Avaya 03-300430 User Manual

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Communication Manager Maintenance-Object Repair Procedures
560 Maintenance Procedures for Avaya Communication Manager 3.0, Media Gateways and Servers
 
ATM Board Framer Loop-Around Test (#1260)
This test is destructive.
Note:
Note:
This test can be run on the standby PNC only if the board is busied out.
This test places the ATM circuit pack in ATM framer loop-around mode.  Once the board 
receives this message, it creates a dummy virtual circuit that originates and ends on the same 
board, without leaving the board.  This test verifies both the TDM path and the Packet Path.  If 
the TDM test path passes, then the packet path is tested.  Definitions of each test path are:
The circuit (TDM) path: one of the Tone Generators sends a bit pattern through a TDM 
bus time slot to the ATM framer.  The pattern is converted into ATM cells and looped back 
to the ATM-EI board, which converts the cell back into the bit pattern and puts it on a 
pre-determined time slot.  A Tone Detector tests for the bit pattern and reports the test 
result.  This test verifies that a large portion of the ATM-EIs circuit paths are functioning 
correctly.  
on page 560 shows a 
diagram of the test.
Figure 27: ATM Board Framer Loop-Around Test (#1260)
Packet path: the Packet Interface circuit pack sends packet data to the ATM framer 
interface, where it is mapped into ATM cells and then looped around internally.  The cells 
are converted back to packet data after it has been looped.  This portion of the test verifies 
correct operation of the ATM-EI’s packet-bus interface and a large portion of the ATM-EI's 
packet paths.  
on page 561 shows the packet switched signal path for the ATM circuit pack.
This test verifies the operation of a large portion of the ATM-EI circuit and packet paths, but 
does not verify the optical portion of the lightwave transceiver.  If this test passes, the 
ATM-EI circuit pack is functioning correctly, but faults can exist in the lightwave transceiver.  
If the test fails, the fault can be on the board.  After the test results are reported, the ATM 
framer is taken out of loopback.
Note:
Note:
This test can be run on active or standby ATM-EIs, but it is not allowed if an 
ATM-EI is the Expansion Archangel.
Tone clock
Tone detector
Packet
Interface
PNC mode
ATM
framer
looped
iodftone AWF 040699
TDM bus
(PPN)
Packet bus
(PPN)
ATM
circuit
pack