Testing Cable Status - 3Com Baseline 2928 PWR Plus User Manual

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VCT
Overview
The optical interface of a SFP port does not support this feature.
A link in the up state goes down and then up automatically if you perform this operation on one of
the Ethernet interfaces forming the link.
You can use the Virtual Cable Test (VCT) function to check the status of the cable connected to an
Ethernet port on the device. The result is returned in less than 5 seconds. The test covers whether short
circuit or open circuit occurs on the cable and the length of the faulty cable.

Testing Cable Status

Select Device > VCT from the navigation tree to enter the page for testing cable status. Select the port
you want to test in the chassis front panel and then click Test. The test result is returned in less than 5
seconds and displayed in the Result text box, as shown in
Figure 1-1 Test the status of the cable connected to an Ethernet port
Table 1-1 describes in details the cable test result.
Figure 1-1.
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