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1. Destination Sem Re ceived Un reach Missing Round Trip ms Current Min 32297 09 01 2000 00 53 32 MX300 e manual DO7 00 031 Rev A00 Page 63 of 91 Go back to top 8 2 2 Trace Route Trace Route is acommon method used to find the route to the destination IP address or URL It is often used to identify routing problems and unreachable destinations All the remote IP addresses and their reponse times are displayed indicating possible network congestion points Trace Route setup tab The following setup selections are available Profile Recall a trace route pfile or create a new test Destination Enter the IP address or URL of the network device to be detected Time out Enter the maximum time allowed between an ICMP echo and response at each hop Max Hop Enter the maximum number of network devices the packet is allowed to transit Once the parameters are configured click Trace to start Trace Route Setup 10GE Link UP LAN gt Home gt Tools 3IP Tools h Status Trace Route WEB FTP E Result laeni Default paea ew 0 Max Hop 10GE LAH 19 01 7000 08 58 56 Go back to top Trace Route results tab The following results are displayed e Number of hops to destination e Time To Live TTL e and addresses up to the destination Note If there is no response from a particular hop an asterix will be displayed Trace Route Result MX300 e manual D07 00 031 Rev A00 P
2. e VPAL products support Linksys USB wireless adaptors only and have the necessary software driver built into the Linux operational system Do not use other wireless adaptors as this may damage the unit e Tap on the pull down menu to turn the wireless USB adapter on An information box will display the initiation process of the USB and this process will take about 90 seconds e Ensure the USB wireless adapter is connected before turning it on Scan Tap on the Scan tab once the test set has detected the wireless USB adapter Press Scan on the bottom to start MX300 e manual D07 00 031 Rev A00 Page 71 of 91 scanning the site When scan is completed the test set will show the number of SSIDs Channels and the number of SSiDs in Infrastructures mode and Ad Hoc mode SSiD Tap on the SSiD tab after the scan is completed Select one of the SSiDs to start a connection If the SSID is locked a network key is required to complete the connection The WiFi function supports WEP encryption The key can either be 10 characters or 26 characters Note If the user entered the wrong network key the test set will still connect to the Access Point however it will not be able to connect to the web or to perform the Ping test Note Select the manual selection to enter the parameters manually if the SSiD did not detect the AP that the user is searching for Connection Once connected the connection screen will display the following information on the conn
3. IPTV Zapping Overview Note IGMP and Channel Zapping IGMP is a signaling protocol that enables each STB to obtain only the programming that the viewer is interested in watching thus conserving bandwidth in the access network STB s use the IGMP to change channels by leaving and joining multicast groups representing channels Key to IPTV QoE is how fast and reliably end users can change TV channels also known as channel zapping Essentially it is calculated as the time taken between sending a channel leave request and receiving the first video data of the new video stream Refer to DSL Forum TR 126 Triple Play Quality of Experience QoE requirements for more info IPTV Viewer displays the Picture and is useful as a channel identifier e Channel Unicast or Multicast including IP address and UDP port e Status Decoding please wait Please allow 20 30 seconds for buffering and decoding to occur Visual QOE Quality of experience Affects Customer QOS Quality of Service Affects Operator Physical Physical Layer and Protocol Stack Troubleshooting Concept Go back to top 9 0 Utilities Utility Settings Home Menu MX300 e manual DO7 00 031 Rev A00 Page 79 of 91 TOGE Link UP LAN gt Home gt Utilities gt Settings Backlight Global Self Test aa Date amp Time 10GE LAH x 18 11 2008 14 16 03 9 1 Help Help provides a text based online help related to the operation of the test set and the measu
4. This brings you to the configuration screens for all the header fields e MAC Header Tab o MAC Source Use the default source address of the test set or configure a new or different address o MAC Destination Configure the destination MAC address of the far end partner test set o Ethernet Type For Layer 3 testing the user can also configure the Ethertype 0800 IP Internet Protocol Version 4 IPv4 0600 Xerox 0801 X 75 X 75 Internet 0805 X 25 X 25 Level 3 0806 ARP Address Resolution Protocol ARP 8035 RARP Reverse Address Resolution Protocol RARP 8137 IPX Novell IPX 814C SNMP 8847 MPLS unicast 8848 MPLS multicast 86DD Internet Protocol Version 6 IPv6 Future Release BERT Setup MAC address settings Layer 3 10GE Link UP LAN BERT Not Started Data Pattern MAC IP DATA MAC Source J00 18 63 00 0 4n MAC Destination 0 1E 90 40 57 3C Ethernet Type Control Default MAC Source Profiles 18GE LAN 10 01 2000 ESTIO Go back to top e VLAN Tab In the VLAN tab the following parameters are configured e VLAN ID Settable in the range 1 to 4094 o VLAN ID is the identification of the VLAN which is basically used by the standard 802 1Q o It has 12 bits which allows the identification of 4096 2 12 VLANs MX300 e manual D07 00 031 Rev A00 Page 20 of 91 o Of the 4096 possible VIDs a VID of 0 is used to identify priority frames and value 4095 FFF is reserved o Maximum possib
5. m 2 11 1 2047 bit pattern primarily intended for error and jitter measurements on circuits operating at bit rates of 64 kbit s and N 64 kbit s o Fixed All Os or All 1s o User Defined pattern Length depends on size of frame o Inversion Normal or inverted BERT Setup Data selection 10GE Link UP LAN BERT Not Started Data Pattern DATA 18GE LAN 10 01 2000 Poot Go back to top e RX Filter Tab Allows the user to filter incoming streams by MAC Destination address MAC Source address VLAN ID IP Destination address IP Source address O OOO 0 BERT Setup RX Filter selection MX300 e manual D07 00 031 Rev A00 Page 24 of 91 TOGE Link UP LAN BEAT Not Started Data Pattern LASER OFF C Profiles TAGE LAA 11 11 2008 05 54 32 Go back to top 7 1 1 2 Traffic Settings Traffic tab The user configures the traffic profile for the stream including traffic flow frame size frame type and transmit rate e Traffic Flow Select from the following traffic flows o Constant the selected frame is transmitted continuously according to the selected bandwidth o Ramp the selected frame is transmitted at maximum bandwidth according to the selected duty cycle and burst period o Burst the selected frame is transmitted in a stair case profile according to user selectable step time number of steps and maximum bandwidth e Frame Size Enter the frame size when a Layer 2 or Layer 3
6. 1 Help 9 2 Settings 9 2 1 About 9 2 2 Screen 9 2 3 Selftest 9 2 4 Power 9 2 5 Backlight 9 2 6 Global 9 2 7 Date and Time MX300 e manual DO7 00 031 Rev A00 Page 4 of 91 9 3 Files Test Results 9 3 1 Saving Files 9 3 2 Recalling Files 9 3 3 File Transfer 9 3 3 1 USB File Transfer 9 3 3 2 FTP File Transfer 9 4 ReVeal Software 9 4 1 Profiles 9 4 2 Results 9 4 3 Software 9 4 4 Remote Control 10 0 Warranty and Software 11 0 Product Specification 12 0 Certification and Declarations 13 0 About VeEX Go back to top 1 0 Product Introduction VeEX MX300 Ethernet Transport Expert is the next generation of Core Transport and Carrier Ethernet field test equipment for Ethernet Networks carrying Voice Data and Video The unit is lightweight rugged and weather resistant featuring 10Gigabit Ethernet LAN WAN Gigabit Ethernet and Fast Ethernet test ports complete with advanced Triple Play verification capabilities Test Interfaces The MX300 is part of the MX product family and can be configured for Single port operation o Single port 10GE o Single Copper port 1GE o Single Fiber port 1G Dual Port operation When the dual port interfaces and software options are enabled the test set can operate a combination of two ports at the same time with the following physical port operation combinations Dual port 10GE and Copper 1GE Dual p
7. 128 hops Note Used to decrement the time to live counter BERT Setup MPLS label configuration TOGE Link UP LAN BERT Not Started Data Pattern MPLS 1 Label Label Cogs Label CoS Control Profiles 18GE LAW 10 01 2000 AIETE Go back to top e IP Tab In the IP tab the user must configure the destination IP address and source address The user may also configure the following IP header fields e IP TOS for quality of service testing O O O Legacy TOS Precedence The first three bits of the IP TOS field can be edited 000 Best Effort 001 Bulk Data 010 Transactional 011 Call Signalling 100 Streaming Video 101 Voice 110 Routing 111 Reserve DSCP Differentiated Services Code Point The first six bits of the IP TOS can be edited to provide more granular service classification For more information on the definition of DSCP field in IPv4 and IPv6 headers refer to RFC2474 Time To Live TTL Settable in the range 0 to 255 Fragment offset byte Settable in the range 0 to 65 528 Note The fragment offset field measured in units of eight byte blocks is 13 bits long and specifies the offset of a particular fragment relative to the beginning of the original unfragmented IP datagram MX300 e manual D07 00 031 Rev A00 Page 22 of 91 o Protocol field UDP 0x11 or TCP 0x06 BERT Setup IP Address settings Layer 3 10GE Link UP LAN BERT Not Started Da
8. DO7 00 031 Rev A00 Page 59 of 91 7 4 Monitor Pass Through Pass through monitor mode enables the test set to be used for long term in service testing This allows for bi directional monitoring of up to full gigabit Ethernet line rate on the two 1000Base X ports or the two 10 100 1000T ports The pass through monitor setup and operation is straight forward and simple e First connect to both 1000Base X fiber ports port 1 and port 2 or both 10 100 1000T copper ports port 1 and port 2 depending on the interfaces to be monitored e Once the cable interface connections are in place press start To switch between port 1 and port 2 results select P1 Monitor and P2 Monitor respectively Go back to top 7 5 Loopback The Loopback application in the main menu allows the user to establish a manual loopback on the test set The loopback function is used when an end to end test needs to be performed with one of the test partners in software loopback mode The Loopback function will loopback the incoming traffic to the test set back into the network under test The type of traffic that the loopback function loops back will depend on the type of test layer configured Layer 1 Layer 2 or Layer 3 Layer 1 e In a Layer 1 loopback all incoming traffic to the Rx loopback interface will be sent out unaltered to the Tx loopback interface e Layer 2 3 In a Layer 2 or 3 loopback all incoming test traffic will be looped back o The loopback func
9. Layer 2 Framed BERT same as Layer 1 Framed o MAC Address A default or user configured Media Access Control MAC address is added to the frame This MAC address is used as the source MAC address for all streams Throughput Testing mode BERT Setup Header Layer 2 10GE Link UP LAN BERT Not Started Results Traffic Error Inj O LASER DFF Control Profiles 10 01 2000 0 36 12 e Layer 3 Framed BERT same as Layer 1 amp 2 Framed o MAC Address A default or user configured Media Access Control MAC address is added to the frame This MAC address is used as the source MAC address for all streams o IP Address A default or user configured IP address is added to the frame This IP address is used as the source IP address for all streams MX300 e manual D07 00 031 Rev A00 Page 18 of 91 BERT Setup Header Layer 3 10GE Link UP LAN BERT Not Started Results Error Inj LASER OFF Control Profiles 1BGE LAW 10 01 2000 0 38 22 Go back to top 7 1 1 Setup The test layer frame header traffic profile error injection and control settings of the far end device if applicable must be configured prior to testing 7 1 1 1 Header Settings e BERT Profile Load a previously configured test profile or create a new profile from existing settings See Profiles for more details on how to create new profiles e Test Select the test layer to perform the BERT o Options are Layer 1 Unfram
10. end unit o Press Start to automatically loop up the far end unit Start the RFC 2544 test and loop down the far end unit when all tests have been completed MX300 e manual D07 00 031 Rev A00 Page 43 of 91 Go back to top 7 2 2 RFC 2544 Results The progress and current result of the RFC 2544 can be viewed as the test is in progress Results tab Navigate the respective sub tabs throughput latency frame loss or burst to view the results for each test For the burst test the results can be viewed in summary table format or test log format Status tab The status of each test is displayed RFC2544 Results Status Results Frame Loss Hurst Events Throughput ST 05 27 39 ST 00 00 28 Throughput Test In progress Latency Test Pending Frame Loss Test Pending Burstability Test Pending Control Profiles 1BGE LAN 11 11 2008 0 28 08 Go back to top Events tab A time stamped log of each test is displayed RFC2544 Results Events MX300 e manual D07 00 031 Rev A00 Page 44 of 91 TOGE Link UP LAN RFC2544 Running gt HomefAFC 544 Setup Results Latency Frame Loss Hurst Status Throughput Events TEST Test Started RFC 2544 Test Started RFC 2544 Thoughput Test Stopped RFC 2544 Thoughput Test Started RFC 2544 Latency Test Stopped AFC 2544 Latency Test Started AFC 2544 Frame Loss Profiles 11 11 2008 05 38 29 Throughput tab Throughput results ar
11. exported and provided to VeEX Inc Customer Care MX300 e manual D07 00 031 Rev A00 Page 81 of 91 Department Go back to top 9 2 4 Power Provides information about current power source and information about the battery gauge Utility Settings Battery 10GE Link UP LAN Power Power Source Battery Status Remain Capacity Remaining lime 10GE LAH 11 11 2008 06 48 05 Go back to top 9 2 5 Backlight Provides backlight control of the unit Power There are two settings one for Battery power and one for AC power e The user has the option to select a timer to turn off the backlight if the unit is not used This function helps improve the battery autonomy and preserve LCD life e To enable the timer check Turn off backlight if device is not used for and with the pull down menu adjust the duration of the idle time before the backlight is turned off e Once the timer is active and the backlight turned off any action on the test set touch screen keyboard will turn on the backlight again Utility Settings Backlight MX300 e manual D07 00 031 Rev A00 Page 82 of 91 TOGE Link UP LAN gt Home gt Utilities gt Settings gt Backlight Brightness Warning Battery lite will reduce when backlight is used On battery power Backlight will be tumed when a button is pressed or the screen is tapped 11 11 2008 Brightness The user can select the brightness level for Battery and AC operatio
12. of 91 e Number of bytes e Optical power optical level measured by the SFP or XFP transceiver BERT Results Summary 10GE Link UP LAN BERT Running gt TOGE gt BEAT gt Setup Results summan Events Trathec DST 05 56 92 ET 00 00 07 Tx 7 Fx Ix Line Rate 10000 00M 10000 00M Framed Rate 9870 21M ga70 74M 9573 20M 9573 20M 100 00 AIEA i 9214117136 8213856190 CID N A NIA 18GE LAW 11 11 2008 05 56 49 Go back to top 7 1 2 2 Errors Errors tab The following Errors Current and Total are displayed Bits Indicates errors related to test pattern Bit Error or LSS Pattern Loss BER Bit error ratio Symbol declared when an invalid code group in the transmission code is detected FCS CRC number of received frames with an invalid FCS IP Checksum Layer 3 only Jabber frames number of received frames larger than 1518 bytes containing an invalid FCS Runt frames number of received frames smaller than 64 bytes containing an invalid FCS Giant frames number of received frames larger than 1522 bytes containing an invalid FCS BERT Results Errors MX300 e manual D07 00 031 Rev A00 Page 29 of 91 TOGE Link UP LAN BERT Running gt TOGE BEAT gt Setup Results Events Trathc Current Total 150 10535 a 91 3606 05 2 921670E 08 NIA A i Jabber Frames Runt Frames Profiles 11 11 2008 0 57 00 7 1 2 3 Events Events tab A time stamped record
13. registration the test set status will change to Online e Ifthe test set fails to register repaeat the setup process and ensure all the parameters are entered correctly and register again Call Status To place a call e First enter a destination IP address The address can be a phone number phone number sipserver or an alias bob sipserver e Press Call The status will show the call progress e g Dialing in progress e The status changes to Call connected when the destination end point answers the call Receive Call Status e An information box appears on screen when there is an incoming call e The user can choose to accept or to decline the call e Once connected you can use the USB headphone adapter to talk and listen Go back to top 8 6 IPTV The function allows you to perform IPTV testing in a Triple Play network The feature supports Set Top Box STB emulation IGMP RTSP signaling MPEG2 4 H 264 encoding RTP VC1 MPEG TS transport streams Packet Statistics packet loss jitter delay PID mapping Video Audio stream rates MX300 e manual DO7 00 031 Rev A00 Page 75 of 91 e Channel zapping for quick and complete installation check a Val Pouter BB N es Bate Router Fa Video Router amp Broadcast Server VRP AGAL BRASA m e Bae 7 Typical IPTV Test Application DSL Triple Play Network Go back to top The IPTV menu allows you to configure the followi
14. the cursor in any of the four supported directions left right up down The arrow key works in conjunction with the Enter and Escape keys e Enter key The enter key provides an enter sequence to the user interface It is used in non touch screen operation mode to enter menus and functions e Escape key The escape key provides an escape sequence to the user interface It is used in non touch screen operation mode to escape menus and functions Go back to top 4 2 Touch Screen Display The LCD supports touch screen operation To operate the touch screen use the stylus located in the top cover to navigate the menus and tabs The unit can also be used in a non touch screen mode i e use the arrow enter and escape keys to navigate The location of the cursor on the screen is indicated by a focus state The focus state varies depending on the function or section of the test set Please observe the following precautions e Never use excessive pressure on the touch screen as this may damage its functionality e Never use sharp objects such as a pen screwdriver etc as this may damage the surface e Clean the surface of the touch screen using a soft cloth and mild detergent only Do not use alcohol Go back to top 4 3 Battery The VPAL300 chassis is equipped with an intelligent Lilon rechargeable battery pack which is located in the rear of the unit The battery will be partially charged upon delivery so it is recommended to charge th
15. the frame delay informatio Throughput Results Traffic per Stream Per Stream Traffic Delay TEST Throughput Per Stream Throughput Per Stream Throughput Per Stream LASER OFF Profiles 11 11 2008 06 07 53 size distribution pertaining to each stream Per Stream LASER OFF Profiles 11 11 2008 06 08 11 n pertaining to each stream Throughput Results Delay per Stream MxX300 e manual DO7 00 031 Rev A00 TOGE Link UP LAN THROUGHPUT Running gt Home gt ThroughPut Setup Global Errors Current Events Tratfie Delay 0 02 us 0 02 us 0 17 us 0 02 us Variation 0 00 us Page 58 of 91 LASER OFF Control Profiles 11 11 2008 06 08 24 The Per Stream Rate screen displays the frame rate and data rate pertaining to each stream Throughput Results Rates per Stream TOGE Link UP LAN THROUGHPUT Running Frames sec Tx 808548 807403 808610 08517 Tx 9573 20 9559 65 9573 94 9572 85 Rx a0B547 807215 808550 A0B512 Ax 9573 20 9557 43 9675 23 9572 79 7 3 2 4 Saving Throughput Multiple Streams Results LASER OFF CD 11 11 2008 06 09 41 Once the test has been stopped the results can be saved by pressing the save function key on the VePAL s keypad The results will be saved and named automatically Once the results are saved the user may view or rename the results file by going to the results folder of the files menu MX300 e manual
16. the results folder of the files menu MX300 e manual DO7 00 031 Rev A00 Page 48 of 91 7 3 Throughput Multiple Streams Overview The throughput application or the multiple streams application performs the following measurements throughput performance frame loss analysis delay analysis frame packet arrival analysis received traffic type analysis and received traffic frame size analysis On the transmit side the throughput application allows for the configuration of up to 8 traffic streams with their own MAC and IP addresses VLAN tags up to 3 per stream bandwidth rate frame size and L2 and or L3 quality of service QoS parameters On the receiver end the traffic is analyzed on a per stream up to 8 streams basis as well as a global or aggregate measurement This application is very useful in verifying the transport of traffic with different prioritization settings across a network link The test helps verify that the network can handle high priority traffic and low priority traffic accordingly Go back to top 7 3 1 Setup Unless otherwise noted the Frame Header and related setups are the same as the ones described in the BERT and RFC2544 Applications above The following parameters must be configured prior to performing a Throughput test Number of streams See General settings below Bandwidth per stream See General settings below Test layer Frame Type VLAN tag s MPLS tag s Frame header per stream if applicab
17. threshold settings for the throughput and latency tests Page 37 of 91 LASER OFF Control Profiles 12 4642 o When enabled threshold settings can be configured for all of the test frames selected in the frame settings tab e A Pass Fail criteria will be applied when the threshold settings are enabled o For example If the throughput threshold value for a 64 byte frame is configured for 80 then a Pass criteria is assigned if the throughput rate is 80 or better RFC2544 Setup Threshold Settings TOGE Link UP LAN RFC2544 Not Started gt Home gt AFC 544 Results Throughput Frame Loss Header Frames Thro ug htp nieg 3 Booo o pom 10 01 2000 LASER OFF Control Profiles 12 46 48 MX300 e manual DO7 00 031 Rev A00 Page 38 of 91 Go back to top 7 2 1 4 Control Settings Control button e Overview Configures the loop up and loop down commands necessary to control the far end unit The user is allowed to configure the commands manually or automatically o Manual selection user must input the destination MAC IP address of the far end device including the command type o Automatic selection User must select from a list of discovered devices to loop up down In automatic mode no configuration is necessary user only has to select the discovered far end device to control RFC2544 Setup Control Settings 1OGE Link UP LAN AFC 544 Not Started Home gt AFCIS Results Laten
18. to an encoder not performing to specification IPTV Result Video Page 4 displays the Quality of Service QOS results e PCR Clock Presence of 27MHz Program Clock Reference e PCR Jitter PCR deviation in ms e MPEG Packet Loss continuity error e Latency the time to complete a program change measured in milliseconds ms Note Program Clock Reference PCR MPEG TS normally contain a built in timing packet Known as the Program Clock Reference PCR Recovering the 27 MHz clock at the decoder end of the transmission system is necessary to re create the video signal The PCR values need to be correct at the signal origin and should not be distorted along the transmission path to a point where decoding the compressed signal becomes problematic Measuring the interval between the arrival of PCR values the accuracy of the expected values and also the jitter accumulated on those PCR values transmitted is necessary to assure that streams can be decoded PCR jitter is a good indication of timing distortions due to poor encoding Excessive PCR jitter results in visual impairments such as frame freezes color loss and pixelization The amount of PCR jitter that is considered excessive varies and depends on various factors including STB buffer sizes and software architecture However in today s packetized video networks PCR jitter should not exceed 10 ms If PCR jitter is not constant then a momentary problem from inserting local pr
19. to top Frame Size tab The following Frame distribution statistics are displayed in count and percentage lt 64 bytes frames 64 127 byte frames 128 255 byte frames 256 511 byte frames 512 1023 byte frames 1024 1279 byte frames 1280 1518 byte frames gt 1518 byte frames Jumbo frames BERT Results Frame Size 10GE Link UP LAN BERT Running Traffic Type Bg 0 000000 o on0188 0 000000 0 000002 0 000000 1024 12795 0 000000 1280 15188 D 0 000000 gt 1518B 145499232 99 999810 THGE LAA 11 11 2008 Go back to top 7 1 2 5 Rates Rates tab The following Rate statistics are displayed graphically e Frame rate in Frames per second FPS number of received frames including bad frames Broadcast frames and Multicast frames e Data rate in Mbps received data rate expressed in Mbps BERT Results Rates MX300 e manual DO7 00 031 Rev A00 Page 33 of 91 TOGE Link UP LAN BERT Running gt TOGE BEAT gt Setup Results summan Events Trafic Frame Rate FPS Data Rate Mbps LASER OFF 18GE LAW 11 11 2008 05 58 02 Go back to top 7 2 RFC2544 Conformance Testing Overview RFC 2544 recommendations are well accepted in the test and measurement industry for network performance testing The RFC 2544 test suite consists of and performs a set of four automated tests throughput latency frame loss and burst or back to back to qualify the performance of a ne
20. 00 Page 13 of 91 6 0 Setup Test mode test port s and network settings are required prior to performing any measurements or applications 6 1 Test Mode Selection This menu is accessed via the Test Mode button located at the top right hand side of the screen Depending on interface options purchased the following selections are possible Single port 10GE Single Copper port 1GE Single Fiber port 1GE Dual port 10GE and Copper 1GE Dual port 10GE and Fiber 1GE Dual Copper port 1GE Dual Fiber port 1GE Dual Copper Fiber port 1GE Pass Through Monitor Copper 1GE Pass Through Monitor Fiber 1GE After selecting the test interface click OK button located at the bottom of the pop up window MX300 Test Mode Selection TestMode selection Single Port 10GE C Dual Copper Port TGE E Single Copper Port 1GE C Dual Fiber Port 1GE O Single Fiber Port 1GE E Dual Copper Fiber Port 1GE C Dual Port 10GE and Copper 1GE C Pass Through Monitor Copper 1GE C Dual Port 10GE and Fiber 1GE C Pass Through Monitor Fiber 1GE Control Profiles 10GE LAH 11 11 2008 06 11 58 Go back to top 6 2 Port setup Port setup or test interface configuration are accessed via the Setup menu located on the Home page The configuration capabilities depends on the interface selected in the Test Mode selection Port Tab The user selects the operation mode and the interface s that will be used to carry out tests Once the operating mode and inter
21. 07 00 031 Rev A00 Page 26 of 91 TOGE Link UP LAN BEAT Not Started gt TOGE BEAT gt Setup Setup Header Trattic 1 Error Type Error Typ Injection Flow IP Checksum 18GE LAW 11 11 2008 05 55 49 Note Error Injection Once a test is running error injection can be enabled by selection the Error Injection icon from the action pull down menu at the top of the screen Press the error inject button to start injecting errors Go back to top 7 1 1 4 Control Settings In the Control settings tab the user configures the loop up and loop down commands necessary to control a far end unit The user is able to configure the control commands manually or automatically Three modes are available for looping back test traffic e Layer 1 All incoming traffic is looped back unaltered e Layer 2 All incoming unicast traffic is looped back with the MAC source and destination addresses swapped e Layer 3 All incoming unicast traffic is looped back with MAC and IP source and destination addresses swapped BERT Setup Control MX300 e manual D07 00 031 Rev A00 Page 27 of 91 TOGE Link UP LAN BEAT Not Started gt TOGE BEAT gt Setup Setup Header Traffic Errar Inj LASER ore Control 18GE LAN 11 11 2008 05 56 08 Manual User must input the destination MAC IP address of the far end device a long with the type of command e MAC Destination MAC address of the far end te
22. 2 Global Aggregate Results The aggregate results screen displays Line rate Framed rate Total data rate Total utilization Total of frames Total number of bad frames Optical power measurement if applicable Throughput Results Global Aggregate 10GE Link UP LAN THROUGHPUT Running Home gt ThroughP it Setup Results Page 53 of 91 Global Events fF putilities a z ST 06 04 29 Tx 10000 00M 3870 76M Data Rate 9573 20M Utilization 100 00 Total Frames 6517058 Bad Frames i Opt Power N A Line Rate Framed Rate THGE LAHN Go back to top Per Stream stream Summary Errors ET 00 00 11 Rx 10000 00M 9870 76M 9573 21M 100 00 55168692 0 NIA Profiles 11 11 2008 06 04 39 The Global Errors screen displays the Current and Total error count of all streams Bits BER Symbol FCS CRC IP Checksum Jabber Frames Runt Frames Throughput Results Global Errors MxX300 e manual DO7 00 031 Rev A00 10GE Link UP LAN THROUGHPUT Running gt Home gt ThroughPut Setup Global Events Trafic Aggregate Ls etal 7 Utilities Current 0 O 000000E 00 N A i IP Checksum i Jabber Frames i i Runt Frames The Global Stream Summary screen displays Stream number Total received bandwidth per stream Errors alarms associated with the stream Quality of Service QOS associated with each stream Page 54 of 91 Per Stream stream Summary a
23. 31 Rev A00 TOGE Link UP LAN gt Home gt Tools 3 IP Tools Page 68 of 91 Trace Route WEB FTP profile source IP Address Destination IP Address Time Out s Result tab 192 168 0 101 9 01 2000 09 32 24 The MAC addresses associated with active IP addresses in the range are displayed 10GE Link UP LAN gt Home gt Tools 3IP Tools P 4 Setup ce ARP Over Destination Address 192 168 0 3 Note ARP he ARP protocol only works within the same subnet as the IP address provided to the testset in IP Status ARP Wiz Result O80 Trace Route ARPYYiz Host Response Time ms MAC Address 6 714 00 10 67 00 33 DC 9 01 2000 RIKKE MX300 e manual DO7 00 031 Rev A00 Page 69 of 91 Go back to top 8 3 Net Wiz The Net Wiz function allows you to test the ethernet cable and associated network environment A typical application is shown below Router Access Point STE T Typical Net Wiz Application Netwiz Test functionalities include e Cable Analysis with distance o to switch with MDI mode Straight or Crossover o to fault type of fault Open Short Impedance Mismatch Analyze the network and automatically report o Stations o Routers Gateway o Printers Provide MAC and IP addresses of each device PING each device and verify the device is active Provide detected networks NetBiOS IPX etc Status e Press Start to begin the test e The test set wi
24. 5 re 100 99 999989 59 999818 ag 199818 fo ooo000 ono000 0 000011 Frame Size 11 11 2008 Page 31 of 91 Profiles 05 58 45 Traffic Type tab The following Traffic distribution statistics are displayed in Count and Percentage e Layer 2 Unicast frames number of Unicast frames received without FCS errors e Layer 2 Broadcast frames number of Broadcast frames received without FCS errors Broadcast frames have a MAC address equal to FF FF FF FF FF FF e Layer 2 Multicast frames number of Multicast frames received without FCS errors e Pause frames number of valid flow control frames received Frames having a type length field equal to 8808h are counted as pause frames e Layer 3 Unicast frames number of Unicast frames received without FCS errors e Layer 3 Broadcast frames number of Broadcast frames received without FCS errors Broadcast frames have a MAC address equal to FF FF FF FF FF FF e Layer 3 Multicast frames number of Multicast frames received without FCS errors BERT Results Traffic Type 10GE Link UP LAN BERT Running Frames e Distribution Ei s EEE 176862266 L Broadcast 141 L Multicast 239 Pause 0 EE L3 Broadcast 134 L3 Muhicast 16 99 999700 o oo0111 p an018E p oon000 39 999882 1 000106 0 000013 11 2008 Profiles 05 59 04 MX300 e manual D07 00 031 Rev A00 Page 32 of 91 Go back
25. 9 34 Nearly all users dissatisfied 50 24 2 9 Not recommended 0 50 1 0 2 4 Packets tab indicates e Analysis on packet loss e Duplicated packets e Out of sequence packets e Packet rate e Packet jitter Events tab indicates e A time stamped log of the various test steps with Pass Fail criteria Go back to top 8 5 2 VoIP Call Expert The function allows you to place a VoIP call over an IP and PSTN network MX300 e manual DO7 00 031 Rev A00 Page 74 of 91 Wool Fowter DSLAM gt m a p VOSUADSL T j Pma fot b Video Rouler amp Broadcast Server Typical VoIP Call Expert Application DSL Triple Play Network Setup Select the VoIP tab to proceed with the IP Phone setup Profile Recall an existing or save a new profile Mode Select IP Phone from the Mode pull down menu Protocol SIP and H 323 are the only protocols supported at this time Registration Direct or Peer to Peer User name and Password for registering with the call authentication server Codec select between G 711A G 711U G 728 or G 729 Headphone When the user turns on the headphone selction an information box appears prompting you to plug in the VeEX USB headphone adaptor Ensure the headphone USB adapter is properly connected to the test set before pressing OK Registration Status e The status will show the registration progress and call activity if any e Once the test set has completed the
26. AN RFC2544 Not Started gt Home gt AFC 544 Setup Results Header Frames Threshold a Throughpul Latency Frame Loss Burst TAGE LAM 10 01 2000 12 37da Go back to top Latency tab User configures o Test Throughput Rate or Custom Rate The default value is throughput m Throughput rate latency test will be performed at the throughput rate found for each of the tested frame sizes Custom rate user configures a custom rate e Rate Only available if Custom Rate is selected Enter up to 100 of the negotiated line rate or enter the rate in Mbps e Duration 5 to 999 seconds The default value is 20 seconds This is the amount of time that the latency test will be performed for each test frame size e Repetitions 1 to 100 The default value is 1 This is the amount of times that the latency test will be repeated for each test frame size RFC2544 Setup Latency Settings MxX300 e manual DO7 00 031 Rev A00 TOGE Link UP LAN RFC Z544 Not Started gt Home 2AFG 544 Setup Header Frames Throughput THGE LAH Go back to top Frame Loss tab Page 40 of 91 Results Threshold 10 01 2000 FEAL e Max Rate Up to 100 of the negotiated line rate The default value is 100 This is the maximum transmit rate to perform the frame loss test for each test frame size The user may configure this rate as a of the total line rate or in Mbps For example if the user configures the Max Rate t
27. BASE SW 850nm serially encoded 64B 66B compatible with SDH SONET standards for a 10 Gb s WAN PHY m 10GBASE LW 1310nm serially encoded 64B 66B compatible with SDH SONET standards for a 10 Gb s WAN PHY a 10GBASE EW 1550nm serially encoded 64B 66B compatible with SDH SONET standards for a 10 Gb s WAN PHY o Dual 1000Base X SFP Ports LC connector m 1000Base SX 850nm m 1000Base LX 1300nm m 1000Base ZX 1550nm 4 4 2 Utility Ports The Ethernet and USB ports are located on the left and right side of the unit e RJ45 10 100Base T port To access the Ethernet port remove the protective rubber cover on the right hand side of the unit to expose the connector Ethernet applications include o IP connectivity testing o Net Wiz testing MxX300 e manual D07 00 031 Rev A00 Page 10 of 91 WiFi Wiz testing Voice over IP VoIP testing IPTV testing Transfer measurement results and test profiles between the instrument and a computer using Reveal MX software Upload download channel tables between the instrument and a computer using Reveal MX software Upgrade the instrument software using Reveal MX software Remote control of the instrument using Reveal MX software optional OO 00 0 0 0 e USB Port To access the USB port remove the protective rubber cover on the left hand side of the unit to expose the connector The USB port supports o Memory drives o WiFi adaptor for WiFI testing application Side View RHS Side View
28. BERT is selected o Frame size configuration is not available for Layer 1 BERT o Frame sizes can be from 64bytes to 1518bytes in addition to jumbo frames up to 9000 bytes e BW Transmit Bandwidth Configure the transmit rate for the test o When traffic flow is equal to Burst two burst bandwidths are configured with burst time o When traffic flow is equal to Ramp starting and an ending bandwidth are configured along with the bandwidth step size and duration BERT Setup Constant Traffic MX300 e manual DO7 00 031 Rev A00 Page 25 of 91 TOGE Link UP LAN BEAT Not Started gt TOGE BEAT gt Setup Setup Header Trattic Flow Frame Size Frame Size Const BWY 18GE LAN 11 11 2008 0 54 11 Note Frame Size Limitations Layer 1 framed mode Frame size configuration is not available Layer 1 unframed mode Traffic profile is constant at 100 bandwidth Go back to top 7 1 1 3 Error Injection Error injection can be performed during testing The error type and injection rate are configured in the Error Injection tab e Error type Select from Bit CRC IP Checksum layer 3 only e Injection Flow The error injection flow determines how the selected errors will be injected o The user can select a single error injection a specific count or error rate e Rate and Count The user will be able to configure the error rate and error count via a numeric keypad BERT Setup Error Injection MX300 e manual D
29. C check as a measure of link quality implies that a few bit errors occur in the data or voice transmission before the transmit power can be increased There is a lot of controversy about the term signal quality used in WLAN networks but the most likely definition of signal quality or PN code correlation strength is that it is some metric of the correlation between the correct symbol stream and the actual symbol stream received For example the PHY might count the average number of wrong bit positions over a window of some number of symbols where zero wrong bit positions equals 100 signal quality and more wrong bit positions results in lower signal quality Signal strength and RSSI In reality there are four units of measurements used to represent RF Signal Strength namely mW milliwatts dBm dB milliwatts RSSI Received Signal Strength Indicator and a percentage measurement Signal strength defined in the IEEE 802 11 recommendation for WiFi type devices is based on the Received Signal Strength Indicator RSSI and is intended to be used as a relative value within the WiFi chipset The 1 byte value can have values ranging from 0 to 255 but vendors prefer to use arbitrary scales from O to RSS Max but in fact no vendor actually measures the 256 different signal level values so each adopts and uses their own specific maximum RSSI value RSSIL_Max For example on the WiFi adaptor we use Linksys Cisco choo
30. Errors Total 2a7yl 4 27 665933E 08 LASER OFF Control Profiles 11 11 2008 06 05 76 Throughput Results Global Stream ey TOGE Link UP LAN THROUGHPUT Running gt Home gt ThroughPut Setup Global Aggregate Events Traffic Errors None The Global Traffic screen displays e Frame Type of all streams Per Stream Errors 7 Stream Summary Profiles 06 06 10 11 11 2008 MxX300 e manual DO7 00 031 Rev A00 e Traffic Type s of all streams e Frame size of all streams Page 55 of 91 Throughput Results Global Traffic Summary 10GE Link UP LAN THROUGHPUT Running gt Home gt ThroughPut ws Tools Global Aggregate Events Traffic a Fo gutilities Frame Type S p Trattic Type THGE LAA Go back to top 7 3 2 3 Per Stream Results In the Per Stream tab the following measurements are available Errors Errors associated with each stream Events Events associated with each stream Traffic Traffic statistics associated with each stream Delay Delay associated with each stream Rates Rates information associated with each stream Ae sults Per Stream Errors Stream summary Profiles 11 11 2008 06 05 51 Summary Framed rate data rate of bytes total of frames associated with each stream Throughput Results Summary per Stream MxX300 e manual DO7 00 031 Rev A00 TOGE Link UP LAN THROUGHPUT Runnin
31. Ethernet II DIX named after DEC Intel and Xerox this is the most common frame type today MAC IP Tap the MAC and IP blocks on the Frame image to access the setup menus o Set the Source and Destination MAC address for Layer 2 o Set the Source and Destination MAC and IP addresses for Layer 3 VLAN Off 1 tag 2 tags 3 tags o The user is able to configure up to 3 VLAN tags VLAN stacking for Q in Q applications Note VLAN stacking is an option MPLS Off 1 tag 2 tags 3 tags o The user is able to configure up to 3 MPLS tags Note MPLS tag configuration is only available when the MPLS option is purchased MAC VLAN MPLS IP and Test Pattern Configurations Tap on the Frame image displayed on the screen to configure the MAC addresses IP addresses VLAN tag s MPLS tag s and test pattern This brings you to the configuration screens for all the header fields MAC Header Tab MX300 e manual DO7 00 031 Rev A00 Page 35 of 91 o MAC Source Use the default source address of the test set or configure a new or different address See MAC address editing screen shot below o MAC Destination Configure the destination MAC address of the far end partner test set See MAC address editing screen shot below o Ethernet Type For Layer 3 testing the user can also configure the Ethertype m 0800 IP Internet Protocol Version 4 IPv4 O0600 Xerox 0801 X 75 X 75 Internet 0805 X 25 X 25 Level 3 0806 ARP Address Resolution Prot
32. IP 182 166 0899 SH TM4600HD6101865 Eihernet Download software from the VeEX website to upgrade the Testset ReVeal MX300 Software Menu MX300 e manual DO7 00 031 Rev A00 Page 88 of 91 ux ReVeal MAJUU E Bk is Home Connect ra History e Tools D Help VeEX The Fariiication Experts Softwane Downlod Download latest software from web site Option Enable Disable ophons on the test se Check Test sei weni sattware version and options on the test set g Upgriiea tp E Upgrade the test sers software Status LAST Connon Currently 112008 146c24 MSOO FP 182 166 0 55 SH TM4 BOOHDS10186 Wehod Eihenmnet Go back to top 9 4 4 Remote Control Launch ReVeal LX software on your PC to remote control the instrument The test instrument must be connected to the PC via an IP connection Select the remote control application located in the Tools menu Start the remote control application For detailed information refer to the ReVeal MX300 user manual Go back to top 10 0 Warranty and Software Warranty Period The warranty period for hardware software and firmware are three 3 years from the date of shipment to the customer The warranty period for battery pack LCD LCD touch panel LCD protective cover and accessories including but not limited to patch cords AC adaptor SFP USB adaptors carrying case carrying pouch is limited to one 1 year Hardware Coverage VeEX Inc warrants hardwa
33. LHS Ethernet Port Go back to top 4 5 LEDs The MX300 is equipped with the following LEDs e Fixed LED A single LED indicates the power state of the unit o The LED is off when the unit is powered off o The LED is green when the unit is powered on o The LED is orange when the unit is connected to the AC Main and powered off e Soft LEDs The Graphical User Interface GUI supports several soft LED functions depending on test mode Signal LED indicates presence of a valid input signal Frame LED indicates presence of valid framing on the input signal Pattern LED indicates test pattern synchronization in BERT RFC and Throughput modes Alarm Error LED indicates the presence of alarms or errors O 0 OO Note Each soft LED is equipped with a History function e Green LED indicates that no alarm error has occurred e Red LED indicates that at least one alarm error has occurred during the test e Red flashing LED indicates any alarms errors that have occurred e Grey LED indicates that no condition or a test that has not begun yet MX300 e manual D07 00 031 Rev A00 Page 11 of 91 MX300 Soft LED functions Note The History key on the rubber keyboard O gt O resets the soft LEDs on the GUI Go back to top 5 0 Home Screen and Menu The Home menu can be accessed at anytime during operation by pressing the Home key on the rubber keypad The screen is divided into three presentation areas e Le
34. MX300 e manual D07 00 031 Rev A00 Page 1 of 91 vex MX300 e Manual BOO sere reper dr vera MX300 a N A Wa Please direct all questions to your local VeEX Sales Office Representative or Distributor or contact VeEX technical support at www veexinc com Copyright 2007 VeEx Incorporated All rights reserved No part of this user manual may be reproduced translated into a foreign language or be transmitted electronically without prior agreement and written consent of VeEX Incorporated as governed by International copyright laws Information contained in this manual is provided as is and is subject to change without notice Trademarks of VeEX Incorporated have been identified where applicable however the absence of such identification does not affect the legal status of any trademark Table of Contents 1 0 Product Introduction 2 0 About this User Manual 3 0 Safety Information 4 0 Basic Operation MX300 e manual DO7 00 031 Rev A00 4 1 Keypad 4 2 Touch Screen Display 4 3 Battery 4 4 Connectors and Panels 4 4 1 Test Ports 4 4 2 Utility Ports 4 5 LEDs 5 0 Home Menu 6 0 Setup 6 1 Test Mode Selection 6 2 Port Setup 6 3 Profiles 6 4 Measurement Settings 7 0 Test Applications 7 1 BERT 7 1 1 Setup 7 1 1 1 Header Settings 7 1 1 2 Traffic Settings 7 1 1 3 Error Injection Settings 7 1 1 4 7 1 1 5 Control Settin
35. P connection and address prior to Ping Trace Route Web FTP ARP Wiz VoIP and IPTV testing 8 1 2 IP Status Status tab MX300 e manual D07 00 031 Rev A00 Page 61 of 91 IP Connection Status Ensure the Status is PASS before continuing with any IP tests If the status fails go back to the setup screen to verify that the parameters are entered correctly Ensure that the ethernet cable is connected properly before trying to reconnect Check the status LED on the Ethernet connector on the right side of the unit to look for port and network activity IP Connection Status Indication TOGE Link UP LAN gt Home gt Tools 3IP Tools Setup Ping Trace Route WEB FTP DHCP Server DHCP Lease Time Local IP 192 168 0 93 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 Gateway DNS IP 206 13 28 12 Second DNS 206 13 31 12 DHCP IP Gateway DOSES 10GE LAH 09 01 2000 08 31 32 n a ae a 5 E ws AE i E ag E ea f oo Pee a En al p n a Go back to top 8 2 Advanced IP Tests An IP test will verify that the IP network is configured properly and connected to the Internet Depending on the IP options purchased the following tests are possible 8 2 1 Ping Test Ping tab PING is a popular computer network tool used to test whether a particular host is reachable across an IP network A Ping is performed by sending an echo request or ICMP Internet Control Message Protocol to the ta
36. Test Result MX300 e manual DO7 00 031 Rev A00 Page 67 of 91 TOGE Link UP LAN gt Home gt Tools 3IP Tools prr Setup a a E g Response Time iTraneter Time Data Transfer Average Throughput 2 529 Mbps Foss MB utilities 10GE LAH 09 01 7000 08 59 47 Go back to top Web Browser Select Browser from Web Mode Enter or select the desired IP address or URL destination and encoding andthen press Start The screen will turn blank while launching the spider web browser engine The web page is divided into quadrants Use the slide keys to navigate up down and left right It is possible to navigate links within the screen Click the close button in the Top right hand corner to exit Note If a DNS server is not detected an error message will be displayed Go back to top 8 2 5 ARP Wiz ARP Wiz uses the Address Resolution Protocol ARP to verify the status of each IP address in a user selectable IP range ARP is the standard method for finding a host s hardware address when only its network layer address is known In other words ARP is used primarily to translate IP addresses to Ethernet MAC addresses ARP is defined in RFC 826 Setup tab e Profile Recall an address stored as a Profile or enter a desired IP address e Source address Enter the IP address range e Destination address Enter the IP address range e Time out e Press Start ARP Wiz Setup MxX300 e manual DO7 00 0
37. acket Loss e DUP Duplicate Packet e DV Delay Variation DV Client Status There are 3 stages in Client mode e Upstream Stream the voice file to the Server e Downstream Once the upstream is completed the downstream test will be performed e VOIP Test Complete VOIP Test Complete will be displayed when the test is completed Status Status tab indicates e ST Start Time MX300 e manual DO7 00 031 Rev A00 Page 73 of 91 e ET Elapsed Time e Test progress MOSJR tab indicates The Mean Opinion Score MOS and R factor measurements performed by the Telchemy VQmon VolP quality measurement engine which is integrated into the test set VQmon SA supports Listening and conversational quality metrics MOS scores and R factors Detailed packet RTP statistics Jitter buffer emulation Note Call Quality Listening Quality LQ Refers to how the users rate what they hear during a call Conversational Quality CQ Refers to how the users rate the overall quality of a call based on the listening quality and their ability to converse during a call This includes any echo or delay related difficulties hat may affect the conversation ransmission Quality Refers to the quality of the network connection used to carry the voice signal Call Quality Rating and Mean Opinion Score MOS MOS ITU Maximum obtainable for G 711 a 80 90 97 4 Some users salisfied 70 80 34 37 Many users dissatisfied 60 70 2
38. age 64 of 91 10GE Link UP LAN z i hre j gt Home gt Tools gt IP Tools X Status Trace Route WEB FTP ARPYWiz Setup Result RACEROUTE Over Hop TTL ms Address 1 0 440 192 168 0 1 1 119 A1 159 222 70 10 859 151 164 184 72 4 654 f6 246 22 2 10 114 151 164 939 237 11 641 151 164 190 14 Trace 10GE LAH 19 01 7000 08 58 34 Go back to top 8 2 3 FTP Test The File Transfer Protocol is used to verify the actual throughput of upstream or downstream data rate by sending or receiving files of known size FTP tab For FTP download or upload the user needs to configure Note Mode select between FTP or Web mode FTP mode displayed when FTP is selected Select either Upload or Download Profile Recall a FTP profile or create a new FTP test session Address Enter IP Address of the FTP server File Path Enter any file path if applicable User name Enter user name needed to login into server Password Enter password needed to login and authenticate access to the FTP server Press Start to initiate the download or upload process For FTP upload the user can also set the file size to be transmitted FTP Download Setup MX300 e manual D07 00 031 Rev A00 Page 65 of 91 TOGE Link UP LAN gt Home gt Tools gt IP Tools gt aa Setup o WEBFTP DO s Result Mode FTP Mode File Path pub README 09 01 2000 09 00 34 FTP Result tab The FTP download or upload res
39. and set a Test Duration The File Name and Encoding are preset in the test set for the current release Press Start when the parameters are all entered e Server To use test set as a server select Server then press Start The test set then waits for the connection from the Client to perform the test The IP address of the server is the one entered or obtained in the IP Status Note Client and Server mode simulate a VoIP call between two test sets or one test set and a server and measure the VoIP quality parameters e IP Phone For IP Phone or VoIP Call Expert mode go to VoIP IP Phone Section For Client mode the user needs to input the Server s IP and Test Duration The File Name and Encoding are preset in the test set for the current release Press Start when the parameters are all entered Server Status There are 4 stages in Server test mode e Wait for Client or Server Wait for the Client to connect with the server or vice versa e Connecting Once client is connected to the server the downstream test will be performed e Downstream As soon as the downstream is completed the upstream test will be performed e Upstream As soon as the upstream is completed a Pass or Fail result will be indicated e File Pass File Pass will be displayed when the test is completed Note Loss Dup and DV can be generated at any time however these functions are only available when the test set transmits the file e LOSS P
40. asurements start at the same time at the start of the test o Tx Separate independent control Start Stop of the transmitter is enabled At the start of the test only the receiver is turned on the user must start the transmitter manually e OAM Enable On Off o When OAM is enabled the MX300 supports the IEEE 802 3ah EFM standard for discovery and loopback control of OAM enabled devices MX300 10GE Measurement Setup MX300 e manual D07 00 031 Rev A00 Page 16 of 91 TOGE Link UP LAN gt Home gt Setup Profiles Measurement LASER OFF C 10GE LAH 11 11 2008 05 15 53 Go back to top 7 0 Test Applications 7 1 BERT Overview BER testing at layer 1 2 and 3 is supported The BERT can be configured to use either regular PRBS test patterns stress patterns specifically for 10Gigabit Ethernet or user defined test patterns to simulate various conditions All patterns are encapsulated into an Ethernet frame to verify bit per bit performance of the circuit under test e Layer 1 Unframed mode fiber ports only or Framed mode o Unframed mode Test traffic consists of a bit stream of the selected test pattern o Framed mode Test pattern is encapsulated into a valid Ethernet frame with SOF Preamble and CRC field BERT Setup Header Layer 1 MX300 e manual D07 00 031 Rev A00 Page 17 of 91 TOGE Link UP LAN BEAT Not Started gt TOGE BEAT gt Setup Trafic 11 11 2008 05 40 24 e
41. cy Frame Loss Hurst Frames Threshold Detauh v r 7 mazan O o i M T LASER OFF Control Profiles TH O1 7000 TAJEA Mode Manual or Auto MAC amp IP Destination addresses Go back to top 7 2 1 5 Throughput Latency Frame Loss and Burst Settings The RFC 2544 test suite allows the user to run all of the four tests one of the four tests or a combination of any of the four tests The user simply has to enable disable which tests to perform by checking unchecking a selection box in the respective tab for each test By default all of the four tests are enabled The following parameters must be configured before running the RFC 2544 conformance test suite Throughput tab e Max Rate Up to 100 of the negotiated line rate The default value is 100 o This is the maximum transmit rate to perform the throughput test for each test frame size o The user may configure this rate as a of the total line rate or in Mops For example if the user configures the Max Rate to be 90 and the negotiated line rate of the link is 100Mbps then the maximum transmit rate will be 90Mbps or 90 of the line rat e Resolution 1 to 0 001 The default value is 1 e Duration 5 to 999 seconds The default value is 20 seconds MX300 e manual DO7 00 031 Rev A00 Page 39 of 91 o The duration is the amount of time the throughput test is run for for each frame size at a given rate RFC2544 Setup Throughput Settings TOGE Link UP L
42. d MDI is expressed as a ratio namely Delay Factor Media Loss Rate e g 70 15 The above ratio shows a delay factor of 7Oms and 15 packets lost per second MDI and MPEG packet loss together provides a good indication of IP transmission and non related IP issues IPTV Result MAP The MAP table provides a summary of the stream composition and the programming present e Str Indicates stream number e PID Packet Identifier is a unique channel address identifier PID enables identification and reconstruction of the programme and is used in conjunction with the Programme Service Identifier PSI packets The decoder uses the PID and PSI to identify the Programme Association tables PAT PAT contain Program Map tables PMT that point the decoder to the packets associated with the channel or programme such as video audio and data content in the transport stream e Type Payload description e Description PID description on a per stream basis Note MPEG 2 Transport Stream TS A Packetized elementary stream PES is a continuous traffic stream of 188 byte packets carrying the digital signal Since single multiple programs can be carried per stream a reference point from which the STB can synchronize and start the actual decoding from must be provided Each 188 byte packet consists of a 4 byte header containing this reference point which is a PAT table and a PID value equal to 0 The Packet Identifier PID contained within the 4 byte header i
43. e battery fully before use Please charge the battery at room temperature to preserve its life and to obtain maximum charge The battery is charged during operation provided the unit is connected to the AC Mains using the supplied AC adapter Removing the battery while the unit is powered on is not recommended this may result in damage Remove the rubber cover on the left side to connect the AC Main adapter to the unit MX300 e manual DO7 00 031 Rev A00 Page 8 of 91 Lompartment Go back to top 4 4 Connectors and Panels The connector panel located at the top of the unit comprises the following test ports MX300 e manual DO7 00 031 Rev A00 Page 9 of 91 Protective Cover 10 100 1000 Base T RJ45 ports 1000 Base x 40GE XFP SFP ports port 4 4 1 Test Ports e Electrical Ethernet Interfaces o Dual 10 100 1000Base T Ports RJ45 connector IEEE 802 3 compliant o Agreen LED on the RJ45 connector flashes when there is activity on the network o The green LED is On when there is a valid Ethernet link with the network and off when there is no link e Optical Ethernet Interface options O n 10GE XFP Port LC connector 10GBASE SR 850nm serially encoded 64B 66B 10 3 Gb s rate not SDH SONET compatible LAN PHY a 10GBASE LR 1310nm serially encoded 64B 66B 10 3 Gb s rate not SDH SONET compatible LAN PHY 10GBASE ER 1550nm serially encoded 64B 66B 10 3 Gb s rate not SDH SONET compatible LAN PHY m 10G
44. e displayed in the following formats e Graphical e Summary table e Test log table RFC2544 Results Throughput Graphical 10GE Link UP LAN RFC2544 Running gt HomefAFC 544 Setup Latency nese Events ble 1024 1280 151 3000 Frame Size Profiles 11 11 2008 05 36 41 Latency tab Latency results are displayed in the following formats e Graphical e Summary table MX300 e manual DO7 00 031 Rev A00 Page 45 of 91 e Test log table RFC2544 Results Latency Summary TOGE Link UP LAN RFC2544 Running gt HomefAFC 544 Setup Results Status Events Throughput Frame Loss Burst Sunes sicncyins Rae Status Bdbytes 0 001000 100 00 Disable 12dhytes 0 001000 100 00 Disable 2hbbytes 0 001000 100 00 Disable 51 2byles 0 001000 100 00 Disable 1024bytes o oo1000 100 00 Disable 12d0bytes 0 001 000 Disable 15 8bytes 0 001000 Disable 9000bytes 0 001000 100 00 Disable Profiles 11 11 2008 0 44 21 RFC2544 Results Latency Graphical Setup Results Status Eynnts Throughput Frame Loss Burst LASER OFF Control PE 128 256 512 124 1280 1518 3000 Frame Size Profiles 11 11 2008 magiz Frame Loss tab Frame loss results are displayed in the following formats e Graphical e Summary table e Test log table MX300 e manual D07 00 031 Rev A00 Page 46 of 91 RFC2544 Results Frame Loss Summary TOGE Link UP LAN RFC2544 Bunning gt HomefAFC 544 Setup S
45. e test set add options and check instrument configuration Tools Remote Control the instrument optional ReVeal MX300 Home Menu MX300 e manual DO7 00 031 Rev A00 Page 86 of 91 ReVeal MASK Bfk Gig Home Connect History e Tools l M EX Ce Vaerlificeifon Erperis Profiles Create Edit profiles for BERT RPC2544 Throughput FURL lisi and IPTV channel table Upload to the test sei Resulia Download Man Age results from the test set Create repons POL Convert to pdf Or cs Sofhaare Download Manage software Upload to ihe test set add options check version and option on the test se Status LAS COnncoHon Currently 1G W200 1hc24 MESOO 1 182 160 0 99 SN THABO0HDG 10155 Meihead Eihernet Go back to top 9 4 1 Profiles 9 4 2 Results Results menu allows you to Download Results Manage Results Create Reports Convert Results to PDF format Convert Results to CSV format Print Results ReVeal MX300 Results Menu MX300 e manual DO7 00 031 Rev A00 wx ReVeal MX 300 an 5 fw Home Connecti Fi Resulta View ano Status Last Connecoon Currently Method Go back to top 9 4 3 Software The Software menu allows you to Enable or Disable software options Check Testset configuration Upgrade Testset software Page 87 of 91 EN VeEX Che Vaerlificwifon Erperias ra History e Tools View download and print testset resulis 16 12000 15 24 M300
46. ection e SSID e BSSiD MAC address e Channel number e Encryption type WEP WPA Disabled e Type Adhoc Infrastructure e Signal strength is constantly updated so the value varies e Link Quality is constantly updated so the value varies Note Signal versus Link Quality Link quality Fundamentally the best way to measure link quality is to derive the Signal to Noise Ratio SNR of the desired received signal For that to happen a demodulator in the receive chain needs to provide information about the confidence of the detected symbol also Known as soft detection However with modern CMOS transceivers used in WiFi type products soft detection is not provided Instead in a typical application there are two measures of the Rx signal quality Received Signal Strength Indication RSSI and integrity check of the demodulated data by either Cyclic Redundancy Check CRC or PN code correlation strength Signal quality The RSSI can be used as a measure of signal quality when there is no interference But in the case where the receiver experiences interference the RSSI may falsely indicate sufficient signal strength even if the desired signal is completely jammed by the interfering signal This is because the RSSI cannot distinguish the desired signal from the interfering signal In this situation a data integrity check can be used to detect if the demodulated data is corrupted and then subsequently adjust the transmit power Using a CR
47. ed Layer 1 Framed Layer 2 and Layer 3 e Frame Type Select the Ethernet frame type for Layer 2 or Layer 3 o 802 3 Raw IEEE 802 3 frame without LLC Not available when Layer 3 is selected o 802 3 LLC IEEE 802 3 frame with LLC header o 802 3 SNAP IEEE 802 3 frame with SNAP header o Ethernet II DIX named after DEC Intel and Xerox this is the most common frame type today e MAC IP Tap the MAC and IP blocks on the Frame image to access the setup menus o Set the Source and Destination MAC address for Layer 2 o Set the Source and Destination MAC and IP addresses for Layer 3 e VLAN Off 1 tag 2 tags 3 tags o The user is able to configure up to 3 VLAN tags VLAN stacking for Q in Q applications Note VLAN stacking is an option e MPLS Off 1 tag 2 tags 3 tags o The user is able to configure up to 3 MPLS tags Note MPLS tag configuration is only available when the MPLS option is purchased The most common Ethernet Frame format Type Il MX300 e manual D07 00 031 Rev A00 Page 19 of 91 80 00 20 7A 3F 3E 80 00 20 20 3A AE a 00 20 20 3A Destination MAC Address Source MAC Address Ether Type CRC Checksum MAC Header Data 14 bytes 46 1500 bytes 4 bytes Ethernet Type ll Frame 64 to bytes Go back to top MAC VLAN MPLS IP and Test Pattern Configurations To configure the MAC addresses IP addresses VLAN tag s MPLS tag s and test pattern tap on the frame image displayed on the screen
48. eering decompiling or disassembling the software This user manual is suitable for novice intermediate and experienced users and is intended to help you successfully use the features and capabilities of the VePAL MX300 test set It is assumed that you have basic computer experience and skills and are familiar with IP and telecommunication concepts terminology and safety MX300 e manual DO7 00 031 Rev A00 Page 6 of 91 For more technical resources visit VeEX Inc web site at www veexinc com If you need assistance or have questions related to the use of this product call or email our customer care department for customer support Before contacting our customer care department you must have your product serial number and software version ready Please go to Basic Operations section for details on locating your unit serial number in the menus or locate the serial number on the back of the chassis Please provide this number when contacting VeEX customer service Customer Care Phone 1 408 970 9090 Email customers veexinc com Website www veexinc com Go back to top 3 0 Safety Information VEE INCORPORATED PLEASE OBSERVE ALL SAFETY MARKINGS AND INSTRUC TIONS IF IN DOUBT CONTACT VEEX CUSTOMER SERVICE Safety precautions should be observed during all phases of operation of this instrument The instrument has been designed to ensure safe operation however please observe all safety markings and instructions D
49. en it must first receive a loop up command from the control unit before the Throughput test can be started o To loop up the far end unit with the manual mode loop up down commands configure the control settings mode to manual o Enter the MAC and or IP address of the far end unit o Send the loop up command by pressing Loop Up Once the far end unit has been looped back start the test by pressing the Start button Once Throughput tests have been completed and there is no need to test again go back to the Control tab and press the Loop Down button This will send a loop down command to the far end unit to remove the loopback that is in place e Far End Unit Controlled with Automatic Mode Loop Up Down Commands o Ifthe far end unit is not manually looped back then it must first receive a loop up command from the control unit before the Throughput test is started o To loop up the far end unit with the automatic mode loop up down commands configure the control settings mode to automatic o Enter the MAC and or IP address of the far end unit o Press Start to automatically loop up the far end unit MxX300 e manual DO7 00 031 Rev A00 Start the Throughput test and loop down the far end unit when all tests have been completed Go back to top 7 3 2 Throughput Results 7 3 2 1 Viewing Throughput Multiple Streams Test Results When the test is first started the screen automatically changes to the Global Aggregate results screen 7 3 2
50. en packets of 188bytes each which transports either the MPEG 2 MPEG 4 or VC 1 encoded video IPTV Result Video Page 1 displays the following results MX300 e manual DO7 00 031 Rev A00 Page 76 of 91 e Packet Rx is the total number of packets received Packet loss total number of packets lost e Packet loss measured by analyzing video packet flows and determining the presence of a continuity error event Because each video packet carries a sequence number continuity errors can be determined easily Missing OOS and duplicate packets are counted as errors Packet loss is typically seen on all channels arriving at the customer because they are not source or content related problems Analysis of the DSL or Ethernet physical layer normally determines the problem area Packet loss impacts video quality and leads to highly visible errors When lost packets contain I frames the impact will be more pronounced because the STB has to wait for the next Iframe to reset itself H 264 encoding which uses a longer Group of Pictures GOP structure aggravates problems because higher compression contains more information Consequently the loss of a single H 264 frame will likely have a greater impact on picture quality Note IPTV Network Performance Due to the real time nature of IPTV MPEG 2 is transported over UDP IPv4 UDP hence retransmission or re ordering of packets is not intended Video quality is largely determined by network perfor
51. er tert packs Greater batters aetonomy prowided in standby mode Metro Expert Key Features OGRE LAN emd WAN One GbE LAN WAN XFP port two 1000iase SFP ports and eo LO LOG LOT AHY parit All in one 10 Gigabit Ethernet LAN WAN Gigabit Ethernet amd Fast Ethernet testing Throughpet latency frame boss aed back bo bect meaerermnnts Untamed BER testing to vaiidabe error free Aber connections BER testing at layer 1 taper 2 and bayer J with m wh Q in 9 VLAN stacking capability wa up to three VLAN tags Muitigke stream traffic generation acd anabpus for end to end QoS wertfication of multiple serwires MPLS stacking capably with up to thee MPLS labhaii gt Intelligent device dicovery mode discower other Ios on the Smart Loop mode for layer 1 layer 2 and layer 3 Mameta contre capability theeugh the Raves PC softeare Page 90 of 91 Note Product Specifications The most recent product specifications can be downloaded from the VeEX website For the most recent version click here Go back to top 12 0 Certifications and Declarations What is CE The CE marking is a mandatory European marking for certain product groups to indicate conformity with the essential health and safety requirements set out in European Directives To permit the use of a CE mark on a product proof that the item meets the relevant requirements must be documented MX300 e manual DO7 00 031 Rev A00 Page 91 o
52. ernet Type filed Ethernet ll frame LLC header fields 802 3 LLC frame or SNAP header fields 802 3 SNAP frame e VLAN Tab In the VLAN tab the the VLAN ID priority and Tag Type or Ethernet Type can be configured for all available VLANs e MPLS Tab In the MPLS tab the MPLS label CoS priority settings TTL and S bit fields are configured for all available MPLS tags e IP Tab In the IP tab the user must configure the destination IP address and source address The user may also configure the following IP header fields IP TOS for quality of service testing TTL fragment offset byte and the protocol field e RX Filter Filter traffic by MAC or IP source and destination addresses or VLAN tag Throughput Setup Header Settings per Stream 10GE Link UP LAN THROUGHPUT Not Started gt Home gt ThroughPut Results Trattic Errar Inj General LASER OFF Control Profiles TBGE LAW 10 01 2000 T2412 Note Multiple Streams MAC IP address setups e lf all of the streams are going to the same far end unit then the MAC IP destination addresses must be the same on all of the streams e lf any of the traffic streams are going to more than one far end unit then ensure the correct MAC IP destination addresses are configured for the respective streams Go back to top MX300 e manual D07 00 031 Rev A00 Page 51 of 91 7 3 1 4 Traffic Settings Per Stream Configuration In the Traffic tab the user is be able to c
53. f 91 Use of this logo implies that the the unit conforms to requirements of European Union and European Free Trade Association EFTA EN61010 1 Click here for CE Declaration of Conformity relating to VeEX products Declaration of Conformity What is RoHS RoHS is the acronym for Restriction of Hazardous Substances Also Known as Directive 2002 95 EC it originated in the European Union and restricts the use of specific hazardous materials found in electrical and electronic products All applicable products imported into the EU market after July 1 2006 must pass RoHS compliance Click here for ROHS Statement relating to VeEX products ROHS Statement Go back to top 13 0 About VeEX VeEx Inc the Verification EXperts is an innovative designer and manufacturer of test and measurement solutions addressing numerous technologies Global presence through a worldwide distribution channel provides uncompromised product support Visit us online at www veexinc com for latest updates and additional documentation VeEx Incorporated 2255 Martin Avenue Suite G Santa Clara CA 95050 USA Phone 1 408 970 9090 Fax 1 408 970 9099 Customer care Phone 1 408 970 9090 Email customers veexinc com Go back to top
54. faces are selected the user can independently configure the auto negotiation soeed duplex and flow control settings for each port where applicable Operation Modes MX300 e manual D07 00 031 Rev A00 Page 14 of 91 e Single Port Applies to 10GE interface or low rate Ethernet interfaces purchased without dual port option e Dual Port Applies to 10 100 1000 Base T and 1000Base xX interfaces only and if the Dual Port software option is enabled e Flow control On or Off o When flow control is enabled the test set will respond to pause frames received by the link partner by adjusting the transmit rate o When flow control is disabled the test set ignores all incoming pause frames from the link partner and continues transmitting at the configured transmit rate MX300 10GE Port Setup 10GE Link UP LAN gt Home gt Setup Profiles Measurement 10G port profile Default 10GE Mode Flow Control Profiles be 7 10GE LAH 11 11 2008 05 14 28 LASER OFF Go back to top 6 3 Profiles Profiles Tab Previously stored profiles can be viewed deleted and loaded from this screen When the user loads a profile the screen will change automatically to the application that the profile corresponds to See Profiles regarding how to store and recall profiles MX300 10GE Profile Setup MX300 e manual D07 00 031 Rev A00 Page 15 of 91 TOGE Link UP LAN gt Home gt Setup Profiles Measurement FF putilitie
55. ft o LEDs Displays soft LEDs associated with Errors and Alarms o Tools IP connection status Advanced IP features Net Wiz WiFi Wiz VoIP and IPTV applications o Utilities Applications Help Settings Files which are common to all VePAL handheld test sets e Middle o Test Applications specific to the test set RFC2544 BERT Throughput IP Scan Loopback and Netwiz o Port Setup to configure test interfaces e Right o Test mode Selects to the test interface s o Laser On Off Enables Disables the Laser transmitter on optical ports SFP or XFP o Control Selects loopback devices o Profiles Recalls profiles saved in memory MX300 Home Menu MX300 e manual D07 00 031 Rev A00 Page 12 of 91 BERT Loopback Throughput iS Net Wiz 10GE LAH 11 11 2008 05 12 39 Go back to top Screen icons The following icons are located at the top right hand corner of the screen e Laser icon Indicates if the optical transmitter in the SFP or XFP transceiver is switched On or Off e Power icon Indicates if the unit is being powered by the internal Lilion battery or external AC power Tap the icon for battery status If running on battery e File icon Provides File Storage Information e Home icon Provides instant navigation back to the main Home menu screen e Close icon Closes screen and returns user to the previous screen VPAL 300 Screen Icons Go back to top MX300 e manual D07 00 031 Rev A
56. g gt Home gt ThroughPut Setup Global Errors Events Tx 987 0 76M S575 22M 170762996792 Total Frames 111902952 Bad Frames 0 Opt Power NIA Per Stream Tratiic Delay ET 00 02 24 Ax 9870 77M 9573 22M 170762731258 111902183 D NJA Control Profiles 11 11 2008 06 06 42 The Per Stream Errors screen displays the Current and Total error count of each stream Bits BER FCS CRC IP Checksum Jabber Frames Runt Frames Giant Frames Throughput Results Errors per Stream 10GE Link UP LAN THROUGHPUT Running gt Home gt ThroughPut Setup Global Current 0 0 000000E 00 Oo 0 Jabber Frames 0 Runt Frames i Giant Frames ffebed Per Stream elite Delay Rates Total 370195 2 142743E 08 142289494 Control Profiles 11 11 2008 06 07 19 Page 56 of 91 MxX300 e manual DO7 00 031 Rev A00 Page 57 of 91 The Per Stream Events screen displays a Date and Time stamped record of bit errors alarms and other anomalies pertaining to each stream 10GE Link UP LAN THROUGHPUT Running gt Home gt ThroughPut Setup Global Errors Events Bit Errors Bit Errors Bit Errors THGE LAH Go back to top The Per Stream Traffic screen displays the frame type and frame 10GE Link UP LAN THROUGHPUT Running Home gt ThroughPut Setup Global Errors Events Test Frames THGE LAHN Go back to top The Per Stream Delay screen displays
57. gs Starting Stopping a BERT Measurement 7 1 2 Results 7 1 2 1 Summary 7 1 2 2 Errors 7 1 2 3 Events 7 1 2 4 Traffic 7 1 2 5 Rates 7 2 RFC2544 Conformance Testing 7 2 1 Setup 7 2 1 1 Header Settings 7 2 1 2 Frame Settings 7 2 1 3 Threshold Settings 7 2 1 4 Control Settings 7 2 1 5 Throughput Latency Frame Loss and Burst Settings 7 2 1 6 Starting Stopping a RFC2544 Measurement 7 2 2 Results 7 3 Thoughput Testing Page 2 of 91 MX300 e manual DO7 00 031 Rev A00 Page 3 of 91 7 3 1 Setup 7 3 1 1 General Settings 7 3 1 2 Control Settings 7 3 1 3 Per Stream Configurations 7 3 1 4 Traffic Settings per Stream 7 3 1 5 Error Injection Settings per Stream 7 3 1 6 Starting Stopping a Throughput Multiple Streams Test 7 3 2 Results 7 3 2 1 Viewing Throughput Multiple Streams Test Results 7 3 2 2 Global Results 7 3 2 3 Per Stream Results 7 3 2 4 Saving Throughput Results 7 4 Monitor Pass Through Mode 7 5 Loopback Mode 8 0 IP Tools 8 1 IP Connection 8 2 Advanced IP Tests 8 2 1 Ping Test 8 2 2 Trace Route 8 2 3 FTP Test 8 2 4 Web Test and Web Browser 8 2 5 ARP Wiz 8 3 NetWiz 8 4 WiFi Wiz 8 5 VoIP Testing 8 5 1 VoIP Check 8 5 2 VoIP Expert 8 5 3 VoIP Call Expert 8 6 IPTV Testing 8 6 1 Setup 8 6 2 Results 9 0 Utilities 9
58. he RFC 2544 test suite needs to be stopped before they are done then simply press the Stop button located in the actions pull down menu The status of each selected test can be seen in the Results tab e Far End Unit Controlled with Manual Mode Loop Up Down Commands o If the far end unit is not manually looped back then it must first receive a loop up command from the control unit before the RFC 2544 test suite can be started o To loop up the far end unit with the manual mode loop up down commands configure the control settings mode to manual o Enter the MAC and or IP address of the far end unit o Send the loop up command by pressing Loop Up Once the far end unit has been looped back start the test by pressing the Start button When the all of the selected test are completed the RFC 2544 test suite will stop automatically Once all tests have been completed and there is no need to test again go back to the Control tab and press the Loop Down button This will send a loop down command to the far end unit to remove the loopback that is in place e Far End Unit Controlled with Automatic Mode Loop Up Down Commands o If the far end unit is not manually looped back then it must first receive a loop up command from the control unit before the RFC 2544 test suite is started o To loop up the far end unit with the automatic mode loop up down commands configure the control settings mode to automatic o Enter the MAC and or IP address of the far
59. iewing MX300 e manual D07 00 031 Rev A00 Page 84 of 91 9 3 1 Saving Files Test Results e Press the File button on the rubber keypad Refer to section 4 1 or click here e The Test Result from the active Test Application is saved in non volatile memory 10GE Link UP LAN BEAT Stopped gt Home gt HEAT saving result i Bert result LASER OFF inil x 10GE LAH 18 11 7008 14 54 40 Go back to top 9 3 2 Recalling or Viewing Files or Test Results The Explorer screen allows you to View Delete or Rename files File protection is provided using the Lock Unlock button Memory Capacity Tapping the File icon displays the Storage information screen which shows the current file capacity and current memory utilization Files Storage Information 10GE Link UP LAN BEAT Stopped gt Home gt BEAT cy S 4 a Storage Information or storage Information Loaded AE blocks 397277 Used 10 Available 396467 Used Ratio Control Profiles 10GE LAH 18 11 2008 14 53 32 MX300 e manual DO7 00 031 Rev A00 Page 85 of 91 Go back to top 9 3 3 File Transfer The test result files are saved in a proprietary format To archive print or generate test reports please export or transfer the files using one of the following methods e USB Memory Device via USB interface e FIP server Upload or Transfer via the unit s Ethernet interface e File transfer using Reveal software via the unit s Ether
60. jection a stream number will be displayed The user must select each stream number separately to configure the respective parameters Header Settings Per Stream Configurations e Profile Load a previously configured test profile or create a new profile from the existing settings e Test Select the test layer Options Layer 2 and Layer 3 e Frame Type Select the Ethernet frame type The options are 802 3 Raw IEEE 802 3 frame without LLC 802 3 LLC IEEE 802 3 frame with LLC header 802 3 SNAP IEEE 802 3 frame with SNAP header and Ethernet II Dix Note The 802 3 Raw frame type is not available when Layer 3 is selected MX300 e manual DO7 00 031 Rev A00 Page 50 of 91 e VLAN Off 1 tag 2 tags or 3 tags The user will be able to configured up to 3 VLAN tags VLAN stacking for Q in Q applications e MPLS Off 1 tag 2 tags or 3 tags MPLS tag configuration is only available when the MPLS option is purchased e MAC VLAN MPLS and IP To configure the MAC addresses VLAN ID priority MPLS label CoS etc IP addresses and header tap on the 3 D image of the frame on the screen This will bring you to the configuration screens for all the header fields e MAC Header Tab In the MAC tab the user must configure the destination MAC address of the far end partner test set For the source address use the default source address of the test set or configure a different one Depending on the type of frame the user may also configure an Eth
61. le Traffic profile per stream if applicable Error injection per stream if applicable Control settings of the far end device s if applicable Go back to top 7 3 1 1 General Throughput Settings Global Configuration e Profile Load a previously configured test profile or create a new profile from the existing settings e of Streams From 1 to 8 streams e Stream Allocated Bandwidth per Stream The total bandwidth for all streams cannot exceed 100 Throughput Setup General Settings MX300 e manual D07 00 031 Rev A00 Page 49 of 91 TOGE Link UP LAN THROUGHPUT Not Started gt Home gt ThroughPut Setup Header Trac Protile of Streams 100 000 LASER OFF Control Profiles T8GE LAN 10 01 2000 12 4251 Go back to top 7 3 1 2 Control Control button e Overview Configures the loop up and loop down commands necessary to control the far end unit The user is allowed to configure the commands manually or automatically o Manual selection user must input the destination MAC IP address of the far end device including the command type o Automatic selection User must select from a list of discovered devices to loop up down In automatic mode no configuration is necessary user only has to select the discovered far end device to control Go back to top 7 3 1 3 Per Stream Configurations Please note that for any of the per stream configurations Header Traffic and Error In
62. le VLAN configurations are therefore set to 4094 e VLAN Priority Settable in the range 0 to 7 o Set by the Priority Code Point PCP a 3 bit field which refers to the IEEE 802 1p priority o It indicates the frame priority level from O lowest to 7 highest which can be used to prioritize different classes of traffic voice video data etc e Type The following selections are possible m 8100 IEEE 802 1Q tagged frame m 88a8 IEEE 802 1ad Provider Bridging IEEE 802 1Q VLAN Tag in an Ethernet Frame 4 Bytes Destination Source 802 14 BERT Setup VLAN Tag configuation Layer 3 10GE Link UP LAN BERT Not Started Data Pattern VLAN DATA Rx Filter 1E Control Profiles 18GE LAN 10 01 2000 POS 2t20 Go back to top e MPLS Tab In the MPLS tab the following parameters are configured e MPLS label Settable in the range 16 through 1 048 575 labels 0 to 15 are reserved MX300 e manual D07 00 031 Rev A00 Page 21 of 91 Note Composed of 20 bits which allows for the creation of over one million labels e CoS Settable in the range 0 to 7 Note This field is three bits in length and maps directly to IP Precedence TOS bits to provide class of service COS e S bit Note Settable 0 or 1 The S field is one bit in length and is used for stacking labels This is important as it is used to indicate the last label in the label stack e TTL Settable in the range 0 to 255 The default setting is
63. ll report the connection type Straight or Cross Over if connected to an end point device e lf a fault is detected Open or Short the fault will be indicated including the distance to the fault Discovery e Before proceeding with the discovery function please go to IP Tools to establish a connection e Enter the desired IP address range and press Start Discovery Result MX300 e manual DO7 00 031 Rev A00 Page 70 of 91 e Summary tab reports Total transmitted and received frames Received frames in error Speed advertized Duplex mode advertised Number of devices and networks found 0 0 0 0 0 Discovery Result e Devices tab indicates o Total number of devices found o Number of devices i e routers servers or hosts o Attribute of each device discovered including Ping test result Discovery Result e Networks tab indicates o Number of IP Subnets Hosts Domain and Named Hosts Found Go back to top 8 4 WiFi Wiz The function allows you to test wireless WiFi 802 11b and 802 11g networks A typical application is shown below aan CL pG VOSLIABSL Typical WiFi Wiz Application The WiFi Wiz function supports WEP Encryption Scanning SSID broadcasting and report Signal Strength Mode AP IF and Security IP Connection and Ping Test Setup e Plug the WiFi adaptor into the USB port Allow at least 30 45 seconds for the unit to detect the wireless adaptor and for the software driver to load
64. mance parameters including Packet loss Packet jitter and IGMP latency IPTV Result Video Page 2 displays the Stream Rate results e Table provides individual bit rate statistics for each stream Total is the total number of bytes related to the Video Audio and Data payloads Video is the number of packets classified as video packets Audio is the number of packets classified as audio packets Data is the number of packets classified as data packets Other is the number of packets classified as unknown packets O OO Oo 0 IPTV Result Video Page 3 displays the Packet Jitter results e Packet Jitter displayed in milliseconds e Current is the current jitter value e Max is the maximum jitter value Note Packet Jitter This measurement is based on the data packet inter arrival time which is a measure of packet arrival variance Packet jitter affects packet arrival throughout the network Variations lead to buffer under overflows at the receiving equipment e g STB Jitter impacts the way packets are handled at various net work elements i e If the jitter is too high packet loss will increase as queuing software tries to load balance traffic at network elements Packet jitter should not be confused with PCR jitter described below When Packet jitter is present the cause is normally related to the Ethernet physical layer When PCR jitter is present then the cause is most likely related to the program flow and could be related
65. n modes Utility Settings Display Brightness TOGE Link UP LAN gt Home gt Utilities gt Settings gt Backlight Battery Power Brightness Brightness Level TT 11 2008 03 53 57 9 2 6 Global Settings This menu allows the user to select Language An alternative language for the user interface Units Measurement system English feet or Metric meter File Name Prefix Once entered the prefix will be added to any file exported from the test set Show Password Hides unhides User Name and Password information associated with FTP and related IP functions Management Port Sets LAN management port to Remote Control or IPTV mode Lock Save Screen Locks unlocks touch screen to prevent accidental interruption during a long term test MX300 e manual DO7 00 031 Rev A00 Page 83 of 91 Utility Settings Global Setup TOGE Link UP LAN gt Home gt Utilities gt Settings gt Global h Audible Alarm Off J Lock Save Screen on lock key jLock Screen Y 11 11 2008 06 30 33 9 2 7 Date and Time Set the date and time accordingly to time zone or user requirement Daylight savings are automatically enabled in the utility Utility Settings Date and Time Setup 10GE Link UP LAN gt Home gt Utilities gt Settings gt Date amp Time Month Date Year Ti me Hour Minute Second 11 11 2008 0 30 52 9 3 Files The MX300 saves the Files Test results in the unit s internal memory for recall and v
66. net interface 9 3 3 1 USB File Transfer Setup e When the USB mode is selected USB storage device memory stick detection starts An information box appears providing information on the detection process e Input a File Path once the USB storage device is detected A File Path is the name of the folder where the files will be stored on the USB device Press Transfer to start the file transfer An information box appears indicating the transfer is in progress Press OK to exit or to abort the file transfer During the transfer a progress message appears in the file transfer window A Transfer finished message appears when the transfer is complete 9 3 3 2 FTP File Transfer Setup Enter a valid FTP server address File Path User name and Password Once the server parameters are entered click Upload to start uploading the files During the transfer a progress message appears in the file transfer window A Transfer finished message appears after the FTP file transfer is complete After the results are exported please use ReVeal software to manage and process the files Go back to top 9 4 ReVeal software Please install the ReVeal MX300 software supplied with the instrument onto your PC The ReVeal software offers the following functionality Profiles Create Edit and Manage Test Profiles Results Download and Manage test results generate Test Reports Software Download software upgrad
67. ng parameters 8 6 1 Setup e Channel Table Select the IPTV channel table to test The IPTV channel table can be configured manually on the test set using the Editor function Alternatively the IPTV channel table can be created using the Reveal LX software which can subsequently be downloaded onto the test set e Channel Select and configure the channel to be analyzed Up to three channels or streams Multicast or Unicast can be analyzed simultaneously The channel can be in IP address or URL format Probe tab e Channel Name e Channel Address Editor tab Allows you to edit e IPTV channel name e P address associated with the IPTV channel Go back to top 8 6 2 Results IPTV Summary tab displays Status should indicate Streaming Line rate is the Ethernet line rate Total stream packets associated with the video and audio content of the MPEG 2 Transport Stream TS Video stream packets associated with the video content Audio stream packets associated with the audio content Note IPTV Stream Analysis Up to three streams can be analyzed and the bandwidth associated with the whole TS is displayed Video Streams typically consume more bandwidth than audio streams which in turn use more bandwidth than data streams In this manual MPEG 2 refers to the video transport stream defined in IEC13818 standard and not any compression technology used in the payload or transport packet The MPEG 2 Transport stream contains sev
68. o be 90 and the negotiated line rate of the link is 100Mbps then the maximum transmit rate will be 9OMbps or 90 of the line rate e Step Size 1 to 10 The default value is 10 The step size is the rate that the frame loss test will be reduced by in the event of any frame loss For example if the Max Rate is 100Mbps or 100 and frames are lost at this rate then the transmit rate will be reduced to 9OMbps or 90 The frame loss test will now be performed at the new rate until there is zero frame loss at two consecutive rate settings This means that the test will have to be performed at 80 assuming that there was zero frame loss at 90 e Duration Selectable in the range 5 to 999 seconds The default value is 20 seconds The duration is the amount of time the throughput test is run for for each frame size at a given rate RFC2544 Setup Frame Loss Settings MxX300 e manual DO7 00 031 Rev A00 TOGE Link UP LAN RFC2544 Not Started gt Home gt AFC 544 Setup Header Frames Throughput MAX Rate Step size Duration THGE LAH Go back to top Burst Back to Back tab e Max Rate The default value is 100 Results Threshold Bursi Page 41 of 91 In the burst test frames are always transmitted at the maximum rate for a given minimum and maximum burst duration e Minimum Duration Selectable in the range 2 to 999 seconds Default value is 2 seconds This is the duration of the first bu
69. o not operate the instrument in the presence of flammable gases or fumes or any other combustible environment VeEX Inc assumes no liability for the customer s failure to comply with safety precautions and requirements Go back to top 4 0 Basic operation 4 1 Keypad The keypad comprises the following keys Power History Help Lock e Power key The unit is powered on and off from the red key on the keypad The button is recessed to prevent accidental power on Press the key for 3 5 seconds to turn the unit on To turn off the unit press the power key for at least 2 seconds If the unit does not respond holding the power key down by more than 10 seconds will force the unit to switch off e Save key Saves test results in the unit s memory If the measurement is still running it will provide a snap shot the MX300 e manual DO7 00 031 Rev A00 Page 7 of 91 moment the key is pressed The Save function provides automatic storage with automatic naming and time stamping function To process a stored file please go to files e History key The history key resets any blinking LED due to a history condition For more details on the LED please go to LEDs Help key The help key brings the user to the online help regardless of the current user interface location of the unit Lock key Locks the keypad Home key Bring the unit to its home menu regardless of its location on the user interface Arrow key The arrow key moves
70. ocol ARP 8035 RARP Reverse Address Resolution Protocol RARP 8137 IPX Novell IPX 814C SNMP 8847 MPLS unicast 8848 MPLS multicast 86DD Internet Protocol Version 6 IPv6 Future Release RFC2544 Setup MAC address editing 10GE Link UP LAN RFC 2544 Not Started SC Deslinalian OO0 15 635 00 00 10 Data Pattern LASER OFF Control Profiles THGE LAH 10 01 2000 ERIRE e Data Tab No payload selection is possible The payload area is populated with a VeEX signature field and other proprietary data MX300 e manual DO7 00 031 Rev A00 Page 36 of 91 TOGE Link UP LAN RFC 544 Not Started Data Pattern DATA gutilities Note No Data Selection possible VeEX propnetary payload LASER OFF c Profiles 10GE LAM 11 11 2008 05771705 e RX Filter Tab Depending on test layer allows the user to filter streams by MAC Destination address MAC Source address VLAN ID IP Destination address IP Source address O O O O O e VLAN Tab VLAN ID priority and Tag Type Ethernet Type can be configured Please refer to the BERT application for more details e MPLS Tab MPLS label CoS priority settings TTL and S bit fields are configured for available MPLS tags Please refer to the BERT application for more details e IP Tab User configures the source and destination IP addresses The user can also configure the following IP header fields IP TOS for quality of service
71. ogramming may be the cause MX300 e manual DO7 00 031 Rev A00 Page 77 of 91 IPTV Result Video Page 5 displays the Transport results e MPEG Packet Loss e Packets expected IPTV Result Video Page 6 displays the Media Delivery Index MDI results e MDI Media Delivery Index value in a ratio e DF Delay Factor Average Minimum and Maximum values Also defined as cumulative IP jitter it represents the time it would take to drain an output buffer and ensure good video playback e MLR Media Loss Rate Average Minimum and Maximum values Alos defined as the packet loss rate due to dropped packets bad corrupted packets or out of sequence packets Note Media Delivery Index MDI Defined by RFC4445 is the only standardized video quality metric available today MDI quantifies two IP ransport impairments namely Packet Jitter or Delay and Packet Loss These test parameters are defined as Media Delay Factor MDI DF and Media Loss Rate MDI MLR The Delay Factor DF indicates how long a data stream must be buffered at its nominal bit rate to prevent packet loss It gives a general idea of network jitter using the DF measurement The MDI DF can give a measure of congestion in a network by showing utilization level and detect if queuing is happening in network components but it does not indicate how much of this is due to video packet bunching The Media Loss Rate MLR is the number of packets lost during a 1 second perio
72. onfigure the traffic profile per stream including frame size selection traffic type and transmit rate e Frame Size Enter the frame size when a Layer 2 or Layer 3 BERT is selected Frame size configuration is not available for Layer 1 BERT Frame sizes can be from 64bytes to 1518bytes in addition to jumbo frames up to 9k bytes e Traffic Flow Select from Constant Ramp or Burst traffic flow e BW Transmit Bandwidth Configure the transmit rate for the stream Note the bandwidth allocation per stream is already configured in the General Settings tab but can be modified in this screen as well Throughput Setup Traffic Settings per Stream 10GE Link UP LAN THROUGHPUT Not Started gt Home gt ThroughPut Results Header rafti Errar Inj Trattic Flow Frame Size Frame Size Const BWY LASER OFF Control Profiles 18GE LAN 10 01 2000 12 427 Go back to top 7 3 1 5 Error Injection Settings Per Stream Configuration Error injection can be performed during test The type of errors and error injection are configured in the Error Injection tab Once the test is running error injection can be performed by pressing the Error Inject button on the right side of the screen e Error type Select from CRC or IP Checksum layer 3 only e Injection Flow The error injection flow determines how the selected errors will be injected The user can select a single error or a specific count e Count The use
73. or log of anomalies alarms test status start stop and test application are displayed BERT Results Events 10GE Link UP LAN BERT Running gt TOGE gt BERT gt Setup Results LELIE Events Bit Errors 05 57 25 Bit Errors 05 57 24 Bit Errors Bit Errors Bit Errors Bit Errors i Profiles 11 11 2008 OS oF 26 Bit Errors 7 1 2 4 Traffic Traffic tab The following Traffic statistics are displayed e Frame Type Test and non test frames MX300 e manual DO7 00 031 Rev A00 Page 30 of 91 e Traffic type Layer 2 and Layer 3 Unicast Broadcast and Multicast frame percentage e Frame size distribution e Pause frames BERT Results Traffic Distribution 10GE Link UP LAN BERT Running gt TOGE gt BEAT gt Setup summan 3 l Restart fF utilities LASER OFF Control Profiles 18GE LAN 11 11 2008 0E S FAA Go back to top Frames tab The following Frame distribution statistics are displayed in count and percentage e Received RX frames o Total frames Test frames VLAN tagged frames VLAN stacked frames MPLS labeled frames MPLS stacked frames Non test frame O O O 0 0 0 e Transmitted TX frames o Total frame e Paused frames Transmitted and Received BERT Results Frames MxX300 e manual DO7 00 031 Rev A00 TOGE Link UP LAN BERT Running rrames lanaatoz0 111141008 111140818 111140818 jo 0 12 11114118
74. ort 10GE and Fiber 1GE Dual Copper port 1GE Dual Fiber port 1GE Dual Copper Fiber port 1GE Oo OOOO Note The configuration parameters header bandwidth etc for each application on each of the ports are completely indepedent from one another This is a summary of the possible port application configurations Port 1 RFC 2544 and Port 2 RFC 2544 Dual copper and dual fiber ports Port 1 BERT and Port 2 BERT Dual copper and dual fiber ports Port 1 Throughput and Port 2 Throughput Dual copper and dual fiber ports Port 1 Loopback and Port 2 any application 10GE and single port copper or fiber Port 1 any application and Port 2 Loopback 10GE and single port copper or fiber Port 1 Loopback and Port 2 Loopback 10GE and single port copper or fiber Pass through monitor operation MX300 e manual DO7 00 031 Rev A00 Page 5 of 91 o Pass Through Monitor Copper 1GE o Pass Through Monitor Fiber 1GE o Pass through monitor mode enables bidirectional monitoring between the two 1000Base X ports or the two 10 100 1000 Base T ports Test Applications When the unit is operating in any of the physical port combinations above each port will be enabled to run the same test application e BERT Unframed Framed Layer 1 and Framed Layer 2 3 Ethernet traffic generation with user selectable test pattern for Bit Error Rate analysis e RFC 2544 Throughput Back to Back Frame Loss and Latency conformance tests in acco
75. r will be able to configure the error count via numeric keypad Throughput Test Error Injection Settings per Stream MX300 e manual D07 00 031 Rev A00 Page 52 of 91 TOGE Link UP LAN THROUGHPUT Not Started gt Home gt ThroughPut Setup Header Trattic LASER OFF Control Profiles 1BGE LAW 10 01 2000 12 4220 Go back to top 7 3 1 6 Starting Stopping a Throughput Multiple Streams Test Once all the necessary configurations have been made the user can now start the Throughput test The following are three scenarios of how to prepare and start the unit for Throughput testing Note If the testing on the fiber ports make sure the LASER is turned On before starting the test e Far End Unit in Manual Loopback Mode o Ifthe far end unit another MX is already in a manual loopback mode the user must make sure that the control settings mode is set to manual Do not send a loop up command since it is not necessary o Once the correct control settings are configured the user can start the test The selected tests will run automatically When all the tests are complete the test will stop automatically If the Throughput test needs to be stopped before they are done then simply press the Stop button located in the actions pull down menu The status of each selected test can be seen in the Results tab e Far End Unit Controlled with Manual Mode Loop Up Down Commands o Ifthe far end unit is not manually looped back th
76. rdance with RFC 2544 specifications e Throughput Ethernet traffic generation and analysis with multiple streams to verify network throughput and jitter e Loopback Loop back the transmitted data while swapping the source and destination addresses of the MAC IP and UDP layers DWDM SDH Optical Ring Go back to top 2 0 About this User Manual Every effort was made to ensure that the information contained in this user manual is accurate Information is subject to change without notice and we accept no responsibility for any errors or omissions In case of discrepancy the web version takes precedence over any printed literature c Copyright 2006 2007 VeEX Inc All rights reserved VeEX VePAL are registered trademarks of VeEX Inc and or its affiliates in the the USA and certain other countries All trademarks or registered trademarks are the property of their respective companies No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted electronically or otherwise without written permission from VeEX Inc This device uses software either developed by VeEX Inc or licensed by VeEX Inc from third parties and is the confidential and proprietary of VeEX Inc The software is protected by copyright and contains trade secrets of VeEX Inc or VeEX s licensors The purchaser of this device agrees that it has received a license solely to use the software as embedded in the device and the purchaser is prohibited from copying reverse engin
77. re products against defects in materials and workmanship During the warranty period VeEX will at its sole discretion either e Repair the products e Replace the hardware which prove to be defective provided that the products that the customer elects to replace is returned to VeEX Inc by the customer along with proof of purchase within thirty 30 days of the request by the customer freight prepaid Software Coverage VeEX Inc warrants software and firmware materials against defects in materials and workmanship During the warranty period VeEX will at its sole discretion either MX300 e manual DO7 00 031 Rev A00 Page 89 of 91 e Repair the products e Replace the software and or firmware which prove to be defective provided that the products that the customer elects to replace is returned to VeEX Inc by the customer along with proof of purchase within thirty 30 days of the request by the customer freight prepaid Additionally during the warranty period VeEX Inc will provide without charge to the customer all fixes patches and enhancements to the purchased software firmware and software options VeEX Inc does not warrant that all software or firmware defects will be corrected New enhancements attached to a software option require the option to be purchased at the time of order or the time of upgrade in order to benefit from such enhancements Limitations The warranty is only for the benefit of the customer and not for the benefi
78. rements performed The user can access the table of contents hyperlinks or performing a search on keywords Go back to top 9 2 Settings This section provides settings for the global parameters of the test set Go back to top 9 2 1 About Provides information about the software version serial number and MAC address of the unit Utility Settings About Menu Page 1 MxX300 e manual DO7 00 031 Rev A00 10GE Link UP LAN gt Home gt Utilities gt Settings gt About WebSite Support Www VEexXiIn c com Customer Service Number 1 400 9 70 9090 Software Version Number PRE RELEASE 0 4C 2008 05 21 Serial Number MAC Address 12345670901 234 O0 01 02 03 02 30 The About menu also allows the user to view installed options TOGE Link UP LAN Utility Settings About Menu Page 2 gt Home gt Utilities gt Settings gt About Options 001 002 003 004 005 007 9 2 2 Screen Web Browser IP Tools a Fa Remote Control YoIP Expert IPTY Expert WIFI Wiz VoIP Call Experi Enabled Enabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled 11 11 2008 TT 11 2008 06 29 10 03 55 0 Page 80 of 91 Go to this section to change the screen theme Also provides the utility to calibrate the touch screen when out of calibration 9 2 3 Selftest This utility provides a complete diagnostic of the test set The report can be
79. rget host and listening for echo response replies The following setup selections are available Profile Recall a Ping profile from memory or create a new test setup Destination Enter the destination IP address or URL to Ping Number of Pings Enter the number of Ping attempts that will be performed to reach the network device Length Enter the buffer size that will be sent to the network device to be detected Pings second Enter the Ping repetition rate Time out Enter the maximum time allowed between an ICMP ping and echo response Ping Test Setup MX300 e manual D07 00 031 Rev A00 Page 62 of 91 10GE Link UP LAN tr x gt Home gt Tools gt IP Tools 2 j Ee k i gt Bae Setup inc Trace Route WEB FTP ARPWiz Jo oO o o Resuli 2 Profile 11 11 2008 045142 Ping Result tab The following results are displayed Ping status Pass or Fail Destination IP address Number of Pings Sent Number of Pings Received Unreachable and Missing Pings PING also estimates the round trip time in milliseconds Current the current time for a Ping request to be answered o Minimum the minimum time recorded for a Ping request to be answered o Maximum the maximum time recorded for a Ping request to be answered o Average the average time required for a Ping request to be answered O Ping Test Result 10GE Link UP LAN D n h gt Home gt Tools 3IP Tools J T Pint ARPWiz aN i
80. rst e Maximum Duration Selectable up to 999 seconds The default value is 20 seconds This is the duration of the second burst which must be greater than the minimum burst e Repetitions Selectable in the range 1 to 100 The default value is 1 This is the amount of times that the latency test will be repeated for each test frame size RFC2544 Setup Burst Settings MX300 e manual D07 00 031 Rev A00 Page 42 of 91 TOGE Link UP LAN RFC2544 Not Started gt Home gt AFC 544 Setup Results Header Frames Threshold Throughput Latency Frame Loss Min Duration Max Duration Aepetitions LASER OFF Control Profiles 1BGE LAW 10 01 2000 12 38 04 Go back to top 7 2 1 6 Starting Stopping a RFC 2544 Test Once all configurations have been made the user can start the RFC 2544 test The following are three scenarios of how to prepare and start the unit for RFC 2544 testing Note If the testing on the fiber ports make sure the LASER is turned On before starting the test e Far End Unit in Manual Loopback Mode o If the far end unit another MX is already in a manual loopback mode the user must make sure that the control settings mode is set to manual Do not send a loop up command since it is not necessary o Once the correct control settings are configured the user can start the test The selected tests will run automatically When all the tests are complete the test will stop automatically If t
81. s LASER OFF Control Profiles 10GE LAH 11 11 2008 05 15 75 Go back to top 6 4 Measurement settings Measurement Tab The measurement and event log settings are configured in this screen e Mode Manual timed or auto mode are available o Manual mode User starts and stops the measurements manually o Timed mode User defines the duration of the test after the test is started the test will run for the configured duration and stop automatically o Auto mode User configures the start and end time of the test selects the type of test to run and a profile if one has been previously stored The test set must be powered on to carry out and automatic test e Event Log Circular or Blocked Up to 1000 event logs can be stored o Circular only the latest events will be stored if there are over 1000 event logs The oldest event will be deleted so that the new event can be added o Blocked event only the maximum number of events will be stored any event that occurs after the 1000th event will not be stored Event logs consist of a log of the start of test end of test errors alarms frames loss etc The log will have a timestamp type of event and count number of errors occuring in that instant e TX Start Tx amp Rx or Tx Separate Configure how the measurements are started when in BERT and Multiple Streams test modes o Tx amp Rx Transmitter and receiver are turned on at the same time and the Tx and Rx me
82. s a unique channel address identifier allowing identification and reconstruction of the program The PID is used in conjunction with the Program Service Identifier PSI to identify Program Association Tables PAT which in turn hold Program Map Tables PMT The PAT table is also the table containing all program information ensuring the consumer receives updated program changes The PAT table lists all the programs in the transport stream and associates each program with another PID that holds a program map table PMT as its payload PMT lists the Video audio and eventual encryption information The Payload Structure Identifier PSI table needs to be consistent ith the PID table PAT and PMT are inserted into the stream so that the decoder performs correctly These wo items should always be present IPTV Scan displays the Scan results e Channel Channel number IP address UDP port being scanned e Zap time ms Also known as inter channel change delay Time between a channel leave request is sent and the receipt of the first byte of data from the new multicast channel It is the IGMP Join Latency Channel Switch Delay STB dependent Channel zapping should be lt 700ms e Status OK no packet Fail e Bandwidth bandwith associated with the stream MX300 e manual DO7 00 031 Rev A00 Page 78 of 91 IGMP Leave SS Membership Query al Membership Query Membership Query Zap Time _ ne IGMP Join Video stream arves
83. ses to measure 101 separate values for RF energy so their RSSI_Max is 100 Note that the RSSI value is not associated with any particular power scale e g mW and it is also not required to be of any particular accuracy The RSSI value is used internally by the microcode in the adapter and by the device driver and this is why vendors are not forced to use a compatible standard As a result the signal strength numbers reported by an 802 11 device or adaptor will not be consistent between two vendors and should not be assumed to be particularly accurate or precise Ping Before performing the Ping test ensure the WiFi connection is Up and the WiFi icon on the top of the screen has turned green Note WiFi Ping Test The signal level might change depending on the distance between the Access Point and the test set causing the WiFi connection to drop Furthermore if the link quality is below 60 the connection might MX300 e manual D07 00 031 Rev A00 Page 72 of 91 a drop too fe If the connection drops the test set will automatically search for the connection and re connect Always eC ensure the connection is active before performing the Ping test Go back to top 8 5 VoIP Testing 8 5 1 VoIP Check Go back to top 8 5 2 VoIP Expert Setup Select the VoIP tab to proceed with VoIP Expert setup There are three modes or applications e Client Tou se the test set as a Client the user needs to input the Server s IP address
84. st set that is to be looped up down e P Destination IP address of the far end test set that is to be looped up down Automatic User selects from a list of discovered devices to loop up down Note In automatic mode no configuration is necessary user simply selects the discovered far end device to control Control Mode Manual This mode is not to be confused with the manual and automatic configuration modes mentioned above When manual is selected the user must manually send the loop up command before the start of the test and must manually send a loop down at the end of the test Note OAM Devices If OAM is enabled any link partner that supports the IEEE 802 3ah protocol will be discovered automatically and be displayed under the OAM Discover tab Go back to top 7 1 1 5 Starting Stopping a BERT Once all the necessary configurations have been completed the user can start the test The Start icon is located in the top right corner of the screen Once selected the test will start immediately and the icon will change to a Stop indication To stop the test simply tap the Stop icon If the testing on any of the fiber ports ensure the LASER is switched ON before starting the test Go back to top 7 1 2 BERT Results 7 1 2 1 Summary Summary tab The following results including the Start ST and Elapsed ET times are displayed Line rate Framed rate Data rate Utilization MX300 e manual D07 00 031 Rev A00 Page 28
85. t of any subsequent purchaser or licensee of any merchandise hardware software firmware and or accessories Revoking the warranty VeEX Inc does not guaranty or warrant that the operation of the hardware software or firmware will be uninterrupted or error free The warranty will not apply in any of the following cases Improper or inadequate maintenance by the customer Damage due to software installed by the customer on the unit without prior authorization written from VeEX Inc Unauthorized alteration or misusage Damage occurred from operating the unit from outside of the environmental specifications for the product Improper installation by the customer Go back to top 11 0 Product Specifications MX300 Specification Click here MxX300 e manual DO7 00 031 Rev A00 D a Entities presentation of maasarenea nts with test graphics High resotution colas towch screem viewable in any lighting features for demanding environments and test conditions Optimired for Heid engineers or technicians installing and maintaising Ethernet networks enabll up triple play eervices Ethernet connection for back office applications workforce ser defined test profiles and thresholds enable fast effic feet and consistemt turn ug of pervices USE memory tick and FTP upload rapport for test rerni storegasfile tranefer Masiniai instrament sihana manage test configurations Protens maacurement fetalte and generate custom
86. ta Pattern source IF address EXE destination IP address Frag Offset Protocol Profiles 10 01 2000 154 1 e Data Tab User selects a test pattern that will be encapsulated in the Ethernet frame payload for framed mode Depending on the test layer different test pattern options are available o Layer 1 test patterns a CRPAT Compliant Random Pattern provides broad spectral content and minimal peaking for the measurement of jitter at component or system level a CJTPAT Compliant Jitter Test Pattern is a Jitter Tolerance Pattern that stresses a receiver by exposing it to extreme phase jumps thereby stressing the clock data recovery CDR circuitry The pattern alternates between repeating low transition density patterns and repeating high transition density patterns BERT Setup Data selection Layer 1 Framed TOGE Link UP LAN BERT Not Started Data Pattern LASER OFF Control Profiles 10 01 2000 1058 19 MX300 e manual D07 00 031 Rev A00 Page 23 of 91 Go back to top e Layer 2 amp 3 test patterns o PRBS m 2 31 1 147 483 647 bit pattern used for special measurement tasks e g delay measurements at higher bit rates m 223 1 8 388 607 bit pattern primarily intended for error and jitter measurements at bit rates of 34 368 and 139 264 kbit s m 2 15 1 32 767 bit pattern primarily intended for error and jitter measurements at bit rates of 1544 2048 6312 8448 32 064 and 44 736 kbit s
87. tatus Events Throughput Latency Frame Loss Burst Pate 100 000000 128bytes 100 000000 P5Gbytes 100 000000 51 byles 100 000000 1e4bytes 280bytes 100 000000 151 8bytes i po 000000 9000bytes 100 000000 11 11 2008 0 41 25 RFC2544 Results Frame Loss Graphical Setup Results Status Events Throughput Latency Frame Loss Burst 50 Rate gt a 11 11 2008 05 42 15 Burst tab Burstability back back results are displayed in the following formats e Graphical e Summary table e Test log table RFC2544 Results Burstability Summary MX300 e manual D07 00 031 Rev A00 Page 47 of 91 TOGE Link UP LAN RFC2544 Running gt HomefAFC 544 Setup Status Events Latency Frame Loss Profiles 11 11 2008 05 42 56 RFC2544 Results Burstability Test Log 10GE Link UP LAN AFC2544 Running gt Home AFC 544 Setup Status Events Latency Frame Loss Ava Frame 29761904 297619047 16891891 168918918 9057971 90579710 51 2bytes 4699248 51 2byles 46992401 1024bytes 23946365 Sentrer 1024bytes Profiles 1280bytes 1923076 Prorites 11 11 2008 05 43 37 LAZER UFF 7 2 3 Saving RFC 2544 Results Once the test has been stopped the results can be saved by pressing the save key on the keypad The results will be saved and named automatically Once the results are saved the user may view or rename the results file by going to
88. testing TTL fragment offset byte and the protocol field Please refer to the BERT application for more details Note RFC2544 Header Setups he MAC VLAN MPLS and IP configuration procedures are the same as in BERT mode Please refer to the BERT Application section for details Go back to top 7 2 1 2 Frames Settings Frames tab User Configures e Preset Frames User selects from a list of recommended test frame sizes defined in RFC 2544 o Test frames are 64 128 256 512 1024 1280 and 1518 bytes o The default selected frames are 64 and 1518 bytes o To select unselect any of the recommended test frames check the box to the right of the desired frame e Add frame The user can add two additional user configurable test frames of any size ranging from 64 bytes to 9000 bytes O To add additional test frames tap the Add Frame button Enter the frame size using the numeric keypad and click apply Press the back button to return to the frames screen The new custom frame size is displayed it can be enabled or disabled as needed OOO MxX300 e manual DO7 00 031 Rev A00 RFC2544 Setup Frame Settings TOGE Link UP LAN RFC2544 Not Started gt Home gt AFC2544 Results Throughput Frame Loss Bursi Header Frames Threshold ba bytes 128bytes Sbbytes 51 hytes 1024bytes coobyte 5 151 8bytes MON Add Frame 10 01 2000 7 2 1 3 Threshold Settings Threshold tab e User enables or disables
89. tion will swap the MAC destination and MAC Source addresses for Layer 2 or MAC and IP destination and source addresses for Layer 3 o All incoming frames with CRC errors will be dropped similar to what an Ethernet switch does o All broadcast and multicast frames will be dropped including any incoming unicast frames that have the MAC Source address equal to the MAC Destination address Go back to top 8 0 IP Tools 8 1 IP Connection 8 1 1 Setup Setup tab Enter a Static IP address or use DHCP to connect to the network If DHCP is selected an IP address will be automatically assigned to the test set The user can also turn the DNS server option On of Off IP Connection DHCP mode MX300 e manual DO7 00 031 Rev A00 Page 60 of 91 TOGE Link UP LAN gt Home gt Tools 3IP Tools Status Trace Route WEB FTP ARPYWiz Profile IP Address 09 01 2000 08 32 20 lf a Static connection mode is selected the user is required to enter a Local IP Subnet Gateway and DNS IP if the DNS server option is turned on 10GE Link UP LAN gt Home gt Tools gt IP Tools IP Connection Static mode Status Profile IP Address Local IP Subnet Gateway DNS Domain 192 168 0 101 255 255 255 0 11 11 2008 04 51 17 A DNS IP address is required when using URL format as a destination address The user needs to establish an I
90. twork link under test The tests are especially popular for the verification of network links with certain service level agreements SLA The following settings must be configured prior to RFC 2544 testing Test layer Frame header Test frames selection Pass fail thresholds optional Far end unit loop control Throughput Latency Frame loss Burst back to back RFC2544 Setup Layer 2 parameters MxX300 e manual DO7 00 031 Rev A00 TOGE Link UP LAN RFC2544 Not Started gt Home gt AFC2544 Setup Throughput Header THGE LAH Go back to top 7 2 1 Setup Page 34 of 91 Results Frame Loss Bursi Frames Threshold LASER OFF Control Profiles 10 01 2000 12 3614 Unless otherwise noted the Frame Header and related setups are identical to the setups described in the BERT Application above A summary of the RFC2544 setup options iare outlined below 7 2 1 1 Header Settings BERT Profile Load a previously configured test profile or create a new profile from existing settings See Profiles for more details on how to create new profiles Test Select the test layer to perform the BERT o Options are Layer 1 Unframed Layer 1 Framed Layer 2 and Layer 3 Frame Type Select the Ethernet frame type for Layer 2 or Layer 3 o 802 3 Raw IEEE 802 3 frame without LLC Not available when Layer 3 is selected o 802 3 LLC IEEE 802 3 frame with LLC header o 802 3 SNAP IEEE 802 3 frame with SNAP header o
91. ults screen indicates Pass or Fail status Time to login into Rx server Download Data transfer in Mbps Total Transfer time Average Throughput according to the download or upload FTP Download Result TOGE Link UP LAN gt Home gt Tools 3IP Tools Status Setup FTP DOWNLOAD PASS Server Rx to Login Data Transfer Total Transfer Time Average Throughput 09 01 2000 09 01 12 MX300 e manual DO7 00 031 Rev A00 Page 66 of 91 8 2 4 Web Test Web Test is used to verify that the internet is properly provisioned at the service point Web Mode can be set to either Web Test or Web Browser Web Test Setup tab To perform a Web Test follow the procedure below Mode Select Web Test from Mode selection Web mode Select Test from the Web mode selection Profile Recall a known profile or enter the desired IP address or URL destination Press Start Web Test Setup 10GE Link UP LAN gt Home gt Tools 3 IP Tools l Setup Status Ping Trace Route WEB FTP ARPWiz Result WEB Mode TEST y profile Default kd Address hip faww baidu com 10GE LAH 19 01 7000 0S So 7 Go back to top Web Test Result tab The following results are displayed Status Pass Fail indication of HTTP traffic Response time Current Average Minimum and Maximum values Transfer time Current Average Minimum and Maximum values Data transfer Average Throughput Web

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