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title: "About RFC-2544 for Traffic Generation and Analysis"
slug: "about-rfc-2544-for-traffic-generation-and-analysis"
tags: ["service performance ", "RFC-2544", "Traffic Generation", "Network Analysis", "Legacy Orchestrator"]
updated: 2025-02-14T16:28:53Z
published: 2025-02-14T16:28:53Z
canonical: "docs.crossworkassurance.cisco.com/about-rfc-2544-for-traffic-generation-and-analysis"
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# About RFC-2544 for Traffic Generation and Analysis

Legacy Orchestrator allows you to perform traffic generation and analysis tasks, as specified in the RFC-2544. This section explains how to set up traffic generation and analysis in your Cisco performance monitoring network in order to perform end-to-end testing and monitoring. This type of testing and monitoring makes it possible to pinpoint specific device or network problems, and also to measure current throughput, frame delay and frame-delay variation in individual network segments.

Advanced traffic generation and analysis capabilities allow you to perform fully automated and documented turn-up tests. RFC-2544 test capabilities also include out-of-service tests.

You can use the traffic generator to create a flow of test traffic and produce test results. The traffic generator allows you to set characteristics, such as the traffic type and bit rate, when you define a flow. You can also set the following parameters when setting up a traffic flow:

- Traffic Type: Layer 2 (three types), Layer 3 (two types) or IP multicast traffic
- Test Traffic Encapsulation Type: VLAN or VLAN-in-VLAN
- Frame/Packet Sizes: All sizes defined in the RFC-2544 standard, plus Jumbo

See the RFC-2544 standard for a definition of all parameters and tests.

## About the RFC-2544 Page

The **RFC-2544** page contains two tabs: **Configuration** and **Results**.

The **Service Performance ▶ RFC-2544 ▶ Configuration** tab lists all tests defined.

**RFC-2544 Configuration tab** ![24.09_About RFC-2544 for Traffic Generation and Analysis_1.png](https://cdn.document360.io/01d1de5e-a375-4fbc-aa82-666ac04c2113/Images/Documentation/24.09_About%20RFC-2544%20for%20Traffic%20Generation%20and%20Analysis_1.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-11T01%3A37%3A10Z&se=2026-11-11T02%3A37%3A10Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=3iY9CQNwN8sal%2FxVifDQhe2C2TXuKJgwbAjFJrWDpIM%3D)

The **RFC-2544 ▶ Results** tab lists all test results.

**RFC-2544 Test Results tab** ![24.09_About RFC-2544 for Traffic Generation and Analysis_2.png](https://cdn.document360.io/01d1de5e-a375-4fbc-aa82-666ac04c2113/Images/Documentation/24.09_About%20RFC-2544%20for%20Traffic%20Generation%20and%20Analysis_2.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-11T01%3A37%3A10Z&se=2026-11-11T02%3A37%3A10Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=3iY9CQNwN8sal%2FxVifDQhe2C2TXuKJgwbAjFJrWDpIM%3D)

## Main Tasks in RFC-2544 Testing

The main tasks in using the RFC-2544 capabilities available in Legacy Orchestrator are:

1. Setting Up an RFC-2544 Test Suite, see "Setting Up an RFC-2544 Test Suite".
2. Running an RFC-2544 Test Suite, see "Running an RFC-2544 Test Suite".
3. Viewing RFC-2544 Test Results, see "Viewing RFC-2544 Test Results".

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