How we tested the Network Physics NP-2000 appliance.
We installed the NP-2000 machine on our lab’s six-segment Fast Ethernet network. Each segment consists of a server and 25 clients, all connected to the Internet via T-1 and frame relay lines. To access the NP-2000’s Web-based reports interface, we used Internet Explorer 6.0. We ran the unit’s central console software on Java Runtime Environment 1.4.2, running in turn on Windows 2000 Advanced Server on a Compaq ProLiant ML570 containing four 900-MHz CPUs, 2G byte of RAM and 135G byte of fast SCSI disks.
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