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HST-3000 Ethernet Testing User’s Guide
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
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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