Performance Report for A5483A, A5513A, and A5515A ATM/155 and ATM/622 Adapters

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Appendix A: Test Methodology and Test Environment
Test Methodology
HP’s Netperf version 2.1 was used as the test tool in all the measurements. Netperf measures the
throughput at the TCP level. This measurement models many real life applications since these
applications use the TCP protocol.
The target systems were configured with a minimum of 2 Gbytes of memory. The ATM software
version used was I.11.00.10 with Build Revision 7.39; this corresponds to the DART45 release of
ATM software. HP-UX 11.0 was used as the underlying operating system. All the configuration
parameters were default with the exception of modifying the LANE MTU size. See Figures 4 and
5 below for the test topology.
Figure 4 Single Adapter Test Configuration
The FORE systems ASX-1000 ATM switch
ran ForeThought version 4.0 switch
software. The Cisco 1010 ATM switch ran
version 11.1 of the CISCO IOS software.
The N4000 platform had all the four
memory carriers installed for the multiple
adapter tests. Table 10 below provides the
server and workstation platform
configurations on which the performance
tests were run.
Figure 5 Multiple Adapter Test Configuration
ASX-1000 ATM
switch
System Under Test
V2500 8 way target
system
N4000 4 way target
system
ASX-1000 ATM
switch
System Under Test
V2500 8 way target
system
N4000 4 way target
system
CISCO 1010 ATM
switch
CISCO 1000 ATM
switch
V2500 4 way target
system