Alarms/errors – EXFO FTB/IQS-85100G Packet Blazer for FTB-500/IQS-600 User Manual
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Alarms/Errors
Alarms/Errors
From the Test menu, tap Results, and the Alarms/Errors tab. Depending
on the test structure, the Alarms/Errors page may be split in different tabs
such as OTN, GFP-T/GFP-F, and Ethernet; tap on the desired tab when
required.
Alarms/errors blocks containing the magnifier (+) icon in its title, opens a
zoomed view giving more details like alarms/errors for each lane (parallel
interface), errors in seconds, count, and rate.
When there is not enough room on the page to display the error in
seconds, count, and rate, the error is displayed in Seconds per default. To
select another unit, tap on the unit’s button and select either Seconds
(default), Count, or Rate.
Total, available with certain errors (parallel interface), indicates the total of
all lanes when Count or Rate unit is selected.
The following table lists the availability of alarms/errors per layer for
TX and RX.
Layer
Alarms/Errors
Page
TX/RX
RX only
BER
Pattern Loss
No Traffic
171
Bit Error
Mismatch ‘0’, Mismatch ‘1’,
Frame Loss, Out-of-Seq.
CLOCK
-
LOC
172
Ethernet
Link Down, Remote Fault, Local Fault
a
Hi-BER, Local Fault Det.,
Local Fault Rcd.
173
FCS
Jabber, Oversize, Runt, Undersize
Ethernet -
PCS Lanes
-
LOA, Inv. Mapping, LOBL, LOAML,
Exc. Skew
175
Block, Inv. Marker, PCS BIP-8
-
FEC
CORR-BIT, CORR-CW, CORR-SYM, STRESS,
UNCORR-CW
CORR, UNCORR
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