Bert Cisco
Bert Cisco
Bert Cisco
This feature module describes how to configure a bit error rate test (BERT) and display the test results
for channelized line cards in Cisco internet routers.
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Contents
• Feature Overview, page 2
• Configuration Tasks, page 4
• Configuration Examples, page 7
• Additional References, page 7
• Command Reference, page 8
• Glossary, page 16
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Feature Overview
Feature Overview
Bit error rate test (BERT) circuitry is built into channelized line cards in Cisco internet routers and is
supported on the following line cards:
• One-port Channelized OC-12 (DS3)
• One-port Channelized OC-12/STM-4 (OC-3/STM-1)
• One-port Channelized OC-48/STM-16 (DS3/E3, OC-3c/STM-1c, OC-12c/STM-4c) POS/SDH ISE
• Two-port Channelized OC-3/STM-1 (2-Port CHOC-3 DS1/E1)
• Four-port Channelized OC-12/STM-4 (DS3/E3, OC-3c/STM-1c) POS/SDH ISE
• Six-port Channelized T3 (T1)
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Feature Overview
Benefits
Additional BERT Patterns Supported
Additional BERT patterns are now supported on channelized line cards in Cisco internet routers to allow
you to test more thoroughly for bit errors on a T1 link and diagnose signal problems.
Restrictions
Only One T1/E1 BER Test Supported Per T3 Port
Only one BER test circuit is supported on the T1/E1 links configured for a T3 port.
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Configuration Tasks
Related Documents
• Cisco IOS Release 12.0 Configuration Fundamentals Configuration Guide
• Cisco IOS Release 12.0 Configuration Fundamentals Command Reference
• 2-Port STM-1/OC-3 Channelized E1/T1 Line Card Installation and Configuration
• 4-Port Channelized OC-12/STM-4 POS/SDH ISE Line Card Installation and Configuration
• 6CT3-SMB Line Card Installation and Configuration
• ITU O.151
Configuration Tasks
This section describes how to configure and perform a BER test on a T1 line or a DS3 interface on a
channelized line card, and how to stop or verify the test:
• Performing a BER Test on a T1 Line, page 5 (Required)
• Terminating a BER Test on a T1 Line, page 5 (Required)
• Verifying a BER Test on a T1 Line, page 5 (Optional)
• Performing a BER Test on a DS3/E3 Interface, page 6 (Required)
• Terminating a BER Test on a DS3/E3 Interface, page 6 (Required)
• Verifying a BER Test on a DS3/E3 Interface, page 6 (Optional)
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Configuration Tasks
Command Purpose
Step 1 Router# configure terminal Enters global configuration mode.
Step 2 Router(config)# controller T3 slot/port Selects the interface.
Step 3 Router(config-controller)# t1 line-number loopback Sets the specified T1 line into local loopback mode.
local
Step 4 Router(config-controller)# t1 line-number bert Sends a BERT pattern through the T1 line for the
pattern pattern interval time specified time interval.
Command Purpose
Router(config-controller)# no t1 line-number bert Terminates the BER test running on the specified T1 line.
interval time
T1 1 is up
timeslots: 1-24
FDL per AT&T 54016 spec.
No alarms detected.
Framing is ESF, Clock Source is Internal
BERT test result (running)
Test Pattern : 2^11, Status : Sync, Sync Detected : 1
Interval : 5 minute(s), Time Remain : 5 minute(s)
Bit Errors (since BERT started): 6 bits,
Bits Received (since BERT started): 8113 Kbits
Bit Errors (since last sync): 6 bits
Bits Received (since last sync): 8113 Kbits
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Command Purpose
Step 1 Router# configure terminal Enters global configuration mode.
Step 2 Router(config)# interface serial Selects the interface.
slot/port:line-number
Step 3 Router(config-controller)# bert pattern pattern Sends a BERT pattern through the interface for the
interval time specified time interval.
Command Purpose
Step 1 Router# configure terminal Enters global configuration mode.
Step 2 Router(config)# interface serial slot/port:sts1-numberSelects the DS3/E3 interface according to the type of
or framing configured:
Router(config)# interface serial slot/port:au3-number - SONET framing
or - SDH framing with AU-3 mapping
Router(config)# interface serial - SDH framing with AU-4 mapping.
slot/port:au4-number:vc3-number
Step 3 Router(config-controller)# no bert Terminates the BER test running on the specified
interface.
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Monitoring and Maintaining BER Tests
Total errors :5
Time this sync :00:02:30
Errors this sync :5
Sync count :1
Command Purpose
Router# show controllers t3 slot/port:t1 -line-number Displays complete or partial results of the BER test on a T1
line.
Router# show controllers sonet slot/port:sts1-number Displays results of the BER test on a DS-3/E3 interface with
SONET framing.
Router# show controllers sonet slot/port:au3-number Displays results of the BER test on a DS-3/E3 interface with
SDH framing with AU-3 mapping.
Router# show controllers sonet Displays results of the BER test on a DS-3/E3 interface with
slot/port:au4-number:vc3-number SDH framing with AU-4 mapping.
Configuration Examples
This section provides an example of how to send the BERT pseudo-random pattern of 2^20 through a
T1 line 10 for five minutes.
Router(config)# controller T3 6/0
Router(config-controller)# t1 10 bert pattern 2^20 interval 5
Additional References
The following sections provide references related to bit error rate testing.
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Command Reference
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Command Reference
This section documents modified commands only.
• bert pattern interval
• show controllers
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bert pattern interval
Syntax Description t1 line-number Optional. Configures a BER test on a T1 line under SONET or SDH framing
by specifying the line number. Range: 1 to 28.
e1 line-number Optional. Configures a BER test on an E1 line under SDH framing with
AU-3 AUG mapping by specifying the line number. Range: 1 to 28.
bert pattern pattern Specifies the DS1 test pattern to be used in the BER test. Valid values: 0s,
1s, 2^11, 2^15, 2^20, 2^23, alt-0-1, 1-8, and a user-defined value.
See Table 2 for a description of the patterns that are supported by each
channelized interface.
interval time Specifies the duration of the BER test in minutes. Range: 1 to 14400.
(14400 minutes is equal to 240 hours.)
Usage Guidelines You can configure only one BER test on a T3 port. If you start more than one test, the following error
message is displayed:
%BERT is already running on T1 t1-line-number T3 port-number. Only one T1 bert test can
be running at a time.
The bit error rate test pattern occupies only the T1 or E1 payload bits.
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bert pattern interval
You sometimes must enter a command prefix before the bert pattern interval command, depending on
whether a T1 or E1 line uses SONET or Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH) framing:
• For VT1.5 mapping into STS-1 under SONET framing, you must enter the vtg vtg-number prefix;
for example:
Router(config)# controller sonet 6/0
Router(config-controller)# sts-1 1
Router(config-ctrrlr-sts1)# vtg 4 t1 1 bert pattern 2^11 interval 5
• For CT3 mapping into STS-1 under SONET framing, no command prefix is necessary; for example:
Router(config)# controller sonet 6/0
Router(config-controller)# sts-1 1
Router(config-ctrrlr-sts1)# t1 1 bert pattern 2^11 interval 5
• For AU-3 and AU-4 AUG mapping under SDH framing, you must enter the tug-2 tug-2-number
prefix; for example:
Router(config)# controller sonet 6/0
Router(config-controller)# framing sdh
Router(config-controller)# aug mapping au-4
Router(config-controller)# au-4 1 tug-3 2
Router(config-ctrrlr-tug3)# mode c-12
Router(config-ctrrlr-tug3)# tug-2 4 e1 1 bert pattern 2^11 interval 5
No command prefix is necessary when you configure a BER test on a serial E3 line or on a T1 line under
Super Frame (SF) or Extended Superframe (ESF) framing.
Table 2 shows what BERT patterns are supported on each channelized line.
Examples The following example shows how to run a BER test on a serial E3 line on a four-port Channelized
OC-12/STM-4 line card:
Router# configure terminal
Router(config)# interface serial 5/0:2
Router(config-if)# bert pattern 2^15 interval 3
Router(config-if)# no bert pattern 2^15 interval 3
The following example shows how to run a BER test on a T1 line under SF or ESF frame formatting on
a six-port Channelized T3 line card:
Router# configure terminal
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The following example shows how to run a BER test on a T1 line under SONET framing on a two-port
Channelized OC-3/STM-1 line card:
Router# configure terminal
Router(config)# controller sonet 6/0
Router(config-controller)# sts-1 1
Router(config-ctrlr-sts1)# vtg 2 bert pattern 2^11 interval 4
The following example shows how to run a BER test on a T1 line under SDH framing with AU-3 AUG
mapping on a two-port Channelized OC-3/STM-1 line card:
Router# configure terminal
Router(config)# controller sonet 6/0
Router(config-controller)# au-3 1
Router(config-ctrlr-au3)# tug-2 4 t1 1 bert pattern 2^11 interval 4
The following example shows how to run a BER test on an E1 line under SDH framing with AU-4 AUG
mapping on a two-port Channelized OC-3/STM-1 line card:
Router# configure terminal
Router(config)# controller sonet 6/0
Router(config-controller)# au-4 tug-3 2
Router(config-ctrlr-au3)# tug-2 4 e1 1 bert pattern 2^11 interval 4
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show controllers
To display the results of a bit error rate test, use the show controllers command in priviliged EXEC
mode.
Syntax Description sonet slot/port.sts1-number/ Displays bit error rate test results for a T1 line under SONET
t1-number framing in CT3 mode.
sonet slot/port.vtg1-number/ Displays BERT results for a T1 line under SONET framing in
sts1-number/t1-number VT-15 mode.
sonet slot/port.au-3-number/ Displays BERT results for a T1 line under SDH framing with
tug-2-number/t1-number AU-3 AUG mapping.
sonet slot/port.au-4-number/ Displays BERT results for an E1 line under SDH framing with
tug-3-number/tug-2-number/ AU-4 AUG mapping.
e1-line-number
sonet slot/port.au-4-number/ Displays BERT results for a DS-3/ E3 interface under SDH
vc3-number framing with AU-4 mapping.
sonet slot/port:interface-number Displays BERT results for a DS-3/ E3 interface under SONET
framing or SDH framing with AU-3 mapping.
t3 slot/port:t1-line-number Displays BERT results for a T1 line under SF or ESF format
framing.
Usage Guidelines You can enter the show controllers command at any time during a BER test:
• After you terminate the test by entering the no form of the bert pattern interval command.
• After the test is completed.
• During the test (in real time).
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Examples The following example shows sample output from the show controllers command for BERT results on
a T1 line under SONET framing in VT-15 mode. (Table 3 describes the lines in the BER test portion of
the output.)
Router# show controllers sonet 4/0.1/1/1 brief
The next example shows sample output from the show controllers command for BERT results on an E1
line under SDH framing with AU-4 AUG mapping.
Router# show controllers sonet 3/0.1/3/5
SONET 3/0 is up. (Configured for Locally Looped) Hardware is GSR 2 port
STM1/OC3 (channelized)
Applique type is Channelized OCx interface
Clock Source is Line, AUG mapping is AU4.
Medium info:
Type: SDH, Line Coding: NRZ, Line Type: Short SM
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Regenerator Section:
LOF = 0 LOS = 0 BIP(B1) = 0
Multiplex Section:
AIS = 0 RDI = 0 REI = 0 BIP(B2) = 0
Active Defects: None
Active Alarms: None
Alarm reporting enabled for: SF SLOS SLOF B1-TCA B2-TCA B3-TCA
BER thresholds: SF = 10e-3 SD = 10e-6
TCA thresholds: B1 = 10e-6 B2 = 10e-6 B3 = 10e-6
High Order Path:
PATH 1:
AIS = 0 RDI = 0 REI = 15 BIP(B3) = 11
LOP = 0 PSE = 4 NSE = 0 NEWPTR = 1
LOM = 0 PLM = 0 UNEQ = 0
Active Defects: None
S1S0 = 02, C2 = 02
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The third example shows sample output from the show controllers command for BERT results on a T1
line under ESF framing:
Router# show controllers sonet 3/0.1/3/5
T1 1 is up
timeslots: 1-24
FDL per AT&T 54016 spec.
No alarms detected.
Framing is ESF, Clock Source is Internal
BERT test result (running)
Test Pattern : 2^11, Status : Sync, Sync Detected : 1
Interval : 5 minute(s), Time Remain : 5 minute(s)
Bit Errors (since BERT started): 6 bits,
Bits Received (since BERT started): 8113 Kbits
Bit Errors (since last sync): 6 bits
Bits Received (since last sync): 8113 Kbits
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Glossary
Glossary
6CT3-SMB—Product number of the 6-port channelized DS3 line card for Cisco 12000 series Internet
routers that supports packet over DS1.
BERT—Bit error rate test. Bit error rate is the probability that a bit error could occur on any given bit on a
line.
CLI—Cisco IOS command-line interface.
CT3—Channelized T3.
DS1—Digital Signal Level 1. A U.S. standard for high-speed data transmission over a T1 line at a data rate
of 1.544 Mbits/sec.
DS3—Digital Signal Level 3. A U.S. standard for high-speed data transmission over a T3 line at a data rate
of 44.736 Mbits/sec.
T1—A digital carrier facility used to transmit a DS1-formatted digital stream at 1.544 Mbps.
T3—A digital carrier facility used to transmit a DS3-formatted digital stream at 44.746 Mbps.
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