Allied Telesis AT-2972T/2 - Manual (Page 33)

Advanced Control Suite User’s Guide
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ˆ Interrupt. This test verifies that the NDIS driver is able to receive
interrupts from the device.
ˆ Loopback MAC. This test verifies that the Network Device Driver
Interface Specification (NDIS) driver is able to send packets to and
receive packets from the network microcontroller.
ˆ Loopback PHY. This test verifies that NDIS is able to send packets to
and receive packets through the network microcontroller and the
integrated PHY chip.
ˆ Test LED. This test causes all of the LEDs to blink 5 times for the
purpose of identifying the device.
Cable Analysis
Tab
On the Cable Analysis tab, as shown in Figure 8, you can monitor the
condition of each wire pair in an Ethernet Category 5 cable connection
with an Ethernet network. The analysis measures the cable quality and
compares it against the IEEE 802.3ab specification for compliance.
Figure 8. Cable Analysis Tab
Note
You must have administrator privileges to run the cable diagnosis
test.
The network connection is temporarily lost during the analysis.
To run a cable analysis, perform the following procedure:
1. Connect the cable to a port on a switch where the port is set to “auto”
and the speed and duplex are also set to “auto.”