Cable testing

IOS XE includes a cable testing tool for copper 10/100/1000 ethernet interfaces.

First start the test:

test cable-diagnostics tdr interface gigabitEthernet 2/0/7
TDR test started on interface Gi2/0/7
A TDR test can take a few seconds to run on an interface
Use ‘show cable-diagnostics tdr’ to read the TDR results.

Then check the results:

sho cable-diagnostics tdr interface gigabitEthernet 2/0/7
TDR test last run on: February 20 14:19:28

Interface Speed Local pair Pair length Remote pair Pair status

TDR test last run on: February 20 14:19:28

Interface Speed Local pair Pair length Remote pair Pair status


Gi2/0/7 1000M Pair A 39 +/- 10 meters Pair A Normal
Pair B 39 +/- 10 meters Pair B Normal
Pair C 39 +/- 10 meters Pair C Normal
Pair D 39 +/- 10 meters Pair D Normal