HP E5200A manual

Broadband Service Analyzer

User’s Guide

Contents

Broadband Service Analyzer Copyright © Hewlett Packard Australia1996 All rights reserved Notice The information contained in this document is subject to change without notice Certification Limitation of Warranty Exclusive Remedies Restricted Rights Legend Additional Information for Test and Measurement Equipment Warnings DO NOT clean with fluids Doing so may make the equipment unsafe for use Safety Symbols Earth (ground) terminal Avertissement Restrictions d’utilisation Mise à la terre Environnement Service et ajustement DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY According to ISO/IEC Guide 22 and EN Manufacturer’s Name Hewlett Packard Australia Ltd Manufacturer’s Address What is the HP Broadband Service Analyzer Where to Find Information What is it What does it do Who is it for File Manual Contents 3 Using the Online Help 4 System Administration 5 Standards and Specifications Appendixes Page Introduction To Unpack the Analyzer To Connect the Analyzer to a Computer To Connect a Printer to the Analyzer Setting Up the Analyzer Introduction To Unpack the Analyzer Analyzer Software ∙ analyzer software (as backup) ∙ interface pod software (as backup) online help ∙ MS-DOS(Ver. 6.2) Connector Panel at a Glance Sync In UTP Serial (LAN) To Connect the Analyzer to a Computer Warning For your safety, the power cord supplied with the analyzer has a grounded plug. Always use the power cord with a properly grounded mains power outlet to avoid electrical shock To Connect the Analyzer as a Standalone System ∙point-to-pointethernet interface ∙point-to-pointserial interface To Connect the Analyzer to a Point-to-Point Ethernet Interface 3 Connect the analyzer to 2 Connect the the notebook PC using To Connect the Analyzer to a Point-to-PointSerial Interface To Record the System Administration Information ∙system administrator password (see “To Change a Password” on page 4-6) ∙required users (see User Online Help) ∙printer (see User Online Help) To Connect the Analyzer as a Networked System To Conﬁgure the Notebook PC or Workstation To Conﬁgure the Analyzer Notebook PC UNIX Workstation To Connect the Analyzer To Test for Network Connectivity If you have connected the analyzer to a workstation, do the following: Check that you have given xhost authority for the analyzer to connect to your To Install the Online Help Note This installation modifies the following files: The Change Source or Destination window is displayed The From Tape Device to Local System window is displayed In the Source ﬁeld, type 6Press F4 The Main Menu is redisplayed 1Switch on the analyzer (see “To Switch the Analyzer On and Off” on page 1-22) 2Log in to the analyzer using the following user name and password User Name—boomer User Name—root See “To Log In to the Analyzer” on page To Connect the Analyzer Using a Modem To Change the COM Port Assignment To Set the Remote Modem to Auto Answer To Set up the Modem Connection Dialer Page To Change Conﬁguration Parameters To Conﬁgure the Analyzer Using the Network Conﬁguration Utility To Connect a Printer to the Analyzer To Switch the Analyzer On and Off To Back Up and Restore Files To Back Up Files To Back Up Files from the Analyzer to a Notebook PC To Back Up Files from a Notebook PC to Backup Storage Media To Back Up Files from the Analyzer to an HP-UXWorkstation To Restore Files To Restore Files from Backup Storage Media to a Notebook PC If the Notebook PC Does Not Boot To Restore Files from a Notebook PC to the Analyzer 9Switch the analyzer power off for 5 seconds To Restore Files from an HP-UXWorkstation to the Analyzer To Reset the Notebook PC To reset the notebook PC to the default conﬁguration 1Exit Windows 2At the DOS prompt, type cd \resetpc; then press Enter 3At the c:\resetpc prompt, type resetpc; then press Enter To Insert or Remove an Interface Pod You must always have two interface pods inserted in the analyzer while it is operating. If your operations require only a single interface pod insert the blank interface pod (provided with the analyzer) into the other port To Remove an Interface Pod Setting Up the Interface Pod To Troubleshoot the Analyzer If the Controlling Computer has No Display ❑Check that the controlling computer power switch is on ❑Check that the power cable is properly connected to the controlling computer ❑Check that the brightness and contrast controls are correctly set If You Cannot NFS Mount the Analyzer File System If the System Failure Window is Displayed To Print a Window To Print a Window from the Notebook PC 1Ensure that the printer is connected 2Make sure the window you want to print has the keyboard focus 3Press Alt-PrtSc Page To Connect to the System Under Test To Log In to the Analyzer To Log Out from the Analyzer To Conﬁgure the Analyzer and Ports Using the Analyzer To Connect to the System Under Test There are three system connection options: ∙intrusive ∙non-intrusive ∙diagnostic Intrusive System Connection The test connections available for intrusive system are ∙network element ∙remote loopback ∙in-line Remote Loopback Test Connection TxTx RxRx In-lineTest Connection Non-IntrusiveSystem Connection Passive Test Connection T-pieceTest Connection Diagnostic System Connection Transmit Loopback Test Connection The analyzer ignores external connections to the receive connector External Loopback Test Connection Page To Log In to the Analyzer 3 Click OK ∙Press the Reset button underneath the PC ∙Press Ctrl-Alt-Del To Log In to the Analyzer’s Graphical User Interface on an HP-UXWorkstation The analyzer hostname is assigned by your system administrator To Log In to the Command Line Interface Double-clickone of the following icons: Terminal HP Analyzer Terminal over SLIP To Read the Analyzer’s Main Screen The analyzer’s main screen is the ﬁrst screen displayed after you log in Link Monitor is shown for each active port. You can view either Link Monitor or the Simulator for each port by clicking the appropriate tab Menu Bar Tests. See “To Run SMARTtests and Predefined Macros” on page Alarm and Error Indicators. See “To Monitor Alarms and Errors” on page Help hints. See “Help Hint To Log Out from the Analyzer Analyzer the Using To Conﬁgure the Analyzer and Ports You should reconﬁgure the ports only when the measurement system is stopped. Reconﬁguring the ports causes the measurements and some data to be lost. A warning message appears when this occurs To Manually Conﬁgure Each Port 2Click the ATM tab; then specify the ATM configuration parameters for the port To Monitor the Link (Network) Link Monitor is divided into two main areas Link summary graphs Channel summary Link Summary Enlarged AAL Usage graph 10 Highest Mb/s Graph ∙mean sample bandwidth ∙maximum sample bandwidth ∙long term average bandwidth AAL Usage Graph Total Mb/s Graph Channel Summary To select a speciﬁc channel See also Analyzer the Using To Monitor a Channel (VPI/VCI) If required, select the PRBS type for the channel To Monitor Alarms and Errors Alarms of similar durations or errors with similar counts are usually related Page To Monitor Alarms and Errors on a Channel On the summary Channel Monitor, look for On the protocol speciﬁc Channel Monitor, look for ∙alarms of similar duration ∙errors with similar counts To Log Statistics To Print the Log File To View the Log File To Run SMARTtests and Predeﬁned Macros Predeﬁned Macros To Capture and View Data To Capture Data ∙From Channel Monitor, click the Capture button ∙From the AAL error or OAM alarm summary, click the Capture button ∙From the Simulator, click the Capture icon 5Start the capture the capture User Online Help To View Captured Data Analyzer the To use Data Captured by the Analyzer on a BSTS Ensure that the Data Conversion Utility (p/n E5200-10010)is installed See the Installing/Upgrading Software section in the HP BSTS System To convert the analyzer captured data ﬁles to BSTS data ﬁles 1In a terminal window, type Page To Simulate Trafﬁc Page To Simulate Trafﬁc from the Trafﬁc Generator Select the channels on which you want foreground To Simulate Trafﬁc from Capture Memory To Inject Alarms and Errors To Inject OAM Alarms 1Click the OAM Alarms tab To Inject ATM and AAL errors 1Click the Errors tab 3Select the type of error To Inject Physical Layer Alarms and Errors To Inject Physical Alarms To Inject Physical Errors 1 Click the Errors tab The type of errors you can inject depends on the interface pods installed To Inject Frameword Errors To Use Macros To Create a Macro 2Click the Record button and perform the actions that you want to record Click the Pause button to pause the recording Click the Record button to continue recording the macro To Edit a Macro To Play a Macro To Install the Online Help Using the Online Help To Install the Online Help To Install the Online Help on a Workstation Page To Display the Online Help To Display the Help Version Details To Display Context-SensitiveHelp Help Hint Bar Page To Use the System Administration Functions To Change a Password To Upgrade the Analyzer Software System Administration To Use the System Administration Functions 1Type saf ∙remotely log in through a Telnet session (see the User Online Help) ∙use the analyzer Graphical User Interface 2 Click Send To Move Around in the System Administration Functions Press Enter to conﬁrm details To Change a Completed Field To Change a Password To Set the System Date, Time, and Time Zone To Change the System Date and Time To Change the System Time Zone To change the system time zone, type 2 on the Change Current Date and Time screen; then press Enter to go to the Change Time Zone screen the required time zone To Upgrade the Analyzer Software To Upgrade Software Using Diskettes 2 Press Enter Press Enter. When you have correctly installed the software, the message Upgrade complete appears If the upgrade does not work, the message Upgrade failed appears. If To Upgrade Software Using FTP If you are using the Upgrade ﬂoppy diskettes 1Create a directory on your notebook PC or workstation called FTPIMAGE Copy the contents of the Page Page Standards Electrical Speciﬁcations External Connectors Timing and Frequency References Standards and Speciﬁcations Standards Communications Standards Electrical Speciﬁcations External Connectors Ethertwist LAN (RJ-45)UTP Connector Conforms to ANSI/IEEE TD+ TD− RD+ AUI LAN (AUI DB-15F)Connector DC output—voltagerating DC output—currentrating BITS Input (RJ-45)Connector T1 signal stream E1 signal stream 8/64 kHz composite clock (DE9P) (DE9S) Timing and Frequency References Foreground Trafﬁc Generation Trafﬁc Loading Error Generation Measurement System Capture and Playback System Capacity Playback Mechanical and Environmental Speciﬁcations Physical Temperature Humidity Altitude Page Hexadecimal to ASCII Conversion Hexadecimal to ASCII Conversion Default Acadia Conﬁguration Default Acadia Conﬁguration NFS Services TCP/IP Services User Authorization Category Environment Index Index–1 Index–2 Index–3 Index–4