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Create RFC2544 test

Perform the following steps to create a RFC2544 Test:

  1. Go to Configuration > Layer 2 > Management Profiles menu and click RFC 2544 option. Manage RFC 2544 Profiles page is displayed.
  2. On RFC2544 Profiles tab, select the profile over which the test parameters to be configured.
  3. Click . Create RFC2544 Test window is displayed.

    Create RFC2544 Test

  4. Enter the node name in text box or select check box and enter the IP Address of the node in text box provided.
  5. Select Switch and Port number from the respective drop-down options.
  6. Select Service Name from drop-down options over which RFC2544 Test will run when the test is executed.
  7. Select LoopBack Port depending on the type of Ethernet LoopBack (L2Ingress/L2Egress/Pseudowire) desired to apply.
  8. Select the LoopBack Type from the drop down options.
  9. Enter the details for other desired parameters. For parameter description, the default and acceptable values supported, refer to the Create RFC2544 Test table.
  10. Click Create.

Create RFC2544 Test

Parameter

Description

Default Value

Acceptable Value

Node/IP

Select the check box and enter the IP Address of the node in IP text box provided; or enter the node name in text box.

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Any valid name or IP address

Switch

Click the drop-down option and select the Service Switch number. The field is editable when node IP is entered.

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--

Port

Click the drop-down option and select the service UNI port number for traffic ingress. The field is editable when Switch number is entered.

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--

Service Name

Click the drop-down option and select the service name on which the RFC 2544 test has to be performed at the flowpoint level.

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Services existing on the selected port

LoopBack Port

Click the drop-down option and select the port number where the Ethernet Loopback will be applied.

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Port on the selected node

VLAN1/2 Details

Allows you to add VLAN tag to Ethernet frames depending on the port type selected. Note that if the 'Port' selected is of "Transparent" or TLS port type, the Ethernet frames will be untagged.

  • For dot1q port: define VLAN1 Details.
  • For dot1ad port: define VLAN1 Details and VLAN2 Details.

VLAN ID

Allows you to enter VLAN value to tag the Ethernet frames.

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2 to 4095

Priority

Allows you to enter the priority for the VLAN tagged Ethernet frames.

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0000 to 0111

VLAN Types

Allows you to enter the VLAN type.

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DSCP Val

Allows you to enter the DSCP value.

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DSCP Mask

Allows you to enter the DSCP mask value.

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Throughput Configuration

Enter the following values for the parameters to perform the throughput test on the node:

Duration(in Secs)

Allows you to enter the duration in seconds for which the test be executed.

10

10 to 300

Enable Test

Select/unselect the check box to enable or disable the throughput test for a given RFC2544 Test. The check box will be selected by default.

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Frame Loss Configuration

Enter the following values for the parameters to perform the frame loss test on the node:

Duration(in Secs)

Allows you to enter the duration in seconds for which the test be executed.

10

10 to 1200

Enable Test

Select/unselect the check box to enable or disable the latency test for a given RFC2544 Test. The check box will be selected by default.

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Burst Configuration

Enter the following values for the parameters to perform the burst test on the node:

Maximum Duration(in Secs)

Allows you to enter the maximum test start duration in seconds.

100

10 to 1200

Minimum Duration(in Secs)

Allows you to enter the minimum test stop duration in seconds.

1

1 to 1000

Step Size(in secs)

Allows you to enter the duration in seconds by which it will be reduced if the the number of received frames is not equal to the number of sent frames.

5

1 to 10

Repetitions

Allows you to enter the number of times the test will be run or repeated for each selected frame size.

1

1 to 10

Enable Test

Select/unselect the check box to enable or disable the burst test for a given RFC2544 Test. The check box will be selected by default.

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Latency Configuration

Enter the following values for the parameters to perform the latency test on the node:

Duration(in Secs)

Allows you to enter the duration in seconds for which the test be executed.

10

10 to 1200

Number Of Repetitions

Allows you to enter the number of times the test will be run or repeated for each selected frame size.

1

1 to 20

Enable Test

Select/unselect the check box to enable or disable the latency test for a given RFC2544 Test. The check box will be selected by default.

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See also

RFC 2544 Profiles

Create RFC2544 profile

Execute RFC2544 test

Delete RFC2544 profile/test

Generate summary report