Agilent Technologies N2620A инструкция обслуживания

Agilent T echnologies Agil ent N2620A Frame Scope Pr o Netw ork Pe rformance Analyzer User’ s Manual Ve r s i o n 1 . 1[...]

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Agil ent FrameSc ope Pro U ser’s Ma nual 3 In This Gu ide… This us er’ s gui de contain s info rmation fo r using your F rameS cope Pro hand held netw ork perf ormanc e analyze r . Be sure to refer to a ny user’ s manual supplemen ts or release n o tes t h at came wi th the u nit o r cal l your ne a rest t e chnic al supp o rt c e ntre[...]

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Agil ent FrameSc ope Pro U ser’s Ma nual 5 Conte nts 1 Introducing t he FrameScope Pro Saf ety Con sider ation s 10 Th e Fr ame Sc ope P ro at a Gl ance 1 4 The M ain M enu at a G lance 17 Getting Started 19 2 Netw ork T e sting w ith the Fr ameSc ope P ro Ne two rk T est ing Over vi ew 26 Ex amin in g the Netwo rk 27 Runn ing an Autotest 29 Chan[...]

6 Agi lent Fr ame Scope Pr o U ser’s Man ual 4 Syste m Operat ions The Sta t u s D ispl a y Are a 96 Th e Syst em Men u 97 System Informatio n 98 Lic ense D eta ils 99 Storage Setup 100 Bat ter y St atus 101 Tim e a nd D a t e S etu p 1 0 2 User Inter fa ce Set up 103 Boot Password 104 T ouchsc ree n Calibra tion 105 Rest ore Defa ult Se tt ings [...]

Agil ent FrameSc ope Pro U ser’s Ma nual 7 Display 171 172 7 Glossa ry Glossary 174[...]

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9 Agilent T echnologie s Agi lent N 262 0A Fra meS cop e 350 Netw ork Per for m anc e An alyze r Use r’ s M a nua l 1 Introd ucing the FrameSc o pe Pro Safety Considera tions 10 Th e Fr ame Sc ope P ro at a Gl ance 14 Front View 14 Side V iews 15 Cont rols 16 Po rts 16 The M ain M enu at a G lance 17 Getting Started 19 Switc hing t he FrameSco pe[...]

10 Agi lent Fr ame Scope Pr o U ser’s Man ual 1 Introdu cing t h e FrameScope Pro Saf ety Consid erati ons Safety Cons id eratio ns The f ollo wing gener al saf ety pre cautions must be obser ved durin g all ph ases o f oper a tio n, serv ice, and repair of t his in strum en t. F ailur e to com ply with thes e p rec au tion s or with specif ic wa[...]

Introdu cing t h e FrameScope Pro 1 Sa fet y Con s id era tio ns Agil ent FrameSc ope Pro U ser’s Ma nual 11 app ear damaged or def ectiv e shoul d b e ma de inoperat ive and secure d against unintende d operatio n unt il they can be repair ed by q ualifie d serv ice p ersonel. Laser Safe ty Inform a tion for optional Opti cal T ra nsceivers The [...]

12 Agi lent Fr ame Scope Pr o U ser’s Man ual 1 Introdu cing t h e FrameScope Pro Saf ety Consid erati ons AC Line Power Supply Requ irements The Agil ent Frame Scope Pr o can op erat e through the suppli e d A C adapter bet ween 100V a n d 240V ± 10%, a t a fr equency in the rang e fro m 5 0 to 60Hz ± 5%. The maxi mum po wer cons umpt ion is 3[...]

Introdu cing t h e FrameScope Pro 1 Sa fet y Con s id era tio ns Agil ent FrameSc ope Pro U ser’s Ma nual 13 DC P ower S uppl y Re qui rem ents Pleas e ref er to ch ap t er Specificat ions. B atte ry Requ ir emen ts Do not dis assem ble or a tte mpt to open th e batter y u nder any cir cumstan c es The bat t e r y can expl ode, lea k or catch fir[...]

14 Agi lent Fr ame Scope Pr o U ser’s Man ual 1 Introdu cing t h e FrameScope Pro The Fr ameS cop e Pro at a Glan ce Th e Fra meSco pe Pro at a Glance Front View Figure 1 Fram eScope Pro Fron t View RJ 45 Wir eM ap/ Au xili ar y Por t Stra p Clea t T ouc h sens iti ve colo r LCD Pow er Butt on Com pact F lash Mem o r y Slo t Ok Butto n Sc ro ll b[...]

Introdu cing t h e FrameScope Pro 1 The Fr ameS cop e P ro at a Gl an c e Agil ent FrameSc ope Pro U ser’s Ma nual 15 Side Views Figure 2 Left Si de Rig ht S ide Ca rd B us Slo t Sty lus c lip Head set Port USB (T ype A) USB (T y pe B) Ba tter y (B ac kp ac k) SF P Port Ether net RJ 45 Co nne cto r Fl i p- ou t st and (b ack) Pow er Ja ck[...]

16 Agi lent Fr ame Scope Pr o U ser’s Man ual 1 Introdu cing t h e FrameScope Pro The Fr ameS cop e Pro at a Glan ce Contr ols Color T ouch S cr ee n The FrameSc ope’s touch scr een is the main user i nterface. T est contr ols and results are sh ow n here. Simpl y pr ess the sc re en wi th y our f in ger o r a s ty lus to na vig ate th ro ugh t[...]

Introdu cing t h e FrameScope Pro 1 T h e Ma in Men u at a Gl ance Agil ent FrameSc ope Pro U ser’s Ma nual 17 Th e Mai n Menu at a Glan ce Figure 3 Fram eScop e Main Men u Ta b T i t l e Displ ays the name of the tab. Network Resource Area Sh o w s all of the d ete ct ed n etwork resour ces. T h e FrameScop e performs auto disco very of n etw or[...]

18 Agi lent Fr ame Scope Pr o U ser’s Man ual 1 Introdu cing t h e FrameScope Pro T h e Ma in Men u at a Gl an ce V oIP Menu Butt on(optiona l) Cal l s the V oice T est menu . Auto te st But to n C all s the N e tw or k Au tote st S etup s cre e n.[...]

Introdu cing t h e FrameScope Pro 1 Ge tting Sta rte d Agil ent FrameSc ope Pro U ser’s Ma nual 19 Gettin g Sta rted Switchin g the FrameScop e On and Off 1 T o switc h the FrameS cop e on, brie f ly press th e Power butt on on the fr ont panel . The sc reen wil l ligh t and a b r i e f t on e wil l so und. 2 Whi le th e unit is on, b rief ly p r[...]

20 Agi lent Fr ame Scope Pr o U ser’s Man ual 1 Introdu cing t h e FrameScope Pro Getti ng Star te d Chec king Pow er an d Chargin g th e Ba ttery The FrameScop e’s battery should pro vide enou gh po w er for a typica l day of t estin g. The A C po wer adapter/ch arger can als o be us ed to po w er th e un it an d to r ech ar ge the ba tte r y [...]

Introdu cing t h e FrameScope Pro 1 Ge tting Sta rte d Agil ent FrameSc ope Pro U ser’s Ma nual 21 4 Ob se rv e tha t the A C po w er ic on is di spl a y ed i n the S tatus area. Th e A C ic o n wi l l al so in dica te the b att ery’s ch arge l e v e l ( f or exa mpl e 72 %).[...]

22 Agi lent Fr ame Scope Pr o U ser’s Man ual 1 Introdu cing t h e FrameScope Pro Getti ng Star te d Con ne cting to th e Ne twork and U sing the F rame Scope Pro F ol lo w the se ste ps to con nect yo ur un i t to the n etw ork and u se it for t esting: 1 Co nne ct th e ca bli ng to the Fr ameS co pe ’s n etw or k po r t .If y ou want to perf [...]

Introdu cing t h e FrameScope Pro 1 Ge tting Sta rte d Agil ent FrameSc ope Pro U ser’s Ma nual 23 Mo st b as ic F r am eS cop e o per at ion s e xecu te aut o ma tic ally and requi re v ery li ttle se tup. In most cases y ou can skip thi s st ep . 5 Pre ss t h e Auto test button or Star t T es t but ton or Vo I P butt on to be gi n the te st. Se[...]

24 Agi lent Fr ame Scope Pr o U ser’s Man ual 1 Introdu cing t h e FrameScope Pro Getti ng Star te d Localization Th e uni t may be sh ip ped wi th th e loc al la ngu age alr ea dy inst alled. Sof tware versions e xist on t he Utilities CD s upplie d which p ro- vi de fo r t he followi ng la ngu ag es fo r t he F ra meSc op e: T o install a langu[...]

25 Agilent T echnologie s Agi lent N 262 0A Fra meS cop e 350 Netw ork Per for m anc e An alyze r Use r’ s M a nua l 2 Network T esti ng with the Fra me Scop e Pr o Ne tw o rk T est ing O ver view 26 Ex ami nin g th e Ne twor k 27 Ne tw ork O ver vi ew 27 De taile d L ist 28 Running an Autotest 29 Cha n ging th e A u to tes t M etr ics 32 Using t[...]

26 Agi lent Fr ame Scope Pr o U ser’s Man ual 2 Ne twork Te sting wi th the Fram eSc ope Pro Netw ork T esting O verv iew Net work T est in g O v ervi ew The f ollo wing steps descr i be the gen eral pr ocedure f o r per fo r ming network analysis tes ting using the F rameS cope Pro. 1 Po we r t h e u n i t o n . S e e “Swi tch ing the Fr ame S[...]

Ne twork Te sting wi th the Fram eSc ope Pro 2 Exa mini ng the Net work Agil ent FrameSc ope Pro U ser’s Ma nual 27 Ex a m in i n g th e Ne tw o rk Network Ov erview FrameScop e will star t d iscov er y pr oc ess on the net w ork as soon as it is sw itched ON. The N e tw ork res our ces area of th e displa y will sho w a lis t of detec t ed netw [...]

28 Agi lent Fr ame Scope Pr o U ser’s Man ual 2 Ne twork Te sting wi th the Fram eSc ope Pro Examin ing the Netw or k Deta iled List 1 T o v ie w a detaile d li st of netw or k resour ces, pr ess o n an y cate gor y in t he Network R esou rces area. A triang le ind icat es that a list is avai lable for that category. 2 U se the S cr ol l but ton [...]

Ne twork Te sting wi th the Fram eSc ope Pro 2 Runni ng a n Aut o t est Agil ent FrameSc ope Pro U ser’s Ma nual 29 Running a n Autotest This se ction descri bes ho w t o run an A utotest on the netw ork usi n g t he Fr am eS cop e P ro. T he F ra meS co pe ca n s to re Au t ote s t su ites that defin e which netw ork el ement s to test. 1 From t[...]

30 Agi lent Fr ame Scope Pr o U ser’s Man ual 2 Ne twork Te sting wi th the Fram eSc ope Pro Runnin g an Autotest 2 If y ou wan t to s av e thi s A u totest sui te, or load a pre viousl y-stored su ite, pr ess th e Sui te button . 3 Sel ect a sto red s uite from the l i s t or sele ct Cre a t e N ew , t h en pres s th e Next button. Y ou can sele[...]

Ne twork Te sting wi th the Fram eSc ope Pro 2 Runni ng a n Aut o t est Agil ent FrameSc ope Pro U ser’s Ma nual 31 F or more details , see “N etwor k P er f ormance Autotest ” on page 1 29. 7 When y ou ha v e finis hed sett ing up the t es t , press the Start T e st butt on (or pre ss OK ) o n th e Network A u tote st S e tup sc ree n. T he [...]

32 Agi lent Fr ame Scope Pr o U ser’s Man ual 2 Ne twork Te sting wi th the Fram eSc ope Pro Chan ging the Auto test Metr ics Changing the Autote st Metrics The FrameScop e Pr o pro vi des a measure of serv ice speed an d efficiency b y e mulat ing a client devi ce in the netw ork. By making a req uest for s ervice to a k ey dev ice, and com pari[...]

Ne twork Te sting wi th the Fram eSc ope Pro 2 Usi ng t he Stati ons List Agil ent FrameSc ope Pro U ser’s Ma nual 33 Using th e Stati ons List Wh en a net wo rk res o urc e on the N etw ork tab i s sho wn wi th a bl ack tria ngl e, y o u c an pr e ss th e re so ur ce to d is pl a y th e N e tw ork Data bas e scre en, whi ch in clu de s the S tat[...]

34 Agi lent Fr ame Scope Pr o U ser’s Man ual 2 Ne twork Te sting wi th the Fram eSc ope Pro Us ing t he Sta t ions List 4 Y ou can use t h e Setti ngs button t o reor der the St ati on Lis t and se l e ct what inf o rm ation is displayed. 5 Y ou can use t h e Da t abase T ools butto n to up date , er as e, lo ad or s a ve th e Station s List or [...]

Ne twork Te sting wi th the Fram eSc ope Pro 2 Usi ng t he Stati ons List Agil ent FrameSc ope Pro U ser’s Ma nual 35 V ie wing De tails and St atistics 1 Select a station on the Station List an d the n pr ess the Vi e w button .[...]

36 Agi lent Fr ame Scope Pr o U ser’s Man ual 2 Ne twork Te sting wi th the Fram eSc ope Pro Us ing t he Sta t ions List 2 Pre ss t h e Stati st ics butt on to view s tati sti cs abo ut th e s tat ion .[...]

Ne twork Te sting wi th the Fram eSc ope Pro 2 Usi ng t he Stati ons List Agil ent FrameSc ope Pro U ser’s Ma nual 37 3 On the St at ion D eta il screen, pr ess T ools to see a li st of test tools that ca n be used on the sel ec ted s ta tio n . T hes e t o ols are descr ibe in more de t ail i n the f o llo w ing sections. NOTE T he tools t hat a[...]

38 Agi lent Fr ame Scope Pr o U ser’s Man ual 2 Ne twork Te sting wi th the Fram eSc ope Pro Per f orming a Ping Tes t Per forming a Ping T e st The Ping te st al lo ws you to check if com municat ions c an be e stab lis hed with a par tic u lar re mote n ode . Th e Frame Sc ope “pings” a remo te node by sendin g it a reques t mes sage. If t [...]

Ne twork Te sting wi th the Fram eSc ope Pro 2 Perf ormin g a Ping T est Agil ent FrameSc ope Pro U ser’s Ma nual 39 2 Pre ss t h e Pin g bu tto n t o c all t h e Ping scree n. 3 En ter th e de vi ce y ou wan t to ping in t he T a rg et b o x. Y ou ca n en t er t he dev ice name or addre ss. 4 Sel ect the ping opt ions y ou want, selectin g IP or[...]

40 Agi lent Fr ame Scope Pr o U ser’s Man ual 2 Ne twork Te sting wi th the Fram eSc ope Pro Per f orming a Ping Tes t 6 Pre ss t h e Start button to be gin th e ping test. The Pi ng Resu lts scr een will be dis pla yed. 7 Obse rve the resul ts of the Ping tes t. The sc reen wil l sho w t h e fram e len gt h yo u se lec ted , t he n um ber of req[...]

Ne twork Te sting wi th the Fram eSc ope Pro 2 Per for mi ng a Trace Rout e Agil ent FrameSc ope Pro U ser’s Ma nual 41 Per forming a T race R ou te Th e Trac e R oute t est a l lo ws y ou to d ete r mi ne the path th r oug h the net work to a par ti cular devi ce. Th e FrameScope se nds data pac k ets o ver the net wo rk and returns the ro ut er[...]

42 Agi lent Fr ame Scope Pr o U ser’s Man ual 2 Ne twork Te sting wi th the Fram eSc ope Pro Perf orming a Trace Route 2 Pre ss t h e Tr a c e R o u t e butt on to cal l the TraceRoute scree n. 3 En ter th e d e vi ce to w hic h y ou want to tr ac e in the T ar ge t b ox. Y ou c an en te r t he de vice na me or ad dre ss. 4 Sel ect t he maximum n[...]

Ne twork Te sting wi th the Fram eSc ope Pro 2 Per for mi ng a Trace Rout e Agil ent FrameSc ope Pro U ser’s Ma nual 43 5 Pre ss t h e Start button to be gin th e Tra c eRo u te te st. The TraceRou t e Re sult s screen wil l be disp la y ed. 6 Obse rve the resul ts of the Tra c eRo u te te st. The sc reen wil l sho w the numbe r and add ress of e[...]

44 Agi lent Fr ame Scope Pr o U ser’s Man ual 2 Ne twork Te sting wi th the Fram eSc ope Pro Per for mi ng SN MP Qu eri es Performing SNM P Queries The sim ple netw ork manage ment p rotocol (SNM P) query t ool allo ws y ou to s end a qu er y t o th e mana gement infor mation da t a base (MIB) and retri ev e t h e avai lable inf or mation f or t [...]

Ne twork Te sting wi th the Fram eSc ope Pro 2 P e r fo r m i ng SN MP Que r ie s Agil ent FrameSc ope Pro U ser’s Ma nual 45 2 Pre ss t h e SNMP Q ueri es butt on to ca ll t he SN MP Q uer y sc re en . 3 En ter th e d e vi ce to w hic h y ou want to que r y in the Ta rget bo x. Y ou c an en te r t he de vice na me or ad dre ss. 4 The SNM P Setti[...]

46 Agi lent Fr ame Scope Pr o U ser’s Man ual 2 Ne twork Te sting wi th the Fram eSc ope Pro Per for mi ng SN MP Qu eri es 5 Pre ss t h e Start button to be gin th e SNMP Que r y te st. Th e S NM P Q ue ries R esu l ts sc re en wil l be disp la y ed. 6 Obse rve the re turned i n f ormation on the SNMP Quer ies result s screen . The sc reen wil l [...]

Ne twork Te sting wi th the Fram eSc ope Pro 2 Viewing St atisti cs Agil ent FrameSc ope Pro U ser’s Ma nual 47 Viewing S tatis t ics Y ou can use t h e F rameS cope to view a va riety ne tw ork par ameters, and se e performanc e st ati sti cs fo r them. The foll o w in g p roc edu re de scr ibe s h ow t o u s e t he F ram eS co pe’s Statist ic[...]

48 Agi lent Fr ame Scope Pr o U ser’s Man ual 2 Ne twork Te sting wi th the Fram eSc ope Pro Vie wing Sta ti stic s 2 Pre ss t h e Stati st ics but ton to ca ll the Sta tis ti cs s cre e n. The sc reen sho ws ne tw ork uti liz atio n and other traffic data such as f ram e counte rs, and protocol counters . 3 T o vie w add itional det ail s, pres [...]

Ne twork Te sting wi th the Fram eSc ope Pro 2 Viewing St atisti cs Agil ent FrameSc ope Pro U ser’s Ma nual 49 5 Pre ss Utilization on t he Sta tistics sc reen to v iew t he top tal ke rs (mo s t a cti v e d evi ces ) on the net w o rk. Savin g and R etrieving Stat istics Data The St ati stic s D at a ca n be s a ve d o n t he ma in p age of th [...]

50 Agi lent Fr ame Scope Pr o U ser’s Man ual 2 Ne twork Te sting wi th the Fram eSc ope Pro Gene rating Ne two r k Tr a f f ic Generatin g Network T ra ffic Y ou can use t h e FrameScope’s Traffic G enerato r to crea te ne tw ork tr affic to st re ss the n e tw ork an d ob ser v e ho w is r eac ts unde r diff eren t loads . Th e fol lowin g pr[...]

Ne twork Te sting wi th the Fram eSc ope Pro 2 Genera ting N etwo rk T raffic Agil ent FrameSc ope Pro U ser’s Ma nual 51 2 Pre ss t he T raffic G e nerator butt on. The Traffic Generator scree n wi ll be dis pla y ed. T o ad d securi ty t o the use of the tr affic g en e ra tor , si nce i t ma y dis r upt y our netw ork, you ma y configure a pas[...]

52 Agi lent Fr ame Scope Pr o U ser’s Man ual 2 Ne twork Te sting wi th the Fram eSc ope Pro Gene rating Ne two r k Tr a f f ic 6 Pr e ss th e bo x bu tto ns to e nte r th e Frame T ype, MA C sour ce, and MA C Destinat ion. See “T ra ff ic Generat io n” o n p age 158 . N ote that if you sel ect an IP type fr ame, yo u will get a dditio nal se[...]

Ne twork Te sting wi th the Fram eSc ope Pro 2 Perfo r ma nce Tests Agil ent FrameSc ope Pro U ser’s Ma nual 53 Pe r fo rma nc e T est s P er for m an ce te sts com pris e of RFC 25 44 te st s a nd IP o r M AC Loo pback tes ts. These test s are used to ve rify the perf ormance of network between two netw o rk points. Using th is perfor manc e tes[...]

54 Agi lent Fr ame Scope Pr o U ser’s Man ual 2 Ne twork Te sting wi th the Fram eSc ope Pro Per f ormance Tes t s 2 On the master FrameS cope, pr ess th e T ools but ton on the main N etw ork tab. 3 Pre ss Performa nce T e sts butto n on t he T ools men u.[...]

Ne twork Te sting wi th the Fram eSc ope Pro 2 Perfo r ma nce Tests Agil ent FrameSc ope Pro U ser’s Ma nual 55 Perform ing a MAC or IP Loopback The mas ter or target FrameS cope sen ds peri odic MA C-l ev el or IP-l evel me ss ages t o t h e s lave Fr am eS co pe w it h us er-de f ine d per io di c int e rval . Th e sl ave Fr am eS cop e ec hoe [...]

56 Agi lent Fr ame Scope Pr o U ser’s Man ual 2 Ne twork Te sting wi th the Fram eSc ope Pro Per f ormance Tes t s Se arch resu lts dis plays t h e MAC addre ss and curr ent MAC lo opback t est resul ts. Pre ss Int erval to ente r time ( in seco nds) bet ween the start time of a tran smitt ed fr am e to the start time of n ext tran smitt ed fr am[...]

Ne twork Te sting wi th the Fram eSc ope Pro 2 Perfo r ma nce Tests Agil ent FrameSc ope Pro U ser’s Ma nual 57 4 Pre ss Stop to c anc el the test or to re vie w the tra ns mi ss ion inf ormation on the MA C Loopback or I P Loopback scree n . Perform ing RFC 2544 T ests RFC 2544 test s co mpri se of r ound -tri p laten cy test, po int -to -po i n[...]

58 Agi lent Fr ame Scope Pr o U ser’s Man ual 2 Ne twork Te sting wi th the Fram eSc ope Pro Per f ormance Tes t s betw een the ent rance and exi t time s of the t a gged frame . The reported latency i s an a ve rage of at least 20 tria ls. The tes t is co nducted o ver a ran ge of frame siz es. F or bet ter re sults, adjust the d uration to l oa[...]

Ne twork Te sting wi th the Fram eSc ope Pro 2 Perfo r ma nce Tests Agil ent FrameSc ope Pro U ser’s Ma nual 59 Setting the ne twork for RF C 2 544 T ests Y ou may a lso h av e t o a dj ust th e ne twork settin gs t o en sure t he tes t c an ru n. In par ticular : • NAT h as t o be d isab led or sh o uld all o w th e IP a nd MAC ad dres ses o f[...]

60 Agi lent Fr ame Scope Pr o U ser’s Man ual 2 Ne twork Te sting wi th the Fram eSc ope Pro Per f ormance Tes t s 2 Fr om th e Per for m an ce Test s menu , select RF C 2544 T e st. 3 Selec t Thr oughp ut , Frame los s ra te , back -to- back and/ or La tency RFC 2544 te st o ptions . Pre ss Suite to loa d or cr ea te n ew te st s uite . Se lect [...]

Ne twork Te sting wi th the Fram eSc ope Pro 2 Perfo r ma nce Tests Agil ent FrameSc ope Pro U ser’s Ma nual 61 4 Opti onal: If y ou want to sa ve th is RFC 254 4 T est suite, or ret rie v e a p revi ou sly st or ed s uit e, pr ess t he Suite butt on . 5 The initial s etting scr een is com mon for al l the RFC tes ting, which allo ws user t o ent[...]

62 Agi lent Fr ame Scope Pr o U ser’s Man ual 2 Ne twork Te sting wi th the Fram eSc ope Pro Per f ormance Tes t s Optio n 2: If yo u kn o w the IP ad dr es s/n am e , ent er t he corre sponding IP address /name. 6 F or speci f ic T h r oughput, Latency , F r ame loss rate, Back -to-Back test set tings, pre ss Next . F o r de tails o n specif ic [...]

Ne twork Te sting wi th the Fram eSc ope Pro 2 Perfo r ma nce Tests Agil ent FrameSc ope Pro U ser’s Ma nual 63 Netw ork connect ion sp eed Sele ct th e fram e d ir ect i on to meas ur e. (i f dest inat ion is loopback only bi directiona l options i s pr esen t ) Se lect to measur e full range or spec ify t he upst r eam an d downstr eam rates. D[...]

64 Agi lent Fr ame Scope Pr o U ser’s Man ual 2 Ne twork Te sting wi th the Fram eSc ope Pro Per f ormance Tes t s 7 If a passwo rd is preset in the sl a ve Fr ameScope , pres s the Slav e Pass word but ton on the ma s ter Fram eSc ope to en ter the Sel ec t fu ll rang e to m eas ur e fram e loss ra te s pec if ie d by step size or specifi c rate[...]

Ne twork Te sting wi th the Fram eSc ope Pro 2 Perfo r ma nce Tests Agil ent FrameSc ope Pro U ser’s Ma nual 65 pas swo r d. Y ou will ge t a war ning , “ Permi ssion Deni ed ”, if a pa sswo rd is se t in t he sl ave F ra meS c ope a nd not ent er ed cor r ectl y i n t h e m ast er F ram eS cop e. 8 Pre ss Star t to be gi n test . After press[...]

66 Agi lent Fr ame Scope Pr o U ser’s Man ual 2 Ne twork Te sting wi th the Fram eSc ope Pro Per f ormance Tes t s 2 From t he S ystem Settings N e twork me nu, pr ess RFC 2544 T est . 3 Selec t the Ena ble RFC 2544 T est option . Y ou m ay set a p ass word in th e sl ave FrameScop e t o enab le the master FrameScop e login. Pres s OK . The sl a [...]

Ne twork Te sting wi th the Fram eSc ope Pro 2 Perfo r ma nce Tests Agil ent FrameSc ope Pro U ser’s Ma nual 67 . RFC 2544 T e s t Results F or fu ll r ang e fr ame le ngth an d fr ame rate thro ugh put RFC 25 44 test s, a grap h can be plotted to d ispla y the R FC 2544 test resul ts. The graph hel ps anal ysis of performan ce betw een two po in[...]

68 Agi lent Fr ame Scope Pr o U ser’s Man ual 2 Ne twork Te sting wi th the Fram eSc ope Pro Per f ormance Tes t s The IP a d dress of t he Fr ameS c ope. I f the na me ex ist s, it will be displaye d. (fo r MAC Loopba ck, MAC addre ss is dis played) Program Rate is th e fr am e rat e set by user . Ac tual R ate is t he re al fr ame r ate durin g[...]

Ne twork Te sting wi th the Fram eSc ope Pro 2 Perfo r ma nce Tests Agil ent FrameSc ope Pro U ser’s Ma nual 69 The IP a d dress of t he Frame Scope (f or loopba ck scenar ios, MAC ad dress). If the nam e exis ts, i t will be dis playe d. The th roughput / latenc y tes t se t, acco rding to fram e size. Pre ss the lef t or r ight b utton to g o t[...]

70 Agi lent Fr ame Scope Pr o U ser’s Man ual 2 Ne twork Te sting wi th the Fram eSc ope Pro Per f ormance Tes t s The IP addr ess of t h e Fra meScope. If th e nam e exists, it will b e displa yed.(ma c addres s f or loopba ck) Fra me l oss r at e o r ba ck to ba ck tests. F or Fram eloss rat e, loa d p ercent age w ill be dis pl a yed a l on g [...]

Ne twork Te sting wi th the Fram eSc ope Pro 2 Perfo r ma nce Tests Agil ent FrameSc ope Pro U ser’s Ma nual 71[...]

72 Agi lent Fr ame Scope Pr o U ser’s Man ual 2 Ne twork Te sting wi th the Fram eSc ope Pro Locati ng a Port wi th Bli nk Po rt Locati ng a Port wit h Blink Por t Y ou ca n u se th e Fram eSc ope’ s tes t p ort, loc ate d on the si de , to locat e a net w ork connection’ s port on a h u b or switch. The Fra meSco pe wi ll to ggle th e port?[...]

Ne twork Te sting wi th the Fram eSc ope Pro 2 Loca t i ng a Port w it h B l ink Por t Agil ent FrameSc ope Pro U ser’s Ma nual 73 3 Pre ss t h e Bli nk Po rt on the t ools menu t o call the Blink Port sc reen. 4 T o beg in bli nk ing the p ort, pres s the Star t butt on. 5 Ob se rve th e h ub o r s witch and note which por t’s link indicat or [...]

74 Agi lent Fr ame Scope Pr o U ser’s Man ual 2 Ne twork Te sting wi th the Fram eSc ope Pro Viewing the Error Log V iewing the Error Log This se ction descri bes ho w t o vie w the FrameSco pe’s err or log. The err or log tracks and displ a ys an y netw ork problems that are detec t ed by the FrameScope Pr o. 1 From th e main Network ta b, pr [...]

Ne twork Te sting wi th the Fram eSc ope Pro 2 Vie wi ng the Erro r Log Agil ent FrameSc ope Pro U ser’s Ma nual 75 2 Pre ss t h e E rror Log button to call the Error Log s creen. Y ou can also c lick o n the shortcut, in the M ai n Me nu to g e t to this scr een . 3 Ob ser ve t h e er ro rs lis t ed in t he log . 4 Pre ss t h e Show A ll butt on[...]

76 Agi lent Fr ame Scope Pr o U ser’s Man ual 2 Ne twork Te sting wi th the Fram eSc ope Pro WireMap Adapter Testing WireMap Ad apter T esting Wi re Map tes tin g che cks f or p r oper c on tin uity an d termi nat ion of cable s. I t i s use d tog e ther w ith the Wi reM ap A dap t er . The wire m ap adapt er is connecte d at t h e f ar end of a [...]

Ne twork Te sting wi th the Fram eSc ope Pro 2 WireMap Adapter T esting Agil ent FrameSc ope Pro U ser’s Ma nual 77 WireMap Adapter Operation Wh en th e wi rema p ada pter is c onne cted to th e Fra me Sco pe, the FrameScop e sends a sequen ce of DC, TTL le ve l sign als thr ough the wire pai rs in order of a f ew 100 mil liseconds . F or each st[...]

78 Agi lent Fr ame Scope Pr o U ser’s Man ual 2 Ne twork Te sting wi th the Fram eSc ope Pro WireMap Adapter Testing The test wil l run f or a fe w second s before displaying t he resul ts. I f all t e sts p ass, the re sults s creen wi ll d ispla y “Pas s”, s im il ar to th e sc re en be lo w . Otherwise , resu lts wi ll sh ow “Fail” wit[...]

Ne twork Te sting wi th the Fram eSc ope Pro 2 Usi ng th e Test Data base Agil ent FrameSc ope Pro U ser’s Ma nual 79 Using th e T e st Data base The FrameScop e Pr o allo ws y ou t o stor e (y ou must ha ve a Co mp ac tF la sh™ c ar d in s tall ed) Auto tes t and P erf or man ce T es t res ults fo r lat er re view a nd down loa din g. See page[...]

80 Agi lent Fr ame Scope Pr o U ser’s Man ual 2 Ne twork Te sting wi th the Fram eSc ope Pro Using the Netwo rk D atabase Using th e Network Data base The FrameScop e Pr o allo ws y ou t o stor e (only on a Co mp ac tF la sh™) ne tw or k top olo gie s f or la te r r ev ie w an d do wnl oadin g (se e “Us ing the Stat io ns Lis t” on page 33)[...]

Ne twork Te sting wi th the Fram eSc ope Pro 2 Using the N etwork D atabas e Agil ent FrameSc ope Pro U ser’s Ma nual 81 6 T o access the Database T ools men u pr ess th e Database T ools butto n.[...]

82 Agi lent Fr ame Scope Pr o U ser’s Man ual 2 Ne twork Te sting wi th the Fram eSc ope Pro Using the Netwo rk D atabase 7 To save th e cur r ent net work , o r t o loa d pr evi ous ly sto re d ne twork da t a , press th e L oad/ Save Stat ion Li st butt on. 8 Us e th e bu tt on s on th e St at ion Li st na me scr een t o sto re t h e cu r ren t[...]

Ne twork Te sting wi th the Fram eSc ope Pro 2 L o c a t i ng Sw it ch Po rt s Agil ent FrameSc ope Pro U ser’s Ma nual 83 Locating Switch P o rt s The FrameScop e Pr o allo ws y ou t o iden tify the switch port s bein g acces sed b y the FrameScope or an y addres s on the network. The FrameS cope wi ll o nl y locate swi tches in the sa me subnet[...]

84 Agi lent Fr ame Scope Pr o U ser’s Man ual 2 Ne twork Te sting wi th the Fram eSc ope Pro Loca ting Swit ch P orts 5 Pre ss Star t to se e the re sul ts o f th e Lo cate S wi tc h Po rt. 6 U se the S cr ol l but ton to s cr ol l th ro ug h the l ist if ne ces sary. NOTE The o rd er of the i nformatio n prese nt e d is not use ful and s houl d [...]

85 Agilent T echnologie s Agi lent N 262 0A Fra meS cop e 350 Netw ork Per for m anc e An alyze r Use r’ s M a nua l 3 V o ic e T est in g w it h th e Fr ame Sco p e Pr o Voice T e stin g O verv iew 86 How the FrameScope P ro T ests V o ice Quality 87 Running a V o ice T est 88 Inte rpreti ng Results 91 Ne tw ork S ett in g s 93 Lic ense Inform a[...]

86 Agi lent Fr ame Scope Pr o U ser’s Man ual 3 Vo ice Te sting wi th the F r a m eS cope Pro Voice Testi ng Over view V o ice T e stin g Ov ervi ew The V oi ce Quali ty An alys is software f or the Frame Scope Pr o, giv es y ou anal ysis opti ons fo r v oice- ov er -IP (V oIP) e n vi ro nments that tr aditiona l tests do not. Incl u ding : • A[...]

Vo ice T esti ng w ith the F ram eSc ope Pr o 3 How the F rameS cop e P ro Tests Voice Qu alit y Agil ent FrameSc ope Pro U ser’s Ma nual 87 How t he Fram eS cop e Pro T es ts Voice Qualit y T o test voice qualit y and me asure a udio ci rc uit ch aracteristi cs, the FrameScope P r o V oIP does tw o things: • It pl aces and/or answ ers one tele[...]

88 Agi lent Fr ame Scope Pr o U ser’s Man ual 3 Vo ice Te sting wi th the F r a m eS cope Pro Runn ing a V oice T est Running a V oic e T e st This se ction de scribes ho w to run an V oIP T est on the netw ork usi n g t he Fr am eS cop e P ro. From Ma in Menu, Vo I P but ton ha s to be p res se d to en ter th e V o IP Test m ode . O nce you d o [...]

Vo ice T esti ng w ith the F ram eSc ope Pr o 3 Runn ing a V oice Test Agil ent FrameSc ope Pro U ser’s Ma nual 89 Codec to be used for d a t a tra nsfer : G711 m law or G 711A law If check ed Fr ameS c op e w il l au to answ er in comi ng ca ll The maxi mum all owe d time between session refresh r equests i n a dialog before the session will be [...]

90 Agi lent Fr ame Scope Pr o U ser’s Man ual 3 Vo ice Te sting wi th the F r a m eS cope Pro Runn ing a V oice T est When the Star t butt on i s pr essed i n the SIP S etting Windo w , T h e F rameS cope Pro reg iste rs with the regi strar/ S I P Serv er as per the opti ons sel ec ted by th e us er in th e SIP sett ing Win dow a sk s t o d o s o[...]

Vo ice T esti ng w ith the F ram eSc ope Pr o 3 Interpretin g Results Agil ent FrameSc ope Pro U ser’s Ma nual 91 Interpreting Results The statist ics measur ed are plot ted in graphical f or mat. The gr aph i s plo tte d o ff l ine wi th timing info display e d as itera tions ( the int erval is 500 ms) in X -axis an d R -F actor , MOS, Pa cket L[...]

92 Agi lent Fr ame Scope Pr o U ser’s Man ual 3 Vo ice Te sting wi th the F r a m eS cope Pro Interpretin g Results ?[...]

Vo ice T esti ng w ith the F ram eSc ope Pr o 3 Netw ork Se ttings Agil ent FrameSc ope Pro U ser’s Ma nual 93 Network Settin gs The FrameScop e Pr o V oIP so f t ware ca n connec t to t h e netw ork usi ng P oint-to-P oint -Protoc ol Ove r E thern et (PPP oE) or IP Ov er Eth erne t (IP oE). T his se tting is a vaila ble in t he N etwo r k Se tti[...]

94 Agi lent Fr ame Scope Pr o U ser’s Man ual 3 Vo ice Te sting wi th the F r a m eS cope Pro How to Save and Retri eve R esults How to Save an d Retrieve Results The FrameScop e Pr o V oIP te st resul ts are sa ved to the Co mp act Fla sh TM . Y ou can recall pr eviousl y s t ore d test data using the T ests Da t abas e t ool . This sec tion des[...]

95 Agilent T echnologie s Agi lent N 262 0A Fra meS cop e 350 Netw o rk Per for man c e Anal yze r Use r’ s M a nua l 4 Sys t em Op erat ion s The Sta t u s D ispl ay Area 96 The S ys tem Me nu 97 System Infor mation 98 Lic ense Deta ils 99 Storage Setup 100 Ba tter y S tatu s 10 1 Tim e a nd D ate Se tup 102 Us er I n te rfa ce S etu p 10 3 Boot[...]

96 Agi lent Fr ame Scope Pr o U ser’s Man ual 4 System Operat ions The Sta tu s Dis p l a y Ar ea Th e Stat us Dis play Ar ea The status di spla y sho ws t h e current t ime se t on the FrameScop e Pro, talk s e t status, batter y status, and s t orage st at u s. Clock Display The cl ock sh ow s th e t ime of da y. It can be set in the Time and D[...]

Syst em Opera tions 4 The System Menu Agil ent FrameSc ope Pro U ser’s Ma nual 97 The S ys tem Me nu The F rameS cope Pr o Sys t em Menu is di sp la ye d by press ing System in N e tw ork Mai n Menu .[...]

98 Agi lent Fr ame Scope Pr o U ser’s Man ual 4 System Operat ions Syst em In formatio n Syste m Informati on Pre ssing Sy s tem Info rma tio n then p ress ing Vi ew on eit her System Setting s menu displays t he Fram e S cope se r ial nu mber , sof tware and har d w are re vis ion numbers .[...]

Syst em Opera tions 4 Lice nse Detail s Agil ent FrameSc ope Pro U ser’s Ma nual 99 Lice nse D eta ils This sh ows the f eatures a vailab le in the current versi on of t h e software. When user sele cts this and clic ks Edit , Li cen se D e t ail s w i ll b e dis pla yed with al l the a vailab le featu res . U se r c an ena ble new f eatures by c[...]

10 0 Agi lent Fr ame Scope Pr o U ser’s Man ual 4 System Operat ions Stora ge Setup St orage Set up Th is al lo ws y ou to se e the tota l ca pac ity and per centage of usage of Com pactFlash™ and in ternal flash.If t h e user se lects next and Compac tFlash™ is pr esent i n the syst em, t h e opti on to f or mat the Com pactFlash ™ pops up[...]

Syst em Opera tions 4 Batt e ry Statu s Agil ent FrameSc ope Pro U ser’s Ma nual 101 Battery S tatus T o vie w th e curr ent batte r y st atus press Powe r t hen p res s View . The displ ay al so sho ws an estim ated rema ining batt er y tim e.[...]

10 2 Agi lent Fr ame Scope Pr o U ser’s Man ual 4 System Operat ions Time a nd Date Setup Tim e a nd Da t e S e t u p T o s et the time and d ate on th e Fra meSc ope , pr ess Time a nd Date , then press Edit . T he Ti me a nd Dat e Se tup scr een allows you to s et the Mon th, Da y , Y ear , and Time as wel l as the dis pla y metho d for each.[...]

Syst em Opera tions 4 Us er Int erf a ce Setup Agil ent FrameSc ope Pro U ser’s Ma nual 103 Us er I nte rfac e Set up The Us er Inter f ace Set up scr een is were t he f oll owing ch oic es a re ma de: Enable T ouch Cl i ck ON /O FF Ena ble Sl ee p Timeo u t ON/O FF - A s cree n touch wi ll wak e the scr een . When enabl ed the Slee p Inte rval s[...]

10 4 Agi lent Fr ame Scope Pr o U ser’s Man ual 4 System Operat ions Boot P assword Boot Pas sword T o pr otect the FrameScope Pro fr om un authorize d use yo u can set a pa sswor d t hat m ust be en te red befo re t he in str u m en t boots up . By default , the FrameSc ope Pr o h as no p assw ord pr otecti on. To ena ble t he b oot pa sswor d: [...]

Syst em Opera tions 4 Touc hscr een Ca lib ra t i on Agil ent FrameSc ope Pro U ser’s Ma nual 105 T o uc hs cr een Cali br ati on If it s eem s t h at t h e F ra me Sc ope is n o t re spo nd ing c or rect ly t o tap s on the t ouc h sc ree n, y ou ma y ne ed to ca l i br ate th e tou ch screen to bring it in to alignment with th e und erlying di [...]

10 6 Agi lent Fr ame Scope Pr o U ser’s Man ual 4 System Operat ions Restor e Defau lt Settings Restore Defau lt Setti ngs Th e fol lowin g pro ced ur e de s crib es how to re st or e t he FrameScop e Pro to the c onf igurat ion v alues t hat we re set when y our unit was shi pped fr om th e f actor y. 1 Fro m t he Main Menu on eithe r the N e tw[...]

Syst em Opera tions 4 Restor e Defau lt Setti ngs Agil ent FrameSc ope Pro U ser’s Ma nual 107 3 Pre ss t h e Edit butt on or pres s the OK bu tto n to cal l th e Res tore De fau lts scr een . 4 If yo u wan t to clear data i n t he in terna l f las h and r e turn to the defa ult se ttings and p r of iles of the FrameScop e , pre ss t he F ormat I[...]

10 8 Agi lent Fr ame Scope Pr o U ser’s Man ual 4 System Operat ions Network Setti ng s Network Settin gs The N e tw ork Set ting s screen shows a s ummar y of the netw ork conf iguration. This s creen m ay also be acce ssed by pre ssing on the FrameScope i con on th e right of the Main Menu. Th is in cludes the f oll o wi ng: The N e tw ork Set [...]

Syst em Opera tions 4 Network S ettings Agil ent FrameSc ope Pro U ser’s Ma nual 109 The firs t Network Settings S etup scre en all o ws you t o s e lect PP oE o r IP ad dres s ing. • MA C Ad dre ss - The MA C Add ress of the FrameScope. Usu ally it co nta ins a v alu e s et in t he fa ctor y. But this fi eld ca n be used to chang e th e M A C [...]

11 0 Agi lent Fr ame Scope Pr o U ser’s Man ual 4 System Operat ions Network Setti ng s • De fau lt Gat ewa y – T his is th e def aul t ga tew ay (r oute r) the FrameScop e will use to com municate wi th dev ices on other su b ne t s . Pre ss Ne xt wh en s atisf ied with you r choi ces. The second Netw ork Set tings Setu p scr een allo ws y o[...]

Syst em Opera tions 4 Network S ettings Agil ent FrameSc ope Pro U ser’s Ma nual 111 Network C onnection Since n etwork hard ware m a y functi on at a v ariety of sp eeds a n d modes, the FrameScop e has t he abilit y to aut o-negotiat e its spe ed and mod e whe n i t is con nec ted t o t he ne tw or k. Th e auto -neg otiation atte mpts t o co nf[...]

11 2 Agi lent Fr ame Scope Pr o U ser’s Man ual 4 System Operat ions Network Setti ng s so us e rs sh ou ld set th is va lue ap prop ri at ely . I t ca n be se t even i f P- VL A N is not en able d to indic ate t o F r a me Scop e Pro t ha t th e pa cket is a P-VL A N pa cket an d sho uld be i nter pr ete d by th e dev ice accordi ngly. Pre ss Ne[...]

Syst em Opera tions 4 Resto ri ng the Def ault M AC Addr ess Agil ent FrameSc ope Pro U ser’s Ma nual 113 Restorin g the Defau lt MAC Address If t h e MA C a ddress of the FrameS cope Pr o is unkno wn, and y ou wan t to r esto re it b ack to th e origina l hardw are M A C a ddres s: 1 In t he sy stem me nu, select Rest ore De fault M A C . 2 T o [...]

11 4 Agi lent Fr ame Scope Pr o U ser’s Man ual 4 System Operat ions Rem ote Con trol Remote Cont rol The FrameScop e Pro can be contr oll ed thro ugh a w eb i nt er f ace. This can be done usi n g t he standar d Te st P or t on the si de o f the FrameS cope or with the optiona l A u xili ary P or t on the to p of th e ins trum ent. F o r bot h m[...]

Syst em Opera tions 4 Remo t e Cont ro l Agil ent FrameSc ope Pro U ser’s Ma nual 115 Enabling and setting the remote control we b server If you ha ve an auxiliary port, yo u can ch oose w hethe r to u se thi s or th e tes t port f or remote contr ol. If y ou change the port used f o r r emote con tro l, yo u w ill have to r es t ar t t h e Frame[...]

11 6 Agi lent Fr ame Scope Pr o U ser’s Man ual 4 System Operat ions Rem ote Con trol or fr om the w eb page on the FrameSco pe Pro, b y clicking t he link “ Remote Cont rol” On ce the R emo te Ho st is r unning, y ou ne ed t o en ter the IP address of th e FrameScop e Pro to be contr olle d. This IP addr ess of the FrameScope Pr o can be ob [...]

Syst em Opera tions 4 Remo t e Cont ro l Agil ent FrameSc ope Pro U ser’s Ma nual 117 Control applic a tio n as show n be lo w . Y o u can now control the FrameScop e Pro with the PC’s mo use, .[...]

11 8 Agi lent Fr ame Scope Pr o U ser’s Man ual 4 System Operat ions Setting up the Option al Auxiliar y Port Setting up the O p tional Aux iliary P o rt T o v i e w th e stat us o f th e A uxi l ia r y p ort o r to mak e cha ng es to it, go to the A ux ili ary P ort settings , by highlightin g Auxiliar y P o rt Setting s option s u n der th e Sy[...]

Syst em Opera tions 4 Se tti ng u p the Optional Auxi liary P ort Agil ent FrameSc ope Pro U ser’s Ma nual 119 To c hang e the network settin gs of th e Auxi li ar y po r t, c li ck on th e edi t b utt on a nd the Auxi li ar y port setu p scree n will appear . • MA C Ad dre ss - The MA C Add ress of the FrameScope us uall y contains a val u e s[...]

12 0 Agi lent Fr ame Scope Pr o U ser’s Man ual 4 System Operat ions RF C 2544 Tes t RFC 2544 T est T w o F ra m eS copes or One FrameScop e and a loopback de vice , ar e nee ded for R FC 254 4 te s ts: ro un d-t rip lat en cy t e st , po int -to -po i nt thr o ug hpu t te st , fr ame los s r ate te s ts an d b ack t o back te sts. On e FrameScop[...]

Syst em Opera tions 4 SNMP Sett ings Agil ent FrameSc ope Pro U ser’s Ma nual 121 SNMP Setti ngs The FrameScop e Pr o uses the def ault commun ity “pub lic” a nd the default port 161 for SNMP acc e ss . Y ou ma y expand t he SNM P communitie s a nd port number s to use duri ng activ e disco very , SNMP queri e s , an d the Loc ate S witch T o[...]

12 2 Agi lent Fr ame Scope Pr o U ser’s Man ual 4 System Operat ions Dem o Mo d e Demo M ode The FrameSco pe Pro may be put i n a Dem o mode f or trai ning or demon strati on purpos es. The Demo mode pr o vides f or a network co nsisting of several s tatio ns, servers, a router , two switch/bri dges, and 5 SNMP agents . All fu nctions are demoabl[...]

123 Agilent T echnologie s Agi lent N 262 0A Fra meS cop e 350 Netw o rk Per for man c e Anal yze r Use r’ s M a nua l 5 Network Performance Analy zer Ref erence Net work Conne c tion 125 Ne tw ork Da tab a s e 126 Station List 126 Devic e Detai ls 12 6 Active Discov ery Proc ess 127 Netw ork Perfor mance Autotest 12 9 Au tot est Se tup 12 9 The [...]

12 4 Agi lent Fr ame Scope Pr o U ser’s Man ual 5 Network Performance Analyzer Refe rence Ping 157 Tr a c e R o u t e 157 SNMP Query 158 Loca te Sw itch Port 158 Per forman c e T e sts 158 Tr a f f i c G e n e r a t i o n 158 Remote Control 161 Me mo ry Re qui rem en ts 163[...]

Network Performance Analy zer R eference 5 Netw ork C o nnec tion Agil ent FrameSc ope Pro U ser’s Ma nual 125 Network Connection Bef ore the FrameScope Pr o is at t ac hed to a netwo rk, it is cons tan t ly checki ng f or a connect ion. When the FrameSco pe Pro de tects th at it has be en pl ugged in to a ne tw o rk d evice it do es the f ol lo [...]

12 6 Agi lent Fr ame Scope Pr o U ser’s Man ual 5 Network Performance Analyzer Refe rence Network Da tab as e Netw ork Databa se The Fra meSc ope Pro list ens to t he network traf fic a n d actively inte rrogates netw ork dev i c es to learn about attached host s, servers, s witch es an d r oute rs. Thi s inf or mat ion is st ored in t he N e tw [...]

Network Performance Analy zer R eference 5 N e twork D atabase Agil ent FrameSc ope Pro U ser’s Ma nual 127 MA C addr ess Net w or k a ddr es se s: IP a nd IPX Serv ices pr o vided b y the dev ice (D HCP , DNS, etc.) Pr ot o cols used b y the dev ice (IP , IPX, etc. ) Whi le t he devi ce det ails ar e di sp layed , t he followi ng st ati sti cs p[...]

12 8 Agi lent Fr ame Scope Pr o U ser’s Man ual 5 Network Performance Analyzer Refe rence Network Da tab as e • Eve r y 3 0 0 se co nd s: • Send an ARP fo r ea ch IP addre ss in t h e subnet range • F or ev ery A RP res ponse re ceive d, send an ICMP ech o req uest • Eve r y 3 0 0 se co nd s: • Rese t IP servi ces • Eve r y 3 0 s eco [...]

Network Performance Analy zer R eference 5 Netw ork Pe r formanc e Autotes t Agil ent FrameSc ope Pro U ser’s Ma nual 129 Network Perf ormance Autot est The Auto test is used t o measu re conne ctivity and res ponse tim e of i mp or t ant ne twork r es ources. Each netw ork resou rce is tested usi ng target -specific access methods to communi cat[...]

13 0 Agi lent Fr ame Scope Pr o U ser’s Man ual 5 Network Performance Analyzer Refe rence Network Per forma nce Autote st dev ice may act as both a DH C P serve r a nd a DN S serv er . An A u tote st s ui te use d to te st thi s de vice w oul d con tain a DH CP serv er test and a DHCP se rver test for thi s devi ce. T he same Au t otest sui te ca[...]

Network Performance Analy zer R eference 5 Netw ork Pe r formanc e Autotes t Agil ent FrameSc ope Pro U ser’s Ma nual 131 Adding T e sts Th e A dd bu tto n wil l s t a rt up a wi zar d wh ic h i s us e d to a dd te sts to the te st sui te . If th e Net wo rk Da tabas e con tain s dev ices with f eatur es not co vere d by an y tes t i n th e te st[...]

13 2 Agi lent Fr ame Scope Pr o U ser’s Man ual 5 Network Performance Analyzer Refe rence Network Per forma nce Autote st A not her wa y to a dd a tes t to th e s ui te is to pre ss the Cr e ate New radio but t on and pr ess Ne xt . 1 A l ist o f t es t t ype s i s presen t ed on t he nex t scr een. 2 Se l ect the typ e of tes t and pre ss N ext.[...]

Network Performance Analy zer R eference 5 Netw ork Pe r formanc e Autotes t Agil ent FrameSc ope Pro U ser’s Ma nual 133 req uested fr om the DHC P Serv er . T he last setup scr een pr o vides a l ist of the me asu re ment s perf orme d du ri ng this te st. An y of the thresh olds use d to rate t h e perform ance of eac h of t hes e me asu re m [...]

13 4 Agi lent Fr ame Scope Pr o U ser’s Man ual 5 Network Performance Analyzer Refe rence Network Per forma nce Autote st Serv er Re spon se Th e t o t al ti me for ne gotiating f o r an IP add re ss f rom t he DH CP Ser ver DNS Se rver The D NS Serv er test v erifies that t he serv er can look up a n ame or an IP ad dress. Te s t S e t u p The f[...]

Network Performance Analy zer R eference 5 Netw ork Pe r formanc e Autotes t Agil ent FrameSc ope Pro U ser’s Ma nual 135 The l ast set up screen pr ovid es a list of t h e measurem ents pe r f ormed d uri ng th e tes t. A ny of the th res hol ds u se d to rate the perf orman c e of eac h of these me asuremen ts ma y be vie we d and m odif ied by[...]

13 6 Agi lent Fr ame Scope Pr o U ser’s Man ual 5 Network Performance Analyzer Refe rence Network Per forma nce Autote st The l ast set up screen pr ovid es a list of t h e measurem ents pe r f ormed d uri ng th e tes t. A ny of the th res hol ds u se d to rate the perf orman c e of eac h of these me asuremen ts ma y be vie we d and m odif ied by[...]

Network Performance Analy zer R eference 5 Netw ork Pe r formanc e Autotes t Agil ent FrameSc ope Pro U ser’s Ma nual 137 • The f ollo wing operat ions are opt ional . If any of these op eratio ns is req uested , t he user must ente r the fu ll pa th na me to the fil e (or di rec to r y ) on the s erv er : • Log in to th e se rver . • Read [...]

13 8 Agi lent Fr ame Scope Pr o U ser’s Man ual 5 Network Performance Analyzer Refe rence Network Per forma nce Autote st The n ext set up scree n al lo ws selec ti on of the file act ion s to be tes ted. The l ast set up screen pr ovid es a list of t h e measurem ents pe r f ormed d uri ng th e tes t. A ny of the th res hol ds u se d to rate the[...]

Network Performance Analy zer R eference 5 Netw ork Pe r formanc e Autotes t Agil ent FrameSc ope Pro U ser’s Ma nual 139 Th e me asur e men ts tak en du rin g thi s tes t are : Name Lookup The req uest / r espo nse time f or conv erting a name into an a ddress. PING Re spons e T he t ime i t tak es to pe rfor m an IC MP Ec h o tes t on th e ser [...]

14 0 Agi lent Fr ame Scope Pr o U ser’s Man ual 5 Network Performance Analyzer Refe rence Network Per forma nce Autote st Exam ples of modi fyi n g rates an d time are sho wn b e lo w: We b S e r v er The W eb Serv er test verifies t hat serve r is ac cessi ble and mea- sure s the do wnl oad time o f th e fir st H TTP ge t ope ration. Te s t S e [...]

Network Performance Analy zer R eference 5 Netw ork Pe r formanc e Autotes t Agil ent FrameSc ope Pro U ser’s Ma nual 141 An y of the thresh olds use d to rate t h e perform ance of eac h of t hes e me asu re m ent s may be viewed an d m odi f ied by sele cti ng i t from th is l ist and s electing E dit. Th e me asur e men ts tak en du rin g thi [...]

14 2 Agi lent Fr ame Scope Pr o U ser’s Man ual 5 Network Performance Analyzer Refe rence Network Per forma nce Autote st E-mail Se rver Th e E -ma il S e rv er te st ve ri fie s tha t th e E-ma il s er ver is acc essi ble and measures the acce ss ti me and dow n l oad rate of E-ma il. Te s t S e t u p The first setup screen is used to enter t h [...]

Network Performance Analy zer R eference 5 Netw ork Pe r formanc e Autotes t Agil ent FrameSc ope Pro U ser’s Ma nual 143 The l ast set up screen pr ovid es a list of t h e measurem ents pe r f ormed d uri ng th e tes t. A ny of the th res hol ds u se d to rate the perf orman c e of eac h of these me asuremen ts ma y be vie we d and m odif ied by[...]

14 4 Agi lent Fr ame Scope Pr o U ser’s Man ual 5 Network Performance Analyzer Refe rence Network Per forma nce Autote st Read Time T he ti me it tak e s to r ead th e E- mai l us ing e ith er POP3 or SMTP . Thes e times ma y al l be modifi ed b y sel ecting th e measureme n t and pre ssing Edi t . Novell Serve r Print Se rver F TP Se rver Au tot[...]

Network Performance Analy zer R eference 5 Netw ork Pe r formanc e Autotes t Agil ent FrameSc ope Pro U ser’s Ma nual 145 1 Se l ect Au to tes t on the mai n men u and cli ck on A dd. 2 Next , clic k on Cr ea te New a nd s ele ct FTP s erve r . 3 Users can en ter user name and pas swo rd to access the FTP se rver. If an ony mou s l ogi n i s u s [...]

14 6 Agi lent Fr ame Scope Pr o U ser’s Man ual 5 Network Performance Analyzer Refe rence Network Per forma nce Autote st Thre e types of t ests ar e a vail able. Check box if Active FTP transa ctio n mode is u sed. Unchec k for Passi ve tran saction m ode I f requir ed, ent er name of pro xy ser ve r a nd p or t nu mbe r he re If requi red, ente[...]

Network Performance Analy zer R eference 5 Netw ork Pe r formanc e Autotes t Agil ent FrameSc ope Pro U ser’s Ma nual 147 No File Access Th is mode locat es the FTP serv er , connects t hen dis co nne cts fr om ser ver . P arameters tested are , Name Lo ok-u p, T e st s Con n ect a nd Disconne ct T ime[...]

14 8 Agi lent Fr ame Scope Pr o U ser’s Man ual 5 Network Performance Analyzer Refe rence Network Per forma nce Autote st Read This mode te sts the FTP ser ver b y reading a fi l e spec ified b y t he us ers wh ich is f o und on the FTP ser ver . P arame t ers tested are, Name Lookup, C onnect Ti me, Read T ime , Re ad Ra te and Di scon ne ct T i[...]

Network Performance Analy zer R eference 5 Netw ork Pe r formanc e Autotes t Agil ent FrameSc ope Pro U ser’s Ma nual 149 Write Re ad Dele te T his mod e uploads a test file g enerate d by the FrameScope TM P ro to the F T P se rv er und er te st. Th e tes t th en r eads the te s t f ile bac k an d Fr ameS cope TM Pr o d el etes the file it uplo [...]

15 0 Agi lent Fr ame Scope Pr o U ser’s Man ual 5 Network Performance Analyzer Refe rence Network Per forma nce Autote st Measu rement Par amet e rs and rat ings can be changed and customiz ed accordin gly. Wh e n the setup i s compl et e d, cli ck on ST ART TES T to beg in.[...]

Network Performance Analy zer R eference 5 Netw ork Pe r formanc e Autotes t Agil ent FrameSc ope Pro U ser’s Ma nual 151 SNMP Ag ent Primary D omain Controlle r Backup Dom ain Controlle r Rout er Wo r k s t at i o n Thes e t es ts v erifies that the nam ed devi ce is access ible and mea sures the name lookup time and the ping resp on s e time. T[...]

15 2 Agi lent Fr ame Scope Pr o U ser’s Man ual 5 Network Performance Analyzer Refe rence Network Per forma nce Autote st The measuremen ts t ak en durin g all these test s are : Name Lookup The req uest / r espo nse time f or conv erting a name into an ad dress. PING Re spons e T h e t i m e i t t a k e s t o p e r fo r m a n I C M P E c h o t e[...]

Network Performance Analy zer R eference 5 Netw ork Pe r formanc e Autotes t Agil ent FrameSc ope Pro U ser’s Ma nual 153 recor ded and the curren t, a verage, mini mum and maxi mum res po nse tim e s f o r ea ch te st ar e di sp layed a ft e r ea ch t es t. W he n the autotest is finish ed, the respon se ti mes f or any test may b e plot ted.[...]

15 4 Agi lent Fr ame Scope Pr o U ser’s Man ual 5 Network Performance Analyzer Refe rence Sta tis tics St atistic s The firs t view int o st atistic s provides t he o veral l network h eal th. T he op e ra tor can dril l do wn into th e stat is ti cs to g et mor e and more detai led i nformat ion. Some of the mor e det ai led informa tion is gath[...]

Network Performance Analy zer R eference 5 Sta tisti cs Agil ent FrameSc ope Pro U ser’s Ma nual 155 Bro adcasts The num ber of br oadcast frames o r the perce n t of the utiliza tion used u p b y broadca s t frames. Pr essing thi s st atistic switc hes t o a list of T op B r oad cast Tran smitte rs. Pressi ng an y of the T op T rans m itt ers br[...]

15 6 Agi lent Fr ame Scope Pr o U ser’s Man ual 5 Network Performance Analyzer Refe rence Sta tis tics Protocol Mix Sel ectin g the protoc ol option gets y ou t o the T op T r ansmit ters of t hat pr otocol. Pr essing an y of t h e T op Transmi tters br ings u p th e Stat ion Detai l scr een f or that stat i on . • IP • IPX • AR P • RARP [...]

Network Performance Analy zer R eference 5 Network Tools Agil ent FrameSc ope Pro U ser’s Ma nual 157 Network T ools Ping The Pin g tool is us ed to verif y access to devi ces on a netw ork. The curren t, mi nimum, ma ximum and a ver age resp onse ti mes are di spla yed al ong wi th a count f or the number of t ime s t her e wa s no response . Th[...]

15 8 Agi lent Fr ame Scope Pr o U ser’s Man ual 5 Network Performance Analyzer Refe rence Network Tools Max i mum H op Count The ma ximum n umber of r ou ters to traverse wh ile tracin g out t he r ou te. SNMP Que ry This tool uses S NMP t o re trieve the follo w ing in f o rmat ion f r om the device. T his infor mation is usu ally prov id ed by [...]

Network Performance Analy zer R eference 5 Network Tools Agil ent FrameSc ope Pro U ser’s Ma nual 159 The ope rator ma y change any o f the f ollo wing pr operties of the traf fic being gener ated: Frame Le n gth The n umber of b ytes in th e frame, i nclud ing th e FCS. This number ranges fr om 64-1 518 unl ess l ong or short frames are specifie[...]

16 0 Agi lent Fr ame Scope Pr o U ser’s Man ual 5 Network Performance Analyzer Refe rence Network Tools Des tina tion M AC T o send a frame t o a station on the local L AN, ente r its MA C addre ss. If the destina tion a ddress is set t o FF- FF-FF-FF-FF- FF , the fram e will b e recei ved b y all dev ices on the L A N. T o send a frame acr oss a[...]

Network Performance Analy zer R eference 5 Rem ote Con trol Agil ent FrameSc ope Pro U ser’s Ma nual 161 Remote Cont rol A web s e rver is im plem ented in the F rameSco pe Pro to provide a means t o control and monito r the F r am eScope Pro via a web bro wse r . The FrameScop e’s home pag e pr ovi des links t o the fo llow ing FrameScop e fun[...]

16 2 Agi lent Fr ame Scope Pr o U ser’s Man ual 5 Network Performance Analyzer Refe rence Rem ote Con trol Thes e results ma y be vie wed dire ctl y as web pages o r t h e result file ma y be upload ed to a PC. The resul t fi le con tains all of the resul ts for the test in Comma Separat ed V alue (CSV) f ormat f or use i n sp readshee t pr og r [...]

Network Performance Analy zer R eference 5 Me m o r y Re qu ireme nts Agil ent FrameSc ope Pro U ser’s Ma nual 163 Mem o ry Re quireme nts The FrameScop e Pr o requires a Com pactFlash ™ car d to store te st r e sul ts and ne two rk st at ion li sts. T he a mo u nt o f m em or y th at e ach A ut otes t re sul t tak e s up dep e nd s on the nu m[...]

16 4 Agi lent Fr ame Scope Pr o U ser’s Man ual 5 Network Performance Analyzer Refe rence Mem or y R eq uire men ts[...]

165 Agilent T echnologie s Agi lent N 262 0A Fra meS cop e 350 Netw o rk Per for man c e Anal yze r Use r’ s M a nua l 6 Sp ecifi cation s Phys ical 16 6 Envi ronment al 16 7 Elec trica l 169 Po rts 170 USB-Host a nd Cli ent po rts 170 Card Bus Slot 170 Display 171[...]

16 6 Agi lent Fr ame Scope Pr o U ser’s Man ual 6 Speci f ica tions Phy si cal Phy sica l FrameScop e Pro ph ysical chara cterist ics are: Size 9.256” x 4.94 4” x 2 .959” H WD ( 234.2 x 12 6.0 x 75.2 MM.) Weig ht 2.53 lbs. (1.15 kg)[...]

Specifica t i ons 6 Envir o nmenta l Agil ent FrameSc ope Pro U ser’s Ma nual 167 Environm ent al Indoor / Outdoor Inte nded for i ndoor use; no t weathe rized Oper ating temp erature ra nge 0 to 40 ºC ( 32 to 10 4º F ) Stor age temp er ature rang e –1 0 to 55 ºC (14 t o 131º F) -20 to 55º C (-4 to 131º F) M ax imu m hu mi di ty 80% for t[...]

16 8 Agi lent Fr ame Scope Pr o U ser’s Man ual 6 Speci f ica tions Envi ronmen tal[...]

Specifica t i ons 6 Elec trica l Agil ent FrameSc ope Pro U ser’s Ma nual 169 Elec trica l Bat t ery A rem ova ble recharge a bl e Lith ium (Li Ion )batt ery pack typi c a lly pr ovides 4- 6 ho urs of o per ati on betwee n charges , dependi ng on use and p ower ma nag em ent se tti ngs. Th e b att ery ha s bu ilt in char ger , t hat r echar ges t[...]

17 0 Agi lent Fr ame Scope Pr o U ser’s Man ual 6 Speci f ica tions Por ts Port s USB-Host a nd Client ports Th e US B-B port al l o ws the Fra meS cop e Pr o to co nne ct to a P C e qu ip ped with a US B p ort o r co ntr ol e xtern al USB port (Ho s t US B). Car d Bus Slot Card Bus Sl ot is pro vi d ed t o cater fo r future enhancements.[...]

Specifica t i ons 6 Di spla y Agil ent FrameSc ope Pro U ser’s Ma nual 171 Disp lay 6. 625” (1 6.83 cm) diago n al backlit color touch sensi ti ve LCD . Reso lution: 240 (H ) x 64 0 (V). The displa y is ca pable of dis pla ying t e xt and g raph ics i n up t o 256 col ors.[...]

17 2 Agi lent Fr ame Scope Pr o U ser’s Man ual 6 Speci f ica tions[...]

173 Agilent T echnologie s Agi lent N 262 0A Fra meS cop e 350 Netw o rk Per for man c e Anal yze r Use r’ s M a nua l 7 Glossary Glossary 174[...]

17 4 Agi lent Fr ame Scope Pr o U ser’s Man ual 7 Gl ossar y Gloss ary Gloss ary ARP A ddr ess R esoluti on Protocol - A b r oadcast protocol used to disco v er the l o w l e v el (MA C ) a ddr e ss that cor res pon ds to th e high er lev el ( IP , IP X, etc.) a ddress. Auto Di scover y Proact iv ely r eques ting inf ormation about t he network .[...]

Glossar y 7 Gloss ary Agil ent FrameSc ope Pro U ser’s Ma nual 175 DHCP Dy n a mic Hos t Configuration Pr otocol - a pr ocedure whi ch allo ws dev i c es that ar e e nteri ng or re- ent ering th e netw ork to request that c er tain parameters are au tomaticall y assi gned to them. DHCP assi gns a un ique IP addr ess. A de vice ma y r eque st a su[...]

17 6 Agi lent Fr ame Scope Pr o U ser’s Man ual 7 Gl ossar y Gloss ary File Server A generic term f or a dev ice that pro vides files upon re quest . It o ver laps other common ly use d terms such as No vel l server , N T server , a nd Unix se rv er , w hich are more sp ecif ic be cau se t hey in dic ate t h e op er ati ng sys t em r u nn in g in[...]

Glossar y 7 Gloss ary Agil ent FrameSc ope Pro U ser’s Ma nual 177 Latency Th e tim e in terv al st ar ting w hen t he last bit of t he in put fr ame rea ches th e in put port an d en din g w hen the f irs t bi t of the outpu t frame is see n on the outp ut port. Locate Using SNMP , report the switch or h ub port t h at a st ation is c onnect ed [...]

17 8 Agi lent Fr ame Scope Pr o U ser’s Man ual 7 Gl ossar y Gloss ary RFC 254 4 Thi s RFC defines specifi c set of test s to mea sure and report the performan ce cha racterist ics of netw ork device s. RIP R outing I nf o rmat ion Proto col - An int e rior gateway pr otocol that al low s groups of host s on a LAN s h are routi ng informa tion. R[...]

Glossar y 7 Gloss ary Agil ent FrameSc ope Pro U ser’s Ma nual 179 Sub net M as k A bit m ask used to ide ntify w hi c h b its in an IP addres s apply to the subn et. Time to liv e A f ield in an IP packet whic h indicat es how long the pack et shoul d be all ow ed t o exis t bef ore bein g discar ded. Tr a c e r o u t e A Pi ng lik e too l tha t[...]

18 0 Agi lent Fr ame Scope Pr o U ser’s Man ual 7 Gl ossar y Gloss ary[...]

Agil ent FrameSc ope Pro U ser’s Ma nual 181 INDEX A ac ad apt e r sp ec ific ati ons, 16 9 Ac tive Di sc ove ry, 12 7 B Ba ckli ght , 1 03 Back up Doma in Co ntr oll er tes t, 1 5 1 Battery ch arg in g, 2 0 St atus , 101 C Ca libr ati on Inf or mat ion, 1 08 to uchs creen, 105 Comp actFlas h ca rd ico n, 96 Contra st, 103 D Datab ase n et wor k,[...]

182 A gil en t Fr am eS cop e P ro Us er ’s Ma nu a l W Web Se rv e r te s t , 1 4 0 WINS Server test, 135 WireM ap A dapte r T est ing, 76 Worksta tion test , 1 51[...]