Chapter 3 Ethernet Testing
Using J-Proof to verify layer 2 transparency
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HST-3000 Ethernet Testing User’s Guide
d Press the pound key (#).
e Repeat step c and step d for any additional frames you
want to enable.
6 After you configure the traffic originating instrument, verify
that the Encapsulation setting for the Ethernet filter is set
to Don’t Care on the receiving instrument. This ensures
that traffic will be looped back.
7 Press the Home button to return to the Summary Results
screen.
8 Press the Action soft key again, and then select
Start Frame Sequence.
The HST-3000 transmits traffic over the link.
Observing
J-Proof
(transparency)
results
After transmitting and looping back test frames, you can
observe results associated with transparency testing in the
J-Proof results category.
To observe transparency results
– On the Summary Results screen, press the Display soft
key, use the arrow keys to highlight the J-Proof result
category, and then press OK.
Counts of transmitted and received frames, and the pass/
fail status appears for each type of transparency frame
transmitted.
Transparency results are displayed. For detailed result
descriptions, refer to “J-Proof (transparency) results” on
page 279.
NOTE:
When you run layer 2 transparency tests, Payload Analysis
is automatically turned OFF. If you return to a layer 2 traffic
test, Payload Analysis is turned back ON.
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