5.6Marvell® Virtual Cable Tester™ (VCT)

Technology

The motherboard supports the Marvell® Virtual Cable Tester (VCT) Technology. The VCT virtually diagnose and report cable faults using the Time Domain Reflectometry (TDR). With this tool, installation and network diagnosis has never been easier. The VCT technology detects and reports open and shorted cables with up to 1 meter of accuracy. It also detects impedance mismatches, pair swaps, pair polarity problems and pair skew problems of up to 64ns.

VCT remarkably reduces networking and support costs complementing a highly manageable and controlled network system.This application can also be incorporated in the network systems software making it an ideal tool for field support and development diagnostics.

Using the Virtual Cable Tester™

To use the the Marvell® Virtual Cable Tester™ on your computer.

1.Click Start > All Programs > Marvell > Virtual Cable Tester from the Windows® desktop.

2.From the menu, click Virtual Cable Tester. The Virtual Cable Tester window appears.

3.Click on Run to execute the test.

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