Cisco Systems A9014CFD manual Bit Error Rate Testing, Prerequisites, 30-1

C H A P T E R 30

Bit Error Rate Testing

This feature module describes how to configure a Bit Error Rate Test (BERT) and display the test results for channelized line cards in the Cisco ASR 901 Series Aggregation Services Routers.

Finding Feature Information

Your software release may not support all the features documented in this module. For the latest feature information and caveats, see the release notes for your platform and software release. To find information about the features documented in this module, and to see a list of the releases in which each feature is supported, see the “Feature Information for Bit Error Rate Testing” section on page 30-6.

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Contents

•Prerequisites, page 30-1

•Restrictions, page 30-2

•Feature Overview, page 30-2

•How to Configure BERT, page 30-2

•Configuration Examples, page 30-5

•Additional References, page 30-5

•Feature Information for Bit Error Rate Testing, page 30-6

Prerequisites

•To run BERT in unframed mode on a controller, you should set the “framing” configuration of the controller to “unframed”.

•When running BERT, your system expects to receive the same pattern that it is transmitting. If traffic is not being transmitted or received, create a back-to-back loopback BERT on the link or in the network, and send out a predictable stream to ensure that you receive the same data that was transmitted.

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