RFC2544 Conformance Testing

Overview

RFC 2544 recommendations are well accepted in the test and measurement industry for network performance testing. The RFC 2544 test suite consists of and performs a set of four automated tests (throughput, latency, frame loss, and burst or back-to-back) to qualify the performance of a network link under test. The tests are especially popular for the verification of network links with certain service level agreements (SLA).

The following settings must be configured prior to RFC 2544 testing:

Test layer (Layer 2, 3, & 4)
Frame header (PBB, MAC, VLAN, IP, UDP, and Data)
Test frames selection
Pass/fail thresholds (optional)
Far-end unit loop control
Throughput
Latency
Frame loss
Burst (back-to-back)

RFC 2544 Setup - Layer 2 parameters