Endace DAG 6.1S User manual

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EDM 01-11v8 DAG 6.1S Card User Guide
©2005 Version 8: May 2006
Copyright © 2005.
Published by:
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EDM 01-11v8 DAG 6.1S Card User Guide
©2005 Version 8: May 2006
Typographical Conventions Used in this Document
•Command-line examples suitable for entering at command prompts are displayed in
mono-space courier font. The font is also used to describe config file data
used as examples within a sentence. An example can be in more than one sentence.
Results generated by example command-lines are also displayed in mono-space
courier font.
•The software version references such as 2.3.x, 2.4.x, 2.5.x are specific to Endace
Measurement Systems and relate to Company software products only.
Protection Against Harmful Interference
When present on product this manual pertains to and indicated by product labelling, the statement "This device complies
with part 15 of the FCC rules" specifies the equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A
digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the Federal Communications Commission [FCC] Rules.
These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a
commercial environment.
This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the
instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be
required to correct the interference at his own expense.
Extra Components and Materials
The product that this manual pertains to may include extra components and materials that are not essential to its basic
operation, but are necessary to ensure compliance to the product standards required by the United States Federal
Communications Commission, and the European EMC Directive. Modification or removal of these components and/or
materials, is liable to cause non compliance to these standards, and in doing so invalidate the user’s right to operate this
equipment in a Class A industrial environment.

EDM 01-11v8 DAG 6.1S Card User Guide
©2005 i Version 8: May 2006
Table of Contents
1.0 PREFACE........................................................................................................................... 1
1.1 User Manual Purpose ......................................................................................................1
1.2 DAG 6.1S Card Product Description..............................................................................2
1.3 DAG 6.1S Card Architecture ..........................................................................................3
1.4 DAG 6.1S Card Extended Functions ..............................................................................3
1.5 DAG 6.1S Card System Requirements ...........................................................................3
2.0 INSTALLING DAG 6.1S CARD......................................................................................5
2.1 Installation of Operating System and Endace Software..................................................5
2.2 Insert DAG 6.1S Card into PC........................................................................................5
2.3 Connect Card Ports .........................................................................................................6
3.0 SETTING DAG 6.1S CARD OPTICAL POWER.......................................................... 7
3.1 DAG 6.1S Card Optical Power Input..............................................................................7
3.2 Splitter Losses .................................................................................................................8
4.0 CONFIDENCE TESTING DAG 6.1S CARD .................................................................9
4.1 Interpreting DAG 6.1S Card LED Status........................................................................9
4.2 DAG 6.1S Card LED Display Functions ......................................................................10
4.3 Configuration in WYSYCC Style.................................................................................11
4.4 dagsix Utility............................................................................................................14
4.5 DAG 6.1S Card Capture Session ..................................................................................14
4.6 Inspect PoS Interface Statistics .....................................................................................15
4.7 Inspect 10G Ethernet Interface Statistics ......................................................................18
4.8 Reporting Problems.......................................................................................................23
5.0 RUNNING DATA CAPTURE SOFTWARE................................................................ 24
5.1 Starting Data Capture Session.......................................................................................24
5.2 High Load Performance ................................................................................................26
6.0 SYNCHRONIZING CLOCK TIME.............................................................................. 28
6.1 Configuration Tool Usage.............................................................................................29
6.2 Time Synchronization Configurations ..........................................................................30
6.2.1 Single Card no Reference Time Synchronization...................................................30
6.2.2 Two Cards no Reference Time Synchronization....................................................31
6.2.3 Card with Reference Time Synchronization...........................................................32
6.3 Synchronization Connector Pin-outs.............................................................................34
7.0 DATA FORMATS OVERVIEW.................................................................................... 36
7.1 Data Formats .................................................................................................................36
7.2 Timestamps ...................................................................................................................38

EDM 01-11v8 DAG 6.1S Card User Guide
©2005 ii Version 8: May 2006