Using the StreamBlock Editor

Background: Stream Blocks: Overview; Launching the Stream Block Editor

Use the StreamBlock Editor window to create raw stream blocks and to edit parameters for raw and bound stream blocks. You can edit a subset of stream block fields in the stream block grid without opening the editor.

Tab

Description

General

Configure frame size, load and other parameters

Sources and Destinations

Bound stream blocks only

Specify source and destination devices for the traffic

TIP: See Spirent TestCenter Filtering and Regular Expressions to read about how you can use filtering and regular expressions to filter the source and destination port trees.

Tunnel Binding

Bound stream blocks only

Configure labels for tunnel traffic

Frame

Edit PDU headers

Groups

Traffic groups created for tracking results. Select a subgroup from the drop-down list, or type in a new value to create a subgroup.

Use the Traffic Group Configuration dialog box to add, delete, and rename tracked traffic groups.

Rx Port

Raw stream blocks only

Specify the ports to expect to receive the stream block .

Select These ports can receive this stream to add ports from the All ports list to the Receive ports list.
Select Any port can receive this stream to use all ports.

Preview

Raw stream blocks only

Summary of source and destination hosts, stream, path, and flow counts, stream indexes, and source and destination IP addresses.

Click Find or Goto to search for a specific stream or path.

Select Show Resolved Encapsulations to see the associated MPLS label and MPLS forward equivalency class.