Xena2889

Xena2889 makes it easy to accurately benchmark the performance of Layer 2 LAN switches according to RFC 2889.

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Xena2889 is a Windows desktop application for benchmarking the performance of Layer 2 LAN switches. It is free and bundled with every XenaManager release.

It supports the following RFC 2889 test types:

All Throughput and Forwarding rate tests (both fully and partially meshed)
Congestion Control
Address Caching Capacity
Address Learning Rate
Broadcast Frame Forwarding and Latency
Forward Pressure and Maximum Forwarding Rate

Xena2889 also supports Errored Frames Filtering (with the exception of the “Dribble Bit Errors” and “Alignment Errors” tests).

TOP FEATURES

Create, edit and execute test configurations using Xena test equipment according to RFC 2889
Configure and enable many of the test-types defined in RFC 2889
Supports L2-3 testing and either IPv4 or IPv6
Flexibly define protocol layers (Ethernet, VLANs, IP, UDP, etc.)
Assign separate protocol layer definitions to each test port
Extensive configuration options to fine-tune the tests

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Specifications

Key Tests

Fully supported:
– All Throughput and Forwarding rate tests (both fully & partially meshed)
– Congestion Control
– Forward Pressure and Maximum Forwarding Rate
– Address Caching Capacity
– Address Learning Rate
– Broadcast Frame Forwarding and Latency

Partially supported:
– Errored Frames Filtering are supported (with the exception of the “Dribble Bit Errors” and “Alignment Errors” tests)

Traffic Control

– Ethernet, VLAN, and Q-in-Q support
– Automatic learning packets
– Custom field setting for supported protocols

Test Topologies

– Multiple XenaBay and XenaCompact chassis
– Flexible topology definition using Mesh, Blocks or Pairs concept to define any network traffic topology
– Uni-directional or Bi-directional testing

Reporting

– Printable summary reports
– Export of results in PDF or .XML format

Supported Modules & Platforms

All Xena testers and all port speeds.

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