AppLib: How to create Facebook users with IxLoad

Open IxLoad GUI and click on the Add AppMix button.

A new AppMix activity is created

AppMix feature is an independent feature which requires his own built-in NetTraffic, we  cannot combine it  with  other activities and we support just  one activity AppMix activity which can contain more  AppFlows of different  types.

A.    Configure the activity

Step 1. Add an AppMix Activity to your  session

Click on Network and Traffic and then on  Add AppMix button:

  

New AppMix activity should automatically appear and the Add AppMix button should be gray out, sice we are supporting onely one AppMix activity per  session.

The right side automatically the Resource Manager should appear display different flows available

Step 2. Configure Net Addresses

Set the NetTraffic addresses as:

Originate IP= 1.1.1.1/16, count 1

Terminate IP=1.1.2.1/16 count 1

 

Step 3. Configure the AppMix activity

On the Originate  AppMix activity add and  App Flow:

Click on the  Add AppFlow button from the ribbon end Add AppFlows window pops up:

Choose a type of application from the option and click on Add button:

 Facebook AppFlow should be displayed in the AppMix  general  tab as bellow :

For an easier troubleshooting make sure SU objective is the same as the number of IP addresses

Options Available in AppMix general tab:

a.       Change percentage of objective if more AppFlows configured

b.      Switch between objectives types:

Step 3. Configure AppFlow:

To verify which version of flow you are using right-click on the AppFlow:

If more version installed you can switch between versions  by right-click the AppFlow and chose other version:

To configure particular setting of different AppFlow  switch to the Settings tab:

*** a setting that you might need from here is server port.

currently if you want to use more AppFlows  ( even if they are the same type) each of them   should use a different server port

B. Verify results:

Client Restrictions and Limitations

The IxLoad AppMix client has the following restrictions and limitations:

1.      You can have just one AppMix in a test

2.      AppLibrary can contain up to 60 flows, and one mix can run a maximum of 30 flows simultaneously.

3.      An IxLoad test can include only 1 AppMix origin-destination activity pair.

4.      AppMix traffic cannot flow to an external device as the final endpoint; it must flow from an origin

5.      AppMix activity to a destination AppMix activity (with a DUT in between), so testing scenarios must use this topology.

6.      An AppMix activity must run in its own NetTraffic with no other activities.

7.      An AppMix activity runs over the following network stacks only: IPv4, IPv6, VLAN, and DHCP.

8.      Advanced Timeline is not supported.

9.      Statistics limitations:

                 Custom Views are not supported.

                 The (number of flows) * (number of statistics) * (ports) must be less than 80,000.