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Agilent T echnologies Agil ent N26 10A Frame Scope 350 Network Performance Analyzer User’ s Manual Ve r s i o n 3 . 0[...]

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Agil ent F rameScope 35 0 Us er’ s Manual i i i In This Gu ide… This user’s guid e cont ains inform ation f or u s ing you r FrameScop e 350 handh eld netw ork performan ce anal yze r usin g softwa re vers ion 3. 0.2. Not e t hat some syst ems r u nnin g earlie r software ma y not pr o vide al l of the f e atures d escr ibe d in this manual; [...]

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Agil ent F rameScope 35 0 Us er’ s Manual v Conte n ts 1 Introducing the FrameScope 350 The Fra meScop e 350 at a Glance 2 The Dua lRemote 350 at a Gla nce 6 The M ain M enu at a Glance 7 Getting Started 10 2 Netw ork T est ing with t h e Fram eScope 350 Net work T esting Ov erview 16 Ex amin in g the Netwo rk 1 7 Runn ing an Auto t est 19 Chang [...]

vi Agile nt FrameScope 350 User’s M anua l Us i ng Co mp actF la sh ™ Ca rds 88 Pr in ti ng La be ls 90 4F i b e r T e s t i n g Fi ber T esting O ver vi ew 94 Cal i br atin g th e T ester 96 Set ting Up a n Au totest 101 Runn ing an Auto t est 114 5 Cable T esting in Expert Mode T est ing Overvi ew 117 Chang i n g to Expert Mode 118 The Exp er[...]

Agil ent F rameScope 35 0 Us er’ s Manual vii Pr in te r Setu p 16 9 Net w ork Settings 17 0 Remot e Control 173 SNMP Settings 174 Demo Mode 175 8 Network Performance A na lyzer Reference Net work Conn ec tion 179 Net work Databa se 181 Net work Performa nce A utot est 184 Statistics 202 Net work T ools 20 5 Remot e Control 209 M emor y Req uirem[...]

viii Agile nt FrameScope 350 Use r ’ s Manual[...]

1 Agilent T echnologies Agi l e nt N2610A Fram e S c op e 350 Netw ork Per forman ce An alyzer Use r’ s M a nua l 1 Int rodu cin g t he Fr ame Scop e 350 The Fram eScop e 350 at a Glance 2 Front View 2 Side V iews 3 Cont rols 4 Po r ts 4 The Dual Remote 350 at a Gla nce 6 The M ain M enu at a Glance 7 The N etwork T ab 8 The Ca ble T ab 9 Getting[...]

2 Agile nt FrameScope 350 User’s M anua l 1 Introdu cing the FrameScope 350 The Fram eScope 3 50 at a Gl ance Th e FrameSc ope 350 at a Glan ce Front Vi ew Figure 1 Fram eScope 3 50 Front View Smar tPr obe port ( t op) Stra p c leat Col or t o u ch scree n Pow e r bu tton Co mpactF las h ™ mem ory card sl ot (botto m) OK butto n Scro ll bu t t [...]

Intr oduc ing th e Fra meScop e 35 0 1 The F ram e S co p e 35 0 at a Gl ance Agil ent F rameScope 35 0 Us er’ s Manual 3 Side View s Figure 2 Left Side Figure 3 Right Side Sty lus c lip USB po rt s DC Pow er inpu t Ba tter y pack ( back) Head set po rt Seri a l port Flip -out stan d (bac k)[...]

4 Agile nt FrameScope 350 User’s M anua l 1 Introdu cing the FrameScope 350 The Fram eScope 3 50 at a Gl ance Controls Color T ouch Sc r een The FrameScope 35 0’s touch scre en is the main use r inte rface. T est contr ol s and resul ts are sho w n here. Si m ply press the s cree n wi th y our finger or a stylus t o na vig ate thro ugh the m e [...]

Intr oduc ing th e Fra meScop e 35 0 1 The F ram e S co p e 35 0 at a Gl ance Agil ent F rameScope 35 0 Us er’ s Manual 5 T alk set Po rt Thi s po r t allo ws y ou to c on nec t Ag ilen t’s FrameScop e t alkset ( N 2605A-13 7) f or two -w a y v oice communi cati on betw een the Frame S co pe and DualRemote o ver copper cabl in g. DC Power Input[...]

6 Agile nt FrameScope 350 User’s M anua l 1 Introdu cing the FrameScope 350 The D ualRe mote 35 0 at a Gla n ce The D ualRemote 350 at a Gl ance Figure 4 DualRe m ote Fr ont V iew The Agilent DualRem ote 35 0 is used with the F r ameScope 3 50 when p erf orming c able te sti ng. The DualR emote is posi ti oned at the far end of the cabling r un b[...]

Intr oduc ing th e Fra meScop e 35 0 1 T h e Ma in Men u at a Gl ance Agil ent F rameScope 35 0 Us er’ s Manual 7 Th e Main M e nu at a Glance Figure 5 The Ma in Me nu T itle Bar Disp la ys the name of the current s cree n. Ta b A r e a Dis pla y the currentl y se le cted tab. The FrameScop e 350 pro vides t wo t abs : Ne t w ork and C able . Sel[...]

8 Agile nt FrameScope 350 User’s M anua l 1 Introdu cing the FrameScope 350 T h e Ma in Men u at a G l an ce The Ne twork T ab Figure 6 Fram eScop e Ne twork T a b T ab Titl e Di spla ys the name of th e t ab. Netw o r k Re source Are a Sho ws all of the detecte d net work resour ces. Whe n yo u pr ess th e Ne twor k ta b, the F rameS cope perfo [...]

Intr oduc ing th e Fra meScop e 35 0 1 T h e Ma in Men u at a Gl ance Agil ent F rameScope 35 0 Us er’ s Manual 9 Auto te st But ton Ca lls the N et wor k A uto te st Se tup sc ree n. The C able T a b Figure 7 FrameS cope Cabl e T ab (norm a l mode ) T ab Titl e Di spla ys the name of th e t ab. Cer tif icat ion T e st B utton s Launch a certific[...]

10 Agile nt FrameScope 350 User’s M anua l 1 Introdu cing the FrameScope 350 Getti ng Star te d Getti ng Sta rted Switching th e FrameScope On and Off 1 T o switch the FrameScope on , bri ef ly pr ess t h e Powe r button on the fr ont panel . The sc reen wil l lig ht an d a brie f tone wil l sound. 2 Whil e the unit i s on, brie f ly pre ssing th[...]

Intr oduc ing th e Fra meScop e 35 0 1 Ge tting Sta rte d Agil ent F rameScope 35 0 Us er’ s Manual 1 1 Checking Power and Cha rging th e Battery The FrameScop e’s battery should pr o vide enou gh po w er for a typica l day of testing. Th e A C po wer ada pt er/ charger can also be used to po wer the un it and to recharge the batter y . T o che[...]

12 Agile nt FrameScope 350 User’s M anua l 1 Introdu cing the FrameScope 350 Getti ng Star te d Connectin g to the Net work The FrameScop e 350 uses test pro bes to connect to the ne tw ork y ou are testing . F ollo w thes e steps to conn ect y our unit to the netw ork: 1 Select an appr opriate A g il ent test pr obe fo r y our appli cation: • [...]

Intr oduc ing th e Fra meScop e 35 0 1 Ge tting Sta rte d Agil ent F rameScope 35 0 Us er’ s Manual 1 3 Us ing t he Fra meS cop e 3 50 Y ou operate the F ram eScope using i t s fr ont panel touch screen and cont rol but tons. When testi ng with the unit, use the f o llo w ing op erating tip s: • Sel ect i tems on the di sp la y by pres sin g th[...]

14 Agile nt FrameScope 350 User’s M anua l 1 Introdu cing the FrameScope 350 Getti ng Star te d See “View ing D et ails and Stati stics ” o n p a g e 2 6 fo r i n fo r m a t io n on re vie wing net work test resu lts. See “View ing Resu lt De t ails ” on page 82 f or inf ormation on re vie w i ng cable t e st result s.[...]

15 Agilent T echnologies Agi l e nt N2610A Fram e S c op e 350 Netw ork Per forman ce An alyzer Use r’ s M a nua l 2 Network T esting wi th the Fra meS cope 3 50 Netw ork T esting Overview 16 Ex ami ning th e Netw ork 17 Netw ork Overv iew 17 De taile d L i s t 18 Running an Au t ot est 19 Cha n gi ng t he A uto te st M etric s 23 Using the St at[...]

16 Agile nt FrameScope 350 User’s M anua l 2 Ne twork T esti ng w ith the Fram eSco pe 350 Netw ork T esting O verv iew Network T esting Overvie w The f ollo wing steps descr i be the g eneral pr oced ure fo r perfo r ming netw ork anal ysis testing u sing the F rameSc ope 350. 1 Po we r t h e un i t o n . S e e “Switch ing the FrameScope On an[...]

Ne twork Test ing with t he Fra meS c ope 35 0 2 Examining the Network Agil ent F rameScope 35 0 Us er’ s Manual 1 7 Exam ini ng the N e twork Network O vervi ew • Pre ss t h e Netw ork t ab on the Ma in Me nu to be gi n the FrameScop e auto disc ov er y on y our netwo rk. The N e tw ork res our ces area of the di spla y will sho w a lis t of d[...]

18 Agile nt FrameScope 350 User’s M anua l 2 Ne twork T esti ng w ith the Fram eSco pe 350 Examin ing the Netwo r k Detailed List 1 T o v ie w a de taile d li st of netwo rk reso urces, press o n an y category in the N etw o rk Resour ces area. A t riangl e indi cates that a list is avai lable for that category. 2 Use th e Scr oll but t on to s e[...]

Ne twork Test ing with t he Fra meS c ope 35 0 2 Runni ng an Autot est Agil ent F rameScope 35 0 Us er’ s Manual 1 9 Running an Autote st This se ction descri be s ho w t o run an Aut ot es t on the netw ork usi n g the FrameSco pe 350. Th e FrameScope can store A ut ot est su ites that defi ne whi ch netw ork element s to test . 1 From t h e Net[...]

20 Agile nt FrameScope 350 User’s M anua l 2 Ne twork T esti ng w ith the Fram eSco pe 350 Runn ing an A utotest 2 If y ou wan t to sa ve this Au totes t s ui te, o r l oa d a pr evi ously-store d suite , pres s the Suite butt on. 3 Sel ect a stor ed suite fr om the list o r sel ect Cre ate N ew , t he n pr ess the Ne x t but ton. Y ou can selec [...]

Ne twork Test ing with t he Fra meS c ope 35 0 2 Runni ng an Autot est Agil ent F rameScope 35 0 Us er’ s Manual 2 1 5 On the Ne tw ork A uto tes t Set up win do w , p re ss th e Iter ations but ton to sele ct ho w man y times the test is to be run. 6 En ter the nu mbe r o f t i mes y o u wa nt th e tes t to run i n th e numb er e n tr y b o x. 7[...]

22 Agile nt FrameScope 350 User’s M anua l 2 Ne twork T esti ng w ith the Fram eSco pe 350 Runn ing an A utotest 11 When y ou ha v e finis hed sett ing up the test , press the St a r t Te st butt on (or press OK ) on th e Ne t w or k A utote st Se tup scr een . Th e te st wi ll b egin . 12 T o stop the test at an y time pres s the Stop T est bu t[...]

Ne twork Test ing with t he Fra meS c ope 35 0 2 Cha ngi ng the Autote st Me trics Agil ent F rameScope 35 0 Us er’ s Manual 2 3 Changing th e Autotest Metrics The FrameScop e 3 50 pr o v ides a meas ure of servi ce spe ed and efficien cy b y emul ating a c lient de vice in the netw ork. By making a req ue st f or servi ce to a ke y devi ce, and [...]

24 Agile nt FrameScope 350 User’s M anua l 2 Ne twork T esti ng w ith the Fram eSco pe 350 Us ing t he Sta tions List Using th e Stati ons List When a netwo rk r eso urc e on t h e Netwo rk tab is sho wn with a bl ack tria ngle, yo u c an pre ss t h e reso ur ce t o displ ay the Ne t w ork Database scre en, which include s t he Statio ns List. 1 [...]

Ne twork Test ing with t he Fra meS c ope 35 0 2 Usi ng t he Stati ons List Agil ent F rameScope 35 0 Us er’ s Manual 2 5 4 Y ou can use the Set tings button to reor de r the St a t i on Li st and select what in formati on is di spla yed . 5 Y ou can use the Data base T o ol s but ton to upda te , erase, load or sa v e the Station s List or dele [...]

26 Agile nt FrameScope 350 User’s M anua l 2 Ne twork T esti ng w ith the Fram eSco pe 350 Us ing t he Sta tions List V i ewing De tails and St a tistic s 1 Select a station on the Station List an d then press the View butt on. 2 Pre ss t h e Statisti cs butt on t o v iew s tati stics abo ut t he st a tion .[...]

Ne twork Test ing with t he Fra meS c ope 35 0 2 Usi ng t he Stati ons List Agil ent F rameScope 35 0 Us er’ s Manual 2 7 3 On the Statio n Detail scre en, pres s T ools to see a list of test tools t ha t c an be used on t h e s elected s t at ion . These t ool s ar e describe in more detai l in t he follo w ing sections . NOTE Th e t ool s t h a[...]

28 Agile nt FrameScope 350 User’s M anua l 2 Ne twork T esti ng w ith the Fram eSco pe 350 Performing a Ping Test Perform i n g a Pin g T est The Ping t est allo ws y ou to check if comm un i c at i o ns ca n be establis hed with a part i cular remote node . Th e Fram e S c ope “p ings ” a r emote node b y se ndi ng it a request messag e. If [...]

Ne twork Test ing with t he Fra meS c ope 35 0 2 Performing a Ping Test Agil ent F rameScope 35 0 Us er’ s Manual 2 9 2 Pre ss t h e Pin g butto n to call th e Ping screen. 3 En ter th e de vic e y ou w an t to p in g in th e Tar g et bo x. Y ou c an en ter th e de vice nam e o r a dd r es s. 4 Sel ect the ping opti ons y ou want, selec t i ng IP[...]

30 Agile nt FrameScope 350 User’s M anua l 2 Ne twork T esti ng w ith the Fram eSco pe 350 Performing a Ping Test 7 Obse rve the resul ts of the Ping tes t. The sc reen wil l sho w the fram e length y ou select ed, t h e number of request s (ping s) se n t and the number of r e pl ies rec ei ved. D at a on the re spo nse time s ar e also di splay[...]

Ne twork Test ing with t he Fra meS c ope 35 0 2 Performing a Trace Route Agil ent F rameScope 35 0 Us er’ s Manual 3 1 Perform ing a T race Route The T race Route t est allo ws y ou to d et e r min e the pa t h t hr ough the net work to a par ti cul ar devi ce. The FrameScope se n d s dat a pac k ets o ve r the netw o rk and returns t h e router[...]

32 Agile nt FrameScope 350 User’s M anua l 2 Ne twork T esti ng w ith the Fram eSco pe 350 Performing a Trace Route 2 Pre ss t h e Tr ac eR ou te b ut to n to cal l the Tr aceR oute scr een . 3 Enter the de vice to which you want t o trace i n the Targ et box. Y ou ca n e nte r t he devi ce nam e o r ad dr ess. 4 Sel ect the maxim um numbe r of h[...]

Ne twork Test ing with t he Fra meS c ope 35 0 2 Performing a Trace Route Agil ent F rameScope 35 0 Us er’ s Manual 3 3 6 Obse rve the r esults of the T raceR oute t est. The screen wil l sho w the number an d addre ss o f each h op. In addi tion the dela y (in sec onds) to each hop is sho wn. The del a y i s cumu lat ive, b ut si nc e each t er [...]

34 Agile nt FrameScope 350 User’s M anua l 2 Ne twork T esti ng w ith the Fram eSco pe 350 Performing S NMP Queries Performing SNM P Q ueries The sim ple netw ork manage ment protocol (S NMP) query tool allo ws you t o send a quer y to the m anagement info r matio n dat ab ase (MI B) and re tri eve t he av ai labl e i nf or m ati on fo r t ha t h[...]

Ne twork Test ing with t he Fra meS c ope 35 0 2 Performing SNMP Queries Agil ent F rameScope 35 0 Us er’ s Manual 3 5 2 Pre ss t h e SNMP Queries but ton to call th e SNM P Quer y scr een . 3 En ter th e de vic e to w hi ch y ou wa nt to qu ery in the T ar ge t box. Y ou ca n e nte r t he devi ce nam e o r ad dr ess. 4 The SNMP Sett ings button [...]

36 Agile nt FrameScope 350 User’s M anua l 2 Ne twork T esti ng w ith the Fram eSco pe 350 Performing S NMP Queries 6 Obse rve the r etur n e d in f or ma t i on on t h e SNMP Qu eries resul ts screen . The sc reen will sh ow the des cription , ID, and other inf orm at ion as ret urned by the remote host. 7 T o run th e test agai n pr ess the St [...]

Ne twork Test ing with t he Fra meS c ope 35 0 2 Viewing St at istics Agil ent F rameScope 35 0 Us er’ s Manual 3 7 Viewing S tatistic s Y ou can use the F ram eScope to view a va riet y netw ork par ameters, and se e per f ormance statist ics f or them. The foll ow ing p rocedur e descr ibe s ho w to u se the F ram eScope’ s Statist ics tool. [...]

38 Agile nt FrameScope 350 User’s M anua l 2 Ne twork T esti ng w ith the Fram eSco pe 350 Vie wing Sta ti stic s 2 Pre ss t h e Statisti cs butt on t o ca ll t he Sta tistic s s creen . The sc reen sho ws ne tw ork utiliz ation and other traffic data such as f ram e coun ters, and pr ot o col counters. 3 T o vie w add itional details, press any [...]

Ne twork Test ing with t he Fra meS c ope 35 0 2 Viewing St at istics Agil ent F rameScope 35 0 Us er’ s Manual 3 9 4 F or exam ple, pr ess Ut ilization on the Statistics s creen to view the t op ta lk e rs (most ac tiv e devices ) o n the network. 5 Use the other button s on the Stati sti cs scr een to switc h betw een count s and per centages, [...]

40 Agile nt FrameScope 350 User’s M anua l 2 Ne twork T esti ng w ith the Fram eSco pe 350 Generating Network T ra ffic Gen era t ing Network T raffi c Y ou can use t h e F rameS cope’s T r af fic Generato r to create netw ork traffic to stress the netw ork and observ e how is reacts unde r diff erent loads . The f ollo w i ng pr ocedure descr [...]

Ne twork Test ing with t he Fra meS c ope 35 0 2 Generating Network Traffic Agil ent F rameScope 35 0 Us er’ s Manual 4 1 3 On the Parameters tab, confi gure the traffic c h arac t eri stics as y ou desir e. Pres s each parameter ( Fr a me L en gt h , Fram e Rat e , a nd so o n) an d en ter t he va lue yo u wa nt in t h e on-s cree n k eyp ad. Se[...]

42 Agile nt FrameScope 350 User’s M anua l 2 Ne twork T esti ng w ith the Fram eSco pe 350 Generating Network T ra ffic 6 Pre ss the bo x buttons to enter the Fra me T ype, MA C sourc e, and MA C Des t i nati on. See “Traffic Generatio n” o n page 20 6. Not e that if you select an IP typ e frame, y ou will get addi tio n al selec tions f or I[...]

Ne twork Test ing with t he Fra meS c ope 35 0 2 Performing a MAC Loopback Agil ent F rameScope 35 0 Us er’ s Manual 4 3 Perform ing a M AC Loopback Y ou can per f orm a ping-lik e t est on the medi a access contr ol (MA C) lay er (Laye r 2). Using two Fram eScope s , y ou can get resul ts on t h e round-t rip perf ormance. 1 Conne ct t wo FrameS[...]

44 Agile nt FrameScope 350 User’s M anua l 2 Ne twork T esti ng w ith the Fram eSco pe 350 Performing a MAC Loopback 4 Pre ss Start or press the OK bu tton to be g in th e tes t . The FrameScop e w ill sear ch ou t the o t her Fram eS co pe on the net work and then report back the link res ults . 5 Re view the transm i s sion inf ormat i o n on t[...]

Ne twork Test ing with t he Fra meS c ope 35 0 2 Locating a H u b Port with B l i nk Port Agil ent F rameScope 35 0 Us er’ s Manual 4 5 Loca ting a H ub Po rt with Blin k Port Y ou can use t h e F rameS cope to locate a netw ork connecti on’s port on a h u b or switch . The FrameScope will toggle the port ’s link indica tor on and off causin [...]

46 Agile nt FrameScope 350 User’s M anua l 2 Ne twork T esti ng w ith the Fram eSco pe 350 Locati ng a Hub Port with Blink P ort 4 T o begin bli nki ng the port, press the Start butt on. 5 Obse rve the h ub o r switch and note whi ch por t’ s li nk indi cator is bli nking. T hat will be the por t fo r the tested cir cuit. 6 T o s top the bl ink[...]

Ne twork Test ing with t he Fra meS c ope 35 0 2 Viewing the Error L og Agil ent F rameScope 35 0 Us er’ s Manual 4 7 V iewing the Error Log This se ction describe s ho w to vi e w the FrameScope’ s err or log. The err or log tracks and displ ays an y netw ork problems that detec t ed b y t he FrameS cope 3 50. 1 From the main Net work tab, pre[...]

48 Agile nt FrameScope 350 User’s M anua l 2 Ne twork T esti ng w ith the Fram eSco pe 350 Viewing the Error Log 2 Pre ss t h e Erro r Log button to cal l the Er r or Log screen . 3 Obse rve the errors l iste d in the log. 4 Pre ss t h e Sho w All bu t ton to ex pan d t he er ror list an d v iew all err ors t h at we re previo usly ackn o wledged[...]

Ne twork Test ing with t he Fra meS c ope 35 0 2 Usi ng th e Test Databas e Agil ent F rameScope 35 0 Us er’ s Manual 4 9 Using th e T est Databas e The FrameScop e 350 al lo ws y o u to store (y ou must ha v e a Co m pact Flash™ ca r d ins t a l led) Au totest res ults f or later r evie w and do wnlo ading ( see “R u nning an Autot est” on[...]

50 Agile nt FrameScope 350 User’s M anua l 2 Ne twork T esti ng w ith the Fram eSco pe 350 Using the Network Data base Using th e Network Data bas e The FrameScope 3 50 allo ws y o u to store (onl y on a Com pactFlash™) netw ork t op o lo g ie s for later rev iew and do wnl oadin g ( se e “Usi ng t h e Sta ti ons L ist ” on page 24). Y ou c[...]

Ne twork Test ing with t he Fra meS c ope 35 0 2 Using the N etwork D atabase Agil ent F rameScope 35 0 Us er’ s Manual 5 1 6 T o access the Databas e T ools menu pres s t he Dat aba se T o ols butt on. 7 To save th e c ur ren t ne twork dat a, o r t o l oa d prev io usly s tor e d ne tw ork data , pr ess the Load/Sa v e Station List butt on. 8 U[...]

52 Agile nt FrameScope 350 User’s M anua l 2 Ne twork T esti ng w ith the Fram eSco pe 350 Loca ting Switch Po r t s Loca ting Swit ch Port s The FrameScope 3 50 allo ws y o u to i d entify the swi tch po r ts bein g acces sed by the FrameSco pe or any ad dress on the netw ork. This se ction describe s ho w to creat e a list of switch ports b ein[...]

Ne twork Test ing with t he Fra meS c ope 35 0 2 Locating S w itch Ports Agil ent F rameScope 35 0 Us er’ s Manual 5 3 4 The SNMP Setting s bu tton a llo w s you to add S NMP co mmun itie s and p orts to the d e fau lt “p ub l ic” c ommun ity and de faul t port 161 or to change those se t up f or auto di scover y. 5 Pre ss Start t o se e t he[...]

54 Agile nt FrameScope 350 User’s M anua l 2 Ne twork T esti ng w ith the Fram eSco pe 350 Loca ting Switch Po r t s[...]

55 Agilent T echnologies Agi l e nt N2610A Fram e S c op e 350 Netw ork Per forman ce An alyzer Use r’ s M a nua l 3 Ca ble T e sti ng with the FrameSc ope 35 0 Cabl e T esti ng Ove rv iew 57 Cabl e T esting B a c kground 57 Cabl e T esting P rocedure 59 Cali bra ting t he T est er 61 Se tting Up an Auto te st 62 Open ing the Set up Menu 62 Choos[...]

56 Agile nt FrameScope 350 User’s M anua l 3 Cabl e Tes ting wi th th e Fram eSc ope 35 0 The cabl e t es t f eature s of the FrameScope 350 a l l ow y ou to easi l y certify new netw ork in stallati ons f or compli ance with indus t ry cabl e standar ds. NOTE This ch apter de scribes the stan d ard Fram e Scop e 350 cab le test featu res. For in[...]

Cabl e Test i ng with th e Fram e Scop e 35 0 3 Cabl e Testing O verv iew Agil ent F rameScope 35 0 Us er’ s Manual 5 7 Cabl e T esti ng Over view Cab le T e sting Bac kgrou nd Indus t ry standar ds f or str uc tured twist ed-pair ca blin g requi re that both e nds of ea ch cabl ing r un be t ested t o find th e w ors t-case pe rfor mance c ond i[...]

58 Agile nt FrameScope 350 User’s M anua l 3 Cabl e Tes ting wi th th e Fram eSc ope 35 0 Cabl e Testing O verv iew • The ch annel con figurat ion pr ov ides a full end-to -end per f orm ance cer tif ication, in cluding t he cab le r un as well as the use r’s patch c ords at e ach end. T he pass/ fa il li mit s f o r channe l performance test[...]

Cabl e Test i ng with th e Fram e Scop e 35 0 3 Cabl e Testing O verv iew Agil ent F rameScope 35 0 Us er’ s Manual 5 9 Figure 9 Link T est Co nfig ur atio n Figure 1 0 Cha nne l T es t Conf igur ation Cable T esting Procedure The f ollo wing steps descr i be the g eneral pr oced ure fo r per f orm ing ca b l e cert ificatio n testing using t he [...]

60 Agile nt FrameScope 350 User’s M anua l 3 Cabl e Tes ting wi th th e Fram eSc ope 35 0 Cabl e Testing O verv iew 3 Switch on the FrameScope an d DualRemote teste rs and co nnec t th em to the c ab li ng to be te ste d. Se e “C on n ect i ng to the N etw o rk” on p age 12. 4 Pre ss t h e Cab l e tab on the FrameS cope’s Main Men u screen [...]

Cabl e Test i ng with th e Fram e Scop e 35 0 3 Calibrating the Tester Agil ent F rameScope 35 0 Us er’ s Manual 6 1 Calib rating t he T est er Bef ore you begi n a te s t, th e FrameS cope and DualRemote pai r must be calibrated. Calibration allo ws t he FrameScope t o co mp ensate f or slig ht ano malie s in its measu rement har dwa re or that [...]

62 Agile nt FrameScope 350 User’s M anua l 3 Cabl e Tes ting wi th th e Fram eSc ope 35 0 Settin g Up an Autote s t Settin g Up an Autotest The teste r must be configure d for t e sting at each si te by co mp leti ng the f oll o win g pr oce dur es. Open ing th e Setu p Men u 1 On the M ain M enu, press Setup . The Autotest Setup screen dis plays[...]

Cabl e Test i ng with th e Fram e Scop e 35 0 3 Setti ng Up an Autotes t Agil ent F rameScope 35 0 Us er’ s Manual 6 3 1 On the A utotest Setup screen, press St and ar d, then Edit . The Standard Setup screen displays. 2 Select the desired stand a r d, then pres s OK . The A utotes t Setup scr een wil l then show the selected stan dard . The s el[...]

64 Agile nt FrameScope 350 User’s M anua l 3 Cabl e Tes ting wi th th e Fram eSc ope 35 0 Settin g Up an Autote s t 2 Sel ect Cre ate a New Sit e Name , th en press Nex t . (Th e OK button change s to a Nex t bu tt o n when you select Create a Ne w Site Na me .) T he screen chan ges, to allow nami ng the site. 3 Press the ico n under The o nscree[...]

Cabl e Test i ng with th e Fram e Scop e 35 0 3 Setti ng Up an Autotes t Agil ent F rameScope 35 0 Us er’ s Manual 6 5 1 On the Si te Setup screen, press the preferred label i ng format, then press Next . Simple Label Form at When y ou choos e the Si m pl e la bel in g f ormat, t h e f o ll o wi n g scr een d ispl ays: T o co n fig ure the simple[...]

66 Agile nt FrameScope 350 User’s M anua l 3 Cabl e Tes ting wi th th e Fram eSc ope 35 0 Settin g Up an Autote s t 2 To set the beginning nu m ber to oth e r tha n 1, press t h e Ent er St art Value field. The onscreen key board o pens. 3 Press the backspace arrow to eras e t h e number in t h e dis play , th en press the number keys to enter th[...]

Cabl e Test i ng with th e Fram e Scop e 35 0 3 Setti ng Up an Autotes t Agil ent F rameScope 35 0 Us er’ s Manual 6 7 TIA -606- A Label For mat When y ou choo se the T IA- 606-A l abeling f ormat an d pre ss Next , the f ol lo wing scre en displ a ys: Ther e are th r ee fo r mat ti ng opti ons wi thi n the TI A- 606- A standard: • Clas s 1 and[...]

68 Agile nt FrameScope 350 User’s M anua l 3 Cabl e Tes ting wi th th e Fram eSc ope 35 0 Settin g Up an Autote s t Auto-Increment settings for the f ield hi ghl i ghte d , and the start and end values for th e field highlig h t ed. 2 If you want the numbers for any fiel d to incr ease au tomatical ly w i th each new l abel and t est, h i ghlight[...]

Cabl e Test i ng with th e Fram e Scop e 35 0 3 Setti ng Up an Autotes t Agil ent F rameScope 35 0 Us er’ s Manual 6 9 5 To s et the number of i nstance s of a cat egory (for e x a m p le, the number o f floors), pr ess the En t er End Value f iel d. Th e on scr ee n keyboard o pens. 6 Press the backspace arrow to eras e t h e va lue in the dis p[...]

70 Agile nt FrameScope 350 User’s M anua l 3 Cabl e Tes ting wi th th e Fram eSc ope 35 0 Settin g Up an Autote s t Checkma rk s i ndicate fi elds th at appear i n the labe ls . Y ello w tags ne xt to the ca teg or ie s i ndi ca te th at aut omat ic nu mber incre menting i s enab led f or that field. T o configure the hierar chical label i n g f [...]

Cabl e Test i ng with th e Fram e Scop e 35 0 3 Setti ng Up an Autotes t Agil ent F rameScope 35 0 Us er’ s Manual 7 1 4 Press the backspace arrow to eras e t h e number in t h e dis play , th en pres s the number or le tter keys to enter the new starti ng value. Press OK . T he k e ybo a r d clo ses, and the new star ting val ue appears in the E[...]

72 Agile nt FrameScope 350 User’s M anua l 3 Cabl e Tes ting wi th th e Fram eSc ope 35 0 Settin g Up an Autote s t 1 On the A utotest Se tup screen, press the cable spool icon, then press Edit . The Cable Setup scr een di s pla ys. 2 Select the c able m anufacturer, a n d press Next . Th e Ca ble Da tabas e scr een di s p lays. 3 Sel ect a cable[...]

Cabl e Test i ng with th e Fram e Scop e 35 0 3 Setti ng Up an Autotes t Agil ent F rameScope 35 0 Us er’ s Manual 7 3 4 Enter t h e pair coun t, cable c onstruction , and imp edance (de fault sel ections are a vai lable) and pr ess Ne xt . 5 En ter the no mi nal v el oci t y o f pr op ag ati on (N VP) f or ea ch pair , if kno wn, or select Calc [...]

74 Agile nt FrameScope 350 User’s M anua l 3 Cabl e Tes ting wi th th e Fram eSc ope 35 0 Settin g Up an Autote s t Choosing the Connector T ype Co nnectors f r om diff erent manuf act urer s ha v e diff erent transmi s sion charac te ri stic s. The FrameS cope 350 com pensates f or th os e diffe rences, if y ou t e ll it wha t connect ors are us[...]

Cabl e Test i ng with th e Fram e Scop e 35 0 3 Setti ng Up an Autotes t Agil ent F rameScope 35 0 Us er’ s Manual 7 5 4 Sel ect whether t he conn ector i s shiel de d o r not and press Ne xt . 5 Selec t t he perfor mance g r a de of the connec tor if kno w n an d pr ess OK . The A utote s t Setup screen displays, with the new connector ty pe nex[...]

76 Agile nt FrameScope 350 User’s M anua l 3 Cabl e Tes ting wi th th e Fram eSc ope 35 0 Settin g Up an Autote s t Entering th e Operator Name s The names o f th e te chnicians perfor ming t he te s ts c a n be entered , and w ill appear on the test report. T o e nter the t est t ech nicians ’ na mes: 1 On the M ain M enu, press System . The S[...]

Cabl e Test i ng with th e Fram e Scop e 35 0 3 Setti ng Up an Autotes t Agil ent F rameScope 35 0 Us er’ s Manual 7 7 entered nam es will appear w i th the keyboard a nd keypad buttons avail able. 5 Pick a name from the list or press the keyboard keys to enter the name of the technici an us ing the Frame Scope, then pres s OK . The keyboar d clo[...]

78 Agile nt FrameScope 350 User’s M anua l 3 Cabl e Tes ting wi th th e Fram eSc ope 35 0 Runn ing an A utotest Running an Autote st T o r u n an autotest: 1 If this is the first test of the day or after a long break, calibrate the tester. See “Cali brating the T este r” on page 6 1. 2 Connect the FrameScope 3 50 and Dual Rem ote 350 to the e[...]

Cabl e Test i ng with th e Fram e Scop e 35 0 3 Savi ng Test Resu lts Agil ent F rameScope 35 0 Us er’ s Manual 7 9 Saving T es t R esults Before saving test r e sults, choose the st orage site to s ave them t o . Choosing the Data Storage Location Test data can b e s aved to either the FrameSc ope’s int ernal memory or to an ins tall ed Compac[...]

80 Agile nt FrameScope 350 User’s M anua l 3 Cabl e Tes ting wi th th e Fram eSc ope 35 0 Sav ing Test Res ults 2 On the System Settings screen, pr ess Sav e T o , then press Edit . Th e Stor age Setup scr een displ ays. 3 Sel ect either In ternal Fla sh or CFl ash Ca rd . 4 If you chose In t er nal Flash , pr ess OK . The System Settings screen [...]

Cabl e Test i ng with th e Fram e Scop e 35 0 3 Savi ng Test Resu lts Agil ent F rameScope 35 0 Us er’ s Manual 8 1 Savin g the R e sults To s ave the tes t results for i nclusion i n cert ificatio n reports : 1 After completi ng a test, press the Save button. The Save Res ults scr een di s p lays. 2 If the cable ID in the displa y is wrong, pres[...]

82 Agile nt FrameScope 350 User’s M anua l 3 Cabl e Tes ting wi th th e Fram eSc ope 35 0 Viewi ng R es ult Details Viewing Re sult Deta ils A De tail s button on P ass and Fail s creens opens the Test Data screen. The T est Dat a scr een lists the test pa r am eters and indicates passin g or failure for each. To vi ew detai led test da ta for on[...]

Cabl e Test i ng with th e Fram e Scop e 35 0 3 View ing Re sult Detail s Agil ent F rameScope 35 0 Us er’ s Manual 8 3 3 To vi ew the Pl ots screen for the sele cted test parame ter (if the P lots button is pre sent), press Plot s . The Pl ot s sc re en di s pla y s. 4 To view the Locator screen for the selected test parameter (if the Locator b [...]

84 Agile nt FrameScope 350 User’s M anua l 3 Cabl e Tes ting wi th th e Fram eSc ope 35 0 Viewi ng R es ult Details Data S creens The Data screen shows detail of the selected tes t parameter re sults. The examp les abo ve show d at a of a passin g test, at lef t, and a failing one, at right. T he data included depends on which p a r ameter is s e[...]

Cabl e Test i ng with th e Fram e Scop e 35 0 3 View ing Re sult Detail s Agil ent F rameScope 35 0 Us er’ s Manual 8 5 boundary on passing test pl ots . On f a il ing tes t plots, the Wors t Ma rg in button p laces the l ine at t he frequ enc y wher e t he res ults exce ed the acceptable limits the mos t. You can move the cursor around the plot [...]

86 Agile nt FrameScope 350 User’s M anua l 3 Cabl e Tes ting wi th th e Fram eSc ope 35 0 Viewi ng R es ult Details the loca tion us ing the scro ll button to find the exact distan ce to that peak. By d ef ault, the distan ce shown is how far away the worst test resu lt is from the clos er of the FrameScope or DualRemote. To see the locator resul[...]

Cabl e Test i ng with th e Fram e Scop e 35 0 3 Using T alks ets Agil ent F rameScope 35 0 Us er’ s Manual 8 7 Using T a lksets The 2- Way Talks et Kit (N26 05A - 137) allows operators at opposite ends of a copper cable run to coordinate their eff o rts. To us e talksets for communicati ng between the ends of a cable run : 1 Insert a talkset’s [...]

88 Agile nt FrameScope 350 User’s M anua l 3 Cabl e Tes ting wi th th e Fram eSc ope 35 0 Using CompactFla sh™ Car ds Us in g Comp act F la sh ™ Card s The FrameScop e 350 can use Compact Flash™ cards for stori n g lar ge amounts of test data, for transferri ng data to a PC, and for installing new sof tw ar e. Installing CompactFlash™ C a[...]

Cabl e Test i ng with th e Fram e Scop e 35 0 3 Using Compa ctFlas h™ Cards Agil ent F rameScope 35 0 Us er’ s Manual 8 9 3 A screen describi ng the configuration procedur e displays. The configuration executes in st eps. 4 When the progr ess bar s hows 100%, pr ess OK . The FrameSco pe 350 wil l automaticall y change the S ave to: setti ng on [...]

90 Agile nt FrameScope 350 User’s M anua l 3 Cabl e Tes ting wi th th e Fram eSc ope 35 0 Pr intin g Labe ls Print ing Labe ls Printing La b els On Sit e The FrameScop e 350 can pri nt labels directl y to a Br ady TLS2200 la b e l printer. The labeling paramete rs are s et using the proce dure “ Cho os ing the Labeling Format” on pag e 64. Wh[...]

Cabl e Test i ng with th e Fram e Scop e 35 0 3 P r in t i ng Lab e ls Agil ent F rameScope 35 0 Us er’ s Manual 9 1 3 Pres s Autopr int to enab le the Autop rint funct ion. A checkmark shows that the function is enabl ed. P res s OK 4 Connect the N2605A -050 interface cab le to the serial ports of the FrameSco pe 350 and Brady TLS2 200. 5 Turn t[...]

92 Agile nt FrameScope 350 User’s M anua l 3 Cabl e Tes ting wi th th e Fram eSc ope 35 0 Pr intin g Labe ls[...]

93 Agilent T echnologies Agi l e nt N2610A Fram e S c op e 350 Netw ork Per forman ce An alyzer Use r’ s M a nua l 4 Fib er T e stin g Fi ber T esti ng Ov erv iew 94 Cali bra ting t he T est er 96 Cali bra ting f or Do uble -En ded T e sting 96 Cali bra ting f or Sin gle-E nded T est ing 99 Se tting Up an Auto te st 101 Open ing the Set tings Men[...]

94 Agi lent Fra meS cope 35 0 User’s Man ual 4 Fibe r Test ing Fibe r Testi ng Ove r view Fib er T est ing Ove rvie w This ch apte r d escribe s ho w to cer t ify op tica l fibe r cabli ng. Th e pr ocedure s in th e chapter are su f fi cient for mos t fiber certificati on jobs. If the re quir ement s of the job are not addres sed h ere, r ef er t[...]

Fi be r Test ing 4 Fibe r Testi ng Ove rview Agil ent FrameSc ope 35 0 User ’s Manua l 95 Double-E nd ed, Fib er Pair Double -ende d fiber pai r configurat ion t ests two fibers , usi ng tw o Fi ber SmartProb es. Whe n mul timode pr obes ar e used, the FrameScop e and DualRemote can be as much as 4 km apart. When s inglemode probes are us ed, the[...]

96 Agi lent Fra meS cope 35 0 User’s Man ual 4 Fibe r Test ing Calibrating the Tester Calib rating t he T est er Bef ore you begi n a te s t, th e FrameS cope and DualRemote pai r must be calibrated. Calibration allo ws t he FrameScope t o co mp ensate f or slig ht ano malie s in its measu rement har dwa re or that of the com p anion DualRe mote [...]

Fi be r Test ing 4 Calibrating the Tester Agil ent FrameSc ope 35 0 User ’s Manua l 97 5 On t he Fiber Main Me nu, pr es s Calibratio n . The Fiber Cal ibrati o n scr een di s p lays. 6 Choose Do uble Ended , and press Ne xt . The Fi be r Detection screen displays. 7 When the message below t he di agram reads, “Re ady to Cal ibrate,” press OK[...]

98 Agi lent Fra meS cope 35 0 User’s Man ual 4 Fibe r Test ing Calibrating the Tester 1 Insert a Fibe r S martProbe + in the FrameScope, and a Fi b e r SmartProbe + in the Dual Re mote. T hey shoul d both be multi mode. 2 Connect a single fiber of e a ch of two duplex test jumpers to the two Fiber SmartProb es with the transmitter of each connect[...]

Fi be r Test ing 4 Calibrating the Tester Agil ent FrameSc ope 35 0 User ’s Manua l 99 7 When the message below t he di agram reads, “Re ady to Cal ibrate,” press OK . T he Calibra ti on w indow o pens. 8 When the window reads, “Ca libration Suc c essful,” press OK in the window . T he Fiber Main Menu di s plays. Remov e the r eference ju[...]

100 Agi lent Fra meS cope 35 0 User’s Man ual 4 Fibe r Test ing Calibrating the Tester 6 Choose Sing le Ended , a nd pre ss Nex t . The Fiber Detection screen displays. 7 When the message below t he di agram reads, “Re ady to Cal ibrate,” press OK . T he Calibra ti on w indow o pens. 8 When the window reads, “Ca libration Suc c essful,” p[...]

Fi be r Test ing 4 Setti ng Up an Autotes t Agil ent FrameSc ope 35 0 User ’s Manua l 101 Settin g Up an Autotest The teste r must be configure d for t e sting at each si te by co mp leti ng the f oll o win g pr oce dur es. Opening the Setting s Menu 1 On the M ain M enu, press Fib er A u tot est . The Fiber Autotest Setup scr een di s p lays. 2 [...]

102 Agi lent Fra meS cope 35 0 User’s Man ual 4 Fibe r Test ing Settin g Up an Autote s t Choosing the T est Configuration T o ch oose e ither s ing l e-ended or dou ble- ended t esti ng : 1 On the Fiber Autotes t Sett ings scr een, press Setup , th en press Edit . The test Configuration Se tup screen di s plays. 2 Press e ither Doubl e Ende d or[...]

Fi be r Test ing 4 Setti ng Up an Autotes t Agil ent FrameSc ope 35 0 User ’s Manua l 103 2 Sel ect either Overall Bud get Method or Loss/Length M ethod , then press Ne xt . C ontinue by completing the s teps in the m a tching secti o n that foll o ws . Overall Bud get Method Ov e rall Bu dget Method configu res a fi x ed loss limit va lue for ea[...]

104 Agi lent Fra meS cope 35 0 User’s Man ual 4 Fibe r Test ing Settin g Up an Autote s t 3 Pres s OK . The Fib er Aut otest Set tin gs sc ree n di spla ys. Loss/Length Me thod When Loss /Lengt h Met hod is sele cted, the FrameScope 350 ca l cu l ates the l imi t base d on the l e ngth o f the c able te sted . Y ou can se t value s for con nec to[...]

Fi be r Test ing 4 Setti ng Up an Autotes t Agil ent FrameSc ope 35 0 User ’s Manua l 105 3 Pres s OK . The Fib er Aut otest Set tin gs sc ree n di spla ys. Setting the Lengt h Limit T o set the l ength l imit f or fiber t esting: 1 On the Fiber Autotes t Sett ings scr een, press Length Limit , the n press Edit . T he Length Lim it Setup s creen [...]

106 Agi lent Fra meS cope 35 0 User’s Man ual 4 Fibe r Test ing Settin g Up an Autote s t Choosing the Network Lim it The FrameScope 350 can certify cabling f or complia nce with the physical m edium depe ndent (P MD) r equirem ents o f pop u la r netw ork interface technol ogies suc h as Ethernet or AT M . Ne t w ork certific atio n can be p er [...]

Fi be r Test ing 4 Setti ng Up an Autotes t Agil ent FrameSc ope 35 0 User ’s Manua l 107 1 On the Fiber Autotes t Sett ings scr een, press Site , then press Edit . The Site Setup s c r e en displays. 2 Sel ect Cre ate a New Sit e Name , th en press Nex t . (Th e OK button change s to a Nex t bu tt o n when you select Create a Ne w Site Na me .) [...]

108 Agi lent Fra meS cope 35 0 User’s Man ual 4 Fibe r Test ing Settin g Up an Autote s t Choosing the Cable T ype Ca ble f ro m d iff erent manufac t u rers h as diff erent tran smis sion charact erist ics . T he FrameSc ope 350 compen sates fo r those diff erence s if y ou t e ll it wha t cab le i s used on the job. T he color of the cabl e spo[...]

Fi be r Test ing 4 Setti ng Up an Autotes t Agil ent FrameSc ope 35 0 User ’s Manua l 109 4 Select the f iber c onstructi on that is approp riate and press Next . 5 En ter ei ther the nom i na l v elo ci ty o f pr op ag ati on (NV P) of the fiber cable, OR t h e f iber cabl e’s refr active ind ex ( d efault va lues are pre sented) a nd press Ne[...]

110 Agi lent Fra meS cope 35 0 User’s Man ual 4 Fibe r Test ing Settin g Up an Autote s t 7 Enter the no minal spe cificat ion s of t he fi be r . Def ault values are p resen ted. P r ess OK and the Fibe r Autotest S e ttin gs sc ree n wi ll disp la y with the ne w cable desc ription entered bes ide t he cable spool icon . Setting the Modal Band [...]

Fi be r Test ing 4 Setti ng Up an Autotes t Agil ent FrameSc ope 35 0 User ’s Manua l 111 1 On the Fiber Autotest Setti n gs scr een, press the connector icon, then Edit . The Connect or Setup scree n di splays. 2 Pres s Nex t . A l ist of tha t connector ty p es displays. 3 Press the type of the connect or, then press OK . The Fib er Au tot es t[...]

112 Agi lent Fra meS cope 35 0 User’s Man ual 4 Fibe r Test ing Settin g Up an Autote s t descr iptions of conne ctor types. I f one of t h e st o red descr iptions mat ches the connector be ing te sted sel e ct it, then p ress OK . 2 If not highlight Add Ne w Descriptio n and press Ne xt . 3 Enter the na me to be added to t he databas e and pres[...]

Fi be r Test ing 4 Setti ng Up an Autotes t Agil ent FrameSc ope 35 0 User ’s Manua l 113 Entering th e Operator Name s The names o f th e te chnicians perfor ming t he te s ts c a n be entered , and w ill appear on the test report. T o e nter the t est t ech nicians ’ na mes: 1 On the Fiber Autotest S e tup screen, press O perators , then Edit[...]

114 Agi lent Fra meS cope 35 0 User’s Man ual 4 Fibe r Test ing Runn ing an A utotest Running an Autote st T o r u n an autotest: 1 Connect the FrameScope 3 50 and Dual Rem ote 350 to the ends of the cir cuit needin g certi fication. 2 On the Fr ame Scope Fiber M ain M enu, press Fib er A uto te st . The Fiber Autotest Setup screen displays. 3 Pr[...]

115 Agilent T echnologies Agi l e nt N2610A Fram e S c op e 350 Netw ork Per forman ce An alyzer Use r’ s M a nua l 5 Ca ble T e sti ng in Ex pert Mode T est ing Overvi ew 117 Chang i n g to Expert Mode 118 The Exp ert Autot e st Setup 119 Choosi ng an Ex istin g Setti n gs Profile 119 Ed itin g an Exi sti ng Se ttin gs Pro fi le t o R em ove a L[...]

116 Agile nt FrameScope 350 User’s M anua l 5 Cabl e Tes ting i n Expe rt M ode Expert M o de allo w s y ou a g re at deal of f lexi b il it y and customi z atio n wh en usi ng th e cable test fe atures of the FrameScop e 350. Expe r t M ode al lo ws y ou to cer t ify new netw ork installat ion s for co m p liance with indus tr y cabl e standard [...]

Ca ble T estin g i n E xpe rt M ode 5 Test ing Overview Agil ent F rameScope 35 0 Us er’ s Manual 117 T estin g Ove rvie w This sect ion pr o vides an o v e rvie w of c able te sting i n Expert Mode. F or addit ion al i nf ormation on c able t e sting, s ee “Cable T esting Back gro un d ” on pa ge 5 7. Expe rt Mo de uses the same tw o-tester [...]

118 Agile nt FrameScope 350 User’s M anua l 5 Cabl e Tes ting i n Expe rt M ode Changing to Exper t Mode Ch an gin g to Ex per t M ode T o chan ge t he Fr ameScope f r om standar d con f igura t i on t o Exper t mode: 1 On the M ain m enu, press System . The System Settings screen displays. 2 On the System Settings screen, pr ess User In terface [...]

Ca ble T estin g i n E xpe rt M ode 5 The Exp ert Autotes t Setu p Agil ent F rameScope 35 0 Us er’ s Manual 119 The Ex pert Autot est Setup When in the Expert M ode, addit ional Autotest s etup choices are avai la ble . Choosing an Existing Se tt ings Profi le A profi l e is a pre defined lo ck ed set of A utotest se ttin gs, l ock ed to prev en[...]

120 Agile nt FrameScope 350 User’s M anua l 5 Cabl e Tes ting i n Expe rt M ode The E xpert Au totest S e tup 3 In the P rofile Set up screen, press the desired profile. If the scrol l bar is not full length, use t h e scroll rocker to scrol l down to s ee more stored profiles 4 Pres s OK when done . 5 Pres s Start T est t o ru n the A u totest. [...]

Ca ble T estin g i n E xpe rt M ode 5 The Exp ert Autotes t Setu p Agil ent F rameScope 35 0 Us er’ s Manual 121 the Test Pro be set ting is not locked you will go direct ly to t h e Passwo rd Screen, w here you c a n choose to password p rotect your profile. 3 If you choose to p a ssword pr otect your profile, you w i ll be prom pted to enter t [...]

122 Agile nt FrameScope 350 User’s M anua l 5 Cabl e Tes ting i n Expe rt M ode The E xpert Au totest S e tup 350 use th e existin g settings fo r al l the p a r a m eter s. See the r emainder of this section to conf igure the other sett ings. 2 In Expert Mode, press Autot est . On the A utotes t S e ttings screen, press Edit Setti n g s , then p[...]

Ca ble T estin g i n E xpe rt M ode 5 The Exp ert Autotes t Setu p Agil ent F rameScope 35 0 Us er’ s Manual 123 Passwo rd Screen, w here you c a n choose to password p rotect your profile. 5 If you choose to p a ssword pr otect your profile, you w i ll be prom pted to enter t he password. O nce you a r e s atisfied wit h y our password selection[...]

124 Agile nt FrameScope 350 User’s M anua l 5 Cabl e Tes ting i n Expe rt M ode The E xpert Au totest S e tup 3 Then on the Li mit Setup screen, select the desired cabling system perfo rmance grad e. 4 Then pres s Ne xt . The next Limit Set up screen allow s you to select Link or Chan nel tes t con f iguration. V ie wing Probe Inform a tion The F[...]

Ca ble T estin g i n E xpe rt M ode 5 The Exp ert Autotes t Setu p Agil ent F rameScope 35 0 Us er’ s Manual 125 2 On the A utotest Setup screen, press Edit Setti ngs . The Autotest Settings screen shows a menu of parameters and functions. 3 Press the name of the probe, then press View . The Probe Inform ati on screen displ ays, with inf ormation[...]

126 Agile nt FrameScope 350 User’s M anua l 5 Cabl e Tes ting i n Expe rt M ode The E xpert Au totest S e tup Enterin g th e Site Name Th e sit e nam e id enti fie s th e g roup of s etti ngs u sed on a jo b, an d can be appl ied to t e st re cords f or th at site. To ente r t he si te na me : 1 On the A utotest Setup screen, press Si te , th en [...]

Ca ble T estin g i n E xpe rt M ode 5 The Exp ert Autotes t Setu p Agil ent F rameScope 35 0 Us er’ s Manual 127 Choosing the Labeling Form a t The lab elin g for ma t for E xper t Mod e is th e sa me as th at pr ev iousl y d escr ibe d in Ch apter 3 , “ C ab le T estin g with the FrameScop e 350”. Se e “Choos i ng t he Labelin g F ormat ?[...]

128 Agile nt FrameScope 350 User’s M anua l 5 Cabl e Tes ting i n Expe rt M ode The E xpert Au totest S e tup Choosing the Connector T ype Co nnectors f r om diff erent manuf act urer s ha v e diff erent transmi s sion charac te ri stic s. The FrameS cope 350 com pensates f or th os e diffe rences, if y ou t e ll it wha t connect ors are used on [...]

Ca ble T estin g i n E xpe rt M ode 5 The Exp ert Autotes t Setu p Agil ent F rameScope 35 0 Us er’ s Manual 129 1 On the A utotest Se tup screen, press Cable Pairin g , then press Edit . The Cable Pa iring S etup screen displ ays. Pre ss the cab le pair i n g conv enti on used on the job, the n press OK . T he Aut otest Setu p sc reen di spla ys[...]

130 Agile nt FrameScope 350 User’s M anua l 5 Cabl e Tes ting i n Expe rt M ode The E xpert Au totest S e tup recom mended. Pres s Nex t to vi ew the op tional me as u reme nts you may want to add to your test. Add them by pressing the n a me or box. 3 Af ter you have made you r option al choices, press Ne xt to al low yo u to enable tes t result[...]

Ca ble T estin g i n E xpe rt M ode 5 The Exp ert Autotes t Setu p Agil ent F rameScope 35 0 Us er’ s Manual 131 appro priatel y even t h ou gh it is c alled the 3 dB r ule . Wh en you ar e satis fi ed with the choice, press Next . 6 The la s t Measurements S etup sc reen all ow s you to s kip the au tomatic faul t locati on calculati on. T h is [...]

132 Agile nt FrameScope 350 User’s M anua l 5 Cabl e Tes ting i n Expe rt M ode The E xpert Au totest S e tup Setting the Maxim um Freque ncy The FrameScope 3 50 allo ws y o u to select th e maximu m r ange f or sw ept freque n c y measuremen ts. The ch oices d e pen d som ew hat on t h e st a ndar d se lec ted prev io usly , for examp le f or Ca[...]

Ca ble T estin g i n E xpe rt M ode 5 The Exp ert Autotes t Setu p Agil ent F rameScope 35 0 Us er’ s Manual 133 2 On the Autotest Setup screen pres s Edit Settings . On th e Au to tes t Settings screen press Save , then Edit to bring up the Save Mode Setup sc reen. Press Su mma r y D ata Only or F ull Data Set . Setting the St orage Locatio n Th[...]

134 Agile nt FrameScope 350 User’s M anua l 5 Cabl e Tes ting i n Expe rt M ode The Expert Tools Menu The Exp ert T ools Me nu The Expert mode T ools menu incl ude s the f ol lo wing: • Q uic k Ch ec k te sts t h e conti n ui ty and le n g th of a cable r un. See Runn ing a Quick C heck, on page -1 34. • Certif y Netw orks lets you choose sta[...]

Ca ble T estin g i n E xpe rt M ode 5 Th e Ex p ert T ools Menu Agil ent F rameScope 35 0 Us er’ s Manual 135 1 On the Tools menu (see page -1 34), press Quic k Check . Th e tes t run s, and a Pass or Fail scr een displ ays. V iew ing Details of Quick Check Re s ul ts The FrameScop e ca n displa y detailed inf ormation about both passing a nd fai[...]

136 Agile nt FrameScope 350 User’s M anua l 5 Cabl e Tes ting i n Expe rt M ode The Expert Tools Menu Certify ing a Network The Expert mode T ools menu incl ude s Ce r t if y Ne tw o rk , which let s y ou test a cable f or conf o rmance to diff erent netw ork standard s. T o certify a netw ork: 1 Connect th e FrameSco pe and DualRe m ote to the c[...]

Ca ble T estin g i n E xpe rt M ode 5 Th e Ex p ert T ools Menu Agil ent F rameScope 35 0 Us er’ s Manual 137 Y ou can sav e and vie w detai ls of the test resul ts as wi th an y test b y pres sin g De tai ls . See Savi ng Te st R esult s, on page 5 -3, and “ Vie wing R esult Detai ls” on page 5. Blinking the Port T o locate the swit ch or hu[...]

138 Agile nt FrameScope 350 User’s M anua l 5 Cabl e Tes ting i n Expe rt M ode The Expert Tools Menu 3 To stop the blinking, press Stop . The blinking s tops. Learning the NVP of a Ca b le The FrameScope c an determin e the NV P (Nomi nal V elocit y o f Propaga tion) of a c able, for use in cer tific ation te sting. NV P is ex pressed as a perce[...]

Ca ble T estin g i n E xpe rt M ode 5 Th e Ex p ert T ools Menu Agil ent F rameScope 35 0 Us er’ s Manual 139 4 Press the Cable Len g th field. The num e r ic k eyboard opens. 5 Press the backspace arrow to eras e a ny va lue in t h e number field , then enter the le ngth of the ca ble sample, in or m eters. Press OK . T he keyboar d close s , a [...]

140 Agile nt FrameScope 350 User’s M anua l 5 Cabl e Tes ting i n Expe rt M ode The Expert Tools Menu 2 On the Tools menu, press Measu re Length . T he Me asure Length scr een di s p lays. 3 Pres s Select . The C able Setup sc reen displays. 4 Select the c able m anufacturer, a n d press Next . Th e Ca ble Da tabas e scr een di s p lays. 5 Sel ec[...]

Ca ble T estin g i n E xpe rt M ode 5 Th e Ex p ert T ools Menu Agil ent F rameScope 35 0 Us er’ s Manual 141 6 Pres s Me asure . The Fram eScope calcu lat es the length of the cable, and displ ays the le ngth of each twisted pair o n the Measure Length scr een.[...]

142 Agile nt FrameScope 350 User’s M anua l 5 Cabl e Tes ting i n Expe rt M ode Runn ing COAX and TW IN AX Aut otest s Running COAX a nd TW INAX Autot ests The FrameScop e 3 50 and the DualRemot e 350 su pport both Coaxia l and T w inaxial s ta ndards. This s e ction will ins tru ct you ho w to test to these standar ds. COAX T e st ing Co axi al [...]

Ca ble T estin g i n E xpe rt M ode 5 Runn ing COAX and TW IN AX Au totest s Agil ent F rameScope 35 0 Us er’ s Manual 143 3 The FrameSco pe 350 is capable o f cert ify ing 10Bas e-2 and 10Base-5 network operation over Coax. By s el ectin g Other in the Networ k Limits of the Autotest Sett ings s creen, or in the Sum mary screen of the Certi fy N[...]

144 Agile nt FrameScope 350 User’s M anua l 5 Cabl e Tes ting i n Expe rt M ode Runn ing COAX and TW IN AX Aut otest s cabl e is au tomatica lly s elect ed. Press the Edit Settings button to change any se ttings. 2 Pres s the Start T est button from the Autotest Setup s cree n to perform the T winax A utotest Re sult s The Twinax Aut otest ev alu[...]

145 Agilent T echnologies Agi l e nt N2610A Fram e S c op e 350 Netw ork Per forman ce An alyzer Use r’ s M a nua l 6 Ex pert F i ber T est ing Abou t Fiber E x pe r t Mod e 146 Chang i n g to Expert Mode 147 View ing P rob e In for mati on 148 The Fi b er T ools Menu 150 Using the Loss Meter 150 Measuri ng Length an d Delay 151 Us in g th e Po w[...]

146 Agi lent Fra meS cope 35 0 User’s Man ual 6 Ex pert Fiber T est i ng About Fiber Expert Mode About Fiber Expert Mode FrameScop e’s Expert Mode includ es man y conf igur ation and test ing optio ns no t incl uded in the standar d te st con figurat ion s .[...]

Expe rt Fi ber Te sti ng 6 Changi ng t o Ex p ert Mode Agil ent FrameSc ope 35 0 User ’s Manua l 147 Ch an gin g to Ex per t M ode T o change the FrameScope test er fr om standar d config urati on to E xpe rt Mode: 1 On t he Fiber Main me nu, pr es s System . Th e System Settings sc ree n displays. 2 On the System Settings screen, pr ess User In [...]

148 Agi lent Fra meS cope 35 0 User’s Man ual 6 Ex pert Fiber T est i ng Viewi ng P r o b e Inf or m ati on Vi ew ing Probe Inform ation The FrameScope c an dis pla y d etails a bout the probes installed in the te ste r . To vi e w det ail ed i nfor ma tion o n th e inst a lled prob es : 1 In Expert mode, press Fi ber Autote st on the M ain Menu.[...]

Expe rt Fi ber Te sti ng 6 Viewing Probe Informa tion Agil ent FrameSc ope 35 0 User ’s Manua l 149 3 Press the name of the probe , then View . The Probe Information screen displ ays, with inf ormation on the probe inst alled in the FrameSco pe. 4 To view informatio n on the probe inst alled in the DualRe mote, pres s the DualR emote tab . T he P[...]

150 Agi lent Fra meS cope 35 0 User’s Man ual 6 Ex pert Fiber T est i ng The Fiber Tools Menu The F ibe r T ools M en u The Expert mode Fiber T ools menu contain s the f ollo w i ng: • Loss M eter T his tool continuously m easure s and reports the loss on connected fiber cables. • Le ngth & Del ay This tool m e asures the length and propa[...]

Expe rt Fi ber Te sti ng 6 The Fiber Tools Menu Agil ent FrameSc ope 35 0 User ’s Manua l 151 4 To select t he test configuration or to specify the fiber type, press Quick Setup . Measur ing Length a nd Delay T o us e the Le n gth & D ela y tool: 1 On the Fiber Tools menu, press L eng th & De lay . The Fi ber L e n gth Test scree n di s p[...]

152 Agi lent Fra meS cope 35 0 User’s Man ual 6 Ex pert Fiber T est i ng The Fiber Tools Menu the one used for testin g. This calibrat i on is just for the Fiber Powe r Meter. After calibr ation the Fiber Power Meter displays. 2 To set the current p ower value as a reference, p res s Set Referen ce . The d if ference i s shown in the Delta field [...]

Expe rt Fi ber Te sti ng 6 The Fiber Tools Menu Agil ent FrameSc ope 35 0 User ’s Manua l 153 Learning the NVP of a Fiber T o l e arn t h e NVP of a fi be r cable sam ple: 1 Connect a kno wn length sample of the fib e r t o the Fiber Sm artProbe. The s ample m ust be a t l east 50 feet (15 meters) long. 2 On the Fiber Tools menu, press Learn Fibe[...]

154 Agi lent Fra meS cope 35 0 User’s Man ual 6 Ex pert Fiber T est i ng The Fiber Tools Menu • When m easuring one le ngth of fiber looped back to t h e FrameScop e, enter the entir e leng th of the fib er . 5 Pres s Me asure to learn the NVP of the fiber sampl e . The NVP display s in the NV P (%) field of the Learn Fi ber NVP screen.[...]

155 Agilent T echnologies Agi l e nt N2610A Fram e S c op e 350 Netw ork Per forman ce An alyzer Use r’ s M a nua l 7 Sys t em Oper ation s The Sta tu s Displa y Are a 156 Th e Sy stem Me nu 157 Syste m Informatio n 158 Storage Setup 159 Ba ttery Sta tus 16 0 T ime and Da t e S et up 16 1 User Int erface Setup 16 2 Ope rato r Setup 163 T ouchsc r[...]

156 Agile nt FrameScope 350 User’s M anua l 7 System Opera t ions The Stat us Disp la y Are a The S t a tus Di splay Are a The status d ispl ay sho ws the current time se t on the FrameScop e 350, tal kset status, bat t ery status, and storag e st at us . Clock Display The cl ock sh o ws the ti me of da y. It can b e set i n th e Time and Da te s[...]

Syst em Opera ti ons 7 The Syst em Me nu Agil ent F rameScope 35 0 Us er’ s Manual 157 The S ystem Me nu The FrameScop e 3 50 System Menu is di splay ed by pre ssing System in ei ther the Cable or N etw ork Main Men u, whether in Ex per t Mod e or not . T he Cabl e t ab Sys tem Me nu : Ho w ev er , the Sys t em Me n u h as diff eren t entr ies if[...]

158 Agile nt FrameScope 350 User’s M anua l 7 System Opera t ions Syst em In format ion Syste m Infor m ation Pre ssing System Inf or mati on th en pres sin g Vie w on either Sys t em S ett ings me n u di s pla y s the FrameScop e serial n u mber , softwa re and h ar dw are rev isi on num b e rs. If t h e DualRe mote has b een at t ac hed and cal[...]

Syst em Opera ti ons 7 Stora ge Setup Agil ent F rameScope 35 0 Us er’ s Manual 159 St orage Set up The N e tw ork tab requi res a Compa ctFlas h card so there are n o choi ces in the Netw ork System Se ttin gs. The Ca b l e t ab allo ws y ou to sele ct wh ere t h e t es t re sults are store d. Pres s Sa ve to : and then pr ess Edit . Cho ose eit[...]

160 Agile nt FrameScope 350 User’s M anua l 7 System Opera t ions Bat ter y S tat us Batte ry Status T o vie w the current bat ter y st at us pre ss Po w er then pres s Vie w . If t h e DualRemote is connected an d cal ibrated , bo th the FrameScop e Batter y St a t u s an d the Dua lRemote Batte r y Status are a v ai lable. The d ispl a y also s[...]

Syst em Opera ti ons 7 Time and D ate Setu p Agil ent F rameScope 35 0 Us er’ s Manual 161 T ime and Da te Setup T o set the time and date on the FrameScope, pres s Tim e a n d Dat e , then press Edit . Th e Time and Date Setup scre en allo ws y ou to set the Month, Da y , Y ear , and Time as wel l as t h e displa y method f or ea ch.[...]

162 Agile nt FrameScope 350 User’s M anua l 7 System Opera t ions Us er Int er f ace Setup User Inte rface Setup The Us er Inter f ace Setup scr een i s were t he fo llo w ing cho i c es are m ade: Len gth Un it s - Feet or M e t ers Ex pe rt M o de - O N/OFF (on l y when acces sed f ro m the Cable tab ) Ena ble Sp eak e r ON/OFF Enable T ouch Cl[...]

Syst em Opera ti ons 7 Operator Setup Agil ent F rameScope 35 0 Us er’ s Manual 163 Opera tor Setup In t h e Cable t es t mode, yo u can se t the Operators b y pr essing Ope rators then press ing Edit . Y ou can indi cate where the operato r is f or each of the Frame S co pe and D ualRemo te and what t h ei r name is.[...]

164 Agile nt FrameScope 350 User’s M anua l 7 System Opera t ions To uchs creen Cali b r ation T ouc hscr ee n Ca li b ra ti on If it seems that the Fr a m eScope 350 is not responding cor rec tl y to taps on the tou ch scr een, you may need t o c alibrate the to uch s creen to bring it i nto alignm ent with th e under lyin g display. To ca libra[...]

Syst em Opera ti ons 7 Serial Baud R ate Setu p Agil ent F rameScope 35 0 Us er’ s Manual 165 Seri al Baud R a te Setup Y ou can spec ify w h at serial baud ra te the s erial port of the FrameScop e uses f or uploadi ng tes t recor ds. Press Se rial B aud Rat e: then press Edit . On the Se r ial Baud R at e Setup screen sele ct o ne o f 115.2K , [...]

166 Agile nt FrameScope 350 User’s M anua l 7 System Opera t ions Rest ore Defa ul t Se ttings Restore Defa ult Setting s The f ollo w i ng pr ocedure descr ibes ho w to restore t h e FrameScop e 350 to t he configurati on v alue s that w ere se t wh en y our unit was shi pped fr om th e f actor y. 1 Fro m t h e Mai n Menu on eithe r the Cable or[...]

Syst em Opera ti ons 7 Rest ore De fault Set t ings Agil ent F rameScope 35 0 Us er’ s Manual 167 4 If y ou want to clear the Operat or List , pres s the Clea r Ope rator L ist checkbo x. 5 If y ou wan t to clear cu stom te st l imits, press the D e lete Cust om Limits ch eckbox. 6 Pre ss OK to restore the fact or y-p rogrammed sett ings and clea[...]

168 Agile nt FrameScope 350 User’s M anua l 7 System Opera t ions Calibration Information Calibration Info rmation Y ou may dis play t h e calibratio n informat ion by pres sing Cal ibrat ion Inf or mati on and Vi e w . T h e Calibrati on Inf or mat ion scre en d ispl a ys the factor y cali bration date for both the FrameS cope and Dua lRemote as[...]

Syst em Opera ti ons 7 Printe r Setup Agil ent F rameScope 35 0 Us er’ s Manual 169 Print er S etup The FrameScop e 350 can pri nt labels directl y to a Brady TLS2200 la b e l printer. The labeling paramete rs are s et using the proce dure “ Cho os ing the Labeling Format” on pag e 64. Wh en the F r ameSc ope is confi gured as descr i b ed in[...]

170 Agile nt FrameScope 350 User’s M anua l 7 System Opera t ions Network Setti ng s Network Settin gs The N e tw ork Set tings sc reen sho ws a summary o f the netw ork config urati on. T h is scre en m ay als o be ac cess ed b y press ing on the FrameScope i con on t h e right of the Main Menu. This in cludes the f oll ow ing: The N e tw ork Se[...]

Syst em Opera ti ons 7 N e tw ork Se ttings Agil ent F rameScope 35 0 Us er’ s Manual 171 • De fau lt Gat ewa y – Thi s i s th e de f aul t g ate wa y (r ou ter ) the FrameScop e will use to com municate wi th dev ices on other su b ne ts. Pre ss Ne xt wh en sati sf ied with you r cho ice s. The se cond N e t work Sett ing s Setup screen all [...]

172 Agile nt FrameScope 350 User’s M anua l 7 System Opera t ions Network Setti ng s user can manuall y set the FrameScope for 10 or 10 0 Mbps and ful l or ha lf d upl ex m ode . This may b e used for i nst an ce t o prove that a 10/1 00 switch can prop erly su pport the 10 Mbps spe ed. Wh en sa ti sf ied w ith th e set tin gs, pr es s Nex t get [...]

Syst em Opera ti ons 7 Remote Control Agil ent F rameScope 35 0 Us er’ s Manual 173 Remote Control The FrameScop e c an b e cont r oll ed thr ough its web i n terface. Bef ore this interface can be used, it mus t be enabled thr ough t he Re mot e Con trol S etu p wiz ard. T hi s wizar d als o let s th e user choose t he lev el of secur ity whi ch[...]

174 Agile nt FrameScope 350 User’s M anua l 7 System Opera t ions SNM P S ett ings SNMP Settin gs The FrameScop e 3 50 uses the defa ult communit y “publ ic” and the def ault port 161 f or SNMP access. Y ou may expand the SNM P communiti e s and port number s t o use du ring activ e dis cov e r y , S NMP q uer i e s, and t he Locate S witch T[...]

Syst em Opera ti ons 7 Demo Mod e Agil ent F rameScope 35 0 Us er’ s Manual 175 Demo M ode The Frame S c ope 350 ma y be put in a De mo mode for trai ning or demonst rati on purpos es. In the Ne t w ork tab, th e Demo mode pr o vides f or a ne tw ork consist ing of s ev eral s t at ions, serv ers, a r outer , tw o swit ch/bri dges, and 5 SNMP age[...]

176 Agile nt FrameScope 350 User’s M anua l 7 System Opera t ions Dem o Mo d e[...]

177 Agilent T echnologies Agi l e nt N2610A Fram e S c op e 350 Netw ork Per forman ce An alyzer Use r’ s M a nua l 8 Network Performance A naly ze r Refer e n c e Netw ork Conn ection 179 Netw ork Databa se 181 Station List 18 1 D evice Deta ils 181 Ac t ive Discovery P rocess 182 Netw ork Performa nce Aut ot est 18 4 Autot e s t Se tup 184 Th e[...]

178 Agile nt FrameScope 350 User’s M anua l 8 Netw ork Perfor manc e Analy z er Refe rence Netw ork T ools 205 Pin g 205 Tr a c e R o u t e 205 SN MP Que ry 206 Lo ca te Swit ch Po rt 20 6 MA C Loop-ba ck 206 T raffic Ge nerat ion 206 Remot e Con trol 209 Mem ory R equi rem ent s 210[...]

Netw ork Perfor m a nce Analy zer Refe r en ce 8 Network Conne c tio n Agil ent F rameScope 35 0 Us er’ s Manual 179 Network Connecti on Bef ore t he Fra m eS cope 350 is attac h ed t o a net work, it i s cons tantly checking for a con necti on. When the FrameSco pe 350 det ects that it has b een plu g ge d into a netwo rk devi ce it do es the f [...]

180 Agile nt FrameScope 350 User’s M anua l 8 Netw ork Perfor manc e Analy z er Refe rence Network Connecti on • T est the Def ault Ga tew ay and the DNS an d WINS serv ers. I f an y of th ese d evi ces is not w or king, an err or is recor ded in the Err or Log. Th e Def aul t Gatew ay is tested b y ARPing fo r it s MA C address. T he DNS and W[...]

Netw ork Perfor m a nce Analy zer Refe r en ce 8 N e twor k Databas e Agil ent F rameScope 35 0 Us er’ s Manual 181 Netw ork Dat abase The FrameScop e 350 lis t ens to the net wor k traffic and activ e ly inte rrogates netw ork dev ices to learn about at tached hosts, serv ers, sw itche s and rout ers. This inf or ma tion is stor ed in t h e Net [...]

182 Agile nt FrameScope 350 User’s M anua l 8 Netw ork Perfor manc e Analy z er Refe rence Network Da tab as e MA C addr ess Ne t w ork add ress es: IP an d IPX Serv ices pr o vided b y t he de v ice (D HCP , DNS, etc.) Pr ot o cols used by the devi ce ( I P , IPX, etc. ) Whil e the de vice details are d ispl ay ed, t h e foll ow ing stati sti cs[...]

Netw ork Perfor m a nce Analy zer Refe r en ce 8 N e twor k Databas e Agil ent F rameScope 35 0 Us er’ s Manual 183 • Broadc ast RIP v1 an d v 2 rout ing table requests 5 Ev ery 300 seconds : • Send an ARP fo r e ach IP addre ss in t h e subnet rang e • F or ev ery ARP response re ceiv ed, send an I CMP echo req uest 6 Ev ery 300 seconds : [...]

184 Agile nt FrameScope 350 User’s M anua l 8 Netw ork Perfor manc e Analy z er Refe rence Network Performan ce Autotest Network Perf ormance Autot est The A utotest i s used to measure con necti vity and re spons e time of im p ort ant net wo rk r esou rc es. Each netw ork resour ce is tested usi ng t ar g e t-speci f i c access method s to comm[...]

Netw ork Perfor m a nce Analy zer Refe r en ce 8 Network Pe r formance Autotest Agil ent F rameScope 35 0 Us er’ s Manual 185 The De fault Au totest Su ite The FrameScop e bo ots up with the <Defa ult> suite sel ected. When t h e <Default > s uite is se lected, the FrameScope automat ical ly creates an A utotest suit e fr om t he serv[...]

186 Agile nt FrameScope 350 User’s M anua l 8 Netw ork Perfor manc e Analy z er Refe rence Network Performan ce Autotest Adding T e sts The A dd but ton wil l start u p a wizar d whi ch is used to add t e sts to the test sui te. If t h e Netw ork Database contai ns de vices with f eatures not co vere d b y any test in the t e st suite, t ests f o[...]

Netw ork Perfor m a nce Analy zer Refe r en ce 8 Network Pe r formance Autotest Agil ent F rameScope 35 0 Us er’ s Manual 187 Another wa y to add a test to the su ite is to press the Cre ate New radio but t on and press Ne xt . 1 A li st of tes t type s is pres ented on the next scr een. 2 Sel ect the type of test and pre ss N ext. 3 T e s t spec[...]

188 Agile nt FrameScope 350 User’s M anua l 8 Netw ork Perfor manc e Analy z er Refe rence Network Performan ce Autotest req uested from t he DHCP S erve r . The last se tup scr een pr o vides a lis t of the measure ments performed duri ng this test. An y of the threshold s used to rate the perform ance of eac h of these meas ureme nts ma y be vi[...]

Netw ork Perfor m a nce Analy zer Refe r en ce 8 Network Pe r formance Autotest Agil ent F rameScope 35 0 Us er’ s Manual 189 Serv er Re spon se The tot al time f or negotiatin g f or an IP addres s from the DHCP Serve r DNS Se rver The D NS Ser v er test v erifi es that the serv er can look up a n ame or an IP addres s. Te s t S e t u p The firs[...]

190 Agile nt FrameScope 350 User’s M anua l 8 Netw ork Perfor manc e Analy z er Refe rence Network Performan ce Autotest modi f ie d by se lecting it f rom t h is list an d sel ecti ng Edit as s ho wn in the DHCP ser ver . The measure ments taken duri ng this test are: PING Re spons e T h e ti m e i t t a ke s t o pe r fo r m a n I CM P E c h o t[...]

Netw ork Perfor m a nce Analy zer Refe r en ce 8 Network Pe r formance Autotest Agil ent F rameScope 35 0 Us er’ s Manual 191 WINS Serv e r (NetB IO S Na m e Se rver) The WINS Serv er t e st v erifies that the serve r can co n v ert a name t o an I P ad dress. Te s t S e t u p The first setup screen is use d t o en ter the IP add res s of the WI [...]

192 Agile nt FrameScope 350 User’s M anua l 8 Netw ork Perfor manc e Analy z er Refe rence Network Performan ce Autotest NT File S erver NFS Fil e Server The file s erver test s pr o v ide t he fo llo w i ng bas ic operat ion s: • Check server a vaila bilit y b y logging- in to the s erve r or with a partial log-in if a username and pass wor d [...]

Netw ork Perfor m a nce Analy zer Refe r en ce 8 Network Pe r formance Autotest Agil ent F rameScope 35 0 Us er’ s Manual 193 The next setup scree n al lo ws se le cti on of the file actions to be teste d. The l ast setup sc reen pro vides a li st of the measurem ents pe r f o rmed d uri n g th e tes t. An y o f the thre s hol ds u se d to ra te [...]

194 Agile nt FrameScope 350 User’s M anua l 8 Netw ork Perfor manc e Analy z er Refe rence Network Performan ce Autotest loc atio n o f t he scre en shown. Us e t he S cro ll ro ck er to sc roll thro ugh th e l ist . The t ime resp on s es are modifie d as sho wn in t he DHC P se rver . The measure ments taken duri ng this test are: Name Lookup T[...]

Netw ork Perfor m a nce Analy zer Refe r en ce 8 Network Pe r formance Autotest Agil ent F rameScope 35 0 Us er’ s Manual 195 Exam ples of modi fy ing rate s and time ar e sho wn belo w: We b S e r v er The W eb S e rv er t est verifi es that s erve r is ac cess ible and mea- sures the do wnload t ime of the fi rst g e t operat ion. Te s t S e t [...]

196 Agile nt FrameScope 350 User’s M anua l 8 Netw ork Perfor manc e Analy z er Refe rence Network Performan ce Autotest measure ments ma y be vie wed and mo dif i e d by s el ecti ng it fr om this li st and select ing Edit. The measure ments taken duri ng this test are: Name Lookup The reque st/res ponse t ime f or conv er ti ng a name into an a[...]

Netw ork Perfor m a nce Analy zer Refe r en ce 8 Network Pe r formance Autotest Agil ent F rameScope 35 0 Us er’ s Manual 197 Rec ei v e R ate The rate in by tes per seco nd f or the do wnload of th e f i rs t da t a in res po nse to the g e t com m and. E-mail Se rv er The E-mai l Serv er test ver ifies that the E-ma i l serv er is acces si- bl [...]

198 Agile nt FrameScope 350 User’s M anua l 8 Netw ork Perfor manc e Analy z er Refe rence Network Performan ce Autotest perfo r man ce of each of t h ese me asuremen ts ma y be vie we d a nd modi f ie d by se lecting it f rom t h is list an d sel ecti ng Edit . The measure ments taken duri ng this test are: Name Lookup T h e request/r esponse ti[...]

Netw ork Perfor m a nce Analy zer Refe r en ce 8 Network Pe r formance Autotest Agil ent F rameScope 35 0 Us er’ s Manual 199 Novell Serve r Print Se rv er F TP Se rver SNMP Ag ent Primary D omain Controller Backup Dom a in Controlle r Rout er W orkst a tion Thes e t es ts veri fies th at the named de vice is access ible an d measure s th e name [...]

200 Agile nt FrameScope 350 User’s M anua l 8 Netw ork Perfor manc e Analy z er Refe rence Network Performan ce Autotest The measuremen ts t a k en during al l these tests are : Name Lookup T h e request/r esponse time f or conv e rt i ng a name into an ad dress. PING Re spons e T h e ti m e i t t a ke s t o pe r fo r m a n I CM P E c h o t e st [...]

Netw ork Perfor m a nce Analy zer Refe r en ce 8 Network Pe r formance Autotest Agil ent F rameScope 35 0 Us er’ s Manual 201 lookup , a PIN G respo n s e, a f i r st re sponse, and a page read operat ion. The status and ti me f or each of these op erati ons is pr ese nted in the detail ed view . The A utotest may be left run ning i n a loop wi t[...]

202 Agile nt FrameScope 350 User’s M anua l 8 Netw ork Perfor manc e Analy z er Refe rence Sta tis tics St atistic s The first view in to statisti cs pr o vid es the o ver all ne tw ork heal t h. The ope rat or can dri ll do wn into t h e st at ist ics to get more an d more detaile d informat ion . Some of the more detail ed inf ormation is gathe[...]

Netw ork Perfor m a nce Analy zer Refe r en ce 8 Sta tist ics Agil ent F rameScope 35 0 Us er’ s Manual 203 Bro adcasts T h e n um b e r of broadcas t frames or the perce n t of the uti lizat ion use d up b y broadcas t f rames. Pres sin g this statis t i c swi t che s to a list of T op Broadc ast Tra n s mitters. Pressi ng an y of the Top Trans [...]

204 Agile nt FrameScope 350 User’s M anua l 8 Netw ork Perfor manc e Analy z er Refe rence Sta tis tics Protocol M ix Pre ssin g the proto col g ets y o u to the Top Transm i t ters of that pr otocol . Pressing an y of t h e Top Transmi tter s brings up the Station Detail screen for that st ati on. • IP • IPX • AR P • RARP • Ban yan •[...]

Netw ork Perfor m a nce Analy zer Refe r en ce 8 Netw o rk Tools Agil ent F rameScope 35 0 Us er’ s Manual 205 Network T ools Ping The Pi ng tool is us ed to veri fy acce ss to devic es on a net work. The current , min imum, maxi mum and a ver age resp onse times are d ispla yed along wi th a count for th e number of ti mes th er e wa s no re spo[...]

206 Agile nt FrameScope 350 User’s M anua l 8 Netw ork Perfor manc e Analy z er Refe rence Network Tools Rem o te devi c e I P ad dress T h e remote devi ce ma y be sele cted fr om a l ist o r e ntered as a name o r IP address . If t he devi ce is sp ecified by a name, D NS and WINS ar e used to t ra n s l at e the name into an IP address . Max i[...]

Netw ork Perfor m a nce Analy zer Refe r en ce 8 Netw o rk Tools Agil ent F rameScope 35 0 Us er’ s Manual 207 The ope rator ma y change any o f the f ollo wing pr operties of the traffic being generated: Frame Le ng th The number of byt es in t h e frame, in clud ing the FCS. This number ranges f r om 64-1 518 unl ess l ong or short frames are s[...]

208 Agile nt FrameScope 350 User’s M anua l 8 Netw ork Perfor manc e Analy z er Refe rence Network Tools Des tina tion M AC T o sen d a frame t o a station on the local L AN, enter i ts MA C addres s. If th e d esti nat ion addres s is set to FF- FF-FF- FF-FF- FF , t he frame will be re ceiv ed by al l d evi ces on the L A N. To se n d a frame ac[...]

Netw ork Perfor m a nce Analy zer Refe r en ce 8 Remote Control Agil ent F rameScope 35 0 Us er’ s Manual 209 Remote Control A we b s erver is imp lemented in the FrameScop e 350 to pr o vide a means to contr ol a nd monito r the FrameScope 350 vi a a w eb br o wser . The FrameScop e’s home page pr ovi des li nk s to the f ol- lo wing FrameS co[...]

210 Agile nt FrameScope 350 User’s M anua l 8 Netw ork Perfor manc e Analy z er Refe rence Memory Requirements Mem o ry Re quireme nts The FrameScop e 350 requir es a Com pactFlas h ™ card to store test resu lts an d network s tati on l i st s . The amount of m em ory th at each Autotest res ul t tak e s up depends on the num ber of te s t an d[...]

211 Agilent T echnologies Agi l e nt N2610A Fram e S c op e 350 Netw ork Per forman ce An alyzer Use r’ s M a nua l 9 Cabl e T est er Re fere nce Mea surem ents 21 2 Wire map 212 Lengt h 212 Prop a ga tio n De lay and Skew 212 Near E nd Cro sstalk (N EXT) 213 Atte nuatio n 21 3 Return L oss 214 Equal Le v e l F ar End C ro sst alk ( ELFEXT) 214 A[...]

212 Agile nt FrameScope 350 User’s M anua l 9 Cab l e T ester Refe r e nce Mea su rem ents Meas uremen t s The FrameScope 350 make s th e following test measur ements. See “Setti ng the M e as ur ement s” on page 129 for m or e detai ls. W ir emap Wiremap te s ting che cks for proper c onti nuity and term ination of cable s . The test identif[...]

Cab le Te st er R eferen ce 9 Mea su rem ents Agil ent F rameScope 35 0 Us er’ s Manual 213 Nea r End C ross talk ( NEXT) NEXT measur es near end coupling betw een pair s in the test ed cable run , at both ends of a cable, o v er 6 pair combin at ions. Attenu a tion Attenuation me asures the de c r e ase i n signal strength ov er the length of al[...]

214 Agile nt FrameScope 350 User’s M anua l 9 Cab l e T ester Refe r e nce Mea su rem ents Return Loss Retu rn Loss measures the degr adati on of sig nal over all four pairs from each end of the tested cable r un . Equal Level Far End Crosstalk (ELFEXT) ELFEX T measures far en d coup ling betw ee n pairs in the tested cable, for all p air co mbin[...]

Cab le Te st er R eferen ce 9 Mea su rem ents Agil ent F rameScope 35 0 Us er’ s Manual 215 Power Sum ELFE XT (PSELEXT) Computed for each pair by calculating a power sum tota l of the pair-to-pair ELFEX T from the three other pairs. Power S um A CR (P SACR) The ra ti o of the m easured a tt e nuation a n d the com puted power sum near end crossta[...]

216 Agile nt FrameScope 350 User’s M anua l 9 Cab l e T ester Refe r e nce Calibration Calib rat ion Meas ur ement Calib ra tion Rem ote Calib r ation Remote cali bration esta blis hes a common zero ref erence f or the FrameSco pe 350 and it s associ ated DualRem o t e 350, befo re any end- to-end meas urements are taken . You m ust perform a rem[...]

Cab le Te st er R eferen ce 9 Calibration Agil ent F rameScope 35 0 Us er’ s Manual 217 T o r un a s e lf test on the DualR e m ote 350: 1 Insert the Sel f-Test prob e in the SmartProbe por t of the Dua l R emote 350. 2 Pres s the OK key . T he Pa ss /F ai l LE D on t he fr on t pa ne l of th e Dual Remote 350 indicates t he out come of the sel f[...]

218 Agile nt FrameScope 350 User’s M anua l 9 Cab l e T ester Refe r e nce Memory Requirements Mem o ry Re quireme nts The a m o unt of mem or y that each test resu lt takes u p depe n ds on the option s that you set before starti ng the test. General ly, if yo u save plots with ea ch test, test r esult fil es are larger than i f you om it plots.[...]

219 Agilent T echnologies Agi l e nt N2610A Fram e S c op e 350 Netw ork Per forman ce An alyzer Use r’ s M a nua l 10 Dual Re mote 350 Re fe re nc e The Dual Remote 350 220 Cont rol B utto ns 220 Indi c a tors 221 This ch apt er d escr ibes the f eature s of the Agilent Du alRemot e 350.[...]

220 Agi lent Fra meS cope 35 0 User’s Man ual 10 DualRemote 350 Refere nce The D ualRe mote 350 The Du alRemot e 35 0 The Dual Remote 35 0 perfo rms the same tes ts as the FrameS cope 3 50, and is controll ed by the Frame Scope. The DualRemote d isplays information u sing LED i ndicators. Control B uttons The Dual Remote 35 0 has t h e same cont [...]

DualRemote 350 R eference 10 The Du al Re m ote 3 50 Agil ent FrameSc ope 35 0 User ’s Manua l 221 Ind icat or s Pair S tatus Indi cators The pair status indicators turn gre en or red at t he end of a test t o s how the st atus o f e ach pai r. A r e d indi cator means the asso ciat ed pai r failed the curr ent te st. W arni ng Indi cators The wa[...]

222 Agi lent Fra meS cope 35 0 User’s Man ual 10 DualRemote 350 Refere nce The D ualRe mote 350 Pass/Fail: The Pass/F ail indicat or turns green when the test pa sses, or red when the test fai l s . Diagnostics The Di agnostics s ection of t h e DualRemote 350 front panel provi des more de tai led inform ation about fai l ing test results. WS and[...]

223 Agilent T echnologies Agi l e nt N2610A Fram e S c op e 350 Netw ork Per forman ce An alyzer Use r’ s M a nua l 11 Spec ificat ions Physi cal 224 Envi ronm ent al 22 5 Elec trica l 226 Po r t s 227 Dis pla y 22 9 F ib er S m ar t Pro be + 230[...]

224 Agi lent Fra meS cope 35 0 User’s Man ual 9 Speci f ica tions Phy sic al Phy sica l The F rameScop e 350 and Dual Remote 35 0 are the s a me size, a nd weigh the same.[...]

Specifica t i ons 9 Envir o nmental Agil ent FrameSc ope 35 0 User ’s Manua l 225 En vironme ntal ° ° ° ° ° °[...]

226 Agi lent Fra meS cope 35 0 User’s Man ual 9 Speci f ica tions Ele ct ric al Elec trical WA RN I N G Use on ly the ac adapter suppli ed in the FrameScope Kit. Us ing other po wer ad apt er s may damage the tes t er , and will void i ts warranty. NOTE T h is d e vi c e c o m pl i e s w i t h p a rt 15 o f t h e F CC r u l e s. O p e ra t i on i[...]

Specifica t i ons 9 Ports Agil ent FrameSc ope 35 0 User ’s Manua l 227 Ports Smart Probe test po rt At tachment point fo r test probes . Interface cont ain s high performanc e signal channels for measurement func ti ons a nd two-way control int erface for reading and cont rolli ng active test probes. Serial port Allo ws the FrameScope 350 or Dua[...]

228 Agi lent Fra meS cope 35 0 User’s Man ual 9 Speci f ica tions Ports CompactFlash™ card slot Provides removable n on- volatile s t o rage for te s t re s ult files. S upports any st andard Compact F l ash™ s torage car d. Dens iti es as high as 512MB are pr esently avai lable. Data stored in standar d f o rm at compatibl e wit h PCMCIA-A T[...]

Specifica t i ons 9 Di spla y Agil ent FrameSc ope 35 0 User ’s Manua l 229 Disp lay 6.625 ” ( 16.83 cm) di agonal back li t color LCD. Resol u t ion: 240 (H) x 640 (V). The display is ca pable of display ing text an d graphics in up to 25 6 col ors.[...]

230 Agi lent Fra meS cope 35 0 User’s Man ual 9 Speci f ica tions Fiber SmartProbe+ Fib er SmartProb e + Ge nera l Fibe r Smar tPro b e+ 850nm, Fiber S m a rtPr o be + 1300nm Fibe r Smar tPro b e+ 1310nm, Fiber S m a rtPr o be + 1550nm Size 2. 4” x 1.6” x 0. 8” (6. 0 cm x 4. 0 cm x 2.5 cm) 2.4” x 1.6” x 0.8” (6. 0 cm x 4. 0 cm x 2.5 c[...]

231 Agilent T echnologies Agi l e nt N2610A Fram e S c op e 350 Netw ork Per forman ce An alyzer Use r’ s M a nua l 12 Glossary Glossary 232[...]

232 Agile nt FrameScope 350 User’s M anua l 9 Gl ossar y Gloss ary Gloss ary ARP A ddr ess Resolut ion Protocol - A broad cast protocol used to di sco ver th e lo w lev el (MA C) addre ss that corres ponds t o th e hi gher level (IP , IPX , e tc. ) ad dres s. Auto Di scover y Proactively request ing inf o rm a t ion abou t the netw ork. Also call[...]

Glossar y 9 Glossary Agil ent F rameScope 35 0 Us er’ s Manual 233 assi gned to them. DHCP assi gns a un i que IP addr ess . A de vice ma y reque st a s ubn e t mask, def ault ro uter addr ess, na me serve r addres s, and other parameters and addresses . DHCP ser ver Any of s evera l k ind s of devic es t h at p rovide DH CP servi ces. Thes e com[...]

234 Agile nt FrameScope 350 User’s M anua l 9 Gl ossar y Gloss ary Frame Dat a org ani zed i n b yt e s encapsulat ed wit h a hea der and a trail e r con taining inf or m ation regar ding the data. Frame and pac k et are some time used inte rcha ngeab ly. Fram e T y pe The f or mat of t h e fram e. Some exam ples are: SN AP/IP , SN AP/IPX, 802. 3[...]

Glossar y 9 Glossary Agil ent F rameScope 35 0 Us er’ s Manual 235 MIB Management Inf ormation Base - A set of parameter s that are a vailable an d somet imes cus tomizable that an SNMP mana gement st ation can quer y. Use d to repor t st atus or configurat ion inf or ma tion of compon ents of a netw ork. Multicas t A su bset of a Bro adcast wher[...]

236 Agile nt FrameScope 350 User’s M anua l 9 Gl ossar y Gloss ary Serv er A com puter or serv ice that is shar ed am on g stations on the n e tw ork. Any d evice in the networ k that pr o vides s ervices upon re quest . SM TP S im ple Mail Transf er Pr ot oc ol - The Internet elec tron ic mail protocol used to tra nsf er mail b etw een host s. S[...]

Glossar y 9 Glossary Agil ent F rameScope 35 0 Us er’ s Manual 237 UN IX se rve r A device p r ov idin g servic e s in a networ k and r un ning a vers ion o f t he Unix ope rati ng sy ste m. A UNI X ser ver is us uall y an NFS serv er . Ut iliz a tio n A measure of ho w much of the netw ork’s bandwi dth is bei ng used. It is usu ally expres sed[...]

238 Agile nt FrameScope 350 User’s M anua l 9 Gl ossar y Gloss ary[...]

Agil ent FrameSc ope 35 0 User ’s Manua l 239 INDEX A ac ad apte r sp ec if ic ati ons, 226 ACR mea s u rement, 214 Ac tive Di scove ry, 18 2 amb ient n oise meas uremen t , 215 at tenuat i on me asurem ent, 213 B Ba cklig ht, 1 62 Bac kup Dom ain C ontrol l er test , 199 Battery ch arg ing , 1 1 indicator on Dua lRemote , 2 21 St atus, 16 0 bli [...]

240 A gilent F ram eScop e 350 Use r’s Ma nual 5988-714 2EN N Network cert ifyi ng, 136 co nne cting t o, 12 co nne cti on, 1 79 Limits, 1 25 T e sti ng Ov e rvie w, 16 netwo rk resou rc e s list , 1 8 Netw ork T ools M enu, 205 NE XT measur emen t, 213 NFS File S erve r test , 1 92 Nov ell se rv er test, 19 9 NVP lear ning c oppe r, 138 lear ni [...]