EXFO FTB-8500 Series for FTB-200 - Manual (Page 103)

Creating and Starting a Test Case
Ethernet and Fibre Channel Application 89
Ethernet BERT Test Case
3. Press the Framing node.
3a. Select the test framing
mode. The default
setting is
Framed Layer 2.
Unframed: Consists in sending a frame without EOF (End Of
Frame). Unframed is only available for optical interfaces
excluding 10Gig-E WAN.
Enable Sync disabled:
Enable Sync enabled:
Framed Layer 1: Consists in sending a frame of x bytes specified
from the frame size field; refer to frame Size on page 213 for more
information. This framing type allows the connection to any
interface that complies with 802.3 Ethernet PHY or DWDM fibre.
Framed Layer 2: Consists in sending a frame of x bytes specified
from the frame size field; refer to frame Size on page 213 for more
information. This framing type allows the connection to any
EtherType interface (10/100/1000Mbps) or Ethernet network
(10GigE) that complies with 802.3 Ethernet Layer 2 (valid MAC
address, type/length, and FCS bytes).
Note: For Layer 3 and Layer 4, choose Ethernet Framed Layer 2 and refer to
Stream Generation Tabs - Overview on page 204 once the test is created.
Ethernet II
802.3 SNAP