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GeneratingTrafficforDSLAMTesting

Goal:SetupandruntraffictoaDSLAMsystemasshownintheCT570productdescription.

PleaserefertothediagramintheCT570linkabove.Inthistestscenario,theLANforge-FIRECoreisoneinterfaceonaLANforgesystem.TheLANforge-FIREEdgeisanotherinterfaceonthesameLANforgesystem.TheLFCoreinterfaceisconnectedtotheupstreamDSLAMinterfaceeitherdirectlyorthroughaswitch.TheCPEsareconnectedtoamulti-portVLANswitchwhichhasaVLANtrunkthatisconnectedtotheLFEdge.TrafficissentbetweentheLFCoreandtheLFEdgetoachieveend-to-endnetworktraffictestingoftheDSLAMsystem.

1. ConnectoneLANforge-FIREinterfacetotheDSLAMupstreaminternetconnection.ThisistheLFCorepartofthediagrammentionedabove.

2. SetuptheLANforgeportsothatithasavalidIPaddressandIPmask.

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A. GotothePortManager

B. ModifytheportconnectedtotheDSLAM.SetavalidnetworkIPaddressandIPmask.

C. Verifytheportconfiguration

FormoreinformationseeLANforgeUser'sGuide:Ports(Interfaces)

3. Setupvirtualinterfaces.A. OnthePortMgrtab,selecttheportthatwillconnecttothemulti-portswitchandwillalsobeyour

VLANtrunk.ThisistheLFEdgepartofthediagram.

B. ClicktheCreatebutton:

A. Selectthe802.1Q-VLANvirtualinterfacetype

B. TheVLANIDshouldcorrespondtoyourmulti-portswitchVLANconfiguration

C. EnterQuantity(numberofvirtualinterfacestobecreated)D. EntertheappropriateIPaddressandIPmask

E.ClickApplytocreatethevirtualinterfaces

C. VerifythatthevirtualinterfacesarecreatedandhavethecorrectIPassignments

FormoreinformationseeLANforgeUser'sGuide:Creating&DeletingVirtualInterfaces

4. CreateLayer-3connections.

A. GototheLayer-3tab

B. ClicktheCreatebutton

A. Fillinaconnectionname,selectaconnectiontypeandsetthereporttimer

B.MakeendpointAtheDSLAMupstreamportorLFCore

C. MakeendpointBtheCPEdownstreamportorLFEdge

D. YoucanmaketheTX/RXratesasymmetricfortheconnectiontosimulatehowtheconnectionwouldbeusedinareal-worldscenario.Herewehaveabout5Mbpsdownstream(DSLAMtoCPE)and1Mbpsupstream(CPEtoDSLAM).

E.ClickApplytocreatetheconnection

C. Createmultipleconnections

A. ClickBatch-Create(locatedintheLayer-3connection'sCreate/Modifywindow)tocreatefouradditionalconnections.

B. SetQuantityto4,PortIncrementAto0.

C. ClickApply.

FormoreinformationseeLANforgeUser'sGuide:Layer-3Endpoints(FIRE)

5. Runtraffic.A. Selecttheconnectionsyouwanttostart

B. ClicktheStartbutton

FormoreinformationseeLANforgeUser'sGuide:Layer-3Endpoints(FIRE)CandelaTechnologies,Inc.,2417MainStreet,Suite201,Ferndale,WA98248,USA

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