6. Physical Ports Panel

This panel displays all available ports on the currently connected Xena chassis. It is possible to connect to multiple Xena chassis at the same time.

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Fig. 6.1 Physical Ports Pane

It also allows you to perform the following actions:

  • View the current sync (link) and traffic state of the ports.

  • View the ownership of the ports, i.e. are the ports reserved and by whom.

  • Request or relinquish ownership of ports.

  • Determine which ports will be used in the multicast tests.

You can reserve or relinquish ownership of a port by right-clicking on it and selecting the appropriate action.

Note

Note that the Xena3918 will automatically reserve ownership of used ports when a test is started.