Key Tests |
Fully supported:– All Throughput and Forwarding rate tests (both fully & partially meshed)– Congestion Control– Forward Pressure and Maximum Forwarding Rate– Address Caching Capacity– Address Learning Rate– Broadcast Frame Forwarding and LatencyPartially supported:– Errored Frames Filtering are supported (with the exception of the “Dribble Bit Errors” and “Alignment Errors” tests) |
Traffic Control |
– Ethernet, VLAN, and Q-in-Q support– Automatic learning packets– Custom field setting for supported protocols |
Test Topologies |
– Multiple ValkyrieBay and ValkyrieCompact chassis– Flexible topology definition using Mesh, Blocks or Pairs concept to define any network traffic topology– Uni-directional or Bi-directional testing |
Reporting |
– Printable summary reports– Export of results in PDF or .XML format |
Supported Modules & Platforms |
All Xena testers and all port speeds (10/100/1000M, 10G, 40G, and 100G) |
VALKYRIE2889 – Performance Benchmarking
VALKYRIE2889 – Performance Benchmarking is a free application for benchmarking the performance of Layer 2 LAN switches. The following RFC 2889 test types are supported:
- All Throughput and Forwarding rate tests (both Fully and Partially meshed)
- Congestion Control
- Address Caching Capacity
- Address Learning Rate
- Broadcast Frame Forwarding and Latency
- Forward Pressure and Maximum Forwarding Rate
it uses a binary search to find the size of the address table for each port, or for an entire switch. Beginning at half the initial user-specified table size, frames are transmitted at a userspecified frame rate to see if the DUT has properly learned all the addresses. If no frame loss and no flooding is detected, the address table size is increased and the test is repeated until the address table size is determined. Results include maximum number of MAC addresses supported by DUT.
Valkyrie2889 also supports Errored Frames Filtering (with the exception of the “Dribble Bit Errors” and “Alignment Errors” tests).