Scope - Viavi T-BERD 5800 Testing Manual

Scope

This document describes how to measure Metro Ethernet performance with the T-BERD 5800v2 or T-
BERD 5800-100G in accordance with Viavi's Enhanced RFC 2544 test methodology. RFC-2544 is a
recommended test suite for verifying key performance indicators (KPIs) including Throughput, Delay and
Frame Loss. Viavi's Enhanced RFC 2544 Test Suite also measures Jitter and Committed Burst Size (CBS)
to verify conformance to a Service Level Agreement (SLA) or Service Level Objectives. This document is
not intended to be a user guide. This Method of Procedure (MOP) should be used in conjunction with the
T-BERD User's Guides for detailed explanation of all testing options.
The following procedures are documented:
 Setting up the T-BERD up as a Layer 3 IPv4 Loopback device (Section 2)
 Running a Layer 3 IPv4 RFC-2544 tests from the T-BERD (Section 3)
The Loopback device may be another Viavi test set (SmartClass, HST-3000 or T-BERD), a Viavi Test
Head (QT-600), a Viavi-compatible NID, or a Viavi JMEP loopable SFP.
The following minimum software revision is recommended:
 T-BERD 5800-100G BERT Software Release 25.0
 T-BERD 5800v2 BERT Software Release 25.1
If your T-BERD is Strata Sync enabled, use StrataSync to update your software. Otherwise, go to
http://updatemyunit.net/
configuration templates and download configuration files for this procedure.
Figure 1: T-BERD to Viavi compatible loopback device
for software update instructions. StrataSync can also be used to create
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