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6200 Packet-Optical Platform Installation, Commissioning, and Testing Procedures
Release 1.1 009-6200-201 Draft Issue 1
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Procedure 7-11
Testing Traffic Probe
Use this procedure to perform the traffic probe test on the 6200 network
element.
Prerequisites
• Make sure that all the optical connectors are cleaned.
• Make sure that you have adequate number of optical test cords.
• Make sure that you have a variable attenuator.
• First at least one port need to be enabled in probe mode, this port will be
the destination port for mirrored traffic.
• The port probe mode comes in enable and disable option on port
configuration page of individual port.
• The port which user want to mirror can be enabled on ingress and egress
traffic mirroring by enabling the ingress/egress traffic mirroring on the port
configuration page.
• The enable mirroring option on ingress/egress traffic enables the user to
select a destination port which is a probe port.
• On selecting a proper destination probe port the ingress/egress
(whichever or both is enabled on port mirroring) traffic will be available on
the probe port for analysis on a Ethernet test-set with network protocol
analyzer.
CAUTION
Risk of damage to circuit packs
Electrostatic discharge can damage electrostatic
sensitive devices. Ensure that you are wearing the
antistatic strap connected to the ESD location on the
6200 network element.
DANGER
Risk of eye injury
Avoid direct exposure to laser beam or fiber. Invisible
light can blind. Keep all unused optical connectors
capped.
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