Step-By-Step Guide#

Add Chassis#

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Click the Add Chassis button.

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Enter the IP of the Management port under Chassis Address. Use xena as default Chassis Password.

Add/Configure Port/s#

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Select the Port(s) you need to use.

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  1. Set port addresses

  2. Configure Physical Port Properties

  3. Choose rate cap

  4. Configure peer negotiation (depending on the module you use, some properties are not applicable.)

See also

Check Selected Ports Panel for details.

Protocol Segment Profiles#

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  1. Add new profile.

  2. Select the new profile.

  3. Add additional headers.

  4. Choose Segment.

See also

Check Protocol Segment Profile Panel for details.

Test Configuration#

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  1. Choose topology and traffic direction

  2. Set frame size

  3. Configure test payload

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  1. Configure flow creation

  2. Configure port scheduling

  3. Configure MAC Learning Options

  4. Configure ARP/NDP Learning Options

  5. Configure Flow-based Learning Options

  6. Configure Reset and Error Handling

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Configure throughput test properties.

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Configure latency test properties.

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Configure frame loss test properties.

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Configure back-to-back test properties.

See also

Check Test Configuration Panel for details.

Multi-Stream configuration#

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Configure multi-stream, if needed.

See also

Check Multi-Stream Configuration for details.

Reporting#

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Select the report format you want to generate.

See also

Check Report Options Panel for details.

Save and Start#

Start the test. Xena2544 will automatically reserver the ports and ask you to save the test configuration.