RFC 2544 Traffic Group Profiles

Field Description Values Default
Configure Traffic Groups

Use Per Group Frame Sizes

Select to configure the frame size to change for each traffic group

This setting overrides settings in the test options step for each test type

N/A

Cleared

Frame Size
Frame Size

Select frame size modes

N/A

N/A

 

Traffic Load
Load units

Select one of the following load units:

  • Percent Line: Percentage of the line rate
  • Megabits Per Second: Number of Megabits per second
  • Kilobits Per Second: Number of kilobits per second
  • Bits Per Second: Number of bits per second
 N/A Percent Line
Traffic Load

Select one of the following options for varying the load size during the test:

  • Step: Increases the load size by the Step value with each test iteration, beginning with the Start value and increasing to the End value
  • Custom: Specifies a list of load sizes. In the text box, enter the load sizes separated by commas, or click the ellipses (..) button to bring up the Custom Traffic Load Editor, which helps to specify the list. See List Editor for information about using the editor window.
 N/A

Step

Start: 100

End: 10

Step: 10

Custom

1, 10, 100

Traffic Configuration
None Select to not set priority, TOS or flow labels N/A selected
VLAN Priority

Select to set a VLAN priority value for the traffic

0-7

3

IPv4 TOS Select to set an IPv4 TOS value for the traffic using the TOS/DiffServ editor 0-7 0
IPv6 Flow Label Select to set an IPv6 Flow Label value for the traffic 0-1048575 0

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