CANOGA PERKINS 9145E Network Interface Device Software Version 2.1 - Manual (Page 51)

Diagnostics 9145E NID Software User’s Manual
VLAN Loopback
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4.4.2 L2 Ping Generator
To set up the L2 Ping generator, type 3 and press Enter. The L2 Ping Generator screen (Figure 4-9)
appears.
Figure 4-9 802.1ag Loopback Configuration
Run the test by selecting 13. This will give you all the statistics that are described below.
Destination MAC Address: MAC address that the LBMs will be sent to.
VLAN ID: - VLAN ID to be put in the LBM.
VLAN Priority: - Priority to be put in VLAN tag.
Ethertype: - Ethertype to be put in the LBM.
MD Level: - MD level to be put in the LBM.
Egress Port: - Port that the LBMs will be sent out.
Frame Count: - Number of LBMs to be sent out.
Frame Size: - Frame size of the LBM to be built, excluding 4 bytes CRC.
Frame Interval: - Time interval between two LBMs to be sent out. 0-500 in 10 ms intervals may be
specified. 0 indicates as fast as possible.
Frame Format: - Frame to be sent out in IEEE 802.3 or LLC SNAP format.
Start L2 Ping: - Start to send out the LBM and verify the responses. The status will be shown. You
may stop the testing by entering the ESC key.
After starting a Layer 2 Ping, the following statistics will appear on the bottom half of the screen:
First Transaction ID: - Transaction identifier for the first LBM sent out in this test.
LBM Transmitted: - Number of LBMs sent out in this test.
LBR Received: - Number of valid LBRs been received in this test.
C a n o g a P e r k i n s C o r p E t h e r n e t N e t w o r k I n t e r f ac e D e v i c e 2 2 -S E P - 2 0 0 8
M o d e l 9 1 4 5 E - 1 0 1 - 2 - 0 V 0 2 . 1 0 F 1 2 1 0 2 : 5 9 : 3 5
- -- - -- - -- - -- -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -L 2 P I N G G E N E R A T O R - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - --
1 ) D e s t i n a t i o n M A C A d d r e s s 0 0 -0 0 -0 0 - 0 0 -0 0 - 0 0
2 ) V L A N I D ( 1 -4 0 9 4 ) 1
3 ) V L A N P r i o ri t y (0 -7 ) 0
4 ) E t h e r t y p e (4 H e x d i g i t s ) 8 9 0 2
5 ) M D L e v el ( 0 -7 ) 7
6 ) E g r e s s P o rt N e t
7 ) F r a m e C o u n t (1 -9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 ) 1
8 ) M i n i m u m F ra m e S i ze ( 6 0 -9 9 9 6 ) 6 0
9 ) M a x i m u m F ra m e S i z e ( 6 0 -9 9 9 6 ) 1 5 1 4
1 0 ) In c r em e n t a l S i z e (0 -2 5 6 ) 0
1 1 ) F r a m e T i m e In t e rv a l ( 0 -5 0 0 1 0 m s ) 0
1 2 ) F r a m e F o r m a t I E E E 8 0 2 . 3
1 3 ) S t a r t L 2 P i n g
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