Test the Ethernet Card

Chapter 1 General Troubleshooting

1.6.5 Perform a Facility Loopback on a Destination-Node Ethernet Port

e.Select Facility from the Loopback Type column. If this is a multiport card, select the row appropriate for the desired port.

f.Click Apply.

g.Click Yes in the confirmation dialog box.

Step 6 Complete the “Test and Clear the Ethernet Facility Loopback Circuit” procedure on page 1-41.

Test and Clear the Ethernet Facility Loopback Circuit

Step 1 If the test set is not already sending traffic, send test traffic on the loopback circuit.

Step 2 Examine the traffic received by the test set. Look for errors or any other signal information that the test set is capable of indicating.

Step 3 If the test set indicates a good circuit, no further testing is necessary with the facility loopback. Clear the facility loopback from the port:

a.Double-click the CE100T-8 card and click the Maintenance > Loopback tabs.

b.Choose None from the Loopback Type column for the port being tested.

c.Choose the appropriate state (IS; OOS,DSBLD; OOS,MT) from the Admin State column for the port being tested.

d.Click Apply.

e.Click Yes in the confirmation dialog box.

Step 4 Clear the facility loopback circuit:

a.Click the Circuits tab.

b.Choose the loopback circuit being tested.

c.Click Delete.

d.Click Yes in the Delete Circuits dialog box. Do not check any check boxes.

Step 5 Complete the “Test the Ethernet Card” procedure on page 1-41.

Step 1 Complete the “Physically Replace a Card” procedure on page 2-154for the suspected bad card and replace it with a known-good one.

Caution Removing a card that currently carries traffic on one or more ports can cause a traffic hit. To avoid this, perform an external switch if a switch has not already occurred. Refer to the procedures in the “2.10.1 Protection Switching, Lock Initiation, and Clearing” section on page 2-147. For more information, refer to the “Maintain the Node” chapter in the Cisco ONS 15310-CL and

Cisco ONS 15310-MA Procedure Guide.

Step 2 Resend test traffic on the loopback circuit with a known-good card installed.

Cisco ONS 15310-CL and Cisco ONS 15310-MA Troubleshooting Guide, R7.0

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ONS 15310-CL, ONS 15310-MA specifications

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