Method and switch for testing throughput of communication equipment

Abstract

The invention discloses a method and a switch for testing throughput of communication equipment. The method comprises the steps that output/input ports for testing the throughput of the communication equipment on the switch are configured, and are connected with the output/input ports of the communication equipment and data messages in two preset formats are constructed in the switch; in a preconfigured loopback port, a message flow reaches a linear speed through loopback copying and a data stream is generated; the data stream is forwarded from the preconfigured output port to the communication equipment at the linear speed, the number of transmitted packets is counted, data packets transmitted by the communication equipment are received from the input port corresponding to the output port on the switch, the number of received packets is counted and finally the throughput of the communication equipment is tested according to the difference between the number of the received packets and the number of the transmitted packets of the ports of the switch. The method is simple to realize, the demands for throughput testing under the condition of different port rates can be met by conducting rate control at the output port of the switch, the expansion and the extension in the aspects of rate and port type can also be realized, and the testing resources and the testing costs are saved to a certain extent.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the field of computer network communication, in particular to a method for testing the throughput of communication equipment and a switch. Background technique [0002] Throughput is an important performance index in the switch performance test. The so-called throughput (Throughput) refers to the maximum data flow that can be forwarded by the device under test (DUT) without packet loss. It is usually measured by the maximum number of packets or bytes passed per second (MB / s). The throughput of the device under test reflects the maximum data flow that the device under test can handle (without packet loss). [0003] The test requirements for switch throughput have been detailed in RFC2544 and RFC2889. In the past, the testing of the throughput performance of data communication equipment was carried out with the help of some professional equipment, and these equipments were often expensive and the testing cost was high. Conte...

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In the past, the testing of the throughput performance of data communication equipment was carried out with the help of some professional equipment, and these equipment are often expensive and the cost of testing is high.

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