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PktBlaster SDN Controller Test-Performance Benchmarking User Guide
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3.
To specify the
Test Type
, select
Throughput
.
4.
From the
Test Mode
drop-down list, select
Incremental Switch
.
5.
In
Flow Measurement By,
select
the response used to compute the
Throughput, Latency or Robustness of the controller. This could be
Packet
out
message or
Flow Mod
message.
6.
In the
Duration (sec)
box, type or select the test duration. Here, the test
duration is set to 5 seconds.
The
# of Iterations
box is disabled in this mode as the test is set to repeat for 4 iterations.
7.
In
Iteration Delay (sec)
, specify the time for the test to pause before starting
the next iteration.
8.
In
Warmup Time (sec)
, specify the number of seconds the test will wait after
the handshake with the controller is completed.
9.
Click
to run the test.
The
Test Status for Performance Test-Throughput Incremental
Switch Mode
(Upper and Lower)
screens (Figure 43 and Figure 44) shows the test execution
progress for a throughput test in
Incremental Switch
mode. The performance is
measured based on
Packet out
messages.
Figure 43: Throughput Incremental Switch Mode (Upper)