Bulk Editing Performance Sessions

The Bulk Editor enables you to modify multiple sessions at once, without having to delete and re-create them. By using this feature, your sessions will retain their original session numbers.

You can bulk edit:

• Multiple specific sessions
• All sessions on a page
• All sessions in your system.

Modifiable Parameters

The wizard-based Bulk Editor enables you to quickly modify the following session parameters for multiple sessions. By default, modifiable parameters display No change until you modify them.

Session Names

You can bulk edit session names by using the search and replace feature.

Interface (Sender and Reflector)

The interface for both sender and reflector may be modified. You can:

• Change from one interface to another on the same Provider Connectivity Assurance Sensor Control
• Change one Provider Connectivity Assurance Sensor Control for another.

Session Ports (Sender and Reflector)

You can change session ports for both sender and reflector.

Case 1 - Bulk change selected sessions to one port (sender and reflector)

Specifying a port in the Port field will change the port of all selected sessions to the same port.

Case 2 - Bulk change selected sessions to sender port increments (sender)

Depending on how your network has been set up, you may prefer to run selected sessions on various ports, in order to disperse traffic. This is done by specifying the lowest port number in a series of ports to be used, and then checking the Increment port check box. The system
will then increment the sender port with every session that is being edited.

Example: If the first port is specified as 400, the system will use the next port number for the next session, and so on.

Session Profile

You can modify the following session profile parameters:

• Payload size (bytes)
• Packet rate (pkts/s)
• Interval(s)
• Vlan priority
• DSCP
• Time to live
• Type
• Round trip delay (If supported by the session type)
• Reflector time subtraction (If supported by the session type)

Columns Associated to the Bulk Editor

The following sortable columns enable you to track the progress of the changes you have made:

Bulk Editing Multiple Specific Sessions

You can bulk edit multiple selected sessions at one time.

To bulk edit multiple specific sessions

1. Access the page Sessions.

2. Stop the sessions you would like to edit.
   a) In the list of sessions, check the sessions you require.
   b) Click the stop sessions icon above the list.

3. In the list of sessions, check the sessions you would like to edit.

4. Click the Bulk Edit button.

5. Click OK to proceed.
   The Bulk update wizard displays.
   

6. Click one of the wizard steps to access the information you would like to modify. For each page in the wizard, click Next.

7. View your changes in the Summary page that is displayed.

8. Click Update to accept your changes.

Bulk Editing all Sessions on a Page

You can bulk edit all of the sessions on a specific page.

To bulk edit all sessions on a page

1. Access the Sessions page.

2. Stop the sessions you would like to edit.
   a) Access the specific page of the sessions you would like to bulk edit.
   b) Click the Name check box above the session list. By doing this, all sessions on the current page are selected.
   c) Click the stop sessions icon above the list.

3. Click the Bulk Edit button

4. Click OK to proceed.

5. Click one of the wizard steps to access the information you would like to modify. For each page in the wizard, click Next.

6. View your changes in the Summary page that is displayed.

7. Click Update to accept your changes.

Bulk Editing all Sessions at Once

You can bulk edit all of the sessions that match the current search filter, at one time.

To bulk edit all sessions

1. Access the Sessions page.

2. Clear the check box beside each session.

3. Click the Bulk Edit button
   The Bulk update wizard displays.

4. Click one of the wizard steps to access the information you would like to modify. For each page in the wizard, click Next.

5. View your changes in the Summary page that is displayed.

6. Click Update to accept your changes.