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---
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title: "Terminology"
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---
# Terminology
- **Frame size**: size of an Ethernet Layer-2 frame on the wire, including
any VLAN tags (dot1q, dot1ad) and Ethernet FCS, but excluding Ethernet
preamble and inter-frame gap. Measured in Bytes.
- **Packet size**: same as frame size, both terms used interchangeably.
- **Inner L2 size**: for tunneled L2 frames only, size of an encapsulated
Ethernet Layer-2 frame, preceded with tunnel header, and followed by
tunnel trailer. Measured in Bytes.
- **Inner IP size**: for tunneled IP packets only, size of an encapsulated
IPv4 or IPv6 packet, preceded with tunnel header, and followed by
tunnel trailer. Measured in Bytes.
- **Device Under Test (DUT)**: In software networking, "device" denotes a
specific piece of software tasked with packet processing. Such device
is surrounded with other software components (such as operating system
kernel). It is not possible to run devices without also running the
other components, and hardware resources are shared between both. For
purposes of testing, the whole set of hardware and software components
is called "System Under Test" (SUT). As SUT is the part of the whole
test setup performance of which can be measured with RFC2544, using
SUT instead of RFC2544 DUT. Device under test
(DUT) can be re-introduced when analyzing test results using whitebox
techniques, but this document sticks to blackbox testing.
- **System Under Test (SUT)**: System under test (SUT) is a part of the
whole test setup whose performance is to be benchmarked. The complete
methodology contains other parts, whose performance is either already
established, or not affecting the benchmarking result.
- **Bi-directional throughput tests**: involve packets/frames flowing in
both east-west and west-east directions over every tested interface of
SUT/DUT. Packet flow metrics are measured per direction, and can be
reported as aggregate for both directions (i.e. throughput) and/or
separately for each measured direction (i.e. latency). In most cases
bi-directional tests use the same (symmetric) load in both directions.
- **Uni-directional throughput tests**: involve packets/frames flowing in
only one direction, i.e. either east-west or west-east direction, over
every tested interface of SUT/DUT. Packet flow metrics are measured
and are reported for measured direction.
- **Packet Loss Ratio (PLR)**: ratio of packets received relative to packets
transmitted over the test trial duration, calculated using formula:
PLR = ( pkts_transmitted - pkts_received ) / pkts_transmitted.
For bi-directional throughput tests aggregate PLR is calculated based
on the aggregate number of packets transmitted and received.
- **Packet Throughput Rate**: maximum packet offered load DUT/SUT forwards
within the specified Packet Loss Ratio (PLR). In many cases the rate
depends on the frame size processed by DUT/SUT. Hence packet
throughput rate MUST be quoted with specific frame size as received by
DUT/SUT during the measurement. For bi-directional tests, packet
throughput rate should be reported as aggregate for both directions.
Measured in packets-per-second (pps) or frames-per-second (fps),
equivalent metrics.
- **Bandwidth Throughput Rate**: a secondary metric calculated from packet
throughput rate using formula: bw_rate = pkt_rate * (frame_size +
L1_overhead) * 8, where L1_overhead for Ethernet includes preamble (8
Bytes) and inter-frame gap (12 Bytes). For bi-directional tests,
bandwidth throughput rate should be reported as aggregate for both
directions. Expressed in bits-per-second (bps).
- **Non Drop Rate (NDR)**: maximum packet/bandwith throughput rate sustained
by DUT/SUT at PLR equal zero (zero packet loss) specific to tested
frame size(s). MUST be quoted with specific packet size as received by
DUT/SUT during the measurement. Packet NDR measured in
packets-per-second (or fps), bandwidth NDR expressed in
bits-per-second (bps).
- **Partial Drop Rate (PDR)**: maximum packet/bandwith throughput rate
sustained by DUT/SUT at PLR greater than zero (non-zero packet loss)
specific to tested frame size(s). MUST be quoted with specific packet
size as received by DUT/SUT during the measurement. Packet PDR
measured in packets-per-second (or fps), bandwidth PDR expressed in
bits-per-second (bps).
- **Maximum Receive Rate (MRR)**: packet/bandwidth rate regardless of PLR
sustained by DUT/SUT under specified Maximum Transmit Rate (MTR)
packet load offered by traffic generator. MUST be quoted with both
specific packet size and MTR as received by DUT/SUT during the
measurement. Packet MRR measured in packets-per-second (or fps),
bandwidth MRR expressed in bits-per-second (bps).
- **Trial**: a single measurement step.
- **Trial duration**: amount of time over which packets are transmitted and
received in a single measurement step.
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