EXFO FTBx-88000 Series Power Blazer User guide

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User Guide

Power Blazer

FTBx-88000 Series

HIGH-SPEED MULTISERVICE TEST MODULE

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Patents

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patent D798,171 and equivalent(s) in other countries.

July 29, 2020

Document version: 16.0.0.1

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Contents

Regulatory Information ........................................................................................................ xii

1 Introducing the High-Speed Multiservice Test Module ............................. 1

Features ..................................................................................................................................1

Technical Specifications ..........................................................................................................2

Conventions ............................................................................................................................3

2 Safety Information ....................................................................................... 5

Additional Laser Safety Information .......................................................................................7

Installation Instruction Warnings ............................................................................................8

3 Getting Started .......................................................................................... 11

Inserting and Removing Test Modules ..................................................................................12

Inserting and Removing Transceiver System ........................................................................13

Turning On the Unit ..............................................................................................................19

Starting the Module Application ...........................................................................................19

4 Physical Interfaces and LEDs ..................................................................... 21

Port Availability per Module .................................................................................................27

Transceivers ..........................................................................................................................32

RJ45 ......................................................................................................................................32

BNC ......................................................................................................................................33

SMB ......................................................................................................................................33

LEDs ......................................................................................................................................33

5 Graphical User Interface Overview ............................................................ 35

Main Application Window ...................................................................................................35

Main Window .......................................................................................................................35

Navigation Buttons ...............................................................................................................36

Status Bar ..........................................................................................................................36

Title Bar ...............................................................................................................................38

Global Indicator ...................................................................................................................39

Test Control .........................................................................................................................41

Test Menu ............................................................................................................................41

Application Buttons ...........................................................................................................42

Zoomed-In/Zoomed-Out Views ............................................................................................46

Arrow Buttons .....................................................................................................................47

Keyboard Usage ...................................................................................................................48

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6 Test Setup - Test Applications ....................................................................51

iOptics ..................................................................................................................................53

iSAM .....................................................................................................................................55

Multi-Channel OTN ...............................................................................................................56

FlexO BERT ............................................................................................................................57

OTN BERT ..............................................................................................................................58

OTN-SONET/SDH BERT ..........................................................................................................61

SONET/SDH BERT ..................................................................................................................64

DSn/PDH BERT ......................................................................................................................67

SONET/SDH - DSn/PDH BERT ................................................................................................69

NI/CSU Emulation ................................................................................................................72

EtherSAM (Y.1564) ...............................................................................................................73

RFC 2544 ..............................................................................................................................75

RFC 6349 ..............................................................................................................................77

FlexE BERT .............................................................................................................................78

EtherBERT .............................................................................................................................79

Traffic Gen & Mon ................................................................................................................81

Smart Loopback ....................................................................................................................83

Through Mode ......................................................................................................................85

TCP Throughput ....................................................................................................................86

Carrier Ethernet OAM ..........................................................................................................87

Cable Test .............................................................................................................................89

1588 PTP ...............................................................................................................................90

SyncE ....................................................................................................................................91

Wander .................................................................................................................................92

FC BERT ................................................................................................................................93

CPRI/OBSAI BERT ..................................................................................................................94

eCPRI BERT ...........................................................................................................................96

7 Selecting and Starting a Test .....................................................................99

Intelligent Apps ....................................................................................................................99

Transport Test Applications ................................................................................................103

Ethernet Test Applications ..................................................................................................105

Sync Test Applications ........................................................................................................107

Fibre Channel Test Application ...........................................................................................109

Wireless Test Application ....................................................................................................111

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8 Test Setup - Test Configurator, Timer, and System .............................. 113

Test Configurator Overview ................................................................................................118

Modify Structure Button ....................................................................................................125

Signal Auto-Detect ............................................................................................................153

1588 PTP ............................................................................................................................154

BERT and Unframed BERT ..................................................................................................162

BERT and Unframed BERT (CPRI/OBSAI) .............................................................................169

BERT and Unframed BERT (eCPRI) ......................................................................................173

BERT (FlexE) .......................................................................................................................176

Cable Test ..........................................................................................................................178

CFP/OSFP/QSFP/SFP ............................................................................................................180

Clock ..................................................................................................................................182

Device Under Test (iOptics) ................................................................................................190

eCPRI Flow - Profile ............................................................................................................194

EtherBERT and Unframed BERT ..........................................................................................198

EtherSAM - Burst ...............................................................................................................207

EtherSAM - Global .............................................................................................................209

EtherSAM - L2CP ................................................................................................................214

EtherSAM - Ramp ..............................................................................................................220

External Reference .............................................................................................................222

FC BERT ..............................................................................................................................223

Fibre Channel .....................................................................................................................225

FlexE Group .......................................................................................................................228

FlexO/OTN ..........................................................................................................................231

Frequency ...........................................................................................................................232

FTFL/PT and PT ...................................................................................................................235

GFP-F/GFP-T .......................................................................................................................240

Interface ............................................................................................................................241

Labels ................................................................................................................................256

Link OAM ...........................................................................................................................258

Local Details (iSAM) ...........................................................................................................260

MAC/IP/UDP .......................................................................................................................265

Network .............................................................................................................................282

Network Details (iSAM) ......................................................................................................287

ODU Channels - Global ......................................................................................................297

Path OAM ..........................................................................................................................305

Profile (FlexE) .....................................................................................................................308

Remote Details (iSAM) .......................................................................................................309

RFC 2544 - Global ..............................................................................................................313

RFC 2544 - Subtests ...........................................................................................................316

RFC 6349 ...........................................................................................................................325

S-OAM and MPLS-TP OAM .................................................................................................328

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Services - Global ................................................................................................................338

Services - L2CP ...................................................................................................................341

Services - Profile .................................................................................................................342

Signal ................................................................................................................................349

Signal Configuration ..........................................................................................................355

Signal - Signal Configuration (DSn/PDH) ............................................................................356

Signal - Signal Configuration (OTN) ...................................................................................364

Signal - Signal Configuration (SONET/SDH) ........................................................................368

Smart Loopback .................................................................................................................372

Streams - Global ................................................................................................................374

Streams - Profile ................................................................................................................376

SyncE .................................................................................................................................384

System - General ................................................................................................................386

System - GNSS ...................................................................................................................387

Transceiver System (TA/TA4) ..............................................................................................391

TCP Throughput .................................................................................................................393

Test Sequence (iOptics) ......................................................................................................395

Timer .................................................................................................................................396

Traces (OTN) ......................................................................................................................398

Traces (SONET/SDH) ...........................................................................................................402

Traces/PT (FlexO) ................................................................................................................404

Wander ..............................................................................................................................409

9 Test Results ...............................................................................................413

Alarms/Errors Overview .......................................................................................................416

Analysis - MTIE/TDEV .........................................................................................................438

Analysis - Time Error / Time Interval Error ..........................................................................440

FEC Statistics ......................................................................................................................442

FTFL/PT and PT ...................................................................................................................443

GFP-F/GFP-T .......................................................................................................................445

Graph (RFC 2544) ..............................................................................................................448

Labels ................................................................................................................................449

Link OAM ...........................................................................................................................450

Logger ...............................................................................................................................454

Messages ...........................................................................................................................457

MPLS .................................................................................................................................459

OTL-SDT ..............................................................................................................................460

Performance Monitoring ...................................................................................................462

PTP Stats ............................................................................................................................469

Quality Level (1588 PTP) ....................................................................................................471

Quality Level (SyncE) ..........................................................................................................473

S-OAM and MPLS-TP OAM .................................................................................................475

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SDT (Multi-Channel OTN) ...................................................................................................480

Service Configuration - Burst .............................................................................................482

Service Configuration - L2CP ..............................................................................................483

Service Configuration - Ramp ............................................................................................485

Service Performance ..........................................................................................................487

Streams - Frame Loss / Out-of-Sequence ............................................................................489

Streams - Jitter ...................................................................................................................489

Streams - Latency ..............................................................................................................490

Streams - Throughput / Customer Frame Throughput ........................................................491

Summary (OTN/SONET/SDH/DSn/PDH) ...............................................................................492

Summary (1588 PTP) ..........................................................................................................496

Summary (Cable Test) ........................................................................................................501

Summary (CPRI/OBSAI BERT) ..............................................................................................507

Summary (eCRPI BERT) .......................................................................................................512

Summary (EtherBERT) ........................................................................................................518

Summary (EtherSAM) ........................................................................................................522

Summary (FC BERT) ............................................................................................................525

Summary (FlexE BERT) ........................................................................................................528

Client Summary .................................................................................................................531

Summary (FlexO BERT) .......................................................................................................535

Summary (iOptics) .............................................................................................................537

Summary (iSAM) ................................................................................................................539

Summary (Link OAM) .........................................................................................................543

Summary (Multi-Channel OTN) ..........................................................................................545

Summary (NI/CSU Emulation) ............................................................................................547

Summary (RFC 2544) .........................................................................................................548

Summary (Smart Loopback) ...............................................................................................551

Summary (RFC 6349) .........................................................................................................552

Summary (S-OAM and MPLS-TP OAM) ...............................................................................555

Summary (SyncE) ...............................................................................................................560

Summary (TCP Throughput) ...............................................................................................563

Summary (Through Mode) .................................................................................................566

Summary (Traffic Gen & Mon) ...........................................................................................568

Summary (Wander) ............................................................................................................570

Traces (OTN) ......................................................................................................................574

Traces (SONET/SDH) ...........................................................................................................576

Traces/PT (FlexO) ................................................................................................................577

Traffic - Ethernet ................................................................................................................579

Traffic - Flow Control .........................................................................................................582

Traffic - Graph ...................................................................................................................584

Traffic - Path OAM .............................................................................................................585

Traffic - OAM, S-OAM, and MPLS-TP OAM .........................................................................586

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Window Sweep .................................................................................................................588

WIS ....................................................................................................................................589

10 Test Functions ..........................................................................................591

<rate> Advanced - <transceiver> Control .......................................................................594

<rate> Advanced - Lanes Mapping & Skew ......................................................................598

<rate> Advanced - Pre-Emphasis/RX EQ ...........................................................................603

<rate> Advanced - PAM-4 Histogram ...............................................................................605

APS ....................................................................................................................................606

BFD (Bidirectional Forwarding Detection) ..........................................................................609

Client Offset ......................................................................................................................611

FDL - Bit-Oriented Message ................................................................................................614

FDL - Performance Report Message ...................................................................................618

FEAC ..................................................................................................................................621

Filters .................................................................................................................................625

FlexE Advanced ..................................................................................................................629

GMP ..................................................................................................................................631

OH BERT ...........................................................................................................................632

OH - GFP-F/GFP-T ...............................................................................................................638

OH - OTN ...........................................................................................................................643

OH - SONET/SDH ................................................................................................................649

Packet Capture ..................................................................................................................663

Ping & Trace Route ............................................................................................................669

Pointer Adjustment ............................................................................................................674

RTD ....................................................................................................................................684

RTD/RTT (CPRI/OBSAI Framed L2) .......................................................................................687

S-OAM Link Trace ..............................................................................................................690

Signaling Bits .....................................................................................................................692

Spare Bits ...........................................................................................................................694

Traffic Scan ........................................................................................................................696

11 Test Control ...............................................................................................699

More/Less Button ................................................................................................................699

Discover Remote Button ....................................................................................................700

Inject Button .......................................................................................................................705

Laser Button ......................................................................................................................705

Lpbk Tool Button (Loopback Tool) .....................................................................................706

Report Button ....................................................................................................................713

Reset Button ......................................................................................................................718

Save/Load Button ...............................................................................................................719

Start/Stop|TX Button .........................................................................................................723

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12 Power Failure Recovery ........................................................................... 725

Enabling Power Failure Recovery ........................................................................................726

When Using the Test Timer .................................................................................................727

13 Maintenance ............................................................................................. 729

Cleaning LC/MPO-n Connectors ..........................................................................................730

Battery Safety Information .................................................................................................730

Recalibrating the Unit .........................................................................................................731

Recycling and Disposal .......................................................................................................732

14 Troubleshooting ....................................................................................... 733

Solving Common Problems .................................................................................................733

Contacting the Technical Support Group ............................................................................734

Transportation ....................................................................................................................734

15 Warranty ................................................................................................... 735

General Information ...........................................................................................................735

Liability ...............................................................................................................................736

Exclusions ...........................................................................................................................737

Certification ........................................................................................................................737

Service and Repairs .............................................................................................................738

EXFO Service Centers Worldwide ........................................................................................739

A Specifications ........................................................................................... 741

B Glossary .................................................................................................... 743

Acronym List .......................................................................................................................743

10G Ethernet Client ............................................................................................................761

1588 PTP .............................................................................................................................764

CPRI ...................................................................................................................................770

Ethernet Cables .................................................................................................................775

G.709 Optical Transport Network (OTN) ............................................................................777

Generic Framing Procedure (GFP) ......................................................................................794

MPLS Labels ........................................................................................................................806

OBSAI ................................................................................................................................807

SONET/DSn/SDH/PDH ..........................................................................................................812

SyncE ..................................................................................................................................822

Unicast/Multicast Addresses for Ethernet OAM ..................................................................824

VLAN ID and Priority ...........................................................................................................825

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C Alarms/Errors .............................................................................................827

Group of Alarms/Errors .......................................................................................................827

BER .....................................................................................................................................829

Clock ...................................................................................................................................830

CPRI ....................................................................................................................................831

DS1 .....................................................................................................................................832

DS3 .....................................................................................................................................832

E1 .......................................................................................................................................834

E2/E3/E4 .............................................................................................................................835

Ethernet ..............................................................................................................................836

Ethernet - PCS ....................................................................................................................840

Ethernet - PCS Lanes ..........................................................................................................841

FEC (FlexO) .........................................................................................................................844

FEC (OTN) ..........................................................................................................................844

Fibre Channel (including RS-FEC) .......................................................................................845

FlexE Group ........................................................................................................................846

FlexO Group ........................................................................................................................847

FOICx.y ...............................................................................................................................848

GFP (Generic Framing Procedure) ......................................................................................849

GMP (ODTU4.x - GMP) .......................................................................................................854

Interface .............................................................................................................................855

IP/UDP/TCP ..........................................................................................................................858

OBSAI ................................................................................................................................858

ODUCn ..............................................................................................................................859

ODUx and ODUk (ODUflex) ................................................................................................861

ODUx-TCM .........................................................................................................................864

OPUCn ...............................................................................................................................866

OPUx and OPUk (OPUflex) .................................................................................................867

OTL ....................................................................................................................................869

OTUC Frame ......................................................................................................................870

OTUCn ...............................................................................................................................871

OTUx ..................................................................................................................................873

Path OAM ...........................................................................................................................877

PHY ....................................................................................................................................878

PHYs ..................................................................................................................................879

PTP .....................................................................................................................................880

QoS Metrics .......................................................................................................................881

Reference Signal ................................................................................................................881

RS-FEC (CPRI) .....................................................................................................................882

RS-FEC (Ethernet) ...............................................................................................................882

S-OAM and MPLS-TP OAM .................................................................................................884

Section/Line / RS/MS ..........................................................................................................887

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STS-x/AU-x .........................................................................................................................889

SyncE .................................................................................................................................891

TCM (SONET/SDH) ..............................................................................................................892

Transcoding .......................................................................................................................895

VT/TU .................................................................................................................................896

WIS ....................................................................................................................................899

D Remote ToolBox ...................................................................................... 903

Overview .............................................................................................................................903

Remote ToolBox Installation ...............................................................................................905

Starting and Using the Remote ToolBox Application .........................................................906

Applications for... ...............................................................................................................908

Index .............................................................................................................. 909

Regulatory Information

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Regulatory Information

Electromagnetic Interference and Compatibility

Regulatory Information

For Electromagnetic Interference and Compatibility Regulatory information

on your product, refer to the user documentation of your platform.

European Declaration of Conformity

The full text of the EU declaration of conformity is available at the following

Internet address: www.exfo.com/en/resources/legal-documentation.

Laser

Your instrument is a Class 1 laser product in compliance with

standards IEC 60825-1: 2007/2014 and 21 CFR 1040.10, except for

deviations pursuant to Laser Notice No. 42, dated December 18,

1989.

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1 Introducing the High-Speed

Multiservice Test Module

Turnkey field-test solution for deploying, validating, and troubleshooting

networks up to 400G.

Features

Model

8870/8880 88200NGE 88260 88400NGE/88460

Intelligent

Apps.

iOptics X X X X

iSAM X X X -

Transport Multi-Channel OTN - X - -

FlexO BERT - - - X

OTN BERT X X X -

SONET/SDH BERT X X X -

OTN-SONET/SDH BERT X X X -

DSn/PDH BERT X - - -

SONET/SDH - DSn/PDH BERT X - X -

NI/CSU X - - -

Ethernet EtherSAM (Y.1564) X X X -

RFC 6349 X X X -

RFC 2544 X X X X

FlexE BERT - - - X

EtherBERT X X X X

Traffic Gen & Mon X X X -

Smart Loopback X X X X

Through Mode X X X -

TCP Throughput X X - -

Carrier Ethernet OAM X X X -

Cable Test X - - -

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Technical Specifications

To obtain this product’s technical specifications, visit the EXFO Web site at

www.exfo.com.

Packet Sync 1588 PTP X X X -

SyncE X X X -

Wander 8880 - - -

Fibre Channel FC BERT X X X -

Wireless CPRI/OBSAI BERT X X X -

eCPRI BERT X X X -

Features

Model

8870/8880 88200NGE 88260 88400NGE/88460

Introducing the High-Speed Multiservice Test Module

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Conventions

Before using the product described in this guide, you should understand

the following conventions:

WARNING

Indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not avoided,

could result in death or serious injury. Do not proceed unless you

understand and meet the required conditions.

CAUTION

Indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not avoided,

may result in minor or moderate injury. Do not proceed unless you

understand and meet the required conditions.

CAUTION

Indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not avoided,

may result in component damage. Do not proceed unless you

understand and meet the required conditions.

IMPORTANT

Refers to information about this product you should not overlook.

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2 Safety Information

WARNING

Do not install or terminate fibers while a light source is active.

Never look directly into a live fiber and ensure that your eyes are

protected at all times.

WARNING

The use of controls, adjustments and procedures, namely for

operation and maintenance, other than those specified herein may

result in hazardous radiation exposure or impair the protection

provided by this unit.

WARNING

If the equipment is used in a manner not specified by the

manufacturer, the protection provided by the equipment may be

impaired.

WARNING

Use only accessories designed for your unit and approved by EXFO.

For a complete list of accessories available for your unit, refer to its

technical specifications or contact EXFO.

Safety Information

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IMPORTANT

Refer to the documentation provided by the manufacturers of any

accessories used with your EXFO product. It may contain

environmental and/or operating conditions limiting their use.

IMPORTANT

When you see the following symbol on your unit , make sure

that you refer to the instructions provided in your user

documentation. Ensure that you understand and meet the required

conditions before using your product.

IMPORTANT

When you see the following symbol on your unit , it indicates

that the unit is equipped with a laser source, or that it can be used

with instruments equipped with a laser source. These instruments

include, but are not limited to, modules and external optical units.

IMPORTANT

Other safety instructions relevant for your product are located

throughout this documentation, depending on the action to

perform. Make sure to read them carefully when they apply to your

situation.

Safety Information

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Additional Laser Safety Information

This product employs Class 1 Laser transceivers.

Note: Refer to the platform user guide for additional test equipment safety

information and ratings.

WARNING

When the LASER LED is on or flashing, the module is transmitting an

optical signal on the transceiver ports.

Safety Information

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Installation Instruction Warnings

CAUTION

When you use the unit outdoors, ensure that it is protected from

liquids, dust, direct sunlight, precipitation, and full wind pressure.

CAUTION

Except for the dual Bantam connector and the RJ-48C port, all

telecom (electrical) interfaces are SELV (Safety Extra Low Voltage)

circuitry intended for intra-building use only.

CAUTION

For the dual Bantam connector and the RJ-48C ports, use only No.

26 AWG or larger telecommunication line cord to reduce the risk of

fire.

CAUTION

No user serviceable parts are contained inside. Contact the

manufacturer regarding service of this equipment.

IMPORTANT

All wiring and installation must be in accordance with local building

and electrical codes acceptable to the authorities in the countries

where the equipment is installed and used.

WARNING

Use only accessories designed for your unit and approved by EXFO.

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