How can I test the Level 3 traffic on a 10Gbps interface

asanlu1977 · ‎10-16-2007

In a laboratory off-line enviroment. I would use in a side a cisco 7500 for instance and a GSR as a main router.

How can I simulate the L3 traffic in order to monitorize the 10G int??

Thanks in advance for your responses.

Rgds

ilya.varlashkin · ‎10-16-2007

what properties of the traffic do yo uneed to simulate? If you only need to test routing and forwarding functionality, then simply plug PC behind your routers. But if you need to measure performance impact of various configurations, you need hardware traffic generator like Agilent or Ixia.

I haven't heard of a 10GigE interface for 7500, though.

asanlu1977 · ‎10-18-2007

it was a 7600, sorry for that.

any more suggestions??

rgds

ilya.varlashkin · ‎10-20-2007

If you're thinking about performance (e.g. throughput) tests, then I'm afraid you can't avoid hardware traffic generators.