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Testing connections – ADC Release 3.1 User Manual

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February 2001

Section 2 Operation and Maintenance

Page 2-134

2000, ADC Telecommunications, Inc.

DLP-723

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TESTING CONNECTIONS

5. To enable Network Data Collection (NDC) on the connection for either ingress or egress,

click anywhere on the box or text next to it that reads Ingress NDC or Egress NDC.

6. To test the connection selected and displayed on the Subnetwork Connection Configuration

window, click on the box next to Test Type which should currently read “No Test” if no
test has been previously initiated on it. The selection window appears displaying the
following options:

No Test – No test is in progress or requested.

End-End OAM Loopback –

Segment End Loopback –

Continuity Check Source –

Continuity Check Sink

7. At the Loopback Location ID field, enter a unique ID identifying the location that the

loopback cells are being generated from.

8. At the Insert Loopback Cells field, either leave the selection on Towards Access Facility

which will loop the incoming cells back out to the AIC cards in the system, or click on the
textbox and drag downwards to select Towards Ring Facility to loop the cells incoming
from the RIC cards back out to the Ring.

9. The Test Status display indicates whether the connection is currently under test. Clicking

on the Test Status button below it will refresh the status display and the Abort Test button
will abort the test.

Cellworx Vision Subnetwork Management System

File Configuration Fault Performance

Software

NMIC Platform

Topology

Time and Date

Create...

View Fiber Bandwidth Usage ...

View Ring Resource Usage ...

Configure Service Provider Profile ...

Configure Traffic Contract ...

View ...

Connection

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Figure 723-1. View Connection Pull Down Menu