Service configuration test

During the Service Configuration Test stage, each of the individual test flows are completed sequentially, confirming there are no network configuration issues. The service provider can configure each test flow according to frame sizes or a mixture of frame sizes, referred to as an EMIX, as well as adjust the throughput and other header information, such as MAC addresses, VLAN settings, IP addresses, and DSCP.

The standard also allows engineers to configure different Service Configuration Tests, such as:
?CIR: color-aware and non-color-aware, simple or stepped
?EIR: color-aware and non-color-aware
?Traffic policing: color-aware and non-color-aware
?CBS: color-aware and non-color-aware
?EBS: color-aware and non-color-aware with CIR=0, color-aware and non-color-aware with CIR>0.

The configured tests are then completed in seconds. Information such as IR, frame loss ratio (FLR), frame transfer delay (FTD), frame delay variation (FDV), and frame loss ratio with reference to the service acceptance criteria (FLRSAC) can be monitored and recorded.

October 13, 2011

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