Simulation of the LAN behavior in the Distributed HP-UX environment

Author

Devai, Joseph J. ; Kerrigan, Thomas C. ; Molloy, Michael K.

Author_Institution

Hewlett-Packard Co., Loveland, CO, USA

fYear

1990

fDate

9-12 Dec 1990

Firstpage

805

Lastpage

812

Abstract

The ability of local area networks (LANs) to handle the large amount of data transfer among distributed workstations is frequently questioned. A LAN study is reported which investigated both the Ethernet LAN and the Distributed HP-UX data communication protocol implemented on it. An approach involving experimentation and analytical and simulation modeling was followed. The models were vigorously validated against each other and the measurements. The performance study of the DUX/LAN system concentrated on investigating the causes of the message transit time and its variability. According to this study, the message communication time is dominated by transmission delays and not LAN contention, and the LAN performs well in the 30-50% channel utilization range

Keywords

digital simulation; local area networks; performance evaluation; protocols; DUX/LAN system; Distributed HP-UX environment; Ethernet LAN; LAN behavior; channel utilization; data communication protocol; data transfer; distributed workstations; local area networks; message transit time; performance study; transmission delays; Analytical models; Capacity planning; Data communication; Delay; Local area networks; Measurement; Network servers; Predictive models; Protocols; Workstations;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Simulation Conference, 1990. Proceedings., Winter

Conference_Location

New Orleans, LA

Print_ISBN

0-911801-72-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WSC.1990.129618

Filename

129618