EXFO FTB-8500 Series for FTB-500 - Manual (Page 350)

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336 FTB-8500 Series and FTB-8120NGE/8130NGE
Ramp (Configuration)
Step List
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Step indicates the step number. Up to 10 steps may be configured; up
to 7 pre-CIR, CIR, CIR+EIR, and Traffic Policing. Steps are
automatically sorted by the % of CIR value.
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Value (% of CIR) indicates a percentage of CIR, CIR+EIR, and/or
Traffic Policing RX rate (throughput) level. CIR+EIR is part of the step
list as soon as it is enabled for at least one service. However, the
CIR+EIR step will only be part of the test for services that have the
CIR+EIR check box selected.
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Edit button allows to edit a ramp step. To modify a ramp step, press
the Edit button and enter the new CIR percentage.
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Add button allows to add a new ramp step. To add a new ramp step,
press he Add button and enter the CIR percentage.
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Delete button allows to delete the selected ramp step. To delete a
ramp step, select the ramp step from the list and press on the Delete
button. CIR, CIR+EIR and Traffic Policing steps cannot be deleted. To
remove CIR+EIR, CIR, and/or Traffic Policing from the list, clear the
corresponding check box from the Services tab for all services.
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Default button allows to return to the default ramp steps.
Step Time
The step time represents the test duration for each ramp step (from 5 to 60
seconds).
Ramp Duration
The ramp duration indicates the total time required to perform all the ramp
steps for each service.