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QAHandbookIXIA

IXIATools

Introduction

Summary

WeneedtheIXIAtoolswhentestingtheNPMResourceProtection.TheIxExploreristheclientsoftwareweusetocontroltheIXIAchassis（hardware）.ThishandbookwillintroduceyouthebasicoperationoftheIxExporer.

Pre-Requirement

1.TheIPofourIXIAChassisis192.168.67.240,ports16/3and16/4arereservedforGZ;16/3connectstoCiscoAport45,and16/4connectstoCiscoCport45;

2.TheIxExplorerisalreadyinstalledontwoXP,Theycanbeaccessedthroughportallinks（VNCAccesstoESXXPA/B）;

3.IxExplorerusesport17669toconnecttoIXIAchassis,sowecaninstalltheclientsoftwarelocally,anduseSSHtunneltoconnectto192.168.67.240.

QATestProcedure

IntroductiontoIxExplorer

1.OSILayer1to4Capabilities;

2.Completepacket/frameheaderconfiguration;

3.TrueinterfaceemulationwithARP,PING;

4.RuntandJumboframesupport（12Byteto13,312ByteFrames）;

5.Statisticalresultsandpacketcapturewithfiltering;

6.RoutingProtocolEmulation.

IxExplorerOperation

1.Connectingtothechassis

LaunchIxExplorer

EntertheIPaddressofthechassisyouareconnectingto.

Logintothechassis.

Useanynameyouwish.Thisisapoliteownershipenvironment.Typicallyanameandemailorphonenumberisgood.

2.Takingownership

a.Expandthechassis.

b.Expandthecard（s）youwilluseinthetest.

c.TakeownershipoftheportsyouareusinginthetestbyrightclickingontheportandselectingTakeOwnership.

3.Settingportproperties

a.Expandthecardsthatyouwilluseforthetests.

b.Selecteachportanddoubleclickonportproperties.

c.Selecttheappropriatespeedandduplex.

d.Selectthemediatype（ifapplicable）andstreammode.

4.Configuringportprotocols

a.Onthetransmittingport,doubleclickonIxRouter.

b.ChooseSelectPorts.

c.Selectallportinvolvedinyourtest.

d.EnableARPandPINGonalltestports

e.SelectProtocolInterfaces.

f.Selectthefirsttestportandruntheinterfacewizard.

g.SelectConnectedInterfaces.

h.Selectthenumberofvirtualinterfacesyouwanttocreate,theiraddressspaceandgatewaysaswellasVLAN’sifnecessary.

i.Choosetoeitherappendthoseinterfacestothoseexistingorremoveallpreviousandreplacewiththese.

j.Repeatsteps16-19foranyotherportinthetest,

5.Creatingthestreams

a.Onthetransmittingport（s）,clickonthestream.Ontheright,thestreamconfigurationisavailable.Theremayormaynotbestreamsavailable.Toopenanexistingstream,doubleclickonit.Tocreateanewstream,rightclickinthewindowandchooseNewStream.

b.IntheStreamPropertieswindow,selecttheDA/SAtab.SelectARPDiscoveryfortheDestMACaddressforallL3testsunlesstheGWMACaddressisknown,inwhichcase,enterafixedaddress.

c.SelectVLAN,EthernetandIPv4asneeded.

d.SelectEditbesideIPv4.Modifydestinationaddressasneeded.（typicallytheaddressconfiguredontheotherport）.ModifytheTOS/DSCPandotheroptionsasneeded.

e.Forthesourceaddress,thereare2choices,youcanenterthevalueyouconfiguredaboveinIxRouter,oryoucanselecttheFromProtocolInterfacesbutton.Inthesecondchoiceadropdownisavailablewhereyoucanpicktheaddressyouwish.

f.Optionally,youcanchoosetoemulatemultipleaddresses,（ifalreadyconfiguredinIxRouter）.Incrementsanddecrementsareavailableatmultiplelevels.

g.Choosetheframesize（s）youwishtogenerate.

h.UnderStreamControl,selecttherateatwhichyouwanttogeneratethisstreamoftraffic.

i.Repeattheaboveonanyotherportsthatwillbegeneratingtraffic.

j.ValidatenetworkconnectivityintheDiscoveredNeighbourstab.

k.Tobegintrafficgeneration,selecttheportandclickonthestartbutton.

l.Statisticsonthetransmitandreceiveportscanbeviewedasrequired.

6.Creatingastatisticview

a.Asinglesimultaneousviewisavailable.Tocreateit,ExpandtheGlobalViewsfieldandrightclickonStatisticViews.SelectNew.

b.Selectthetransmittingandreceivingports.

c.Thenewviewnowhasbothports.

7.CreatingperstreamstatisticviewsusingPGIDs

a.IntheStreamPropertiestab,selectPacketGroupsandTimeStampunderInstrumentation.

b.SelectEdit.ThedefaultoptionsaretypicallyOKtouse.ThethreefieldswelookatareSignatureOffset,（thelocationofthesignature）.TheSignatureValue,（thehexvalueofthesignature）.AnyHexvaluewillwork.TheGroupIDoffset,（thelocationofthestreamuniqueidentifier,bydefault,thestreamID）.

c.SelectOK.

d.SelectFilter,Statistics,ReceiveModeonthereceivingport.

e.SelecttheReceiveModetab.CheckthePacketGroupsorWidePacketGroupstab.Makesuretheoffset,ValueandPGIDoffsetmatchthetransmittingstream.

f.SelectPacketGroupStatisticviews.Rightclick,choosenew.

g.Choosethereceivingport.Moveittotherightofthepagebypushingthe>>.SelectOK.

h.Presstherecordbutton.

i.ThestatspresentedreflectONLYdatathatincludesthesignature.Allotherdataisignored.