About RFC-2544 for Traffic Generation and Analysis
  • 21 Jun 2024
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About RFC-2544 for Traffic Generation and Analysis

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Article summary

Skylight orchestrator allows you to perform traffic generation and analysis tasks, as specified in the RFC-2544. This section explains how to set up traffic generation and analysis in your Accedian performance monitoring network in order to perform end-to-end testing and monitoring. This type of testing and monitoring makes it possible to pinpoint specific device or network problems, and also to measure current throughput, frame delay and frame-delay variation in individual network segments.

Advanced traffic generation and analysis capabilities allow you to perform fully automated and documented turn-up tests. RFC-2544 test capabilities also include out-of-service tests.

You can use the traffic generator to create a flow of test traffic and produce test results. The traffic generator allows you to set characteristics, such as the traffic type and bit rate, when you define a flow. You can also set the following parameters when setting up a traffic flow:

  • Traffic Type: Layer 2 (three types), Layer 3 (two types) or IP multicast traffic
  • Test Traffic Encapsulation Type: VLAN or VLAN-in-VLAN
  • Frame/Packet Sizes: All sizes defined in the RFC-2544 standard, plus Jumbo

See the RFC-2544 standard for a definition of all parameters and tests.

About the RFC-2544 Page

The RFC-2544 page contains two tabs: Configuration and Results.

The Service Performance ▶ RFC-2544 ▶ Configuration tab lists all tests defined.

RFC-2544 Configuration tab
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The RFC-2544 ▶ Results tab lists all test results.

RFC-2544 Test Results tab
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Main Tasks in RFC-2544 Testing

The main tasks in using the RFC-2544 capabilities available in Skylight orchestrator are:

  1. Setting Up an RFC-2544 Test Suite, see "Setting Up an RFC-2544 Test Suite".
  2. Running an RFC-2544 Test Suite, see "Running an RFC-2544 Test Suite".
  3. Viewing RFC-2544 Test Results, see "Viewing RFC-2544 Test Results".

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