Starting an RFC 2544 back to back test

FortiTester tests the ability of the DUT to handle different types of RFC 2544 back to back. According to RFC 2544, to characterize the ability of a DUT to process back-to-back frames as defined in RFC 1242.

To start an RFC 2544 back to back test:

1. In Performance Testing, expand RFC Benchmark > RFC 2544 and click back to back.
2. Click Create New.
3. Configure the network or select a network template. See Using network configuration templates for how to create a network template.
4. Select a Certificate Group, if applicable.
5. Click OK.
6. Configure the test case options described below.
7. Click Start to run the test case.

FortiTester saves the configuration automatically so you can run the test again later. You can also click Save to save the test case without running it.

Tip 1: You can copy an existing case and change its settings to create a new case. In the case list, click Clone to clone the configuration. Only the case name is different from the original case. Tip 2: You can add or edit a comment when the test is running. This comment can be used to search for the test result in the Results page. This is useful especially when the test runs for a long time.

RFC 2544 back to back test case options

For details about the common options for RFC 2544 cases, see RFC Test Case common options .

Settings	Guidelines
Load
Send Speed	Speed in Mbps. A setting of 0 means throughput speed is copied from the BaseValue case.
Initial Traffic Cycle Time	Traffic burst duration in seconds for each frame size. (minimum of 2)
Maximum Traffic Cycle Time	Maximum traffic cycle, in seconds.
Duration Resolution Time	If the time difference between two iterations is lower than the specified value here, no iteration will be done.