OPERATIONS MANUAL Stateful Traffic
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1. Information Box information Serial Number Activation Key Version Installed components Component name STG Code Protection D ITG STG Upgrade STG Web User Interface Licensing information Cc e Generator Experiment Analyzer STG 8FA3C9B3 2B6E Y7GC6 LC7CD 2RUEE M1QB3 J3XNO 1 0 Version Revision 1 0 2411 2 9 0 2506 1 0 2442 1 1 2523 All the software used is opensource Codelgniter Bootstrap JQuery JQuery Ul Flot Glyphicons D ITG DPDK East Coast Datacom Inc 2013 2 1 3 EllisLab License 2 2 2 Apache License 2 0 1 9 1 MIT License 1 10 3 MIT License 0 7 MIT License Free CC BY 3 0 2 9 0 GPL 3 0 1 3 1r3 GPL 2 0 BEE JGG STG 8FA3C9B3 2B6E Logout 7 CG Settings Upgrade About Details 3 56 WebUI About information overview The subsections are e Box information containing o the Serial Number of the box o the Box Activation Key e Installed components lists every installed components specifying the version the revision the status full or trial and the details about expiry date The Install and Remove buttons allows you to make or not permanent the related package Component name Version Revision Status Details ExamplePackage 1 1 27 TRIAL Expires in 14 days 42 Page 3 57 WebUI About Trial installed component e Licensing information lists the open source softwares used to realize the2. Troubleshooting Enable remote support amp Generate debug output Ke 3 49 WebUI Settings Upgrade troubleshooting Troubleshooting area allows you to e Enable remote support CURRENTLY NOT IMPLEMENTED for giving the possibility to the support team to connect to your box This field must be enabled if you want to add a new network card to the box so Ecdata Technical Support can configure it correctly e Generate debug output CURRENTLY NOT IMPLEMENTED enables a popup window for showing debug information To save the changes you must push on Apply button e Submit bug report button allows you to send or to download all box configuration for bug reporting Pushing on it the following popup will be opened 38 Page Support Bug Report Description Include an attachment image or zipped file gees Nessun file selezionato Scegli file Download Box Configuration NS Cancel 3 50 WebUI Settings Upgrade support bug report In this window you can e describe the observed bug attach if you want an image or a zipped file and sending them by email to ECData support info ecdata com using Send button download to your system the box configuration pushing on the Export Box Configuration button Upgrade Upgrade section allows to update each STG component After choosing the file you must insert the Activation key that is composed of 5 string of 5 alpha
3. Cyclic repetition Speed scaling Bidirectional Mode Filter ip and not eth addre FF FF FF FF FF FF and not ip addre 224 0 0 0 4 lt I I gt HJ Total Relative l Duration Frames Bytes Frames Bytes Frames Bytes Start 2 232 85 82 56558 lt gt 143 225 229 100 161 G G 16 920 16 1920 3 987547000 59 8372 143 225 170 12 51845 lt gt 143 225 229 175 51541 143 225 229 194 62978 lt gt 143 225 170 38 59068 37 220 10 28 62357 lt gt 143 225 169 51 161 143 225 229 219 63041 lt gt 143 225 170 23 28753 143 225 170 12 51845 lt gt 143 225 169 11 1804 193 63 75 19 54593 lt gt 143 225 229 236 54593 157 55 56 144 40001 lt gt 143 225 170 23 28753 200 159 255 80 39442 lt gt 143 225 229 236 5322 65 55 223 19 40024 lt gt 143 225 170 23 28753 131 114 58 100 63924 lt gt 143 225 229 175 51541 111 221 77 143 40023 lt gt 143 225 170 23 28753 157 55 235 146 40001 lt gt 143 225 229 100 28571 67 100 124 77 55078 lt gt 143 225 170 218 54045 7 507064000 3 26 WebUI Experiment PCAP trace In each row there is the source address and port the destination address and port the frame and byte numbers generated in the conversation from the destination to the source addresses in the opposite side and in both direction the relative start time and the duration of the conversation In Standard experiment you can choose the PCAP Conversation that you want to use from the related select field Thi
4. Settings Upgrade About Delay Jitter v Bitrate Packet Loss v Bitrate Mbps Packet Loss pps Min Avg Max Min Avg Max 4 560 4 560 4 564 0 000 0 000 0 000 4 560 4 560 4 564 0 000 0 000 0 000 Packet loss 1 0 0 5 pps 0 0 0 5 0 000 Average loss burst size pkt 0 000 3 45 WebUI Analyze experiment report 35 Page Settings Upgrade The Settings Upgrade page consists of several sections about general box configuration EAST COAST Stet STG 8FA3C9B3 2B6E A A TT Az CG GA WM I N Ae Traffic STG 10G I Y Generator Big Home End Points Experiment Analyzer Cc Settings Upgrade About Box configuration Date and time Box name i Manual configuration Sync endpoints STG 8FA3C9B3 2B6E pool ntp org H Language Session timeout Date Time Timezone English 120 min Apply 01 09 2014 13 14 GMT 1 00 4 Troubleshooting Upgrade ile o Nessun file selezionato Enable remote support Vena ne Scegli file Activation k Generate debug output tation ey A Submit bug report o Administration DNS Server CG Change password 8 8 8 8 o Routing table Port Name DHCP IP Address Netmask Administration Port err db Add IP Address 192 168 50 1 24 fe80 225 90ff fea9 5540 64 37 205 182 187 29 East Coast Datacom Inc 2013 3 46 WebUI Settings Upgrade an overview Box configuration In Box configuration area you find e Box name the name of the local box e
5. To 10 1 1 1 8999 Custom Constant scil 512 Constant 1000 4 784 v 5000 v Resulting Mean Packet Size 540 Resulting Mean Packet Rate 1000 Meter one way 3 34 WebUI Experiment flow configuration disabled In this case you must edit the flow configuration and solve the problem before enabling it 29 Page Start an experiment Once the experiment configuration is finished you can start the test pushing on the Start button This action will open the following dialog box Running Experiment Experiment in progress 3 34 WebUI Experiment experiment execution The experiment execution consist of four step 1 Preparing experiment lock all selected boxes used as receiver or logger Running Experiment Preparing experiment locking local and remote boxes 3 36 WebUI Experiment experiment execution Preparing experiment step 2 Experiment in progress prepare the execution of the test copying if necessary PCAP traces on the remote boxes Running Experiment Experiment in progress starting experiment 3 37 WebUI Experiment experiment execution Experiment in progress step and run the experiment a bar will show its progress Running Experiment Experiment in progress 3 38 WebUI Experiment experiment execution Experiment in progress step 30 Page 3 Retrieving logs retrieve the sender and receiver logs from local or remote boxes in according to t
6. o delay O jitter O bitrate o packet loss Logs Report Parameters Configuration All Delay Jitter Bitrate Packet loss Sampling time msec Show report My first experiment My second experiment 3 44 WebUI Analyze an overview Show report button have two functionalities e pushing on the button on the left side it shows the report in the same page e pushing on the caret on the right side of button you can show only the report section in a blank page 33 Page Analyze Experiment Report The following figure shows the report of the selected log file of the experiment In the header there are e the Back button to return the previous screen e the Export Octave Matlab Log button to download the export results in the MAT format to load them in Octave or Matlab software e the experiment name and the execution date of the test The next section is about Experiment summary that resumes e the total number of flows involved in the experiment test e the total time in second used to execute the test e the delay standard deviation in millisecond e the average loss bust size in packets number Other specific information about the experiment test are shown in the section Per flow results in which there is a table consisting a row for each experiment flow and the last an ageregate of flows values The table columns are been categorized in four macro information e packets the number o
7. 1 24 3 12 WebUI End Points modify interface information The DHCP checkbox if enabled allows to the interface to contact the DHCP server to obtain dynamically an IP address this step assumes there is a DHCP server in the network If DHCP field is disabled you may specify statically IP Address version 4 and netmask the IP Address version 6 is allowed only for data addresses The green and red buttons that have replaced the wheel button allow you to save or discard the configuration changes An interface may have related zero or multiple IP addresses If it has no associated IP address it is defined not assigned Besides if the IP address is defined by user it will be a Static address and it has wheel button for editing and trash button for deleting If the IP address is generated by device it has no button because it can neither be modified nor deleted It is important to note that in the experiment configuration step only the interfaces with at least one associated IP address are considered The second section of End Points page regards the network configuration of remote boxes that are the devices toward which to generate traffic Remote Boxes A Add box Remote Box Name IP Address Status TCP Port Status STG 32151DAE 3E80 Control Port 10 0 0 1 9000 o CAG trioen zem 1011 1 o 10 2 2 1 D 10 3 3 1 D 10 4 4 1 o 10 5 5 1 o 10 6 6 1 D 2001 2 1 gt Unreachable es 3 13 WebUI End Points
8. 9fff fe0d f88a 64 Data port 3 1 Gbit s i Link up ek Add IP Address 10 3 3 2 24 o 3 8 WebUI End Points Local Box configuration To modify them you should click on the wheel button that will enable the fields for editing Two buttons will be shown green and red ones for saving or discarding the changes Control TCP Port Default Gateway S000 df 205 182 185 D Control TCP Port Default Gateway 9000 of 205 182 185 me 3 9 WebUI End Points Control TCP Port and Default Gateway configuration The orange button Export on the top left side in the figure 3 8 allows to export network configuration of the local box Clicking on it a dialog will be opened and you can select the IP addresses you want to export The export configuration consists of e local box name which is customizable in the Settings Upgrade page e Control TCP Port e one Control IP address a remote box can have only one Control IP address e zero or more Data IP address 15 Page Export Local Ports Configuration Please select IP Address you want to export Control IP Address 192 168 100 1 10 0 0 2 Data IP Address 10 1 1 2 fe80 a236 9fff fedd f688 2001 0 4136 8378 8000 63bf 3fff fdd1 10 2 2 2 IN IW fe80 a236 9fff fetd faba 10 3 3 2 fe80 a236 9fff fe1b 513c 10 4 4 2 fe80 a236 9fff fe1b 513d 3 10 WebUI End Points Export local box configuration The last section of local box area cons
9. Protocol Stoc Profile Payload Size Packet Rate Bandwidth Duration Byte Pkt s Mbit s msec 1 Custom flow 1 UDP Custom Constant 512 Constant 999 4405 v 10000 e Enabled Data port 1 gt Example box From 192 168 103 6 auto To 37 205 182 187 8999 Resulting Packet Size 540 Resulting Packet Rate 999 3 29 WebUI Experiment flows configurations overview The row is divided in multiple column e the first column shows the flow name the source port and the destination box or the destination port if you chose Loopback option the source address and port and finally the destination address and port e the second column shows the transport layer protocol e the third column is about the Stochastic Profile e the fourth column concerns the payload size hence the related packet size e the fifth column instead shows the packet rate and IDT configuration e the sixth column is about the bandwidth value e the seventh column shows the duration time e the eighth column which is hidden by default contains the delay e the last column includes four button to o enable or disable the flow that means to generate the traffic when experiment will be executed export the flow so it can be imported on another experiment box o edit the flow configuration 27 Page o delete the flow configuration You can use the command from the second to the eight column to modify on the fly the single flow configu
10. Remote boxes subsection The top area shows three buttons Add box button allows to add a new remote host inserting a mnemonic name of box which can differ from real box name the Control IP address and the TCP Port as shown in the figure 3 14 17 Page zo naa SI 3 14 WebUI End Points add a new remote box Clicking on the green button on the right side of the row the inserted information are stored To evaluate if the IP address and port are reachable is used the PING utility so you have different cases e IP address unreachable e IP address reachable e TCP Port reachable e TCP Port unreachable Example box Control Port 10 0 0 1 9000 o pg dk Add data port Example box Control Port 10007 9001 o pgg Add data port Example box Control Port 10 0 0 0 9001 e F s Add data port 3 15 WebUI End Points reachability of IP address and TCP port It is important to know that the remote box addresses are not synchronized automatically with the referred STG box Export button similarly to Local box section allows to export the section configuration In fact clicking on button the following dialog appears which shows a list of all configured remote devices Export Remote Boxes Configuration Flease select remote boxes you want to export Remote box name STG 1 Example box Select All 3 15 WebUI End Points export remote boxes configuration Import button allows to upload the configu
11. STG product Pushing on each of them a popup window will show its license as in the following 3 41 figure Ditg License GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 3 279 June 7007 Copyright C 2007 Free Software Foundation Inc Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this license document but changing it is not allowed Preamble The GNU General Public License is a free copyleft license for software and other kinds of works The licenses for most software and other practical works are designed to take away your freedom to share and change the works By contrast the GNU General Public License is intended to guarantee your freedom to share and change all versions of a program to make sure it remains free software for a Wi its users _ e the Free Software Foundation use the 3 58 WebUI About open source software license Help Help page contains information about technical support contact EAST COAST rote STG 10G d Go de 3 A amp O WH C e Geer G Logout Home End Points Experiment Analyzer Settings Upgrade About Help For Technical Support Contact East Coast Datacom Inc Company Business Hours 245 Gus Hipp Blvd STE 3 8 00AM to 5 00PM Eastern Standard Time Rockledge FI 32955 U S A Phone 321 637 9922 Email support ecdata com Web www ecdata com 3 59 WebUI About technical support information 43 Page
12. an IP version 4 as shown in the L3 Protocol field Another restriction is you cannot select the same interface for both data ports in fact the interface that is selected in the source port does not appear in the destination field If in the first configuration step you chose a remote box instead of loopback you will see the following options Local Data Port Remote Data Port Data port 1 10 1 1 2 100 1 1 1 3 24 WebUI Experiment local and remote data ports 2 http traffic comics unina it software ITG documentation ph 23 Page 4j Local Data Port as said before lists all data ports configured in End Points section instead Remote Data Port lists all data ports related to the selected Remote host In this case you can choose IP version 4 or 6 Also in this case there is the IP version restriction the IP version selected by Local Data Port imposes the related version to Remote Data Port In the TTL field you may specify the IP Time To Live which by default is 64 while in TOS field regards the Type of Service header value L4 Protocol lists the protocol type you can use for traffic generation e UDP User Data Protocol e TCP Transmission Control Protocol e ICMP Internet Control Message Protocol e DCCP Datagram Congestion Control Protocol e SCTP Stream Control Transmission Protocol For UDP TCP DCCP and SCTP protocol you can choose the source and destination port
13. 0007 et 9000 gt Unreachable o Te EE Px 3 18 WebUI End Points add data IP address to a remote box If you want to modify an IP address you will push on wheel button placed on the right side of each IP address row while the red trash button will allow you to delete the related address 19 Page Experiment Experiment page is divided in two subsection e left subsection allows you to create a new experiment clicking on Create button import an experiment clicking on Import button e right subsection lists all saved experiment which can be reopened or deleted pushing on the related button on the right side New Experiment Experiments management Create a new experiment gt Demo experiment op SEs Import an experiment Select file 3 19 WebUI Experiment management 3 5 1 Create a new experiment After clicking on Create button a new page is opened shown in the following figure 3 20 This page considers e an input field for inserting experiment name e a Select field for choosing the experiment operating mode Standard or Turbo which is better explained later e four buttons to o Save the experiment name and in a second step the experiment configuration o delete the experiment and all its results o close the current experiment returning on the previous page o export the experiment for using it on other STG box e asubsection containing the experiment details analyzed in details later gt M
14. 2 WebUI Experiment experiment result autosave You can manage the experiment execution using the buttons placed to the bottom of dialog window as shown in the 3 43 figure X Abort Save and exit Discard 3 43 WebUI Experiment experiment test buttons 32 Page The buttons have the following tasks e Stop interrupts the test execution Only partial data of the executed test will be analyzable e Abort if there is a pending test it will stop its execution and it discards the obtained data anyway e Save and exit allows to save the result of the executed test and return to flows configuration page All the saved results are visible in Analyzer page e Discard discards the experiment results The first two buttons are visible during the experiment execution while the last ones at the end of the experiments Analyzer Analyzer section allows you to evaluate the experiments report It consists in two sections e Logs section is a navigable tree of all configured experiments In the first step you can choose the experiment by its name viewing all the experiment date in which they are executed Selecting one of them you will choose the log report that you want to analyze sender or remote one e Report parameters configuration allows you to set the Sampling time and which parameter you want to evaluate in the report You can select all or a combination of the following parameters
15. 4 and IPv6 traffic by accurately replicating the workload of current Internet or typical user applications The platform supports 8 Ports 10 100 1000 and 4 Ports of 10GbE traffic generation managed via the easy to use GUI that The D ITG generation engine provides many interesting and unique features Thanks to it the STG 10G is also a network measurement tool able to measure the most common performance metrics such as throughput delay jitter and packet loss at the packet level Also using D ITG the STG 10G can generate traffic following stochastic models for packet size PS and inter departure time IDT that mimic application level protocol behavior By specifying the distributions of IDT and PS random variables it is possible to choose different renewal processes for packet generation by using characterization and modeling results from literature STG 10G is able to replicate statistical properties of traffic of different well known applications such as Telnet VoIP G 711 G 723 G 729 Voice Activity Detection Compressed RTP DNS network games At the transport layer the STG 10G currently supports UDP TCP ICMP DCCP SCTP and soon to be released support for IGMP Additionally an FTP like passive mode is also supported to conduct experiments in the presence of NATs and it is possible to set the TOS DS and TTL IP header fields The STG 10G also supports Pcap files with an easy to use Pcap player The STG 10G supports two modes
16. Home End Poets aes a em t oP aoan p e PCS A Dee werp D 7 stm re 37 205 1a2 10s Connection Speed Once IP Assrese Neimana ve te D gt Ada P Aton e wom 100 24 Remote Boxes o gt Act bos Cog 6D 225 08 Sane See 404 IP Address Status TCP Pon Statue kb Crmifet 10001 10 Gan net E A n t H et AR IT Lei Ota 22i 5 peespepg VW e O Hit 19338 a a et A7 WT ie Rett 10444 GC 1 Configure End Points Edit the local and remote network configuration in the End Points page 3 7 WebUI Home page 14 Page End Points End Points is made up of two mainly sections e Local box information containing the network configurations of the local device e Remote boxes information containing the network configurations of the boxes to which generate traffic The following figure gives an overview of local box section In particular in the head of this subsection you can configure information about Control TCP Port that is the signaling channel port number and the Default Gateway Control TCP Port Default Gateway Local Box Export 9000 37 205 182 185 D Local Port Name Connection Speed DHCP IP Address Netmask Control port 100 Mbits GTM Add IP Address 192 168 100 1 24 o 10 0 0 2 24 D Data port 1 10 Gbit s v Link up s Add IP Address 10 1 1 2 24 Oo fe80 a236 9fff feOd f888 64 2001 0 4136 378 8000 63bf 3fff fdd1 64 e Data port 2 10 Gbits GI Ab Add IP Address 10 2 2 2 24 D fe80 a236
17. In addition for the last protocol you may specify the association ID and SCTP session too For ICMP protocol instead you can specify the Type number which by default is 0 Echo Reply Note that if you generate ICMP echo request messages type 8 you will solicit echo replies from the operating system of the remote box Application Options configuration has two operating mode e synthetic mode gives you the possibility to configure the stochastic models for packet size and inter departure time that mimics application level protocol behavior e pcap mode allows you to use pcap trace containing real traffic to generate network workload with more semantic value In the first mode Synthetic Mode it is possible to choose different renewal processes for packet generation Through Predefined Stochastic Profile and by using characterization and modeling results from literature you can replicate the statistical properties of traffic of different well known applications e Telnet option emulates Telnet characteristics It works only with TCP transport layer protocol e VoIP option emulates Voice over IP traffic and you can select the audio codec type between G 711 and G 723 or G 729 the audio transfer protocol between RTP or CRTP and enabling or not the Voice Activity Detection It only works with UDP transport layer protocol e DNS option emulates DNS traffic It works with both UDP and TCP transpor
18. Language the language used in the WebUI By default it is English e Session timeout how long a session is valid after which if you do not refresh submit or request information it will expire and you will be redirected to the login page It is important to note that if you close the browser application session expires You can change one of these value and after save it pushing on Apply button 36 Page Box configuration Box name SIG 8FA3CS9B3 2B6E Language session timeout English m 120 min 3 47 WebUI Settings Upgrade box configuration Date and time Date and time area allows you to configure the timing of the local STG box You have two configuration type e manual configuration you can specify the date the time hour and minute and the timezone e automatic configuration you can synchronize your box using the Network Time Protocol NTP or choosing a remote box as pre configured in End Points section These options are listed in Sync endpoints select field Date and time Manual configuration amp oyne endpoints pool ntp org Date Time Timezone 09 13 2013 15 45 GMT 2 00 b 3 48 WebUI Settings Upgrade date and time It is important the synchronization among sender and receiver boxes in order to correctly measure packet one way delay If you cannot assure this we suggest to use the round trip time meter when configuring the flow 37 Page Troubleshooting
19. OPERATIONS MANUAL Stateful Traffic Generator STG 10G 11 January 2014 FOR TECHNICAL SUPPORT CALL East Coast Datacom Inc 245 Gus Hipp Blvd STE 3 Rockledge FL 32955 USA TEL 800 240 7948 or 821 637 9922 FAX 321 637 9980 WEB www ecdata com Manufactured by East Coast Datacom Inc Manual PT 214001 Rev 1 Page SAFETY WARNING Always observe standard safety precautions during installation operation and maintenance of this product To avoid the possibility of electrical shock be sure to disconnect the power cord from the power source before you remove the IEC power fuses or perform any repairs PROPRIETARY NOTICE The information contained herein is proprietary to East Coast Datacom Inc Any reproduction or redistribution of this publication in whole or in part is expressly prohibited unless written authorization is provided by East Coast Datacom Inc WARRANTY NOTICE WARRANTIES East Coast Datacom Inc hereafter referred to as E C D warrants that its equipment is free from any defects in materials and workmanship The warranty period shall be three 3 years from the date of shipment E C D s sole obligation under its warranty is limited to the repair or replacement of defective equipment provided it is returned to E C D transportation prepaid within a reasonable period This warranty will not extend to equipment subjected to accident misuse alterations or repair not made by E C D or au
20. aded from a file for each flow I TGSend can log information about every sent or received packet when running in One Way or Round Trip mode respectively In the first 5 Page case timestamps and other information of sent packets are stored while in the second case timestamps and other information of sent and received packets are stored For each flow the source IP address can be specified which is useful for multi homed hosts ITGRecv Receiver Component of the D ITG Platform The ITGRecv component is responsible for receiving multiple parallel traffic flows generated by one or more TGSend instances I TGRecv normally runs as a multi threaded daemon listening on a TCP socket for incoming traffic reception requests Each time a request is received from the network a new thread is created which performs all the operations related to the new request e g receiving the packets of the flow The port numbers on which STGRecv will receive each flow and any logging activity required on the receiver side can be remotely controlled by ITGSend A specific signaling protocol called TSP allows ITGRecv and ITGSend to properly setup and manage the traffic generation process ITGLog Logger Component of the D ITG Platform The ITGLog component embeds the ITGLog and it is responsible for receiving and storing log information possibly sent by ITGSend and ITGRecv ITGLog runs as a multi threaded dae
21. al to display the screen to change the credential otherwise the following error message will be shown 11 Page EAST COAST D A T A GC O MU N G Please sign in Configure your host with the 172 17 71 2 IP address and connect to the box using the administration port Insert the username Usemame Insert the password Password 3 3 Error message of password recovery The second step consists of inserting the new password twice to avoid typing errors as shown below EAST COAST CO A T A C Administration Password Recovery Insert new password Re insert new password 3 4 Password recovery form Common Section After login step the page consists of three parts e header which is described in this section e body analyzed in details in the following sections e footer that shows producer information 12 Page EAST COAST Seu STG 8FA3C9B3 2B6E Traffic STG 10G O ATA OC OM H TR r RS E N DER C Logout v Home End Points Experiment Analyzer Cc Settings Upgrade About Quick Start gt My first e o o Mode Standard CE zwee To Gen Tis Status EH Live report OAddnewflow G Analyze R c i es s Earning Experiment Preparing experiment done Starting experiment done 4 Start the experiment Push start button to initialize traffic generation gege FOOTER 3 5 WebUI Structure Header section is common for all WebUI pages EAST EE Ee LA ATAC O M INC Gen
22. devices receive the traffic generation from local or remote devices allow the usage of the product for a pre defined trial period This guide is addressed to the generic user of the Component and provides instructions on how to use it once installed on a compatible hardware device hereafter Box The STG 10G Graphical User Interface GUI presents the user with Six main tabs How the box works EAST COAST STG FAB46D5E B16C SO eo cue e Tmn Log Out Refresh c gt C Settings Upgrade About it CN hios 7 Home End Poants Quick Start 5 6 EAS r COAST eg BAST COAST Somers KE D HARR Dese 1 Configure End Points Edit the local and remote network configuration in the End Points pape 1 Home tab this tab works as the browser Home buttons should Back to the beginning 2 End Points tab for managing Local and Remote box LAN addressing Managing the Control Port for Box to Box communications and Exporting Local configurations for remote box Import of LAN port settings This allows the user to easily set up multiple boxes and save the box End Point configurations 3 Experiments tab for creating or importing named experiments and selecting Standard Mode to replicate stochastic modeling or Turbo Mode which supports replay of any Pcap file traffic type at Line Rates The user then creates a single Flow or multiple flows within 8 Page an Experiment The Flow screen allows the user to Name eac
23. erator O Logout F Home End Points Experiment alyzer Cc Settings Upgrade About STG Version Notification message area Box name 3 5 WebUI Header It presents the East Coast Datacom logo the name of the product Stateful Traffic Generator and the generator type 1G or 10G according to the hardware capability The central area is used to show the notification messages which can be e information message used to notify any information message it automatically disappears e error message used to notify error or alert it has to be closed manually e success message used to notify operation successfully finished it automatically disappears 13 Page Info this is an information message Error this is an error message success this is a success message 3 6 Notification messages On the right of header section there are the name of the local box and the Logout button to exit from the Component The last part of header is the menu which allows you to navigate in WebUI subsections analyzed in the following sections Home Home End Points Experiment Analyzer Settings Upgrade About Home page gives a brief and quick tutorial on how to start an experiment Following all the steps in fact you will be able to configure the network configuration of your box create an experiment execute it and analyze the results Quick Start EAST COAST PM sono EAST COAST E mono e Gererstor i Anais
24. f packets will be involved in the test that can be o TX sent packets from source to destination o RX received packets from source that will be sent from the destination In the case of one way test they assumes as value 0 e delay in milliseconds o minumum O maximum O average e jitter in milliseconds o minimum O maximum O average e bitrate in Megabits per second o minimum O maximum O average e packet loss in packets per second o minimum o maximum O average Each column can be hidden using the filter menu that gives to you the possibility to select one or more information The last section shows a graphs for every selected parameter of the aggregate flow information 34 Page EAST COAST Seu Traffic STG 10G oA TFT A Cc CH bei K a EE 10 Generator Home End Points Experiment Analyzer lt Back o Epcet Loo E gt Experiment My first experiment 2014 01 09 13 08 Per flow results Flow Packets Tx gt Custom flow 1 10000 TI Aggregate 10000 Aggregate timeseries Rx Min 0 0 000 0 0 000 Delay Jitter 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 5 fa Ed 0 0 E on 0 5 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 2 4 6 8 10 sec Experiment summary Number of flows 1 Total time s East Coast Datacom Inc 2013 9 999 Y Filter Packets e Delay ms Jitter ms Avg Max Min Avg Max 0 000 0 000 0 000 0 000 0 000 0 000 0 000 0 000 0 000 0 000 Bitrate 5 0 2 4 6 10 sec Delay standard deviation ms STG 8FA3C9B3 2B6E Logout 7 CG
25. following features Customizable flow level properties o duration o start delay o total number of packets o total number of KBytes Supported Layer 3 features o protocols IPv4 IPv6 o customizable header fields source and destination IP addresses source interface binding for multi homed devices initial TTL value DS byte o NAT traversal FTP like passive mode Supported Layer 4 features o protocols TCP UDP ICMP DCCP SCTP o customizable header fields source and destination port numbers Supported Layer 7 features o Predefined stochastic PS Packet Size and IDT Inter Departure Time profiles Telnet DNS Quake3 CounterStrike active and inactive VoIP G 711 G 729 G 723 o Payload content random or read from file o Stochastic processes supported for both PS and IDT Supported distributions are Uniform Constant Exponential Pareto Cauchy Normal Poisson Gamma Weibull Explicit random seed selection for replicating the same stochastic process Loading of PS and IDT series from file Packet level QoS metrics o Bitrate o Packet rate o One way delay requires Future clocks synchronization 7 Page o Round Trip Time o jitter o Packet loss STG Features The STG Web User Interface component referred in this guide also as the Component or as WebUI is designed to manage the network configuration of the device allow the traffic generation to local or remote
26. h Flow define the Duration End Points Protocol Payload Size Bandwidth or Packets Per Second rate The user also has the option of loading a Pcap file in the Flow and defining Cyclic Repetitions and Speed Scaling for playback Many other options are also available such as Payload Size Distribution method Inter Department Time Distribution Packets to Generate Kilobytes to Generate a Meter for Round Trip or One way statistical collection TTL and several other optional user defined settings When the Flow settings are complete the user clicks Save Flow NOTE One Way Meter statistics are retrieved quickly to the user while large experiments set to Round Trip Meter can result in large statistical files which can be time consuming to retrieve depending on the Log Options An overview screen now displays each the entire Experiment showing each Flow and the main characteristic of the Flow s Now the users select one or both of the Log Options for statistical collection A Local Log Generation Sender Side B Remote Log Generation Receiver Side NOTE local Log statistics are retrieved quickly to the user Selecting Local and Remote with large Multi Flow experiments can result in large statistical files which can be time consuming to retrieve After the user has defined all Flows and Log Options the user Saves the whole Experiment and begins the Experiment by clicking Start As the Flow s are beginning a status bar appears on the users mo
27. hat the results are prominently displayed in real time as charts and data results saved in a local log for viewing or exported in a text format for Matlab Octave or Excel More information about D ITG are provided in the following All the following features are provided by STG 10G in a simple and easy to use fashion STG Sender System Under S Test Tet lt Control Data f lt gt Log Data to be Analyzed EN Sr lt 4 Log Data to be Stored eem A STG Decode Realistic Workload or Line Rate Loading STG 10G Design Archetecture showing enterrelated Components ITGSend Sender Component of the D ITG Platform The ITGSend component is responsible for generating traffic flows and can work in two different modes 1 Single flow read the configuration of the single traffic flow to generate toward a single ITGRecv instance from the command line 2 Multi flow read the configuration of multiple traffic flows to generate toward one or more ITGRecv instances from a script file The script is made of a line for each traffic flow which includes a set of command line options as in the single flow mode Every traffic flow generated is described by two stochastic processes relating to Packet Size PS and Internet Departure Time IDT through which well defined traffic profiles can be generated emulating application protocols such as VoIP DNS etc PS and IDT series can also be lo
28. he logger configurations Running Experiment Retrieving logs retrieving receiver side log from STG 32151DAE 3E80 e o 3 39 WebUI Experiment experiment execution Retrieving logs step 4 Generating report if you have chosen to log at the sender side on the local box you will see the report of the executed test Running Experiment Generating report EE e 3 40 WebUI Experiment experiment execution Generating report step Once the report is successfully decoded you will see the experiment results 31 Page Running Experiment Generating report Experiment My first experiment 2014 01 09 12 47 Y Filter Packets Delay Jitter v Bitrate Packet Loss v Per flow results Flow Packets Delay ms Jitter ms Bitrate Mbps Packet Loss pps Tx Rx Avg Max Avg Min Avg Max Min Avg Max gt Custom flow 1 i 0 000 4 560 4 564 0 000 0 000 t Aggregate 0 000 4 560 4 564 0 000 0 000 Aggregate timeseries Delay Bitrate Packet loss 1 0 i 1 0 Experiment summary Number of flows 1 Total time s Delay standard deviation ms 0 000 Average loss burst size pkt M4 Autosave remaining 51 seconds to save Save and exit Discard 3 41 WebUI Experiment experiment execution Generating report step At the end of fourth step an autosave timer will start It can be disabled pushing on the related checkbox field al Autosave 53 remaining seconds to saving 3 4
29. ists of a table for managing the entire network configuration of local host There are two types of network interfaces the control interface in blue is used as the sender or destination address for the signaling channel between the boxes and data interfaces in yellow are used for the sender and destination addresses for the probing traffic Each interface has information about e connection speed e connection status link up or link down which means if it is connected or not e dhcp which allows to obtain if checkbox is enabled the IP address from a DHCP client e IP addresses and netmasks related to this interface Local Port Name Connection Speed DHCP IP Address Netmask Control port 100 Mbits CIA Add IP Address 192 168 100 1 24 o 10 0 0 2 24 i o Data port 1 10 Gs GTA Add IP Address 10 1 1 2 24 o FaN a MOES DH aN OOO AA 3 11 WebUI End Points Network configuration of local box The connection speed can be modified clicking on the wheel button of the first row of interface area It is possible to specify Autonegotiation that enables device to automatically exchange information over a link about speed and duplex abilities or you can 16 Page chose between the speeds supported by the interface i e 10 Mbit s 100 Mbit s or 1Gbit s Local Port Name Cfannactinn need DHCP IP Address Netmask 10 Mbit s Control port Z 100 Mbit s AutoNeg 10 0 0 2 24 ee 192 168 100
30. measures Log options Local End Point Remote End Points Enable Destination Protocol Enable Destination Protocol to disk H UDP H to disk H UDP 3 31 WebUI Experiment Logger configuration in Standard experiment 28 Page In the Turbo mode you can choose only the sampling rate Log options Sampling rate 1000 Local End Point Remote End Points Enable Destination Protocol Enable Destination Protocol to disk UDP gt to disk H UDP 3 32 WebUI Experiment Logger configuration in Turbo experiment Import an experiment configuration As shown in the 3 19 figure to import an experiment you must select a file and push on the Import button After uploading you find it in the right experiment list The following figure shows the two step Import an experiment Select file My_imported_experiment exp Import 1379343256 dump stg gt My imported experiment Open ieee 3 33 WebUI Experiment import experiment configuration Open an existing experiment An experiment can be opened pushing on the related button of one of the items of the experiments list showing the experiment details If one of the experiment flows has incoherent information compared to the box configuration i e End Points configuration the flow will be disabled and its name will be colored in red as shown in the following figure 1 Custom flow 1 UDP Data port 1 gt STG 32151DAE 3E80 From 10 1 1 2 auto
31. mon listening on a TCP socket for incoming log requests Log information is received over TCP or UDP protocols on port numbers dynamically allocated in the range 9003 10003 ITGDec Decoder Component of the D ITG Platform The ITGDec component embeds the ITGDec and it is responsible for decoding and analyzing the log files stored during the experiments ITGDec parses the log files generated by I TGSend and ITGRecv and calculates the average values of bitrate delay and jitter either on the whole duration of the experiment or on variable sized time intervals ITGDec analyzes the log files produced by ITGSend ITGRecv and ITGLog in order to produce the following results about each flow and about the whole set of flows Synthetic reports Exported o Experiment duration Packets transferred and Received Payload bytes transferred Round trip delay minimum maximum average standard deviation Average bitrate Average packet rate Dropped packets Duplicate packets Loss events Average loss burst size First last sequence number Sampled QoS metrics time series o Packet Sent Packets Received o Bitrate Mbps o Round trip Delay ms O O 0 HO Oe Oe Or Oe E E 6 Page o Jitter ms i e delay variation o Packet loss pps i e packets lost per second D ITG Features D ITG is able to generate multiple unidirectional flows from many senders toward many receivers each of them having the
32. nitor indicating the progress Upon completion the statistical results are displayed as well as graphs for each Flow The results may be saved for viewing in the Analyzer tab or simply canceled 4 Analyzer tab for retrieving the final saved Experiment results The results are saved with Experiment Name Date the Log options as Local or Remote The Log File results may be adjusted by Sampling Rate Time for further viewing or Exported The export file is one packet per line and allows examination in Matlab Octave Excel ect 5 Settings Upgrade tab This tab allows the user to set the box Name Date and Time Submit Trouble shooting Reports Enable Remote Support paid subscription System Firmware Update that requires Key Codes and managing the all important Administration Port 6 About tab the about tab contains the two sections A Information selection which allows the user to view the current Box Information Installed Components and Licensing Information These include the software revision levels and open source codes contained in the STG 10G This also includes an activation key shown as Full or 30 Days B Help selection that allows the user to contact Technical Support for the box and a holder for the soon to be released User Manual Also included are a Log Out button which has an additional function to Reset the STG 10G hardware box As well the Refresh button that may be used within the STG 10G system to repaint a sc
33. numeric characters Upgrade Upload file Nessun file selezionato Scegli file Activation key 3 51 WebUI Settings Upgrade upgrade 39 Page Pushing on Apply button a dialog window will pop up with the changelog of the upgrade process Now you can choose to install or abort the update process selecting the related buttons Administration Administration section allows to manage e the change of password pushing on Change password button e the DNS Server IP address using the wheel button e the administration port configuration using the blue table as shown in End Points chapter Administration DNS Server Change password 8 8 8 8 o 3 Routing table Port Name DHCP IP Address Netmask Administration Port Add IP Address 192 168 102 1 24 o 192 168 50 1 24 172 17 71 1 30 37 205 182 188 29 192 168 102 111 24 192 168 50 2 24 fe80 225 90ff feac 6ac0 64 3 52 WebUI Settings Upgrade administration So pushing on Change password button a popup as shown below will be opened in which you must insert the old and the new password Change administrator password Old password r EN d Fw EELER ZUR H be ee oe K kd New password Confirm new password TELA AEE AA A A Po rpreieiree AAE A be l h FF eS ee ee Kai A a oe WI J wee mW 6 Cancel 3 53 WebUI Settings Upgrade change administrator password 40 Page Pushing on wheel button the DNS Server field
34. ode Standard Save H Please insert the experiment name and ae after click the Save button on the right e 3 Ve Add new Tow Info Please add a new flow y 3 20 WebUI Experiment create a new experiment Once set the experiment name Save button becomes clickable to store it enabling the subsection to add other experiment configurations In fact after this operation the subsection appears as in the following figure 20 Page gt My first experiment Mode Standard KEEN k ee Live report Add new flow Ge Analyze Info Please add a new flow Log options Local End Point Remote End Points Enable Destination Protocol Enable Destination Protocol to disk z UDP H to disk H UDP 3 21 WebUI Experiment configure the experiment If you want to modify the experiment name you must push on the wheel image highlighted in red in the following figure This action will be appear an editable field from which you can modify the name To save it you have to push the checkmark button v D gt My first experiment gt My first experiment 3 22 WebUI Experiment change experiment name The subsection consists of Start button allows you to execute the experiment It is disabled when the experiment configuration has no flow Live report checkbox allows you to show real time analysis during experiment execution Besides enabling it you can choose one or more parameter among dela
35. of packet transmission One being the Standard Mode for realistic traffic simulation allowing adjustable data rates The Turbo Mode allows line rate transmission utilizing INTEL DPDK drivers with Pcap files containing any type of traffic The core traffic generation features of STG 10G are provided by embedding the main components of the D ITG engine ITGSend ITGRecv ITGLog ITGDec ITGSend is the component responsible for generating time stamped traffic toward ITGRecv Exploiting a multithreaded design ITGSend can send multiple parallel traffic flows toward multiple ITGRecv instances and I TGRecv can receive multiple parallel traffic flows from multiple TGSend instances A signaling channel is created between each couple of I TGSend and ITGRecv components to control the generation of all the traffic 1 http traffic comics unina it software ITG 4 Page flows between them This allows the STG10 G to generate a number of flows towards a single STG 10G or towards different STG 10G at the same time ITGSend and ITGRecv can optionally produce log files containing detailed information about every sent and received packet The logs can be saved locally or sent through the network to the Remote Box s The I TGDec component is in charge of analyzing the log files in order to extract performance metrics related to the traffic flows STG 10G allows to easily create store and analyze these logs so t
36. packet rate and bandwidth values influence each other Therefore once you have set the packet size setting also the packet rate the bandwidth value will be automatically calculated while on the other hand if you set the bandwidth value the packet rate will be subsequently adapted 25 Page In any case if you choose a predefined stochastic profile or a custom profile you can set the seed value for generating distribution and the payload content that can be generated in random mode or read from file The second way to configure the Application options as said before is the PCAP mode as shown in the following figure Application options Mode Synthetic PCAP Based Cyclic repetition Speed scaling Bidirectional Mode Scegli file Nessun file selezionato 3 25 WebUI Experiment PCAP mode Initially if you are configuring the first experiment flow there are no uploaded PCAP trace you can choose so after selecting the PCAP file on your system you can upload it pushing on the button The uploaded file will be analyzed according to the selected network and transport layer protocols in Standard Experiment you can choose UDP or TCP protocol while in Turbo experiment there is no filter based on L4 protocol and the whole trace is selected and in a black screen it will be shown the filtered PCAP traces PCAP Converations Scegli file pcap dat 2 232 85 82 56558 143 225 229 100 161
37. ration If the flow has configured in PCAP mode the row contains different information in fact as shown in the figure 3 30 they assume the following meanings e the second column gives mode information e the third column the name of the PCAP file e the fourth column is about the number of packets and byte that are be generated from source to destination Le upstream and if you chose bidirectional mode the downstream traffic generation from destination to source Flow Name Protocol Stoc Profile Payload Size Packet Rate Bandwidth Duration Byte Pkt s Mbit s msec 1 Custom flow 1 upp PAP Mode File pcap file altro pcap dat Upstream pkt 16 byte 1920 59838 Enabled Data port 1 gt Example box Downstream pkt 0 byte 0 From 192 168 103 6 56558 To 37 205 182 187 161 3 30 WebUI Experiment PCAP flow configuration overview Experiment Log options The Log options shown in the figure 3 31 allows you to enable the traffic logging options both sender and receiver side This screen is divided into two boxes e Local End Point e Remote End Points For each of them you can choose the destination box which can be the local or a remote host and the transport protocol type in the last case Please note that the log is necessary to obtain the performance measures bitrate jitter etc The log can be disabled in case it is only necessary to generate the traffic without being interested in the performance
38. ration of a box or multiple boxes choosing the exported file from local or remote sections 18 Page Upload Remote Box Configuration Select the file you want to upload Seet le Nessun file selezionato GK IW wv Cancel 3 16 WebUI End Points import remote box es configuration The imported remote box or boxes will be append to the remote boxes table or merged to existing box where the box name are the same Remote boxes table shows a list of remote devices consisting of one control IP address and one or more data IP addresses each of them can be modified or deleted using the buttons on the right side Demo Box Demo Box GT EE v ever 3 17 WebUI End Points edit delete and add a data IP address of a remote box To modify the name of a remote box you can push the wrench button placed on the bottom of remote box name After editing the name in the input field you must push on green button or red button to save or discard the change as shown in the right image of the figure 3 17 To delete a box you can use trash button placed on the bottom of remote box name Add data port button allows you to add a new data IP address to the related remote device As previously shown for local box and pointed out in the following figure a new row is appended to the box and an IP version 4 or 6 can be inserted The green and red button on the right side allows you to save or discard the IP address Example box Control Port 1
39. reen 9 Page Conventions In this guide the names of files utilities and commands that are meant to be written as is are rendered with fixed size font e g filename php Usage Instructions This section describes how the WebUI is made up how you can use each components Login Once the Component is activated you can launch WebUI in your browser connecting to http 192 168 50 1 where you will see the Login Page that shows an input box to insert the username an input box to insert the password the button Sign in to send the credential to log in the box the button Recovery to change the password of the box FAST COAST D A T A O mM IEN CG Please sign in Insert the username Insert the password Recovery 3 1 Login form If the username or the password is wrong a message is displayed notifying the error as shown in the following figure 10 Page OD A T A C O M IN B m Please sign in Username or password is incorrect Please try again Insert the username Wisema me Insert the password we a a an Gei W ech a a LL Thick 3 2 Error message of credential login In case you forget the password you can retrieve it using Recovery button This operation can be done only connecting your host to the box using the administration port on the IP address 172 17 71 2 configuring your network device with the 172 17 71 2 IP address This preliminary step is essenti
40. s choice implies the modification of source and destination ports Besides specifying the Cyclic Repetition and the Speed Scaling you can replicate the selected PCAP conversation using a scale factor with which multiplies the IDT value The resulting total duration is set in the Duration field in Custom flow level options If you have already uploaded a PCAP trace file the Application options section shows you a select field with each file So you can choose one of them or upload a new file as said before 26 Page Application options Mode Synthetic PCAP Based PCAP File PCAP Converations d pcap file pcap dat H 2 232 85 82 56558 143 225 229 100 161 Upload new file z Cyclic repetition Speed scaling Bidirectional Mode Filter ip and not eth addr FF FF FF FF FF FF and not ip addr 224 0 0 0 4 lt Bei gt l Total I Relative Duration 3 28 WebUI Experiment PCAP trace selection The flow configuration ends clicking on Add button in the footer of dialog window Please remember to save the experiment after adding a flow in order to save the flow information Experiment flows After adding your first configured flow the Experiment page shows synthetic information about it as shown in the following figure Total experiment duration min sec 0 10 y Filter Protocol Stochastic Profile Payload Size PacketRate Bandwidth Duration Delay Flow Name
41. t layer protocol e Network games option like Quake3 or CounterStrike active or idle phase of the game They only work with UDP transport layer protocol 24 Page It is possible to generate traffic according to the different configurations of packet size packet rate and bandwidth The bandwidth depends on bitrate value that can be a predefined or customized value at most equal to the selected interface connection speed The packet size depends on payload size and on header size which changes according to the network layer protocol and transport layer protocol It can be e apredefined value e calculated from an uploaded file e avariable value based on payload size distribution Constant Uniform Exponential Pareto Cauchy Normal Poisson O O O O O O Or Gamma o Weibull The packet rate depends on the Inter Departure Time IDT that is the time between the transmission of two successive packets It can be e a predefined value e calculated from an uploaded file e a variable value according to the IDT distribution Constant Uniform Exponential Pareto Cauchy Normal Poisson Gamma Weibull O O O O O O O O 3 O For each distribution you must insert the characterizing parameters one or two according to the distribution type and the resulting packet rate and packet size values assume a statistical meaning in terms of mean or median as shown in the related read only field Besides the
42. te number to generate in fact setting one of the three values you can not specify the remaining others Besides you can log information about every sent or received packet when running in One Way or Round Trip mode respectively by using Meter option In the first case the timestamps and other information of sent packet are stored while in the second case the timestamps and other information of sent and received packets are stored The Data options yellow section regards the configuration of packets and it consists of two subsection e Header options which gather information about level 3 and 4 of TCP IP stack e Application options which includes application level information In the Header options the choices depend on what you have selected in the first configuration step if loopback or which remote host If you have selected loopback mode you will see the following fields Loopback Source Data Part Loopback Destination Data Port Data port 1 10 1 1 2 Data port 2 10 2 2 2 alk 3 23 WebUI Experiment loopback source and destination data ports The first of them Loopback Source Data Port allows you to select the sender Data IP Address while the latter Loopback Destination Data Port represents the Data IP Address toward which the traffic is generated The field shows the information about the interface i e Data port 1 and Data port 2 and the IP Address that can be only
43. thorized by E C D in writing PUBLICATION NOTICE This manual has been compiled and checked for accuracy The information in this manual does not constitute a warranty of performance E C D reserves the right to revise this publication and make changes from time to time in the content thereof E C D assumes no liability for losses incurred as a result of out of date or incorrect information contained in this manual 2 Page Contents Mana er ee 1 East Ca 1 Gal Bs e rr E E 1 Stateful Traffic Generator model STG LOG ieee EE 4 LOO e 10 CONDON eC O BE 12 HON E 14 ENOG Ge e 15 BETO MM eegen 20 3 5 1 Create a new experiment E 20 ee Ke EEN 22 eege 27 BEER LOC OCOD errora E S RE E S 28 Import an experiment configuration s sssssressrssrrssnrernesnrosrnsnrnnnennnnnnnonnnnnnnnnnonnennnnnnnnnnn nnn nnnnne nnen nes 29 Penan OTS UN SS NN orge EEEE AEE 29 SEENEN 30 PSMA ZC E 33 Analyze Experiment Repot eebe 34 EE 36 Box eet ege 36 Ree Ben A E P AAE A N A N E T 37 Reese ee sorra AA T E 38 MN hse E A A E A A 39 VAN G60 00 O a E E ee eee ee ee ee re 40 ee E 41 hatdete uh te E 41 Stateful Traffic Generator model STG 10G Description The Stateful Traffic Generator model STG 10G is an embedded COTS platform based on a well know traffic generation engine D I TG STG 10G is composed of a Graphical User Interface GUI that wraps the D ITG engine and other tools Using D ITG STG 10G is capable of producing IPv
44. ting Mean Packet Size gt 540 Bytes Packet Rate Profile Custom Inter Departure Time Distribution Constant gt e Resulting Mean Packet Rate gt 1000 pkt s NS Cancel 3 22 WebUI Experiment flow configuration window The Name field is a mnemonic name that allows to give a custom name to the flow It is not important for the experiment purposes but it may be helpful to recognize the flow when analyzing the experiment results Local Control Address field allows to configure the source address for the signaling channel You can select Auto leaving the task of choosing the best address to use to the operating system or any Control IP addresses of Local Box configured in the End Points section Loopback field allows to generate traffic toward the same local box If enabled in fact the Remote Box field is disabled 22 Page Remote Box field regards the hosts toward which you want to send the traffic You can choose one of the remote boxes configured in the End Points section defining in this way the IP address of the destination signaling The Custom flow level options green section regards the configuration of initial and final delay the generation duration the number of packets and the number of KBytes to generate and the meter see the D ITG manual for more explanations It is important to note you can choose only one parameter between duration packets and KBy
45. will be enabled to modify the related IP address As shown in the 3 39 figure the green and red buttons allow you to save or discard the change respectively DNS Server 3 54 WebUI Settings Upgrade change DNS Server IP address The Routing table button located on the right side will show a popup that resumes the information about routing configuration of the local box Routing Table Configuration Kernel IP routing table Destination Garbeway Flags Metric Ref Use Iface 6 6 6 6 37 205 182 185 Administration port 6 8 8 Control port Dota port 1 Dota port 2 Dota port 3 Dota port 4 Dota port 5 Dota port 6 Administration port Dota port 6 Dota port 5 Administration port Administration port Control port Administration port 755 6 55 08 2595 0 2595 0 2595 0 259 0 6 55 60 37 205 182 184 259 248 169 253 5 2 169 254 6 2 17 17 71 0 192 168 59 0 192 168 100 0 192 168 102 0 Se D D O G G G a a D D D T T T O O O Geaa a M D D T T TOOTOO GOGO 8 8 6 0 0 8 6 0 0 8 6 0 0 8 6 0 0 8 6 0 0 6 6 0 0 6 6 0 0 8 6 0 0 8 6 0 0 6 6 6 0 6 6 0 6 8 6 0 0 8 6 0 0 3 55 WebUI Settings Upgrade routing table configuration About The About menu item consists of e Information e Help Information Information page is divided into three sub section as shown in the following figure 41 Page BAST COAST ee aki Oat aA Cc ER mM E Ww Home End Points
46. y jitter bitrate and packet loss you want to analyze and a graph checkbox if you want to see or not the graph during the experiment execution Add new flow permits to open a dialog for creating a flow This window is explained better in the following subsection Analyze button cross refer to analyze section of experiment results The middle of this subsection is reserved for the configured flows Initially there is no flow added to the experiment so an info message is shown The last area regards the Log options configuration which is explained later 21 Page Add a new flow Pushing on the Add new flow button the following dialog will be flow In this section its functionalities will be explained in details Add new flow Name General flow level options Initial Delay Data options Header Options L3 Protocol IPv4 L4 Protocol UDP Application options Predefined Stochastic Profile Custom Payload Sizes Profile Custom Bandwidth Profile Custom Local Control Address Auto Duration Local Data Port Data port 1 10 1 1 2 Local UDP Port auto Mode synthetic Seed 0 lt Payload Size Distribution Constant Bitrate 4 784 Mbit s Remote Box Example box Loopback KBytes to generate pkts KBytes Packets to generate Remote Data Port Select Data Port Remote UDP Port 8999 PCAP Based Payload Content Random opened to configure a Resul
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