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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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Document version: 24.0.0.1
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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
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
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
Introducing the High Speed Portable Field Tester
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Conventions
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
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
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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