8–Using QLogic Control Suite
Managing Ethernet Controller (Port)
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3.
The following command runs all the tests five times, with an LED test interval
of 8 ms for the selected target.
diag -c all -l 5 -v 8
Analyzing Cables in Windows
The
Cable Analysis option
on the
Diagnostics
tab lets you monitor the
conditions of each wire pair in an Ethernet Category 5 cable connection within an
Ethernet network. The analysis measures the cable quality and compares it
against the IEEE 802.3ab specification for compliance.
To run a cable analysis using QCS GUI
1.
Connect the cable to a port on a switch where the port is set to
Auto
and the
Speed & Duplex driver settings are also set to
Auto
.
2.
Click the name of the adapter to test in the Explorer View pane.
3.
From the
Select a test to run
list, select
Cable Analysis
).
4.
Click
Analyze
.
NOTE
This feature can be used with Windows Server managed hosts only. It is
not available for hosts operating on Linux or other OSes. You can,
however use QCS on a Linux client to connect to a Windows Server host
and run the cable analysis utility.
You must have administrator privileges to run the cable analysis test.
The network connection is temporarily lost during an analysis.
This option is not available for 8400/3400 Series 10GbE network
adapters.
This option is not available for all QLogic network adapters.
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