SD-WAN Ethernet Ports Test

Citrix SD-WAN enables communication among the branches and remote sites through its Ethernet ports. Availability and data transfer ability of the ports are important for active and healthy communication in the SD-WAN environment. If the ports are down due to traffic congestion or fatal errors, then the data transferring efficiency and reliability of the ports become questionable. This brings all traffic a near halt and directly affects the communication established through the ports. To avoid such eventualities, administrator should keep track on traffic flowing through the ports so as to ensure reliable communication.

This test monitors all the Ethernet ports on the target Citrix SD-WAN appliance, and reports the current status of link established through each port. In addition, this test also reports the count of frames transmitted/received through each port and the amount of data transferred through each port. Using these statistics, administrators can easily figure out the efficiency of the ports in handling the traffic. In the process, the count of errors encountered by the each port is also revealed. This way, the test proactively alerts administrators about the occurrence of abnormalities (if any) at the ports.

Target of the test : A Citrix SD-WAN

Agent deploying the test : A remote agent

Outputs of the test : One set of results for each Ethernet port on the target Citrix SD-WAN appliance.

Configurable parameters for the test

Parameter	Description
Test Period	How often should the test be executed. By default, this is set to 5 minutes.
Host	The IP address of the target SD-WAN appliance for which this test is to be configured.
Port	Refers to the port at which the target SD-WAN listens to. By default, this will be NULL.
Timeout	Specify the time duration (in seconds) beyond which this test should time out in the Timeout text box. The default is 10 seconds.

Measurements made by the test

Measurement	Description	Measurement Unit	Interpretation
Link state	Indicates the current link status of this Ethernet port.		The numeric values that correspond to each of the above-mentioned values are as follows: Measure Value Numeric Value Dead 20 Bad 40 Note: By default, this measure reports one of the Measure Values listed in the table above to indicate the current status of each Ethernet port's link. The graph of this measure however, represents the same using the numeric equivalents alone.
Frames transmitted	Indicates the number of frames transmitted through this Ethernet port during the last measurement period.	Frames
Frames received	Indicates the number of frames received through this Ethernet port during the last measurement period.	Frames
Data transmitted	Indicates the amount of data transmitted through this Ethernet port during the last measurement period.	MB
Data received	Indicates the amount of data received through this Ethernet port during the last measurement period.	MB
Errors	Indicates the number of errors encountered on this Ethernet port.	Number	Ideally, the value of this measure should be 0. You can compare this value across the ports to know which port is encountering the maximum number of errors.