Sifos Technologies PhyView PVA-3000 - Page 5

PVA-3000 Reference Manual
December 2, 2019 Sifos Technologies
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3.16.3. Example 3: Calibrate Test Port for PSD, both 100BaseTX and 1000BaseT .......................................... 64
3.16.4. Example 4: Measure 4-pair PSD and SNR of Calibration Partner linked at 1000Base-T ...................... 65
3.16.5. Example 5: Measure Wideband Power Loss of Line Loss Impairment given 100BaseTX DUT ............. 66
3.16.6. Example 6: Establish and Verify Packet Forwarding in a Switch ........................................................... 67
3.16.7. Example 7 Measure 1000BaseT Packet Loss in a Switch with Impairments Enabled ............................ 68
3.17. Host Computer and Network Latency Qualification ................................................................................. 69
4. PowerShell PSA Software .............................................................................................. 71
4.1. TCL and Wish Shells ................................................................................................................................... 71
4.1.1. Tcl Versus Wish in the PC Windows Environment ................................................................................... 71
4.2. PSA Connection Dialog .............................................................................................................................. 71
4.2.1. PowerShell PSA Demo Mode .................................................................................................................. 72
4.3. PowerShell PSA Command Documentation Conventions ....................................................................... 73
4.3.1. PowerShell Help Facilities ....................................................................................................................... 73
4.4. PowerShell PSA Important Global Settings .............................................................................................. 73
4.1. Script Editing with Notepad ++ (for Microsoft Windows) ......................................................................... 73
4.2. PowerShell Connection and Configuration Commands ........................................................................... 74
4.3. Test Port Connection and Passive Impairment Configuration ................................................................. 75
4.4. Test Port Active Impairment Configuration ............................................................................................... 76
4.5. Test Port Trigger Generation ...................................................................................................................... 77
4.6. Test Port PHY Link Configuration .............................................................................................................. 77
4.7. Test PHY Front-End (PMA) Configuration ................................................................................................. 79
4.8. DUT Transmitter Measurement Calibrations ............................................................................................. 80
4.9. DUT Transmitter Measurement Configurations and Queries ................................................................... 81
4.10. Link Status and DUT Receiver Measurements ......................................................................................... 85
4.11. PowerShell PSA Test Support Utilities ..................................................................................................... 87
4.12. PowerShell Calibration Utilities ................................................................................................................. 89
4.13. PowerShell Multi-Pair Measurement Utilities ........................................................................................... 90
4.14. PowerShell Multi-Port Measurement Utilities ........................................................................................... 91
4.15. PowerShell System & Chassis Commands .............................................................................................. 92
4.16. PHY Performance Test Suite Commands & Utilities ................................................................................ 93
4.17. pva_veriphy Automated Multi-Port Test Application ............................................................................... 99
4.18. PowerShell PSA Scripting Examples ...................................................................................................... 100
4.18.1. Example 1: Force a DUT to 100Base-T, MDI-X, Full Duplex, with Line Impaired Rx ........................... 100
4.18.2. Example 2: Assess Link Stability 1000BaseT DUT in Slave mode, with Line and Offset Impairments . 101
4.18.3. Example 3: Calibrate Test Port for PSD, both 100BaseTX and 1000BaseT ........................................ 102
4.18.4. Example 4 Measure 4-pair PSD and SNR of Cal Partner linked 1000Base-T ...................................... 102
4.18.5. Example 5: Measure Wideband Power Loss of Line Loss Impairment given 100BaseTX DUT ........... 104
4.18.6. Example 6: Establish and Verify Packet Forwarding in a Switch ......................................................... 105
4.18.7. Example 7: Measure 1000BaseT Packet Loss in a Switch with Impairments Enabled ........................ 106
5. PHY Performance Test Suite ........................................................................................ 109
5.1. Overview .................................................................................................................................................... 109
5.2. Link Capabilities Test ............................................................................................................................... 109
5.3. Transmission and Interface Tests ............................................................................................................ 111
5.3.1. 100BaseTx Transmission Test .............................................................................................................. 111
5.3.2. 1000BaseT Transmission Test .............................................................................................................. 112
5.4. Receiver Tests ........................................................................................................................................... 112
5.4.1. 10BaseT Receiver Test ......................................................................................................................... 113
5.4.2. 100Base-TX Receiver Test .................................................................................................................... 113
5.4.3. 1000BaseT Receiver Test ..................................................................................................................... 114