Fluke DTX-NSM User Manual

DTX-NSM

Network Service Module

Getting Started Guide

The DTX-NSM Network Service Module lets you do the following:

• Verify connection to the network, including connection speed, duplex

configuration, link wiring, and PoE service (wiring and PoE functions for
twisted pair only)

• Ping IP addresses

• Monitor network traffic for utilization, collisions, errors, and broadcast

packets

• Blink a port's activity LED

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• Use Fluke Networks LinkRunner

connections at a patch panel (twisted pair only)

Running network tests on a fiber link requires an optional SFP module.

Cable ID locators (optional) to identify link

Note

Accessing the Product Manuals

This guide provides basic information to help you get started using the module.
For more detailed information, see the latest versions of the DTX Series Users
Manual and the DTX Series Technical Reference Handbook provided on the DTX
Product Manuals CD and on the Fluke Networks website.

PN 2544310 (English) January 2006

 2006 Fluke Corporation. All rights reserved. Printed in USA.
All product names are trademarks of their respective companies.

Software Requirements

The following software supports the DTX-NSM module. Software upgrades are
available on the Fluke Networks website.

• DTX software: version 1.3 or later

• LinkWare software: version 2.5 or later

Installing the DTX-NSM Module and Optional SFP
Module

Install the network module only on the main tester. Install an optional SFP (small
form pluggable) module to test fiber links. You may install or remove the SFP
module while the tester is on. See Figure 1.

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Caution

Leave the module bay cover in place when a network module is not
installed.

Put the dust cap on the SFP port when an optical module is not
installed. Put the dust cap on the optical module when not connected
to a fiber.

Figure 1. Installation

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