Figure: Example of IxExplorer Window After Expanding the Tree
Packet Streams (Transmit Generation)
Packet Streams are user-defined configurations that allow to define and configure data flows to be
transmitted from a port. A Packet Stream configuration contains parameters that control the format of
generated frames, such as preamble size, destination and source addresses, packet type identifiers,
data payload, packet size, inter-frame gap, forced errors, CRC values, and other frame contents.
Stream Control parameters allow to define the relationship of streams to other streams, whether
continuous, sequential, interrupt, or end stream, with looping to the beginning of a list of streams. In
this way, you can create complex and continuous data flows.
The first time a chassis is powered up after shipment from the factory, each port has default settings for
Packet Streams and Capture Filters. The Packet Stream default configuration is to send a continuous
stream of valid 64-byte packets with minimum interframe gap, with all zeroes in the destination and
source addresses, plus incrementing bytes in the data field. The Capture Filter default configuration
allows all packets to be captured. The following tutorials assume that you are using the default
configurations. After they are changed, the changes are retained so the tutorials may no longer run as
specified.
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