Dell Broadcom NetXtreme Family of Adapters - Manual (Page 113)

Using Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 4: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM57XX User Guide
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You must have administrator privileges to run the cable analysis test.
The network connection is temporarily lost during an analysis.
This option is not available for NetXtreme II 10 GbE network adapters.
This option is not available for all Broadcom network adapters.
This option is available for Broadcom NetXtreme II VBD drivers.
To run a cable analysis using BACS GUI
1. Connect the cable to a port on a switch where the port is set to Auto and the Speed & Duplex driver settings are also set to
Auto.
2. Click the name of the adapter to test in the Explorer View pane.
NOTE: For Broadcom NetXtreme II adapters, select a VBD driver; for other adapters, select an NDIS driver.
3. From the Select a test to run list, select Cable Analysis.
4. Click Run.
5. In the error message window that warns of the network connection being temporarily interrupted, click Yes.
Distance
The valid cable length in meters (except when the Noise result is returned).
Status
The result of the analysis for the indicated pair.