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reporting the performance of a network device in an overloaded state, as it can be a useful indication of how a device
would perform under pathological network conditions such as broadcast storms.
The burstability or back-to-back test refers to the fixed length of frames that are presented at a rate such that there is
the minimum legal separation for a given medium between frames (maximum rate) over a short to medium period of
time, starting from an idle state. The test result provides the number of frames in the longest burst that the device or
network under test will handle without the loss of any frames.
The RFC 2544 methodology was created to assess different parameters found in service-level agreements. By providing
performance availability, transmission delay, link burstability and service integrity measurements, a carrier can certify
that the working
parameters of the
delivered Ethernet
circuit comply with the
contract.
Example of Throughput
test.
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