT TX Pattern/RX Pattern sets respectively the TX and RX test pattern.  100G Interfaces: Test Framing Pattern OTN BERT Framed PRBS9, PRBS15, PRBS20, PRBS23, PRBS31 (default), Null Client, and User Pattern.
  • Page 88 For example, the pattern 1100 will be sent as 0011. Patterns PRBS15, PRBS23, and PRBS31 are defined inverted as per ITU standard and EXFO uses inverted patterns for Transport test applications excluding EoOTN. Not available when pattern is Multi-Pattern. All Lanes check box is available with an unframed test with parallel ...
  • Page 89 Test Setup - Test Configurator, Timer, and System BERT and Unframed BERT For Count, enter the maximum bit error count allowed before declaring a fail verdict: 0 (default) to 999999. For Rate, enter the maximum bit error rate allowed before declaring a fail verdict: 1.0E-14 to 1.9E-01.
  • Page 90 AIS-P/AU-AIS, LOP-P/AU-LOP, RDI-P/HP-RDI, REI-P/HP-REI, B3, UNEQ-P/HP-UNEQ, PDI-P (SONET) VT/TU Path SONET/SDH AIS-V/TU-AIS, LOP-V/TU-LOP, RDI-V/TU-RDI, REI-V/LP-REI, BIP-2, UNEQ-V/LP-UNEQ AIS, OOF, RAI, Framing Bit, CRC-6 AIS, OOF, Idle, RDI, F-Bit, C-Bit, P-Bit, FEBE AIS, CRC-4, E-Bit, LOMF, TS16 AIS, LOF, FAS, RAI, RAI MF MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 91 Test Setup - Test Configurator, Timer, and System BERT and Unframed BERT Layer Signal Defect E4, E3, E2 AIS, LOF, FAS, RAI OTN, SONET/SDH, DSn/PDH Pattern Loss, Bit Error Note: The Service Disruption Time measurement supports a parent defect approach where the SDT measurement is triggered when the selected defect or a higher defect in the signal structure hierarchy is detected.
  • Page 92 Individual Pattern Duration specifies the transmission duration of  each pattern: 15 s, 30 s, 45 s, 1 min, 2 min, 3 min (default),... up to 15 min. Restore < Test Application > Defaults Reverts the current test application to its default factory settings. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 93 Test Setup - Test Configurator, Timer, and System Cable Test Cable Test From the Test menu, tap Setup, Test Configurator, and the test block. Global Options Wiring Standard is the pin-to-pair assignment corresponding to the  UTP cable used: T568A (default) or T568B. Length Unit is the unit used for cable length and distance to fault ...
  • Page 94 (default is 50 ns). Length Threshold (m) is the maximum acceptable cable length:  0 to 120 m (0 to 394 feet) (default is 100 m (328 ft)). Restore Cable Test Defaults Reverts the configured parameters to their default values. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 95 Test Setup - Test Configurator, Timer, and System QSFP/SFP QSFP/SFP This tab gives hardware information related to the inserted transceiver module. From the Test menu, tap Setup, Test Configurator, tap on the interface block and on the QSFP/SFP tab. Parameters The following parameters are retrieved from the transceiver: Parameter QSFP28...
  • Page 96 DS1 (default), E1, 2MHz, or 1PPS. 1PPS is automatically selected in One-Way Latency measurement mode for Dual Test Set . Ext Clock In on a green background indicates that a valid clock is received. LOS on a red background indicates that the received clock is not valid. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 97 Test Setup - Test Configurator, Timer, and System Clock LOPPS-L, available with 1PPS, on a green background indicates that a valid clock is received. Connector either indicates the connector type used for the clock or  allows the selection of Bantam or RJ48C when the BNC connector is used by the test application.
  • Page 98 LOC on a red background indicates that no clock is generated on the clock port. Connector either indicates the connector type used for the clock or  allows the selection of Bantam or RJ48C when the BNC connector is used by the test application. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 99 Test Setup - Test Configurator, Timer, and System Clock LBO (Line Build Out), available with DS1 only, allows the selection of  the interface Line Build Out that meets the interface requirements over the full range of cable lengths: DSX-1 (0-133 ft) (default), DSX-1 (133-266 ft), DSX-1 (266-399 ft), DSX-1 (399-533 ft), and DSX-1 (533-655 ft).
  • Page 100 Internal Recovered Internal Recovered External Internal External Internal: Internal clock of the unit (STRATUM 3).  Recovered: Line clock from the input port signal involved in the  test. External: Clock signal from the EXT CLK port.  MAX-800 Series...

  • Page 101: Etherbert And Unframed Bert - - X

    Test Setup - Test Configurator, Timer, and System EtherBERT and Unframed BERT EtherBERT and Unframed BERT Note: For EtherBERT unframed test 100GE, refer to BERT and Unframed BERT on page 78. From the Test menu, tap Setup, Test Configurator and tap on the EtherBERT or Unframed BERT block.
  • Page 102 1 and every 1 for 0. For example, the pattern 1100 will be sent as 0011. Patterns PRBS15, PRBS23, and PRBS31 are defined inverted as per ITU standard but EXFO uses non-inverted patterns for Ethernet test applications and EoOTN.
  • Page 103 Test Setup - Test Configurator, Timer, and System EtherBERT and Unframed BERT Disruption Monitoring check box when selected (disabled by  default) enables the disruption time measurements. However, the measurement will only start if the test is already started, or when the test will be started.
  • Page 104 Restore Default button reverts the quantity and EMIX frame sizes to their default values. 1. The minimum frame size will be adjusted according to the frame structure and components selected. 2. The maximum frame size is limited to 10000 for 10/100/1000Mbps electrical interface. MAX-800 Series...

  • Page 105: Ethersam - Burst X

    Test Setup - Test Configurator, Timer, and System EtherSAM - Burst EtherSAM - Burst Note: The Burst settings are only available for configuration when the Burst Test check box is selected (see page 99). From the Test menu, tap Setup, Test Configurator, tap on the test block, and on the Burst tab.
  • Page 106 EBS Test Time (s) indicates the total time required to perform all burst  sequence iterations of the EBS test for this service. Total Burst Test Time (s) indicates the total time required to perform  all burst sequence iterations of both CBS and EBS tests for this service. MAX-800 Series...

  • Page 107: Ethersam - Global X

    Test Setup - Test Configurator, Timer, and System EtherSAM - Global EtherSAM - Global From the Test menu, tap Setup, Test Configurator, tap on the test block, and on the Global tab. Dual Test Set Dual Test Set (DTS) check box when selected (cleared by default) ...
  • Page 108 (see Test Parameters on page 158), the throughput is increased one step over the CIR+EIR if selected otherwise over the CIR to compare against expected maximum throughput threshold to declare a pass/fail verdict. The ramp test procedure is performed for each enabled service. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 109 Test Setup - Test Configurator, Timer, and System EtherSAM - Global Burst Test check box when selected (cleared by default) verifies  that the expected burst size can be transmitted at maximum burst rate with minimal loss. CBS (Committed Burst Size) check box when selected (see SLA Parameters on page 159), verifies the performance of a committed burst size at CIR’s average TX rate.
  • Page 110 1 second ± 6.6 μs after the previous pulse. LOPPS-R is only monitored once the DTS connection is established. Restore EtherSAM Defaults Reverts the current test application to its default factory settings. MAX-800 Series...

  • Page 111: Ethersam - Ramp X

    Test Setup - Test Configurator, Timer, and System EtherSAM - Ramp EtherSAM - Ramp Note: The Ramp tab is only available for configuration when the Ramp Test check box is selected (see page 99). From the Test menu, tap Setup, Test Configurator, tap on the test block, and on the Ramp tab.
  • Page 112 Test Setup - Test Configurator, Timer, and System EtherSAM - Ramp Delete Step Allows deleting a step from the ramp. Select the step from the list and tap on Delete. Defaults Reverts the ramp configuration to its default factory settings. MAX-800 Series...

  • Page 113: Interface Frequency

    Test Setup - Test Configurator, Timer, and System Frequency Frequency Note: The Frequency tab is only available for parallel interfaces. From the Test menu, tap Setup, Test Configurator, tap on the interface block, and on the Frequency tab. TX Frequency TX Frequency (GHz) indicates the frequency (actual frequency + ...
  • Page 114 (from 0.1 to either 50 or 120 depending on the test configuration) that will be used when changing the frequency offset with the “+” or “-” button. Range, available with sweep frequency, allows setting the range for frequency sweep generation. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 115 Test Setup - Test Configurator, Timer, and System Frequency Note: The following frequency statistics are available for each lane. RX Frequency Frequency (GHz) indicates the frequency of the input signal.  Offset (ppm) indicates the frequency offset between the standard rate ...
  • Page 116 9 characters allowed). By default no Operator Identifier is defined. Operator Specific allows editing the Operator Specific to be  generated (bytes 10 to 127 for forward, bytes 138 to 255 for backward; 118 characters allowed). By default no Operator Specific is defined. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 117 Test Setup - Test Configurator, Timer, and System FTFL/PT Note: Changing the payload type (PT) does not alter the signal structure; it only modifies the OH value that is generated. Payload Type and Code  Generated: Allows the selection of the payload signal type to be generated either by selecting the payload type from the list or by entering its code in hexadecimal (00 to FF).
  • Page 118 ODU Multiplex with ODTUk.ts/ODTUjk 0010 0001 ODU multiplex with ODTUCn.ts 0010 0010 25GBASE-R mapping into OPUflex 0011 0000 200GBASE-R mapping into OPUflex 0011 0001 400GBASE-R mapping into OPUflex 0011 0010 Not Available 0101 0101 Reserved Codes for Proprietary Use 1000 0000 MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 119 Test Setup - Test Configurator, Timer, and System FTFL/PT Payload type Hex Code 1234 5678 NULL Test Signal mapping 1111 1101 PRBS Test Signal mapping 1111 1110 Selecting Reserved for International Standardization will use the hexadecimal code 00 but, all codes not listed in the previous table at the exception of those covered in notes b and c are reserved for future standardization.

  • Page 120: Interface

    RS-FEC; ensure both ends of the circuit have the FEC enabled. The RS-FEC check box should be selected when using a 100GBASE-SR4, 100G-CWDM4, or 100G AOC transceiver but may be cleared for testing purposes. Not available when the PHY Type is set to LR4/ER4 (see page 72). MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 121 Test Setup - Test Configurator, Timer, and System Interface For EtherBERT test application: Remote Fault Emulation check box when selected, generates Remote  Fault ordered sets when a Link Fault is received. Only available with EtherBERT on 890 and 890Q models, 10GE (all framing at the exception of Seed A/B and PRBS31 Unscrambled), and 40GE/100GE (Framed Layer 2 and up.
  • Page 122 Local Clock is only available with 1GE electrical interface and allows  setting the source of the clock: Master (default), Slave , or Auto 1. Auto is only available when the Auto-Negotiation check box is selected. 2. Slave is the only available choice for Wander test application. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 123  up to 15 bytes (a CRC-7 byte will be added in front for a total of 16 bytes). Default is EXFO 10GigE. Note: J0 and J1 values should be 7-bit T.50 suitable characters. The Padding drop list from the message keyboard allows selecting Null or Space to fill up the J0 Trace and J1 Trace up to15-byte value.
  • Page 124 Min RX Power (dBm) indicates, when supported, the minimum  received power level of the optical laser/lane in dBm. Max RX Power (dBm) indicates, when supported, the maximum  received power level of the optical laser/lane in dBm. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 125 Test Setup - Test Configurator, Timer, and System Interface Laser ON/OFF button, available with parallel interfaces, is used to  activate the laser control per optical lane or for all lanes. Optical lane numbers are from 0 to 3. All Lanes check box, when selected, applies the change(s) to all ...
  • Page 126 Increment/Decrement Size, or directly type the frequency offset value in the field. Step Size (ppm) allows setting the increment/decrement value (from  0.1 to the maximum offset) that will be used when changing the frequency offset with the “+” or “-” button. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 127 Test Setup - Test Configurator, Timer, and System Interface RX Frequency Note: The following RX Frequency information applies to serial interface only, refer to RX Frequency on page 107 for parallel interfaces. Not available when using an active copper SFP. Frequency (GHz) indicates the frequency of the input signal.
  • Page 128 PLM-V/UNEQ-V / LP-PLM/LP-UNEQ: Enables the Payload Mismatch  and VT/TU UNEQ monitoring. This setting is coupled with the configuration on the Labels on page 259. Expected: Select the expected V5 byte from the list. Refer to V5 on page 354 for more information. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 129 Test Setup - Test Configurator, Timer, and System MAC/IP/UDP MAC/IP/UDP Note: Only available with Framed Layer 2 (see Framing from the Modify Frame Structure). From the Test menu, tap Setup, Test Configurator, and... For RFC 2544 and EtherBERT, tap on the protocol block. ...
  • Page 130 Network Layer is None.  Test Application Transport Layer EtherSAM None, UDP (default), TCP RFC 2544 EtherBERT UDP (default), TCP Traffic Gen & Mon None, UDP (default), TCP 1. Not available with EtherSAM when Layer Mode is set to L2 Only. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 131 Test Setup - Test Configurator, Timer, and System MAC/IP/UDP MPLS: The MPLS Label check box, when selected (cleared by  default), enables 1 or 2 MPLS labels allowing management and test frames to be transmitted and received. Only available with EtherSAM and Traffic Gen &...
  • Page 132 1; when the upper limit of the range is reached, the source/destination MAC address restarts over with the least significant bits covered by the range set to 0. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 133 Test Setup - Test Configurator, Timer, and System MAC/IP/UDP Flood Range is the range of the least significant bits used for the  Source Flooding and/or Destination Flooding: 2 (1 bit), 4 (2 bits), 8 (3 bits), 16 (4 bits)... up to 16777216 (24 bits) (default). VLAN Note: VLAN is only available when the VLAN Tag is enabled;...
  • Page 134 2 (010 - Low) 3 (011 - Low) 4 (100 - High) 5 (101 - High) 6 (110 - High) 7 (111 - High) TTL allows the selection of the Time to Live value: 0 to 255 (default  is 128). MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 135 Test Setup - Test Configurator, Timer, and System MAC/IP/UDP For IPv4 the following configuration parameters are available. Automatic IP (DHCP) check box, when selected (cleared by default),  allows obtaining an IP address dynamically from a DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server. Source IP Address allows entering the source IP address for the ...
  • Page 136 Enabled (default): Only the 64 bit (MSB) prefix ID in the IPv6 address is configurable, and the 64 bit (LSB) Interface ID is not configurable (read-only). Disabled: The 64 bit (MSB) Prefix ID and 64 bit (LSB) Interface ID in the IPv6 address are configurable. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 137 Test Setup - Test Configurator, Timer, and System MAC/IP/UDP Prefix Mask, available with Static mode, allows specifying a prefix  that defines the subnet. The accepted range is 0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000 to FFFF:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF:0000:0000:0000:0000. For example: Global Address: 2001:0DB8:0001:0002:02AA:00FF:FE11:1111 Prefix Mask: FFFF:FFFF:FFFF:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000 Corresponding Prefix: 2001:0DB8:0001. Default Gateway allows the configuration of the default gateway ...
  • Page 138  default), allows entering a default Gateway IP address. When the Default Gateway check box is selected, its default address is 0.0.0.0. The Default Gateway address is not configurable when the Automatic IP (DHCP) check box is selected. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 139 Test Setup - Test Configurator, Timer, and System MAC/IP/UDP TTL (IPv4) or HOP Limit TTL (IPv6) sets the Time To Live value: 1 to  255 (default is 128). Flow Label (IPv6) is a number used to identify a series of related ...
  • Page 140 Allows the selection of the source and destination UDP port number. Source Port is configurable from 0 to 65535; the default is 49184.  Destination Port is configurable from 0 to 65535; the default is  7 (echo). MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 141 Test Setup - Test Configurator, Timer, and System MAC/IP/UDP Allows the selection of the source and destination TCP port number. Source Port is configurable from 0 to 65535; the default is 49184.  Destination Port is configurable from 0 to 65535; the default is ...

  • Page 142: Network

    : Enter the IP address of the port. The default setting is IP Address  10.10.x.y, where x and y are respectively the two least significant bytes of the port default MAC address. 1. Not configurable when the Automatic IP (DHCP) check box is selected. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 143 Test Setup - Test Configurator, Timer, and System Network : Enter the Subnet Mask. The default setting is Subnet Mask  255.255.000.000. Default Gateway check box, when selected (cleared by default),  allows entering a default Gateway IP address. When the Default Gateway check box is selected, its default address is 0.0.0.0.
  • Page 144 Enabled (default): Only the 64 bit (MSB) prefix ID in the IPv6 address is configurable, and the 64 bit (LSB) Interface ID is not configurable (read-only). Disabled: The 64 bit (MSB) Prefix ID and 64 bit (LSB) Interface ID in the IPv6 address are configurable. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 145 Test Setup - Test Configurator, Timer, and System Network Prefix Mask, available with Static mode, allows specifying a prefix  that defines the subnet. The accepted range is 0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000 to FFFF:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF:0000:0000:0000:0000. For example: Global Address: 2001:0DB8:0001:0002:02AA:00FF:FE11:1111 Prefix Mask: FFFF:FFFF:FFFF:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000 Corresponding Prefix: 2001:0DB8:0001. Default Gateway allows the configuration of the default gateway ...
  • Page 146 Drop Eligible, when set to Yes (DEI = 1), the transmitted frames will  be dropped first on receipt when congestion occurs under test. Drop Eligible is not available when VLAN type is 8100. This setting is set to No by default. MAX-800 Series...

  • Page 147: Rfc 2544 - Global - X

    Test Setup - Test Configurator, Timer, and System RFC 2544 - Global RFC 2544 - Global From the Test menu, tap Setup, Test Configurator, tap on the RFC 2544 block, and on the Global tab. Dual Test Set Dual Test Set (DTS) check box when selected (cleared by default) ...
  • Page 148 Frame Distribution allows selecting either RFC 2544 (default) or User  Defined distribution. Quantity is only available when User Defined is selected and allows selecting the number of frames, from 1 to 10 (7 by default), in the distribution. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 149 Test Setup - Test Configurator, Timer, and System RFC 2544 - Global Frame Size (Bytes): For RFC 2544 distribution, gives predefined frame  size distribution values. For User Defined distribution, enter up to seven frame size values. Distribution Frame Size RFC 2544 ,128, 256, 512, 1024, 1280, and 1518 User Defined...

  • Page 150: Rfc 2544 - Subtests - X

    The throughput measurement is validated by the number of times specified (Validations) for the predefined duration (Trial Duration). The Accuracy and Acceptable Errors specify how precise the result must be. The test is performed for each defined frame size. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 151 Test Setup - Test Configurator, Timer, and System RFC 2544 - Subtests Max. Rate is the maximum rate the test should begin with, in terms of  a percentage of the line rate (%), Mbit/s, or Gbit/s. For Dual Test Set Max.
  • Page 152 10% is applied to its line rate corresponding to an accuracy of 1 Gbit/s. Acceptable Errors represents the number of acceptable errors for the  test: 0 (default) to 10. Validations represents the number of times the result should be  validated: 1 (default) to 50 times. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 153 Test Setup - Test Configurator, Timer, and System RFC 2544 - Subtests Back-to-Back The objective of this test is to find the maximum number of frames that can be sent at maximum throughput without frame loss. A burst of frames (Burst Time) is sent with minimum inter-frame gaps to the device under test and the number of forwarded frames is counted.
  • Page 154  throughput value used for the test: 1 % to 10 % (RFC) - (default). For example, 10 % granularity means that the test will be performed for 100 %, 90 %, 80 %... of the rate value. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 155 Test Setup - Test Configurator, Timer, and System RFC 2544 - Subtests Latency Configuration The objective of the test is to measure the time required for the frame to go through the device under test and return back to source. Starting by sending a stream of frames for the predefined duration (Trial Duration) and throughput (Max.
  • Page 156 (R) directions. For Dual Port topology, Max Rate is configurable for both port directions. All Frames check box when selected (cleared by default) allows entering the maximum rate that will be applied to all frame sizes. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 157 Test Setup - Test Configurator, Timer, and System RFC 2544 - Subtests Thresholds Button Note: For Dual Test Set, thresholds are configurable for Local to Remote and Remote to Local directions at the exception of Round-Trip Latency Threshold for which the value is unique. For Dual Port topology, thresholds are configurable for both port directions.
  • Page 158 One-Way Latency Measurement Mode (only available on MAX-880 model, see Latency Configuration on page 147), sets the maximum one-way latency value in millisecond, allowed for all frame sizes. Latency Unit allows selecting either ms or μs as the reference unit for  the Latency Threshold. MAX-800 Series...

  • Page 159: Services - Global X

    Test Setup - Test Configurator, Timer, and System Services - Global Services - Global From the Test menu, tap Setup, Test Configurator, tap on the services block, the Global tab, and on the General button. General Button The following parameters are displayed and configurable per service. Check boxes: ...
  • Page 160 See General Button on page 151 for more information on check boxes, Direction, and Service Name. See SLA Parameters on page 159 for more information on CIR, CIR+EIR, CBS, EBS, Max Jitter, Max Latency, and Frame Loss Rate. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 161 Test Setup - Test Configurator, Timer, and System Services - Global Total TX Rate Note: Only available when the Service Performance Test check box is selected (see EtherSAM - Global on page 99). For Dual Test Set, the total TX rates are displayed for both Local and Remote directions.

  • Page 162: Services - Profile X

    CIR value within the non-used bandwidth (Available), then enable it. When the Service Performance Test is disabled, up to 10 services can be enabled one after the other; the total TX rate is not limited. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 163 Test Setup - Test Configurator, Timer, and System Services - Profile Total TX Rate Note: Only available when the Service Performance Test check box is selected (see EtherSAM - Global on page 99). Indicates the total transmit rate of all services enabled for transmission. Unit selection is available from the SLA Parameters on page 159.
  • Page 164 The minimum value is adjusted according to the frame structure and components selected as shown in the following table. The maximum frame size is limited to 10000 for 10/100/1000Mbps electrical interface. The maximum frame size value is adjusted for each enabled VLAN (+4 bytes per VLAN). MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 165 Test Setup - Test Configurator, Timer, and System Services - Profile The following table lists each component that may affect the minimum frame size value. Component Description VLAN 4 bytes per VLAN (up to 2 VLAN) MPLS 4 bytes per label (up to two labels) 8 bytes 20 bytes Ethernet Header...
  • Page 166 However, make sure that the criteria values comply to the following rule with an adequate margin, as per ITU-T Y.1564 standard, for a burst test to be valid: CIR  CIR+EIR  Burst Max Rate  Line Rate MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 167 Test Setup - Test Configurator, Timer, and System Services - Profile SLA Parameters The Service-Level Agreement (SLA) parameters allow enabling and defining the pass/fail verdict thresholds for the service. For Dual Test Set, parameters are configurable for both local (L) and remote (R) directions at the exception of Max Round-Trip Latency for which the value is unique.
  • Page 168 Note: For Dual Test Set, the Frame Loss Rate is changed to percentage when the remote unit does not support exponential notation. In this case a Frame Loss Rate Threshold lower than 1.0E-06 (0.0001 %) is considered as 0 %. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 169 Test Setup - Test Configurator, Timer, and System Signal Signal From the Test menu, tap Setup, Test Configurator, the interface block, and the Signal tab. Physical Interface - Optical Note: For electrical interface, see Physical Interface - Electrical on page 163. Optical Lane indicates the optical lane number for parallel interfaces.
  • Page 170 However the laser remains ON, on a remote unit receiving a request for a DTS connection or a loopback command. This check box is cleared by default. Power Range (dBm) indicates the transceiver operational RX power  range. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 171 Test Setup - Test Configurator, Timer, and System Signal Physical Interface - Electrical Note: The following settings are available with electrical signal and their availability depend on the signal itself and its mapping. For optical interface, see Physical Interface - Optical on page 161. LBO (Line Build Out): The LBO allows meeting the interface ...
  • Page 172 Increment/Decrement Size, or directly type the frequency offset value in the field. Possible offsets are: Interface Frequency Offset Nominal Frequency ±140 ppm 1544000 bit/s ± 70 ppm 2048000 bit/s MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 173 Test Setup - Test Configurator, Timer, and System Signal Interface Frequency Offset Nominal Frequency ± 50 ppm 34368000 bit/s 44736000 bit/s STS-1e/STM-0e 51840000 bit/s 139264000 bit/s STS-3e/STM-1e 155520000 bit/s OC-1/STM-0 ± 50 ppm 51840000 bit/s OC-3/STM-1 155520000 bit/s OC-12/STM-4 622080000 bit/s OC-48/STM-16 2488320000 bit/s OC-192/STM-64...
  • Page 174 For OTN, refer to Signal - Signal Configuration (OTN) on page 175 for  more information. For SONET/SDH, refer to Signal - Signal Configuration (SONET/SDH) on  page 177 for more information. For DSn/PDH, refer to Signal - Signal Configuration (DSn/PDH) on  page 167 for more information. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 175 Test Setup - Test Configurator, Timer, and System Signal - Signal Configuration (DSn/PDH) Signal - Signal Configuration (DSn/PDH) For SONET/SDH - DSn/PDH BERT, from the test menu, tap Setup, Test Configurator, and the protocol block. Only Framing setting and the Loopback button are available.
  • Page 176 The TX Signaling check box when selected (cleared by default) allows generation of the signaling bits for either the 24 - DS0 channels or 30 - E0 channels (PCM-30 and PCM30 CRC-4). Only available when the DS0/E0 check box is selected. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 177 Test Setup - Test Configurator, Timer, and System Signal - Signal Configuration (DSn/PDH) Modify DS0/E0 Modify DS0/E0 button is only available when the DS0/E0 check box is selected. Note: For DS0, the framing structure has 24 timeslots. For E0, the framing structures PCM-30 and PCM30 CRC-4 have 30 channel timeslots (1 to 15 and 17 to 31) while PCM-31 and PCM-31 CRC-4 have 31 channel timeslots (1 to 31).
  • Page 178 Note: The timeslots set to Idle or Tone can be changed from Idle to Tone and vice versa even when the test is running; the Idle and Tone values can also be changed. Binary allows either displaying the Idle code values in binary (when selected) or in hexadecimal (default). MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 179 Test Setup - Test Configurator, Timer, and System Signal - Signal Configuration (DSn/PDH)  Apply Channel TX to RX, available for decoupled test, allows applying the RX payload content based on the TX settings. None will be used when TX is set to either Idle or Tone. For E0 the timeslots 0 and 16 (PCM30 and PCM30 CRC4) are not configurable.
  • Page 180 Loop-Up and Loop-Down values. The name field allows up to 16 characters long. Loop-Up and Loop-Down range is from 3 to 16 bits (000 to 1111111111111111). The default DS1 loop codes correspond to the DS1 In-Band loop codes (Loop-Up=10000, and Loop-Down=100). MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 181 Test Setup - Test Configurator, Timer, and System Signal - Signal Configuration (DSn/PDH) DS1 Loopback - for NI/CSU Emulation Test The Loopback feature generates a code that is interpreted by the DUT. The DUT interprets the command and implements the loopback. Mode selects the loopback control Mode;...
  • Page 182 Loop-Up indicates the selected loop up code.  Loop-Down indicates the selected loop down code.  Modify Loop Codes button: See Modify Loop Codes button on  page 172 for more information. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 183 Test Setup - Test Configurator, Timer, and System Signal - Signal Configuration (OTN) Signal - Signal Configuration (OTN) Note: The following signal configuration parameters are available from the interface block. From the Test menu, tap Setup, Test Configurator, the interface block, and on the Signal tab.
  • Page 184  Allows enabling each TCM level (1 to 6) individually. All ODUx of a mapped signal are also available. All TCM check boxes are cleared by default (disabled). Refer to Traces (OTN) on page 195 for more information. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 185 Test Setup - Test Configurator, Timer, and System Signal - Signal Configuration (SONET/SDH) Signal - Signal Configuration (SONET/SDH) From the Test menu, tap Setup, Test Configurator, the interface block, and the Signal tab. OC/STM Signal Synchronization Status Message (S1): Bits 5 through 8 of the S1 byte ...
  • Page 186 STS-1 SPE’s columns 30 and 59 with the selected pattern from the tab BERT and Unframed BERT on page 78. Background allows the selection of the high order path background  traffic: AIS, Equipped (PRBS23) - (default), or Unequipped. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 187 Test Setup - Test Configurator, Timer, and System Signal - Signal Configuration (SONET/SDH) STS/AU Path (SONET/SDH HOP): The following diagram shows a test case data path that is terminated right after SONET/SDH high order path. High order background traffic is automatically adapted to the rate (STS-1, AU-3, or AU-4) signal level for the paths that are not defined in the test case.
  • Page 188 VT Group (VTG) or Tributary Unit Group (TUG) type defined by the traffic selected in the data path. Further, the remaining VTG or TUG within the high order path, selected in the test case, are respectively filled with traffic of equivalent rate for SONET and SDH data paths. MAX-800 Series...

  • Page 189: Smart Loopback

    Test Setup - Test Configurator, Timer, and System Smart Loopback Smart Loopback Note: The Smart Loopback block is only displayed when the Transparent (Pseudo-Physical) check box is cleared (see Loopback Mode on page 76). From the Test menu, tap Setup, Test Configurator, and the Smart Loopback block.

  • Page 190: Streams - Global

    VLAN indicates the ID and Priority of each VLAN level for each stream.  Tap on the VLAN button to modify the VLAN settings (see VLAN from the MAC/IP/UDP tab). 1. See the Profile tab for more information. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 191 Test Setup - Test Configurator, Timer, and System Streams - Global Addressing MAC/IP indicates the source and destination MAC/IP  addresses for each stream. Tap on the Addressing MAC/IP button to modify the customer addressing (see MAC and IP from the MAC/IP/UDP tab).

  • Page 192: Streams - Profile

    Enable check box when selected (cleared by default) enables the  selected stream. However, the stream will be generated only when the test is started while the global Enable TX check box is selected from the Global tab. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 193 Test Setup - Test Configurator, Timer, and System Streams - Profile Profile Profile button allows the selection and configuration of either Voice,  Video, or Data (default) emulation profile. The selected profile icon and its Codec for Voice and Video are displayed next to the Profile button.
  • Page 194 However, the minimum frame size will be adjusted according to the frame structure and components selected. The following table lists each component that may affect the minimum frame size value. The maximum frame size value is also adjusted for VLAN (+4 bytes per VLAN). MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 195 Test Setup - Test Configurator, Timer, and System Streams - Profile For Sweep type, the first frame is generated starting with the  minimum number of bytes defined, then each subsequent frame is incremented by 1 byte until the maximum number of bytes is reached and start over with minimum.
  • Page 196 Unit choices are: % (default), Mbit/s, Gbit/s, frame/s, IFG. However frame/s and IFG are not available for Random and Sweep frame sizes. Frame Count is only available with n-Frame Transmit Mode. Enter the  frame count number: 1 (default) to 267857142857. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 197 Test Setup - Test Configurator, Timer, and System Streams - Profile Shaping button  For Burst and n-Burst TX modes. Burst Duty Cycle (%) represents the burst duration within the  burst period: 1 to 100 percent (default is 50 percent). Period represents the burst pattern duration: 1 to 8000 ...
  • Page 198 Throughput (default) or Average Throughput. Frame Loss allows selecting if the verdict is based on a frame loss  Count (default) or Rate. Out-of-Sequence allows selecting if the verdict is based on an  Out-of-Sequence Count (default) or Rate. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 199 Test Setup - Test Configurator, Timer, and System Streams - Profile Throughput (%) check box when selected enables the throughput  pass/fail verdict and allows setting the minimum and maximum threshold values. Frame Loss Count/Rate check box when selected enables the Frame ...
  • Page 200 Restore Default button restores the factory default settings for all test  applications. Restore Default at Start-Up check box when cleared (default),  reloads the last configuration settings when the application is launched; when selected, the factory settings are restored. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 201 Test Setup - Test Configurator, Timer, and System Timer Timer Allows starting and/or stopping automatically the test at a given time or for a specific duration. From the Test menu, tap Setup, and Timer. Timer Note: For RFC 2544, only Start Time and the ARM button are available. Duration: Selects the test duration based on the test start time.
  • Page 202 Note: An icon is displayed in the global test status area indicating that the timer is enabled. Armed is displayed when the test start time is armed while the test is not started. Refer to Global Indicator on page 22 for more information. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 203 Test Setup - Test Configurator, Timer, and System Traces (OTN) Traces (OTN) From the Test menu tap Setup, Test Configurator, tap on the interface block, and on the Traces tab. OTUx, ODUx, and TCM Buttons Tap on either OTUx or ODUx button. For ODUx when TCM is enabled (see Modify TCM on page 176), tap on a TCMx button to select a TCM level.
  • Page 204 The expected SAPI message is available when the SAPI OTU/ODU-TIM check box is selected. TTI Traces Default Message EXFO OTU SAPI EXFO ODU SAPI EXFO TCMi SAPI The default message contains a NULL (all 0’s) character preceding it. NULL (all 0’s) characters are automatically appended to the message for bytes that are not defined.
  • Page 205 TTI Traces Default Message EXFO OTU OPERATOR SPECIFIC EXFO ODU OPERATOR SPECIFIC EXFO TCMi OPERATOR SPECIFIC NULL (all 0’s) characters are automatically appended to the message for bytes that are not defined.
  • Page 206 J0/J1/J2 EXFO SONET/SDH J0/J1/J2 EXFO SONET/SDH Analyzer Section/RS trace test message EXFO SONET/SDH Analyzer high order path trace test message J1 (STS/AU) EXFO SONET/SDH Analyzer low order path trace test message J1 (TU-3)/J2 Hexadecimal value. Refer to OH - SONET/SDH on page 343 to change this value.
  • Page 207 Test Setup - Test Configurator, Timer, and System Traces (SONET/SDH) ITU T.50 Characters on page 30. TIM-S/RS-TIM, TIM-P/HP-TIM, TIM-V/LP-TIM: Enables the  corresponding Trace Identifier Mismatch for the expected message defined. These settings are coupled with the Result - Traces/Labels configuration (refer to Traces (SONET/SDH) on page 301).
  • Page 209 Test Results The Test Results menu offers the following structure: Transport test applications Available with Page Alarms/Errors Alarms/Errors Logger FTFL/PT Labels Logger OTL-SDT Performance Monitoring Summary <--- Traces <--- OTN BERT SONET/SDH BERT DSn/PDH BERT SONET/SDH - DSn/PDH BERT NI/CSU Emulation MaxTester...
  • Page 210 Streams - Throughput Summary 290 294 281 297 281 281 286 <--- Traffic - Ethernet Traffic - Flow Control Traffic - Graph Traffic - MPLS EtherSAM RFC 2544 EtherBERT Traffic Gen & Mon Smart Loopback Through Mode Cable Test MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 211 Test Results Alarms/Errors Overview Alarms/Errors Overview Current and history alarms/errors are displayed using different background colors as defined in the following table. Background Alarm/ Description color Error Gray Current No test result available. History Green Current No alarm/error has occurred in the last second. History No alarm/error has occurred during the test.
  • Page 212  Minimum indicates the minimum value recorded.  Maximum indicates the maximum value recorded.  Average indicates the average value.  Port Buttons For Dual Port topology the port buttons allows displaying the alarms/errors for each port individually. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 213 Test Results Alarms/Errors Overview Alarms/Errors From the Test menu, tap Results, and the Alarms/Errors tab. Depending on the test structure, the Alarms/Errors page may be split in different tabs such as OTN and Ethernet; tap on the desired tab when required. Alarms/errors blocks containing the magnifier (+) icon in its title, opens a zoomed view giving more details like alarms/errors for each lane (parallel interface), errors in seconds, count, and rate.
  • Page 214 FEC (OTN) FEC-CORR-BIT, FEC-CORR-CW, FEC-UNCORR-BIT, FEC-CORR-SYM, FEC-STRESS, FEC-UNCORR-SYM FEC-UNCORR-CW FEC Lanes FEC-LOAML, Pre-FEC-SYMB Interface LOC Lane, Frequency, LOC BPV, EXZ, CV IP/UDP/TCP IP Chksum, UDP Chksum, TCP Chksum ODUx AIS, OCI, LCK, BDI, FSF, BSF, FSD, BSD BEI, BIP-8 MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 215 Test Results Alarms/Errors Overview Alarms/Errors Layer Page TX/RX RX only ODUx-TCM BDI, BIAE, IAE, LTC BEI, BIP-8 OPUx AIS, CSF LOF, LOL, LOR, OOF, OOR Exc. Skew FAS, Inv. Marker OTUx AIS, BDI, BIAE, IAE, LOF, LOM, OOF, OOM FAS, MFAS, BIP-8, BEI QoS Metrics Frame Loss, Out-of-Seq.
  • Page 216 RX: There is a bit error on a binary ‘0’ (for example ones that should be zeros) found in the test pattern only. Mismatch ‘1’ (Available with EtherBERT)  RX: There is a bit error on a binary ‘1’ (for example zeros that should be ones) found in the test pattern only. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 217 Test Results Alarms/Errors Overview Clock LOC (Loss Of Clock)  RX: The unit is unable to synchronize with the selected Clock Mode. No valid clock is generated/extracted to/from the EXT CLK port. LOPPS-L and LOPPS-R (Loss Of Pulse Per Second - Local/Remote) are ...
  • Page 218 RX: An incorrect value appeared in a bit position reserved for framing. CRC-6 (Cyclical Redundancy Check) is only available with ESF  framing. RX: One or more bit errors have been detected in a block of data through cyclical redundancy check. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 219 Test Results Alarms/Errors Overview Alarms AIS (Alarm Indication Signal)  RX: The M-frame contains zeros (0) for C-bits, ones (1) for X-bits, 1010... repeating sequence with a one (1) immediately following any of the control bit positions for the information bits. Idle (DS3 Idle) ...
  • Page 220 RX: Two consecutive multiframes alignment signals (bits 1 through 4 of TS16 of frame 0) is received with an error. RAI MF (Remote Alarm Indication Multi-Frame)  RX: Bit 6 of timeslot 16 of frame 0 is set to “1”. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 221 Test Results Alarms/Errors Overview Errors FAS (Frame Alignment Signal) is only available with PCM30 CRC-4 or  PCM31 CRC-4 framing. RX: Bits 2 to 8 of the frame containing the FAS differ from 0011011. CRC-4 (Cyclical Redundancy Check)  RX: One or more bit errors are detected in a block of data through cyclical redundancy check.
  • Page 222 RX: Four consecutive incorrect frame alignment signals is received. RAI (Remote Alarm Indication)  RX: Bit 11 of a framed E3 is set to “1”. Errors FAS (Frame Alignment Signal)  RX: Bits 1 to 10 of the first frame differ from 1111010000. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 223 Test Results Alarms/Errors Overview Alarms Note: Only AIS is available when the framing is set to Unframed. AIS (Alarm Indication Signal)  RX: An unframed all-ones signal is received. LOF (Loss Of Frame)  RX: Four consecutive incorrect frame alignment signals is received. RAI (Remote Alarm Indication) ...
  • Page 224 RX: The received data path contains the Remote Fault status. Hi-BER (High-Bit Error Ratio) - (Available with 100GE interface).  RX: The bit error ratio is > 10 on a fixed time period; 500 μs for 100G. 1. Available with Ethernet 10/100 Gbit/s interface. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 225 Test Results Alarms/Errors Overview Errors Symbol  RX/TX: Invalid code-group is detected/generated in the code. Idle  RX: An error is detected between the end of a frame and the beginning of the next frame. False Carrier  RX: Data is being received with invalid start of frame. Block (available with Ethernet 10G LAN/WAN interface) ...
  • Page 226 RX: Indicates the number of collisions on the link. Late Coll.  RX: Indicates the number of collisions that have occurred after a 64 bytes transmission. Exc. Coll.  RX: Indicates the number of frames that were sent 16 times unsuccessfully due to consecutive collisions. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 227 Test Results Alarms/Errors Overview Ethernet - PCS Note: Available with parallel interfaces only: 100 Gbit/s Ethernet Available under the PCS sub tab for Through Mode test providing alarms/errors for both ports. Alarms LOA (Loss Of Alignment)  RX: Two or more logical lanes have the same logical lane marker value, or one or more logical lane marker recovery processes are in the OOR state, or if the differential delay between two logical lanes exceeds the configured alarm threshold compensable delay.
  • Page 228 RX: In lock mode, four consecutive marker values are received that do not match the alignment marker that the lane is currently locked to. The LOAML alarm is cleared when the PCS Lane is declared Lock and two valid alignment markers 16384 blocks (66b) apart are received. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 229 Test Results Alarms/Errors Overview Exc. Skew (Excessive Skew)  RX: The skew exceeds the defined threshold (see Skew Alarm Threshold (bits) on page 82). Errors Block is available with Ethernet test applications. Injection is not  available when RS-FEC is enabled. RX: Invalid 64b/66b block code are received.
  • Page 230 Test Results Alarms/Errors Overview FEC (OTN) Error FEC-CORR-CW/SYM/BIT (FEC Correctable Codeword/Symbol/Bit)  RX: FEC Codeword/Symbol/Bit that contains errors and were corrected. FEC-UNCORR-CW/SYM/BIT (FEC Uncorrectable  Codeword/Symbol/Bit) RX: FEC Codeword/Symbol/Bit that contains errors and were not corrected. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 231 Test Results Alarms/Errors Overview Interface Alarms LOS (Loss Of Signal)  RX: Absence of an input signal or an all-zeros pattern is received. Available for each Optical Lane for parallel interfaces. LOC Lane (Loss Of Clock Lane) is available for each Physical Lane for ...
  • Page 232 34368000 ±24.6 ppm 44736000 ±24.6 ppm STS-1e/STM-0e, OC-1/STM-0 51840000 ±20 ppm 139264000 ±19.6 ppm STS-3e/STM-1e, OC-3/STM-1 155520000 ±20 ppm OC-12/STM-4 622080000 ±20 ppm OC-48/STM-16 2488320000 ±20 ppm OTU1 2666057143 ±20 ppm OC-192/STM-64 9953280000 ±20 ppm OTU2 10709225316 ±20 ppm MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 233 Test Results Alarms/Errors Overview Error BPV (Bipolar Violation) for DS1, DS3, and STS-1e: Pulses of the same  consecutive polarity were detected, in violation with the bipolar signal format. CV (Code Violation)  For E1, E3, E4, STM-0e, STM-1e, and STS-3e: Pulses of the same consecutive polarity were detected, in violation with the bipolar signal format.
  • Page 234 RX: The IP datagrams received have invalid IP header checksum. Only available for IPv4. UDP Chksum (UDP Checksum)  RX: The UDP segments received have invalid UDP checksum. TCP Chksum (TCP Checksum)  RX: The TCP segments received have invalid TCP checksum. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 235 Test Results Alarms/Errors Overview ODUx Note: For OPUx alarms see page 232. Alarms AIS (Alarm Indication Signal)  RX: The STAT information in the PM byte 3, bits 6 to 8 is “111” for at least 3 consecutive frames. TX: Generates an all "1"s pattern in the entire ODUk signal, excluding the frame alignment overhead (FA OH), OTUk overhead (OTUk OH) and ODUk FTFL.
  • Page 236 TIM (Trace Identification Mismatch)  RX: The received SAPI and/or DAPI do not math the expected SAPI and/or DAPI. This alarm is only available when the SAPI ODU-TIM and/or DAPI ODU-TIM check boxes are selected from PT on page 109. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 237 Test Results Alarms/Errors Overview Errors BIP-8 (Bit Interleave Parity-8)  RX: There is a PM BIP-8 mismatch between the received value and locally computed value (0 to 8). BEI (Backward Error Indication)  RX: Interleaved block in error detected by the corresponding ODU path monitoring sink using the BIP-8 code.
  • Page 238 TIM (Trace Identification Mismatch)  RX: The SAPI and/or DAPI do not math the expected SAPI and/or DAPI. This alarm is only available when the Enable TIM SAPI and/or DAPI check boxes are selected from PT on page 109. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 239 Test Results Alarms/Errors Overview Errors BIP-8 (Bit Interleave Parity-8)  RX: There is a TCM BIP-8 mismatch between the received value and locally computed value (0 to 8). BEI (Backward Error Indication)  RX: Interleaved block in error detected by the corresponding ODU tandem connection monitoring sink using the BIP-8 code.
  • Page 240 PLM (Payload Mismatch) is available when OPU-PLM check box is  selected. RX: The Payload Structure Identifier (PSI) field does not match the expected PT for at least 3 consecutive frames. MSIM Monitoring check box when selected (default) monitors the  MSIM alarm. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 241 Test Results Alarms/Errors Overview Alarms LOL (Loss of Lane Alignment)  RX: Multilane alignment process is in the out-of-alignment (OLA) state for 3 ms. LOF (Loss of Frame)  RX: OOF is present for at least 3 ms. OOF (Out-Of-Frame) ...
  • Page 242 RX: The IAE bit in the SM overhead field (byte 3, bit 6) is “1” for at least 5 consecutive OTU frames. TX: Generates “1” for the IAE bit in the SM overhead field (byte 3, bit 6) continuously. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 243 Test Results Alarms/Errors Overview LOF (Loss of Frame)  RX: OOF is present for at least 3 ms. TX: Generates error in all FAS bits continuously. LOM (Loss Of Multiframe)  RX: OOM is present for at least 3 ms TX: Generates error in MFAS bits continuously.
  • Page 244 Codeword): Generates 8 symbols (bytes) containing 8 bits in error each, in each codeword. FEC-CORR-SYM (Forward Error Correction - Correctable - Symbol): Generates 1 symbol (byte) containing 8 bits in error. FEC-CORR-BIT (Forward Error Correction - Correctable - Bit): Generates 1 symbol (byte) containing 1bit in error. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 245 Test Results Alarms/Errors Overview FEC-UNCORR (FEC - Uncorrectable)  RX: Statistics on the detected codewords (CW) having uncorrectable errors. TX: FEC-UNCORR-CW (Forward Error Correction - Uncorrectable - Codeword) generates 16 symbol (bytes) containing 8 bits in error each, in each codeword. FEC-STRESS (Forward Error Correction - Stress) ...
  • Page 246 RX: FEC Codeword that contains errors and were corrected. FEC-UNCOR-CW (FEC Uncorrectable Codeword)  RX: FEC Codeword that contains errors and were not corrected. Pre-FEC-SYMB (Pre-FEC Symbol)  RX: FEC symbol errors are corrected and counted once for each 10-bit symbol. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 247 Test Results Alarms/Errors Overview Section/Line / RS/MS Alarms LOF-S (Loss Of Frame - Section) - SONET  RS-LOF (Regeneration Section - Loss Of Frame) - SDH RX: A SEF (SONET)/RS-OOF (SDH) defect on the incoming optical signal persists for at least 3 milliseconds. TX: Generates non-valid framing bytes (A1 and A2).
  • Page 248 RX: The M0, M1, or the combination of both M0 and M1 bytes indicate that one or more BIP violations have been detected. Refer to M0 or M1/Z2 (SONET) on page 347 for more information. For OC-192, also refer to REI-L Computation Method on page 178. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 249 Test Results Alarms/Errors Overview STS-x/AU-x Alarms AIS-P (Alarm Indication Signal - Path) - SONET  AU-AIS (Administrative Unit - Alarm Indication Signal) - SDH RX: The H1 and H2 bytes contain an all-ones pattern in three consecutive frames or more. TX: Generates an all-ones pattern over H1, H2, H3, and SPE.
  • Page 250 ERDI-PD (Enhanced RDI - Payload Defect) - SDH RX: Bits 5, 6 and 7 of the G1 byte contain the “010” pattern in five consecutive frames. TX: Generates a “010” pattern for bits 5, 6 and 7 of the G1 byte. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 251 Test Results Alarms/Errors Overview ERDI-PSD (Enhanced RDI - Path Server Defect) - SONET  ERDI-SD (Enhanced RDI - Server Defect) - SDH RX: Bits 5, 6 and 7 of the G1 byte contain the “101” pattern in five consecutive frames. TX: Generates a “101”...
  • Page 252 TC-ODI-P / TC-ODI-V / HPTC-ODI / LPTC-ODI (Outgoing Defect  Indication) RX/TX: SONET: Bit 7 of the N1/Z6 byte frame 74 is set to “1”.  SDH: Bit 7 of the N1/N2 byte multiframe 74 is set to “1”.  MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 253 Test Results Alarms/Errors Overview TC-TIM-P / TC-TIM-V / HPTC-TIM / LPTC-TIM (Trace Identifier  Mismatch) RX: The received message differs from the defined expected message. The TC-TIM is also declared when receiving invalid ASCII characters or when errors are detected with CRC-7. TC-RDI-P / TC-RDI-V / HPTC-RDI / LPTC-RDI (Remote Defect ...
  • Page 254 TC-REI-P / TC-REI-V / HPTC-REI / LPTC-REI (Remote Error Indication)  RX: Indicates errored blocks caused within the Tandem Connection (bit 5 of the N1 or Z6/N2 byte). TX: Bit 5 of N1 or Z6/N2 byte is set to 1. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 255 Test Results Alarms/Errors Overview VT/TU Alarms AIS-V (Alarm Indication Signal - VT) - SONET  TU-AIS (Tributary Unit - Alarm Indication Signal) - SDH RX: V1 and V2 bytes for the VT/TU path contain an all-ones pattern in three (SONET) / five (SDH) consecutive superframes. TX: Generates an all-ones pattern for the V1 and V2 bytes of the VT/TU path and payload.
  • Page 256 8 of the V5 byte contain “1”, in five consecutive VT/LP superframes. TX: Generates a “101” pattern for bits 5, 6, and 7 of the Z7 (SONET) / K4 (SDH) byte, and “1” for bit 8 of the V5 byte. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 257 Test Results Alarms/Errors Overview ERDI-VCD (Enhanced RDI - VT Connectivity Defect) - SONET  LP-ERDI-CD (LOP - Enhanced RDI - Connectivity Defect) - SDH RX: Bits 5, 6, and 7 of the Z7 (SONET) / K4 (SDH) byte contain the “110” pattern, and bit 8 of the V5 byte contain “1”, in five consecutive VT/LP superframes.
  • Page 258 RDI-L (Remote Defect Indication - Line)  RX: Bits 6, 7, and 8 of the K2 byte contain the “110" pattern in five consecutive frames. TX: Generates a “110” pattern for the bits 6, 7 and 8 of the K2 byte. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 259 Test Results Alarms/Errors Overview AIS-P (Alarm Indication Signal - Path)  RX: The H1 and H2 bytes for a STS path contain an all-ones pattern in three consecutive frames or more. TX: Generates an all-ones pattern for H1 and H2 bytes. RDI-P (Remote Defect Indication - Path) ...
  • Page 260 TX: Generates a “010” pattern for bits 5, 6 and 7 of the G1 byte. PLM-P/UNEQ-P (Payload Label Mismatch - Path / Unequipped - Path) check box when selected (cleared by default) enables the Signal Label Mismatch for the expected message defined as well as UNEQ-P monitoring. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 261 Test Results Alarms/Errors Overview Errors B1 (BIP-8, Bit-Interleave Parity - 8 bits)  RX: Indicates a Section parity error by performing a routine even-parity check over all Section bits of the previous frame of a composite signal (located in the first STS-1 of an STS-n signal). B2 (BIP-1536, Bit-Interleave Parity - 1536 bits) ...
  • Page 262 1 (default) through 50 or 100 (depends on the selected error). Rate allows the selection of the error injection rate. The rate must  be within the minimum and maximum values specified. Max Rate generates the error to its theoretical maximum rate.  MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 263 Test Results Alarms/Errors Overview Inject button  For Manual mode: Manually generates the selected errors according to the defect and the amount selected. For Rate and Max Rate: Generates respectively the selected error at the rate specified or at its theoretical maximum rate. Note: The selected alarm/error as well as its injection mode and status are displayed next to the Inject button.
  • Page 264 Operator Identifier displays the received operator identifier (bytes 1  to 9 for forward, byte 129 to 137 for backward). Operator Specific displays the received operator specific (bytes 10 to  127 for forward, byte 138 to 255 for backward). MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 265 Test Results FTFL/PT PT (Payload Type) Payload Type and Code  Received displays the received payload signal type and its code in hexadecimal format. Expected allows selecting the expected payload signal type either by selecting the payload from the list or by typing its hexadecimal code. Note: Refer to PT on page 109 for the list.
  • Page 266 The X axis shows the frame sizes while the Y axis shows the subtest results. Frame Size (Bytes) and Step (%), available with Frame Loss, allows  selecting either Frame Size (default) or Step as the X axis criterion. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 267 Test Results Labels Labels From the Test menu, tap Results, and Labels. Note: Selecting a Label byte to be generated will automatically update the corresponding OH byte. Refer to OH - SONET/SDH on page 343 for more information. Labels STS/AU Path (C2): The C2 byte is allocated to indicate the content of ...
  • Page 268 Absolute (default) displays the time/duration fields based on the date  and time the event occurred/ended. The time format depends on the MAX-800 Series time settings. For 24 hours, the time format is MM/DD HH:MM:SS. For 12 hours, the time format is MM/DD HH:MM:SS <AM or PM>.
  • Page 269 Test Results Logger Save to CSV Allows saving the logger content to a CSV file format. Table The logger table provides the following event logger information. ID: Indicates the event identification number. The events are  sequentially numbered. Start Time: Indicates when the event has been started or detected. ...
  • Page 270  Note: An entry event remains in the Pending state as long as the event is not completed and it is highlighted on a yellow background color. Note: The Threshold Crossing events are displayed in red text color. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 271 Test Results MPLS MPLS For Traffic Gen and Mon, from the test menu, tap Results, Streams, and the MPLS tab. For Though Mode, from the test menu, tap Results, Traffic, and the MPLS tab. Note: For Dual Port topology select the port to be displayed. Label 1 and Label 2 The number of MPLS frames transmitted (TX) and received (RX) are displayed for both Label 1 and Label 2 for each Stream.
  • Page 272 Average (ms) indicates the average duration of all measured  disruption times per lane. Total (ms) indicates the total duration of all measured disruption times  per lane. Count indicates the number of disruption events detected since the  beginning of the SDT test per lane. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 273 Test Results OTL-SDT Longest Disruption indicates the longest measured disruption time.  Lanes with Disruption indicates the number of lanes with service  disruption. Note: When a disruption event is equal to or longer than the test period which is fixed to 5 minutes, then the measured disruption time is equal to the test period.
  • Page 274 Standard’s availability G.826 G.828 G.829 M.2100 M.2100 M.2101 Analyzed Signal G.821 OOSM DS3/DS1/E4/E3/E2/E1 Section/RS Line/MS VTn/STS-n/AU-n/ TU-n BERT Note: G.821 and M.2100 OOSM are only available when No Pattern Analysis (Live) check box is cleared (refer to page 78). MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 275 Test Results Performance Monitoring Near-End EFS (Error Free Second) (G.821, G.826, G.828, and G.829): Gives the  number of seconds within which no error occurred. EC (Error Count) (G.821 only): Gives the number of bit errors.  EB (Errored Block) (G.826, G.828, and G.829): Gives the count of ...
  • Page 276 41 frame bit errors (Near-End) E3 (Framed) 52 frame bit errors (Near-End) E4 (Framed) 69 frame bit errors (Near-End) BBE (Background Block Error) (G.826, G.828, G.829, and M.2101):  Gives the count of Errored Block not occurring as part of a SES. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 277 Test Results Performance Monitoring UAS (Unavailable Second): Gives the count of the seconds  corresponding to the periods of unavailable time that begins at the onset of 10 consecutive SES events, including these 10 seconds. A period of available time shall begin at the onset of 10 consecutive non-SES events, including these 10 seconds.
  • Page 278 STM-4 STM-16 STM-64 STM-0e STM-1e Path 30 % 30 % 30 % 30 % 30 % Line/MS 15 % 15 % 25 % 30 % 30 % Section/RS 10 % 30 % 30 % 30 % 30 % MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 279 Test Results Performance Monitoring For M.2100 ISM: Gives the count of the seconds within which anomalies (frame bit errors, CRC block errors, etc.) are  Y or at least one defect occurred. Y depends on the type of DSn/PDH signal as described in the following table.
  • Page 280 SESR = SES ÷ AS BBER (Background Block Error Ratio): Gives the ratio of BBE in  available time to total blocks in available time during a fixed measurement interval. The count of total blocks excludes all blocks during SESs. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 281 Test Results Service Configuration - Burst Service Configuration - Burst From the Test menu, tap Results, Service Configuration, and the Burst tab. Service Name and Selection Service Name indicates the name of the selected service. Select the service to be displayed by either using the left/right arrow or by tapping over the service numbers area then tapping on a specific service number.
  • Page 282  SLA Verified indicates the committed SLA parameters that are used to  declare the pass/fail verdict. See Summary (EtherSAM) on page 290 for more information on Frame Loss Rate, Max Jitter, Round-Trip Latency, and Max RX Rate. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 283 Test Results Service Configuration - Ramp Informational parameters are for information purpose only, they are  not included in the test pass/fail verdict. See Summary (EtherSAM) on page 290 for more information on Frame Loss, Max Jitter, and Round-Trip Latency. Average RX Rate indicates the measured average utilization ...
  • Page 284 RX Rate indicates the measured utilization throughput.  Jitter (ms) indicates the measured delay variation.  Latency (ms) indicates the measured round-trip latency (delay).  Note: For the Current value, 0 is displayed when no RX rate has been measured in the last second. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 285 Test Results Service Performance Note: Delay variation measurements smaller than 1 μs will be discarded, not used for the sampling process, and < 0.001 is displayed as the minimum value. For the Current value, Not measurable is displayed when no delay has been measured in the last second.
  • Page 286 < 0.001 will be displayed as the minimum value. For the Current value, Not measurable is displayed when no delay has been measured in the last second. Thresholds button allows setting the pass/fail thresholds (refer to QoS  Metrics on page 190). MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 287 Test Results Streams - Latency Streams - Latency From the Test menu, tap Results, Streams, and the Latency tab. Note: For Dual Port topology select the port to be displayed. Stream: Indicates the stream identification number.  Latency (ms) is measured for each stream on all valid frames (valid ...
  • Page 288 Total indicates the total TX and current measured RX throughput of all  valid frames (valid Throughput tag with no FCS error). Thresholds button allows setting the pass/fail thresholds (refer to QoS  Metrics on page 190). MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 289 Test Results Summary Summary Note: Available with Transport, and Ethernet (EtherBERT, Through Mode, and Smart Loopback) test applications. For other test applications see the corresponding test summary page. From the Test menu, tap Results, and the Summary tab. For Dual Port topology, depending on the application, results may be displayed either globally or for each port individually.
  • Page 290 Restart Sequence button on each unit within 5 seconds apart. Once synchronized, start the test on each unit. 1. Refer to BERT and Unframed BERT on page 78 or EtherBERT and Unframed BERT on page 93. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 291 Test Results Summary Bit/Pattern Error Rate/Count graphically displays a meter  representing either the bit/pattern error rate or the bit/pattern error count depending on the Pass/Fail Verdict selection When the verdict is enabled , the values under the threshold are presented in green while the values above are in red.
  • Page 292 0.005 ms (default is 50 ms) for 10M to 10G; 0.001 to 299999.999 ms in step of 0.001 ms (default is 50 ms) for 100G. This setting is only accessible when Pass/Fail Verdict is enabled and is coupled with the SDT Threshold set from the test setup (refer to page 83). MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 293 Test Results Summary Traffic / Traffic Ethernet Note: The Traffic statistics are available for Smart Loopback and Through Mode test applications. See Traffic - Ethernet on page 302 for more information. RX Frequency Note: RX Frequency is available for Through Mode test application on both ports for rates up to 10G LAN.
  • Page 294 Wire Map. The distance to fault is also displayed when a fault is identified. The Pass/Fail verdict is also displayed, when enabled. Prop. Delay (ns) indicates the propagation delay value for the pair  having the longest propagation delay. The Pass/Fail verdict is also displayed when enabled. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 295 Test Results Summary (Cable Test) Delay Skew (ns) indicates the delay skew value for the pair having the  worst delay skew. The Pass/Fail verdict is also displayed when enabled. The Delay Skew result is only available for 1000 Base-T interface when the link is up.
  • Page 296 10/100 Mbit/s forced mode. In this case, no propagation delay or length is reported and there is no comparison with any threshold. Note: For 1 Gbit/s, both MDI and MDIX can be reported simultaneously since crossed pairs detection is performed independently for pairs A-B and C-D. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 297 Test Results Summary (Cable Test) When the link is down: Short Short-circuit between Tip and Ring wires of a pair or Tip or ring wire of a pair is connected with an alien wire grounded. Open No cable plugged in, remote end open, or either one or two wires of a pair are not connected.
  • Page 298 Start Time indicates the date and time the test was started. The date  and time is reset every time the test is restarted. Remote unit in use and locked for Dual Test Set indicates that this  unit is used for Dual Test Set as the remote unit. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 299 Test Results Summary (EtherSAM) Remote unit in Dual Test Set Mode indicates that this unit is set as  remote but the DTS Connection is not established. Service Configuration/Performance Test: Tap Service Configuration  Test or Service Performance Test button to view the result summary of the corresponding test.
  • Page 300 Max RX Rate, for Service Configuration Test, indicates the measured maximum utilization throughput. VLAN Preservation indicates if any VLAN mismatch occurred during  any step of a Ramp or Burst tests as follows: Grey: Undefined Green: No Mismatch detected Red: Mismatch detected MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 301 Test Results Summary (NI/CSU Emulation) Summary (NI/CSU Emulation) From the Test menu, tap Results, and the Summary tab. Status Status indicates the progress of the test as follows: Idle (test has not started)  In Progress  Completed  The Pass/Fail verdict is displayed next to the Test Status field, when enabled, based on the following criteria: The worst pair’s Wire Map, Prop.
  • Page 302 Remote unit in use and locked for Dual Test Set indicates that this  unit is used for Dual Test Set as the remote unit. Remote unit in Dual Test Set Mode indicates that this unit is set as  remote but the DTS Connection is not established. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 303 Test Results Summary (RFC 2544) Throughput, Back-to-Back, Frame Loss, and Latency Subtests Throughput, Back-to-Back, Frame Loss, and Latency  For each subtest, its status (-- (Idle), In Progress, Completed, or Aborted - (reason)) and duration are displayed. TX Frames and RX Frames display the transmitted and received ...
  • Page 304 Mode: For Latency subtest, selects the propagation time mode.  Cut Through (default) allows the calculation of the propagation time of a bit (Bit Latency). S. & F. (Store and Forward) allows the calculation of the propagation time of a frame (Frame Latency). MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 305 Test Results Summary (Traffic Gen & Mon) Summary (Traffic Gen & Mon) From the Test menu, tap Results, and the Summary tab. Note: For Dual Port topology select the port to be displayed. Test Status indicates the actual test status as follows. The global test ...
  • Page 306 TX Rate: See Streams - Throughput on page 280.  TX Frame Count indicates the number of transmitted frames  matching the selected stream. Frame Loss and Out-of-Sequence: See Streams - Frame Loss /  Out-of-Sequence on page 278. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 307 Test Results Traces (OTN) Traces (OTN) From the Test menu, tap Results, Traces, and the OTN sub-tab. OTUx, ODUx, and TCM Buttons Tap on either an OTU or ODU button. For ODUx when TCM is enabled (see Modify TCM on page 176), tap on a TCMx button to select a TCM level. SM/PM TTI Traces Received Message SAPI indicates the received TTI (Trail Trace Identifier) Source Access...
  • Page 308 DAPI OTU/ODU-TIM check box, when selected (cleared by default),  allows editing the expected Destination Access Point Identifier (SAPI) and also enables the OTU/ODU/TCM-TIM alarm monitoring. Copy RX uses the received SAPI/DAPI message as the expected  SAPI/DAPI. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 309 Test Results Traces (SONET/SDH) Traces (SONET/SDH) From the Test menu, tap Results, Traces, and the SONET/SDH sub-tab. Note: Selecting a Trace byte to be generated will automatically update the corresponding OH byte. Refer to OH - SONET/SDH on page 343 for more information.
  • Page 310 Mbit/s. Frame Rate (frame/s) indicates the current transmitted/received  number of frames (including bad frames, Broadcast frames and Multicast frames) in frame per second. Frame Count indicates the total number of transmitted/received valid  and invalid frames. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 311 Test Results Traffic - Ethernet Frame Type Displays the TX and RX count of the following frame types. Multicast indicates the number of multicast frames  transmitted/received without FCS errors. Broadcast frames are not counted as multicast frames. Broadcast indicates the number of broadcast frames ...
  • Page 312 Traffic - Ethernet > 1518: frames with more than 1518 (no VLAN), 1522 (1 VLAN tag),  1526 (2 VLAN tags), or 1530 (3 VLAN tags) bytes. Total indicates the total count of all received frames (valid and invalid).  MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 313 Test Results Traffic - Flow Control Traffic - Flow Control From the Test menu, tap Results, Traffic, and the Flow Control tab. Note: For Dual Port topology select the port to be displayed. Frame Count - RX Pause Frames indicates the number of received valid flow-control ...
  • Page 314 Inject button allows generating the defined packet pause time.  Destination MAC Address check box, when selected (cleared by  default), enables and allows setting the destination MAC address. The default destination MAC address is the control protocol multicast address: 01:80:C2:00:00:01. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 315 Test Results Traffic - Graph Traffic - Graph From the Test menu, tap Results, Traffic, and the Graph tab. Note: For Dual Port topology select the port to be displayed. The graph displays the received line utilization. The X axis shows the time in seconds while the Y axis shows the percentage utilization.
  • Page 316 J0 Trace displays the J0 Trace value in 16-bytes format.  J1 Trace displays the J1 Trace value in 16-bytes format.  Path Signal Label (C2) displays the content of the STS SPE including  the status of the mapped payload. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 317 10 Test Functions The Test Functions menu offers the following structure: Transport Test Applications Available with Page 100G Advanced - QSFP Control 100G Advanced - Lanes Mapping & Skew FDL - Bit-Oriented Message FDL - Performance Report Message FEAC OH BERT OH (OTN) OH (SONET/SDH) Pointer Adjustment...

  • Page 318: Smart Loopback

    Ethernet Test Applications Test Application Tab - Sub Tab Page 100G Advanced - QSFP Control 100G Advanced - Lanes Mapping & Skew Ping & Trace Route EtherSAM RFC 2544 EtherBERT Traffic Gen & Mon Smart Loopback Through Mode Cable Test MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 319 Test Functions 100 Advanced - QSFP28 Control 100 Advanced - QSFP28 Control From the Test menu, tap Functions, 100 Advanced, and the QSFP28 Control tab. QSFP28 Power Class Indicates the power class of the inserted transceiver module. QSFP28 Control Pins Allows the following transceiver control pin settings.
  • Page 320 Address and Data allows defining up to 20 I2C addresses and their data values: 0x00 (default) to 0xFF. Bulk Write button writes the I2C data values for each I2C address defined. Default button resets the I2C page select, addresses, and data values to their default values. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 321 Test Functions 100 Advanced - QSFP28 Control I2C - Read/Write  I2C Address allows selecting the I2C address: 0x0000 (default) to  0x00FF. I2C Data allows either selecting (write) or reading the I2C data:  0x0000 (default) to 0x00FF Read button reads the data of the specified I2C Address. Write button writes the specified I2C DATA value to the specified I2C Address.

  • Page 322: 100 Advanced - Lanes Mapping & Skew

    PCS/Logical lane. To change the skew values, see Reset/Manual Skew on page 317. Lane / Physical Lane For 100GE (4 Lanes), indicates the CAUI-4 Lane numbers.  For OTU4 (4 Lanes), indicates the OTL4.4 Physical Lane numbers.  MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 323 Test Functions 100 Advanced - Lanes Mapping & Skew Skew (bits) indicates the delay in bit time between the earliest  PCS/Logical lane and the current lane for the one to zero transition of the alignment marker sync bits. The received skew accuracy is ±100 bits.
  • Page 324 OK button. Note: A PCS/Logical Lane marker can be assigned more than once. If this is the case, a red background is used to highlight all occurrences of this PCS/Logical Lane marker. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 325 Test Functions 100 Advanced - Lanes Mapping & Skew Reset/Manual Skew Allows the selection of a relative delay in bit time that will be introduced for each PCS/Logical lane. Reset Skew sets all TX skew (bit time) values to 0. ...
  • Page 326 Skew Alarm Threshold (bits) Allows setting the threshold value that will be used to declare a skew alarm (see Ex. Skew on page 233). Default button restores the default alarm threshold value. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 327 Test Functions From the Test menu, tap Functions, and the APS tab. TX/RX Switching Mode, available for both TX and RX, selects the switching  mode: Linear (default) or Ring.  Request: Bits 1 through 4 of the K1 byte. Request Bits 1 to 4...
  • Page 328 1 to 4 (Linear mode) (Ring mode) 1 to 4 (Linear mode) (Ring mode) 0000 0 - Null 1000 0001 1001 0010 1010 0011 1011 0100 1100 0101 1101 0110 1110 0111 1111 15 - Extra Traffic Default value. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 329 Test Functions Architecture (Linear switching mode) or Bridge Request (Ring switching mode): Bit 5 of the K2 byte. The default setting is 1+1 for Linear switching mode and Short Path Request for Ring switching mode. Architecture Bridge Request Bit 5 (Linear mode) (Ring mode) Short Path...
  • Page 330 Diagnostic indicates the reason of the last local session state change.  Connect starts/stops the BFD process.  Statistics Packets Transmitted indicates the number of sent BFD control  packets. Packets Received indicates the number of received BFD control  packets. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 331 Test Functions BFD (Bidirectional Forwarding Detection) Neighbor Status Session State reports the remote session state: Admin Down, Down,  Init, or Up. Diagnostic reports the reason of the remote last session state change.  Desired Min TX Interval reports the remote desired minimum ...

  • Page 332: Fdl - Bit-Oriented Message

    Injects generates the selected codeword priority message. Command/Response  Amount allows the selection of the number of message to be generated. Choices are 1 to 15. The default value is 10. Inject manually generates the selected amount of messages. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 333 Test Functions FDL - Bit-Oriented Message Codeword Command/Response Command/Response Pattern Pattern Codeword Codeword Line Loopback Activate 00001110 11111111 Protection Switch Line 22 01101100 11111111 Line Loopback Deactivate 00111000 11111111 Protection Switch Line 23 01101110 11111111 Payload Loopback Activate 00010100 11111111 Protection Switch Line 24 01110000 11111111 Payload Loopback Deactivate 00110010 11111111...
  • Page 334 Previous indicates the last priority message detected excluding the current message. If no priority message has been detected since the beginning of the test, “--” is displayed. Note: See Priority on page 324 for the list of possible priority codeword messages. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 335 Test Functions FDL - Bit-Oriented Message Command/Response  Current indicates the command/response message detected in the last second. If no priority message has been detected, “--” is displayed. Previous indicates the last command/response message detected excluding the current message. If no command/response message has been detected since the beginning of the test, “--”...

  • Page 336: Fdl - Performance Report Message

    LB: Payload loopback activated G4: 10 < CRC  100 SL: Slip  1 G5: 100 < CRC 319 R Bit (Reserved - Default value is 0) G6: CRC  320 U1: Bit SE: Severely errored framing  1 U2: Bit MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 337 Test Functions FDL - Performance Report Message Received Messages Event Counts lists received PRM bit event counts.See PRM Bit Events  below. Report Content lists received performance information. See  Performance Information below. Circuit indicates the selected circuit type: CI to Network or ...
  • Page 338 FE: Frame Sync. Bit Error Event  1 SE: Severely-Errored Framing Event  1 LB: Payload Loopback Activated G1: CRC Error Event = 1 R: Reserved G2: 1 < CRC Error Event  5 Nm and Nl: One-second report modulo 4 counter. MAX-800 Series...

  • Page 339: Feac

    Test Functions FEAC FEAC The Far-End Alarm and Control signal (FEAC) provides Communication Channel capability over a DS3 in a network applications using C-bit Parity configuration (see page 167). From the test menu, tap Functions, and the FEAC tab. Generated Messages Allows configuring and sending alarms/status information and control signals (loopback commands) to other network elements.
  • Page 340 DS1 Line-No18 (01100100) DS1 Line-No28 (01111000) DS1 Line-No9 (01010010) DS1 Line-No19 (01100110) DS1 Line-All (00100110) Amount is the number of Channel Codeword to be generated: 1 to 15 (Default is 10). Inject generates the defined loopback command.  MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 341 Test Functions FEAC Received Messages Displays current and previous alarms/status and loopback commands as well as the link activity for the received DS3 signal. Link Activity  None (All 1’s): An all ones pattern (11111111 11111111) has been  detected in the last second. Alarm/Status: An Alarm/Status codeword has been detected in the ...
  • Page 342 A valid message is detected only when receiving 10 consecutive occurrences of a specific Loopback Command immediately followed by 10 occurrences of a specific Channel Codeword. Previous displays the last valid message received excluding the  actual Current message. MAX-800 Series...

  • Page 343: Oh Bert

    Test Functions OH BERT OH BERT The OH BERT validates the integrity of some overhead bytes on the top layer of an OTN test signal. The OH bytes are bundled as group for test purposes. From the Test menu, tap Functions, and the OH BERT tab. Note: Only supported with Coupled topology.
  • Page 344 Only configurable when the test is not running. Once enabled, the FTFL configuration and alarm generation and monitoring in the main test are not available for the top ODU layer. Only configurable when not enabled in the test and when the test is not running. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 345 Test Functions OH BERT The current and history status for enabled overhead group is as follows: Mode Status BERT SYNC Green No alarms/errors. Overhead group bytes are synchronized. Alarms/errors condition detected. Un-synchronized overhead group bytes condition detected. Gray Pending state BERT Overhead group selector: Allows selection of the overhead group on ...

  • Page 346: Oh (Otn)

    OA1 bytes and OA2 bytes are individually configurable from 00 to FF. The default values are F6 for all OA1 bytes and 28 for all OA2 bytes. MFAS, column 7, OTU MFAS: The Multi-Frame Alignment Signal byte is  not configurable. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 347 Test Functions OH - OTN SM, columns 8-10, OTU OH: The Section Monitoring contains the  following bytes. The first SM byte (column 8) contains the TTI multiframe byte that is only configurable from Traces (OTN) on page 195. The second SM byte (column 9) contains the BIP-8 byte that is automatically generated for each frame.
  • Page 348 Bits 1-6, Reserved (RES), are configurable from binary 000000 (default) to 111111. Bits 7-8, Justification Control (JC), are configurable from binary 00 (default) to 11. Not available with ODU mux. Changing the JC value will corrupt the payload. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 349 Test Functions OH - OTN Row 3 TCM3/TCM2/TCM1, columns 1-9, ODU OH: See TCM6/TCM5/TCM4 on  page 340 for more information. PM, column 10-12, ODU OH: The Path Monitoring overhead contains  the following bytes. The first PM byte (column 10) contains the TTI byte that is not configurable.
  • Page 350 RX OH Byte Details displays the content of the selected OH RX byte.  Tap on any OH RX byte to see its content Legend TX/RX indicates the path level for all OH bytes.  MAX-800 Series...

  • Page 351: Oh (Sonet/Sdh)

    Test Functions OH - SONET/SDH OH - SONET/SDH The SONET/SDH OH page allows modifying (TX) the overhead information to be transmitted and viewing (RX) the overhead information received. From the Test menu, tap Functions, and the OH tab. Tap on any overhead byte in TX to modify its value. Tap on any overhead byte in RX to see its detailed content/value.
  • Page 352 STS-N/STM-N frame of a composite signal. E1: Orderwire. Provides a 64 Kbit/s voice channel for communication  between two STEs (Section Terminating Equipment). This byte is only defined for the first STS-1/STM-1 frame of a composite signal. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 353 Test Functions OH - SONET/SDH F1: User/User Channel. This byte is reserved for user purposes. This  byte is only defined for the first STS-1/STM-1 frame of a composite signal. D1, D2, and D3: Data Communications Channel (DCC). Provides a ...
  • Page 354 S1 (SDH): Synchronization Status. Bits 5 to 8 of the S1 byte are used to  carry the synchronization messages of the SDH device. This byte is only defined for the first STS-1/STM-1 frame of a composite signal. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 355 Test Functions OH - SONET/SDH M0 or M1/Z2 (SONET)  M0: REI-L: The M1 byte is used for line Remote Error Indication (REI-L) For STS-1e and OC-1: The M0 byte located in the STS-1 indicates  BIP violations. M0, bits Indicates 234 5678 000 0000...
  • Page 356 M0 and M1 bytes indicates BIP violations (refer to REI-L Computation Method on page 178). For M1 Only computation method: Indicates 0000 0000 0 BIP violation 0000 0001 1 BIP violation 1111 1111 255 BIP violations MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 357 Test Functions OH - SONET/SDH For M0 and M1 computation method: Indicates Located in STS-1 #4 Located in STS-1 #7 0000 0000 0000 0000 0 BIP violation 0000 0000 0000 0001 1 BIP violation 0000 0110 0000 0000 1536 BIP violations 0000 0110 to 0000 0001 to 0 BIP violation...
  • Page 358 64 byte fixed string to verify connection between path transmitting equipment and path receiving equipment. B3: BIP-8. The BIP-8 (Bit-Interleaved Parity) byte provides path error  monitoring. The byte is calculated by performing a even-parity check over all bits of the previous SPE. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 359 Test Functions OH - SONET/SDH C2: Signal Label. Entering a C2 byte value will automatically update the  Path Signal Label (C2) selection and vice versa. Refer to STS/AU Path (C2) on page 120 for more information. Description (Hex.) SONET Unequipped UNEQ or supervisory-UNEQ Equipped - Non-Specific...
  • Page 360 F2: User Channel. The User Channel provides a 64 Kbit/s channel for  communication between two PTEs. This byte is only defined for the first STS-1/STM-1 frame of a composite signal. H4: Multiframe Indicator. The H4 byte provides a multiframe phase  indication of a VT/TU payload. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 361 Test Functions OH - SONET/SDH Z3 and Z4:  SONET only: Growth.  SDH only: User Channel. The Path User Channel provides a channel for communication purposes between path elements and is payload dependent.  SDH only: Automatic Protection Switching (APS). Bits 1 to 4 of the K3 byte are used for APS signaling.
  • Page 362 V5 SONET Unequipped Unequipped or supervisory-unequipped Reserved (Equipped - Non-specific) Asynchronous Bit Synchronous Byte Synchronous Extended Signal Label Test Signal, ITU-T 0.181 specific mapping VT SPE AIS (TCM) VC-AIS (TCM) These bytes cannot be selected in receive mode. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 363 Test Functions OH - SONET/SDH If the signal label in V5 (bits 5, 6, and 7) is 101 the contents of the extended signal label is valid and contains in a 32 bit multiframe as shown below. See Z7/K4 Structure shown below. Z7/K4 Structure J2 Trace.
  • Page 364 These bits in combination with bit 8 of V5 are Optional use. allocated for RDI -V/ERDI-V signal unassigned and reserved for a lower order path data link. Default all OH Returns all TX overhead bytes to their factory default values. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 365 Test Functions Ping & Trace Route Ping & Trace Route From the Test menu, tap Functions, and the Ping & Trace Route tab. Note: For Dual Port topology select the port to be displayed. Source IP Address Displays or allows the selection of either the interface source IP address or a stream IP address depending on the test and its configuration.
  • Page 366 Continuous to ping continuously until manually stopped. If n-Attempts is selected, enter the number of ping attempts from 1 to 100. The default setting is n-Attempts with 4 attempts. Ping button starts the ping tool with the specified settings.  MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 367 Test Functions Ping & Trace Route Trace Route Max Hop Count: Enter the maximum network device the packet is  allowed to go through. Choices are 1 to 255; 128 by default. Timeout (ms): Enter the maximum time allowed between an ICMP ...
  • Page 368 MTU of the outgoing link. It is only applicable for the IPv6 version. Undefined For any other errors in ping/trace route that do not fall into one of the above description. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 369 Test Functions Ping & Trace Route Replied Details  For ping, indicates the IP address of the replier, the buffer size of the ICMP echo response, the time of response in milliseconds, and the TTL of the ICMP echo response. For trace route, indicates the IP address of the replier, and the time of response in milliseconds.

  • Page 370: Pointer Adjustment

    TU-n (SDH): 1 (default) to 1000. For multiple pointer adjustments, the pointer adjustment rate is 1 adjustment at every 4 multiframes. Increment button sends the positive pointer adjustment defined.  Decrement button sends the negative pointer adjustment defined.  Pointer Value indicates the current pointer value.  MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 371 Test Functions Pointer Adjustment Jump New Pointer allows selecting a new pointer value:  For STS/AU: 0 (default) to 782 For VT/TU: Path Range VT1.5 0 to 103 0 to 139 TU-3 0 to 764 TU-11 0 to 103 TU-12 0 to 139 Inject button sends the new pointer value.
  • Page 372 STS-x, VT1.5, VT2, AU-x, TU-3, TU-11, TU-12 Periodic pointer adjustment continuous with Cancel STS-x, VT1.5, VT2, AU-x, TU-3, TU-11, TU-12 Periodic pointer adjustment 26-1 pattern VT1.5, TU-11 Periodic 26-1 with Add VT1.5, TU-11 Periodic 26-1 with Cancel VT1.5, TU-11 MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 373 Test Functions Pointer Adjustment Initialization / Cool Down / Sequence  The following time line examples show the initialization, cool down, and the pointer sequence according to the selected sequence and parameters. Example 1: Periodic 87-3 with Cancel Example 2: Regular pointers plus one double pointer Legend: Description When located at the end (right) of the sequence, indicates a continuous repetition of the pointer...
  • Page 374 Periodic pointer adjustment 26-1 pattern 0.2 s to 10 s (default 1 s) Periodic 26-1 with Add 2 ms 0.2 s to 10 s (default 1 s) Periodic 26-1 with Cancel 0.2 s to 10 s (default 1 s) MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 375 Test Functions Pointer Adjustment T1 (s) represents the interval between two pointer events.  Example of Single pointer of opposite polarity sequence. T2 (s) represents the interval between successions of pointer  events. Example of Regular pointers with one missing pointer sequence.
  • Page 376 T5 (s) represents the interval between successions of pointer  events in a Periodic pointer sequence. Example of Periodic 87-3 with Cancel sequence. T6 (s) represents the interval between successions of pointer  events. Example of Phase transient sequence. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 377 Test Functions Pointer Adjustment Increment/Decrement allows determining if the pointer sequence will  increment (positive) or decrement (negative) the pointer values. Periodic check box when selected, generates the pointer sequence  continuously. The pointer sequence is generated only once when the Periodic check box is cleared.
  • Page 378 Periodic 26-1 with Cancel Cancel sequence Duration = 30 sec The basic sequence corresponds to the pointer event pattern defined in the standard without any Add or extra Cancel event. Only available when the Periodic check box is selected. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 379 Test Functions Pointer Adjustment RX Pointer Adjustment Pointer Value  For STS/AU: Displays the value for the pointer, H1 and H2, indicating the offset in bytes between the pointer and the first byte of the STS-n (SONET) or AU-n (SDH). For VT/TU: Displays the value of the pointer, V1 and V2, indicating the offset in bytes between the pointer and the first byte of the VTn (SONET) or TU-n (SDH) of the high order path.
  • Page 380 Allows the selection of the round trip delay test mode. Choices are Single (default) and Continuous. Single allows testing the round trip delay once.  Continuous allows testing the round trip delay continuously in a  repetitive manner (one RTD measurement every 2 seconds). MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 381 Test Functions Measure Delay Button Allows enabling the round trip delay measurement. For Single mode, the test is performed once and stops (the Measure Delay button turns off by itself). The Measure Delay button is only available when the test is running. For Continuous mode, the test is performed continuously until the RTD test or the test case itself is stopped.
  • Page 382 Indicates the total number of successful and failed measurements. Successful: A measurement is declared successful when the RTD is smaller or equal to 2 seconds. Failed: A measurement is declared failed when the RTD is > 2 seconds. MAX-800 Series...

  • Page 383: Signaling Bits

    Test Functions Signaling Bits Signaling Bits Allows generation and monitoring of the signaling bits. Only available for DSn/PDH BERT framed test with DS0/E0 enabled. From the Test menu, tap Functions and the Signaling Bits tab. Note: Two signaling bits (AB) are available for SF or SLC-96 framing while four signaling bits (ABCD) are available for ESF.
  • Page 384 Test Functions Signaling Bits RX Signaling Channel/AB/ABCD table: The monitoring of signaling bits of either the 24 - DS0 channels or 30 - E0 channels is performed when the test is running. MAX-800 Series...

  • Page 385: Spare Bits

    Test Functions Spare Bits Spare Bits Note: Spare Bits are not available when the framing is set to Unframed. From the Test menu, tap Functions, tap the Spare Bits tab. Tap a spare bits field to set its value. Note: All spare bits are reserved for national use and should be set to 1 when not used.
  • Page 386 1 and 2. Possible values are either 0 and 1 or 0000 to 1111 depending on the framing. TS16 Frame 0 Bit 5, 7, 8 are located in bit 5, 7, and 8 from Timeslot  16 of frame 0 of a E1 signal. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 387 11 Test Control This chapter describes the test control buttons available on the right navigation bar of the application. Button For more information, see: Discover Remote Discover Remote Button on page 380 Inject Inject Button on page 385 Laser Laser Button on page 385 Lpbk Tool Lpbk Tool Button (Loopback Tool) on page 386 Report...
  • Page 388 EXFO Datacom remote unit or connecting to a third party remote device in loopback mode. The remote unit is used to loop back the traffic; for an EXFO unit it could be via Smart Loopback or Dual Test Set (DTS) for simultaneous bidirectional RFC 2544, or EtherSAM results.
  • Page 389 The discovered units are listed in the table with their IP Address, Remote ID, Capabilities, and Status information. Remote ID, Capabilities, and Status are only available for remote MAX-800 Series, FTB-700G/800 Series, FTB-800v2 Series, and 88000 Series units. Capabilities indicates the loopback capabilities of the remote unit ...
  • Page 390 Loop Up command. Following a successful connection, the IP address of the remote unit will be used as the destination IP address for the test. Disconnect ends the connection between the local and the  remote units. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 391 Test Control Discover Remote Button Remote Modules Discovery (3rd Party Loopback) User Stream Destination from Test Application check box when  selected (default), it uses the stream destination configuration parameters from the test application to communicate with the third-party loopback unit. Only available with single-stream test applications.
  • Page 392 Loop Down ends the connection between the local and the  remote units. Local Module Identification Module ID is used to easily identify this unit in case another unit is performing a discovery scan. Up to 16 alpha-numeric characters are allowed. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 393 Test Control Inject Button Inject Button Injects alarms/errors based on settings from the Inject Button on page 254. Laser Button The Laser button enables or disables the laser for optical interfaces. For Dual Port topology, enables or disables the laser for both optical interfaces (ports).
  • Page 394 Note: The Loopback Tool is independent from the main test Start/Stop, Reset and Test Timer. Note: Enabling/disabling the Laser control affects both the main test application and the Loopback Tool when applicable (if both test and tool are using an optical port). MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 395 Test Control Lpbk Tool Button (Loopback Tool) Loopback Tool tab The Loopback Tool tab allows the configuration of the loopback parameters and displays the traffic statistics. Press the Lpbk Tool button and select the Loopback Tool tab. Status: The status field displays the current status of the Loopback test. ...
  • Page 396 (including bad frames, Broadcast frames and Multicast frames) in frame per second. Frame Count indicates the total number of transmitted/received  valid and invalid frames. Loopback button starts/stops looping back the frames/packets that are  received. The default value is disabled. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 397 Test Control Lpbk Tool Button (Loopback Tool) Interface Tab Physical Interface Interface/Rate allows the selection of the loopback tool interface rate:  10/100/1000M Electrical (default), 100M Optical, 1GE Optical, or 10GE LAN. Connector displays the unused unit’s port (on the same transceiver ...
  • Page 398 MDI or MDIX cable type. Local Clock is only available with 1GE electrical interface and allows  setting the provenance of the clock: Master (default), or Slave, or Auto 1. Auto is only available when the Auto-Negotiation check box is selected. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 399 Test Control Lpbk Tool Button (Loopback Tool) Network tab Refer to Network on page 134 for more information. SFP/SFP+ tab Refer to QSFP/SFP on page 87 for more information. 2. Auto is only available when the Auto-Negotiation check box is selected. MaxTester...
  • Page 400 My Documents:  Users\<User>\Documents\800-MaxTester\Reports Others, use Browse to select a specific file location that will be  displayed under Others. Removable Drives is only available when there is a removable  disk/key connected to the MAX-800 Series USB port. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 401 Test Control Report Button Config/Save Tab The Config/Save tab allows configuring the report parameters and generating/saving the report. Tap the Report button and the Config/Save tab. Job Information parameters, not mandatory, are used to identify the  source of the report. Enter the following job information if required: Job ID, Contractor Name, Customer Name, Operator Name, Circuit ID, and Comment.
  • Page 402 Import/Export (see page 396) then select the new logo from the list. Documents\800-MaxTester\Reports\Images Supported picture file formats are jpg, gif, bmp, and png. Save Report button generates and saves the report on the selected  media (Save to). MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 403 Test Control Report Button Open Tab Report files can be opened from this page. Tap the Report button and the Open tab. To open a saved report: 1. Select the file location (see File Location on page 392). 2. Select the report file from the list. 3.
  • Page 404 2. Select the file location (see File Location on page 392). 3. Select the file(s) to be deleted by selecting its corresponding check box or tap the (Un)Select All button to select or unselect all files. 4. Tap the Delete button. 5. Tap YES to confirm the deletion. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 405 Test Control Reset Button Reset Button Tap the Reset button to clear results, statistics, and logger content. The Reset button is only available when the test is running. Note: The Reset button is not available for EtherSAM, RFC 2544, Cable Test, and Smart Loopback test applications.
  • Page 406 Others offers two file locations: use Factory Defined for factory  defined configuration files or select Browse to create a user defined file location. Removable Drives is only available when there is a removable  disk/key connected to the MAX-800 Series USB port. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 407 Test Control Save/Load Button Save/Load Tab Tap the Save/Load button and the Save/Load tab. The save function stores the configuration of the unit including all test settings to a file. To save a configuration: 1. Select the file location (see File location on page 398). 2.
  • Page 408 1. Select Favorites from either My Documents or Public Documents. 2. Select the file from the list. 3. Tap the Remove from Favorites button. The file will be moved into the Configurations folder of its corresponding location (either My Documents or Public Documents). MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 409 Test Control Save/Load Button Import/Export Tab Configuration files can be transferred to and from an external USB media as well as deleted. Tap the Save/Load button and the Import/Export tab. To import/export a test configuration: 1. Select the source file location (see File location on page 398). 2.
  • Page 410 Enables traffic generation for all enabled streams. Some conditions, such as ARP not resolved, link down, etc., may prevent the stream to be transmitted. Note: While the test is running the TX button is available to enable/disable traffic generation. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 411 Sleep mode is also considered as a power failure condition. When the power returns, the automatic power failure recovery restarts the MAX-800 Series, the unit application, then selects, configures, and starts the test if it was running before the power failure.
  • Page 412 From Mini ToolBox, tap on the System Settings button, the Startup Applications button, and select the model’s check box. 2. Enable the MAX-800 Series automatic power on feature (refer to the MAX-800 Series user guide for more information): 2a. From Mini ToolBox, tap on the System Settings button, and the Startup Applications button.
  • Page 413 Power Failure Recovery When Using the Test Timer When Using the Test Timer Refer to Timer on page 193 for more information on test timer. The test that was running will be re-created and started after a power failure if conditions described above are met in addition with the following test time conditions: The start time has not expired during the power failure.
  • Page 415 13 Maintenance To help ensure long, trouble-free operation: Always inspect fiber-optic connectors before using them and clean  them if necessary. Keep the unit free of dust.  Clean the unit casing and front panel with a cloth slightly dampened ...
  • Page 416 1. Use a clean dry air (CDA) or a air gun to blow out the dust or contamination. 2. Re-inspect the connector. 3. If the connector is still not clean, use a commercial cleaner recommended by the transceiver manufacturer. Note: Refer to the transceiver manufacturer for more detailed cleaning recommendations and instructions. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 417 EXFO unit. Under normal use, the recommended interval for your unit is: 2 years. For newly delivered units, EXFO has determined that the storage of this product for up to six months between calibration and shipment does not affect its performance (EXFO Policy PL-03).
  • Page 418 (2 years) To ensure that your unit conforms to the published specifications, calibration may be carried out at an EXFO service center or, depending on the product, at one of EXFO’s certified service centers. Calibrations at EXFO are performed using standards traceable to national metrology institutes.
  • Page 419 14 Troubleshooting Solving Common Problems Before calling EXFO’s technical support, please read the following common problems that can occur and their respective solution. Problem Possible Cause Solution Optical Laser LED is off and the The Laser On option is disabled.
  • Page 420 Contacting the Technical Support Group To obtain after-sales service or technical support for this product, contact EXFO at one of the following numbers. The Technical Support Group is available to take your calls from Monday to Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
  • Page 421 15 Warranty General Information EXFO Inc. (EXFO) warrants this equipment against defects in material and workmanship for a period of one year from the date of original shipment. EXFO also warrants that this equipment will meet applicable specifications under normal use.
  • Page 422 Liability Liability EXFO shall not be liable for damages resulting from the use of the product, nor shall be responsible for any failure in the performance of other items to which the product is connected or the operation of any system of which the product may be a part.
  • Page 423 Warranty Exclusions Exclusions EXFO reserves the right to make changes in the design or construction of any of its products at any time without incurring obligation to make any changes whatsoever on units purchased. Accessories, including but not limited to fuses, pilot lamps, batteries and universal interfaces (EUI) used with EXFO products are not covered by this warranty.
  • Page 424 5. Return the equipment, prepaid, to the address given to you by support personnel. Be sure to write the RMA number on the shipping slip. EXFO will refuse and return any package that does not bear an RMA number.
  • Page 425 Fax: +86 (755) 2955 3101 Xintian Avenue, support.asia@exfo.com Fuhai, Bao’An District, Shenzhen, China, 518103 To view EXFO's network of partner-operated Certified Service Centers nearest you, please consult EXFO's corporate website for the complete list of service partners: http://www.exfo.com/support/services/instrument-services/ exfo-service-centers. MaxTester...
  • Page 427 The operation and storage temperatures, as well as the altitude, and humidity of some models may differ from those specified for your MAX-800 Series unit. In this case, always ensure that you comply with the most restrictive conditions (either from this section or in the MAX-800 Series user guide).
  • Page 428 Storing: -40 °C to 70 °C (-40 °F to 158 °F) Relative 0 % to 95 %, non-condensing humidity Maximum 5000 m (16000 ft) operation altitude Pollution degree 3 Measurement Not rated for measurement categories II, III, or IV category MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 429 Glossary Acronym List 10B_ERR 10B_Error Help Alternating Current Associated Channel Header Activity Alarm Indication Signal Alternate Mark Inversion Automatic Protection Switching Asynchronous Transfer Mode AU-n Administrative Unit-n Attachment Unit Interface B8ZS Bipolar with 8 Zero Substitution Buffer to Buffer Background Block Error BBER Background Block Error Ratio Backward Defect Indication...
  • Page 430 100 Gbit/s Attachment Unit Interface CAGE Commerce And Government Entities Constant Bit Rate Committed Burst Size Continuity Check Continuity Check Message Congestion Encountered Connectivity Defect Client Data Frames European Conformity cHEC core Header Error Check Channel IDentifier Committed Information Rate Clock MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 431 Glossary Acronym List Client Management Frames CORR Correctable Class Of Service CPRI Common Public Radio Interface Cyclic Redundancy Check CRC-4 Cyclic Redundancy Check on 4 bits CRITIC Critical Client Signal Fail Comma Separated Value Code Violation Code Word Destination MAC Address DAPI Destination Access Point Identifier Distributed Antenna Systems...
  • Page 432 Ethernet Equipment Clock Error Free Second eHEC extension Header Error Check Excess Information Rate EoOTN Ethernet over OTN ERDI Enhanced RDI Errored Second ESMC Ethernet Synchronization Message Channel Extended Superframe Errored Second Ratio EXFO Universal Interfaces Extension Header Identifier MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 433 Glossary Acronym List Extension Header Mismatch EXT CLK External Clock Frame Alignment Signal Fibre Channel Federal Communications Commission Frame Check Sequence Frame Delay Forward Defect Indication Forward Error Correction FLOGI Fabric Login Frame Loss Ratio Frame Per Second Forward Signal Degrade Forward Signal Fail Generic Associated Channel Label Gigabit Ethernet...
  • Page 434 High Order Path - Hertz Incoming Alignment Error IAIS Incoming Alarm Indication Signal Identification International Electrotechnical Commission Incoming Error Count IEEE Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers IFDV Inter-Frame Delay Variation Input Internet Protocol IPDV Inter Packet Delay Variation MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 435 Glossary Acronym List IPTV Internet Protocol Television Interframe Gap IPv4 Internet Protocol version 4 IPv6 Internet Protocol version 6 IQ Data In-Phase and Quadrature modulation data (digital baseband signal) ISDN Integrated Services Digital Network In-Service Monitoring Justification Control Line CPRI Layer 1 CPRI Layer 2 Local Area Network Loopback Message...
  • Page 436 Loss Of Pulse Per Second - Remote Loss Of Pointer Loss Of Recovery Loss Of Signal Least-Significant Bit Label Switch Path Label Switching Router Loss of Sequence Synchronization Loss of Tandem Connection Link Trace Message Link Trace Reply MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 437 Glossary Acronym List Minute Meter Maintenance Association Media Access Control MAID Maintenance Association Identification Mbit/s Megabit per second Maintenance Domain Media Dependant Interface (straight through Ethernet cable) MDIO Management Data Input/Output MDIX Media Dependant Interface Crossover (crossover Ethernet cable) Maintenance Entity ME Group MEG ID MEG Identification...
  • Page 438 Open Connection Indication Outgoing Defect Indication Optical Data Unit Outgoing Error Indication Overhead Out-Of-Frame Out-Of-Multiframe Out-Of-Recovery Generic Mapping Procedure Out Of Synchronization Out-Of-Sequence OOSM Out-Of-Service Monitoring Optical Payload Unit Open Radio equipment Interface Optical channel Transport Lane Optical Transport Network MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 439 Glossary Acronym List Optical Transport Unit Organizationally Unique Identifier OUTput Path Personal Computer Path Connectivity Defect Physical Coding Sublayer Payload Defect Powered Device Payload Defect Indication Protocol Data Unit Provider Edge pFCS payload Frame Check Sequence Payload Frame Check Sequence Identifier Physical Layer Device Payload Length Indicator Payload Label Mismatch...
  • Page 440 Quad Small Form Factor Pluggable R-LOF Remote - Loss Of Frame R-LOS Remote - Loss Of Signal Remote Alarm Indication Reverse Defect Indication Remote Defect Indication Radio Equipment Radio Equipment Control Remote Error Indicator Reserved Remote Failure Indication Return Merchandise Authorization MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 441 Glossary Acronym List Remote Radio Head Regenerator Section Round Trip Delay Round Trip Time Receive second Section S-OAM Service - OAM S-VLAN Service Virtual Local Area Network Source MAC Address SAPI Source Access Point Identifier Superblock Server Defect Synchronous Digital Hierarchy Service Access Point Defect Indication Service Disruption Time SDTV...
  • Page 442 Stratum 1 Traceable Stratum 2 Traceable Stratum 3 Traceable ST3E Stratum 3E Traceable Synchronous Transport Module Synchronous Transport Signal Synchronized - Traceability Unknown SYMB Symbol Software Traffic Class Tandem Connection Monitoring Transport Control Protocol tHEC type Header Error Check MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 443 Glossary Acronym List Terahertz Trace Identifier Mismatch Type, Length, and Value Transit Node Clock Traceable Type Of Service Test PDU Trail Trace Identifier Time To Live Tributary Unit Tributary Unit Group Transmit Unavailable Second end-User Equipment User Data Protocol UNCORR Uncorrectable UNEQ Unequipped...
  • Page 444 Glossary Acronym List VIOL Violation VLAN Virtual Local Area Network VoIP Voice over Internet Protocol Virtual Tributary VT Group Wide Area Network WAN Interface Sublayer World Wide Name MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 445 Glossary Ethernet Cables Ethernet Cables Minimum Category 3 cable is required for 10Base-T connection while Category 5 cable is required for 100Base-TX and 1000Base-T connections. Maximum cable length (between two nodes) for 10Base-T, 100Base-TX, or 1000Base-T connection is 328 feet (100 meters). Straight Through Cable (10/100 Mbit/s) ...
  • Page 446 Glossary Ethernet Cables Straight Through Cable (1000 Mbit/s)  Crossover Cable (1000 Mbit/s)  MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 447 Glossary G.709 Optical Transport Network (OTN) G.709 Optical Transport Network (OTN) Overview The optical transport network (OTN) combines the benefits of SONET/SDH technology with the bandwidth expansion capabilities offered by dense wavelength-division multiplexing (DWDM) technology. The OTN consists of the following layers: Optical Transport Section (OTS) ...
  • Page 448 The OTU also encapsulates two additional layers—the ODU and the OPU— which provide access to the payload (SONET, SDH, etc.). These layers are normally terminated at the same location. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 449 Glossary G.709 Optical Transport Network (OTN) The OTU, ODU (including the ODU tandem connection) and OPU layers can all be analyzed and monitored. As per ITU G.709, current test solutions offer these possibilities using the following line rates: OTU1 (255/238 x 2.488 320 Gbit/s ≈ 2.666057143 Gbit/s) also referred to ...
  • Page 450 Glossary G.709 Optical Transport Network (OTN) In order to map client signals via ITU G.709, they are encapsulated using the structure illustrated in the following figure. Basic OTN Transport Structure MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 451 Glossary G.709 Optical Transport Network (OTN) As depicted above, to create an OTU frame, a client signal rate is first adapted at the OPU layer. The adaptation consists of adjusting the client signal rate to the OPU rate. Its overhead contains information to support the adaptation of the client signal.
  • Page 452 G.709 Optical Transport Network (OTN) OTU Frame Structure and Overhead As shown in the figure below, the OTU frame is broken down into the following components: Framing  OTL, OTU, ODU, OPU overhead  OTU FEC  OTU Frame Description MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 453 Glossary G.709 Optical Transport Network (OTN) Framing  The OTU framing is divided into two portions: FAS and MFAS. The frame alignment signal (FAS) uses the first six bytes and, similarly to SONET/SDH, it is used to provide framing for the entire signal. In order to provide enough 1/0 transitions for synchronization, scrambling is used over the entire OTU frame, except for the FAS bytes.
  • Page 454 TTI is distributed over the multiframe and is 64 bytes in length. It is repeated four times over the multiframe. General communication channel 0 (GCC0) is a clear channel used for transmission of information between OTU termination points. The reserved (RES) bytes are currently undefined in the standard. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 455 Glossary G.709 Optical Transport Network (OTN) Optical Data Unit (ODU)  The ODU overhead is broken into several fields: RES, PM, TCMi, TCM ACT, FTFL, EXP , GCC1/GCC2 and APS/PCC. The reserved (RES) bytes are undefined and are set aside for future applications.
  • Page 456 Asynchronous Mapping Procedure (AMP) and Generic Mapping Procedure (GMP). For a purely Bit-Synchronous Mapping Procedure (BMP) (client source and OPU clock are the same), the JC bytes become reserved (set to 0). Concatenation bytes are also available as described in ITU G.709. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 457 Glossary G.709 Optical Transport Network (OTN) Tandem Connection Monitoring (TCM) TCM enables the user and its signal carriers to monitor the quality of the traffic that is transported between segments or connections in the network. SONET/SDH allowed a single level of TCM to be configured, while ITU G.709 allows six levels of tandem connection monitoring to be configured.
  • Page 458 (OH) byte, the first payload byte and the first FEC byte, and so on for the remaining sub-rows of each row in the frame. The first FEC byte starts at position 240 for all sub-rows. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 459 Glossary G.709 Optical Transport Network (OTN) The FEC uses a Reed-Solomon RS (255/239) coding technique. This means that 239 bytes are required to compute a 16-byte parity check. The FEC can correct up to eight (bytes) errors per sub-row (codeword) or detect up to 16 byte errors without correcting any.
  • Page 460 ODU2 is made by distributing the ODU1 structure in a repetitive sequence of 4 ODU2 Tributary slots, a similar strategy is used for ODU3 multiplexing where the repetitive sequence is made of 16 ODU3 tributary slots, refer to G.709 standard for detailed information. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 461 Glossary G.709 Optical Transport Network (OTN) The main attributes of the ODU multiplexer functionality are as follows: The Asynchronous Mapping Procedure (AMP) is used for multiplexing  the tributary signals; this method uses a modified Justification Control mechanism which has 2 positive Justification Control bytes and one negative Justification Control byte.
  • Page 462 Client of the ODUflex CBR function. This CBR function needs a Pattern generator that can operate at a data rate specified by the user, the range of the available data rates is qualified by the Bandwidth management function. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 463 Glossary G.709 Optical Transport Network (OTN) OTN Signal Rates Rate Signal 2.666057143 Gbit/s OTU1 10.709225316 Gbit/s OTU2 111.81 OTU4 MaxTester...
  • Page 464 MPLS Labels MPLS Labels The MPLS labels are listed in the following table. Label Description IPv4 explicit null Router alert IPv6 explicit null Implicit null OAM alert 4 to 13, and 15 Unassigned 16 to 1048575 Label ID MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 465 Glossary SONET/DSn/SDH/PDH SONET/DSn/SDH/PDH SONET/DSn/SDH/PDH Nomenclature The GUI will used the International or European nomenclature based on the SONET and SDH software options installed on the unit. Software option Nomenclature SONET only International SDH only European SONET and SDH International Signal Rates SDH/PDH Rate SONET/DSn...
  • Page 466 Glossary SONET/DSn/SDH/PDH SONET/SDH High and Low Order Path Nomenclature Path Type SONET High Order AU-3 STS-1 AU-4 STS-3c AU-4-4c STS-12c AU-4-16c STS-48c AU-4-64c STS-192c Low Order TUG-3 TUG-2 TU-11 VT1.5 TU-12 TU-3 MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 467 Glossary SONET/DSn/SDH/PDH SONET/SDH Alarms and Errors Nomenclature Layer SONET Physical BPV/CV Section / Regenerator Section LOF-S RS-LOF RS-OOF TIM-S RS-TIM FAS-S RS-FAS Line / Multiplex Section AIS-L MS-AIS RDI-L MS-RDI REI-L MS-REI High Order Path AIS-P AU-AIS LOP-P AU-LOP H4-LOM H4-LOM PDI-P RDI-P...
  • Page 468 Glossary SONET/DSn/SDH/PDH Layer SONET Low Order Path AIS-V TU-AIS LOP-V TU-LOP RDI-V LP-RDI ERDI-VCD ERDI-CD ERDI-VPD ERDI-PD ERDI-VSD ERDI-SD RFI-V LP-RFI UNEQ-V LP-UNEQ TIM-V LP-TIM PLM-V LP-PLM BIP-2 BIP-2 REI-V LP-REI MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 469 Glossary SONET/DSn/SDH/PDH SONET Numbering Convention The unit supports the Timeslot (default) and hierarchical two-level numbering conventions as per GR-253. Hierarchical Notation: The unit supports numbering SONET high order path STS-1s and STS-3c using the two-level “STS-3#,STS-1#”convention in an OC-N. For example: STS-1 [2,3].
  • Page 470 E: the AUG-64 are numbered 1 to 4  D: the AUG-16 are numbered 1 to 4  C: the AUG-4 are numbered 1 to 4  B: the AUG-1 are numbered 1 to 4  A: the AU-3 are numbered 1 to 3  MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 471 Glossary SONET/DSn/SDH/PDH Naming is as follows for each of the following rates: [E,D,C,B,A] for STM-256  [D,C,B,A] for STM-64  [C,B,A] for STM-16  [B,A] for STM-4  [0] for AU-4 in STM-1  [A] for AU-3 in STM-1  [A] for the AU-3 in STM-0e, A=0.
  • Page 472 TU-12:[K,L,M] where M = 1 to 3 TU-11:[K,L,M] where M = 1 to 4 Example for AU-3 (2 level convention) TU-2: [L,0] TU-12: [L,M] M is numbered 1 to 3 TU-11: [L,M] M is numbered 1 to 4 MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 473 Glossary SONET/DSn/SDH/PDH The GUI Grid indicates the TUG-2 [x] and TUG-3 [x] values. MaxTester...
  • Page 474 The E1 in DS3 via G.747 numbering uses the naming [DS2,E1]. However in the grid the label shall adapt itself to DS2 [x] or 6.3M [x] (where x = 1 to 7) with respect to the interface standard used: European or International. MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 475 Glossary VLAN ID and Priority VLAN ID and Priority Special VID values (IEEE Std 802.1Q-1998) Description The null VLAN ID. Indicates that the tag header contains only user priority information; no VLAN identifier is present in the frame. This VID value must not be configured as a PVID, configured in any Filtering Database entry, or used in any Management operation.
  • Page 477 Index Index Architecture..........321 ARM ............194 20 Unframed PCS ........75 Arrow buttons ..........27 4 Unframed Physical Lanes ......67 Arrows............63 4 Unframed XLAUI ........75 Attempts ........... 358 AU Path (C2)........120, 259 AU Path (J1)..........301 AU Path (N1) ........
  • Page 478 C2 ............. 120, 351 Control ............332 cable ............437 conventions, safety........2 Cable Mode........114, 390 Copy ............153 Cable Test..........53, 85 Copy From Throughput ......147 Calibration Failed ........373 Copy RX........257, 300, 301 MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 479 Index Copy Service..........153 Delete Step ..........104 Copy Services button......... 153 Destination Flooding ......... 124 Copy Stream button........183 Destination IP Address....127, 357, 383 Count ..........203, 374 Destination MAC Address ..123, 306, 383 Couple with Interface........ 121 Destination Node ID ........
  • Page 480 Ethernet Frame..........96 FEC-CORR-SYMB ........236 EtherSAM ............ 42 FEC-LOA............. 238 EtherType ..........124 FEC-LOAML..........238 Event ............261 FEC-STRESS-CW ......... 237 Event Count ..........328 FEC-UNCOR-CW ......... 238 Event Counts ..........329 FEC-UNCORR ..........237 Exc. Coll............. 218 MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 481 Index FEC-UNCORR-CW....... 222, 237 G.751 Bit 14, 15, 16 ......377, 378 Fixed..........105, 186 G1 ............. 352 Flood Range ..........125 GCC BERT........... 335 Flow Control........114, 390 GCC0 ............339 Traffic ..........305 GCC1 ............341 Flow Direction ........... 139 GCC2 ............
  • Page 482 Interface/Rate ........ 65, 72, 389 Label 2............263 Internal ......... 88, 92, 389 label, identification........412 Inv. Mapping..........219 Labels ..........120, 259 Inv. Marker........221, 233 Lanes Mapping & Skew ......314 Invert............. 80, 94 Lanes with Disruption........ 265 MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 483 Index LASER ............17 LOF-S ............239 Laser..........116, 161 Logger ............260 Laser OFF at Start-Up ......117, 162 Logger Full......... 281, 294, 297 Laser On ............ 411 Logical Lane........314, 315 Laser ON/OFF......117, 162, 318 Logo ............394 Last ............
  • Page 484 Min RX Power ........116, 161 No Defect Time..........83 Minimum ..........204 No NDF............371 Mismatch ’0’ ..........208 No Pattern Analysis (Live) ...... 78, 93 Mismatch ’1’ ..........208 No Traffic........... 208 Mixed ............122 No Traffic Time ..........94 MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 485 Index None ..........169, 171 OTU overhead..........444 None (All 1’s) ..........333 OTU1 ............175 Non-Unicast ..........303 OTU2 ............175 n-Ramp ............. 188 OTU4 ............175 Number ............. 178 OTUx............234 Number of Burst Sequence......98 OUI ............124 Number of Calls ........
  • Page 486 Ramp Nb. of Steps........189 Primary Port / Secondary Port...... 72 Ramp Test..........100 Priority ......125, 138, 324, 326 Random............. 186 PRM........... 326, 330 Random Mapping........316 PRM Bit Events ........328, 329 Range ............106 Rate ........... 185, 203, 254 MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 487 Index Rate Unit ........140, 153, 183 Resolve MAC Address ......123, 130 rates ..........455, 457 Restore Cable Test Defaults ......86 RDI ............211 Restore Default......96, 157, 192 RDI-L ..........240, 250 Restore Default at Start-Up......192 RDI-P ..........
  • Page 488 SFP .............. 87 safety Shaping ............. 188 caution ............ 2 Shaping button ......... 189 conventions ..........2 shipping to EXFO........416 warning ........... 2 Si0 ............. 377, 378 SAPI........... 196, 299 Si1 ............. 377, 378 SAPI ODU-TIM ........197, 299 Signal ............
  • Page 489 Index Start Time. 193, 281, 286, 290, 293, 294, 297, Subtests..........100, 140 RFC 2544..........142 Stateless Auto ....127, 128, 135, 136 Summary ........... 281 Static ......... 127, 129, 135, 137 Cable Test ..........286 Status ........ 293, 360, 373, 387 EtherSAM..........
  • Page 490 PM ............195 Time ..........261, 330 SAPI ODU-TIM ........197 Time Mode ..........260 SAPI OTU-TIM........197 Timeout..........358, 359 SAPI TCM-TIM ........197 Timer..........24, 59, 193 SM ............195 Timeslot ............ 178 TCM ............. 195 MAX-800 Series...
  • Page 491 Index TTL ............ 131, 358 TU ............. 247 V5.............. 354 TU Path ............. 180 Val............. 295 TU Path (N1)..........199 Valid Event Count........329 TU Path (V5) ........120, 259 Validations ..........144 TU Path (Z6 or N1 (TU-3)) ....199, 301 Value ............
  • Page 492 Index Z0.............. 344 Z1.............. 346 Z2.............. 349 Z3.............. 353 Z4.............. 353 Z5.............. 353 Z6.............. 355 Z7.............. 356 Zero Code Suppression......169 MAX-800 Series...
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