Configuration of Test Ports
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Contents
Connect to the chassis and reserve the ports
Validate link status and connectivity
Setup the IP address of the ports
Check IP connectivity with Ping and ARP status (on
DUT)
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Introduction
The purpose of this document is to provide the user step-by-step instructions to
connect to the chassis, reserve ports, and setup the test ports for traffic generation
- DUT with two Ethernet interfaces connected to Spirent ports
- Spirent TestCenter 9U chassis with two Ethernet interfaces
- Spirent TestCenter application software
- Connect to the Spirent TestCenter chassis
- Reserve the Spirent TestCenter ports
- Setup the port parameters – media type, autonegotation, etc
- Validate
link connectivity
Connect to the chassis and reserve the ports
Step#1: Click on Tools, Setup Chassis Connections
Step#2: Add the chassis IP and click OK
Step#3: Click Actions, Connect
Step#4: Click Active on the ports and hit Apply NOTE: Apply button must be clicked after
every config change
Validate link status and connectivity
Step#5: If link does not come up, double check the Media
Type and Autonegotiation settings
Step#6: Right-click on any of the port LEDs and use
the Link or Unlink option to check if you are connected to the right port
on the DUT (useful feature if working remote from physical setup)
Setup the IP address of the ports
Step#7: Go to the IP Config section, configure the
IP address of the ports, and click Apply
Check IP connectivity with Ping and
ARP status (on DUT)
Step#8: Go to DUT and ping the Spirent port. Next,
check the ARP entry
Step#9: Go Port Setup and validate that the
MAC-address from the DUT ARP entry mataches
