General Panels

The main Xena2544 application screen is shown in the image below.

Fig. 16 Xena2544 application screen

The application is using a tabbed panel layout in order to divide the functionality into separate functional areas. The following sections will provide a brief explanation of the main areas of the GUI.

Menu Bar and Toolbar

The menu bar at the top provides access to general functionality:

• File

  Contains options to load and save test configurations. Also contains a “Most Recently Used” list of the last 4 test configurations you have opened.

• Edit

  Contains options to specify and edit the Xena tester chassis used by the test configuration.

• View

  Enables you to show or hide the various panels in the application.

• Test Control

  Contains options to start, stop or cancel the execution of a test configuration.

• Options

  Contains various application-level options for the Xena2544 application. These options are thus not associated with individual test configurations but are valid for the application as a whole.

• Help

  Provides links online manuals (such as this manual)

The toolbar provides easy shortcuts to the most frequently used menu functions.

Application Panels

The application panels are contained in the tabbed panel which takes up the center part of the GUI.

• Start Page

  This panel contains a short Quick Start guide. Once you feel that this information is no longer needed you can close the panel using the small x at the right of the panel bar.

• Test Configuration

  This panel contains all test configuration options. It is sub-divided into tree sub-panels.

• Selected Ports

  This panel allows you to include Xena test ports in your test and to configure the behavior of these ports.

• Protocol Segment Profiles

  This panel allow you to configure the various protocol segment profiles in the configuration. You can modify existing profiles, add new profiles, and also remove profiles you do not need.

• Reporting Options

  This panel contains configuration options related to reporting of test results.

The function of the various panels are explained in more detail in the following sections.

Status Line

Fig. 17 Xena2544 progress status bar

The status line at the bottom provides information about the current test progress. It contains the following fields:

• Progress Bar

  Shows the progress of the current test. The number of “steps” in the progress bar is the total number of trials in the test, which is equal to the number of iterations multiplied with the number of frame sizes defined. For tests using a predefined rate sweep vector (latency, loss and back-to-back) the number of rates are also factored in.

• Information

  A text field showing the current activity of the test.

• Test State

  A state field showing whether the test is running or not.

• Test Time

  Shows the total elapsed test time, including delays between test trials.

• Duration

  Show the duration progress for the current test trial. When traffic is not enabled the text is grayed out.

• User

  The username for the current chassis session.