Rfc3918SetupAggregatedMulticastThroughputTestCommand Object


Description:

Set up RFC 3918 aggregated multicast throughput test.

Can be used with Command Sequencer: No

Parents: Sequencer

Relations:

Side name
(Type)
Relative Description
TestCaseConfig
(BenchmarkingTestCaseConfig)

DcbTestConfig, Rfc2544BackToBackFramesConfig, Rfc2544FrameLossConfig, Rfc2544LatencyConfig, Rfc2544ThroughputConfig, Rfc2544TrafficGroupConfig, Rfc2889AddrCachingCapacityConfig, Rfc2889AddrLearningRateConfig, Rfc2889BroadcastFrameForwardingConfig, Rfc2889BroadcastFrameLatencyConfig, Rfc2889CongestionControlConfig, Rfc2889ErroredFramesFilteringConfig, Rfc2889ForwardingConfig, Rfc2889ForwardPressureConfig, Rfc2889MaxForwardingRateConfig, Rfc3918Config, Rfc5180Config

Benchmarking test case config used to set up test command.

SequencerRootCommand
(BenchmarkingTestCaseRootCommand)

SequencerGroupCommand

Parent command.

Rfc3918SetupAggregatedMulticastThroughputTestCommand Writable Attributes

Attribute Description
AcceptableFrameLoss

Maximum percentage of frames that can be lost during an iteration in order for the iteration to be considered successful.

Type: double

Default: 0

Range: 0.0 - 100.0

Backoff

Rate at which the load decreases after the DUT fails at the current load. Applicable when SearchMode is BINARY or COMBO.

Type: double

Default: 50.0

Range: 0.001 - 99.999

DstDeviceList

Destination device list.

Type: handle

Default: 0

Duration

Transmission time in seconds.

Type: double

Default: 60

Range: 1 - 16777215

DurationMode

Duration mode for each transmitted stream. Whether to measure test duration in seconds or number of frames.

Type: enum

Default: SECONDS

Possible Values:

Value Description
SECONDS

Sets duration mode to time in seconds.

BURSTS

Sets duration mode to number of frames per transmission burst.

EnableMaxLatencyThreshold

Whether the search algorithm uses the maximum latency per stream to determine the throughput.

Type: bool

Default: FALSE

Possible Values:

Value Description
TRUE

Search uses the maximum latency to determine the throughput.

FALSE

Search does not use the maximum latency to determine the throughput.

EnableOutOfSeqThreshold

Select this field to enable the Out of Sequence Threshold field.

Type: bool

Default: FALSE

Possible Values:

Value Description
TRUE

Enable the Out of Sequence Threshold field.

FALSE

Disable the Out of Sequence Threshold field.

L4HeaderType

L4 Header Type.

Type: enum

Default: UDP

Possible Values:

Value Description
NONE

No L4 header.

TCP

TCP

UDP

UDP

LatencyType

How latency results are calculated and displayed.

Type: enum

Default: LILO

Possible Values:

Value Description
FIFO

First In First Out mode.

LIFO

Last In First Out mode.

LILO

Last In Last Out mode.

FILO

Firt in, last out mode.

LearningFreqMode

Learning frequency.

Type: enum

Default: LEARN_EVERY_TOPOLOGY_CHANGE

Possible Values:

Value Description
NONE

No learning.

LEARN_EVERY_TOPOLOGY_CHANGE

Learn every traffic change.

LEARN_EVERY_FRAME_SIZE

Learn every frame size.

LEARN_EVERY_ITERATION

Learn every iteration.

LoadUnits

Unit of measurement for the load parameter, applied to all ports and streams in the test.

Type: enum

Default: PERCENT_LINE_RATE

Possible Values:

Value Description
PERCENT_LINE_RATE

Percentage of the line rate.

MaxLatencyThreshold

Maximum (in microseconds) of all the average latencies determined on each receive port in the test. If the threshold is reached, then the test iteration fails.

Type: double

Default: 30

Range: 0.01 - 4294967295.0

MonitorPortList

List of ports acting as monitor ports for test.

Type: handle

Default: 0

MulticastClientVersion

Protocol to use for multicast clients.

Type: enum

Default: IGMP_V2

Possible Values:

Value Description
IGMP_V1

IGMP, version 1.

IGMP_V2

IGMP, version 2.

IGMP_V3

IGMP, version 3.

MLD_V1

MLD, version 1.

MLD_V2

MLD, version 2.

MulticastFrameSizeDistributionList

List of iMIX distributions.

Type: handle

Default: 0

MulticastFrameSizeList

Frame size list.

Type: u16

Default: 0

Range: 47 - 16383

MulticastGroupCountList

Multicast group count list.

Type: u32

Default: 0

Range: 1 - 65535

MulticastGroupIpAddrBase

IP Multicast group base address.

Type: ip

Default: 225.0.0.1

MulticastGroupIpAddrPortStep

IP Multicast group port step value.

Type: ip

Default: 0.1.0.0

MulticastGroupIpAddrStep

IP Multicast address step.

Type: u32

Default: 2

Range: 1 - 4294967295

MulticastGroupIpv6AddrBase

IPv6 Multicast group base address.

Type: ipv6

Default: ff1e::1

MulticastGroupIpv6AddrPortStep

IPv6 Multicast group port step value.

Type: ipv6

Default: 0:0:0:1::0

MulticastGroupIpv6AddrStep

IPv6 Multicast group step value.

Type: u32

Default: 2

Range: 1 - 4294967295

MulticastTrafficList

Traffic list.

Type: handle

Default: 0

MulticastTrafficPattern

Traffic pattern type.

Type: enum

Default: BACKBONE

Possible Values:

Value Description
MESH

Mesh traffic topology.

BACKBONE

Traffic on a backbone.

NumOfTrials

Number of trials.

Type: u16

Default: 1

Range: 1 - 60

OutOfSeqThreshold

Out of sequence frames threshold.

Type: u32

Default: 0

Range: 0 - 2147483647

RateInitial

If SearchMode is set to BINARY, the load rate at the beginning of the test. This attribute is ignored if SearchMode is set to STEP.

Type: double

Default: 99.0

Range: 0.001 - 100.0

RateLowerLimit

Lowest transmission rate at which the application will send traffic during any test iteration, as a percentage of the total wire rate.

Type: double

Default: 1.0

Range: 0.001 - 100.0

RateStep

If SearchMode is set to STEP, the amount the load increases from iteration to iteration. This attribute is ignored if SearchMode is set to BINARY.

Type: double

Default: 10.0

Range: 0.001 - 100.0

RateUpperLimit

Maximum rate at which Spirent TestCenter will send traffic during the test,as a percentage of the total wire rate.

Type: double

Default: 100.0

Range: 0.001 - 100.0

Resolution

Finest adjustment possible, in number of frames, for the duration of transmitted frames from iteration to iteration.

Type: double

Default: 1.0

Range: 0.001 - 100.0

SearchMode

Mode used to find the throughput rate.

Type: enum

Default: BINARY

Possible Values:

Value Description
BINARY

Test searches for the throughput value by using a binary search algorithm.

STEP

Test load increases with each iteration by the percentage specified by step load.

COMBO

Mode begins in Step mode, then changes to Binary mode when the step adjustment causes failure.

SrcDeviceList

Source device list.

Type: handle

Default: 0

TrafficVerificationAbortOnFail

Test behavior when traffic verification fails.

Type: bool

Default: TRUE

Possible Values:

Value Description
TRUE

Abort the test and set the sequencer status mode to FAIL if traffic verification is not successful.

FALSE

Do nothing. Test continues without interruption.

TrafficVerificationFreqMode

Specifies when to perform traffic verification during the test.

Type: enum

Default: NONE

Possible Values:

Value Description
NONE

No verification.

VERIFY_EVERY_TOPOLOGY_CHANGE

Verify traffic forwarding after changing the topology.

VERIFY_EVERY_FRAME_SIZE

Verify traffic forwarding after changing the frame size.

VERIFY_EVERY_ITERATION

Verify traffic forwarding at the beginning of every iteration.

TrafficVerificationTxFrameCount

Number of frames to use for traffic verification.

Type: u32

Default: 100

Range: 1 - 32767

TrafficVerificationTxFrameRate

Traffic rate in frames per second to use for traffic verification.

Type: u32

Default: 1000

Range: 1 - 14880952

Rfc3918SetupAggregatedMulticastThroughputTestCommand Read-Only Attributes

There are no read-only attributes.