Known Names for the Netperf Database

CAUTION! The names presented on this page are provided for solely for the purpose of making submittals and retrievals of the netperf database easier and less error-prone. In providing this information, Hewlett-Packard makes NO endorsement of any kind. Please be certain you have read the disclaimer before going any further.

This page contains guidelines and lists of identifiers for the various fields in the submittal and retrieval forms. You can use this first list to go straight to the identifier list that interests you.

Model Names

Model names are free-form keywords. They should closely follow the common name for that model and be sufficiently detailed to differentiate one model from another. For example, at the time of this writing, there were six different models of HP 9000/715 so stating simply "715" would be too vague. Each differed in clock-rate, so the model names for them would be 715/33, 715/50, and so on. The model name does not need to include an indication of vendor.

System Vendors

To insure that your submittal is more easily retrieved by others, it is suggested that you use the following identifiers to represent the various system vendors. If you wish to submit numbers for a system from a vendor not on this list, please feel free to do so, using a value of "Other" and place the vendor name in the "Comments" section of the submittal form. At the same time, please use the feedback page so the maintainers of the database can update this list.

When retrieving numbers, you may also use "Other" or you may try what you think the vendor's name might be.

Compaq
Compaq Computer Corporation
Dell
Dell Computer Corporation
DEC
Digital Equipment Corporation
HP
Hewlett-Packard Corporation
IBM
International Business Machines
RNS
Rockwell Network Systems
SGI
Silicon Graphics Incorporated
Sun
Sun Microsystems Incorporated

Release Numbers

A release numbers are free-form keywords. They should be sufficiently detailed to allow others to order the software if they wish to reproduce your results. For Unix operating systems, the output of "uname -r" is often a good choice (though perhaps not for Solaris). Your mileage will vary for other software - such as transport or driver software.

Operating Systems

To insure that your submittal is more easily retrieved by others, it is suggested that you use the following identifiers to represent the various operating systems. If you wish to submit numbers for a system running an OS not on this list, please feel free to do so, using an identifier of "Other" and include the real name in the Comments section. At the same time,please use the feedback page so the maintainers of the database can update this list.

When retrieving numbers, you may also use "Other" or you may try what you think the OS name might be.

Transport Software Vendors

The following are the currently known Transport Vendors. Please use these names when accessing the database. If the transport software came with the operating system, use the term "Bundled." If the transport software came from a vendor not on this list, use the term "Other" and list the name of the transport provider in the Comments section. Please use the feedback page to let the maintainers know to update this list.

Bundled
The transport software came bundled with the system. This is often the case with Unix systems, but not so with PC's.
B&W
Beame & Whiteside
FTP
FTP Software Inc.
NetManage
NetManage
SunConnect
SunConnect

Interface Card Vendors

To insure that your submittal is more easily retrieved by others, it is suggested that you use the following identifiers to represent the various network interface vendors. If you wish to submit numbers for a card from a vendor not on this list, please feel free to do so, using an identifier of "Other" and include the real name in the Comments section. At the same time, please use the feedback page so the maintainers of the database can update this list.

When retrieving numbers, you may also use "Other" or you may try what you think the card vendor's name might be.

Ancor
Ancor Communications Inc.
Cicso
Cisco Systems Inc.
DEC
Digital Equipemnt Corporation
Efficient
Efficient Networks Inc.
Fore
Fore Systems Inc.
Genroco
GENROCO In.
HP
Hewlett-Packard Company
IBM
International Business Machines
Interphase
Interphase Corpration
Myricom
NPI
Network Peripherals Inc.
RNS
Rockwell Network Systems
SGI
Silicon Graphics Inc.
Sun
Sun Microsystems Inc.
Synoptics

I/O Buses

To insure that your submittal is more easily retrieved by others, it is suggested that you use the following identifiers to represent the various I/O busses. If you wish to submit numbers for an I/O bus not on this list, please feel free to do so, using an identifier of "Other" and include the real name in the Comments section. At the same time, please use the feedback page so the maintainers of the database can update this list.

When retrieving numbers, you may also use "Other" or you may try what you think the bus name might be.

Network Types

To insure that your submittal is more easily retrieved by others, it is suggested that you use the following identifiers to represent the various network types. If you wish to submit numbers for a network type not on this list, please feel free to do so, using an identifier of "Other" and include the real name in the Comments section. At the same time, please use the feedback page so the maintainers of the database can update this list.

When retrieving numbers, you may also use "Other" or you may try what you think the network name might be.

Please use the comments section to describe any switches, routers, or other interesting interconnect devices between the system running netperf and the system running netserver. If the systems were connected back-to-back then please indicate so in the comments.

ATM
Asynchronous Transfer Mode running at an unknown rate or different rates at either end.
ATM-25
Asynchronous Transfer Mode running at ~25 Mbit/s. (Was ATM)
ATM-51
Asynchronous Transfer Mode running at ~51 Mbit/s. (Was ATM)
ATM-100
Asynchronous Transfer Mode running at ~100 Mbit/s (TAXI). (Was ATM)
ATM-155
Asynchronous Transfer Mode running at ~155 Mbit/s (SONET). (Was ATM)
ATM-622
Asynchronous Transfer Mode running at ~622 Mbit/s. (Was ATM)
Ethernet
"Classic" 10 Mbit/s Ethernet. Includes 10BaseT, 10Base2 and 10BaseF. If full-duplex please indicate so in the Comments section of the submittal form.
100VG
100 Mbit/s 100VG-AnyLAN (a.k.a. IEEE 802.12) Please specify either Ethernet or TokenRing (802.5) framing in the Comments section. If full-duplex indicate so in the Comments section of the submittal form.
GigabitEthernet
1000 Mbit/s Ethernet.
FastEthernet
100 Mbit/s Ethernet using CSMA/CD (100BaseT, 100BaseX, etc). If full-duplex please indicate so in the Comments section of the submittal form.
FDDI
FDDI (or CDDI) running over Fiber, UTP Copper or STP (Was FDDI/CDDI). Please state if the connection was dual-attach, or single-attach, and the type of concentrator used (if any).
FC
Fibre Channel running at an unknown rate, or at different rates at either end.
FC-266
Fibre Channel running at ~266 Mbit/s (25 MB/s). Also known as "quarter-speed." (Was FibreChannel)
FC-531
Fibre Channel running at ~531 Mbit/s (50 MB/s). Also known as "half-speed." (Was FibreChannel)
FC-1062
Fibre Channel running at ~1062 Mbit/s (100 MB/s). Also known as "full-speed." (Was FibreChannel)
HiPPI
Hi Performance Parallel Interface
Loopback
Myrinet
SLIP/PPP
Serial Line IP or Point-to-Point Protocol. Specify the uncompressed and compressed speed of the modems being used in the Comments section. This includes CSLIP
802.5-4
802.5 Token Ring (IBM Token Ring) running at ~4 Mbit/s
802.5-16
802.5 Token Ring (IBM Token Ring) running at `16 Mbit/s

Test Types

To insure that your submittal is more easily retrieved by others, it is suggested that you use the following identifiers to represent the various test types. If you wish to submit numbers for a test type not on this list, please feel free to do so, using an identifier of "Other" and an explanation in the Comments section. At the same time, please use the feedback page so the maintainers of the database can update this list.

TCP_STREAM
A TCP_STREAM test is a unidirecitonal data transfer test using the Transmission Control Protocol and the Berkeley Sockets API.
TCP_RR
A TCP_RR test is a synchronous request/response test which can be used to measure end-to-end round trip latency using the BSD API.
UDP_STREAM
A UDP_STREAM test is a unidirecitonal data transfer test using the User Datagram Protocol and the BSD API.
UDP_RR
A UDP_RR test is a synchronous request/response test which can be used to measure end-to-end round trip latency using the BSD API.
DLCO_STREAM
A DLCO_STREAM test is a unidirecitonal data transfer test using the DLPI Connection Oriented API (802.2 Type 2). It is analagous to a TCP_STREAM test.
DLCO_RR
DLCL_STREAM
A DLCL_STREAM test is a unidirecitonal data transfer test using the DLPI ConnectionLess API (802.2 Type 1). It is analgous to a UDP_STREAM test.
DLCL_RR
STREAM_STREAM
A STREAM_STREAM test is a unidirecitonal data transfer test using the Unix Domain Sockets API and stream semantics.
STREAM_RR
DG_STREAM
A DG_STREAM test is a unidirecitonal data transfer test using the Unic Domain Sockets API and datagram semantics.
DG_RR
FORE_STREAM
A FORE_STREAM test is a unidirecitonal data transfer test using the Fore ATM API. It is analagous to a UDP_STREAM test.
FORE_RR
HIPPI_STREAM
A HIPPI_STREAM test is a unidirecitonal data transfer test using the HP HiPPI LLA API
HIPPI_RR
Other

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