Spirent SmartBits System, Reference Manual

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Chapter 9: Ethernet Cards
ML Series SmartCards
SmartBits System Reference 111
ML-7710/7711 SmartCards
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ML-7710A SmartMetrics 10/100 Base-TX Ethernet
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ML-7711 SmartMetrics 100 Base-FX Fiber (MT-RJ) Ethernet
Card Type:
ML-7710 and ML-7711.
Where Used:
SMB-200 and SMB-2000: one port per card; each card occupies one slot in a
chassis.
Applications
Supported:
SmartWindow, SmartLib, and SmartApplications, SmartMulticastIP,
SmartFlow, SmartxDSL, SmartCableModem Test (SCMT), SmartTCP, AST,
and VAST.
Devices Tested:
Layer 2, 3, and 4 devices and end-to-end systems.
Test Objective:
A stream-based traffic generator to generate the equivalent traffic of one fully
loaded LAN, in half duplex mode, to perform the following testing:
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Performance measurement and interoperability testing.
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Network-wide Network Layer QoS analysis using IP Precedence Bit.
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Tests compliance to RFCs.
Features:
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Each port supports up to 1000 streams or virtual transmit engines (VTEs). Each
stream generates a customizable stream of Layer 3 data.
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Each port can capture up to 475 packets.
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Flow control is Ethernet only. Generates and responds to pause commands per 802.3x.
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Can generate and accept frames with VLAN tags per 802.1p,q and 802.3ax. The user
can define the outgoing VLAN tag and 1522-byte frames.
Additional
Features:
Additional features can be found in the following tables:
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Table 9-1, “Ethernet Cards Used in Applications,” on page 82 .
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Table 9-2, “Min/Max Frame Lengths in Bytes for Ethernet Cards,” on page 84 .
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Table 9-4, “10/100 Mbps Ethernet Cards – Feature Set for SmartMetrics Cards,” on
page 87
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Table 9-5, “Comparison of ML-7710 and LAN-3101A Cards,” on page 89 .