Quick start training class

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Quick start training class

• Alex de Ocampo
• Technical Development Manager

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Agenda

• House keeping
• Spirent Account Team and Website
• Professional Services Free on-line training
• Hardware Setup Management
• Getting started
• What well learn
• Lab
• Topic 1
• Lab
• Topic 2
• Lab
• Topic 3
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Account Teams
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or onsite support
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Professional Services - http//www.spirentclassroo
m.com/SpirentCampus/

• Login and create an account
• Training covers
• The Spirent TestCenter Architecture
• Spirent TestCenter Features and Functionality
• New Concepts (e.g., Hosts, Stream Blocks,
  HyperFilters)
• Managing the Software License and Firmware
  Downloads
• Initially Setting Up and Connecting to a Chassis
• Working with Individual/Multiple Chassis
• Using Spirent TestCenter Modules
• Using the Spirent TestCenter Application

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Hardware Setup Management Overall System Setup

• Components to get started
• Spirent Test Center chassis and Test modules
• Dedicated PC to run the tests (WinXP recommended)
• Active network connection between PC and chassis
• Software installed on the PC to control the
  chassis
• Spirent Test Center 2.00,
• STC Clearsight plug-in installed
• Licensing

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Hardware Setup Management PC Requirements
Test and Measurement Worlds

• 1. Pentium 4 dual-core CPU
• 2. Minimum 1gig of RAM for Windows
• 3. One of the following Windows operating
  systems
• gt Windows 2000, Professional Edition, Service
  Pack 3
• gt Windows NT 4.0, Professional Edition, Service
  Pack 6a
• gt Windows XP Professional, Service Pack 1
  (recommended)
• 4. SVGA 1024x768 resolution video or better
• NOTE Tests with more than 24 ports or more
  than 5,000 streams will require higher end PC

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Hardware Setup Management Putting it all
together
Classroom setup
Spirent Test Center 9U chassis
DUT
Laptop running STC 2.00
LAN network Running DHCP 192.168.x.0/24
. . . .
Please refer to the Lab sheet for STC Port
assignment and IP addressing
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Hardware Setup Management Putting it all
together
Recommended Setup
DUT
NIC1 Connected to Network
NIC2 Connected to SmartBits
Any PC with Remote Desktop support
Campus Network Internet
Dedicated PC running WinXP
PC opens a Remote Desktop session to the
dedicated PC with Spirent Test Center 2.00
software installed By default, laptops with
Windows 2000 or XP should have the Remote Desktop
client installed (Start, Programs, Accessories,
Communications, Remote Desktop)
DUT
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Getting Started,prerequisites for Labs

• Connect to LAN, check to see if you get a DHCP
  address, ping server, and STC chassis
• Check Lab sheet to see your STC and DUT port
  assignments (assigned by station)
• Download and install STC 2.01 application
• Download and install STC Clear sight plug-in

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What well learn today

• Lab 1 Connect and reserve ports
• Topic 1 Whats a Host and WHY do I need Hosts?
• Lab 2 How to create Host blocks/Hosts
• Topic 2 What are a Stream Block, Raw stream,
  Bound Stream?
• Lab 3 How to create L3 traffic using Raw
  Streams
• Lab 4 How to create L3 traffic using Bound
  Streams
• Lab 5 How to send traffic and view Results
• Topic 3 What are Hyper filters
• Lab 6 How to use the Hyper filters
• Lab 7 Troubleshooting
• Lab 8 How to create DHCP clients and send using
  L3 traffic
• Lab 9 How to create IGMP hosts, and to send
  Multicast traffic
• Topic 4 Whats the Command Sequencer
• Lab 10 How to use Command Sequencer and how to
  results export to the Results Reporter

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Lab1 topology
DUT
STC port 1
STC port 2
.1
.1
Please refer to your lab sheet for STC Port
assignment and IP addressing
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LAB 1 Connect and Reserve Ports
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Lab 1 Connect and Reserve Ports

• How to connect reserve ports
• How to set port parameters
• How to verify physical port connectivity

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Step 1 Connecting to Chassis

• See lab sheet for your chassis ip address
• First, add the chassis ip address and click Add
  Chassis
• To connect to the device, Right click and click
  connect chassis
• This can also be done by expanding the sign
  under Connection Name column for the
  corresponding IP.
• After expanding the ports, dont click the empty
  white box next to the ip address. This will
  reserve all ports of the system. Dont reserve
  ports yet

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Step 2 Reserving ports

• See lab sheet for your port assignment
• After connecting to Chassis, select the ports
  which are to be used.
• By default , ports are reserved in multiples of
  two unless it is a 10GigE port.
• Note Because we are reserving both ports at the
  same time, you might notice a slight delay for
  the check mark to appear when clicking on the
  port.

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Step 3 How to set port parameters

• Go to ALL Ports
• Click on PortConfig tab
• Make sure media type is set to either Copper of
  Fiber
• By un clicking the Auto Negotiation box, you
  expose the speed and duplex settings

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Step 4 How to check physical port connectivity

• Click on the Ports folder, then click on the
  Port icon
• Next, click on the Ethernet Advanced tab
• Click the Break Link button to see the port LED
  turn from Green to Grey.
• Then, click the Restore Link button to bring the
  port back up from grey to green
• Check your DUT port status while doing this to
  ensure correct physical cabling

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Topic 1 Whats a Host Block or a Host?
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Topic 1 Whats a Host Block or a Host?

• A Host/Host Block a
• A. People who invite you to dinner at their house
• B. Master of a Ceremony, or an event.
• C. Person who is the star of a television talk
  show
• D. Endpoints used in Spirent TestCenter 2.00 for
  simulating IPv4/v6 PCs, PPP Clients, DHCP
  Clients, IGMP Hosts, and other technologies.
• the answer is All of the above.but
  especially D

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Why do I need Hosts?

• Host are used as
• Sources and Destinations of traffic.
• Think of them as a PC/Client on the network the
  needs to Transmit/Receive traffic as well as
  participate in various networking protocols
  like ARP, PING, DHCP, IGMP, and PPPoE
• Hosts can also be used as Sources/Destinations
  for the upper layer protocols, such as Routing,
  MPLS, etc.
• Hosts replace the Port IP address of Spirent
  TestCenter 1.x
• Hosts can be quickly and easily created manually,
  or by using the Host Wizard.
• Configuration Tip See Options tab at bottom
  of the main tree to use your favorite IP Subnet
  as the starting point for all new hosts
  configured in the application.

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Host Configuration

• The best place to start is the All Hosts
  viewas that is where you can quickly/easily
  create Hosts using the Host Wizard
• Most of the time (for basic L2/L3 traffic) this
  is the 1st thing you will do when using the 2.00
  GUI.
• Note the other areas/technologies that also use
  Hosts

• Note Hosts can also be manually added (without
  the wizard) via each Ports Hosts Window

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LAB 2a How to create static hosts using Hosts
wizard
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Lab2a topology
DUT
STC port 1
STC port 2
.1
.1

• Host block name
• Hostwizard-2
• Static Src ip 102.0.0.2/24

• Host block name
• Hostwizard-1
• Static Src ip 101.0.0.2/24

Please refer to your lab sheet for IP addressing
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Lab 2a How to create static hosts using Hosts
wizard

• Click on the first port, Port icon, that you
  reserved i.e. Port //2/3
• Right-click on grid
• Choose Add Multiple Hosts
• OR click on the Add button to start to add a
  host(s)

Fact - Host wizard makes it easier to configure
L2/L3 endpoints easily across multiple ports or
within a single port spanning across thousands of
vlans
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Lab 2a How to create static hosts using Hosts
wizard

• Select port(s) to create hosts on. Make sure the
  first port is checked
• Click Next
• Choose which type of Host

Fact - Traffic only means that host will be
configured with static ip address(s) or static L2
address(s)
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Lab 2a How to create static hosts using Hosts
wizard

• Choose IPV4
• Choose Ethernet
• Click Next

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Lab 2a How to create static hosts using Hosts
wizard

• Leave everything default except configure the
  ipv4 address and gateway according to the Lab
  sheet
• Note when you configure the IPv4 address the
  IPV4 gateway automatically copies the subnet with
  the host being .1

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Lab 2a How to create static hosts using Hosts
wizard

• Check addressing info and make sure it matches to
  the addresses from your Lab sheet.
• Click Finish

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Lab 2a How to create static hosts using Hosts
wizard

• After exiting the Host wizard, you are brought
  back to the Hosts grid and you can see the Host
  block that was just recently configured
• Click in the Host Name column and change the name
  to Hostwizard-1.

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Lab 2a How to create static hosts using Hosts
wizard

• Repeat these steps for the second reserved port
  in the test
• Note be sure to follow the assigned addresses
  from your Lab sheet and name the second host on
  port 2, Hostwizard-2
• When your finished, Click on the All Hosts icon
  to see all configured hosts across all ports. You
  should see something like this below

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LAB 2b How to create static hosts manually
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Lab2b topology
DUT
STC port 1
STC port 2
.1
.1

• Host block name
• Hostmanual-2
• Static Src ip 102.0.0.3/24

• Host block name
• Hostmanual-1
• Static Src ip 101.0.0.3/24

Please refer to your lab sheet for IP addressing
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Lab 2b How to create static hosts manually

• Click on the first port reserved in the test, and
  click on the Hosts icon
• Within the Hosts Grid, right click and choose the
  Add Host to manually add a Host block within the
  Grid.
• For the new host created, enter the appropriate
  parameters within the GRID such as the IPV4
  address, IPV4 Default Gateway according to the
  Lab sheet. Tip You can select the both rows, do
  a right-click on the IP address column and do a
  fill increment on the IP address
• Rename the host to Hostmanual-1 for port1

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Lab 2b How to create static hosts manually

• Repeat these steps for the second reserved port
  in the test
• Note be sure to follow the assigned addresses
  from your Lab sheet and name the second host on
  port 2, Hostmanual-2
• When your finished, Click on the All Hosts icon
  to see all configured hosts across all ports. You
  should see something like this below

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Topic 2 What is a Stream Block?
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Topic 2 What is a Stream Block?

• A Stream Block is a set of Streams that share the
  same basic parameterssuch as

• Frame Length
• Types of Headers
• Not necessarily the same addressing
• Load/Rate
• Duration
• Priority (for new scheduling mode)
• Fill Pattern (now with PRBS!)
• Burst Parameters
• and others

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What is a Stream Block?

• A Stream Block
• Can be a single Stream or hundreds/thousands of
  Streams
• The rate set in the general parameters is for the
  entire Stream Block. Each Stream in the Block
  receives an equal percentage of traffic.
• A Stream Block can be built in 2 ways
• Raw Stream Block same as before, but better (of
  course )
• Bound Stream Block Dynamically Binding of
  hosts/routes, etc. into the Streams using a
  traffic-wizard-like method inside the Stream
  Block.
• Hosts are PPPoE/DHCP/Ethernet hosts, routers, or
  routes can be bound
• Mesh, Backbone, Port-pairOne-to-one or
  Many-to-many traffic mapping
• Makes it easier than manually adding the headers
  in RAW Stream Blocks.

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Stream Block benefits

• Reduce Time to Test
• Explode small number of Blocks into large
  number of Streams
• Use multiple CPUs on test modules rather than a
  single CPU on the users PC
• Reduce data transferred between the users PC and
  the Spirent TestCenter system
• Arbitrary PDUs
• PDU definition attached to each Stream Block
• Consumes only 2K of memory per Stream Block (aka
  per PDU definition)
• Increase Scale
• Support large Stream count and port count tests
  (gt P1.x) while
• Providing tools for easier and faster test
  configuration

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Stream Block Hierarchy
Stream Block Definition
Hosts
Variations
Port X . . . .
Streams
Variations
Hosts
Port Y . . . .
Streams
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MORE Stream Block benefits

• Stream Blocks help us quickly and easily
  configure a large number of Streams
• Stream Blocks help us rapidly download these
  configurations to the hardware
• Each Stream Block will contain a formula for
  generating Streams that belong to the Block
• Streams are no longer generated on the users PC.
  
• The general parameters, frame PDU and pattern are
  transmitted from the users PC to the Spirent
  TestCenter systembut only done once for each
  Stream Block !!!

All of these equal Huge Time-To-Test
Improvements
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There are 2 ways to create and configure Stream
Blocks for traffic generation

• 1st way - Add Bound Stream Block(s) -
• Can be done from the All Stream Blocks All Ports
  view or by clicking on the Traffic Generator on
  a single port and clicking the Add Bound Stream
  Block (s) option.
• Bind previously configured endpoints (hosts) into
  one or more Stream Blocks
• Use Pairs, Mesh, or Backbone Traffic patterns
• Use One-to-One, or Many-to-Many endpoint mappings

OR
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There are 2 ways to create and configure Stream
Blocks for traffic generation

• 2nd way - Add RAW Stream Block
• Similar to how it was done in Spirent TestCenter
  1.x
• Use 1.x-like PDU Builder to create Streams
• Click on the Traffic Generator from a single
  port, and either right-click on the grid itself,
  and choose Add Raw Stream Block or click on the
  Add button and choose Add Raw Stream Block

OR
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Why create traffic with a Raw Stream Block?

• A user needs full control over the entire PDU
• Can modify Preamble if using Ethernet
• Can create negative test cases by building
  errored PDUs or custom PDUs. i.e.
  Ethernet-IPV4-UDP-IPV6
• Can apply a pattern within Payload or header by
  using Modifiers with no restrictions

Right-click on header
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Why create traffic by using Bound Stream Blocks?

• A user can take advantage of Spirents Traffic
  Wizard to easily create different types of
  traffic patterns, and distributions across a
  large number of ports.
• Can create a Full mesh, Partial-mesh, Pair
• Host Blocks and/or emulated Routing info will be
  used as the endpoints for sources and
  destinations of the traffic streams. Remember,
  the Hosts Blocks can run host protocols, like
  DHCP or PPPoE to learn IP addresses from a DUT.
• Users can take advantage of Spirents key
  feature of dynamically updating the Streams in
  real-time when changes are made to either the
  Host blocks or emulated Routing info. This can
  be user initiated or DUT initiated, like in the
  case of a DHCP server renewing an ip address.

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LAB 3a Lab 3a How to create L3 IPV4 traffic
using Raw streams
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Lab3a topology
Hostwizard-1
Hostwizard-2
RawSB-1 traffic flow
RawSB-2 traffic flow
DUT
Hostmanual-2
Hostmanual-1
STC port 1
STC port 2
.1
.1
Please refer to your lab sheet for IP addressing
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Lab 3a How to Generate a L3 IPV4 packets using
Raw streams

• Pre-requisite
• Completed Lab2a,2b created traffic endpoints.
  Take note of the IP addresses of the hosts. We
  will be using them as the destination addresses
  to send traffic to.
• Your GUI config for Host blocks created should be
  like this below

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Lab 3a How to Generate a L3 IPV4 traffic using
Raw streams

• Click on the first port reserved in the test
• Click in the drop down menu, and change the
  Scheduling mode to Priority Based. (Note this is
  not a required parameter and will be discussed in
  another session, but this will allow us to change
  rates with the Bandwidth slider bar)
• Click on the Traffic Generator on the first port
  reserved in the test
• Click on the Add button, and choose Add Raw
  Stream Block

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Lab 3a How to Generate a L3 IPV4 traffic using
Raw streams

• In the General tab enter leave everything as
  default, but rename the stream block to RawSB-1

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Lab 3a How to Generate a L3 IPV4 traffic using
Raw streams

• Click on the Frame tab
• Click on the Show All Fields box (even though
  it might be check already) This will expand the
  entire PDU structure
• Since we are creating traffic via the RAW mode,
  we need to set the SRC/DST ip address, GATEWAY
  manually to ensure proper forwarding.
• Enter the SRC IP address as 101.0.0.4 (check ur
  lab sheet for correct IP address)
• Enter the DST address as 102.0.0.2 (check ur lab
  sheet for correct IP address)
• Note The dst address should be one of the Host
  ip addresses that was configured on the second
  port from Lab 2 via manually, or thru the Traffic
  Wizard. I.e. Hostwizard-2 or Hostmanual-2. Enter
  that IP address in the
• Click OK

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Lab 3a How to Generate a L3 IPV4 traffic using
Raw streams

• Now add a Raw Stream Block on the second port to
  create bi-directional traffic. Follow the same
  steps as before, but with the correct IP
  addressing. Please follow the lab sheet.
• Rename the Raw Stream Block to RawSB-2

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Lab 3a How to Generate a L3 IPV4 traffic using
Raw streams

• After creating the Raw Stream Blocks, click on
  the All Stream Blocks icon under the All Ports
  view.
• You should see the 2 stream blocks that were
  created, namely RawSB-1 and RawSB-2. Your GUI
  config should look similar to this screen.
• Within the Test Configuration window, scroll all
  the way to the left to see the Arp Resolved check
  box. Notice that its not checked indicating
  that Arp is not resolved.
• Hold the Shift button and click on both Stream
  blocks to highlight them
• Do a right-click, scroll down to Start ARP/ND and
  do a left click. This should send out the ARP
  requests, and if successful the Arp Resolved
  boxes will be checked.
• Note in the later troubleshooting lab, well
  show you how to view the resolved mac address
• Dont start sending traffic yet. ?

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LAB 3b Lab 3b How to create L3 IPV4 traffic
using Bound Streams
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Lab3b topology
Hostwizard-1
Hostwizard-2
BoundSB_1-gt2 traffic flow
Hostmanual-2
Hostmanual-1
.1
.1
STC port 1
STC port 2
Please refer to your lab sheet for IP addressing
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Lab 3b How to Generate a L3 IPV4 traffic using
Bound Streams

• Prerequisites
• Lab 2a,b completed
• Host blocks created will be used as source and
  destination endpoints for our Bound Streams

Your GUI config for Host blocks created should be
like this below
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Lab 3b How to Generate a L3 IPV4 traffic using
Bound Streams

• Click on the All Stream Blocks under the All
  Ports view
• Notice the previous Stream Blocks (Raw). Do not
  delete, and leave for now.
• Click on the Add button to start the Traffic
  Wizard
• Make sure both ports are selected
• Click Next

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Lab 3b How to Generate a L3 IPV4 traffic using
Bound Streams

• Notice the Hosts that were previously configured
  via the Host wizard or manually are now seen as
  endpoints within the Traffic Wizard.
• This will allow a user to easily create a traffic
  pattern/distribution b/w the endpoints.

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Lab 3b How to Generate a L3 IPV4 traffic using
Bound Streams

• Click on the Pair for Distribution
• Under the Encapsulation, choose IPV4
• Leave other parameters as default
• Under the Source and Destinations, click on
  Hostwizard-1 box on port 1 as the source, and
  click on the Hostwizard-2 box as the destination
• Click the Add button to see the Stream Blocks
  below
• Click Next

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Lab 3b How to Generate a L3 IPV4 traffic using
Bound Streams

• Preview the Stream Block that was created
• Click Next

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Lab 3b How to Generate a L3 IPV4 traffic using
Bound Streams

• Rename the Stream Block to BoundSB_1-gt2
• Change the Frame Size to 512
• Change Scheduling Mode to Priority Based
• Click Next

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Lab 3b How to Generate a L3 IPV4 traffic using
Bound Streams

• At this point, one can add Headers, change QoS
• BUT a user should not change the Source and/or
  Destination IP address of the Stream Block.
  Remember, the addresses are being Bound from
  the Host Blocks that were previously created. So,
  if these parameters are changed, then a user
  breaks the Bound Streams and so the traffic
  might be sending wrong information.
• Click Finish
• When prompted, choose No so that we can just
  append to existing Stream Blocks.

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Lab 3b How to Generate a L3 IPV4 traffic using
Bound Streams

• Within the All Streams Blocks grid, you can see
  the recently created Stream Block (Bound), named
  TrafficWizard-1-gt2-1
• One can tell the difference b/w a Raw and Bound
  Stream Block by noticing that the Src and Dst
  info is empty for the Raw Streams, whereas the
  Bound Streams shows the endpoints.
• Note To see the details of the Raw Stream
  Blocks, click the Edit, and view the Frame tab
  info
• Dont send traffic yet, thats our next lab ?

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LAB 4a Lab 4a How to start traffic view Basic
Traffic results
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Lab 4a How to start traffic View Basic Traffic
results

• Click the APPLY button.
• Note Anytime you make GUI changes, you need to
  hit the APPLY button to push the changes down to
  the hardware. When the APPLY button is
  highlighted, then you need to press it.
• At this point, lets start traffic. You can do
  this in two ways
• Click on the Global Start traffic button
• Right-click on the traffic generator on the
  port(s), and start traffic.

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Lab 4a How to start traffic View Basic Traffic
results

• On the lower half of the screen, we have two
  windows for Results viewing.
• On the left side, click on the Change Results
  View and choose Port Traffic and then Basic
  Traffic Results

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Lab 4a How to start traffic View Basic Traffic
results

• Lets customize the Basic Traffic Results for
  simple viewing of just the Signature frames sent
  and received (Count/Rate)
• Click on the Change Result View and choose
  Customize View
• Remove all fields except
• Generator Sig frame Count
• Rx Sig Frame Count
• Generator Sig Frame Rate
• Rx Sig Frame Rate
• Click Ok

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Lab 4a How to start traffic View Basic Traffic
results

• Each port is on a separate row and you should
  notice the Transmitting frame count increasing as
  well as the rate
• You should also notice that the Rx count is
  either zero or not incrementing with the TX
  counters. Question Why are we not receiving
  traffic?
• Since this is L3, we need to resolve arp on the
  stream blocks that have been configured. Go to
  next page

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Lab 4a How to start traffic View Basic Traffic
results

• Click on the All Stream Blocks icon
• Notice all the Stream Blocks configured, both Raw
  Bound.
• Highlight all of them, and do Right-click on the
  grid scroll down to ARP/ND, and choose START
  ARP/ND On All Stream Blocks

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Lab 4a How to start traffic View Basic Traffic
results

• After we resolved ARP, you should notice the Rx
  frame count and rate increase

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LAB 4b How to View Detailed Stream results
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Lab 4b How to View Detailed Stream results

• Now, use the right hand side window to look at
  Detailed Stream Results
• Click Change Result View, scroll down to Stream
  Results, choose Detailed Stream Results
• You can toggle b/w the different tabs to see
  other types of stats. i.e. Advanced shows
  real-time dropped count, in-order count, where
  the Basic Counters shows Ave, min, Max Latency

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LAB 4c How to create a Graph for basic port
counters
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Lab 4c How to create a Graph for basic port
counters

• Create a Graph for basic port counters for Tx v.s
  Rx rates
• Go to the Basic Traffic Results
• Right-click on the Generator Sig Frame Rate cell,
  and choose Add to Chart
• Name the Chart
• Tx v.s Rx
• Click on the Port Traffic folder to say that the
  graph will be placed there
• Click OK

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Lab 4c How to create a Graph for basic port
counters

• The second window should pop up the Graph that
  was created, and you should see the Generator Sig
  Frame rate on port 1 being plotted.
• Now, right-click on the Rx Sig Frame rate for
  port 1 within the Basic Traffic Results window to
  add to the chart

Right-click in the cell
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Lab 4c How to create a Graph for basic port
counters

• Add the data series to the preconfigured graph,
  called Tx v.s Tx
• Click Ok

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Lab 4c How to create a Graph for basic port
counters

• You should notice the Graph with the recently
  added data series showing Rx Sig frame rate on
  Port 1
• Repeat these steps for Port 2 so that will have 4
  data series showing traffic from both ports
• To draw more emphasis, click on a data series and
  click on the Highlight function

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Topic 3 Whats a Hyper filter?
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Hyper filters

• STC 2.0 has four 16-bit filters and one 32-bit
  filter
• Each one of these filters is user configurable
• They can be used independently or together
• Any field in any header may be used for analysis
• All other unfiltered information is collected as
  overflow data
• Filters may be saved as templates for later use
• Filtered stream data is shown in a separate tab
  in the Results view

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Hyper filters

• There are two ways to configure a filter
• Template Filters use the PDU-builder interface
  to easily select portions of the frame by name
• Custom Filters create custom 16 or 32-bit
  filters by specifying a specific location in the
  frame
• Advantages of template filters
• They are easy to configure
• They have the same look/feel as the PDU builder
• They do not require that the user knows the
  location of the object within the frame
• They are reusable Users can define and save
  their own favorite template filters
• After selecting filter contents a filter summary
  is automatically shown

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PGA Key Capabilities - Spirent TestCenter RX
Analyzer with HyperFiltersTM
Just 8 of the 120 Spirent TestCenter Options!
Source
Destination
QoS Level
L3 Protocol
Source/Destination Pairs
Source QoS
L3 Protocol QoS
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RX Analyzer HyperfiltersTM
The results are viewable in the Filtered Stream
Results
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LAB 5 How to configure a Hyper filter
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Lab 5 How to configure a Hyper filter

• Under the first port, click on the Traffic
  Analyzer
• Check mark the Show All Fields box to expand the
  Filter template

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Lab 5 How to configure a Hyper filter

• Within the PDU template, click on the Destination
  Box to indicate that you want filter on Dst IP
  address. Leave as default.
• Press the Apply button to activate the
  Hyperfilter

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Lab 5 How to configure a Hyper filter

• On the second result window, click on the Change
  Result View, and scroll down to Stream Results,
  and choose Filtered Stream Results

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Lab 5 How to configure a Hyper filter

• Notice that the filter is now showing the value
  of the Dst IP address while providing all the
  metrics as the Detailed Stream Results.
• This can be used to validate the function of a
  DUT remarking a packet, while tracking packet
  loss, latency, sequencing and the more
• Click on the Advanced Sequencing to see Dropped
  frame count in Real-time

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• LAB 6
• Troubleshooting
• -How to use the Real-time and Post-analysis
  Capture
• -Diagnostic Loopback
• PING, view Resolved ARP

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Lab 6a Troubleshooting - How to use the
Real-time and Post-analysis Capture

• Very helpful in debugging control-plane events
  such as routing sessions or adjacencies not
  coming up.
• Ability to see both TX and RX packets

• Under the first port, click on the Capture icon
• Click the Settings button
• Make sure youve already installed the STC
  Clearsight plug-in for Real-time analysis
• Browse to the Clear sight executable for both
  windows
• Click OK

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Lab 6a Troubleshooting - How to use the
Real-time and Post-analysis Capture

• In the Real-Time Mode box, choose Enabled
• Click on the Start button to start capturing
  traffic. This will launch Clear sight analyzer
  to display real-time packet flows

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Lab 6a Troubleshooting - How to use the
Real-time and Post-analysis Capture

• You can view packets flowing in Real time
• By pressing the Stop button you can stop capture

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Lab 6a Troubleshooting - How to use the
Real-time and Post-analysis Capture

• In the Real-Time Mode, choose Disabled (this uses
  the Post-analysis capture)
• Press the Start button to activate capture
• Press the either the Stop or View button to see
  the packets
• Note this takes a couple of seconds for
  Clearsight to show the captured output the first
  time you launch te decoder. Be patient ?

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• LAB 6
• Troubleshooting
• -How to use the Real-time and Post-analysis
  Capture
• -Diagnostic Loopback
• PING, view Resolved ARP

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Lab 6b Troubleshooting Diagnostic Loopback

• Verify what the traffic generator is sending
• Click on any port
• Click on the Ethernet Advanced
• Click on the Diagnostic Loopback
• Click on the APPLY button
• Start Traffic
• View results and see port receive what the
  traffic generator is sending

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Lab 6c Troubleshooting Ping and view resolved
ARP

• Verify IP connectivity from Host blocks, and
  Emulated Router
• Highlight the Hosts
• Right-click on the Host block grid
• Choose Ping

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Lab 6c Troubleshooting Ping and view resolved
ARP

• View resolved ARP from the Host block
• When sending L3 IP over Ethernet traffic and
  traffic is not getting all the way through the
  DUT, view the Resolved ARP

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LAB 7 How to create DHCP hosts using Hosts
wizard and to send traffic
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Lab7 topology
DUT DHCPv4 server
DHCP client
DHCP client
STC port 1
STC port 2
.1
.1

• Host block Name
• DHCP_host-2
• IP address assigned by DUT (102.0.0.100 110)
• GW IP 102.0.0.1/24

• Host block Name
• DHCP_host-1
• - IP address assigned by DUT (101.0.0.100 110)
• GW IP 101.0.0.1/24

Please refer to your lab sheet for IP addressing
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Lab 7 How to create DHCP hosts using Hosts
wizard and to send traffic

• Select port(s) to create hosts on. Use first port
  reserved.
• Click Next
• Choose which type of Host
• Choose Access/Multicast
• Check DHCPv4

Fact by choosing Access/Multicast means that
Host IP address(s) will be learned via the
protocol thats chosen or checked, in our case it
will be DHCPv4
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Lab 7 How to create DHCP hosts using Hosts
wizard and to send traffic

• Select Encapsulation choose IPV4
• Click Next

• Configure Hosts Leave everything as default
• Configure the IPV4 gateway address according the
  lab sheet.
• Click Next

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Lab 7 How to create DHCP hosts using Hosts
wizard and to send traffic

• Preview configuration
• Make sure GW address and Src mac address is
  correct
• Click Finish
• Click NO . This will append the DHCP host to the
  existing Hosts

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Lab 7 How to create DHCP hosts using Hosts
wizard and to send traffic

• Within the Hosts Grid, click on the DHCP tab
• Take note that there is an Active column
  indicating that the last host within the grid
  will be using the DHCP, while the other hosts are
  not.
• Rename the host to DHCP_host-1

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Lab 7 How to create DHCP hosts using Hosts
wizard and to send traffic

• Repeat these steps for the second reserved port
  in the test
• Note be sure to follow the assigned addresses
  from your Lab sheet and name the second host on
  port 2, DHCP_host-2
• When your finished, Click on the All Hosts icon
  to see all configured hosts across all ports. You
  should see something like this below

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Lab 7 How to create DHCP hosts using Hosts
wizard and to send traffic

• Click on All Stream Blocks
• Click Add
• Select both ports
• Set Distribution to Pair
• Set Encapsulation to IPV4
• For Src endpoint, choose the DHCPv4_host-1
• For the DST endpoint, choose DHCPv4)_host-2
• Click Add
• Click Next
• Click Next

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Lab 7 How to create DHCP hosts using Hosts
wizard and to send traffic

• Rename the Stream Block to DHCP_Bound_1-gt2
• Set Frame size to 512
• Set Scheduling mode to Priority Based
• Set Load to 1
• Leave everything else as default
• Click Next
• Click Next
• Click Finish
• Click NO to overwrite existing configuration
• You should see the old Stream Blocks along with
  the newly created one

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Lab 7 How to create DHCP hosts using Hosts
wizard and to send traffic

• Change results view back to Detailed Stream
  Results
• Note make sure you disable the Hyper filter
  before switching views. This can be done by
  going to the analyzer and un-checking any field
  within the filter template. If you do not do
  this, the Detailed stream Results will NOT track
  the streams.

Nothing checked, turns of the Hyperfilter,
remember to press APPLY after
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Lab 7 How to create DHCP hosts using Hosts
wizard and to send traffic

• Since we are emulating a DHCPv4 client on both
  ports, we need to send the request to the server
  to obtain our leased addresses.
• Click on the All Hosts icon
• Click on the DHCP tab
• Notice that only the two Host blocks are enabled
  for DHCP
• Click on the Bind Host Icon to start discovery
• Next use the other result window to view DHCP
  control plane state and stats. Make sure the
  State is Bound

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Lab 7 How to create DHCP hosts using Hosts
wizard and to send traffic

• Click on the All Stream Blocks icon
• Highlight the Stream block, DHCP_Bound_1-gt2-1
• Right-click on the Stream Block, and choose the
  Start, to start sending traffic
• Right-click on Stream Block to resolve arp
• Look the at the Detailed Stream Results and you
  should see the new Stream block,
  DHCP_Bound_1-gt2-1, and notice both TX and RX
  counts increasing

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LAB 8 How to create IGMP hosts, and to send
Multicast traffic
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Lab8 topology
DUT
Multicast Source
IGMP client
STC port 1
STC port 2
.1
.1
Host block Name Src 102.0.0.2/24

• Host block Name
• IGMP_host-1
• IP address 101.0.0.5/24
• Mulicast group to join 225.0.0.1

Please refer to your lab sheet for IP addressing
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Lab 8 How to create IGMP hosts and to send
Multicast traffic

• Go to port 1, and create and IGMPv2
• Click on the Hosts icon
• Click the Add button
• Make sure port 1 is checked, and click Next
• Click on Access/Multicast
• Check the IGMP/MLD box
• Click Next
• Click Next
• Enter the IPv4 address GW refer to your Lab
  sheet
• Click Next

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Lab 8 How to create IGMP hosts and to send
Multicast traffic

• Choose IGMPv2
• Enter 1 for the number of groups
• Enter the Starting group address refer to your
  Lab sheet
• Click Next
• Preview the IGMP host and Multicast group info
• Click Finish

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Lab 8 How to create IGMP hosts and to send
Multicast traffic

• Choose NO to append the Host to the existing
  configs
• Rename the newly created Host block/Host to
  IGMP_host-1
• Click APPLY

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Lab 8 How to create IGMP hosts and to send
Multicast traffic

• Use one of the Results windows to view IGMP
  hosts, by switching to Host Protocols -gt IGMP
  Results
• Click highlight on your IGMP host and click on
  the IGMP/MLD tab
• Press the the Send Report for ALL Groups button
  to send the Join message
• Verify that the IGMP has sent the Report/Join
  message

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Lab 8 How to create IGMP hosts and to send
Multicast traffic

• Now, lets create the Host who will be acting as
  the Multicast source
• Click on the Hosts icon on the second port
• Click Add to create the Multicast source host
• Make sure the second port is checked and click
  Next

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Lab 8 How to create IGMP hosts and to send
Multicast traffic

• Click on the Traffic only button
• Click Next
• Leave everything default and click Next
• Enter the IP address of the Host and Gateway
  address. Refer to your Lab sheet for addressing
  information
• Click Next

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Lab 8 How to create IGMP hosts and to send
Multicast traffic

• Preview and verify the addressing info
• Click Finish
• Choose NO to delete existing Hosts.

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Lab 8 How to create IGMP hosts and to send
Multicast traffic

• Click the newly created Host and rename it to
  Src-225.0.0.1
• Click APPLY

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Lab 8 How to create IGMP hosts and to send
Multicast traffic

• Go to the Traffic Generator on Port 2, and use
  the Traffic Wizard to create a Bound Stream from
  Src-225.0.0.1 to 225.0.0.1
• Choose Pair for distribution
• Set Encapsulation to IPV4
• Add the src-dst pair to the window below
• Click Next
• Click Next

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Lab 8 How to create IGMP hosts and to send
Multicast traffic

• Rename the Stream block name to 225.0.0.1
• Change
• Frame size to 512
• Scheduling to Priority Based
• Load 1
• Click Next
• Click Finish
• Choose NO to overwrite existing configuration

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Lab 8 How to create IGMP hosts and to send
Multicast traffic

• Back on the Traffic Generator gird, you should
  now see the newly created stream block, called
  225.0.0.1-1
• Uncheck the other Stream blocks leaving
  225.0.0.1-1 only active
• Click APPLY
• Use one of the Results window to switch to the
  Basic Traffic Results

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Lab 8 How to create IGMP hosts and to send
Multicast traffic

• Right-click on the Traffic Generator on Port 2,
  choose Start Traffic
• You should now see both Tx and Rx counters
  increasing
• Question what feature did we learn that will
  allow us to verify multicast replication across
  each vlan?

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Topic 4 Command Sequencer
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Command Sequencer
Automation in the GUI!!!!

• The Command Sequencer includes over 130 commands
  including all protocol, stream, capture and more
• It can be run at any time in the GUI and shows
  status and time stamp for each event
• Command Sequencer also includes Run External
  Event command which enables White Box testing to
  interact with the DUT/SUT during the test.

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Command Sequencer, What can I use it for?

• RFC tests 2544, 2889
• New protocol independent commands stopping and
  starting devices, capture, analyzer, and
  generator to name a few
• Iterating sequence loops
• Create new combinations of protocols and
  sequences of events
• Powerful selection over when commands are
  executed
• Allows for synchronous and asynchronous execution
  
• Combine smaller tests into a mega-test sequences
• Elimination of the need to code tests

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LAB 9 How to use the Command Sequencer and
export the results to the Results Reporter
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Lab 9 How to use the Command Sequencer and to
export the results to the Results Reporter

• Click on the Command Sequencer tab
• Click on the Edit Command Sequence

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Lab 9 How to use the Command Sequencer and to
export the results to the Results Reporter

• Using what we have already configured in our
  previous labs, lets use the CS to do the
  following
• Wait 10 seconds
• Send Join message
• Wait 5 seconds
• ARP the DUT on my Multicast source host on Port
  2, Source-225.0.0.1.
• Send Traffic from Port 2 to 1, using STREAM
  block, 225.0.0.1-1
• Wait 15 seconds
• Send Leave message
• Highlight all commands and do a Right-click and
  choose Group Commands
• Choose Fixed and enter 1 for the of loops
• Click OK

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Lab 9 How to use the Command Sequencer and to
export the results to the Results Reporter

• There are two ways to start the Command Sequencer
• Start Sequencer button
• Step Sequencer
• Click on the Start sequencer command

or
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Lab 9 How to use the Command Sequencer and to
export the results to the Results Reporter

• You should now see the sequencer go through each
  command
• Go back to you the results window and observe the
  Tx v.s Rx graph and verify counters
• Once the Command Sequencer is finished, you
  should see all check marks at each command

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Lab 9 How to use the Command Sequencer and to
export the results to the Results Reporter

• When finished you can go to File-gtSave Result
• This will export all results to the Results
  Reporter

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Lab 9 How to use the Command Sequencer and to
export the results to the Results Reporter

• You can also write to the Results Reporter during
  a test by inserting the command,
  EOTResultsWriteIterationCommand

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Lab assignments
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Done!Thank you