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GettingStartedwithRFC2544testing
August2010
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Installation
ThisnoteexplainshowtogetstartedwiththeMSExcelbasedRFC2544testsuitefortheXenatest platform. TheRFC2544testsuiterequiresaPCwithaWindowsXP,WindowsVista,orWindows7operatingsystem withaMSExcel2003ornewerversion. TheRFC2544isimplementedinaMSExcelworksheetusingtheVisualBasicforApplications(VBA) programminglanguagewhichisanintegralpartofMSExcel. 1. Openthexena_rfc2544_vxx.xlsfile 2. WhenExcelopens,clicktheOptionsbuttonstoenabletheVBAprogrammingoftheRFC2544 testsuite:
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SelectEnablethiscontent,andpressOK:
Byselectingthedirectoryofthexena_rfc2544_vxx.xlsfileasasecurelocation,youcanavoidthis
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securitywarningthenexttimeyouopentheExcelworkbook,byfollowingthefollowingsteps:
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TheRFC2544worksheetshouldnowbeopen,andenabledforrunningtheRFC2544testsuite, andyourExcelscreenviewshouldlooklikethis:
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RunningtheRFC2544test
WorksheetConnectsetup
Beforeyoucanbeginrunningtests(seeFigure1): PhysicallyconnectyourPCtoaXenachassisusinganEthernetconnection. SetupXenachassisandportconnectionsintheExcelworksheetConnect EstablishaconnectiontoaXenachassisfromtheExcelworksheetConnect ConnecttheXenatestportstoaDUT/SUT.
Figure2TestPortConfiguration
WorksheetTestCfgsetup
Usedefaultsettings,ormanuallyspecifythetestparametersfortheRFC2544tests(seeFigure3): Setthepacketsize Setgloballearningpacketsettings Setthetrialdurationperiod,pertest Settherateswhicharetobetestedfrommintomax,specifythestepvalue,andsetCustom TestPlan=No).Or,selectCustomTestPlan=Yes,andspecifytherangeofratestobetested foreachindividualpacketsizeintheTestPlanworksheet.
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Figure3TestConfiguration
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WorksheetTestPlansetup
AnexampletestplanisshowninFigure4,whereIEEEstandardpacketsizesaresetuptobetested.
Figure4CustomTestPlan
WorksheetTestPairssetup
Thefinaltestconfigurationstepistospecifytheporttestpairs.Atestpairdefinesunidirectionaltraffic flowfromasourcetoadestinationtestport.Anexampleofabidirectionaltestbetweentestport0and testport1isshowninFigure5.TestpairscanonlybedefinedbetweenEAST/WEST,whereEAST/WEST aregroupsoftestportsasdefinedbytheuseronsheetConnect
Figure6HeaderTemplates
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RunWorksheetRun.Throughput/Loss/Latency/Backtoback
Finally,tostartthetests,pushtheSTARTorSTARTALLbuttonineithertheRun.Throughput,Run.Loss, Run.Latency,orRun.Backtobacksheet(seeFigure7).
Figure7Startthetesting
ViewTestResultsSummaryReportsandCharts
Iftestingcompletessuccessfully,reviewresultsintheResultsandChartssheets.Thesheetarealways automaticallyupdatedbefore/afterthatuserstartatest(s).
Figure8SampleTestReport
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Figure9SampleTestResultChart
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