IxVeriWave BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) Testing Highlights High-scale controller load testing with a single test involving tens of thousands of clients and hundreds of APs Real-world deployment tests scale to overload levels on controllers, APs, and clients The worldwide movement toward BYOD Bring Your Own Device provides obvious gains in productivity, employee flexibility, user satisfaction, and cost savings, but the wireless LANs (WLANs) tasked with carrying the traffic are struggling to keep up. And while governance, compliance, security, and mobile device management have received plenty of attention, the ability of Wi-Fi networks to support BYOD has not. BYOD taxes Wi-Fi networks with high scale and unpredictable application requirements. The WLAN infrastructure, both access points (APs) and controllers, must be validated to support any device or application, anywhere, and at any time. IxVeriWave s BYOD offering can help validate at high scale addressing: Device diversity Device roaming Application experience DPI operation Policy server operation Mixed environment with older Wi-Fi devices Faced with the complexities of today s Wi-Fi environments, manufacturers are enhancing the ability of the WLAN infrastructure to more closely monitor and control user and application behavior. For example, the addition of deep packet inspection, or DPI capabilities, to key components of the WLAN infrastructure. The Ixia BYOD test solution introduces critical test capabilities including device fingerprinting enabling more precise, realistic testing. IxVeriWave device fingerprinting allows users to identify unique devices and operation for specific devices such as Samsung Galaxy Tablets, Apple iphones, Androids, and the like. Extended duration tests validate stability and robustness Up to 500 fully independent, stateful 802.11ac clients per port Precise measurement of critical performance metrics at data rates reaching up to maximum theoretical limits Simplified workflow for multiapplication testing Extensive library of predefined applications flows to simulate end-user interactions and devices Comprehensive real-time analysis of per-flow statistics 26601 Agoura Road Calabasas, CA 91302 USA Tel + 1-818-871-1800 www.ixiacom.com Document No.: 915-6034-01 Rev A January 2015 - Page 1
In delivering these new capabilities, the BYOD solution leverages multiple distinct capabilities of the IxVeriWave solution: WBW3604 802.11ac 4-port SISO WaveBlade for maximum scale and performance. WBW3601/3602 802.11ac 1/2-port MIMO WaveBlade for full compatibility with the entire suite of IxVeriWave Testing The BYOD Web Application featuring two new GUIs that allow easy test setup and monitoring for AP and controller testing. Ixia s AppLibrary providing an extensive library of real application traffic flows for services such as Facebook, Gmail, BitTorrent, etc. AppLibrary speeds testing with a simplified workflow and framework for emulating realistic traffic mixes using a pre-defined library of application flows. Continually updated by protocol experts, AppLibrary uses Ixia s BreakingPoint Application Threat Intelligence (ATI) technology to provide an extensive library of pre-defined application flows that simulate end-user interactions and devices. BYOD testing combines IxVeriWave protocol emulation and stateless traffic generation with the most current real-world stateful application simulations. Key Features High-scale controller load testing with a single test involving tens of thousands of clients and hundreds of APs Real-world deployment tests scale to overload levels on controllers, APs, and clients Extended duration tests validate stability and robustness Up to 500 fully independent, stateful 802.11ac clients per port enable precise measurement of critical performance metrics at data rates reaching up to maximum theoretical limits Simplified workflow for multi-application testing Extensive library of pre-defined applications flows to simulate end-user interactions and devices Comprehensive real-time analysis of per-flow statistics IxVeriWave Automation Test Appliance (ATA) software provides fully stateful, intelligent IPv4, IPv6 clients with independent MAC, L3, traffic, and mobility functions. Advanced capability allows AP choice, and reconnect/traffic restart after disconnects. Page 2
Specifications Application simulations Application simulations per port Ports supported Traffic over protocol emulations Supported Blades 30+, and growing 50+ Up to 36 ports Yes WBW3601, WBW3602, WBW3604 BYOD Web Application The BYOD Web App Soak allows the easy configuration of existing IxVeriWave ATA capabilities and new BYOD tests over the ATA platform. Page 3
The BYOD Web App Monitor lets users monitor a test session and provide a detailed breakdown of application and device performance as a whole and on specific WLAN networks. ATA Testing The ATA allows extensive capacity and media QoE testing. The BYOD offering extends those tests with realistic clients and application traffic. Here is an outline of ATA test scenarios. Category Metric Details Capacity Media QoE Max Client Support Max Throughput/client level Max Connection Rate Traffic Model performance Power Save Triple Play QoS Validation Web Browsing Goodput VoIP Admission Control Determine the max. number of active clients Determine the max. throughput for different client levels Determine the max. connection rate Confirm accurate correct behavior with roaming Performance of WMM/Legacy Power Save clients Performance & Correct Prioritization of Voice>Video>Data Single client maximum HTTP Throughput (TCP) Client VoIP capacity with WMM admission control Page 4
BYOD Streaming Video QoS Mixed Client Environment Multicast Video Device Recognition Application Recognition Real World Application Mix Application Traffic Management High-scale Validation Video Quality (MDI) degradation and client load increases Performance under mixed b/g/n/ac clients Performance with multiple multicast video streams Connect a mix of devices and validate proper ID DPI recognition of specific AppLibrary traffic Confirm accurate behavior & defined distribution Validate application rate-limiting, blocking and prioritizing Overall robust operation at high client and traffic scales AppLibrary Offered on a monthly subscription basis, AppLibrary simulates popular application profiles including: AppUpdate Authentication Chat/IM Data Transfer / File Sharing Database Distributed Computing Email / WebMail Enterprise applications Financial Games Mobile Mobility P2P Remote access SCADA Secure Data Transfer Security Social Networking / Search Storage System / Network Administration Telephony / Cable TV Test and measurement Voice / video / media Page 5
Minimum System Requirements IxVeriWave Test System IxVeriWave Software 1x IxVeriWave WaveTest 90 or WaveTest 20 chassis 1x IxVeriWave ATA1000 or ATA100 1x IxVeriWave WLAN port (WBW3061, WBW3602, WBW3604) 1x IxVeriWave GigE port (WBE1601, WBE1604) ATA Software AppLibrary BYOD Monitor and BYOD Soak Applications Host Computer X86-based PC with 1GHz processor and 1GB RAM Windows 7 Ordering Information 980-1001 IxVeriWave WT90 Chassis, WaveTest 90, 9-slot Chassis, 19" rack-mountable 980-1002 IxVeriWave WT20 Chassis, WaveTest 20, 2-slot Chassis, portable 980-1003 IxVeriWave WB1000, WaveBlade Management 980-2039 IxVeriWave WBW3601, single-port, four spatial stream per port, IEEE 802.11ac L2 - L7 multi-client Traffic Generator and Performance Analyzer 980-2040 IxVeriWave WBW3602, two-port, four spatial stream per port, IEEE 802.11ac L2 - L7 multi-client Traffic Generator and Performance Analyzer 980-2050 IxVeriWave WBW3604, four-port, single spatial stream per port (SISO), IEEE 802.11ac L2 - L7 multi-client Traffic Generator and Performance Analyzer 980-2012 IxVeriWave WBE1604, 4-port IPv6 Ethernet WaveBlade Page 6
980-2033 IxVeriWave ATA100-HW, Test automation appliance 980-2034 IxVeriWave ATA1000-HW, Test automation appliance. 980-3200 IxVeriWave BYOD Web Application ATA Monitor 980-3201 IxVeriWave BYOD Web Application ATA Soak 980-3070 IxVeriWave AppLibrary Bundle 909-5008 Subscription Renewal for IxVeriWave AppLibrary Bundle This material is for informational purposes only and subject to change without notice. It describes Ixia's present plans to develop and make available to its customers certain products, features, and functionality. Ixia is only obligated to provide those deliverables specifically included in a written agreement between Ixia and the customer. Page 7