With IPHost Network Monitor you can run simple snmp requests against a Cisco device in your network.
cbTestPattern
Cisco BERT Test Pattern
1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.185.1.1.1.1.1
The BERT pattern to be sent and expected to be received. An implementation may choose to support only selected patterns. In some implementations, this object can not be modified when the BERT is running, i.e cbRowStatus is active(1).
Back to CISCO-BERT-MIB MIB page.
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