3Com 3CDSG8-US User Guide - Page 39

Cable Diagnostics, Cable Status, APPLY

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Ports 39 5.4 Cable Diagnostics You can perform cable diagnostics for all ports or selected ports to diagnose any cable faults (short, open etc..) and feedback a distance to the fault. • Cable Diagnostics - Cable diagnostics is performed on a per-port basis. Select the port number from the drop-down list. • Cable Status - Shows the cable length, operating conditions and isolates a variety of common faults that can occur on Category 5 twisted pair cabling. Note: Due to a hardware issue Port 8 cannot display cable diagnostic information. There are two main buttons associated with this page: • HELP - Displays this text. • APPLY - Updates the switch configuration. No changes are made to the configuration until this button is pressed.

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Ports
39
5.4
Cable Diagnostics
You can perform cable diagnostics for all ports or selected ports to diagnose any cable faults
(short, open etc..) and feedback a distance to the fault.
Cable Diagnostics
– Cable diagnostics is performed on a per-port basis. Select the port
number from the drop-down list.
Cable Status
– Shows the cable length, operating conditions and isolates a variety of
common faults that can occur on Category 5 twisted pair cabling.
Note
: Due to a hardware issue Port 8 cannot display cable diagnostic information.
There are two main buttons associated with this page:
HELP
- Displays this text.
APPLY
- Updates the switch configuration. No changes are made to the configuration
until this button is pressed.