Paradyne 8546 Network Card User Manual


 
Hotwire DSL System Description
1-9
8000-A2-GB20-50
April 2000
Troubleshooting and Diagnostics
The Hotwire DSL system provides DSL diagnostic submenu options that:
H Perform PING tests and display results
H Perform a BERT test
H Display selftest results for CPU, memories, and ports
H Show major alarms such as Selftest Failure, Processor Failure, and DSL or
Ethernet port failure
H Show minor alarms such as Config Error and thresholds exceeded for DSL
Margin and Error Rate or Link Down events
H Perform a trace route to an IP address to display a list of intermediate nodes
to the destination
H Run a nondisruptive packet echo test over the DSL line to an RTU
NOTE:
You must have Administrator permission to perform most of the
troubleshooting and diagnostic activities. However, you can run nondisruptive
tests as a user with Operator permission.
For more information about troubleshooting and diagnostics, see Chapter 5,
Diagnostics and Troubleshooting.