Hardware Test Plan | Mind Map

Read HW datasheets for routers

Collect additional informational documents

Cisco Live Slides

Router guide book

Comparison sheets

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Merge Notes and estimate best case/worst case performance

Draft can be talking points and headlines

What are key performance metrics for us?

Mbps

pps

Multitasking capability

Firewall

QoS

MLPPP

High Throughput

ipsla

pfr

wireless

aaa

scansafe

etc....

Final should be a formal evaluation of the on paper research

Use this data to develop a hardware test plan

This should challange any on paper conclusions

Use real world setup, config, and traffic characteristics whenever possible

Note when it couldn't

Document how it should be built

Document test topology

Document lab circuits

Document lab hardware

Document traffic generators

Have worksheets ready to populate with data once testing has begun.