NIC Quick Reference Guide
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10.Select Strms Pg 1. Select any stream within the large white area to
open the Traffic Stream Profile window. Make any change required
in stream parameters including addressing, frame length, rate,
VLAN, etc. Select Prev or Next to choose other streams. (some ver-
sions will support 32 simultaneous streams; some support 4 simulta-
neous streams.) Select Save All to save changes.
11.Press the Stream On/Off button once to begin transmitting on each
stream or the All button to transmit on all streams.
12.Press Restart button. The NIC is now running a test.
13.Select Results and Scan. If the test is running error free, you will see
the message “No Errors or Alarms”. For error-rate, select Error. For a
listing of how many seconds each alarm has existed during the cur-
rent test, select Alarm. For a chronological list of all events since the
test started, select Event Log. For a graphical representation of error,
alarm and pointer conditions, select Graphs.
14.For individual stream statistics, select Strm Rslt.
15.To save or print results, see Printing/Saving Results in this Quick
Reference Guide or in the User Guide.
For RFC 2544 Testing:
RFC 2544 tests must be performed on a loopback basis. In
networks that do not have routers, it may be possible to use a
simple loopback on the equipment. In networks with routers,
a second NIC in IP Reflection mode can be used as a loop-
back device. In IP Reflection mode, the NIC reverses MAC
and IP addresses and loops back the test packets.
1. If required, set the far-end NIC to IP Reflection mode to serve as the
loopback device. Select Config tab, press Reflect, then select DLI
Packets Only.
2. On near-end NIC, Confirm green LEDs for signal and Link State.
Before starting RFC tests, it’s necessary to create at least one
test stream as described above.
3. Confirm that packets are being sent and received successfully on the
stream you will be using. Press stream on/off button to turn on the
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