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Page 1 User Guide RTU-310/310G RTU-310/310G IP Services Test Head...
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: Table Of Contents
SHUT DOWN / RESTART Button .....................14 RTU-310/310G LEDs ......................15 VGA Port ..........................15 Console Port .........................15 USB Ports ..........................15 Installing the RTU-310/310G in a Rack ..................16 Connecting the Power ......................18 Turning the Unit On ......................21 Connecting the Test Interface Ports ..................22 Connecting the Management Interfaces ................28 Software Management ......................32...
Page 4 Advanced Auto-Neg. TX .....................154 Advanced Auto-Neg. RX .....................159 8 Stream Generation Tabs ................161 Overview ..........................162 Stream Configuration ......................166 PBB-TE ..........................175 MAC ...........................177 MPLS ..........................180 IP/UDP/TCP ..........................182 Payload ..........................185 Frame Configuration (Fibre Channel) ..................186 9 Stream Analyzer Tabs ................195 Overview ..........................195 Stream ..........................197 RTU-310/310G...
Page 5 FC Statistics ........................237 11 WIS Tabs ....................239 WIS TX ..........................239 WIS RX ..........................243 WIS OH RX ..........................246 12 IPTV Tabs ....................249 IPTV Testing with the RTU-310 ....................250 Discovery ..........................252 Overview ..........................256 MDI/TR 101 290 ........................271 IGMP ...........................278 Stream Information ......................284 13 Pattern Tabs ....................
Page 6 Ethernet (BERT) ........................377 Pattern (BERT) ........................379 20 System Tabs ....................381 Preferences .........................382 Default/Ethernet Test Preferences ..................384 IPv6 Test Preferences ......................386 FC Test Preferences ......................389 RTU Information .........................391 RTU Setup ...........................393 Software Options ........................396 Clock Synchronization ......................400 Alarms & Log ........................404 RTU-310/310G...
Page 7 Transportation ........................451 A Specifications ................... 453 Specifications for RTU-310 ....................453 Specifications for RTU-310G ....................462 B Using VNC to access the RTU-310/310G ........... 473 Installing the TightVNC .......................473 Remote Connection using TightVNC ...................474 Transferring files using TightVNC ..................475 C Acronym List ..................... 479...
Page 8 Frame Format Configuration ....................501 MAC Configuration ......................502 MPLS Configuration ......................503 UDP Configuration ......................505 TCP Configuration ......................505 Advanced TOS/DS .......................506 Ping ............................508 Filter Selection ........................510 Truncation Calculator ......................511 Field Match Configuration ....................512 Triggered Frame Details ......................514 Data Capture Export ......................515 viii RTU-310/310G...
Page 9: Certification Information
Electronic test and measurement equipment is exempt from FCC Part 15 compliance in the United States and from IC ICES 003 compliance in Canada. However, EXFO Inc. (EXFO) makes reasonable efforts to ensure compliance to the applicable standards. The limits set by these standards are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment.
Page 10 Declaration of Conformity. Laser This product complies with 21 CFR 1040.10 and with EN 60825-1. This product may employ a Class 1 or Class 1M laser SFP/XFP per IEC 60825-1. The laser classification is reproduced on the SFP/XFP . RTU-310/310G...
Page 11 Canada, G1M 2K2 Equipment Type/Environment: Test & Measurement / Industrial Trade Name/Model No.: IP Services Test Head / RTU-310/310G Standard(s) to which Conformity is Declared: EN 55022: 2006 + A1: 2007 Information technology equipment - Radio disturbance characteristics - Limits and methods of measurement EN 60950-1 :2001 +A11 :2004 Information technology equipment –...
Page 13: Introducing The Rtu-310/310G
Introducing the RTU-310/310G The RTU-310/310G is a powerful 24/7 network testing solution for IPTV and Ethernet services. Features High-performance probe hardware supporting hundreds of  simultaneous services Real-time measurement of over 35 IPTV metrics  Detailed Ethernet statistics and error reporting ...
Page 14 Introducing the RTU-310/310G Features Boot using USB drive  RTU health diagnostics  Remote restart  NTP server support with daylight saving option  Fully compliant with IEEE 802.3ae standard  Pluggable XFP base optical module  Capability to perform full-line-rate data capture and decode ...
Page 15: Models
The RTU-310 is equipped with two electrical 10/1000/1000 Mbps Ethernet port and two optical 100/1000 Mbps Ethernet port. The RTU-310G is equipped with one optical 10 Gbps Ethernet port. The RTU-310/310G unit is available either with AC or DC power connector.
Page 16 Introducing the RTU-310/310G Models RTU-310G AC version  DC version  RTU-310/310G...
Page 17: Optical Transceivers (Sfp)
Introducing the RTU-310/310G Option Option Option Description RTU-8580 Software key that enables the 1000 Mbps electrical and optical interfaces on the RTU-310 model. 100M Optical Software key that enables the 100 Mbps optical interface on the RTU-310. Optical Transceivers (SFP) Option Description...
Page 18: Optical Transceivers (Xfp)
Introducing the RTU-310/310G Optical Transceivers (XFP) Optical Transceivers (XFP) Option Description FTB-85900 850 nm short-wave optics (10GBASE-SR/SW) FTB-85901 1310 nm long-wave optics (10GBASE-LR/LW) FTB-85902 1550 nm long-wave optics (10GBASE-ER/EW) RTU-310/310G...
Page 19: Conventions
Introducing the RTU-310/310G Conventions Conventions Before using the product described in this manual, you should understand the following conventions: ARNING Indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not avoided, could result in death or serious injury. Do not proceed unless you understand and meet the required conditions.
Page 21: Safety Information
Use of optical instruments with this product will increase eye hazard. ARNING This product may employ a Class 1 or Class 1M SFP/XFP. ARNING When the LASER LED is on, the RTU-310/310G is receiving/emitting an optical signal. Ethernet Test Module...
Page 22: Installation Instruction Warnings
To minimize the risk of damage, dissipate static electricity by touching a grounded unpainted metal object before handling (or removing/inserting) an SFP/XFP. AUTION All telecom (electrical) interfaces are SELV (Safety Extra Low Voltage) circuitry for intra-building use only. RTU-310/310G...
Page 23 Safety Information Installation Instruction Warnings MPORTANT Unauthorized modifications to this equipment shall void the user’s authority to operate this equipment. AUTION For DC version: The RTU-310/310G must be installed in Restricted Access Locations. Ethernet Test Module...
Page 25: Getting Started
Getting Started This chapter covers the description of the RTU-310/310G unit, the physical installation, all connections, LEDs, and the initial setup of the RTU-310/310G. Front Panel Description The following figure indicates the location of all connectors, ports, and LEDs available on the front panel of the RTU-310/310G unit.
Page 26: Shut Down / Restart Button
(shut down and restart) the unit. To shut down the RTU-310/310G unit: Press the SHUT DOWN / RESTART button once. The RTU-310/310G unit closes all applications and once done, the POWER/STANDBY LED will flash to indicate that it is safe to disconnect the AC or DC power.
Page 27: Rtu-310/310G Leds
RTU-310/310G platform. Console Port The Console port is provided for future use. USB Ports The RTU-310/310G provides four USB ports. These ports are used to connect keyboard, mouse, or to boot from a USB drive. Ethernet Test Module...
Page 28: Installing The Rtu-310/310G In A Rack
Bracket kits are available for 19 and 23 inch rack mount applications but only one kit is supplied with the unit. Note: The brackets allow the RTU-310/310G to be installed with its front panel flush or offset with the front of the rack.
Page 29 Getting Started Installing the RTU-310/310G in a Rack 2. Place the unit in the rack at the desired height. 3. Fix the unit in place using four 10-32 x 1/2 in. screws and lock washers. Ethernet Test Module...
Page 30: Connecting The Power
Connecting the Power The RTU-310/310G is available with either an AC or DC integrated power supply. Note: The RTU-310/310G automatically powers up once connected to a live AC or DC power source. To connect the RTU-310/310G to an AC power source: 1.
Page 31 Connecting the Power To connect the RTU-310/310G to a DC power source: ARNING The RTU-310/310G DC version is intended to be grounded. Ensure that the unit is connected to earth ground during normal use. Ground lug 1. Remove the two Phillips flat screws, and remove the ground lug on the back panel of the RTU-310/310G unit.
Page 32 For RTU-310G Supplied lug Negative ( - ) supply Positive ( + ) supply wire lead wire lead 6. Connect the lug to one of the two DC input lugs on the RTU-310/310G unit and tighten the screws firmly. RTU-310/310G...
Page 33: Turning The Unit On
The DC input feeds to the equipment must be protected by 20A rated maximum breaker provided as part of the building installation. 8. To add a redundant DC source on the RTU-310/310G, repeat steps 5 to 7. Turning the Unit On To turn the unit on: Connect the RTU-310/310G to a live AC or DC power source.
Page 34: Connecting The Test Interface Ports
Connecting the Test Interface Ports Connecting the Test Interface Ports Connecting the Electrical 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet Test Interface The RTU-310 unit provides two electrical RJ-45 ports for10Base-T, 100Base-T, or 1000Base-T testing capability. Note: 1000Base-T is optional. For RTU-310 Electrical 10/100/1000 Mbps...
Page 35 Getting Started Connecting the Test Interface Ports Electrical Port LEDs Status Description LINK/ACT Ethernet link up Ethernet link down Flashing TX/RX activity DUPLEX Full Duplex mode Half Duplex mode Flashing Collisions detected Ethernet Test Module...
Page 36 Connecting the Optical 100/1000 Mbps and 10 Gbps Ethernet Test Interfaces The RTU-310 unit provides two optical ports for 100Base-FX or 1000Base-X whereas the RTU-310G provides one optical port for 10 Gbps Ethernet testing capability. The optical port for RTU-310 is Small Form Factor Pluggable (SFP) slot type (LC connector) and the optical port for RTU-310G is Extended Small Form Pluggable (XFP) slot type.
Page 37 Getting Started Connecting the Test Interface Ports To use the optical 100/1000 Mbps Ethernet interface for testing: 1. Insert one of the following SFP modules into the optical slot. Rate Description 1000Base-X 850 nm SFP module for 1000Base-SX short wavelength laser connection. 1300 nm SFP module for 1000Base-LX long wavelength laser connection.
Page 38 Note: In order not to exceed the maximum receiver power level before damage, an attenuator must be used. Refer to Maximum RX before damage (dBm) on page 453 for more information. Optical Port LEDs for RTU-310 Status Description LASER...
Page 39 Getting Started Connecting the Test Interface Ports Optical Port LEDs for RTU-310G Status Description An optical signal is generated LASER No optical signal is generated Ethernet link up LINK/ACT Ethernet link down Flashing TX/RX activity Ethernet Test Module...
Page 40: Connecting The Management Interfaces
(LAN IP Address, unit clock, etc.) to the unit is required to configure the RTU-310/310G settings for the first time. Using Ex-Vu connect locally to the RTU-310/310G provides you full access to all the test and configuration functions to the unit. Refer to To log on to the RTU-310/310G interface using SUI: on page 37, for more information.
Page 41 Getting Started Connecting the Management Interfaces CRAFT Port Embedded LEDs Status Description LINK/ACT Ethernet link up (Green) Ethernet link down or no activity Flashing TX/RX activity SPEED 100 Mbps (Yellow) 10 Mbps Ethernet Test Module...
Page 42 RJ-45 connectors. Refer to Ethernet Cables on page 455 for more information. The remote PC must be running the EX-Vu remote application. Refer to To log on to the RTU-310/310G interface using SUI: on page 37 or Connect to the RTU-310/310G using TightVNC: on page 474 for more information.
Page 43 Getting Started Connecting the Management Interfaces LAN Port Embedded LEDs Status Description LINK/ACT Ethernet link up (Green) Ethernet link down or no activity Flashing TX/RX activity SPEED 100 Mbps (Yellow) 10 Mbps Ethernet Test Module...
Page 44: Software Management
Software Management Software management functionality ensures that the version of EX-Vu running on the RTU-310/310G unit and the client machine is the same. Software Version Management using EX-Vu When the version of EX-Vu remote application does not match with the RTU-310/310G software load, options to download and match the software version are displayed.
Page 45 To match the version of RTU-310/310G software load to the current version of EX-Vu remote application: 1. Select Download and install the RTU-310 software load to match the current EX-Vu version and click OK. A message is displayed to confirm that you want to download the RTU-310/310G software load.
Page 46 RTU-310/310G unit. Note: If the version of RTU-310/310G software load (that needs to be installed to match the EX-Vu version) is not available on the client machine, a rollback is initiated by the RTU-310/310G unit.
Page 47 Getting Started Software Management To transfer files to the RTU-310/310G: 1. Create a folder on the local drive of the RTU-310/310G. 2. Right-click the task bar of the TightVNC Viewer screen and select Transfer files. 3. Select the setup files on the local drive of your computer and click the button.
Page 49: Introducing The Smart User Interface
Interface To Start the RTU-310/310G Application: 1. Once your RTU-310/310G module is installed, turn on the RTU-310/310G. 2. In the main window, under Modules, press RTU-310/310G once to select the module. start the Smart User Interface (SUI). Login Ensure that the RTU-310/310G is connected to the management network or you are locally connected to the RTU-310/310G.
Page 50 Introducing the Smart User Interface Login Note: An error is displayed when the connection to the RTU-310/310G unit is not established, the initialization of the SUI software fails, or due to an unexpected loss of connection. Note: Alternatively, you can connect to the RTU-310/310G using the TightVNC service.
Page 51: Main Window
Introducing the Smart User Interface Main Window Main Window Minimize Tabs Help Application name Exit Tab(s) Tab’s Content Global Test Status Remote Test controls Date and time status Ethernet and Fibre Channel Application...
Page 52 Introducing the Smart User Interface Main Window Tabs The SUI application contains the following four main application tabs that contain other tabs. TEST Tab  The TEST tab gives access to the test creation, configuration, and results. Note: Only the Setup tab is available when there is no test created. Setup tab is part of the TEST tab and allows setting up the test.
Page 53 Introducing the Smart User Interface Main Window For Dual ports (RTU-310 only), see the figure below for the localization of the port number on each tabs. Port 1 Port 2 In this user guide, the tabs are grouped as shown below: Summary Tabs on page 121 ...
Page 54 System tab; refer to page 333 for more information.  Tools tab; refer to page 407 for more information.  About tab; gives information on EXFO company, contact, and product  software release version. Application Title Displays the software application title.
Page 55 Introducing the Smart User Interface Main Window It is also possible to navigate through the help information once the help window is open. Exit The exit button ( X ) closes the current application. Ethernet and Fibre Channel Application...
Page 56: Global Test Status And Controls
Introducing the Smart User Interface Global Test Status and Controls Global Test Status and Controls Global Test Status The global test status area displays the alarm, verdict, and test timer. Clicking on this area maximizes the view of these status. The maximized view is useful to facilitate distant viewing of these status.
Page 57 Introducing the Smart User Interface Global Test Status and Controls Current status: Indicates the current alarm/error status of the test. A  grey background indicates that the test is not running (--), a green background indicates that there is no alarm/error (NO ALARM), while a red background indicates that at least one alarm/error condition has occurred in the last second (ALARM).
Page 58 : Allows selecting the port that will be used for pattern bit error injection. See Send button for error injection. This button is only available with BERT test in Dual Ports topology. Available with RTU-310 only. Laser Off (grey): Indicates that the laser control is off. Clicking this button will activate the laser immediately by emitting an optical laser signal.
Page 59 LED indicates that there is no alarm/error, while a red LED indicates that at least one alarm/error condition has occurred in the last second. Refer to System Alarms on page 367 , for more information on the type of alarms/errors encountered on the RTU-310/310G unit. Ethernet and Fibre Channel Application...
Page 60: Favorites
Allows to select a test case configuration. The test case configuration selected by default is the first one in the list. Note: Test cases not supported by the current RTU-310/310G model and its options will not be created. Note: Favorites may or may not be compatible from one version of software to another.
Page 61 Introducing the Smart User Interface Favorites Overwrite Selected Favorite Content The factory test case configurations can be modified as well as their default names. Favorite Name: Allows changing the name of the test case  configuration file. A maximum of 32 characters are allowed in the name.
Page 62: Test Report Generation
Introducing the Smart User Interface Test Report Generation Test Report Generation Click Report from the Global Test Status and Controls to generate a report for the current test. The report contains all the information about the test including the job information, system information, interface setup, test summary, test configuration, results, etc.
Page 63 Note: Once generated, the report file can manually be opened typically using Windows Explorer. The default directory is C:\ProgramFiles\EXFO\Applications\RTU\310\UserFiles\Reports or C:\ProgramFiles\EXFO\Applications\RTU\310G\UserFiles\Reports. Note: If the html report contains special characters, please make sure that the encoding in your Web browser is set to Western European ISO. To set the encoding to Western European ISO, right click the report from Internet Explorer, select Encoding, and select Western European ISO.
Page 64 C:\ProgramFiles\EXFO\Applications\RTU\310\UserFiles\Reports or C:\ProgramFiles\EXFO\Applications\RTU\310G\UserFiles\Reports. The report file can be saved on the following locations: Local memory (RTU-310/310G): The file is saved locally on the RTU-310/310G memory. Network drive: The file is saved on a network drive. USB drive or Compact Flash: The file is saved on a removable drive.
Page 65 Introducing the Smart User Interface Test Report Generation Sections Tab Pre-defined selection: Allows selecting the type of report, and the  window underneath allows selecting what will be part of the report. The default setting is Summary Report. Choices are: Summary Report selects the Summary report section only.
Page 66: Typical Tab Elements
Introducing the Smart User Interface Typical Tab Elements Typical Tab Elements Once the test is created, different tabs are available allowing test configuration and monitoring. The following section describes usual elements appearing on those tabs. Status LEDs H (History) LED: Indicates that alarms/errors occurred in the past. A ...
Page 67 Introducing the Smart User Interface Typical Tab Elements Alarm/Error Measurements Note: Alarms/Errors are only monitored once the test is started. Seconds: Gives the total number of the seconds in which one or more  alarm/error occurred. Count: Gives the number of occurrences of a specific error. The count ...
Page 68 Introducing the Smart User Interface Typical Tab Elements Table Sorting Tables offer sorting capabilities on one or more columns. An arrow next to the column label name, indicates the sorting column field and the sorting order. Clicking again on the selected sort column label will change the sort order.
Page 69: Tab Configuration
Introducing the Smart User Interface Tab Configuration Tab Configuration Once the test is created, other tabs next to the Test tabs are enabled allowing configuration of test parameters and viewing of the test status and results. A tab configuration button is available at the top-right part of each tab. Tab Configuration buttons Top tab Page/Tab...
Page 70 Introducing the Smart User Interface Tab Configuration This tab configuration window allows configuration of all tabs on any page except for the Test Setup, and Summary tabs. The tab configuration allows also to jump directly to the desired page by selecting it from the Defined Tabs list and then clicking OK.
Page 71 Introducing the Smart User Interface Tab Configuration Defined Tabs Allows the selection of a tab. Up and down arrows are used to respectively move the selected page up or down in the list. Insert button allows the insertion of a new tab after the selected tab (the one highlighted) A maximum of 30 tabs can be displayed.
Page 72 Introducing the Smart User Interface Tab Configuration Help Button (?) Displays the help information related to the tab configuration. It is also possible to navigate through the remainder of the help information. Default Button Return to the default page configuration layout. OK Button Accepts the page layout changes and jumps to the selected page (Defined tabs).
Page 73: Keyboard Usage
Introducing the Smart User Interface Keyboard Usage Keyboard Usage The SUI pops up different keyboards to modify data. Following are the usual keyboard keys: Left arrow: Moves the cursor one position to the left.  Right arrow: Moves the cursor one position to the right. ...
Page 74 Introducing the Smart User Interface Keyboard Usage Numerical keyboards: Allows entering integer/decimal values.  For integer unsigned or signed values  For rate values: Allows entering the rate values (0 through 9, and  exponent) For IP address, Subnet Mask and Default Gateway values ...
Page 75 Introducing the Smart User Interface Keyboard Usage Time Keyboard: Allows entering a time value.  Date keyboard: Allows selecting a date by clicking the date on the  calendar. Use the left and right arrow to switch from one month to another or Click the month area for quick month selection.
Page 76 Introducing the Smart User Interface Keyboard Usage Hexadecimal keyboards: Allows entering hexadecimal values  (0 through 9 and A through F) For MAC address For IPv6 address FTB-8500 Series and FTB-8120NGE/8130NGE...
Page 77 Introducing the Smart User Interface Keyboard Usage Full keyboard: Allows entering numbers, letters and some other  characters. The Back, Del, Shift and space bar keys have the same functionality as a regular PC keyboard. Trace message keyboard (WAN): Allows entering alphanumerical ...
Page 78 Introducing the Smart User Interface Keyboard Usage ITU T.50 Characters b7 to b1 Character Description b7 to b1 Character Description 000 0000 NUL Null 001 0000 DLE Data Link Escape 000 0001 SOH Start Of Heading 001 0001 DC1 Device Control 1 000 0010 STX Start of Text 001 0010 DC2...
Page 79: Creating And Starting A Test Case
Creating and Starting a Test Case A test case can be created using one of the following methods: Test Setup allows the creation of the test case by travelling through the  signal structure. See Introducing the Test Setup on page 68. See Test Case Availability to determine the test cases supported by the unit.
Page 80: Introducing The Test Setup
Creating and Starting a Test Case Introducing the Test Setup Introducing the Test Setup The Test Setup window is displayed by default when the SUI is started. In the case where the SUI is not in the test setup window, click the Test Setup from the TEST Tab on page 40.
Page 81 Creating and Starting a Test Case Introducing the Test Setup Test Setup Controls:  Back returns to the previous configuration step allowing to see,  change or delete what had been selected. Next switches to the next configuration step. The Next button is ...
Page 82 The test path is created through the configuration of each layer that must be crossed by the signal under test. The test path can contain the following steps depending on the test application type: For RTU-310: For RTU-310G: FTB-8500 Series and FTB-8120NGE/8130NGE...
Page 83 Smart Loopback The Remote Module step allows the selection of a remote EtherSAM and compatible module (FTB-8510B, FTB-8510G, FTB-8525/FTB-8535, RFC 2544 Dual FTB-8120NGE/FTB-8130NGE, and RTU-310/RTU-310G). Test Sets tests only The Pattern step allows the selection of the pattern. BERT test only...
Page 84: Test Case Availability
Ethernet Frame Analyzer Test Case including Multiple-Stream, IPTV, Through Mode, MPLS and PBB-TE testing. Ethernet Smart Loopback Test Case Ethernet TCP Throughput Test Case Fibre Channel BERT Test Case IPTV and Through Mode are only available on the RTU-310. FTB-8500 Series and FTB-8120NGE/8130NGE...
Page 85: Ethersam (Y.1564) Test Case
Creating and Starting a Test Case EtherSAM (Y.1564) Test Case EtherSAM (Y.1564) Test Case ITU-T Y.1564 is the newly introduced standard for turning-up and troubleshooting carrier Ethernet services. This new methodology is completely adapted to today’s Ethernet services especially mobile backhaul and commercial services.
Page 86 Interface Type. Interface Type is not available with RTU-310G. 1b. Select Single Port as the Topology. Topology is only available with RTU-310. 1c. Select the source Clock Mode. Available with RTU-310G only. Refer to Clock Synchronization on page 352 for more information.
Page 87 Creating and Starting a Test Case EtherSAM (Y.1564) Test Case 2. Port configuration: 2a. RTU-310Select the port Connector Type (Optical or Electrical RJ-45). Optical is automatically selected for the Ethernet 10G interface. 2b. For RTU-310select the port number by clicking on Port 1 or Port 2.
Page 88 Creating and Starting a Test Case EtherSAM (Y.1564) Test Case 3. Optical configuration for Ethernet 10G interface only: 3a. Select the Transceiver Mode Choices are Local Area Network (LAN) for regular Ethernet interface (10.31250Gb/s) and Wide Area Network (WAN) for Ethernet stream encapsulated inside a SONET/SDH frame structure (9.95328Gb/s).
Page 89 Creating and Starting a Test Case EtherSAM (Y.1564) Test Case 4c. Select the Frame Format. Choices are Ethernet II and 802.3 SNAP . For 802.3 SNAP , select the Organizationally Unique Identifier (OUI). Refer to Network on page 150 for more information.
Page 90 Creating and Starting a Test Case EtherSAM (Y.1564) Test Case 4g. For IPv6, click the IPv6 Config button to set the IPv6 settings. Refer to IPv6 Address Configuration on page 491 for more information. 4h. Click Next. 5. Service configuration 5a.
Page 91 Creating and Starting a Test Case EtherSAM (Y.1564) Test Case 6. Services must be enabled before starting the test. For enabling Services and for additional configuration parameters, refer to EtherSAM Tabs on page 321. 7. Click the Start button to start the test. At least one of the EtherSAM (Y.1564) sub tests (Configuration Test or Performance Test) has to be enabled to start the test.
Page 92: Ethernet Ethersam (Y.1564) And Rfc 2544 Dual Test Set Test Cases
Compatible modules are FTB-8510B, FTB-8510G, FTB-8525/FTB-8535, FTB-8120NGE/FTB-8130NGE, or RTU-310/RTU-310G. A Dual Test Set test case must be first created on the remote module then on the local module as described in the following procedure. The results from local-to-remote and remote-to-local are available on the local testing unit.
Page 93 1d. Select the Dual Test Set check box to enable the control of a remote compatible module (FTB-8510B, FTB-8510G, FTB-8525/FTB-8535, FTB-8120NGE/FTB-8130NGE, or RTU-310/RTU-310G). For RTU-310, Dual Test Set is only available in Single Port Topology. This setting is not selected by default. 1e. Select the Remote test Mode.
Page 94 Creating and Starting a Test Case Ethernet EtherSAM (Y.1564) and RFC 2544 Dual Test Set Test Cases 2. Port configuration: Port 1 (RTU-310 only) is automatically selected. 2a. Select the port Connector Type (Optical or Electrical RJ-45). Optical is automatically selected for the Ethernet 10G interface.
Page 95 Creating and Starting a Test Case Ethernet EtherSAM (Y.1564) and RFC 2544 Dual Test Set Test Cases 3. Optical configuration for Ethernet 10G interface only: 3a. Select the Transceiver Mode Choices are Local Area Network (LAN) for regular Ethernet interface (10.31250Gb/s) and Wide Area Network (WAN) for Ethernet stream encapsulated inside a SONET/SDH frame structure (9.95328Gb/s).
Page 96 When the test is created as remote on a unit or on a compatible unit (FTB-8510B, FTB-8510G, FTB-8525/FTB-8535, FTB-8120NGE/FTB-8130NGE, or RTU-310/RTU-310G), the SUI is limited to the following: Test Setup, Tools, System, and About tabs; favorites, save, load, and report functionality. No test configuration and results are available.
Page 97 Creating and Starting a Test Case Ethernet EtherSAM (Y.1564) and RFC 2544 Dual Test Set Test Cases Create the test on the local module as follow: 1. On the local module, proceed with the test creation as described above (starting with step 1 on page 81) at the exception of the following parameters: 1a.
Page 98 Creating and Starting a Test Case Ethernet EtherSAM (Y.1564) and RFC 2544 Dual Test Set Test Cases 1c. From the Remote Module page, click the Remote Selection button. IPv4 IPv6 1d. If both modules (remote and local) are on the same subnet, select the subnet mask (Broadcast Destination) of the network to be scanned, based on the IP address and subnet of its interface.
Page 99 1e. Click Scan Subnet to scan the subnet to find remote compatible modules (FTB-8510B, FTB-8510G, FTB-8525/FTB-8535, FTB-8120NGE/FTB-8130NGE, AXS-850 Series (RFC 2544 only), FTB-860 Series, FTB-810/880 Series, or RTU-310/RTU-310G). The subnet scan will work only when both remote and local modules are on the same subnet. Only modules running the same test (RFC 2544 or EtherSAM) and having the Remote Dual Test Set mode enabled will be listed.
Page 100 3. On the local module, click the Start button to start the test. The Start button will be available only when the connection between the two RTU-310/310G units is established. At least one of the test procedures (For EtherSAM (Y.1564): Service Configuration Test or Service Performance Test;...
Page 101: Ethernet Rfc 2544 Test Case
Note: For bi-directional (Dual Test Set) test, see Ethernet EtherSAM (Y.1564) and RFC 2544 Dual Test Set Test Cases on page 80. Typical RFC 2544 application in Single Port: Typical RFC 2544 application in Dual Ports (RTU-310 only): Ethernet and Fibre Channel Application...
Page 102 1. Test configuration: 1a. Select Ethernet 10/100/1000 as the Interface Type. Interface Type is not available with RTU-310G. 1b. For RTU-310: Select the Topology test type: Single Port or Dual Ports. 1c. Select RFC 2544 as the Application Type. 1d. Select the desired RFC 2544 sub test(s).
Page 103 Creating and Starting a Test Case Ethernet RFC 2544 Test Case 2. Port configuration: 2a. RTU-310Select the port Connector Type (Optical or Electrical RJ-45). Optical is automatically selected for the Ethernet 10G interface. 2b. For RTU-310select the port number by clicking on Port 1 or Port 2.
Page 104 Creating and Starting a Test Case Ethernet RFC 2544 Test Case 3. Optical configuration for Ethernet 10G interface only: 3a. Select the Transceiver Mode Choices are Local Area Network (LAN) for regular Ethernet interface (10.31250Gb/s) and Wide Area Network (WAN) for Ethernet stream encapsulated inside a SONET/SDH frame structure (9.95328Gb/s).
Page 105 Creating and Starting a Test Case Ethernet RFC 2544 Test Case 5. Traffic stream configuration 5a. For IPv4, select the Automatic IP Address check box to dynamically obtain an IP address from a DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server or set the source and destination IP addresses, Subnet Mask, and the Default Gateway.
Page 106 Creating and Starting a Test Case Ethernet RFC 2544 Test Case 6. For additional configuration parameters, refer to RFC 2544 Tabs on page 295. 7. Click the Start button to start the test. At least one of the RFC 2544 test procedures (Throughput, Back-to-Back, Frame Loss or Latency) has to be enabled to start the test.
Page 107: Ethernet Bert Test Case
Allows Ethernet unframed and Layer 1 up to Layer 4 traffic generation with specific test pattern for Bit Error Rate analysis. Typical BERT applications in Single Port: Typical BERT application in Dual Ports (RTU-310 only): Ethernet and Fibre Channel Application...
Page 108 1. Test configuration: 1a. Select Ethernet 10/100/1000 as the Interface Type. Interface Type is not available with RTU-310G. 1b. For RTU-310: Select the Topology test type: Single Port or Dual Ports. 1c. Select BERT as the Application Type. 1d. Click Next.
Page 109 Creating and Starting a Test Case Ethernet BERT Test Case 2c. For Electrical RJ-45, if required, select the Ethernet port crossover check box to inverse the pin-to-pair assignment of the UTP cable used. Note: At this point you should have a link up indicated in the Tree view tab. A green LED indicates a link up while a red LED indicates a link down.
Page 110 Creating and Starting a Test Case Ethernet BERT Test Case 4. Framing configuration: 4a. Select the test framing mode. Ethernet Unframed: Consists in sending a frame without EOF (End Of Frame). Ethernet Unframed is only available for optical interfaces excluding 10Gig-E WAN. Enable Sync disabled: Enable Sync enabled: Ethernet Framed Layer 1: Consists in sending a frame of x bytes...
Page 111 Creating and Starting a Test Case Ethernet BERT Test Case 4b. For Ethernet Unframed, select the Enable Sync check box to allow any receiver to bit-sync every second by inserting an IFG of 12 bytes with SOF. The Enable Sync check box is not selected by default.
Page 112 Creating and Starting a Test Case Ethernet BERT Test Case 5. Traffic stream configuration: Only Frame Size and Maximum Rate are configurable with Framed Layer 1. 5a. For IPv4, select the Automatic IP Address check box to dynamically obtain an IP address from a DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server or set the source and destination IP addresses, Subnet Mask, and the...
Page 113 Creating and Starting a Test Case Ethernet BERT Test Case 5g. Enter the Maximum Rate (%), the default setting is 100% for all speeds except for 10Gbps WAN which is 92.3076923076923%. Refer to Traffic Shaping on page 172 for more information. 5h.
Page 114: Ethernet Frame Analyzer Test Case
Frame Analyzer test allows also to perform IPTV, Through Mode, MPLS and PBB-TE testing. IPTV and Through Mode are only available with RTU-310. Typical Frame Analyzer application in Single Port: Typical Frame Analyzer application in Dual Ports (RTU-310 only): Typical Frame Analyzer application in Through Mode: FTB-8500 Series and FTB-8120NGE/8130NGE...
Page 115 Ping and Trace Route capabilities are not supported. Through Mode is a software option available on RTU-310 only and needs to be enabled to be available (refer to Software Options on page 347). Through Mode testing is only available in Dual Ports topology.
Page 116 Electrical RJ-45). Optical is automatically selected for the Ethernet 10G interface. 2b. For RTU-310select the port number by clicking on Port 1 or Port 2. Port 1 (RTU-310 only) is automatically selected when IPTV is selected. For RTU-310Dual Ports, select the first port and...
Page 117 Creating and Starting a Test Case Ethernet Frame Analyzer Test Case 3. Optical configuration for Ethernet 10G interface only: 3a. Select the Transceiver Mode Choices are Local Area Network (LAN) for regular Ethernet interface (10.31250Gb/s) and Wide Area Network (WAN) for Ethernet stream encapsulated inside a SONET/SDH frame structure (9.95328Gb/s).
Page 118 PBB-TE testing capability (refer to Software Options on page 347). PBB-TE is not available when the MPLS or IPTV (RTU-310) check box is selected. Refer to PBB-TE on page 175 for more information.
Page 119 Creating and Starting a Test Case Ethernet Frame Analyzer Test Case 5. Traffic stream configuration: 5a. Select the traffic stream to be configured, then set its parameters. Up to 10 streams can be configured with Frame Analyzer test. IPv4 IPv6 5b.
Page 120 Creating and Starting a Test Case Ethernet Frame Analyzer Test Case 5f. Set the VLAN parameters when required. Refer to MAC on page 177 for more information. 5g. Click Finish to complete the test setup. The Alarm summary tab is automatically displayed. 6.
Page 121: Ethernet Smart Loopback Test Case
1a. Select Ethernet 10/100/1000 as the Interface Type. Interface Type is not available with RTU-310G. 1b. Select Single Port as the Topology. Topology is only available with RTU-310. 1c. Select Smart Loopback as the Application Type. 1d. Click Next. 1e. Select the port Connector Type (Optical or Electrical RJ-45).
Page 122 Creating and Starting a Test Case Ethernet Smart Loopback Test Case 1f. For RTU-310select the port number by clicking on Port 1 or Port 2. For RTU-310Dual Ports, select the first port and proceed with the rest of the configuration for the first port.
Page 123 Creating and Starting a Test Case Ethernet Smart Loopback Test Case 2. Optical configuration for Ethernet 10G interface only: 2a. Select the Transceiver Mode Choices are Local Area Network (LAN) for regular Ethernet interface (10.31250Gb/s) and Wide Area Network (WAN) for Ethernet stream encapsulated inside a SONET/SDH frame structure (9.95328Gb/s).
Page 124 Creating and Starting a Test Case Ethernet Smart Loopback Test Case 3. Framing configuration: 3a. Set the Auto-Negotiation, Speed, Duplex, and Flow Control parameters. Refer to Interface Setup (Ethernet) on page 142 for more information. 3b. Select the Frame Format. Choices are Ethernet II and 802.3 SNAP.
Page 125: Ethernet Tcp Throughput Test Case
1. Test configuration: 1a. Select Ethernet 10/100/1000 as the Interface Type. 1b. Select Single Port as the Topology. Topology is only available with RTU-310. 1c. Select TCP Throughput as the Application Type. 1d. Click Next. Ethernet and Fibre Channel Application...
Page 126 Creating and Starting a Test Case Ethernet TCP Throughput Test Case 2. Port configuration: Port 1 (RTU-310 only) is automatically selected. 2a. Select the port Connector Type (Optical or Electrical RJ-45). Optical is automatically selected for the Ethernet 10G interface.
Page 127 Creating and Starting a Test Case Ethernet TCP Throughput Test Case 4. Click the TCP Throughput tab and TCP Throughput Configuration tab. 4a. Select Remote as the TCP Mode. 4b. Enter the IP address of the local module in the Listening IP Address field.
Page 128: Fibre Channel Bert Test Case
1. Test configuration: 1a. Select Fibre Channel as the Interface Type. Fibre Channel is only available with BERT test. 1b. For RTU-310: Select the Topology test type: Single Port or Dual Ports. 1c. Select BERT as the Application Type. 1d. Click Next.
Page 129 Creating and Starting a Test Case Fibre Channel BERT Test Case 2. Port configuration: 2a. For RTU-310select the port number by clicking on Port 1 or Port 2. For RTU-310Dual Ports, select the first port and proceed with the rest of the configuration for the first port.
Page 130 Creating and Starting a Test Case Fibre Channel BERT Test Case 3. Framing selection: 3a. Select the test framing mode. FC Unframed consists in sending a frame without EOF (End Of Frame). FC Unframed with the Enable Sync check box selected consists of continuously sending frames that last approximately 1 sec.
Page 131 Creating and Starting a Test Case Fibre Channel BERT Test Case 4. Framing configuration (available with FC Framed Layer 2 only): 4a. Set the network parameters. Refer to Interface Setup (Fibre Channel) on page 146 for more information. 4b. Select the Login check box to generate a login process when clicking on the Login button.
Page 133: Summary Tabs
Summary Tabs The summary tabs allow to configure the test parameters and to view the test status and results. Available with Page Ethernet Fibre Channel Test Summary Alarm Summary Test Summary Gives the test configuration, status, and timer configuration. Click TEST, Summary, and Test. Ethernet and Fibre Channel Application...
Page 134 Summary Tabs Test Summary Test Status Start Time: Indicates the date and time the test has been started. The  date and time reset every time the test is restarted. The default time format is ISO (yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss) unless otherwise set from the Application Preferences on page 334.
Page 135 Summary Tabs Test Summary SAM Test Status: Indicates the EtherSAM test status message.  Test Status Desciption Pending (--) No sub test is started. A sub test is currently running. Running... Data Transfer... A sub test is running but no test traffic is being transmitted.
Page 136 Application Type: Indicates the test application type:EtherSAM  (Y.1564), Frame Analyzer, BERT, RFC 2544, Smart Loopback, or TCP Throughput (RTU-310). Only BERT is available with Fibre Channel. Test Name: The name of the test connection is used to identify the test. ...
Page 137 Summary Tabs Test Summary Clock Configuration Clock Mode indicates the clock mode selected during the test setup.  Available with 10Gig-E WAN interface only. Possible choices are: Clock Mode LAN WAN Internal: Internal clock of the unit (STRATUM 3). Internal is the only available clock when 10GigE LAN transceiver mode is selected with Frame Analyzer, BERT, or RFC 2544 test.
Page 138 Summary Tabs Test Summary Timer Configuration Allows to automatically start and/or stop a test case at a given time or for a specific duration. Note: For EtherSAM test, only the Start Time is configurable. Start Time: Allows the selection of the specific time the created test ...
Page 139 Note: When using Visual Guardian Lite for remote control, the timer configuration values will be based on the PC clock and not on the RTU-310/310G. Make sure to consider the time zone differential if it exists between the PC and the RTU-310/310G.
Page 140: Alarm Summary
Dual ports test (RTU-310) Note: The list of available alarms and errors depends on the test case. For Dual Ports test, available with RTU-310, the alarms and errors are independently displayed for Port 1 and Port 2 when applicable. FTB-8500 Series and FTB-8120NGE/8130NGE...
Page 141 REI-L, AIS-L, or RDI-L), High Order Path (B3, REI-P, AIS-P , RDI-P , LCD-P , LOP-P, PLM-P , UNEQ-P , ERDI-PSD, ERDI-PCD, or ERDI-PPD), and WIS Link. WIS is not available with RTU-310. Ethernet: Indicates the presence of any alarms/errors related to ...
Page 142 Higher Layer Protocol (Ethernet): Indicates the presence of any error  related to the HLP over Ethernet (IP header checksum, UDP checksum, TCP Checksum (RTU-310), and IPTV (RTU-310)). Pattern (BERT): Indicates the presence of any alarms/errors related to  pattern testing such as No Traffic, Pattern Loss, and Bit Error.
Page 143: Test Logger
Summary Tabs Test Logger Test Logger Click TEST, Summary, and Alarm. The Test Logger lists the test status/events. Total Events Indicates the total number of recorded events. Note: The Logger lists a maximum of 5000 events, over that amount the logger stops recording and the log full alarm is activated.
Page 144 Data Path: Indicates the origin of the alarm/error. [P1] in the data path  represent the Port 1. Port 2 is only available with RTU-310. Event: Indicates the alarm/error type.  Duration: Indicates the number of seconds (day:hour:minute:second ...
Page 145: Port Tabs
Port Tabs The port tabs allow to configure different port parameters and to view the port analysis. Note: The available tabs listed depend on the activated test path. Available with Page Ethernet Fibre Channel Electrical TX Electrical RX Optical TX Optical RX Interface Setup (Ethernet) Interface Setup (Fibre Channel)
Page 146: Electrical Tx
Port Tabs Electrical TX Electrical TX Click TEST, Port, and Electrical TX. Configuration Ethernet port crossover: Allows selecting the type of cable used. When disabled, the cable used should be straight through.  When enabled, the cable used should be crossover. ...
Page 147 Port Tabs Electrical TX Frequency Note: Frequency offset generation is not available for 10Base-T test and when Through Mode is selected. Frequency Offset (ppm): Allows entering a positive or a negative  frequency offset in ppm. Choices are listed in the table below. The default setting is 0.
Page 148: Electrical Rx
Port Tabs Electrical RX Electrical RX Click TEST, Port, and Electrical RX. Alarm Analysis Frequency: The frequency alarm indicates if the received signal rate meets the standard rate specifications (green) or not (red). Interface Standard Rate Specification 100Base-T 125000000 bps ±12500 bps (±100 ppm) 1000Base-T 1250000000 bps ±125000 bps (±100 ppm) FTB-8500 Series and FTB-8120NGE/8130NGE...
Page 149 Port Tabs Electrical RX Frequency Analysis Note: Frequency Analysis is not available for 10Base-T test. Frequency (bps): Indicates the frequency of the input signal.  Frequency Offset: Indicates the offset between the standard rate  specification and the rate of the input signal. Max.
Page 150: Optical Tx
Port Tabs Optical TX Optical TX Click TEST, Port, and Optical TX. Signal Analysis Output Presence: Indicates the presence of a signal at the output port  (green) or not (grey). The output presence LED is grey when there is no SFP/XFP .
Page 151 Port Tabs Optical TX Frequency Note: Frequency offset is not available when Through Mode (RTU-310 only) is selected. Frequency Offset (ppm): Available with FC 1x/2x, and 10 Gig-E  interfaces only. Allows entering a positive or a negative frequency offset in ppm. The default setting is 0.
Page 152: Optical Rx
Port Tabs Optical RX Optical RX Click TEST, Port, and Optical RX. Signal Analysis Power Level (dBm): Indicates the power level of the input signal in  dBm. Input Presence: Indicates if there is a valid signal at the input port ...
Page 153 Port Tabs Optical RX Frequency Analysis Frequency (bps): Indicates the frequency of the input signal in bps. Frequency Offset: Indicates the offset between the standard rate specification and the rate of the input signal. Max. Negative Offset: Indicates the offset between the standard rate specification and the smallest rate recorded from the received signal.
Page 154: Interface Setup (Ethernet)
Click TEST, Port1/2, and Interface. Configuration Note: The port configuration parameters are disabled when Advanced Auto-Neg. TX on page 154 is enabled. For RTU-310, all port 1 and port 2 configuration parameters are coupled when Through Mode is selected. FTB-8500 Series and FTB-8120NGE/8130NGE...
Page 155 The Auto-Negotiation should be selected if the remote connected port is also set to Auto-Negotiation, otherwise it should be deactivated. When selected, the RTU-310/310G will indicate to the remote port which parameters to use. Auto-Negotiation is not available with the optical 100Mbps and 10Gbps interfaces.
Page 156 RX are available on RTU-310G. Enable TX and Enable RX are only available when Auto-Negotiation is disabled. None (RTU-310): pause frame received are ignored and no pause frame are transmitted. Note: Flow Control should be set to None with Half Duplex mode.
Page 157 Port Tabs Interface Setup (Ethernet) Status Link: A green Link LED indicates that there is a link at the input port of  the corresponding Ethernet interface. A grey LED indicates that there is no link at the input port of the corresponding Ethernet interface. Auto-Negotiation: Indicates the auto-negotiation status (Not available ...
Page 158: Interface Setup (Fibre Channel)
Port Tabs Interface Setup (Fibre Channel) Interface Setup (Fibre Channel) Note: For Ethernet test case, see Interface Setup (Ethernet) on page 142. Click TEST, Port1/2, and Interface. Configuration PSP (Link Protocol)  The Primitive Sequence Protocol (PSP) allows link management when the PSP (Link Protocol) check box is selected and forces the port in Active mode when the PSP (Link Protocol) check box is cleared.
Page 159 Port Tabs Interface Setup (Fibre Channel) Login The capability to log in is available only if a successful link has been established with Framed Layer 2. Enable: Allows, when the Enable check box is selected, to either  generate a login process when clicking on the Login button, or to accept a remote Login command.
Page 160 Port Tabs Interface Setup (Fibre Channel) Port Status: Indicates the status of the port login process. Possible  status are: Logged-in: The login process has completed successfully. Failed: The login process has not been able to complete the login process or an error has been detected. However, traffic can still be transmitted.
Page 161 Buffer-to-Buffer Flow Control Enable: The Enable check box is forced selected when Login is  selected. The RTU-310/310G will send a Received Ready (R_RDY) automatically after receiving a frame when the Enable check box is selected. Note: Since R_RDY are inserted between frames and have higher priority, in certain condition they may affect the TX throughput.
Page 162: Network
Network Network Note: Network is only available with Framed Layer 2 and when Through Mode (RTU-310) is not selected. Click TEST, Port, and Network. Coupled to stream For BERT and Frame Analyzer test, the port’s VLAN, IP , and PBB-TE parameters are coupled to the stream (Stream 1 for Frame Analyzer) when the Coupled to stream check box is selected.
Page 163 Port Tabs Network Source MAC Configuration MAC Address: A default and unique Media Access Control (MAC) address is automatically given to the Ethernet port. Select the MAC Address field if the MAC address has to be changed for this port and enter the new MAC address.
Page 164 Port Tabs Network Source IP Configuration For IPv4: Automatic IP Address: Allows to dynamically obtain an IP address  from a DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server. IP Address: Enter the IP address for the Ethernet port. The default IP ...
Page 165 Port Tabs Network For IPv6: Displays the Link-Local IPv6 Address, Global IPv6 Address, and  Default Gateway Address. IPv6 Config button allows to configure the IPv6 addresses. Refer to  IPv6 Address Configuration on page 491 for more information. Frame Format Frame Format allows to select Ethernet II or 802.3 SNAP frame ...
Page 166: Advanced Auto-Neg. Tx
Advanced Auto-Neg. TX Advanced Auto-Neg. TX Note: Advanced auto-negotiation is not available with the optical 100 Mbps and 10 Gig-E interfaces or when Through Mode (RTU-310) is selected. Click TEST, Port, and Advanced Auto-Neg TX. Advanced Auto-Neg. Mode The Auto-Negotiation should be activated if the remote connected port is also set to Auto-Negotiation, otherwise should be deactivated.
Page 167 Port Tabs Advanced Auto-Neg. TX Configuration The Speed, Duplex, and Flow Control can be modified only when the Enable Local Capabilities is disabled. Speed: Select the speed of the connected interface. Choices are:  For electrical port: 10Mbps, 100Mbps, 1Gbps, and Auto. For optical port: 1Gbps.
Page 168 Port Tabs Advanced Auto-Neg. TX Local Link Partner Description Asym. Asym. & Sym. Local: Only the TX Pause is enabled. L. P.: Only the RX pause is enabled. Backpressure is only performed on the L. P . side. Sym. Sym. On both sides the RX and TX pause is enabled.
Page 169 Port Tabs Advanced Auto-Neg. TX Auto-Neg. Fault Register Fault Type: Allows the generation of a fault during the negotiation  process. Changing the fault type, while enabled, will automatically restart the negotiation process. The fault condition will be generated only once when clicking on the Negotiate button. The default setting is No Error.
Page 170 Port Tabs Advanced Auto-Neg. TX Negotiate Button The Negotiate button allows starting the auto-negotiation process. The auto-negotiation process last until the auto-negotiation has succeeded (completed) or the auto-negotiation is manually disabled. When Automatic is selected as speed, the auto-negotiation uses the following prioritization scheme to ensure that the highest common denominator ability is chosen (electrical interfaces) 1000Base-T full duplex...
Page 171: Advanced Auto-Neg. Rx
Port Tabs Advanced Auto-Neg. RX Advanced Auto-Neg. RX Note: Advanced auto-negotiation is not available with the optical 100 Mbps and 10 Gig-E interfaces. Click TEST, Port1/2, and Advanced Auto-Neg RX. Status Link: A green Link LED indicates that there is a link at the input port of ...
Page 172 Applies the detected auto-negotiation parameters to the port setup configuration. Link Partner Capabilities Indicates the detected link partner capabilities. Note: Only the capabilities based on the RTU-310/310G’s physical port selected for the test will be displayed. FTB-8500 Series and FTB-8120NGE/8130NGE...
Page 173: Stream Generation Tabs
Stream Generation Tabs Note: Stream generation is not available with Smart Loopback and TCP Throughput (RTU-310) tests. When IPTV is enabled (RTU-310), the stream Configuration is only available in Dual Ports topology on Port 2. Stream generation tabs are not available when Through Mode is selected.
Page 174: Overview
Stream Generation Tabs Overview Overview The Overview tab allows configuration and activation of up to 10 streams for Frame Analyzer test, and only one for RFC 2544 and BERT Ethernet tests. Click TEST, Stream Gen, and Overview. For Frame Analyzer test, see below. ...
Page 175 Stream Generation Tabs Overview Note: The Individual stream can be enabled/disabled even when the test is started and running. The streams can be enabled one after the other, up to 10, as long as the maximum rate is not reached. For example, if the first stream is using the full rate available, then no other stream can be enabled.
Page 176 Stream Generation Tabs Overview Copy Stream button  To copy the stream configuration to one or several streams. In the Copy from Stream No list, select the stream number the  configuration will be copied from. Check all stream check boxes that will inherit the configuration ...
Page 177 Stream Generation Tabs Overview For BERT and RFC 2544 No: Indicates the stream identification number. Only one stream is  available with BERT and RFC 2544. Stream Name: Indicates the stream name and is not editable. The  default stream names are: RFC 2544 Stream for RFC 2544 test, and BERT Stream for BERT test.
Page 178: Stream Configuration
Stream Generation Tabs Stream Configuration Stream Configuration Press TEST, Stream Gen, and Stream Config. Stream No. For Frame Analyzer, select the stream number from the list. Only stream number 1 is available for BERT test. Stream Profile Note: For Frame Analyzer test only, allows to emulate Voice ( ), Video ( ), or Data (...
Page 179 Stream Generation Tabs Stream Configuration For Video: Video Codec: Choices are SDTV (MPEG-2), HDTV (MPEG-2), and  HDTV (MPEG-4). Only SDTV (MPEG-2) is available with the 10 Mbps interface. The default setting is SDTV (MPEG-2). Nb Channels: Allows the selection of the equivalent number of ...
Page 180 Stream Generation Tabs Stream Configuration Transport: Select the transport traffic type (layer 4). Choices are UDP ,  TCP , and None. The default setting is UDP . Transport is automatically set to None when Network is set to None. Transport is automatically set to UDP when the stream profile is set to either voice or video.
Page 181 Stream Generation Tabs Stream Configuration The following table lists each component that may affect the minimum size values. Component Description VLAN 4 bytes per VLAN (up to 3 VLAN) PBB-TE 18 bytes B-VLAN 4 bytes MPLS 4 bytes per label (up to two labels) Stream Tag 50 bytes 8 bytes...
Page 182 Stream Generation Tabs Stream Configuration For BERT test:  For Framed Layer 1, only the Data Link (Ethernet) is configurable from 48 to 10000 for 10Mbps, and 16000 for 100Mbps/1000Mbps/10Gbps. For Framed Layer 2, choices are: Frame Size Minimum Maximum Traffic Type 100/1000 Mbps 10 Mbps...
Page 183 Stream Generation Tabs Stream Configuration The following table lists each component that may affect the minimum size values. Component Description VLAN 4 bytes per VLAN (up to 3 VLAN) 8 bytes 20 bytes Ethernet Header 14 bytes LLC and SNAP Headers 8 bytes IPv4 20 bytes IPv6...
Page 184 Stream Generation Tabs Stream Configuration Traffic Shaping Transmit Mode: Allows the selection of the Transmit Mode for  Stream 1 only. Choices are Continuous, Burst, Ramp, n-Frame, n-Burst, and n-Ramp. The default setting is Continuous. Note: Stream 2 to 10 are not configurable and set to Continuous. Note: Transmit Mode is forced to Continuous with BERT test or with Frame Analyzer when the stream profile is set to either Voice or Video.
Page 185 Stream Generation Tabs Stream Configuration TX Rate: Enter the transmission rate. The available stream  transmission rate will be calculated according to the selected Transmit Mode. The default setting is 100% for 10/100/1000Mbps and 10Gig-E LAN, and 92.8% for 10Gig-E WAN. Unit choices are %, bps, Kbps, Mbps, Gbps, Bps, KBps, MBps, GBps, fps, and IFG.
Page 186 Stream Generation Tabs Stream Configuration For Ramp Traffic Shaping Note: Available for Stream 1 with Ramp and n-Ramp transmit modes. Number of Steps: Enter the number of steps. Choices are 2 to 100.  The default setting is 10. Step Time: Enter the time duration of each step. Choices are 100 ...
Page 187: Pbb-Te
Stream Generation Tabs PBB-TE PBB-TE Allows configuration of PBB-TE streams including B-MAC (source and destination), B-VLAN and I-Tag (as per 802.1ah). Note: PBB-TE has to be enabled during the test setup (refer to PBB-TE on page 106) and the Data Link set to Ethernet/PBB-TE (see Stream Configuration on page 166) to give access to the PBB-TE configuration for the selected stream.
Page 188 Stream Generation Tabs PBB-TE Destination B-MAC Address: Enter the destination Backbone MAC address for the  selected stream. The default setting is 00:00:00:00:00:00. I-TAG (Backbone Service Instance Tag)  SID (Service Instance Identifier): Enter the I-TAG SID which identifies the backbone service instance of the selected stream. Choices are 0 through 16777215.
Page 189: Mac
Stream Generation Tabs Note: Only available with Framed Layer 2. Click TEST, Stream Gen, and MAC. Stream No. For Frame Analyzer test, select the stream number from the list. Only stream number 1 is available for RFC 2544 and BERT tests. Frame Format OUI is available when the Data Link is set to 802.3 SNAP and allows ...
Page 190 Stream Generation Tabs Source MAC Address: Indicates the MAC address of the selected stream. Note: The source MAC Address is only configurable through the Network on page 150. Destination MAC Address: Enter the destination MAC address for the selected stream. The default setting is FE:FE:FE:FE:FE:FE.
Page 191 Stream Generation Tabs VLAN Note: For RFC 2544 test, VLAN is only configurable through the Network on page 150. Note: Enabling/disabling VLAN will affect the Data Link value (see Overview on page 162). Enable: When enabled, allows the configuration of VLAN. This ...
Page 192: Mpls
Stream Generation Tabs MPLS MPLS Allows MPLS configuration of streams with up to two layers of MPLS labels, COS/EXP and TTL parameters. Note: MPLS has to be enabled during the test setup (refer to MPLS on page 106) and the Network set to MPLS/IPv4, MPLS/IPv6, or MPLS/None (see Stream Configuration on page 166) to gives access to the MPLS configuration for the selected stream.
Page 193 Stream Generation Tabs MPLS MPLS Configuration Stacked Headers: Allows the activation of up to two MPLS headers.  The default setting is 1. Label: Allows the selection of the MPLS TX labels (0 to 1048575). The  default label value is 16. COS/EXP (Class Of Service / Experimental): Select the class of service.
Page 194: Ip/Udp/Tcp
Stream Generation Tabs IP/UDP/TCP IP/UDP/TCP Note: Only available when the network stream configuration is set to IPv4, MPLS/IPv4, IPv6, or MPLS/IPv6. Click TEST, Stream Gen, and IP/UDP/TCP. Stream No. For Frame Analyzer test, select the stream number from the list. Only stream number 1 is available for RFC 2544 and BERT tests.
Page 195 Stream Generation Tabs IP/UDP/TCP For IPv6: Displays the Link-Local IPv6 Address, Global IPv6 Address, and Default Gateway Address. IPv6 Config button allows to configure the IPv6 addresses. Refer to IPv6 Address Configuration for more information. For both IPv4 and IPv6: IP Multiplicator:Allows changing the 7 LSB (Least Significant bit) of ...
Page 196 Stream Generation Tabs IP/UDP/TCP IP TOS/DS for IPv4 or Traffic Class (TOS/DS) for IPv6  Enter the user defined value. Changing the TOS/DS value will affect the Advanced TOS/DS settings and vice versa. Choices are 00 to FF. The default setting is 00. Binary: Displays the user defined IP TOS/DS in binary when enabled.
Page 197: Payload
Stream Generation Tabs Payload Payload Note: Not available with BERT test.Not available when the Stream Tag (Frame Analyzer) check box is selected; in this case a PRBS is used as the payload.. Click TEST, Stream Gen, and Payload. Stream No. For Frame Analyzer test, select the stream number from the list.
Page 198: Frame Configuration (Fibre Channel)
Stream Generation Tabs Frame Configuration (Fibre Channel) Frame Configuration (Fibre Channel) Note: Frame Configuration is only available with Fibre Channel Framed Layer 1 or Framed Layer 2. Click TEST, Stream Gen, and Frame Config. Frame Delimiters SOF: The SOF represents the Start Of Frame delimiter. The default ...
Page 199 Stream Generation Tabs Frame Configuration (Fibre Channel) EOF: The EOF represents the End Of Frame delimiter. The default  setting is EOFt for Framed Layer 1 and is the only choice for Framed Layer 2. Choices for Framed Layer 1 are: Description EOFt EOF - Terminate...
Page 200 Stream Generation Tabs Frame Configuration (Fibre Channel) Frame Parameter Size: Allows the selection of the frame size. The default setting is 2148  bytes. The frame size is configurable by 4 byte steps. Choices are: Frame Size (bytes) From Framing Latency Tag Latency Tag not enabled...
Page 201 Stream Generation Tabs Frame Configuration (Fibre Channel) FC Header Note: FC Header is only available with Fibre Channel Framed Layer 2 only. The frame header structure of a Framed Layer 2 is presented in the following table. Bits Word 31 ... 24 23 ...
Page 202 Stream Generation Tabs Frame Configuration (Fibre Channel) D_ID: The Destination Identifier specifies the location (address) where  an N-Port can find common services. The default setting is hexadecimal FFFFFE. Possible values are: D_ID Description 000000 to FFFC00 N_Port Identifier FFFC01 to Reserved for domain controllers FFFCFE FFFFF0 to...
Page 203 Stream Generation Tabs Frame Configuration (Fibre Channel) CS_CTL: The Class Specific Control field contains management  information for the class of service identified by the SOF. The default setting is hexadecimal 00 corresponding to no preference and no specific DSCP . Possible values for Class 3 service are: Description PREF (Preference) 0 = Frame is delivered with no Preference...
Page 204 Stream Generation Tabs Frame Configuration (Fibre Channel) F_CTL: The Frame Control contains control information related to the  frame content. The default setting is hexadecimal 380000. Possible values are: Field Description Exchange Context 0 = Originator of Exchange 1 = Responder of Exchange Sequence Context 0 = Sequence Initiator 1 = Sequence Recipient First Sequence...
Page 205 Stream Generation Tabs Frame Configuration (Fibre Channel) Field Description Retransmitted 0 = Original Sequence transmission Sequence 1 = Sequence retransmission Unidirectional 0 = Bi-directional transmission (Class 1), or Retain or Transmit (Class 1) deactivate circuit (Class 4) or Remove 1 = Unidirectional Transmission (Class 1), or Remove circuit Connection (Class (Class 4) 4 only)
Page 206 Stream Generation Tabs Frame Configuration (Fibre Channel) SEQ_ID: The Sequence Identifier specifies the sequence to which the  frame belongs. Choices are from 00 to FF. The default setting is hexadecimal 01. DF_CTL: Data Field Control indicates whether any optional headers are ...
Page 207: Stream Analyzer Tabs
Stream Analyzer Tabs Note: Stream analyzer is only available with Frame Analyzer test. Stream analyzer tabs are not available when Through Mode (RTU-310) is selected. Overview For Frame Analyzer test only, the Overview tab gives stream analysis statistics and throughput for all streams.
Page 208 Stream Analyzer Tabs Overview Latency Cur. (ms) indicates for each stream the current measured  round trip latency (delay) for all valid frames (valid Latency tag, expected originator identifier value, and no FCS error) received in the last second. Out-Of-Sequence (OOS) indicates for each stream the total count of ...
Page 209: Stream
Stream Analyzer Tabs Stream Stream Click TEST, Stream Analyzer, and Stream. Note: Available with Frame Analyzer test only. Stream No. Select the stream number from the list. RX Frame Count Indicates the number of frame received matching the selected stream ID. Stream Errors Analysis Out-Of-Sequence (OOS) is declared when a packet has its sequence ...
Page 210 Stream Analyzer Tabs Stream Throughput The throughput is measured for each stream on all valid frames (valid Throughput tag with no FCS error). The maximum, minimum, current, and average throughput results are reported. Unit choices are %, and Mbps. The default setting is %. Note: For the Current value, 0 is displayed when no RX rate has been measured in the last second.
Page 211: 10 Traffic Analyzer Tabs
Performance Monitoring (PM) Only available with RTU-310 For RTU-310: Available with Framed Layer 2, and Frame Layer 1 with xPAT pattern (Ethernet 1000Mbps and Fibre Channel interface only). For RTU-310G: Available for Framed Layer 2 with LAN transceiver mode. Not available with RTU-310G...
Page 212: Ethernet Tx
Traffic Analyzer Tabs Ethernet TX Ethernet TX Note: Available with BERT test with Framed Layer 1 and Framed Layer 2 only. Click TEST, Traffic Analyzer, and Eth. TX. PHY Alarm Generation Note: Available with 10Gig-E interface only. Type: The following alarms are available: ...
Page 213 Traffic Analyzer Tabs Ethernet TX PHY Error Injection Type: The following error is available with both manual and automated  injection modes: Symbol (100/1000Mbps) or Block (10Gbps). Amount: Allows the selection of the amount of manual error to be  generated.
Page 214 Traffic Analyzer Tabs Ethernet TX Rate: Click the Rate field to select the rate for the automated error.  Choices are: 1.0E-02, 1.0E-03, 1.0E-04, 1.0E-05, 1.0E-06, 1.0E-07, 1.0E-08, 1.0E-09 or user definable from 1.0E-09 to 1.0E-02. The default setting is 1.0E-04. Continuous: Generates the selected error for each generated frame ...
Page 215: Ethernet Rx
Traffic Analyzer Tabs Ethernet RX Ethernet RX Click TEST, Traffic Analyzer, and Eth. RX. Configuration Oversize Monitoring Enables the monitoring of the Oversize error. Alarms Analysis Link Down: Indicates that the Ethernet connection is down. The  Ethernet connection is down when there is a local or a remote fault condition.
Page 216 Traffic Analyzer Tabs Ethernet RX Errors Analysis Block (10Gig-E): The number of frames received with an errored  block condition. Symbol (100/1000 Mbps): A Symbol Error is declared when an  invalid code-group in the transmission code is detected. Idle (100/1000Mbps): An Idle Error is declared when an error is ...
Page 217 Traffic Analyzer Tabs Ethernet RX The following errors are only available with Half Duplex mode. Not available when Through Mode (RTU-310) is selected. Not available with RTU-310G. Collision (10/100/1000Mbps): Indicates the number of collisions on  the link. Late Collision (10/100/1000Mbps): Indicates the number of ...
Page 218: Ethernet Statistics
Traffic Analyzer Tabs Ethernet Statistics Ethernet Statistics Click TEST, Traffic Analyzer, and Eth. Stats. Valid Frame Counts Note: Valid Frame Counts is only available with Framed Layer 2. Multicast: The number of Multicast frames transmitted/received  without any FCS errors. Broadcast frames are not counted as multicast frames.
Page 219 Traffic Analyzer Tabs Ethernet Statistics Frame Size Count: Gives the count of each received frame size (valid and invalid).  Total: Gives the percentage ratio of each received frame size based on  the total count of frames. < 64: frames with less than 64 bytes. ...
Page 220: Pbb-Te
Traffic Analyzer Tabs PBB-TE PBB-TE Analyzes streams with PBB-TE data traffic. Note: The PBB-TE check box has been selected during the test setup to give access to the PBB-TE analysis. Refer to PBB-TE on page 106 for more information. Click TEST, Traffic Analyzer, and PBB-TE. Valid PBB-TE Frame Counts Note: TX Count is not available when Through Mode is selected.
Page 221 Traffic Analyzer Tabs PBB-TE PPB-TE Frame Size Count: Gives the count of each received PBB-TE frame size (valid and  invalid). Total: Gives the percentage ratio of each received PBB-TE frame size  based on the total count of frames. <...
Page 222: Higher Layers
UDP Checksum: Indicates that the UDP segments received have invalid UDP checksum. UDP Checksum is not available with TCP Throughput test (RTU-310) TCP Checksum (RTU-310): Indicates that the TCP segments received have invalid TCP checksum. TCP Checksum is only available with TCP Throughput test.
Page 223 Traffic Analyzer Tabs Higher Layers MPLS Note: MPLS is only availabe when enabled from the test setup. Frame Count: Indicates repectively the count of transmitted (TX) and received (RX) MPLS EtherType (0x8847 or 0x8848) frames regardless if FCS is good or not. RX Throughput Bandwidth: Gives the receiving MPLS data rate expressed in Mbps.
Page 224: Flow Control
0.512 μs; for 10 Gbps interface, one Quanta equal 51.2 ns. Injection Note: Flow Control Injection is available with Frame Analyzer test only. Not available when Through Mode (RTU-310) is selected. Packet Pause Time: Enter the pause time value to be transmitted. The ...
Page 225 Traffic Analyzer Tabs Flow Control Note: When entering a value in μs/ns it will be rounded to the closest multiple of 0.512 μs for 1000 Mbps, 5.12μs for 100 Mbps, 51.2μs for 10 Mbps, and 51.2 ns. Unit: Select the measurement unit. Choices are Quanta and μsns (nanoseconds).
Page 226 Traffic Analyzer Tabs Flow Control Statistics Pause Time: Indicates the total number of pause time received from  the link partner. Last Pause Time: Indicates the last pause time received from the link  partner. Max. Pause Time: Indicates the maximum pause time received from ...
Page 227: Traffic Filters
Traffic Analyzer Tabs Traffic Filters Traffic Filters Allows gathering statistics according to the programmed filters. Up to 10 filters can be enabled and defined. Note: The Filters tab is only available when the Advanced Traffic Filtering software option (SK-ADV-FILTERS) is not enabled. Refer to Software Options on page 347.
Page 228 Traffic Analyzer Tabs Traffic Filters Filter Configuration Allows to configure the criteria for the selected filter. The configuration is only possible when the Enable check box is not selected. Filter  Allows the selection of the filter to be used. The default setting is None. Choices are None and: Category Filter...
Page 229 Traffic Analyzer Tabs Traffic Filters Category Filter Comment IPv6 IPv6 Destination Address IPv6 Source Address IPv6 Flow Label IPv6 Next Header Apply only to the last next header occurrence when extension headers are used. IPv6 Traffic Class IPv6 Precedence IPv6 DiffServ Higher Apply to IPv4 and IPv6.
Page 230 Traffic Analyzer Tabs Traffic Filters Value  Allows entering the value associated to the selected filter. See Overview on page 162 for more information on possible values. Mask  Allows masking the defined filter value. A bit mask of 1 indicates that the corresponding bit in the value is compared for the match.
Page 231 Traffic Analyzer Tabs Traffic Filters Frame Count Indicates the number of frame matching the configured filter’s criteria. Throughput Indicates throughput statistics of frame matching the configured filter’s criteria. Bandwidth: Gives the receiving data rate expressed in Mbps.  Utilization: Gives the percentage of line rate utilization. ...
Page 232: Traffic Filter Configuration
Traffic Analyzer Tabs Traffic Filter Configuration Traffic Filter Configuration Allows gathering statistics according to the programmed filters. Up to 10 filters having up to four operands each can be defined and enabled. Note: The Filter Cfg tab is only available when the Advanced Traffic Filtering software option (SK-ADV-FILTERS) is enabled.
Page 233 Traffic Analyzer Tabs Traffic Filter Configuration Filter: Allows the selection of the filter to be used. The default setting is None. See Filter on page 216 for the filter list. Value: Allows entering the value associated to the selected filter. See Overview on page 162 for more information on possible values.
Page 234: Traffic Filter Stats
Traffic Analyzer Tabs Traffic Filter Stats Traffic Filter Stats Allows gathering statistics according to the programmed filters (see Traffic Filters on page 215). Note: The Filter Stats tab is only available when the Advanced Traffic Filtering software option (SK-ADV-FILTERS) is enabled. Refer to Software Options on page 347.
Page 235 Traffic Analyzer Tabs Traffic Filter Stats Throughput Indicates throughput statistics of frame matching the configured filter’s criteria. Bandwidth: Gives the receiving data rate expressed in Mbps.  Utilization: Gives the percentage of line rate utilization.  Frame Rate: Gives the receiving number of frames (including bad ...
Page 236: Capture
Traffic Analyzer Tabs Capture Capture Capture is a troubleshooting tool used to capture received data traffic and save complete or truncated frames into a file. It allows to precisely observe network data, to understand errors, and unwanted behavior. Note: The Capture tab is only available with Frame Analyzer application type on Port 1 when the data capture software option (SK-DATA-CAPTURE) is enabled.
Page 237 Traffic Analyzer Tabs Capture Frame Length  Allows to select the length of the frame that will be saved in the capture buffer. Complete captures the entire frames.  Truncated captures only the first specified number of bytes per  frame.
Page 238 Traffic Analyzer Tabs Capture Trigger Trigger Type: Allows to define the trigger source criterion that will be  used to automatically start/stop the capture when a received frame matches the filter and the trigger criteria. Manual: Automatically start the frame capture when the Capture ...
Page 239 Traffic Analyzer Tabs Capture Trigger Position: Allows the selection of the triggered frame position  within the buffer. Post-Trigger: The trigger frame is located at the beginning of the  buffer meaning that the buffer will contain the triggered frame with the following frames.
Page 240 Traffic Analyzer Tabs Capture Capture button: Allows to start/stop the data capture. The test must be  running (refer to Global Test Status and Controls on page 44) in order to start capturing and recording data into the buffer. The Capture button is not available when the trigger on field match is selected while its trigger parameters are not valid.
Page 241: Graph
Traffic Analyzer Tabs Graph Graph Gives the graph showing the test measurement results. Click TEST, Traffic Analyzer, and Graph. The X axis shows the time in seconds while the Y axis shows the percentage utilization. Ethernet and Fibre Channel Application...
Page 242: Fc Tx
Traffic Analyzer Tabs FC TX FC TX Click TEST, Traffic Analyzer, and FC TX. Alarm Generation Type: The following error is available: Link Down. Note that a Pattern  Loss alarm will be detected when injecting a Link Down while the PSP (Link Protocol) check box is selected (Refer to PSP (Link Protocol) on page 146).
Page 243 Traffic Analyzer Tabs FC TX PHY Error Injection Type: The following errors are available with both manual and  automated injection modes: Symbol Error. Amount: Allows the selection of the amount of manual error to be  generated. Choices are 1 through 50. The default setting is 1. Send button: Click Send to manually generate error(s) according to ...
Page 244 Note: FC Error Injection is available with Framed Layer 2 only. Type: The following errors are available with both manual and  automated injection modes: FCS (RTU-310), C, Oversize, and Undersize. Amount: Allows the selection of the amount of manual error to be ...
Page 245: Fc Rx
Traffic Analyzer Tabs FC RX FC RX ClickTEST, Traffic Analyzer, and FC RX. Alarm Analysis Link Down: Indicates that the fibre channel connection is down. The  fibre channel connection is down if there is a local or a remote fault condition including LOS, loss of code-group synchronization, and PSP failure (when enabled).
Page 246 Traffic Analyzer Tabs FC RX Error Analysis Symbol (FC 1x, and 2x): A Symbol error is declared when an invalid  symbol excluding the SOF and EOF is detected. FCS: The number of received Framed Layer 2 or Framed Layer 1 ...
Page 247: Fc Latency
Traffic Analyzer Tabs FC Latency FC Latency Note: Available with FC Framed Layer 1 and FC Framed Layer 2 only. ClickTEST, Traffic Analyzer, and Latency. Latency is only available when the two following conditions are met: Framed Layer 1 or Framed Layer 2 has been selected from the BERT ...
Page 248 Round Trip Delay Maximum: Indicates the maximum time taken for a bit to travel from  the RTU-310/310G transmitter back to its receiver after crossing a far-end loopback test set. Minimum: Indicates the minimum time taken for a bit to travel from ...
Page 249: Fc Statistics
Traffic Analyzer Tabs FC Statistics FC Statistics Note: Available with FC Framed Layer 1 and FC Framed Layer 2 only. ClickTEST, Traffic Analyzer, and FC Stats. Traffic Statistics TX Frames: Indicates the number of Fibre Channel frames transmitted  including frames with errors and aborted frames. RX Frames: Indicates the number of Fibre Channel frames received ...
Page 251: 11 Wis Tabs
11 WIS Tabs Note: The WIS tabs are only available with 10 GigE WAN transceiver mode. Not available with Smart Loopback test. Not available with RTU-310. Available with Ethernet Fibre Channel Page WIS TX WIS RX WIS OH RX Not available with RTU-310G WIS TX Press TEST, WIS, and WIS TX.
Page 252 WIS Tabs WIS TX Alarm Generation Note: Alarm generation is available with BERT test only. Type: The following alarms are available. The default setting is SEF.  SEF (Severely Errored Framing): Generates more than four  consecutive errored framing patterns. LOF (Loss Of Frame): Generates a non-valid framing pattern.
Page 253 WIS Tabs WIS TX ERDI-PCD (Enhanced RDI - Path Connectivity Defect): Generates a  “110” pattern for bits 5, 6 and 7 of the G1 byte. ERDI-PPD (Enhanced RDI - Path Payload Defect): Generates a  “010” pattern for bits 5, 6 and 7 of the G1 byte. On/Off button: The On/Off button is used to activate/deactivate the ...
Page 254 The default setting is 1A : 10 Gbps Ethernet (IEEE 802.3). J0 Trace Message: Enter the J0 trace value in 16 bytes format. The default message is EXFO 10GigE. J1 Trace Message: Enter the J1 trace value in 16 bytes format. The default message is EXFO 10GigE.
Page 255: Wis Rx
WIS Tabs WIS RX WIS RX Click TEST, WIS, and WIS RX. Error Analysis B1 (BIP-8, Bit-Interleave Parity - 8 bits): The B1 (BIP-8) error 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).
Page 256 WIS Tabs WIS RX REI-L (Remote Error Indicator - Line): The REI-L error is declared  when bits 5 through 8 of the M0 byte contain one pattern from the following binary range: “0001” through “1000” (1 to 8) (located in the first STS-1 of an STS-n signal).
Page 257 WIS Tabs WIS RX LOP-P (Loss Of Pointer - Path): For non-concatenated payloads, the  LOP-P alarm indicates that a valid pointer is not found in N consecutive frames (where 8  N  10), or N consecutive NDFs (“1001” pattern) are detected.
Page 258: Wis Oh Rx
WIS Tabs WIS OH RX WIS OH RX Allows verification of the transport overhead information received. Click TEST, WIS, and WIS OH RX. Binary Allows displaying all overhead values either in binary (when enabled) or hexadecimal (when disabled). This setting is disabled by default. FTB-8500 Series and FTB-8120NGE/8130NGE...
Page 259 WIS Tabs WIS OH RX Section Overhead Note: Monitor the first timeslot only. A1 and A2: Framing. The value should be hexadecimal F6 for A1 and  28 for A2. J0: Trace: STS-1 #1 of an electrical or OC-N signal. ...
Page 260 WIS Tabs WIS OH RX Path Overhead : Trace.  : BIP-8  C2: Signal Label  G1: Status  F2: User Channel  : Multiframe Indicator  Z3 and Z4: Growth  N1: Tandem Connection  Path Signal Label (C2) The C2 byte is allocated to indicate the content of the STS SPE, including the status of the mapped payloads.
Page 261: 12 Iptv Tabs
12 IPTV Tabs Note: The IPTV tabs are available with Frame Analyzer application type on the RTU-310 module only. IPTV testing is supported on Port 1 only. In order to operate the IPTV functionality, the IPTV software option must be enabled.
Page 262: Iptv Testing With The Rtu-310
100 streams when the SK-IPTV-MAXSTREAM is also enabled. The RTU-310 IPTV software option provides over 45 different metrics and statistics including Media Delivery Index (MDI) and TR 101 290 metrics. The TR 101 290 includes PCR jitter and Priority 1 metrics. In addition, other key statistics such as IP packet metrics, stream rate, presence measurements and bandwidth utilization are available.
Page 263 IPTV Tabs IPTV Testing with the RTU-310 The RTU-310 module equipped with the IPTV option can be used at different points in the network to collect data and help isolate a fault affecting the IPTV service quality as described in the figure below.
Page 264: Discovery
IPTV Tabs Discovery Discovery The Discovery page allows the auto-discovery function to automatically scans the network test point and displays a real-time list of all valid IPTV streams carrying MPEG-2 TS traffic. From the discovered stream list, the user can add the streams to collect statistics from. To access the Discovery tab, click TEST, IPTV, and Discovery.
Page 265 IPTV Tabs Discovery The status of each stream, active or inactive, is visually presented as follow: Active: Streams on which MPEG-2 TS data is currently being received.  Active streams are listed using black characters. Inactive: Streams that are no longer receiving MPEG-2 TS data. Inactive ...
Page 266 IPTV Tabs Discovery Stream Monitoring The Add function adds the streams to the stream monitoring list in the overview page. The IGMP Auto-Join function configures the system to issue join request to join a multicast group once a stream is added while the test is running or when the test will be started.
Page 267 IPTV Tabs Discovery Selection Options Note: Selection Options is not available when Auto-Add is selected. Only non-monitored streams can be selected. Select Range selects all streams located between two selected  streams including the boundaries. To select a range, select a first stream from the list, select a second stream from the list, and click Select Range to complete the selection.
Page 268: Overview
IPTV Tabs Overview Overview The Overview tab provides a summary of the key statistics that can be used as first alert information to evaluate the Quality of Experience (QoE) each monitored stream delivers to the end-user. This tab automatically organizes the Stream Name, its IP Address, MDI (Delay Factor, Medial Loss Rate), TR 101 290, IP rate, and Bandwidth Utilization using sorting criteria.
Page 269 IPTV Tabs Overview To organize the streams key statistics presentation, the Overview page supports several sorting criterion levels. The main sorting criterion is the Stream Alarm Status that automatically sorts the streams from the most important alarm group to the least (Red-Yellow-Green-White). The second sorting criterion is the Stream Activity Status that can either be Active (stream information is black) or Inactive (stream information is gray).
Page 270 IPTV Tabs Overview Column Description Join Status: Indicates the join status for each multicast stream only.  The join status icons become grayed out when the test is stopped. Icon Status Description Joining The joining state is reported following a join request until the desired stream is received or the join timeout expires.
Page 271 IPTV Tabs Overview DF (ms): The Delay Factor (DF) provides a measure of the maximum  packet delay variation over a period of 1 second. In other words, the metric presents in milliseconds how much buffer would be required in the next downstream network element to compensate for the media packet jitter.
Page 272 IPTV Tabs Overview Stream Status The status of each stream, active or inactive, is visually presented as follow: Active: Streams on which MPEG-2 TS data is currently being received.  Active streams are listed using black characters. Inactive: Streams that are no longer receiving MPEG-2 TS data. Inactive ...
Page 273 IPTV Tabs Overview Add Button The Add button adds streams to the stream monitoring list. The Add button is disabled when the maximum number of monitored stream is reached. Alias map list Streams can be sorted using IP address or Stream Name. Column Description Stream Name: Indicates the configured name associated to an IP address in the Alias Map.
Page 274 IPTV Tabs Overview Deselect All deselects all the streams in the list.  Manual Entry, when selected, adds one specific stream. Destination IP Address: Enter the IP address of the stream to be  added. Manual Range Entry, when selected, adds a range of streams. Dest IP Address From: Enter the first IP address of the range.
Page 275 IPTV Tabs Overview Delete Button The Delete button removes streams from the stream monitoring list. Streams can be sorted using IP address or Stream Name. Column Description Stream Name: Indicates the configured name associated to an IP address in the Alias Map. See for more details. Dest IP Address: Indicates the IP address associated to the monitored stream.
Page 276 IPTV Tabs Overview Manual Entry, when selected, removes one specific stream. Destination IP Address: Enter the IP address of the stream to be  deleted. Manual Range Entry, when selected, removes a range of streams. Dest IP Address From: Enter the first IP address of the range. ...
Page 277 IPTV Tabs Overview IGMP Button The IGMP button facilitates the management of the IGMP capabilities associated to the multicast streams presented in the Overview stream monitoring list. It provides specific controls (on a stream basis or for a range) that are adapted to the test case running status: stopped or started. When the test case is stopped the management controls are displayed as Enable Auto-Join and Disable Auto-Join that respectively enable and disable the ability to join or not a multicast group when a test case is...
Page 278 IPTV Tabs Overview Streams can be sorted using Stream Name, Dest IP address, Auto Join, or Join Status. When sorting using Auto Join, the stream will be sorted in the following order: enabled-disabled or disabled-enabled. When sorting using Join Status, the streams will be sorted in the following order: Failed-Joined-Joining-Idle or Idle-Joining-Joined-Failed (see Join-Status on page 258 for more details).
Page 279 IPTV Tabs Overview Disable Auto-Join / Leave Button: This button toggles from Disable  Auto-Join to Leave when the test is started. Disable Auto-Join, available when the test is stopped, disables the IGMP auto-join function. Leave, available when the test is started, issues a leave request for the selected multicast streams and disables the IGMP auto-join function for these streams.
Page 280 IPTV Tabs Overview Join Status: The Join-Status is represented by the following icons.  Icons become grayed out when the test is stopped. Icon Status Description Auto-Join Indicates the number of monitored streams currently configured for auto-join. Joined Indicates the number of monitored streams currently in joined state.
Page 281 The Alias Map must be a csv file with a predefined format: Stream Name, Destination IP address. Each stream entry must be on a separated line. For example: EXFO,244.1.1.1. The csv predefined format uses the comma “,” delimiter in English and a semi-column “;”...
Page 282 IPTV Tabs Overview Alias  Add allows a new alias map entry to the IPTV alias map list. Use  the Stream Name and Dest IP Address fields from Edit Selected to enter the required information in order to complete the addition. Delete removes the selected alias.
Page 283: Mdi/Tr 101 290
IPTV Tabs MDI/TR 101 290 MDI/TR 101 290 The MDI/TR 101 290 page contains the detailed statistics associated to first alert information provided in the Overview page for the Media Delivery Index and DVB Technical Report (TR) 101 290 (PCR Jitter and Priority 1) metrics.
Page 284 IPTV Tabs MDI/TR 101 290 Stream The Select Stream pop up allows the selection of a stream to see its statistics/thresholds. Select a stream from the list by clicking on it, or perform a search in the stream list by entering either its Stream Name or Destination IP Address. When entering a Stream Name or the Destination IP Address the search is performed immediately when clicking OK.
Page 285 IPTV Tabs MDI/TR 101 290 MDI (Media Delivery Index) The use of the Media Delivery Index as a testing metric provides the tools to measure and diagnose network induced impairments for IPTV streaming media. The Delay Factor (DF) and Media Loss Rate (MLR) together provide a measure of the quality (quality-of-service) of a delivered media stream which can be directly correlated the end users ultimate Quality of Experience (QoE).
Page 286 IPTV Tabs MDI/TR 101 290 Note: The Delay Factor (and associated Virtual Buffer Size) value behavior can change depending on the stream type: Constant Bit Rate (CBR) or Variable Bit Rate (VBR). For CBR, the streams should have relatively stable inter-arrival time values for each stream while VBR will have widely varying values depending on the media rate variability of the stream.
Page 287 IPTV Tabs MDI/TR 101 290 TR 101 290 The TR 101 290 determines the integrity of the MPEG-2 Transport Stream across the network. Measurable impairments on the MPEG-2 transport stream can occur at the source or while in transit in the network. PCR Jitter (ms) (Program Clock Reference Jitter): Indicates the ...
Page 288 IPTV Tabs MDI/TR 101 290 PMT Error2: Indicates that any of the following conditions appear during a 1 second interval for a stream: Scrambling_control_field is not 00 for all packets containing  information of sections with table_id 0x02 on each program_map_PID which is referred to in the PAT.
Page 289 IPTV Tabs MDI/TR 101 290 TR 101 290 Threshold TR 101 290 Threshold parameters apply to all streams. PCR Jitter (ms): Defines the value at which an alarm is declared when  crossed. Choices are from 1 to 1000 ms. The default setting is 10 ms. The PCR Jitter (ms) check box is selected by default.
Page 290: Igmp
RFC 2236 rules) the IGMP Auto-Join is disabled. This page also presents an IGMP statistic summary of all the multicast groups being monitored by the RTU-310 and provides a selection allowing a view of the applicable statistics for a single stream. This page is further used to configure the Join Timeout value to determine the success or failure of a join request.
Page 291 IPTV Tabs IGMP To access the IGMP tab, click TEST, IPTV, and IGMP . Multicast Group Stream The Select Stream pop up allows the selection of a stream to see its statistics/thresholds. Ethernet and Fibre Channel Application...
Page 292 IPTV Tabs IGMP Select a stream from the list by clicking on it, or perform a search in the stream list by entering either its Stream Name or Destination IP Address. When entering a Stream Name or the Destination IP Address the search is done immediately when clicking OK.
Page 293 IPTV Tabs IGMP Enable Auto-Join, available when the test is stopped, enables the IGMP auto-join function. The IGMP Auto-Join function configures the system to issue join request to join multicast groups when the test is started. Join, available when the test is started, issues a join request for the selected multicast streams and enables the IGMP auto-join function for these steams.
Page 294 IPTV Tabs IGMP Summary (All Multicast Groups) The following gives statistics on all monitored multicast streams. Multicast  Group: Indicates the total number of multicast streams. Join Status  Icon Status Description Joined Indicates the number of monitored streams currently in joined state. Failed Indicates the number of monitored streams currently in failed state.
Page 295 IPTV Tabs IGMP Configuration IGMP Version: Indicates the supported IGMP version which is IGMP  version 2. Note that version 2 is interoperable with version 3 as per RFC 3376. Join Timeout (s): The join timeout is the maximum period for the ...
Page 296: Stream Information
IPTV Tabs Stream Information Stream Information The Stream Info tab completes the information provided by the MDI/TR 101 290 tab by presenting the structure of the stream i.e. encapsulation used, transport stream type, etc. It also gives insights about the stream presence which may help understand the nature of certain metrics obtained from the MDI/TR 101 290 page.
Page 297 IPTV Tabs Stream Information Stream The Select Stream pop up allows the selection of a stream to see information about its structure. Select a stream from the list by clicking on it, or perform a search in the stream list by entering either its Stream Name or Destination IP Address. When entering a Stream Name or the Destination IP Address the search is done immediately when clicking OK.
Page 298 IPTV Tabs Stream Information Duration Start Time: Indicates the time at which the stream monitoring has  started. The stream monitoring start time corresponds either to the time the stream has been added while the test was running or the time the test has been started while the stream was already added to the monitoring list.
Page 299 IPTV Tabs Stream Information Rate (Mbps): Indicates the number of megabits received in the last  second (Mbps) for the selected stream ID address. Average, Minimum, and Maximum rate values are also displayed. Packet Size (Bytes): Indicates the Average, Minimum, and Maximum ...
Page 301: 13 Pattern Tabs
13 Pattern Tabs Note: The Pattern tabs are only available with BERT test. Available with Page Ethernet Fibre Channel Pattern TX Pattern RX Performance Monitoring (PM) Not available with RTU-310G Available with Ethernet/FC Framed Layer 1 and Framed Layer 2, and LAN transceiver mode. Ethernet and Fibre Channel Application...
Page 302: Pattern Tx
Pattern Tabs Pattern TX Pattern TX Click TEST, and Pattern. Configuration Test Pattern: Select the test pattern from the list. The default setting is  PRBS 2^31-1. Choices are: FTB-8500 Series and FTB-8120NGE/8130NGE...
Page 303 Pattern Tabs Pattern TX Invert: The generated test pattern will be inverted if the Invert check  box is selected meaning that every 0 will be changed for 1 and every 1 for 0. For example, the pattern 1100 will be sent as 0011. The Invert check box is cleared by default.
Page 304 Pattern Tabs Pattern TX Error Injection Allows selection and configuration of a manual or automated pattern error that will be generated. Type: The only available type of pattern error is Bit Error. Amount: Select the amount of error to be generated. Choices are 1 through 50.
Page 305: Pattern Rx
Pattern Tabs Pattern RX Pattern RX Click TEST, and Pattern. Configuration Note: See Configuration on page 290 for more information on Test Pattern, Invert, and User Pattern. Alarm Analysis Pattern Loss For Ethernet, a Pattern Loss is declared when the test sequence and the reference sequence can be unambiguously identified as out of phase.
Page 306 Pattern Tabs Pattern RX Error Analysis Bit Error: A Bit Error indicates that there are logic errors in the bit stream (i.e., zeros that should be ones and vice versa). Mismatch ‘0’: A Mismatch ‘0’ Error indicates a bit error on a binary “0” (for example ones that should be zeros) found in the test pattern only.
Page 307: 14 Rfc 2544 Tabs
14 RFC 2544 Tabs Note: The RFC 2544 tabs are only available with RFC 2544 test. Available with Page Ethernet Fibre Channel Configurationa Global Configuration nd Results Throughput Back-to-Back Frame Loss Latency Graph Not available with RTU-310G Note: The RFC 2544 measurements are based on all valid Ethernet FCS frames received regardless of their MAC and IP addresses.
Page 308: Global Configuration
RFC 2544 Tabs Global Configuration Global Configuration Click TEST, RFC 2544, and Global. Configuration Frame Size Distribution  Distribution: Select the frame size distribution from the list.  Choices are RFC 2544 and User Defined. The default setting is RFC 2544. Quantity: Quantity is only available when User Defined has been ...
Page 309 TX-to-RX for single port topology.  P1-to-P2, P2-to-P1 and Bidirectional for dual ports topology.  Available with RTU-310 only. Local to Remote, Remote to Local, and Bidirectional for Dual  Test Sets. Coupled Status: Couples the port direction algorithm for Bidirectional flow direction.
Page 310 RFC 2544 Tabs Global Configuration Test Procedure Test: Enables the RFC 2544 sub-tests to be performed. Choices are  Throughput, Back-to-Back, Frame Loss, and Latency. All tests are selected by default unless otherwise set during the test setup. For FTB-8120NGE and FTB-8130NGE in Dual Test Set round-trip latency measurement mode, the Latency sub-test is not available when the flow direction is set to either Local to Remote or Remote to Local.
Page 311: Throughput
RFC 2544 Tabs Throughput Throughput The objective of this test is to find the throughput of the device under test for which there is no frame loss. Starting at full media speed, the rate converges towards the highest throughput without frame loss with the test having a predefined duration (Test Time).
Page 312 RFC 2544 Tabs Throughput Configuration Test Time (MM:SS): Enter the test time value. Possible values are 1  second to 30 minutes. The default setting is 1 second (00:01). Accuracy: Enter the accuracy value. The accuracy is not based on the ...
Page 313 TX-to-RX/P1-to-P2/P2-to-P1/Local to Remote/Remote to Local: Select the maximum rate for the test. The default setting is 100% for 10/100/1000 Mbps and 10 Gig-E LAN, and 92.8571428571429% for 10 Gig-E WAN. P1-to-P2/P2-to-P1 is only available with RTU-310. Choices are: Rate Interface...
Page 314  TX-to-RX/P1-to-P2/P2-to-P1/Local to Remote/Remote to Local: Gives the number of frames for the indicated direction. P1-to-P2/P2-to-P1 is only available with RTU-310. TX Frame Count: Indicates the number of transmitted frames.  RX Frame Count: Indicates the number of received frames.
Page 315 TX-to-RX/P1-to-P2/P2-to-P1/Local to Remote/Remote to Local:  Gives the number of frames for the corresponding direction. P1-to-P2/P2-to-P1 is only available with RTU-310. Current Trial: Indicates the current trial number.  Units: Select the throughput result unit. Choices are bps, Bps, ...
Page 316: Back-To-Back
RFC 2544 Tabs Back-to-Back 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 (Max. time worth of frames) is sent with minimum inter-frame gaps to the device under test and the number of forwarded frames is counted.
Page 317 RFC 2544 Tabs Back-to-Back Configuration Max. time worth of frame (MM:SS): Choices are 1 to 5 seconds. The  default setting is 1 second (00:01). Accuracy (Frames): Enter the Accuracy measurement value in frames.  Choices are 1 to 50 frames. The default setting is 1. Nb of Acceptable Errors: Select the number of acceptable errors for ...
Page 318 Note: The “--” indicates that the result is not available because the test has not run yet or the measured value is not valid. TX-to-RX/P1-to-P2/P2-to-P1/Local to Remote/Remote to Local:  Gives the number of frames for the corresponding direction. P1-to-P2/P2-to-P1 is only available with RTU-310. FTB-8500 Series and FTB-8120NGE/8130NGE...
Page 319 RFC 2544 Tabs Back-to-Back Current Trial: Indicates the current trial number.  Unit: Select the throughput result unit. Choices are bps, Bps,  Kbps, KBps, Mbps, MBps, Gbps, GBps, fps, %, Bytes/Burst, and Frames/Burst. Default unit is Frames/Burst. Layer: Select the layers used for the Back-to-Back test. Choices are ...
Page 320: Frame Loss
RFC 2544 Tabs Frame Loss Frame Loss The objective of this test is to find the percentage of frames that are lost due to lack of resources. Starting at full media speed, the test is performed for a specific frame size and for the specified duration (Test Time). The test is repeated by decreasing the throughput by the specified granularity (Test granularity), then the test is repeated again until there are two successive trials in which no frames are lost.
Page 321 Maximum Rate  TX-to-RX/P1-to-P2/P2-to-P1/Local to Remote/Remote to Local: Select the maximum rate for the test. The default setting is 100 % for 10/100/1000Mbps and 10Gig-E LAN, and 92.8571428571429% for 10Gig-E WAN. P1-to-P2/P2-to-P1 is only available with RTU-310. Rate Unit Interface from...
Page 322  TX-to-RX/P1-to-P2/P2-to-P1/Local to Remote/Remote to Local: Gives the number of frames for the indicated direction. P1-to-P2/P2-to-P1 is only available with RTU-310. TX Frame Count: Indicates the number of transmitted frames.  RX Frame Count: Indicates the number of received frames.
Page 323 RFC 2544 Tabs Frame Loss Frame Loss Results  Frame Size: Indicates the frame sizes used for the test. Up to seven  different frame sizes can be displayed. Note: The “--” indicates that the result is not available because the test has not run yet or the measured value is not valid.
Page 324: Latency
The objective of this test is to find the time required for the sent frame to go through the device under test and return to the RTU-310/310G. Starting by sending a stream of frames for the predefined duration (Test Time) and throughput (% Util.) at a particular frame size (Frame Size), an identifying...
Page 325 RTU-310. TX-to-RX/P1-to-P2/P2-to-P1/Local to Remote/Remote to Local:  Enter the value for each frame size. Choices are listed in the following table. The default setting is 100%. P1-to-P2/P2-to-P1 is only available with RTU-310. Rate Unit Interface from 10 Mbps 0.005...
Page 326 Choices are 0% to 10%. The default margin value is 0%. Note: Set All To, Unit, and TX-to-RX/P1-to-P2/P2-to-P1/Local to Remote/Remote to Local fields are not available when Copy From Throughput Test is selected. P1-to-P2/P2-to-P1 is only available with RTU-310. FTB-8500 Series and FTB-8120NGE/8130NGE...
Page 327  TX-to-RX/P1-to-P2/P2-to-P1/Local to Remote/Remote to Local: Gives the number of frames for the indicated direction. P1-to-P2/P2-to-P1 is only available with RTU-310. TX Frame Count: Indicates the number of transmitted frames.  RX Frame Count: Indicates the number of received frames.
Page 328  Gives the latency for the corresponding direction. P1-to-P2/P2-to-P1 is only available with RTU-310. Note: Latency measurement values below 15 μs will be shown as “<15 μs” for Dual Test Set. For all other test cases, values below 0.5 μs will be shown as “<500 ns”.
Page 329: Graph
Throughput, Back-to-Back, Frame Loss, and Latency. Direction: Allows the selection of the test traffic direction. Choices are:  TX-to-RX for single port topology (RTU-310) P1-to-P2, P2-to-P1, and Bidirectional for dual ports topology (RTU-310) Local to Remote, Remote to Local, and Bidirectional for dual test set.
Page 330 RFC 2544 Tabs Graph Unit: Select the result unit. Choices are:  Sub-test Unit Default unit Throughput bps, Bps, Kbps, KBps, Mbps, MBps, Gbps, GBps, fps, and %. Back-to-Back bps, Bps, Kbps, KBps, Mbps, MBps, Gbps, GBps, fps, %, Frames/Burst Bytes/Burst, and Frames/Burst.
Page 331 RFC 2544 Tabs Graph Displayed Results: Select the displayed results mode: Current,  Minimum, Maximum, or Average. The default setting is Current. Legend: Indicates the legend used for the graph according with the  direction selected. Ethernet and Fibre Channel Application...
Page 333: 15 Ethersam Tabs
15 EtherSAM Tabs Note: The EtherSAM tabs are only available with EtherSAM (Y.1564) test. The EtherSAM tabs are not available on the module set as remote dual test set. Available with Page Ethernet Fibre Channel Overview (Configuration) Services (Configuration) Ramp (Configuration) Burst (Configuration) Overview (Results) Service Configuration Test (Results)
Page 334: Overview (Configuration)
EtherSAM Tabs Overview (Configuration) Overview (Configuration) The Overview tab allows the activation of up to 10 services and displays a summary of the service settings. Click TEST, EtherSAM Configuration, and Overview. Service Overview Table The overview table allows the activation of up to 10 services and displays some service settings.
Page 335 EtherSAM Tabs Overview (Configuration) When the Service Performance Test is enabled, up to 10 services can be enabled one after the other, as long as the total TX Rate (bandwidth) is not reached (Committed). For example, if the first service is using the full bandwidth available, then no other service can be enabled.
Page 336 EtherSAM Tabs Overview (Configuration) In the third stage of the test, when the Ramp Traffic Policing Rate check box is enabled, the throughput will be increased one step over the CIR+EIR if enabled otherwise over the CIR to compare against expected maximum throughput threshold to declare a pass/fail verdict.
Page 337 EtherSAM Tabs Overview (Configuration) Sub-Tests Duration Service Configuration Test displays the Service Configuration Test  duration in days:hours:minutes:seconds format based on Services, Ramp, and Burst settings (see Services (Configuration) on page 327, Ramp (Configuration) on page 333, and Burst (Configuration) on page 335).
Page 338 EtherSAM Tabs Overview (Configuration) Total TX Rate (%) Note: Only available when the Service Performance Test check box is selected. Committed displays the total enabled TX rate (bandwidth) that will be  generated by the selected service(s). Available displays the total TX rate (bandwidth) available for traffic ...
Page 339: Services (Configuration)
EtherSAM Tabs Services (Configuration) Services (Configuration) Click TEST, EtherSAM Configuration, and Services. Service No. select the service number from the list.  Service Name displays and allows to modify the service name. Click  the service name field to change the name of the service. Up to 16 characters are allowed.
Page 340 EtherSAM Tabs Services (Configuration) Framing indicates and allows to change the selected framing. The  framing is displayed as follow: Data Link/Network/Transport. Refer to Framing Configuration on page 498 for more information. Frame Size indicates and allows to change the selected frame size. ...
Page 341 EtherSAM Tabs Services (Configuration) PBB-TE indicates and allows to change the selected frame PBB-TE  destination address. PBB-TE is only displayed when PBB-TE has been enabled. Refer to PBB-TE Interface configuration on page 487 for more information. MPLS indicates and allows to change the selected frame label. MPLS is ...
Page 342 EtherSAM Tabs Services (Configuration) CIR+EIR sets the best effort allowed traffic for the service. The  EIR (Excess Information Rate) value is equal to the “CIR+EIR” value minus “CIR”. The CIR+EIR check box is cleared by default. Rate Unit allows the selection of Mbit/s (default) or Gbit/s as the rate ...
Page 343 EtherSAM Tabs Services (Configuration) Performance Criteria Max Jitter allows to set the maximum jitter value in millisecond (0.015  to 8000 ms), allowed for the service. The default setting is 2 ms. Max Round-Trip Latency allows to set the maximum round-trip ...
Page 344 EtherSAM Tabs Services (Configuration) Test Parameters Ramp Traffic Policing Rate allows to stress the rate limiting of the network by sending traffic at higher rate than committed by the SLA. The Ramp Traffic Policing Rate check box is selected by default. Burst Max Rate allows to set the rate that will be used for the CBS and EBS burst tests.
Page 345: Ramp (Configuration)
EtherSAM Tabs Ramp (Configuration) Ramp (Configuration) Note: The Ramp tab is only available when the ramp test is enabled (see Ramp Test on page 323). Click TEST, EtherSAM Configuration, and Ramp. Note: The ramp template is defined globally for all services but the presence of the CIR, CIR+EIR, and Traffic Policing steps are as per each Services configuration.
Page 346 EtherSAM Tabs Ramp (Configuration) Step List Step indicates the step number. Up to 10 steps may be configured; up  to 7 pre-CIR, CIR, CIR+EIR, and Traffic Policing. Steps are automatically sorted by the % of CIR value. Value (% of CIR) indicates a percentage of CIR, CIR+EIR, and/or ...
Page 347: Burst (Configuration)
EtherSAM Tabs Burst (Configuration) Burst (Configuration) Note: The Burst configuration is only available when the burst test is enabled (see Burst Test on page 324). Click TEST, EtherSAM Configuration, and Burst. Note: The burst template is defined globally for all services but CBS, EBS, and Burst Max Rate parameters are as per each Services configuration.
Page 348 EtherSAM Tabs Burst (Configuration) Burst Frame represents the burst frame ratio in percentage that is  equal to the substraction of 100% - Burst/IR Frame Ratio. Refill Delay represents the post-burst recuperation time in percentage  that is equal to the configured Refill Delay Ratio. CIR or CIR+EIR Frames represents the percentage of transmission at ...
Page 349 EtherSAM Tabs Burst (Configuration) Table Note: Result values are only available for enabled services. Services No indicates the service number.  Dir.: Direction is displayed for dual test set test case providing  bidirectional data. L -> R indicates results from local to remote direction. R ->...
Page 350: Overview (Results)
EtherSAM Tabs Overview (Results) Overview (Results) Click TEST, EtherSAM Results, and Overview. Global Progress and Alarms Progress indicates the sub test progress message including the  running sub test name and the step number. Test Status indicates the test status message. ...
Page 351 EtherSAM Tabs Overview (Results) Test Status Description A sub test has been aborted either manually (Stop) Aborted, <Reason> or by an alarm. <Reason> represents the reason why the test has been aborted. Possible reasons are: Link down alarm  LOS alarm ...
Page 352 EtherSAM Tabs Overview (Results) Alarms  Link Down: Indicates that the Ethernet connection is down due to  a local or a remote fault condition. LOS (Loss Of Signal): A LOS indicates that there is no optical input  signal. Frequency Alarm: The frequency alarm indicates that the received ...
Page 353 EtherSAM Tabs Overview (Results) Verdict indicates that the performance metrics (Jitter, Latency, and  Frame Loss) comply (pass) or not (fail) to the SLA configuration. The verdict is based on the results from all the ramp steps excluding the Traffic Policing step. Max RX Rate indicates the measured maximum utilization RX rate ...
Page 354 EtherSAM Tabs Overview (Results) Service Performance Test Overview Displays an overview of the service performance test results. Service No indicates the service number.  Dir.: Direction is displayed for dual test set test case providing  bidirectional data. L -> R indicates results from local to remote direction. R ->...
Page 355: Service Configuration Test (Results)
EtherSAM Tabs Service Configuration Test (Results) Service Configuration Test (Results) Click TEST, EtherSAM Results, and Service Configuration Test. Service No allows the selection of the service number.  Service name indicates the name of the selected service number.  Service Verdict indicates the pass or fail verdict for the selected ...
Page 356 EtherSAM Tabs Service Configuration Test (Results) Ramp and Burst Tests Table Step, for ramp test, indicates the ramp step number or name.  CIR %, for ramp test, indicates the percentage of CIR used for each  step (see SLA Parameters on page 329). Burst Test: indicates the two burst tests: CBS and EBS.
Page 357 EtherSAM Tabs Service Configuration Test (Results) Verdict indicates that the performance metrics (Jitter, Latency, and  Frame Loss) comply (pass) or not (fail) to the SLA configuration for each ramp’s step and for CBS burst test. Verdict is not available for EBS burst test.
Page 358: Service Performance Test (Results)
EtherSAM Tabs Service Performance Test (Results) Service Performance Test (Results) Click TEST, EtherSAM Results, and Service Performance Test. This tab allows to see two EtherSAM result services simultaneously in loopback and to see the local and remote units simultaneously for dual test sets.
Page 359 EtherSAM Tabs Service Performance Test (Results) Sequence Tracking Out-Of-Sequence (OOS) is declared when a valid packet has its  sequence number smaller than the previously received packet. Seconds, count, rate, and percentage values are reported. The Out-Of-Sequence will not be considered in the global verdict. Frame Loss is declared when a sequence number is missing.
Page 360 EtherSAM Tabs Service Performance Test (Results) Round Trip Latency The round trip latency (delay) is measured for each stream on all valid frames. The maximum, minimum, current, and average delay values are reported. The pass or fail verdict is also displayed for the maximum round trip latency.
Page 361: 16 Tcp Throughput Tabs
16 TCP Throughput Tabs Note: The TCP Throughput tabs are only available with TCP Throughput test. Available with RTU-310 only. Page TCP Throughput Configuration TCP Throughput Analysis Note: TCP Throughput software option needs to be enabled to be available. Refer to Available Options on page 348.
Page 362 TCP Throughput Tabs TCP Throughput Configuration Click TEST, TCP Throughput, and TCP Throughput Configuration. TCP Mode Since two units are required to perform a TCP Throughput test, one unit must be the source (Local) unit and the other one the destination (Remote).
Page 363 TCP Throughput Tabs TCP Throughput Configuration Port: Enter the TCP port number. The default setting is 50201.  For the local unit, the specified TCP port will be used for the TCP initialization algorithm with the remote unit. The following TCP segments sent by the local unit will use the TCP port number replied by the remote unit.
Page 364 TCP Throughput Tabs TCP Throughput Configuration TCP Throughput Configuration Note: TCP Throughput Configuration is only available on the local unit. Initial Window Size: Enter the window size that will be used when the  test is started. Choices are from 1024 Bytes to 65536 KBytes. The entered value will be rounded to the closest multiple of 1024 Bytes.
Page 365: Tcp Throughput Analysis
TCP Throughput Tabs TCP Throughput Analysis TCP Throughput Analysis Note: Only available on the local unit. Click TEST, TCP Throughput, and TCP Throughput Analysis. TCP Throughput Statistics Throughput  Last: Indicates the last TCP Throughput measurement. Minimum: Indicates the smallest TCP Throughput measurement. Maximum: Indicates the highest TCP Throughput measurement.
Page 366 TCP Throughput Tabs TCP Throughput Analysis Window Size  Last: Indicates the last TCP window size. Minimum: Indicates the smallest TCP window size. Maximum: Indicates the highest TCP window size. Unit: Select the window size unit. Choices are Bytes, KBytes, and MBytes.
Page 367: 17 Advanced Tab
17 Advanced Tab Note: The available Advanced tab depends on which test path is activated. Available with Page Ethernet Fibre Channel Service Disruption Time (SDT) Not available with RTU-310G Service Disruption Time (SDT) Note: Service Disruption Time is only available with BERT test. The Service Disruption Time (SDT) corresponds to the time during which there is a disruption of service due to the absence of traffic or the detection of defects.
Page 368 Choices are: Rate No Traffic Time range 10/100/1000Mbps 10 to 99990 μs for RTU-310 10Gbps 10 to 100000 μs for RTU-310G Unit choices are μs, ms, and s. The default setting is 10000 μs.
Page 369 Advanced Tab Service Disruption Time (SDT) the Test Period value is set to its maximum value: 300000000 μs). The default setting is 20 μs for 10/100/1000Mbps and 10 μs for 10Gbps. Unit measurement selections are μs, ms, and s. Test Period: Represents the period of time used to calculate the SDT ...
Page 370 Advanced Tab Service Disruption Time (SDT) Service Disruption: Indicates the time (in seconds) during which  there is a disruption of service due to the absence of traffic or to the detection of defects. The H and C LEDs indicate respectively the current (C) and history (H) SDT measurement states.
Page 371: 18 Common Tab
18 Common Tab Available with Page Ethernet Fibre Channel Performance Monitoring (PM) Not available with RTU-310G Performance Monitoring (PM) The Performance Monitoring tab gives error performance events and parameters for the circuit under test. Note: Performance Monitoring (PM) is only available with BERT test. Not available with 10Gig-E WAN transceiver mode.
Page 372 Common Tab Performance Monitoring (PM) Standard Select the desired standard from the list. Choices are: Framed Framed Standard Unframed Layer 2 Layer 1 Traffic Analyzer G.826 ISM G.826 OOSM Pattern G.821 a. Available with xPAT test pattern only. xPAT patterns are available with BERT 1000Mbps optical test using Framed Layer 1.
Page 373 Common Tab Performance Monitoring (PM) SES (Severely Errored Second)  For G.821: Gives the number of seconds within which a bit error ratio is  10 , or during which Loss Of Signal (LOS), Link down, or Pattern Loss is detected. For G.826: Gives the number of seconds within which EB count is ...
Page 374 Common Tab Performance Monitoring (PM) UAS (Unavailable Second): Gives the count of the seconds  corresponding to the periods of time within which SES errors occurred for at least 10 consecutive seconds. The unavailable period ends at the beginning of the next available period represented by ten consecutive seconds within which no SES errors are detected.
Page 375: 19 Expert Mode Tabs
19 Expert Mode Tabs Note: The Expert Mode tabs are only available with BERT and RFC 2544 Ethernet tests (not available with Fibre Channel). Available with Page Ethernet Fibre Channel Expert Mode (RFC 2544) Throughput (RFC 2544) Back-to-Back (RFC 2544) Frame Loss (RFC 2544) Latency (RFC 2544) Expert Mode (BERT)
Page 376: Expert Mode (Rfc 2544)
Expert Mode Tabs Expert Mode (RFC 2544) Expert Mode (RFC 2544) Expert Mode allows the configuration of the thresholds for which each statistic will be compared to declare a PASS or FAIL verdict. Click TEST and Expert Mode. Expert Mode Allows enabling/disabling the Expert Mode.
Page 377 Expert Mode Tabs Expert Mode (RFC 2544) Expert Mode Status Gives the verdict, Pass or Fail, of the Throughput, Back-to-Back, Fame Loss, and Latency tests according to the Expert Mode settings. Pass is declared if all result values meet the configured criteria. ...
Page 378: Throughput (Rfc 2544)
 each frame size, enter the minimum throughput values allowed before declaring a Fail condition. The default values are the maximum throughput. P1-to-P2/P2-to-P1 is only available with RTU-310. Status: Indicates the real-time pass/fail condition.  Grey LED: Indicates that Expert Mode is disabled or the test did not run yet.
Page 379 Expert Mode Tabs Throughput (RFC 2544) Layer: Select the Layer. Choices are Layer 1,2,3, Layer 2,3, and  Layer 3. The default setting is Layer 1,2,3. Layer 1,2,3 contains the Preamble, Start of Frame Delimiter, MAC address, IP address, and data. Layer 2,3 contains the MAC address, IP address, and data.
Page 380: Back-To-Back (Rfc 2544)
 each frame size, enter the minimum number of frames values at maximum throughput allowed before declaring a Fail condition. P1-to-P2/P2-to-P1 is only available with RTU-310. Status: Indicates the real-time pass/fail condition.  Grey LED: Indicates that Expert Mode is disabled or the test did not run yet.
Page 381 Expert Mode Tabs Back-to-Back (RFC 2544) Layer: Select the Layer. Choices are Layer 1,2,3, Layer 2,3, and  Layer 3. The default setting is Layer 1,2,3. Layer 1,2,3 contains the Preamble, Start of Frame Delimiter, MAC address, IP address, and data. Layer 2,3 contains the MAC address, IP address, and data.
Page 382: Frame Loss (Rfc 2544)
Expert Mode Tabs Frame Loss (RFC 2544) Frame Loss (RFC 2544) Click TEST, Expert Mode, and Frame Loss. Enable Criteria: Allows to enable Frame Loss Pass/Fail criteria. This  setting is disabled by default. Note: Both Enable Criteria and the test itself (see Global Configuration on page 296) have to be enabled for a specific test to be able to change its criteria values.
Page 383 Expert Mode Tabs Frame Loss (RFC 2544) Displayed Step: Indicates the last percentage of the speed used for the  test. Possible values are 100% (or % of the maximum speed) to 0% with increment set by the Test granularity from the Frame Loss on page 308.
Page 384: Latency (Rfc 2544)
 For each frame size, enter the maximum time required for the sent frame to come back before declaring a Fail condition. P1-to-P2/P2-to-P1 is only available with RTU-310. Status: Indicates the real-time pass/fail condition.  Grey LED: Indicates that Expert Mode is disabled or the test did not run yet.
Page 385 Expert Mode Tabs Latency (RFC 2544) Mode: Select the Mode. Choices are Cut Through and Store and  Forward. The default setting is Store and Forward. Cut Through allows the calculation of the propagation time of a bit. Store and Forward allows the calculation of the propagation time of a frame.
Page 386: Expert Mode (Bert)
Expert Mode Tabs Expert Mode (BERT) Expert Mode (BERT) Expert Mode allows the configuration of the thresholds for which each statistic will be compared to declare a PASS or FAIL verdict. Click TEST and Expert Mode. General Properties Expert Mode: Allows enabling/disabling the Expert Mode. This setting is disabled by default.
Page 387: Port (Bert)
Port (BERT) Click TEST, Expert Mode, and Port. Enable Criteria: Enable Criteria enables configuring the port (Port 1 and Port 2 for Dual Ports on RTU-310) Pass/Fail threshold values. This setting is disabled by default. Alarms LOS (Optical interface only): Enter the count of the seconds in which one or more LOS alarms can occur before declaring a Fail condition.
Page 388 Expert Mode Tabs Port (BERT) Frequency Enter the minimum and maximum frequency offsets either in ppm or bps according to the unit selection. Frequency (bps): Indicates the frequency of the input signal.  Offset Max: Enter the frequency maximum value allowed before ...
Page 389: Ethernet (Bert)
Ethernet (BERT) Click TEST, Expert Mode, and Ethernet. Enable Criteria: Enable Criteria enables configuring the Ethernet Pass/Fail threshold values (Port 1 and Port 2 for Dual Ports on RTU-310). This setting is disabled by default. Alarms Enter the threshold value for Link Down. Choices are 0 to 1800 seconds.
Page 390 Expert Mode Tabs Ethernet (BERT) Errors Enter the threshold value for each error. Error Second Count Rate Default 0 to 1800 0 to 18000000000000 1.0E-20 to 0 second Block (10Gbps) seconds 1.0E-00 FCS Error 0 to 1800 0 to 27000000000 4.0E-11 to 0 second seconds...
Page 391: Pattern (Bert)
Enable Criteria: Enable Criteria enables configuring the Pattern pass/fail threshold values and parameters (Port 1 and Port 2 for Dual Ports on RTU-310). This setting is disabled by default. Alarms Enter the threshold value for each alarm: Pattern Loss and No Traffic.
Page 392 Expert Mode Tabs Pattern (BERT) Errors Enter the threshold value for Bit Error. Error Second Count Rate Default Bit Error 0 to 1800 seconds 0 to 18000000000000 1.0E-14 to 0 second 1.0E-00 Status: Indicates the real-time Pass/Fail condition.  Grey LED: Indicates that Expert Mode is disabled or the test did not run yet.
Page 393: 20 System Tabs
20 System Tabs The System tab gives access to tabs containing general functions related to the RTU-310/310G operation. Available with Page Ethernet Fibre Channel Preferences Preferences Default/Ethernet Test Preferences IPv6 Test Preferences FC Test Preferences RTU Information RTU Information RTU Description...
Page 394: Preferences
UTC/GMT displays the time base on the UTC time zone. Local displays the time from the PC where Visual Guardian Lite is running. Test Equipment displays the time from the RTU-310/310G unit. Test Time Display Mode: Allows the selection of the test time mode ...
Page 395 System Tabs Preferences Page Management Reset to Display Default Pages Layout when enabled, resets the page  layout to its default layout each time a test is modified. Ethernet Test Module...
Page 396: Default/Ethernet Test Preferences
Default/Ethernet Test Preferences Default/Ethernet Test Preferences Click Default/System and Preferences/Default Test Preferences/Eth. Test Preferences. For RTU-310 For RTU-310G Allows setting the Ethernet default test parameters that will be applied every time a test is created manually using Test Setup. Changes to the default test preferences will only apply when a new test case is created.
Page 397 Default/Ethernet Test Preferences Interface Configuration Note: The following interface configuration parameters are available for both ports (RTU-310) and apply only to IPv4 at the exception of Sequence Tag in TX that also apply to IPv6. Auto-Negotiation: The Auto-Negotiation check box should be ...
Page 398: Ipv6 Test Preferences
Click System and Preferences/IPv6 Test Preferences. Note: The following configuration parameters apply to both the stream and the interface. Port Selector (RTU-310): Allows the selection of the port number to see  or change its parameters. Choices are Port 1 and Port 2. The default setting is Port 1.
Page 399 System Tabs IPv6 Test Preferences Global IPv6 Address: The Global IPv6 Address (GUA) is used to  communicate with on-link neighbors and for global communication with hosts outside the subnet. Mode None disables the Global IPv6 address and the Default Gateway ...
Page 400 Default Gateway Address is not available when the Global IPv6 address Mode is set to None. Mode Automatic allows automatic selection of the default gateway.  Static allows entering the default gateway IP address. The default  address is FE80::. RTU-310/310G...
Page 401: Fc Test Preferences
The default test preferences can be overwritten by the test setup configuration. The default test preferences are saved per slot on the RTU-310/310G meaning that the configuration will not follow the module when changing the module from one slot to another.
Page 402 Enter the Advertised BB_Credit value. Choices are from 1 to 65535. The default setting is 10. WWN Source: The Worldwide name is only available when Login is  selected with Fabric network topology. Enter the Worldwide name source address. RTU-310/310G...
Page 403: Rtu Information
System Tabs RTU Information RTU Information The RTU Information provides details of the RTU-310/310G hardware and the software installed on the RTU platform. Click System and RTU Information. RTU Description Product Name indicates the name of the RTU platform. ...
Page 404 System Tabs RTU Information Hardware Options Provides hardware information related to the SFP . Available only with RTU-310. The following information is available for the inserted SFP:  Port Number Vendor Name Part Number Serial Number Revision Number Connector Type: LC, MT-RJ, etc.
Page 405: Rtu Setup
System Tabs RTU Setup RTU Setup Click System and the RTU Setup. LAN Interface The following interface configuration parameters are available for the LAN Interface port. To apply the changes to the IP parameters, click Apply. To reset any changes to the IP parameters, click Cancel. Automatic IP Address: Allows the unit to obtain a LAN IP address ...
Page 406 The User Information field allows a user to leave a message to other users when they connect to the same unit. When a new user logs in to the RTU-310/310G, a dialog box is displayed notifying any change in the User Information field. A maximum of 80 characters are allowed.
Page 407  list. Daylight Saving: Allows automatic adjustment of clock for daylight  saving changes. BrixWorx Server You can configure RTU-310 in BrixWorx. The following tests can run on RTU-310 for BrixWorx. EtherSAM Service Performance Active  RFC 25445 Active ...
Page 408: Software Options
Software Option key allows typing the software option key.  Load Key button allows selecting a file containing the option key.  The default directory is C:\ProgramFiles\EXFO\Applications\RTU\310\UserFiles\Key or C:\ProgramFiles\EXFO\Applications\RTU\310G\UserFiles\Key. Apply button sends the option key to the RTU-310/310G. A  confirmation message will be displayed. RTU-310/310G...
Page 409 System Tabs Software Options Available Options The available software options are listed with the Status indicating what software options are installed (enabled) or not (disabled) on the module. For RTU-310 Category Name Description Interface SK-10M-E-AP The 10Mbps Ethernet interface is enabled on both ports.
Page 410 SK-IPTV- Increases the IPTV testing capacity to 100 streams. MAXSTREAM SK-ADV-FILTERS Advanced Traffic Filtering SK-ETHERSAM Ethernet Service Activation Methodology Application Type SK-PBB-TE Provider Backbone Bridge with Traffic Engineering SK-MPLS Multi-Protocol Label Switching SK-IPV6 Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) RTU-310/310G...
Page 411 System Tabs Software Options For RTU-310G Category Name Description SK-ADV-FILTERS Advanced Traffic Filtering Interface SK-ETHERSAM Ethernet Service Activation Methodology Application Type SK-IPV6 Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) SK-LAN LAN testing capabilities SK-WAN WAN testing capabilities SK-PBB-TE Provider Backbone Bridge with Traffic Engineering Multi-Protocol Label Switching SK-MPLS Ethernet Test Module...
Page 412: Clock Synchronization
For DS1: AMI and B8ZS. The default setting is B8ZS. For E1: AMI and HDB3. The default setting is HDB3. Framing: Allows the selection of the interface framing. Choices are:  For DS1: SF, and ESF. The default setting is SF. RTU-310/310G...
Page 413 System Tabs Clock Synchronization For E1: PCM30, PCM30 CRC-4, PCM31, and PCM31 CRC-4. The default setting is PCM30. Alarm Analysis LOS (Loss Of Signal): The LOS alarm indicates absence of an input  signal or an all-zeros signal is received. AIS (Alarm Indication Signal): The AIS alarm is declared when an ...
Page 414 Frequency unit can be set to bps, or ppm. The default setting is bps. Note: The frequency value displays “>50” when the frequency offset is bigger than ±50 ppm. RTU-310/310G...
Page 415 System Tabs Clock Synchronization REF Out Note: Ref Output is only available with RTU-310G, the REF OUT signal is automatically enabled on the REF OUT port (SMA connector) when the laser is turned ON. Configuration Divider Ratio: Allows the selection of the transmit test clock divider. ...
Page 416: Alarms & Log
Maintains the history and current alarm status as per the critical, major or minor severity levels. Critical  High Temperature: Indicates high temperature fault conditions.  Internal Error: Indicates software related internal errors  Major  Power Failure: Indicates power failure.  Unit Reset: Indicates a system restart.  RTU-310/310G...
Page 417 Alarm Logger content and clear all System Alarm statuses. System Alarm Logger Stores information of the raised and cleared system alarms in the RTU-310/310G platform. ID: Provides a sequential number to the alarms raised or cleared.  Timestamp: Indicates the date (DD-MM-YYYY) and time (HH:MM:SS) ...
Page 419: 21 Tools Tabs
21 Tools Tabs Note: The Tools tabs are only available when a test is created. Available with Page Ethernet Fibre Channel Script Script Ping & Trace Ping Configuration Route Trace Route Configuration ENIU OAM ENIU Configuration ADC Configuration Traffic Scan Traffic Scan Not available with RTU-310G Not available when Through Mode is selected.
Page 420: Script
Tools Tabs Script Script The scripting tool allows a user to automate test process by creating scripts containing test setup configuration and actions. The scripting tool allows creating, saving, loading, modifying, and running script files. The script creation can be done manually or using the integrated recorder tool (Script Tool).
Page 421 File Allows loading, saving, and generating a new script file. Note: The default directory for the script files is: d:\ToolBox\User Files\PacketBlazerG2\ScriptsC:\ProgramFiles\EXFO\Applic ations\RTU\310\UserFiles\Scripts or C:\ProgramFiles\EXFO\Applications\RTU\310G\UserFiles\Scripts Click New to create a new script and clear the one on the Edit tab if exist.
Page 422 Tools Tabs Script Script Tools Allows automatic generation of scripts by setting step by step the parameters from the Test Setup tab and related test tabs. Click Record to start the recording of the script. Click the File Name field, a pop-up keyboard is displayed, enter a file name for the new script followed by the scp extension, and click Save.
Page 423 Tools Tabs Script Note: However, for RFC 2544, all selected tests (Throughput, Back-to-Back, Frame Loss, and/or Latency) must complete before stopping the recording because tests that didn’t run will not be part of the script. Click Play to run the script that generates the connection and sets the parameters as recorded.
Page 424: Ping Configuration
Tools Tabs Ping Configuration Ping Configuration The Ping tool is used to determine if a network device is reachable. Ping is not available when no test is created Click Tools, Ping, Configuration, and in the Tool list, click Ping. Note: For Trace Route, see Trace Route Configuration on page 417. Setup IP Address/IPv6 Address: Enter the IP address of the network device ...
Page 425 Tools Tabs Ping Configuration Delay (ms): Available for ping only. Enter the delay between each  attempt (PING). Choices are 100 to 10000 ms. The default setting is 1000 ms. Data Size (Bytes): Available for ping only. Enter the buffer size that will ...
Page 426: Ping Results
Tools Tabs Ping Results Ping Results Click Tools, Ping, in the Tool list, click Ping, and click Result. Note: For Trace Route, see Trace Route Configuration on page 417. To succeed, a Ping command shall be acknowledged by the network device within a given delay.
Page 427 Tools Tabs Ping Results Status Description When an ICMPv4/ICMPv6 echo reply was not received within the Time Out defined timeout. Destination With reserved IP addresses: Specified is For IPv4: 0.0.0.0, 127.0.0.0, and all addresses above 240.0.0.0 (Class E invalid and above). For IPv6: 0::/8 (reserved/unspecified), 0::1/128 (Loopback), FF00::/8 (Multicast).
Page 428 Tools Tabs Ping Results For IPv4: Replied From: Indicates the IP address of the replier.  Bytes: Indicates the buffer size of the ICMP echo response.  Time (ms): Indicates the time of response in milliseconds.  TTL: Indicates the TTL of the ICMP echo response. ...
Page 429: Trace Route Configuration
Trace Route Configuration Trace Route is used to obtain the list of all routers identified between the local port (RTU-310/310G) and the destination IP port. Click Tools, Configuration, and in the Tool List, click Trace Route. For Ping, see Ping Configuration on page 412.
Page 430: Trace Route Results
Tools Tabs Trace Route Results Trace Route Results Click Tools, Ping, Configuration, in the Tool list, click Trace Route, and click Results. For Ping, see Ping Results on page 414. To succeed, a Trace Route command shall be acknowledged by the network device within a given delay.
Page 431 Tools Tabs Trace Route Results Status: Indicates the status of the attempt.  Status Description Valid ICMPv4/ICMPv6 echo reply received. Successful User Aborted When a user has manually stopped the Ping function before the end of attempts. Time Out When an ICMPv4/ICMPv6 echo reply was not received within the defined timeout.
Page 432 Tools Tabs Trace Route Results Replied From: Indicates the IP address of the replier.  Time (ms): Indicates the time of response in milliseconds.  Statistics Packets Transmitted: Indicates the number of sent packets.  Packets Received: Indicates the number of received packets. ...
Page 433: Eniu Configuration
Allows supporting the Operation, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM) layer between a RTU-310/310G and a third party ENIU (Ethernet Network Interface Unit). Not available with RTU-310. Note: Only one RTU-310 module can be connected at once on an ENIU. Click Tools, ENIU, and ENIU Config. ENIU Type Available with RTU-310: Allows the selection of the ENIU Type.
Page 434: Adc Configuration
Click Tools, ENIU, and ADC Config. Remote ENIU List Lists the detected ENIUs on the network or part of the RTU-310/310G VLAN domain when VLAN is enabled. Up to 20 ENIUs can be listed. ID: Indicates the ENIU number. The ENIUs are sequentially numbered ...
Page 435 The remote ENIU does not support loopback. The remote ENIU is not stable. Incompatible: The ENIU and OAM protocol versions are incompatible. Timeout: The RTU-310/310G has not received OAM PDU in the last 30 seconds. Refresh List: Allows refreshing the remote ENIU list by re-starting the ...
Page 436 ID, and VLAN Priority from the Interface Setup panel will be replaced with the selected ENIU parameters. For Frame Analyzer test on RTU-310: The MAC destination address, VLAN ID, and VLAN Priority of each disabled stream from the Stream Configuration panel will be replaced with the selected ENIU parameters.
Page 437 Request field. Loopback Status: Indicates the loopback status of the selected ENIU.  Enabled when the RTU-310/310G has received the confirmation that the ENIU is in loopback mode. Disabled when the RTU-310/310G has not received the confirmation that the ENIU is in loopback mode or when the ENIU is not in loopback mode.
Page 438: 802.3Ah Configuration
Click Tools, ENIU, and 802.3ah Config. OAM Mode The OAM Mode is set to Active mode and is not configurable. In Active mode, the RTU-310/310G will initiate the discovery process and will not respond to variable request and loopback command received. Configuration Destination MAC Address: A default Media Access Control (MAC) ...
Page 439 Tools Tabs 802.3ah Configuration Loopback  Request allows the selection of the loopback request to be sent to the remote OAM link partner. Choices are Enabled and Disabled. The default setting is Enabled. The request will only be sent when clicking the Send button.
Page 440: 802.3Ah Statistics
Tools Tabs 802.3ah Statistics 802.3ah Statistics Note: The 802.3ah Stats tab is only available when 802.3ah is selected as the ENIU type. Click Tools, ENIU, and 802.3ah Stats. The 802.3ah Statistics window provides remote OAM link partner MAC address and OAM statistics. MAC Address indicates the remote OAM link partner MAC address.
Page 441 Tools Tabs 802.3ah Statistics Parser Action: Bits 0 and 1 of the State byte report the Parser Action.  Forward (bits 1 and 0 are set to “00”): Device is forwarding non-OAMPDUs to the higher sublayer. Loopback (bits 1 and 0 are set to “01”): Device is looping back non-OAMPDUs to the lower sublayer.
Page 442 Tools Tabs 802.3ah Statistics OUI: The 24-bit IEEE Organizationally Unique Identifer field identifies  the vendor. Variable Request: Bit 4 of the OAM Configuration byte reports  variable retrieval capability. Supported (bit 4 is set to “1”): DTE supports sending Variable Response OAMPDUs.
Page 443: 802.3Ah Events
Tools Tabs 802.3ah Events 802.3ah Events Note: The 802.3ah Events tab is only available when 802.3ah is selected as the ENIU type. Click Tools, ENIU, and 802.3ah Events. Date Stamp: The date the last event was received.  Time Stamp: The time the last event was received. ...
Page 444 Tools Tabs 802.3ah Events Threshold.  Symbol Period Errored symbol threshold in second Errored frame event threshold in second Frame Frame Period Errored frame period threshold in second Frame Seconds Errored frame seconds summary threshold in second Error Count.  Symbol Period The number of symbol errors in Window Frame The number of frame event errors in Window...
Page 445: Traffic Scan
Tools Tabs Traffic Scan Traffic Scan The traffic scan tool provides the capability to discover and monitor VLAN or MPLS traffic flows on the network. Note: In order to access traffic scan, a test must be created but not running. If the test is started while the traffic scan is running, the traffic scan will automatically stops.
Page 446 Tools Tabs Traffic Scan Level Allows the selection of the criteria that will be used to filter the incoming VLAN or MPLS traffic flows. The default setting is All. Choices are: Mode Level Description VLAN C-VLAN Discovers/monitors only frames where the outer VLAN is a C-VLAN (TPID of 0x8100).
Page 447 Tools Tabs Traffic Scan Link Rate (Mbps) Indicates the network link rate based on the received frames with a valid FCS regardless if the frame matches or not the traffic flows and filters, and regardless if the traffic flow was ignored due to the limit reached (see Limit Reached on page 435).
Page 448 Tools Tabs Traffic Scan Monitored Frames Table Statistics are gathered for each different traffic flow matching the scan criteria and filters. Each different traffic flow creates a separate entry in the scan table. When the limit is reached, new traffic flows are not considered but the existing traffic flows are still monitored.
Page 449 Tools Tabs Traffic Scan For MPLS Mode, the level of MPLS (Unlabeled, 1 Label, 2 Labels), and the values of Label ID and COS are used to identify a traffic flow. Any difference in one of these values, except for those set to Ignore (see Filters below), will create a separated entry in the table.
Page 450 Tools Tabs Traffic Scan Filters  The column’s All/Ignore toggle buttons are used to set the filtering criteria. Only parameters set to All will be considered to identify each traffic flow. The availability of filters depends on the VLAN or MPLS Level selected.
Page 451 Tools Tabs Traffic Scan Frame Count indicates for each traffic flow, the number of frames  matching the selected scan criteria and filters. Total indicates the number of frames matching the selected scan criteria and filters. Rate (Mbps) indicates for each traffic flow, the rate of frames received ...
Page 453: 22 Maintenance
Use of controls, adjustments, and procedures for operation and maintenance other than those specified herein may result in hazardous radiation exposure. AUTION The RTU-310/310G contains a lithium battery and is not user replaceable. Contact the manufacturer regarding service of this equipment. Ethernet Test Module...
Page 454: Recalibrating The Unit
You should determine the adequate calibration interval for your unit according to your accuracy requirements. Under normal use, EXFO recommends calibrating your unit every two years. RTU-310/310G...
Page 455: Replacing Fuses
Replacing Fuses Replacing Fuses The RTU-310/310G contains two fuses (T4A, 5 mm x 20 mm (0.197 in x 0.787 in), slow-blow, low-breaking capacity, 250 V). The fuse holder is located at the front of the RTU-310/310G, just below the power inlet.
Page 456 Maintenance Replacing Fuses 4. Insert the new fuse into the fuse holder. Fuse Fuse holder 5. Make sure the fuses are placed firmly in the holder prior to reinsertion. 6. Firmly push the fuse holder into place. RTU-310/310G...
Page 457: 23 Warranty
23 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 458: Liability
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 459: Service And Repairs
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 460: Exfo Service Centers Worldwide
Warranty EXFO Service Centers Worldwide EXFO Service Centers Worldwide If your product requires servicing, contact your nearest authorized service center. EXFO Headquarters Service Center 400 Godin Avenue 1 866 683-0155 (USA and Canada) Quebec (Quebec) G1M 2K2 Tel.: 1 418 683-5498...
Page 461: 24 Troubleshooting
24 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 There is a configuration Ensure that the SFP is ...
Page 462: Contacting The Technical Support Group
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 463: Transportation
Troubleshooting Transportation Transportation Maintain a temperature range within specifications when transporting the unit. Transportation damage can occur from improper handling. The following steps are recommended to minimize the possibility of damage: Pack the unit in its original packing material when shipping. ...
Page 465: A Specifications
Specifications Specifications for RTU-310 Optical Interfaces 100Base-FX 100Base-LX 1000Base-SX 1000Base-LX 1000Base-ZX Wavelength (nm) 1310 1310 1310 1550 TX level (dBm) -20 to -15 -15 to -8 -9 to -3 -9.5 to -3 0 to +5 RX level sensitivity -28 to -8 -20...
Page 466 Specifications Specifications for RTU-310 100Base-FX 100Base-LX 1000Base-SX 1000Base-LX 1000Base-ZX Transceiver type Electrical Interfaces 10Base-T 100Base-T 1000Base-T TX bit rate 10 Mbps 125 Mbps 1 Gbps TX accuracy (ppm) ±100 ±100 ±100 RX bit rate 10 Mbps 125 Mbps 1 Gbps RX measurement ±4.6...
Page 467 1000Base-T connection is 328 feet (100 meters). Straight Through Cable (10/100 Mbps)  An Unshielded Twisted Pair (UTP) straight through cable is required to connect a 10/100Base-T RTU-310/310G port to a layer 1 or 2 device (ex: HUB, switch). Crossover Cable (10/100 Mbps) ...
Page 468 Specifications Specifications for RTU-310 Straight Through Cable (1000 Mbps)  Crossover Cable (1000 Mbps)  RTU-310/310G...
Page 469 Specifications Specifications for RTU-310 Functional Specifications Communication Interfaces  Port RJ-45 Rates: 10/100 Mbps CRAFT  Port RJ-45 Rates: 10/100 Mbps Test Interfaces Electrical  RJ-45 rates: 10/100/1000 Mbps Optical  SFP Rates: 100/1000 Mbps Other Interfaces 4 X USB ports ...
Page 470 Specifications Specifications for RTU-310 IPTV Statistics RFC 4445 delivery index Delay factor (current, average, min, max)  Media loss rate (current, average, min, max)  Virtual buffer size (current, average, min, max)  ETSI TR 101 290 (Priority 1) TS sync loss, Sync byte error, PAT error 2, Continuity counter error,...
Page 471 Specifications Specifications for RTU-310 Stream Statistics Ethernet  Bandwidth utilization   IP rate (current, average, min, max)  IP packet size  IP packet count  Media  Media rate (current, average, min, max)  Packet count  Packet loss ...
Page 472 Specifications Specifications for RTU-310 Additional Features Stream auto discovery  Stream alias map  Configurable alarm thresholds  MDI DF  MDI MLR  PCR jitter  PID error   PMT error  Data storage capabilities  Last 48 hours of sample measurements ...
Page 473 Specifications Specifications for RTU-310 General Specifications Size (H x W x D) 1U rack-mount chassis (19 and 23 in. rack-mount supported) Weight (without transceivers) 6 kg (13.23 lb.) Temperature - operating 0 °C to 50 °C (32 °F to 122 °F) - storing -40 °C to 70 °C (-40 °F to 158 °F)
Page 474: Specifications For Rtu-310G
±2 ±2 Maximum RX before damage (dBm) Jitter compliance IEEE IEEE IEEE IEEE IEEE 802.3 IEEE 802.3 802.3 802.3 802.3 802.3 Ethernet classification IEEE IEEE IEEE IEEE IEEE 802.3 IEEE 802.3 802.3 802.3 802.3 802.3 Laser type VCSEL VCSEL RTU-310/310G...
Page 475 Specifications Specifications for RTU-310G 10GBASE-S 10GBASE-S 10GBASE-LW 10GBASE-LR 10GBASE-EW 10GBASE-ER Eye safety CLASS 1 CLASS 1 CLASS 1 CLASS 1 CLASS 1 CLASS 1 Connector Duplex Duplex Duplex Duplex Duplex LC Duplex LC Transceiver type Synchronization Interfaces DS1/E1 external input clock interface Parameter Rx level sensitivity For 772 kHz: TERM: 6...
Page 476 DS1: AMI and B8ZS E1: AMI and HDB3 Termination mode DS1/E1: Term Framing DS1: SF and ESF E1: PCM30, PCM30CRC, PCM31 and PCM31CRC Clocking Internal, external (BITS) and recovered Clock output REF out Clock out divider: 16, 32 and 64 RTU-310/310G...
Page 477 Specifications Specifications for RTU-310G REF out interface Parameter Value Tx pulse amplitude 600 mVpp ± 130 mV Transmission frequency Clock divider (MHz) 16 644.53 622.08 Clock divider (MHz) 32 322.266 311.04 Clock divider (MHz) 64 161.133 155.52 Output configuration AC coupled Load impedance 50 ohms Maximum cable length...
Page 478 1000Base-T connection is 328 feet (100 meters). Straight Through Cable (10/100 Mbps)  An Unshielded Twisted Pair (UTP) straight through cable is required to connect a 10/100Base-T RTU-310/310G port to a layer 1 or 2 device (ex: HUB, switch). Crossover Cable (10/100 Mbps) ...
Page 479 Specifications Specifications for RTU-310G Straight Through Cable (1000 Mbps)  Crossover Cable (1000 Mbps)  Ethernet Test Module...
Page 480 Test Interfaces Optical  XFP Rates: 10 GigE Other Interfaces 4 X USB ports  Console port (RS-232 DB-9) and VGA port  Unit LEDs Power/status (green)  Critical alarm (red)  Major alarm (orange)  Minor alarm (yellow)  RTU-310/310G...
Page 481 Specifications Specifications for RTU-310G Stream Statistics Ethernet  Bandwidth utilization   IP rate (current, average, min, max)  IP packet size  IP packet count  Media  Media rate (current, average, min, max)  Packet count  Packet loss ...
Page 482 Capability to connect to a DHCP server to obtain its IP address and subnet mask to connect to the network. Smart Loopback Capability to return traffic to the local unit by swapping packet overhead up to layer 4 of the OSI stack. RTU-310/310G...
Page 483 Specifications Specifications for RTU-310G Module Specifications RTU-310G-LAN RTU-310G-WAN RTU-310G-LAN/WAN Port One 10 Gigabit One 10 Gigabit One 10 Gigabit Ethernet port Ethernet port Ethernet port Connector type Optical transceiver 850 nm optics 850 nm optics 850 nm optics (10GBASE-SR) (10GBASE-SW) (10GBASE-SR/-SW) 1310 nm optics 1310 nm optics...
Page 484 0 °C to 50 °C (32 °F to 122 °F) storing -40 °C to 60 °C (-40 °F to 140 °F) Power AC (110/220 V) DC (-48 V); dual DC power feed Power 70 W consumption Certifications NEBS Level 1, CE, CSA, UL, WEEE and RoHS RTU-310/310G...
Page 485: B Using Vnc To Access The Rtu-310/310G
Java applets. The software load package contains the TightVNC client software, the TightVNC server is available on the RTU-310/310G. Note: The web capability of VNC is called http VNC. In http VNC the graphical display is shown inside the web browser. File transfer is not available with http VNC.
Page 486: Remote Connection Using Tightvnc
Connect to the RTU-310/310G using TightVNC: 1. From the Programs menu, select TightVNC and click TightVNC Viewer. 2. Enter the IP address of the RTU-310/310G unit in the VNC server field and click Connect. The local RTU-310/310G screen is displayed. You can control the RTU-310/310G using this screen.
Page 487: Transferring Files Using Tightvnc
Transferring files using TightVNC Transferring files using TightVNC To transfer files from the local computer to the RTU-310/310G: 1. Create a folder on the local drive of the RTU-310/310G. 2. Right-click the task bar of the TightVNC Viewer screen and select Transfer files.
Page 488 Using VNC to access the RTU-310/310G Transferring files using TightVNC 3. Navigate to the new folder on the RTU-310/310G from the TightVNC Server field. 4. Locate the files that you need to transfer from the Local Computer field and click the button.
Page 489 Using VNC to access the RTU-310/310G Transferring files using TightVNC To transfer files from the RTU-310/310G to the local computer: 1. Create a folder on your computer. 2. Right-click the task bar of the TightVNC Viewer screen and select Transfer files.
Page 490 Transferring files using TightVNC 3. Navigate to the new folder on your machine from the Local Computer field. 4. Select the files on the RTU-310/310G local drive from the TightVNC Server field that you need to transfer and click the button.
Page 491: C Acronym List
Acronym List Help Ampere Alternating Current Ante Meridiem (period between midnight and noon) a.m. ANSI American National Standards Institute American Wire Gauge Bit Per Second Bandwidth CAGE Commerce And Government Entities CC Error Continuity Counter Error European Conformity Decibel Decibel - milliwatts Direct Current Delay Factor Ethernet Test Module...
Page 492 Acronym List DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Electromagnetic Compatibility Element Management System Electrostatic Discharge EULA End User License Agreement Frequently Asked Questions Federal Communications Commission Frame Check Sequence frame per second Gbps GigaBit Per Second Greenwich Mean Time hour Hertz RTU-310/310G...
Page 493 Acronym List Industry Canada Identification International Electrotechnical Commission IEEE Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers Inch Input Internet Protocol IPTV Internet Protocol Television IPv4 Internet Protocol version 4 International Organization for Standardization Information Technology Equipment Kbps KiloBit Per Second Kilogram Local Area Network Light-Emitting Diode Pound...
Page 494 Megabit Per Second Media Delivery Index min. minute Media Loss Rate Multi-Mode Fiber MPEG Motion Picture Expert Group MPTS Multi-Program Transport Stream millisecond Microsoft Corporation NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization Nanometer Network Time Protocol OUTput Program Association Table Personal Computer RTU-310/310G...
Page 495 Acronym List Program Clock Reference Packet Identifier Post Meridiem (period from noon to midnight) p.m. Program Map Table parts per million packet per second PVID Port VLAN Identifier Request For Comments Return Merchandise Authorization Real-Time Protocol Remote Testing Unit Receive second Small Form Factor Pluggable International System...
Page 496 User Data Protocol User Interface Uniform Resource Locator United States of America Universal Serial Bus Universal Time Coordinated Unshielded Twisted Pair Volts Volts Alternating Current Virtual Buffer Size Volts Direct Current VLAN Identifier VLAN Virtual Local Area Network Video on Demand RTU-310/310G...
Page 497: D Pop-Up Windows
Pop-Up Windows Note: The following Pop-Up windows are available throughout the user interface. Page VLAN Configuration PBB-TE Interface configuration IPv4 Configuration IPv6 Address Configuration Service Profile Configuration Framing Configuration Frame Size Configuration MAC Configuration Ping MPLS Configuration UDP Configuration TCP Configuration Advanced TOS/DS Filter Selection Truncation Calculator...
Page 498: Vlan Configuration
Pop-Up Windows VLAN Configuration VLAN Configuration Enable VLAN appears only for EtherSAM service configuration, for all  other cases, VLAN is already enabled once the VLAN Configuration pop-up window is available. Enable VLAN, when selected, allows the configuration of VLAN. The VLAN check box is not selected by default. Stacked VLAN: Enables up to ...
Page 499: Pbb-Te Interface Configuration
Pop-Up Windows PBB-TE Interface configuration PBB-TE Interface configuration The PBB-TE Interface window allows to configure the source and destination parameters for PBB-TE network testing capability. This pop-up window is displayed when clicking on the PBB-TE Config button. B-MAC Source Address: Enter the ...
Page 500 Pop-Up Windows PBB-TE Interface configuration B-VLAN (Backbone Virtual Local Area Network)  ID: Enter the B-VLAN identifier. Choices are 0 through 4095 (refer to VLAN/B-VLAN on page 464 for more information). Priority: Select the B-VLAN user Priority Code Point (PCP). Choices are 0 to 7;...
Page 501: Ipv4 Configuration
Pop-Up Windows IPv4 Configuration IPv4 Configuration Source Note: For EtherSAM Dual Test Set, the source IP address is only configurable through the Network on page 150. Automatic IP Address:  Allows to dynamically obtain an IP address from a DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server.
Page 502 Pop-Up Windows IPv4 Configuration Resolve MAC Address: When enabled, will send a request to the  network to retrieve the MAC address corresponding to the selected destination IP address. This setting is disabled by default. MAC Address Status: Indicates the Resolve MAC address status. Possible status are: Status Description...
Page 503: Ipv6 Address Configuration
Pop-Up Windows IPv6 Address Configuration IPv6 Address Configuration Note: The default IPv6 address parameters are set from the IPv6 Test Preferences on page 339. Link-Local IPv6 Address The Link-Local IPv6 Address (LLA) is used for local communication between on-link neighbors. Mode Stateless Auto allows automatic generation of the IPv6 address based ...
Page 504 Pop-Up Windows IPv6 Address Configuration Global IPv6 Address The Global IPv6 Address (GUA) is used for global communication with hosts outside the subnet and to communicate with on-link neighbors. Mode  None disables the Global IPv6 address and the Default Gateway ...
Page 505 Pop-Up Windows IPv6 Address Configuration Link-Local/Global IPv6 Address Status  Mode Status Description Stateless Undefined Auto Generating Stateless address auto configuration in progress. Successful IP address has been generated and no duplication has been detected. Duplication IP address has been generated but Detected duplication has been detected.
Page 506 Pop-Up Windows IPv6 Address Configuration Default Gateway Address The Default Gateway Address is used to forward packets outside the subnet. Default Gateway Address is not available when the Global IPv6 address Mode is set to None. Mode  Automatic allows automatic selection of the default gateway. ...
Page 507 Pop-Up Windows IPv6 Address Configuration Destination IPv6 Address Note: Destination IPv6 address is only available for EtherSAM services configuration. IP Address: Enter the destination IP address for the selected service.  Ping button: Click Ping to automatically start the quick Ping utility for ...
Page 508: Copy Service Network Configuration
Pop-Up Windows Copy Service Network Configuration Copy Service Network Configuration This pop-up window is only available with EtherSAM (Y.1564) test case. To copy the service configuration to one or several services. 1. In the Copy from Service No list, select the service number the configuration will be copied from.
Page 509: Service Profile Configuration
Pop-Up Windows Service Profile Configuration Service Profile Configuration This pop-up window is only available with EtherSAM (Y.1564) test case. Service profile allows the selection and configuration of the Voice, Video, or Data service profile. The default setting is Data. There is no parameter to set for Data.
Page 510: Framing Configuration
Pop-Up Windows Framing Configuration Framing Configuration This pop-up window is only available with EtherSAM (Y.1564) test case. Data Link: Select the data link type (layer 2). Choices are Ethernet II,  and 802.3 SNAP . PBB-TE/Ethernet II and PBB-TE/802.3 SNAP are also available when PBB-TE is enabled.
Page 511: Frame Size Configuration
Pop-Up Windows Frame Size Configuration Frame Size Configuration This pop-up window is only available with EtherSAM (Y.1564) test case. Type: For Data profile, select Fixed (default), Random, or EMIX frame  size. The Type is set to Fixed for Video and Voice profiles. Size and EMIX Frame Sizes: ...
Page 512 Pop-Up Windows Frame Size Configuration The following table lists each component that may affect the minimum size value. Component Description VLAN 4 bytes per VLAN (up to 3 VLAN) PBB-TE 18 bytes B-VLAN 4 bytes MPLS 4 bytes per label (up to two labels) 8 bytes 20 bytes Ethernet Header...
Page 513: Frame Format Configuration
Pop-Up Windows Frame Format Configuration Frame Format Configuration This pop-up window is only available with EtherSAM (Y.1564) test case. Frame Format OUI is available when the Data Link is set to 802.3 SNAP and allows the  selection of the Organizationally Unique Identifier (OUI). Choices are RFC1042, 802.1H, and User Defined (when Network is set to None).
Page 514: Mac Configuration
Pop-Up Windows MAC Configuration MAC Configuration This pop-up window is only available with EtherSAM (Y.1564) test case. Source MAC Address: Indicates the MAC address of the selected service. Note: The source MAC Address is only configurable through the Network on page 150.
Page 515: Mpls Configuration
Pop-Up Windows MPLS Configuration MPLS Configuration This pop-up window is only available with EtherSAM (Y.1564) test case. Allows MPLS configuration of services with up to two layers of MPLS labels, COS/EXP and TTL parameters. Note: MPLS has to be enabled during the test setup (refer to MPLS on page 106) and the Network framing configuration set to MPLS/IPv4, MPLS/IPv6, or MPLS/None to gives access to the MPLS configuration for the selected service.
Page 516 Pop-Up Windows MPLS Configuration COS/EXP (Class Of Service / Experimental): Select the class of service.  The default value is 0 (0000 - Low). 0 (000 - Low) 1 (001 - Low) 2 (010 - Low) 3 (011 - Low) 4 (100 - High) 5 (101 - High) 6 (110 - High)
Page 517: Udp Configuration
Pop-Up Windows UDP Configuration UDP Configuration This pop-up window is only available with EtherSAM (Y.1564) test case. Allows the selection of the source and destination UDP port number. Choices are 0 to 65535. The default setting is 49184 for the source port and 7 (echo) for the destination port.
Page 518: Advanced Tos/Ds
Pop-Up Windows Advanced TOS/DS Advanced TOS/DS Enable Differentiated Services Allows enabling the Differentiated Services (DS). This setting is disabled by default. Note: DS is available when Enable Differentiated Services is enabled. DSCP Codepoints: Select the DSCP Codepoints. Choices are:  000000 (CS0), 001000 (CS1), 010000 (CS2), 011000 (CS3), 100000 (CS4), 101000 (CS5), 110000 (CS6), 111000 (CS7), 001010 (AF11), 001100 (AF12), 001110 (AF13), 010010 (AF21), 010100 (AF22),...
Page 519 Pop-Up Windows Advanced TOS/DS Note: TOS is available when Enable Differentiated Services is not enabled. Precedence: Select the Precedence value. Choices are:  000 (Routine) 001 (Priority) 010 (Immediate) 011 (Flash) 100 (Flash Override) 101 (CRITIC/ECP) 110 (Internet Control) 111 (Network Control) The default setting is 000 (Routine).
Page 520: Ping
Pop-Up Windows Ping Ping The Ping is used to determine if a network device is reachable. Note: The Ping button is not available when an RFC 2544 test is running, or when a Ping or Trace Route command is running (refer to Ping Configuration on page 412).
Page 521 Pop-Up Windows Ping Delay (ms): Available for ping only. Enter the delay between each  attempt (PING). Choices are 100 to 10000 ms. The default setting is 1000 ms. Data Size (Bytes): Available for ping only. Enter the buffer size that will ...
Page 522: Filter Selection
Pop-Up Windows Filter Selection Filter Selection This pop-up window is only available from Traffic Analyzer - Capture tab. Allows to select the filter number that will be used to select what frames are saved in the buffer. Only enabled filters are selectable. To configure and enable filters, see Traffic Filters on page 215 or Traffic Filter Configuration on page 220.
Page 523: Truncation Calculator
Pop-Up Windows Truncation Calculator Truncation Calculator This pop-up window is only available from Traffic Analyzer - Capture tab. Allows to easily determine at what byte to truncate the frame that will be captured by selecting the desired frame header components. Header Layer: Select the header layer level.
Page 524: Field Match Configuration
Pop-Up Windows Field Match Configuration Field Match Configuration This pop-up window is only available from Traffic Analyzer - Capture tab. Allows to define the trigger criteria that will be used to automatically start the capture when a received frame matches the trigger’s criteria. Filter Configuration “(“...
Page 525 Pop-Up Windows Field Match Configuration Mask: Allows masking the defined filter value. A bit mask of 1 indicates that the corresponding bit in the value is compared for the match. A bit mask of 0 indicates that the corresponding bit in the value is ignored. For binary values, enter the mask value in binary format.
Page 526: Triggered Frame Details
Pop-Up Windows Triggered Frame Details Triggered Frame Details This pop-up window is only available from Traffic Analyzer - Capture tab. This pop-up indicates the details on the captured trigger frame. The triggered frame corresponds to the first received frame that matches the filter and the trigger settings (see Trigger on page 226).
Page 527: Data Capture Export
Save In: Allows to select the folder to save the capture file.  The capture file is saved in the following folder by default: C:\ProgramFiles\EXFO\Applications\RTU\<Product Name>\UserFiles\Capture Data.. View File After Generation: Allows to display the report once it is ...
Page 528 Pop-Up Windows Data Capture Export Once generated, the capture file will be automatically opened in Wireshark when the View File After Generation check box is selected. The capture file report may also be manually opened within Wireshark typically using Windows Explorer. FTB-8500 Series and FTB-8120NGE/8130NGE...
Page 529 Index Index AIS............. 401 AIS-L ..........240, 244 AIS-P..........240, 244 alarm measurement........55 -- status alarms..........203, 233 Expert Mode ........122 alignment ..........204 RFC 2544 ..........124 Amount ........231, 232, 241 Application Type........124 RFC 2544.......... 80, 89 -- ...............
Page 530 Close............52 of product hazard ......7, 11 Default........... 60 CBS ............ 330, 344 Delete ..........69, 263 CBS Test Time ..........337 Edit ............269 CC Error ............. 275 Favorites ..........46 CE.............. x, xi Finish ............. 69 RTU-310/310G...
Page 531 Index CIR..........329, 334, 497 Count ..........55, 209 CIR %............344 count............132 CIR disabled for all services ....... 339 Couple Start/Enable TX ......127 CIR or CIR+EIR Frames ......336 couple start/enable TX ....... 384 CIR+EIR..........330, 334 Coupled Status ..........
Page 532 ENIU status..........423 ENIU type ..........421 EOF............187 E1.............. 247 equipment returns........447 E2.............. 247 ERDI-PCD ........... 241 EB.............. 360 ERDI-PPD ........... 241, 245 EBS ............ 330, 344 ERDI-PSD ........... 240, 245 EBS Test Time ..........337 error measurement........55 RTU-310/310G...
Page 533 Index Errors ............223 In Progress ........... 147 ES .............. 360 Logged-in..........147 ESD.............. 10 Logged-out .......... 147 ESR ............362 Fail............. 122 Estimated BB_Credit ........236 Failed......... 147, 148, 258, 268 Ethernet ..........129, 286 false carrier..........204 Ethernet (BERT) ......... 377 Favorites ..........
Page 534 Framing Configuration ......498 Higher Layer Protocol ......130, 210 Frequency....136, 137, 140, 141, 376 Hop Limit........... 413, 509 Actual .......... 135, 139 HOP Limit (TTL) .......... 184 Nominal........135, 139 frequency ..........402 Frequency Alarm ........340 RTU-310/310G...
Page 535 Index IPTV tabs ........... 249 IPTV testing ..........250 IC..............ix IPv6 Config ......78, 93, 100, 107 ID ........176, 422, 486, 488 IPv6 Test Preferences ......... 386 id............... 132 ISO............. 382 Identification..........285 I-TAG ..........176, 487 identification label ........450 Drop Eligible ........
Page 536 Manual Range Entry ......262, 264 LINK/ACT ......23, 26, 27, 29, 31 Mask.......... 218, 221, 513 Link-Local ..........493 Max Jitter ........331, 340, 344 Link-Local IPv6 Address ......491 Max Round-Trip Latency ......331 Listening IP Address ........350 RTU-310/310G...
Page 537 Index Max RX Rate........341, 343 Multicast Group......... 267 Max RX Rate L -> R ........343 Max RX Rate R -> L ........343 max. hop count ......... 417, 509 N1 ............. 248 max. negative offset......137, 141 Nb Calls ............. 497 Max.
Page 538 PAT Error2 ......... 275, 277 PLM-P ............245 path ............59 PM............. 359 path overhead........... 248 PMT Error2 ........276, 277 path signal label (C2) ......242, 248 Point-to-Point ..........147 Pattern ........71, 130, 185 Port ..........71, 129, 351 RTU-310/310G...
Page 539 Index Port (BERT) ..........375 Recalibrating the unit ........ 442 Port Link ............ 122 recalibration ..........442 port selection ..........386 record............410 Port Status ..........148 Recovered..........125 Failed ........... 148 Refill Delay..........335 In Progress........... 148 Refill Delay Ratio........336 Logged-in ..........
Page 540 ............ 314 safety Setup............69 caution ..........7, 11 SFP ............ 5, 9, 449 conventions ..........7 shipping to EXFO........447 laser............9 show keyboard .......... 411 warning ........... 7 SID............. 176, 487 Save ............ 46, 409 Single Port ......
Page 541 Index Stacked VLAN..........486 stream generation tabs ..... 161, 195 standard............ 360 Stream Information ........284 Start ............45 Stream Name162, 165, 258, 261, 263, 266, 285 Start application.......... 37 Stream No. 166, 175, 177, 180, 182, 185, 197 Start Time........122, 126, 286 Subnet Mask...
Page 542 Ping Results ......... 414 TCP Throughput Statistics......353 Service Disruption Time (SDT) ....355 TCP Throughput tabs......... 349 Software Options......... 396 technical support........450 Stream Analyzer Overview ....195 temperature for storage ......441 stream generation Overview....162 termination mode ........400 RTU-310/310G...
Page 543 Index Test ............. 71, 129 Total Available TX Rate ......163 test case report ........... 53 Total Burst Test Time ......... 337 test configuration........124 Total Enabled TX Rate........ 163 Test controls..........45 total error count ........ 205, 234 Test global status ........44 total events..........
Page 544 N-Unicast..........208 Total ............ 208 Z3 .............. 248 Unicast ..........208 Z4 .............. 248 Value......... 218, 221, 291, 512 VC-1 ..........276, 285 Verdict ........341, 345, 374 Video............497 Video Codec ..........497 Video Stream Type ........285 RTU-310/310G...
Page 545 CHINESE REGULATION ON RESTRICTION OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES NAMES AND CONTENTS OF THE TOXIC OR HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES OR ELEMENTS CONTAINED IN THIS EXFO PRODUCT EXFO Indicates that this toxic or hazardous substance contained in all of the homogeneous materials for this part is below the limit requirement in SJ/T11363-2006...
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