EDM 01-11v8 DAG 6.1S Card User Guide
©2005
i Version 8: May 2006
Table of Contents
1.0 PREFACE........................................................................................................................... 1
1.1 User Manual Purpose ......................................................................................................1
1.2 DAG 6.1S Card Product Description..............................................................................2
1.3 DAG 6.1S Card Architecture ..........................................................................................3
1.4 DAG 6.1S Card Extended Functions ..............................................................................3
1.5 DAG 6.1S Card System Requirements ...........................................................................3
2.0 INSTALLING DAG 6.1S CARD......................................................................................5
2.1 Installation of Operating System and Endace Software..................................................5
2.2 Insert DAG 6.1S Card into PC........................................................................................5
2.3 Connect Card Ports .........................................................................................................6
3.0 SETTING DAG 6.1S CARD OPTICAL POWER.......................................................... 7
3.1 DAG 6.1S Card Optical Power Input..............................................................................7
3.2 Splitter Losses .................................................................................................................8
4.0 CONFIDENCE TESTING DAG 6.1S CARD .................................................................9
4.1 Interpreting DAG 6.1S Card LED Status........................................................................9
4.2 DAG 6.1S Card LED Display Functions ......................................................................10
4.3 Configuration in WYSYCC Style.................................................................................11
4.4 dagsix Utility............................................................................................................14
4.5 DAG 6.1S Card Capture Session ..................................................................................14
4.6 Inspect PoS Interface Statistics .....................................................................................15
4.7 Inspect 10G Ethernet Interface Statistics ......................................................................18
4.8 Reporting Problems.......................................................................................................23
5.0 RUNNING DATA CAPTURE SOFTWARE................................................................ 24
5.1 Starting Data Capture Session.......................................................................................24
5.2 High Load Performance ................................................................................................26
6.0 SYNCHRONIZING CLOCK TIME.............................................................................. 28
6.1 Configuration Tool Usage.............................................................................................29
6.2 Time Synchronization Configurations ..........................................................................30
6.2.1 Single Card no Reference Time Synchronization...................................................30
6.2.2 Two Cards no Reference Time Synchronization....................................................31
6.2.3 Card with Reference Time Synchronization...........................................................32
6.3 Synchronization Connector Pin-outs.............................................................................34
7.0 DATA FORMATS OVERVIEW.................................................................................... 36
7.1 Data Formats .................................................................................................................36
7.2 Timestamps ...................................................................................................................38
