Configuring Traffic
  • 07 Apr 2022
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Setting the Working Rate

You must select the layer (Layer 1 or Layer 2) used by the Skylight sensor: control to determine the rate for the traffic generators and traffic regulators. For example, if you set up a traffic generator flow with a bit rate of 20,000 kbps, the remote device must be informed of whic bytes are being used to calculate the bit rate. The working rate options are:

  • Layer-1: Rate calculation is based on the Layer-1 frames sizes, including the size of the Inter-Frame Gap (IFG), Preamble and Start-Frame Delimiter (SFD)
  • Layer-2: Rate calculation is based on the Layer-2 frames sizes, which does not include the size of the Inter-Frame Gap (IFG), Preamble or Start Frame Delimiter (SFD)


Note: Exercise caution when setting up the working rate. You should ensure that you set the different working rates to the same layer when they work together in a particular setup in order to generate accurate test results.

To set the working rate

  1. Access the page Traffic ▶ Configuration.

  2. Select the working rate to be applied to all entities, then click Apply.

For more information on specific parameters, refer to the following table.

Traffic Configuration (Traffic ▶ Configuration)

ParametersDescription
Generator working rate

Regulator working rate

The layer used by the Skylight sensor: control to determine the working rate for the RFC-2544 generator and testsuite as well as for all bandwidth regulators:
  • Layer-1: Rate calculation is based on the Layer-1 frames sizes, including the size of the Inter-Frame Gap (IFG), Preamble and Start-Frame Delimiter (SFD)
  • Layer-2: Rate calculation is based on the Layer-2 frames sizes, which does not include the size of the Inter-Frame Gap (IFG), Preamble or Start-Frame Delimiter (SFD)

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