Web Management Guide-R04

Table Of Contents
Chapter 4
| Interface Configuration
Performing Cable Diagnostics
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Interpair shorts
Intrapair shorts
Open pairs
Detects the location of cable faults.
Detects good cable (accuracy 10 meters).
Detects the length of good cables on a per pair basis
Cable diagnostics can only be performed on twisted-pair media.
This cable test is only accurate for Gigabit Ethernet cables 7 - 100 meters long.
The test takes approximately 1 second. The switch displays the results of the
test immediately upon completion, including common cable failures, as well as
the status and approximate length to a fault.
Potential conditions which may be listed by the diagnostics include those listed
below.
Pair busy, linked partner in 100BAS-TX forced mode
Interpair short
Intrapair short
Pair open, fault detected
Invalid, cable diagnostic routine did not complete successfully
Ports must have auto-negotiation enabled
Ports are linked down while running cable diagnostics.
Parameters
These parameters are displayed:
Port – Switch port identifier.
Test Result – The results include common cable failures, as well as the status
and approximate distance to a fault, or the approximate cable length if no fault
is found.
For link-down ports, the reported distance to a fault is accurate to within +/- 5
meters. For link-up ports, the accuracy is +/- 10 meters.
To ensure more accurate measurement of the length to a fault, first disable
power-saving mode on the link partner before running cable diagnostics.
Accuracy – Accuracy of distance to reported fault.
Last Updated – Shows the last time this port was tested.