EXFO NetBlazer V2 Series User guide

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User Guide

NetBlazer (including FTBx-88000 Series)

FTB-700/800/900 Series

HIGH SPEED PORTABLE FIELD TESTER

ii FTB-700/800/900 Series

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Contents

Regulatory Information ......................................................................................................... xi

1 Introducing the High Speed Portable Field Tester ..................................... 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 FTBx Test Modules .........................................................................11

Inserting and Removing Transceiver System ........................................................................12

Turning On the Unit ..............................................................................................................15

Starting the Module Application ...........................................................................................15

4 Physical Interfaces and LEDs ..................................................................... 17

FTB-870v2, FTB-870Q, and FTBx-8870 Modules ....................................................................17

FTB-880v2, FTB-880Q, FTB-720Gv2, FTB-730Gv2, and FTBx-8880 Modules ..........................18

FTB-890, FTB-890NGE, and FTBx-88200NGE Modules ...........................................................19

Port Availability per Module .................................................................................................22

Transceivers ..........................................................................................................................26

RJ45 ......................................................................................................................................26

BNC ......................................................................................................................................27

SMB ......................................................................................................................................27

Headset/Microphone Port (FTB-1v2) ......................................................................................27

LEDs ......................................................................................................................................28

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5 Graphical User Interface Overview ............................................................29

Main Application Window ...................................................................................................29

Main Window .......................................................................................................................29

Navigation Buttons ...............................................................................................................29

Status Bar ..........................................................................................................................30

Title Bar ...............................................................................................................................32

Global Indicator ...................................................................................................................33

Test Control .........................................................................................................................35

Test Menu ............................................................................................................................35

Application Buttons ...........................................................................................................36

Zoomed-In/Zoomed-Out Views .............................................................................................40

Arrow Buttons .....................................................................................................................40

Keyboard Usage ...................................................................................................................41

6 Test Setup - Test Applications ....................................................................45

iOptics ..................................................................................................................................46

iSAM .....................................................................................................................................47

OTN BERT ..............................................................................................................................48

OTN-SONET/SDH BERT ..........................................................................................................51

SONET/SDH BERT ..................................................................................................................54

DSn/PDH BERT ......................................................................................................................57

SONET/SDH - DSn/PDH BERT ................................................................................................59

NI/CSU Emulation ................................................................................................................62

ISDN PRI ...............................................................................................................................63

EtherSAM (Y.1564) ...............................................................................................................64

RFC 2544 ..............................................................................................................................66

RFC 6349 ..............................................................................................................................68

EtherBERT .............................................................................................................................69

Traffic Gen & Mon ................................................................................................................71

Smart Loopback ....................................................................................................................73

Through Mode ......................................................................................................................75

TCP Throughput ....................................................................................................................76

Carrier Ethernet OAM ..........................................................................................................77

Cable Test .............................................................................................................................79

1588 PTP ...............................................................................................................................81

SyncE ....................................................................................................................................82

Wander .................................................................................................................................83

FC BERT ................................................................................................................................84

CPRI/OBSAI BERT ..................................................................................................................85

eCPRI BERT ...........................................................................................................................87

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7 Selecting and Starting a Test .................................................................... 89

Intelligent Apps ....................................................................................................................89

Transport Test Applications ..................................................................................................93

Ethernet Test Applications ....................................................................................................95

Sync Test Applications ..........................................................................................................97

Fibre Channel Test Application .............................................................................................99

Wireless Test Application ....................................................................................................101

8 Test Setup - Test Configurator, Timer, and System .............................. 103

Test Configurator Overview ................................................................................................108

Modify Structure Button ....................................................................................................115

Signal Auto-Detect ............................................................................................................139

1588 PTP ............................................................................................................................140

BERT and Unframed BERT ..................................................................................................148

BERT and Unframed BERT (CPRI/OBSAI) .............................................................................155

BERT and Unframed BERT (eCPRI) ......................................................................................159

Cable Test ..........................................................................................................................162

CFP/QSFP/SFP .....................................................................................................................164

Clock ..................................................................................................................................166

Device Under Test (iOptics) ................................................................................................173

eCPRI Flow - Profile ............................................................................................................176

EtherBERT and Unframed BERT ..........................................................................................180

EtherSAM - Burst ...............................................................................................................188

EtherSAM - Global .............................................................................................................190

EtherSAM - L2CP ................................................................................................................195

EtherSAM - Ramp ..............................................................................................................201

External Reference .............................................................................................................203

FC BERT ..............................................................................................................................204

Fibre Channel .....................................................................................................................206

Frequency ...........................................................................................................................209

FTFL/PT ...............................................................................................................................212

GFP-F/GFP-T .......................................................................................................................216

Interface ............................................................................................................................217

ISDN PRI - Call Management ..............................................................................................232

ISDN PRI - ISDN Settings ....................................................................................................237

Labels ................................................................................................................................239

Link OAM ...........................................................................................................................241

Local Details (iSAM) ...........................................................................................................243

MAC/IP/UDP .......................................................................................................................248

Network .............................................................................................................................265

Network Details (iSAM) ......................................................................................................270

Remote Details (iSAM) .......................................................................................................280

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RFC 2544 - Global ..............................................................................................................284

RFC 2544 - Subtests ...........................................................................................................287

RFC 6349 ...........................................................................................................................296

S-OAM and MPLS-TP OAM .................................................................................................299

Services - Global ................................................................................................................309

Services - L2CP ...................................................................................................................312

Services - Profile .................................................................................................................313

Signal ................................................................................................................................320

Signal Configuration ..........................................................................................................326

Signal - Signal Configuration (DSn/PDH) ............................................................................327

Signal - Signal Configuration (OTN) ...................................................................................335

Signal - Signal Configuration (SONET/SDH) ........................................................................339

Smart Loopback .................................................................................................................343

Streams - Global ................................................................................................................345

Streams - Profile ................................................................................................................347

SyncE .................................................................................................................................355

System - General ................................................................................................................357

System - GNSS ...................................................................................................................358

Transceiver System (TA) .....................................................................................................362

TCP Throughput .................................................................................................................364

Test Sequence (iOptics) ......................................................................................................366

Timer .................................................................................................................................367

Traces (OTN) ......................................................................................................................369

Traces (SONET/SDH) ...........................................................................................................372

Wander ..............................................................................................................................374

9 Test Results ...............................................................................................377

Alarms/Errors Overview .......................................................................................................380

Analysis - MTIE/TDEV .........................................................................................................397

Analysis - Time Error / Time Interval Error ..........................................................................399

FEC Statistics ......................................................................................................................401

FTFL/PT ...............................................................................................................................402

GFP-F/GFP-T .......................................................................................................................404

Graph (RFC 2544) ..............................................................................................................407

ISDN Logger .......................................................................................................................408

Labels ................................................................................................................................413

Link OAM ...........................................................................................................................414

Logger and Alarms/Errors Logger ......................................................................................418

Messages ...........................................................................................................................421

MPLS .................................................................................................................................423

OTL-SDT ..............................................................................................................................424

Performance Monitoring ...................................................................................................426

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PTP Stats ............................................................................................................................433

Quality Level (1588 PTP) ....................................................................................................435

Quality Level (SyncE) ..........................................................................................................437

S-OAM and MPLS-TP OAM .................................................................................................439

Service Configuration - Burst .............................................................................................444

Service Configuration - L2CP ..............................................................................................445

Service Configuration - Ramp ............................................................................................447

Service Performance ..........................................................................................................449

Streams - Frame Loss / Out-of-Sequence ............................................................................451

Streams - Jitter ...................................................................................................................451

Streams - Latency ..............................................................................................................452

Streams - Throughput / Customer Frame Throughput ........................................................453

Summary (OTN/SONET/SDH/DSn/PDH) ...............................................................................454

Summary (1588 PTP) ..........................................................................................................458

Summary (Cable Test) ........................................................................................................463

Summary (CPRI/OBSAI BERT) ..............................................................................................469

Summary (eCRPI BERT) .......................................................................................................474

Summary (EtherBERT) ........................................................................................................480

Summary (EtherSAM) ........................................................................................................484

Summary (FC BERT) ............................................................................................................487

Summary (iOptics) .............................................................................................................490

Summary (iSAM) ................................................................................................................492

Summary (ISDN PRI) ...........................................................................................................496

Summary (Link OAM) .........................................................................................................502

Summary (NI/CSU Emulation) ............................................................................................504

Summary (RFC 2544) .........................................................................................................505

Summary (Smart Loopback) ...............................................................................................508

Summary (RFC 6349) .........................................................................................................509

Summary (S-OAM and MPLS-TP OAM) ...............................................................................512

Summary (SyncE) ...............................................................................................................517

Summary (TCP Throughput) ...............................................................................................520

Summary (Through Mode) .................................................................................................523

Summary (Traffic Gen & Mon) ...........................................................................................525

Summary (Wander) ............................................................................................................527

Traces (OTN) ......................................................................................................................531

Traces (SONET/SDH) ...........................................................................................................533

Traffic - Ethernet ................................................................................................................534

Traffic - Flow Control .........................................................................................................537

Traffic - Graph ...................................................................................................................539

Traffic - OAM, S-OAM, and MPLS-TP OAM .........................................................................540

Window Sweep ..................................................................................................................542

WIS ....................................................................................................................................543

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10 Test Functions ..........................................................................................545

<rate> Advanced - <transceiver> Control .......................................................................548

<rate> Advanced - Lanes Mapping & Skew ......................................................................552

APS ....................................................................................................................................557

BFD (Bidirectional Forwarding Detection) ..........................................................................560

Client Offset ......................................................................................................................562

FDL - Bit-Oriented Message ................................................................................................565

FDL - Performance Report Message ...................................................................................569

FEAC ..................................................................................................................................572

Filters .................................................................................................................................576

GMP ..................................................................................................................................580

OH BERT ...........................................................................................................................581

OH - GFP-F/GFP-T ..............................................................................................................584

OH - OTN ...........................................................................................................................589

OH - SONET/SDH ................................................................................................................595

Packet Capture ..................................................................................................................609

Ping & Trace Route ............................................................................................................615

Pointer Adjustment ............................................................................................................620

RTD ....................................................................................................................................630

RTD/RTT (CPRI/OBSAI Framed L2) .......................................................................................633

S-OAM Link Trace ..............................................................................................................636

Signaling Bits .....................................................................................................................638

Spare Bits ...........................................................................................................................640

Traffic Scan ........................................................................................................................642

11 Test Control ...............................................................................................645

More/Less Button ................................................................................................................645

Discover Remote Button ....................................................................................................646

Headset/DTMF Button ........................................................................................................651

Inject Button .......................................................................................................................652

Laser Button ......................................................................................................................652

Lpbk Tool Button (Loopback Tool) .....................................................................................653

Phone Book Button ............................................................................................................660

Report Button ....................................................................................................................664

Reset Button ......................................................................................................................669

Save/Load Button ...............................................................................................................670

Start/Stop|TX Button .........................................................................................................674

12 Power Failure Recovery ............................................................................675

Enabling Power Failure Recovery ........................................................................................676

When Using the Test Timer .................................................................................................677

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13 Maintenance ............................................................................................. 679

Cleaning LC/MPO-n Connectors ..........................................................................................680

Battery Safety Information .................................................................................................680

Recalibrating the Unit .........................................................................................................681

Recycling and Disposal .......................................................................................................682

14 Troubleshooting ....................................................................................... 683

Solving Common Problems .................................................................................................683

Contacting the Technical Support Group ............................................................................684

Transportation ....................................................................................................................684

15 Warranty ................................................................................................... 685

General Information ...........................................................................................................685

Liability ...............................................................................................................................686

Exclusions ...........................................................................................................................687

Certification ........................................................................................................................687

Service and Repairs .............................................................................................................688

EXFO Service Centers Worldwide ........................................................................................689

A Specifications ........................................................................................... 691

B Glossary .................................................................................................... 695

Acronym List .......................................................................................................................695

10G Ethernet Client ............................................................................................................711

1588 PTP .............................................................................................................................714

CPRI ...................................................................................................................................720

Ethernet Cables .................................................................................................................725

G.709 Optical Transport Network (OTN) ............................................................................727

Generic Framing Procedure (GFP) ......................................................................................744

MPLS Labels ........................................................................................................................756

OBSAI ................................................................................................................................757

SONET/DSn/SDH/PDH ..........................................................................................................762

SyncE ..................................................................................................................................772

Unicast/Multicast Addresses for Ethernet OAM ..................................................................774

VLAN ID and Priority ...........................................................................................................775

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C Alarms/Errors .............................................................................................777

Group of Alarms/Errors .......................................................................................................777

BER .....................................................................................................................................779

Clock ...................................................................................................................................780

CPRI ....................................................................................................................................781

DS1 .....................................................................................................................................782

DS3 .....................................................................................................................................782

E1 .......................................................................................................................................784

E2/E3/E4 .............................................................................................................................785

Ethernet ..............................................................................................................................786

Ethernet - PCS ....................................................................................................................789

Ethernet - PCS Lanes ..........................................................................................................790

FEC (OTN) ..........................................................................................................................792

Fibre Channel (including RS-FEC) .......................................................................................792

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

GMP ..................................................................................................................................799

Interface .............................................................................................................................799

IP/UDP/TCP ..........................................................................................................................802

ISDN ..................................................................................................................................802

OBSAI ................................................................................................................................803

ODUx .................................................................................................................................804

ODUx-TCM .........................................................................................................................807

OPUx ..................................................................................................................................809

OTL ....................................................................................................................................811

OTUx ..................................................................................................................................812

PTP .....................................................................................................................................815

QoS Metrics .......................................................................................................................817

Reference Signal ................................................................................................................817

RS-FEC (CPRI) .....................................................................................................................818

RS-FEC (Ethernet) ...............................................................................................................818

S-OAM and MPLS-TP OAM .................................................................................................820

Section/Line / RS/MS ..........................................................................................................823

STS-x/AU-x .........................................................................................................................825

SyncE .................................................................................................................................827

TCM (SONET/SDH) ..............................................................................................................828

Transcoding .......................................................................................................................831

VT/TU .................................................................................................................................832

WIS ....................................................................................................................................835

Index ...............................................................................................................839

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

Portable Field Tester

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

networks up to 100G.

Features

Model

870v2

870Q

8870

880v2

880Q

8880

720Gv2

730Gv2

890

88200NGE

890NGE 88260

Intelligent

Apps.

iOptics X X X X X X

iSAM X X X X X X

Transport OTN BERT X X X X X X

OTN-SONET/SDH BERT X X X X X X

SONET/SDH BERT X X X X X X

DSn/PDH BERT X X X - X -

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

NI/CSU Emulation X X X - X -

ISDN PRI X X X - X -

Ethernet EtherSAM (Y.1564) X X X X X X

RFC 6349 X X X X X X

RFC 2544 X X X X X X

EtherBERT X X X X X X

Traffic Gen & Mon X X X X X X

Smart Loopback X X X X X X

Through Mode X X X X X X

TCP Throughput X X X X X -

Carrier Ethernet OAM X X X X X X

Cable Test X X X - 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 X X X

SyncE X X X X X X

Wander - X X - X -

Fibre Channel FC BERT X X X X X X

Wireless CPRI/OBSAI BERT X X X X X X

eCPRI BERT X X X X X X

OTDR and iOLM OTDR - - X - - -

iOLM - - X - - -

Features

Model

870v2

870Q

8870

880v2

880Q

8880

720Gv2

730Gv2

890

88200NGE

890NGE 88260

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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 OTDR, iOLM, and FTB-1v2 Pro user guides 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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