Patent ID: 7222255

Claim:
A system for network test performance testing, the system comprising in combination: a control network device configured to send network test performance settings; at least one test data generator configured to receive the network test performance settings from the control network device and generate test data using the network test performance settings; a plurality of network entities configured to receive the test data from the at least one test data generator via at least one network switch, and the at least one network switch is configured to enable data communication from the at least one test data generator to the plurality of network entities; wherein the control network device configures the at least one test data generator to generate test data for the plurality of network entities and sends the generated test data via the plurality of network entities, and the control network device provides at least one configuration file to the at least one test data generator, the at least one configuration file comprising a plurality of network address pairs; and wherein the at least one test data generator employs a unique address pair from the plurality of address pairs to generate test data for each of the plurality of network entities.