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Key Tests
– Throughput
– Latency (FIFO, and LILO) for store-and-forward and cut-through DUTs
– Frame loss
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Traffic Control
– Ethernet,VLAN, Q-in-Q, MPLS, IPv4 and IPv6 frame support
– Automatic learning packets
– Custom field setting for any protocol
– Forwarding, including throughput and forwarding rates with a 16ns resolution
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Learning Parameters
– L2 learning
– Repeat count
– Frame sizes same as stream
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Test Topologies
– Up to 5 chassis, 72 ports
– Full mesh, one-to-one, one-to-many, many-to-many
– Multi-port pair definitions, East/West
– Uni-directional or bi-directional testing
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Reporting
Reports are available in PDF and .xml format.
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Supported hardware
All Xena testers and all port speeds.
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CLI
Test configuration files can be executed via CLI. Linux also supported via Mono framework.
Xena2889
Xena2889 is a Windows desktop application for benchmarking the performance of Layer 2 LAN switches. It is free and bundled with every XenaManager release.
It supports the following RFC 2889 test types:
- 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
Xena2889 also supports Errored Frames Filtering (with the exception of the “Dribble Bit Errors” and “Alignment Errors” tests).
TOP FEATURES
- Create, edit and execute test configurations using Xena test equipment according to RFC 2889
- Configure and enable many of the test-types defined in RFC 2889
- Supports L2-3 testing and either IPv4 or IPv6
- Flexibly define protocol layers (Ethernet, VLANs, IP, UDP, etc.)
- Assign separate protocol layer definitions to each test port
- Extensive configuration options to fine-tune the tests