Task 9: Making Port Reservations
The number of tests that you can run concurrently depends on the number of available ports that the
BreakingPoint device has. For example, a single-blade BreakingPoint device with four available ports
can only run four tests at a time. A two-blade chassis with sixteen total available ports can run sixteen
tests simultaneously. To run all sixteen tests concurrently, however, you will need to assign each
available port to a different Active Group.
To run tests on the BreakingPoint device, you must make port reservations. A port reservation occurs
when you click a port to reserve it under your account. No other users can run tests or system
processes on that port while it is reserved under your account.
When you click a port to reserve it, the computer will lock the port reservation under your account.
Locking a port reservation also reserves all other ports under your account as well, however, only the
ports with locked reservations can be used to run tests.
Note:
To run two tests concurrently, each set of blades must be assigned to a different Active
Group. For more information on Active Groups, see the Active Groups section in the user guide.
There are three ways to reserve a blade:
l
Reserving an unreserved blade.
l
Force reserving a reserved blade.
l
Simultaneously reserving or unreserving a blade.
Reserving an Unreserved Blade
Unreserved blades may be reserved simply by selecting the Active Group to which you would like to
assign the blade, and then clicking the port that you would like to reserve. This locks the port
reservation, as well as reserves all the ports on the blade under your account.
Note:
A lock containing the Active Group appears on all the ports on the blade.
When reserving your ports, remember the order in which you reserve them. Whenever you reserve a
port, the computer automatically maps that port to an interface on the chassis. For example, if you
reserve ports 0 and 1, port 0 will map to interface 1 and port 1 will map to interface 2. You can use
these interfaces to run tests. If an interface is not mapped to a port, you cannot use that interface to
run tests.
If you want to remap the ports to different interfaces, click
Port Mapping
, located on the
Device
Options
screen, and manually remap the ports.
Note:
You can map only reserved ports to interfaces.
To reserve ports on an unreserved blade, do the following:
1. Click
Control Center
>
Device Status
from the BreakingPoint Control Center menu bar.
2. Click
Active Group
.
3. Select the Active Group to which you would like to assign the ports.
4. Click the port(s) that you would like to reserve.
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