End-to-end workflow

This topic describes the end-to-end Network Virtualization workflow to test application performance over different network conditions.

1. Prerequisites:

   • Make sure your testing environment is set up. See Setting up the testing environment.

   • Make sure that NV Test Manager global settings are defined.

2. Create a Quick Test or an Advanced Test. The test type specifies the set of parameters to use when running the test.

3. Rename the test and scenario as needed to provide a meaningful description.

4. Select the run mode. The run mode specifies if tests run sequentially or concurrently.

5. Define the test's flows. A flow is a set of network impairments and constraints that are applied to the network traffic between the client and server. Network impairments include latency and packet loss. Network constraints include bandwidth limitations.

   • Quick Test. See: Add flows to a Quick Test

   • Advanced Test. See: Add flows to an Advanced Test and Network emulation specifications

6. Run the test.

7. (Optional) Add transactions and define them by performing the steps in your application that are part of a business process, such as, logging in, navigating to a page and selecting items, purchasing items, and logging out.

   Including transactions enables Network Virtualization to analyze relevant network traffic and provide valuable insights into the performance of each transaction.

8. (Optional) View the runtime statistics while the test is running.

9. Stop the test.

10. Analyze the test results to generate comprehensive reports that:

    • help you understand the impact of networks on your application

    • provide optimization recommendations for improving application performance