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RFC 2544:

• Throughput finds the highest rate at which the DUT can forward frames.
• Frame Loss tests how the DUT responds to streams with different gaps separating the frames.
• Back-To-back tests how the DUT responds to different quantities of frames, with the frames separated by the minimum gap allowed by the protocol specifications.
• Latency reveals how much processing overhead the DUT requires to forward frames.

For example, for the Throughput test, you can specify the frame rate and t duration, and the test calculates the number of frames to transmit. The three parameters interact according to the following formula:

Duration = Number of Frames / Frame Rate