About The Analyzer; General Specifications; A Look At The Analyzer External Connections And Leds; External Connectors - Fluke OptiView III Series Getting Started Manual

OptiView Series III
TM
Getting Started Guide

About the Analyzer

General Specifications

Analyzer Interfaces: 10/100/1000BASE-T (RJ-45), and 1000BASE-X and 100BASE-FX (SFP adapter)
Analyzer LEDs: Management Link (in RJ-45 connector), Power, 10/100/1000/Fiber Link, Utilization, Transmit,
Collision, and Errors
Test Access: Active termination to a switch port, switch span port, or a hub
Layer 2 Support: Ethernet
Management Port: 10/100/1000BASE-T (RJ-45)
Configuration Port: Serial RS-232 (9-pin male)
Capture Memory: 480 MBytes

A Look at the Analyzer External Connections and LEDs

External Connectors

MANAGEMENT: Remote control interface. Accepts 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX/1000BASE-TX twisted pair copper
cable.
10/100/1000 port: Network analysis interface. Accepts 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX/1000BASE-TX twisted pair
copper cable.
1000BASE-X: Network analysis interface. Accepts 100 and 1000BASE-X fiber adapters.

LEDs

Management Link (in RJ-45 connector): Indicates that link has been established on the Management
connection (green). Flashing green indicates activity is present.
Power (PWR): Indicates whether the analyzer is Off or On (blue).
10/100/1000/Fiber Link (LINK): Indicates one of the test interfaces is connected to the network and Link
has been established. Green = link established.
Utilization (UTIL): Indicates the percent of utilization the network under test interface is experiencing
(green = 0 - 49%, yellow = 50 - 79%, red = 80 - 100%).
Transmit (XMIT): Indicates analyzer transmit activity (yellow). When the analyzer is first powered on, it will
generate transmit activity while trying to identify devices on the network. Ping, Trace Route, Trace Switch
Route, and Traffic Generator will cause this LED to flash in proportion to the amount of transmit activity.
Collision (COLSN): Indicates by yellow flashing intensity the amount of Collisions being experienced on the
network (yellow).
Error (ERROR): Indicates by red flashing intensity the amount of Errors being experienced on the network
(red). The Ethernet layer 2 error types include CRC alignment, undersize, oversize, and jabber errors.
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