Albedo xGenius User manual

User’s Manual
Ethernet & IP Testing Guide
xGenius
UM-XGENIUS-ETH-09-05-19

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Table Of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction ............................................................................................. 1
Important Notice ............................................................................................. 2
Warranty................................................................................................ 2
Safety.................................................................................................... 3
WEEE Notice ........................................................................................ 3
The Tester ....................................................................................................... 3
Test Connector Panel ........................................................................... 4
Platform Connector Panel ..................................................................... 6
The Graphical User Interface......................................................................... 6
The Home Panel ................................................................................... 6
The Menu Structure .............................................................................. 9
The Summary and LEDs Tabs............................................................ 11
Recently Used Panel and Menu Tree ................................................. 12
Predefined Tests................................................................................. 13
Running Tests............................................................................................... 13
Upgrading the Unit ....................................................................................... 14
Chapter 2: Connection to the Network .................................................................. 17
Setting the Operation Mode......................................................................... 17
Connecting the Tester to the Network........................................................ 20
Configuring the Connector .................................................................. 21
Using the SFP / SFP+ Ports................................................................ 22
Configuring Port A and Port B Auto-negotiation Parameters .............. 24
Entering the Port Local Settings................................................................. 27
Using Pluggable Hardware Modules (PHMs) ............................................. 30
Using the Traffic Reflector........................................................................... 30
Testing with an External Clock Reference................................................. 32
Using PPS / ToD and Frequency References..................................... 38
Configuring the Built in GNSS Receiver.............................................. 41
Using the Holdover Mode.................................................................... 45
Using the Clock Reference Output ............................................................. 48

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Chapter 3: Cable Tests ............................................................................................53
Electrical Test................................................................................................53
Basic Principles of Ethernet Cable Wiring ...........................................53
Connecting the Tester .........................................................................55
Running the Test .................................................................................56
Measuring Optical Power .............................................................................60
Measuring PoE / PoE+ Electrical Parameters ............................................60
Chapter 4: Traffic Generation..................................................................................65
Generation of Ethernet Traffic .....................................................................65
Physical Layer Settings .......................................................................66
Frame Settings ....................................................................................66
Configuring the Bandwith Profile .........................................................73
Choosing the Test Payload for Ethernet..............................................77
Generation of IPv4 Traffic ............................................................................80
Configuring the Physical and MAC Layers ..........................................81
Configuring MPLS ...............................................................................82
Configuring the Port Local Network Profile..........................................85
Configuring the IPv4 Datagram ...........................................................86
Setting the Bandwidth Profile ..............................................................90
Choosing the Test Payload for IPv4 ....................................................90
Event Insertion ..............................................................................................90
Chapter 5: Basic Frame Analysis ...........................................................................95
Global Counts and Statistics .......................................................................96
Frame Counts......................................................................................96
Error Counts ........................................................................................98
Network Counts ...................................................................................99
Bandwidth Statistics ..........................................................................101
Frame Size Distribution .....................................................................103
MPLS Statistics .................................................................................103
Using the Network Search Capability .......................................................104
The LEDs Panel...........................................................................................105
The Event Logger........................................................................................109
Configuring the Event Logger............................................................110
Displaying Logs .................................................................................111
Exporting Logs...................................................................................113
BER Testing.................................................................................................113

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Framed BER Tests............................................................................ 114
Physical Layer BER Tests................................................................. 115
Service Disruption Time ............................................................................ 121
Chapter 6: Multi-Stream Analysis......................................................................... 123
Enabling and Disabling Filters.................................................................. 123
Configuring Filters ..................................................................................... 125
MAC Selection .................................................................................. 126
C-VLAN and S-VLAN Selection ........................................................ 128
MPLS Selection................................................................................. 129
IPv4 Selection ................................................................................... 131
IPv6 Selection ................................................................................... 134
UDP Selection................................................................................... 136
Fixed Offset Selection ....................................................................... 137
Per-Stream Counts and Statistics............................................................. 139
Bandwidth Statistics .......................................................................... 140
SLA Statistics .................................................................................... 141
Chapter 7: Automatic Performance Tests ........................................................... 145
Performance Assessment with the RFC 2544 Test ................................. 146
Throughput........................................................................................ 147
Latency.............................................................................................. 149
Frame Loss ....................................................................................... 150
Back-to-Back Frames........................................................................ 151
System Recovery .............................................................................. 152
Configuration Pass / Fail Thresholds ................................................ 153
Getting Test Results.......................................................................... 154
Generation of RFC 2544 Result Reports .......................................... 158
Performance Assessment with the eSAM Test ....................................... 161
Bandwidth Profiles for Ethernet Services.......................................... 163
Test Configuration............................................................................. 167
CIR Configuration Test...................................................................... 173
EIR Configuration Test...................................................................... 174
Policing Configuration Test ............................................................... 174
Performance Test.............................................................................. 176
Generation of eSAM Result Reports................................................. 177
Performance Assessment with the RFC 6349 ......................................... 180
Configuring the RFC 6349 Test ........................................................ 183
Setting the Performance Objectives.................................................. 187
Retrieving the Results ....................................................................... 188

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Configuring the Test Method .....................................................................192
Using the Responder Function..................................................................196
Chapter 8: Ping and Traceroute Tools .................................................................199
Ping ..............................................................................................................199
Internet Control Message Protocol ....................................................199
Test Configuration .............................................................................200
Result verification ..............................................................................202
Traceroute ...................................................................................................204
Test Configuration .............................................................................204
Result verification ..............................................................................206
Chapter 9: IEEE 1588 Analysis..............................................................................209
Ethernet Synchronization with IEEE 1588 ................................................209
Precedents: IP Synchronization with NTP.........................................210
PTP Protocol Details .........................................................................210
The Synchronization Mechanism ......................................................211
Protocol Encapsulation......................................................................212
Unicast Addressing Mode..................................................................213
IEEE 1588 Grandmaster and Slave Emulation .........................................213
Configuration of the IEEE 1588 Master and Slave ............................215
Protocol State ....................................................................................226
Message Statistics.............................................................................231
Delay Statistics ..................................................................................233
Clock Status ......................................................................................238
Unicast Negotiation Results ..............................................................240
The Pseudo-slave Emulation Mode...........................................................241
TE Test ..............................................................................................242
Wander (MTIE / TDEV) Test .............................................................243
Floor Delay Population Test ..............................................................249
Passive Monitoring .....................................................................................252
Chapter 10: Synchronous Ethernet Analysis ......................................................255
Introduction to Synchronous Ethernet .....................................................255
Ethernet Synchronization Messaging Channel..................................257
Synchronous Ethernet for the 1000BASE-T Interface.......................257
Frequency Measurement............................................................................260
MTIE / TDEV Analysis .................................................................................260

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Frequency Offset Generation .................................................................... 262
Wander Generation .................................................................................... 263
Operation in IP Through Mode .................................................................. 264
ESMC Generation and Analysis ................................................................ 265
Chapter 11: Test Management.............................................................................. 269
Generating Reports .................................................................................... 269
File Management ........................................................................................ 271
Saving Configurations ....................................................................... 271
Renaming Files ................................................................................. 272
Deleting Files .................................................................................... 272
Exporting Files to External Devices .................................................. 272
Importing Configurations ................................................................... 273
Verifying the Current Disk Usage...................................................... 273
Configuring What to Do When the Disk is Full .................................. 274
Using the Embedded Web Server..................................................... 274
Programming Tests.................................................................................... 275
Using the System Menu ............................................................................. 277
Using the Network............................................................................. 279
Installing Software Options ............................................................... 285
Upgrading the Power Management .................................................. 286
Using NTP and GPS/NMEA for System Clock Synchronization ....... 287
Using the Remote Control ......................................................................... 289
Appendix A: Technical Specification................................................................... 291
General ........................................................................................................ 291
Operation Modes ........................................................................................ 291
Clock............................................................................................................ 292
Rubidium Reference ......................................................................... 292
Built in GNSS .................................................................................... 292
GNSS Compact Antenna .................................................................. 292
Clock Reference Inputs..................................................................... 292
Clock Reference Outputs .................................................................. 293
Ethernet PHY............................................................................................... 293
Auto-Negotiation ............................................................................... 293
Synchronous Ethernet....................................................................... 293
Power over Ethernet ......................................................................... 294
Ethernet MAC.............................................................................................. 294

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MPLS ............................................................................................................295
IPv4...............................................................................................................295
Generic / /UDP Traffic Generator...............................................................295
Bandwidth Profiles.............................................................................296
Test Patterns and Payloads ..............................................................296
Filter .............................................................................................................296
Ethernet Selection .............................................................................297
MPLS Selection .................................................................................297
IPv4 Selection....................................................................................297
IPv6 Selection....................................................................................297
UDP Selection ...................................................................................297
PTP / IEEE 1588...........................................................................................297
PHY Results.................................................................................................298
Cable Tests .......................................................................................298
SFP....................................................................................................298
Auto-Negotiation................................................................................298
Synchronous Ethernet .......................................................................298
Frame Analysis ...........................................................................................299
Ethernet Statistics..............................................................................299
MPLS Statistics .................................................................................299
IP Statistics........................................................................................299
Bandwidth Statistics ..........................................................................299
SLA Statistics ....................................................................................299
Service Disruption Time ....................................................................300
BER ...................................................................................................300
Network Exploration ..........................................................................300
PTP / IEEE 1588 Statistics..........................................................................301
Automatic Tests ..........................................................................................301
IETF RFC 2544 Test .........................................................................301
ITU-T Y.1564 Test .............................................................................302
IETF RFC 6349 Test .........................................................................302
Port Loopback.............................................................................................302
ICMP Processor ..........................................................................................303
Protocol Processor.....................................................................................303
Platform .......................................................................................................303
Power Specifications .........................................................................303
User Interface ....................................................................................303
Results...............................................................................................304
Operational Ranges...........................................................................304