JDS Uniphase IP Video Test Option HST-3000 User manual

HST-3000
Ethernet Testing
User’s Guide

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Contents
About This Guide xiii
Purpose and scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv
Assumptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv
Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv
HST-3000 Ethernet Testing User’s Guide . . . . . . . . . . . xvi
HST-3000 Base Unit User’s Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi
Safety and compliance information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi
Technical assistance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xvii
Conventions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xvii
Chapter 1 Getting Started 1
Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Features and capabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
What’s new . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Software options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Status LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Connectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Test applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

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Terminate applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
10/100/1G Electrical Ethernet terminate
application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
1G Optical Ethernet terminate application. . . . . . . 11
100M Optical Ethernet terminate application. . . . .12
Monitor applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
10/100/1G Electrical Ethernet monitor application. 12
1G Optical Ethernet monitor application . . . . . . . .13
100M Optical Ethernet monitor application . . . . . .14
Thru applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
10/100/1G Electrical Ethernet thru application . . . 15
1G Optical Ethernet thru application . . . . . . . . . . .15
Test scenarios. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Verifying connectivity and evaluating latency. . . . . . . .16
Verifying throughput and stressing the network . . . . . .19
Monitoring statistics and troubleshooting traffic on a
link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Using J-Connect to discover another JDSU test set. . .21
Discoverable instruments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Discovering an instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
About the Refresh soft key. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
Sorting discovered instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
Observing details for an instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
Configuring your test. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Launching an application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
Specifying test mode and network visibility settings. . .31
Specifying basic test settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
Saving test configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
Deleting test configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
Loading a configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
Estimating throughput on the circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
Restarting tests. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
Viewing test results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
Clearing history results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
Instrument settings and user preferences. . . . . . . . . . .40

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Chapter 2 Running Cable Diagnostics 41
About cable diagnostics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Running cable diagnostics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Viewing cable measurements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Chapter 3 Ethernet Testing 45
About Ethernet testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Selecting a layer 2 test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Discovering another JDSU test instrument . . . . . . . . . 47
Initializing the link for Ethernet testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Configuring layer 2 Ethernet tests. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Specifying frame characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Configuring the traffic load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Transmitting a constant load. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Transmitting a bursty load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Transmitting a ramped load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Transmitting a flooded load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Filtering received traffic using layer 2 criteria . . . . . . . 65
Transmitting layer 2 traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Using J-Proof to verify layer 2 transparency . . . . . . . . 71
Observing J-Proof (transparency) results . . . . . . . . . . 78
BER testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Measuring service disruption time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Inserting errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Inserting pause frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Configuring and viewing pause capabilities on Electrical
Ethernet networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Configuring pause capabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Viewing pause capabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Transmitting patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Loopback testing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Using the Local Loopback feature. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Using the automatic loopback feature. . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Monitoring Ethernet traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

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OAM service and link layer testing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94
Specifying OAM settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95
Turning RDI or AIS analysis On. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104
Sending LBM or LTM messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105
MAC-in-MAC testing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105
Understanding MAC-in-MAC test results . . . . . . . . . .106
Understanding MAC-in-MAC LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106
Configuring MAC-in-MAC tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106
Initializing the link for MiM testing . . . . . . . . . . . .107
Specifying frame characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . .107
Configuring the traffic load. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109
Specifying OAM settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109
Filtering MiM traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109
Transmitting MiM traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Inserting errors or pause frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Measuring round trip delay and packet jitter . . . . . . . 114
Measuring service disruption time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Monitoring layer 2 MiM traffic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Chapter 4 IP Testing 117
About IP testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Selecting a layer 3 IP test. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120
Discovering another JDSU test instrument . . . . . . . . .121
Initializing the link for IPoE testing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121
Establishing an IPoE connection for IPv4 traffic. . . . .122
Establishing an IPoE connection for IPv6 traffic. . . . .124
Establishing a PPPoE session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128
PPPoE messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134
Terminating a PPPoE session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135
Configuring layer 3 IP tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136
Specifying frame characteristics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136
Specifying IP packet settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137
Configuring the traffic load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .141
Filtering received traffic using layer 2 criteria. . . . . . . 142

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Filtering received traffic using layer 3 criteria . . . . . . 142
Specifying IPv4 filter criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Specifying IPv6 filter criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Transmitting layer 3 IP traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Inserting errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Inserting pause frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Loopback testing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Ping testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Running Traceroute. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Monitoring IP traffic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Chapter 5 TCP/UDP Testing 163
About TCP/UDP testing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
.Understanding the ATP Listen Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Selecting a layer 4 TCP/UDP test. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Discovering another JDSU test instrument . . . . . . . . 166
Specifying layer 2 and layer 3 settings . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Configuring layer 4 traffic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Well known ports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Specifying the traffic mode and ports . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Configuring the traffic load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Specifying the frame or packet length for transmitted traf-
fic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Filtering received traffic using layer 2 criteria . . . . . . 174
Filtering received traffic using layer 3 criteria . . . . . . 174
Filtering received traffic using layer 4 criteria . . . . . . 175
Transmitting layer 4 traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Inserting errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Inserting pause frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Loopback testing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Chapter 6 Multiple Streams Testing 181
About multiple streams testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Selecting a multiple streams test. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

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Enabling streams and specifying the traffic load . . . . 183
Configuring traffic streams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .187
Copying a stream’s settings to all streams . . . . . . . . .190
Transmitting multiple streams. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .191
Loopback testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .193
Viewing test results for a stream . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .193
Chapter 7 Automated RFC 2544 Testing 195
About RFC 2544 testing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .196
What’s new. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .196
Features and capabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .196
About symmetrical RFC 2544 tests. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .197
About asymmetrical Expert RFC 2544 tests . . . . . . . .198
About the Throughput test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .199
Standard RFC method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .199
JDSU Enhanced method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .201
Throughput test results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .202
Pass/fail threshold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .203
About the Latency (RTD) test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .203
Latency test test results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .204
Pass/fail threshold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .204
About the Packet Jitter test. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .204
Packet Jitter test results. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .205
Pass/fail threshold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .205
About the System Recovery test. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .205
System Recovery test results. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .206
About the Frame Loss test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .206
Frame Loss test test results. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .207
About the Back to Back Frames test . . . . . . . . . . . . . .207
Back to Back test results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .207
Optimizing the test time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .208
Running the Classic RFC 2544 test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .209
Understanding the external settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . .209
Navigating through the test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .209
Running the test. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .210

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Running the Expert RFC 2544 test. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Running the test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Viewing RFC 2544 test results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Sample RFC 2544 reports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Chapter 8 SAMComplete Testing 229
About SAMComplete. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Enabling SAMComplete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Specifying settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Loading a saved configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Specifying test settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Running the test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Managing test results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Viewing test results. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Summary results. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Config Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Config Step View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Config Step Details. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Performance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Managing test reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Creating a report. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Viewing a report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Chapter 9 Troubleshooting 249
Resolving problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Appendix A Test Results 257
About test results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Summary results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Cable Status results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Link Status result. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
MDI or MDIX Pair Status result . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
1G Pair Status result. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Polarity result . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265

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Pair Skew result . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .265
Fault results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .265
Signal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .267
Link Stats results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .268
L2 Backbone results. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .274
L2 Customer results. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .274
Link Counts results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .275
J-Proof (transparency) results. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .279
OAM results. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .281
Streams results. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .290
IP Config results. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .295
Auto-Neg Stats results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .297
Error Stats results. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .301
LED results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .304
Stream LED results. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .305
L2 BERT Stats results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .306
Pattern Stats results. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .307
Ping results. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .308
Traceroute results. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .309
Message results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .309
Event Table results. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .309
Event Histogram results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Time results. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .312
Saving and printing results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .312
Appendix B Specifications 313
Electrical specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .314
SFP specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .315
Environmental specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .316
Glossary 317
Index 325

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Topics discussed in this chapter include the following:
–“Purpose and scope” on page xiv
–“Assumptions” on page xiv
–“Terminology” on page xiv
–“HST-3000 Ethernet Testing User’s Guide” on page xvi
–“HST-3000 Base Unit User’s Guide” on page xvi
–“Safety and compliance information” on page xvi
–“Technical assistance” on page xvii
–“Conventions” on page xvii

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Purpose and scope
The purpose of this guide is to help you successfully use the
features and capabilities of the HST-3000 with the Ethernet
SIM.Thisguideincludestask-basedinstructionsthatdescribe
how to configure, use, and troubleshoot the Ethernet SIM
during testing.
Assumptions
This guide is intended for novice, intermediate, and experi-
enced users who want to use the HST-3000 with an Ethernet
SIMefficientlyandeffectively.Weassumethatyouhave basic
computer experience and are familiar with basic telecommu-
nications safety, concepts, and terminology.
Terminology
The following terms have a specific meaning when they are
used in this guide:
–HST-3000 — The HST-3000 family of products or the
combination of a base unit and a SIM.
–SIM — Service Interface Module. Referred to generically
as the module.
–10/100/1G — Used on the GUI and throughout this guide
to see 10BaseT, 100BaseTX, 1000Base TX (1 Gigabit)
Ethernet electrical signals.
–1G — Also used on the GUI and throughout this guide to
see 1 Gigabit Ethernet (1000BaseSX, 1000BaseLX, and
1000BaseZX) optical signals.
–100M — Used on the GUI and throughout this guide to
see 100 Mbps (100BaseFX) Ethernet optical signals.

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–JDSU Ethernet test set — A test set marketed by JDSU
and designed to transmit an Acterna Test Packet (ATP)
payload. These packets carry a time stamp used to calcu-
late a variety of test results. The FST-2802 TestPad, the
T-BERD/MTS 8000 Transport Module, the SmartClass
Ethernet tester, the QT-600, and the HST with an Ethernet
SIM can all be configured to transmit and analyze ATP
payloads, and can be used in end-to-end and loopback
configurations during testing.
–IPoE — Internet Protocol over Ethernet. IPOE is used on
the GUI and throughout this guide to see the applications
used to establish a standard layer 3 (IP) connection.
–PPPoE — Point to Point Protocol over Ethernet. PPPoE
is used on the GUI and throughout this guide to see the
applications used to establish a connection to a PPPoE
peer via a login process.
–IPv4 — Internet Protocol Version 4. IPv4 is used on the
GUI and throughout this guide to see the applications
used to transmit and analyze traffic carrying version 4 IP
packets.
–IPv6 — Internet Protocol Version 6. IPv6 is used on the
GUI and throughout this guide to see the applications
used to transmit and analyze traffic carrying version 6 IP
packets.
–Q-in-Q — Also also known as VLAN stacking, Q-in-Q is
used on the GUI and throughout this guide to see the
frame encapsulation scheme that enables service
providers to use a single VLAN to support customers with
multiple VLANs. Q-in-Q VLANs can also be used to
provide virtual access and connections to multiple
services.
–MPLS — Multiple Path Label Switching. A frame encap-
sulation scheme that uses labels rather than routing
tables to transmit layer 3 IP traffic over a layer 2 Ethernet
network.
For definitions of other terms used in this guide, see “Glos-
sary” on page 317.

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HST-3000 Ethernet Testing User’s Guide
This guide is an application-oriented user’s guide containing
information about using the HST-3000 with the Ethernet SIM
to test and verify Ethernet and IP service. Also included is
information about testing 1G optical Ethernet, 100M optical
Ethernet, and multiple traffic streams using the features
provided if you purchase the associated software options. For
information about purchasing software options, contact your
JDSU sales representative.
This guide also contains specifications and contact informa-
tion for JDSU’s Technical Assistance Center (TAC). This
user’s guide should be used in conjunction with the HST-3000
Base Unit User’s Guide.
HST-3000 Base Unit User’s Guide
The HST-3000 Base Unit User’s Guide contains overall infor-
mation relating to device and general functions such as using
the unit with a keyboard, peripheral support, battery charging,
saving and printing results, and managing files. This guide
also contains technical specifications for the base unit and a
description of JDSU’s warranty, services, and repair informa-
tion, including terms and conditions of the licensing agree-
ment.
Safety and compliance information
Safety and compliance information are contained in a sepa-
rate guide and are provided in printed format with the product.

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Technical assistance
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Technical assistance
If you need assistance or have questions related to the use of
this product, use the information in Table 1 to contact JDSU’s
Technical Assistance Center (TAC) for customer support.
Before you contact JDSU for technical assistance, please
have the serial numbers for the service interface module
(SIM) and the base unit handy (see “Locating the serial
number” in the HST-3000 Base Unit User’s Guide).
During off-hours, you can request assistance by doing one of
the following: leave a voice message at the TAC for your
region; email the North American TAC ([email protected]);
submit your question using our online Technical Assistance
request form at www.jdsu.com.
Conventions
When applicable, this guide uses the typographical conven-
tions and symbols described in the following tables.
Table 1 Technical assistance centers
Region Phone Number
Americas 1-855-ASK-JDSU
240 404 2999
301-353-1550
[email protected]
Europe, Africa, and
Mid-East [phone]
(JDSU Germany) [email protected]
Asia and the Pacific [phone]
(Hong Kong)
[phone]
(Beijing-China)

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Table 2 Typographical conventions
Description Example
User interface actions appear
in this typeface.On the Status bar, click Start.Use the Direction char-
acter tag for this convention.
Buttons or switches that you
press on a unit appear in this
T YPEFACE .
Press the O N switch.Use the
Switch character tag for this
convention.
Code and output messages
appear in this typeface.All results okay
Text you must type exactly as
shown appears in this type-
face.
Type: a:\set.exe in the dia-
log box. the CodeDirection
character tag for this conven-
tion.
Variables appear in this type-
face.Type the new hostname.Use the Emphasis character tag
for this convention.
Book references appear in
this typeface. see Newton’s Telecom Dic- tionary.
A vertical bar | means “or”:
only one option can appear in
a single command.
platform [a|b|e]
Square brackets [ ] indicate
an optional argument. login [platform name]
Slanted brackets < > group
required arguments. <password>
Table 3 Keyboard and menu conventions
Description Example
A plus sign + indicates simul-
taneous keystrokes. Press Ctrl+s
A comma indicates consecu-
tive key strokes. Press Alt+f,s