Question and Answer

How do I test "Martini" layer 2 MPLS performance with the Agilent RouterTester on Gigabit Ethernet interfaces?

At present we can test Layer 2 MPLS performance in the following fashion:

Emulated CE in RT --> SUT supporting Martini --> Emulated P + PE in RT

We can send Ethernet traffic from the CE source, which can be encapsulated by SUT using Martini draft procedures, and sent across an MPLS tunnel which can be set up with the destination PE. We can capture this labeled traffic received by the PE. What we can measure is the standard traffic characteristics of traffic received, thus giving the performance of the SUT. What we cannot do at this stage is set up the Layer 2 related Virtual Circuit (as defined in the Martini draft) between the SUT and the destination PE. This feature will be available shortly.