CANOGA PERKINS 9145ELB NID Software Version 4.01 - Manual (Page 63)

Diagnostics 9145ELB NID Software User’s Manual
Cable Diagnostics
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4.4 Cable Diagnostics
The cable diagnostics function provides UTP cable testing. Its function is to determine the UTP
cable status and can provide a very useful physical link troubleshooting tool.
• When the cable is OK, cable diagnostics indicates the length of the cable.
• When there is a problem, cable diagnostics indicates how far from the interface connec-
tion the fault is and information about the fault.
To access the Cable Diagnostics screen, from the Diagnostics menu, type 4 and press Enter.
The Cable Diagnostics screen (Figure 4-7) opens.
NOTE: The cable diagnostic test is for UTP User Ports only. The 10G ports use fiber-based
SFP+ interfaces.
To run the diagnostics test on the User Port, type the number of the port (1-16) and press Enter.
When the test is complete, press Esc to return to the Diagnostics menu.
NOTE: If you enter the number of a User Port that does not support cable diagnostics (for exam-
ple, an SFP port) the following message is displayed “The port is not a UTP interface or not pres-
ent.”
Figure 4-7 Cable Diagnostics screen
NOTE: Distances shown on the Cable Diagnostics screen are accurate to within +/- 5 meters.
Canoga Perkins Corp. Ethernet 1G/10G Network Interface Device 29-AUG-2011
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---------------------------------CABLE DIAGNOSTICS-----------------------------
Enter User Port [1-16]: 4
Interface: USR4
Pair State Length
---- ----- ----------
1 Open 89.91 <m> +/- 5 <m>
2 Open 89.91 <m> +/- 5 <m>
3 Open 88.27 <m> +/- 5 <m>
4 Open 89.50 <m> +/- 5 <m>
------------------------------------Messages-----------------------------------