Max Rate:
Up to 100% of the negotiated line rate. The default value is 100%.
This is the maximum transmit rate to perform the frame loss test for each test frame size.
The user may configure this rate as a % of the total line rate or in Mbps. For example if the user configures the Max
Rate to be 90% and the negotiated line rate of the link is 100Mbps, then the maximum transmit rate will be 90Mbps
or 90% of the line rate.
Step Size:
1 to 10%. The default value is 10%.
The step size is the rate % that the frame loss test will be reduced by in the event of any frame loss. For example if
the Max Rate is 100Mbps (or 100%) and frames are lost at this rate, then the transmit rate will be reduced to
90Mbps (or 90%).
The frame loss test will now be performed at the new rate until there is zero frame loss at two consecutive rate
settings. This means that the test will have to be performed at 80% (assuming that there was zero frame loss at
90%).
Duration:
Selectable in the range of 5 to 999 seconds. The default value is 20 seconds.
The duration is the amount of time the throughput test is run for, for each frame size at a given rate.
RFC 2544 Setup - Frame Loss
Burst (Back-to-Back) tab:
Max Rate:
The default value is 100%.
In the burst test, frames are always transmitted at the maximum rate for a given minimum and maximum burst duration.
Minimum Duration:
Selectable in the range 2 to 999 seconds. Default value is 2 seconds.
This is the duration of the first burst.
Maximum Duration:
Selectable up to 999 seconds. The default value is 20 seconds.
This is the duration of the second burst, which must be greater than the minimum burst.
Repetitions:
Selectable in the range 1 to 100. The default value is 1.
This is the amount of times that the burst test will be repeated for each test frame size.
RFC 2544 Setup - Burst
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