Traffic Generation

[chukabume]

hi, i am seeing the following errors when trying to connect to the ixnetwork. can you please tell me were and what should i add to make ixnetwork session start

[KevinO]

Hi, chukabume: you seem to have forgotten to post the errors.  Want to try again? :)

[chukabume]

hmmm, i am attaching it this time, lets see if it goes through

[RushabhS]

Looks like an issue with the TCL interpreter

Is TCL installed on your system ?

If it is , then check the enviromental variables for TCLLIBPATH and check if it is pointing to a valid TCL interpreter location

[KevinO]

Correcting Rushabh:

The Tcl Interpreter needs to be pointed to in the Path variable, not in the TCLLIBPATH. 

After you have a valid Tcl Interpreter installed and pointed to, the IxNetwork Tcl Files need to be pointed to by the TCLLIBPATH environment variable.

[VidyaH]

Hi chukabume,

Could you let us know if you were able to successfully connect and work on ixnetwork ?

Please post questions if you require more information?

Thanks,

Vidya

[chukabume]

vidya,

i need some more help on this one. I do not see tcl installed separately in the machine. But I see it installed under the Ixia folder under the program files. Is there a way I can use these TCL files ? or do i need to install TCL seperatly?

[KumarS]

Open up your Windows command shell and type: tclsh

If this works, you are ready to proceed further on making this work with iTest. Otherwise, you will have to get tcl software and install it on your machine.

Ixia installation does ship with a tcl shell - but it is a wish console and you do not want to use that. Best Tcl shell to get is to go to ActiveState's site and download their free tcl shell implementation. Make sure that tcl shell version you download is compatible with IxNetwork version. Typically tcl 8.4 works with most of these traffic generator tcl libraries. But Ixia support can direct you towards a supported version of tcl shell for their IxNetwork tcl library (which iTest uses to communicate with Ixia hardware).

[VidyaH]

Hi Chukabume,
Can you please tell me what verion of ixnetwork you are using?

you can use tclsh84.exe file if your system has the following folder structure "C:\Program Files\Ixia\IxNetwork\tcl8.4\bin"
or "C:\Program Files\Ixia\Tcl\8.4.14.0\bin" .Set any one of this in PATH variable to use tcl shell.

If not, then please follow KumarS's suggestion to install tcl shell in your system separately.

Hope this helps.

Thanks,
Vidya