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THROUGHPUT VePAL TX300 Quick Reference Guide Home Menu The Home menu can be accessed at anytime during operation by pressing the Home key on the rubber keypad. The screen is divided into three presentation areas: Left LEDs: Displays soft LEDs associated with Errors...
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THROUGHPUT VePAL TX300 Quick Reference Guide IP Connection If a Layer 3 test is going to be performed, you must first go to IP in the Home menu and establish an IP connection. If a Layer 2 test is to be performed, it is recommended that an IP connection also be established to send loop up/loop down commands to a remote unit.
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THROUGHPUT VePAL TX300 Quick Reference Guide Configuration 10/100/1000Base-T, TX300 in CPE in SW 1000Base-X, or 10GE SW Loopback Loopback XFP Interface Network under test CAT 5/5E/6 Cable, 10/100/1000Base-T, Multimode (850 nm), or 1000Base-X, or 10GE Single-Mode (1310 nm) Fiber XFP Interface 1.
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THROUGHPUT VePAL TX300 Quick Reference Guide Configuration (cont’d) 5. Configure the test port settings in the Setup/Port Setup screen − 10/100/1000Base-T port settings: Auto Negotiation on or off, forced speed and duplex, and Flow Control − 1000 Base-X port settings: Auto Negotiation on or off and Flow Control −...
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THROUGHPUT VePAL TX300 Quick Reference Guide Configuration (cont’d) 8. From the Home menu, tap on Throughput. 9. Configure the General tab − Select a previously configured/stored profile (if available from the Header menu) − Select the number of streams to...
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THROUGHPUT VePAL TX300 Quick Reference Guide Configuration (cont’d) 12. Configure the Header tabs per stream; Select the Test Layer, Frame Type, and VLAN tag if applicable. Note: All streams will be configured for the same test layer. Header Setup 13. Configure the MAC...
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THROUGHPUT VePAL TX300 Quick Reference Guide Configuration (cont’d) 14. Select the DATA test pattern and RX Filter settings − If doing back-to-back testing with a second unit at the far end in Throughput Multiple Streams mode, select the same test pattern on both units.
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THROUGHPUT VePAL TX300 Quick Reference Guide Configuration (cont’d) 15. Configure the Traffic settings and Error Injection settings − Configure the frame size per stream and edit (if necessary) the allocated bandwidth per stream Traffic Setup To c o n f i g u r e...
THROUGHPUT VePAL TX300 Quick Reference Guide Global Results 16. When the test is started, the screen automatically changes to the Global Results tabs. − Global results available include: Aggregate (all streams) throughput, Signal (optical power levels), Stream Summary, Traffic Type, and Frame Size distributions.
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