RFC 2544 Ethernet Test Procedure Acterna/JDSU Confidential Information

SmartClass Job Aid for Ethernet Turn-up Testing

Version 1.0



Purpose: This document contains procedures for initial verification of Ethernet
services via the industry standard RFC2544 script. Use of these procedures will
help ensure a successful service hand-off and reduce repeat troubles.

Contents

Ethernet Test Procedure Page 2
Results Section Page 7


Overview: This document provides the test procedures for performing the
following tasks:

1. Link Settings Test
2. Link Connectivity Test
3. RFC2544 Test
4. Interpreting Script Results
5. Loading and Creating RFC 2544 scripts


RFC2544 Ethernet Test Procedure

Tools Needed:
Service description for the circuit under test (e.g. the parameters to be verified)
2 JDSU testers (SmartClass with the Traffic option and another HST, 2802, or
SmartClass Ethernet Tester with the proper GBICs (MM-SX or SM-LX)
Appropriate Fiber cables (duplex SC MM or SM)


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Test 1: Link Connectivity Test

Summary
The first step in the turn-up of an Ethernet service requires that the tester can successfully
connect to the near end network element. The purpose of this test is to verify that an
Ethernet link is established between the testset and NE. At the end of this test the Sync
LED should turn solid green and the Summary screen should state that all results are OK.

Test Set-up
1. When the unit boots up one should be on the
main screen. Select Electrical Ethernet
(button 1) to test electrical cables, select
Optical Ethernet to test Optical Links. For
this procedure we will follow Electrical
Ethernet testing.


2. Select L2 RFC-2544 Test (selection 2).




3. Select Configuration (selection 1).




4. Select Link Settings (selection 1).






5. Select AutoNeg Disabled
6. Select Flow Control OFF
7. Select Speed to be what the work order
states you will be tesing the link at.
8. Select Duplex Full

9. Hit the cancel key to go back to the
configuration screen. Now select Ethernet
Settings.
10. Set the Dest Addr Type to Unicast
11. Set the Frame Type to 802.3
12. At the end of the test hit cancel to go back
up to the results screen, then select results
and then the summary page. Check the

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Summary page for errors. If the summary page appears as in figure 1 and the
Sync LED is not green, check steps 1-12 for errors. In particular, check the
autonegotiation settings of both the network element and the tester to see if one
side is not set properly.


Figure 1 - All Summary Results OK Figure 2 - Error Screen in Summary

Test 2: Connectivity Test

Summary
The second step in the turn-up of an Ethernet service requires that the tester can
successfully connect to the far end test equipment. In this test the equipment will attempt
to loop up the far end device and thus check that connectivity between the two locations
exists. At the end of this test the SmartClass will be able to show both a successful loop
up and loop down occurred and the far end will display that it received frames.

1. Continue from Test 1.
2. Press the action button
3. Select Loop Up (press button 3).
4. Select Loop Down (press button 4).
5. Check to see that the loop up and loop down was successful.


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Test 3: RFC 2544 Test

Summary
The last step in the turn up process is to actually run the RFC 2544 test. The purpose of
this final test is to measure the latency, throughput, and frame loss of the link. At the end
of this test the results are automatically saved and the determination of whether the link
turn-up is successful or not is determined.

1. Select L2 RFC 2544 test from the main menu.
2. Select Frame Sizes.
3. Select 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024, 1280, and
1518 from the frame size selection and
have them say yes. You do not need to
run jumbo frames, thus select no next to
selection 9 (10000 byte frames).





4. Select Test Setup from the menu.
5. Select Test Selection from the menu.
6. Run the Throughput test, Latency test, and
the Frame Loss test. You do NOT need to
run back-to-back frames test.


7. Select the following test selections:
8. For throughput select (see picture).





9. For round-trip time select (see picture).





10. For frame loss select (see picture).


11. Run the test.