IxLoad Customer Presentation Application and Multiplay Delivery Testing July 2010
Market Challenges Application layer forwarding increases complexity Networks are carrying advanced media applications Shift from packet based forwarding to application-based forwarding New application-aware devices inspect, match and take action based on information at L7 E.g. FW, SLB Service Routers Proxy, SSL DPI, Traffic mgmt features and functionality. Ixia is only obligated to provide those deliverables specifically included in a written agreement between Ixia and the customer. 2
Market Challenges Multi-play services is driving convergence over IP Mix of Voice, video, web, peer-peer and other data services Device, network and service performance is critically important Typical user is complex to device Internet socialites, gamers, business users Triple play with linear TV or VoD Having the ability to model users is onerous Service expectations are different between applications features and functionality. Ixia is only obligated to provide those deliverables specifically included in a written agreement between Ixia and the customer. 3
Market Challenges Maximize device and network performance Get the most of out network equipment investments High impact services must be able to perform at all times; ie, financial Determine the true performance under real-world traffic conditions Know the user experience Measure QoE per subscriber at the device, network and user level This includes key performance indicators such as latency, loss, voice and video quality % Service Usage Ave QoS Time Time features and functionality. Ixia is only obligated to provide those deliverables specifically included in a written agreement between Ixia and the customer. 4
Testing Requirements Highly performance and scalable test platform Ability to generate millions of sessions and exceed performance limits to load a network or device under test Real-world traffic Subscriber modeling with real-world application mix Traffic modeling over time to emulate production network Need for comprehensive L2/L3 to connect to the test network Use stateful L7 traffic with real TCP stack Measure key performance (KPI) for applications Offer industry standard QoE metrics Loss, latency, audio and video quality metrics Comprehensive all-in-one test tools Increase productivity and usability of test tools Robust architecture to future proof the test tool investment features and functionality. Ixia is only obligated to provide those deliverables specifically included in a written agreement between Ixia and the customer. 5
IxLoad Overview A scalable solution for converged multiplay service and application delivery testing Multi-play service emulation in a single application Ultra high performance test platform True realism with subscriber modeling Assesses critical infrastructure components such as AAA/RADIUS services, DNS, DHCP, LDAP Generates malicious traffic for security testing features and functionality. Ixia is only obligated to provide those deliverables specifically included in a written agreement between Ixia and the customer. 6
How IxLoad works IxLoad can be used to emulate clients, subscribers and servers to test devices or networks (E.g. Firewall, SLB, DPI systems) IxLoad can be used to emulate clients or subscribers to assess the performance of servers (E.g. Web, Mail, Video Server) features and functionality. Ixia is only obligated to provide those deliverables specifically included in a written agreement between Ixia and the customer.
How IxLoad works Create network stack, application traffic mix, usage profile over time, and set test Objective View real-time statistics and do post analysis features and functionality. Ixia is only obligated to provide those deliverables specifically included in a written agreement between Ixia and the customer. 8
System Configuration Optixia Chassis System controller with Windows Remotely managed Multi-user Load modules Generate L2-7 traffic* 10Gbps application layer traffic Dedicated CPU + RAM per port User workstation Runs the IxLoad client application Controls the test resources features and functionality. Ixia is only obligated to provide those deliverables specifically included in a written agreement between Ixia and the customer. 9
Acceleron-NP Industry s most powerful solution Custom Network Processor (NP) design High density solution Metric (Per card pair) Performance Acceleron-NP Connections per Second 750K CPU Processing 12 x 1 GHz PPC Transactions per Second Concurrent Connections Throughput 1.9 Million 10 Million 10G Network Processors Memory Number # Ports Aggregation Yes 12 x 2GB 12 x 1G & 1 x 10G Yes 1G and 10G features and functionality. Ixia is only obligated to provide those deliverables specifically included in a written agreement between Ixia and the customer.
IxYukon-NP 40G of Layer 4-7 throughput Highest density solution to validate the increasing capacity of Servers and application delivery network devices 2, 4 and 8 ports 10GE versions Metric Per Card Pair Performance IxYukon-NP8 IxYukon-NP4 IxYukon-NP2 L2/3 Throughput 160G 80G 40G L7 Throughput 40G 20G 10G Connection/Sec 420K 260K 130K Concurrent Conns. 6.4M 3.2M 1.6M 11 features and functionality. Ixia is only obligated to provide those deliverables specifically included in a written agreement between Ixia and the customer.
IxLoad - Multi-play Test Platform IxLoad offers comprehensive capability to test the delivery of application, voice, and video and multiplay services features and functionality. Ixia is only obligated to provide those deliverables specifically included in a written agreement between Ixia and the customer. 12
Data Protocols Application Delivery HTTP High performance HTTP, client and server HTTP/1.0 and 1.1 with keepalive Authentication using POST, BASIC SSL support with client/server certs Real file support FTP Client and server emulation Passive/active modes with auth Bidirectional traffic Real file support POP3/SMTP/IMAP Client and server emulation Send/Receive real emails, auth support Customizable, MIME types TELNET/SSH Telnet client/server, SSH client emulation Open remote connections to devices Secure tunnels using Diffie-Hellman Authentication using sequences Performance and key metrics Connections/transactions per second Connection latency Throughput Packet loss and latency Transaction statistics features and functionality. Ixia is only obligated to provide those deliverables specifically included in a written agreement between Ixia and the customer. 13
Data Protocols Application Delivery LDAP Client emulation, Access directory objects Search, modify, add/delete Auth includes anonymous, MD5, clear DNS Client and server emulation Query real DNS servers Record types include A, AAAA, MX, NS and more Recursion support, and Query matching DHCP Client emulation Acquire IP addresses from ext servers Support for Option 82 DHCPv6 Prefix Delegation support RADIUS Client emulation Access and Accounting Authentication using EAP-MD5, CHAP and PAP Extensive attribute set builder for customization Performance and key metrics Queries/searches per second Transaction statistics Connections/transactions per second features and functionality. Ixia is only obligated to provide those deliverables specifically included in a written agreement between Ixia and the customer. 14
Data Protocols CIFS Client and Server emulation Authentication supports both NTLM/NTLMv2 Broad range of CIFS commands Application Delivery Benchmark the performance of WAN optimization devices Performance and key metrics Simulated Users Concurrent connections Throughput Connections per second Transaction statistics features and functionality. Ixia is only obligated to provide those deliverables specifically included in a written agreement between Ixia and the customer. 15
Data Protocols Application Delivery Peer to Peer Emulation Realistic High performance stateful P2P sessions Broad range of P2P applications BitTorrent, edonkey and more to follow Extensive library of predefined P2P traffic flows Validate bandwidth management and QoS schemes Quantify the impact of P2P traffic on VoIP and video performance Performance and key metrics Peer count Connection rate Concurrent connections Throughput features and functionality. Ixia is only obligated to provide those deliverables specifically included in a written agreement between Ixia and the customer. 16
Data Replay Protocol Application Delivery Application Replay Stateful TCP and UDP replay Highly scalable Retransmits captured streams in a fully stateful manner Stateless IP Replay to maintain timing and packet boundaries Ethernet packet injection from a capture file using unidirectional Ethernet replay Use stateful enterprise and Internet applications Benchmark performance of nonnative applications Recreate complex network conditions from customer, product networks Performance and key metrics Connections/transactions per second Queries/searches per second Connection latency Transaction statistics Throughput Packet loss and latency features and functionality. Ixia is only obligated to provide those deliverables specifically included in a written agreement between Ixia and the customer. 17
Security Testing DDoS and Vulnerability testing Application Delivery 1000+ vulnerability scans and attacks Combine attacks and test traffic on the same port Tests QoS degradation during attacks features and functionality. Ixia is only obligated to provide those deliverables specifically included in a written agreement between Ixia and the customer. 18
Test Statistics Extensive real-time statistics for all L7 data protocols Provides real-time transport and application layer traffic statistics Post Analysis using CSV and Data Store Data-mining and custom executive reports Application Delivery features and functionality. Ixia is only obligated to provide those deliverables specifically included in a written agreement between Ixia and the customer. 19
Summary Summary of application delivery testing Application Delivery Extensive Protocol Coverage Data HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, Telnet, SMTP, POP3, IMAP, DDOS, DHCP, DNS, LDAP, RADIUS, TFTP, Application Replay Peer-Peer Bittorrent, edonkey Stateful TCP stack running Linux Comprehensive network technologies support PPP, IPSec, DHCP (flexible option sets) VLAN support (802.1Q, QinQ, 802.1p) DSCP/TOS per protocol Extreme Data Performance and Scalability Millions of connections per second, concurrent sessions Line-rate 10G throughput Multi-protocol coverage features and functionality. Ixia is only obligated to provide those deliverables specifically included in a written agreement between Ixia and the customer. 20
Video Client and Server Video Delivery Video client Multicast (Linear TV) IGMP v1/2/3, MLDv1/2 (IPv6) Video on Demand (VoD) RTSP control Internet streaming HTTP, RTSP control Media: RTP/UDP, UDP, TCP Perceptual Video Quality Video server High performance VoD or Multicast streams Synthetic and Real content Transport streams features and functionality. Ixia is only obligated to provide those deliverables specifically included in a written agreement between Ixia and the customer.
Video Codec Video Delivery Codec support MPEG2 MPEG4 Part 2 MPEG4 Part 10 or H.264 VC-1 Encapsulation MPEG2-TS (Transport stream) Native refers to video sent directly over RTP, with no encapsulation Internet streams Windows media (AVI, WMV) Real Quicktime Codec Encapsulation Transport MPEG-2 TS UDP MPEG-2 TS RTP over UDP H.264 TS UDP H.264 TS RTP over UDP MPEG-4 TS UDP MPEG-4 TS RTP over UDP VC1 TS UDP VC1 TS H.264 Native RTP MPEG-4 Native RTP RTP over UDP VC1 Native RTP features and functionality. Ixia is only obligated to provide those deliverables specifically included in a written agreement between Ixia and the customer.
Visual Quality Video Quality Measurement VQ is provided at per user and on a per flow/channel Network-level metrics Video Delivery Perceptual video quality metrics use MOS_V and MDI MOS_V What does it mean? 5 Excellent 4.5 Very good 4 Good 3.5 Poor 3 Not acceptable 2 Severe 1 Useless features and functionality. Ixia is only obligated to provide those deliverables specifically included in a written agreement between Ixia and the customer.
Multicast Testing Video Delivery Linear TV Testing Subscriber channel watch profiles to distribute users into groups Channel selection profiles including sequential, random, unique channel per user, prime-time, super bowl effect Measure multicast forwarding performance of routers Validate network loss, jitter, latency Assess end user QoE Performance and key metrics Throughput, # of Subscribers, channels successful/failed Join/Leave latency, overlap QoE MOS_V, MDI Latency, jitter, loss, PPDV Transaction statistics features and functionality. Ixia is only obligated to provide those deliverables specifically included in a written agreement between Ixia and the customer. 24
Multicast Testing E.g. Basic multicast test (User sessions) E.g. 100 user test with 50 channels, standard def at 3.75Mbps How users watch channels are to be random and how long to watch a particular channel is also random Server-side Video Delivery Client side features and functionality. Ixia is only obligated to provide those deliverables specifically included in a written agreement between Ixia and the customer.
Multicast Testing Video Delivery E.g. Unique channel per user The requirement is that all users should watch a different channel This is useful because it stresses the IGMP snooping capability of a router Use Unique mode in IxLoad Join command, E.g.100 unique user/channel Configure 100 channels on server-side Configure fixed watch duration, and match channel count to user count in the test features and functionality. Ixia is only obligated to provide those deliverables specifically included in a written agreement between Ixia and the customer.
Video on Demand Video Delivery Video on Demand (VoD) Flexible RTSP to interact with leading VoD servers Synthetic and real video streams RTCP Receiver Reports support Interact with external VoD platforms Test video server capacity Measure throughput, loss, jitter characteristics Assess end user QoE Performance and key metrics Throughput, # of Subscribers, VoD streams active PLAY latency QoE MOS_V, MDI Latency, jitter, loss, PPDV Transaction statistics features and functionality. Ixia is only obligated to provide those deliverables specifically included in a written agreement between Ixia and the customer. 27
Video on Demand Video Delivery Video on Demand (VoD) IxLoad supports the following RTSP commands RTSP_command - provides per-command configuration {Play Media} quick way to interact our server - the following commands are used DESCRIBE, SETUP, PLAY, TEARDOWN {Keepalive} is a high-level command that sends empty GET_PARAMETERs as a keep-alive to the server PLAYStatic is a mode that is frequently used to test VoD servers its uses SETUP command, followed by PLAY, no DESCRIBE is used Support for sequence generators in commands to request unique video streams from a video server or video cache system Planned features Trick play to emulate to state a VCR like capability Fast forward and Rewind is done using trick-play mode Advanced video quality (TVQM 3.0) Additional RTSP commands features and functionality. Ixia is only obligated to provide those deliverables specifically included in a written agreement between Ixia and the customer.
VoD Testing Basic Video on Demand (& Throughput) test Client-side there is more than one way to request a VoD stream from the server: 1. {Play Media} in this case, the Duration that the stream plays for is based on the server configuration, ie. 600 seconds (prev slide) Video Delivery 2. PLAY, STOP in this case, the PLAY command sets the duration of play to 30 seconds, after which the STOP command tears down the connection features and functionality. Ixia is only obligated to provide those deliverables specifically included in a written agreement between Ixia and the customer.
Streaming Video Video Delivery Internet Video Streaming Interact with media streamers and content cache systems Support for WMV, Quicktime, Realone media streams Proxy support Redirection Aggregate media control Media: RTP/UDP and TCP Test server/cache performance Measure throughput, loss, jitter characteristics Performance and key metrics Throughput, # of users, Streams active, successful/failed PLAY, PAUSE latency Latency and jitter distributions Packet loss and packet size dist Transaction statistics features and functionality. Ixia is only obligated to provide those deliverables specifically included in a written agreement between Ixia and the customer. 30
Streaming Video Video Delivery Flash Player Interact with Flash Media Server and content proxy Support for RTMP, RTMPT On-demand and Live support Redirection Licensed Flash technology from Adobe Test server/cache performance Performance and key metrics Throughput, # of users, Streams active, successful/failed Audio, video and data bandwidth Type of packet information Error code reporting Transaction statistics features and functionality. Ixia is only obligated to provide those deliverables specifically included in a written agreement between Ixia and the customer. 31
Streaming Video Video Delivery Silverlight Player Emulation Interact with Silverlight Server and content proxy On-demand and Live support Support for Smooth Streaming with adaptive bit-rate shifting Proxy support Test server/cache performance Measure throughput, loss, jitter characteristics Performance and key metrics Throughput, # of users, Streams active, successful/failed Type of packet information Transaction statistics features and functionality. Ixia is only obligated to provide those deliverables specifically included in a written agreement between Ixia and the customer. 32
Streaming Video Video Delivery Apple HLS Client Interact with HTTP servers that host segmented media content On-demand and Live support Support for adaptive bit-rate shift Proxy support Test server/cache performance Measure throughput, loss, jitter characteristics Performance and key metrics Throughput, # of users, Streams active, successful/failed Audio, video and data bandwidth Transaction statistics features and functionality. Ixia is only obligated to provide those deliverables specifically included in a written agreement between Ixia and the customer. 33
Streaming Video Video Delivery Large scale RTP Leverage Ixia s custom NP Generate millions of stateful RTSP and RTP flows Line rate 10Gbps with small packets Test performance of firewall and mobile media gateways Measure throughput, loss, jitter characteristics Performance and key metrics Throughput, # of users, Streams active, successful/failed Packets per second features and functionality. Ixia is only obligated to provide those deliverables specifically included in a written agreement between Ixia and the customer. 34
Summary Summary of video delivery testing Video Delivery IPTV testing Subscriber behavior emulation using IGMP, RTSP to access video content Linear TV (LTV) - superior user profiling and channel selection Video on Demand (VoD) scalable client/server allows testing of external VoD server systems Internet Video testing Flexible and highly configurable RTSP client Support for WMV, Quicktime, Realone media streams Proxy and redirection support Key Performance Measurements Control and data plane statistics Loss, jitter and packet size distribution Per flow/session statistics Perceptual quality of user experience (QoE) using MDI and MOS_V features and functionality. Ixia is only obligated to provide those deliverables specifically included in a written agreement between Ixia and the customer. 35
Voice over IP testing Two solutions Voice Delivery Basic VoIP traffic for testing networks and network elements - SIP: User Agent Client, User Agent Server - MGCP: Media Gateway, Media Gateway Controller - Media: RTP Audio & Video Advanced VoIP - Features, Functional and Performance testing of VoIP aware devices and networks - SIP: - User Agents, Cloud simulation (Registrar and Proxy servers) - UDP, TCP, TLS - Cisco SCCP/Skinny: Endpoints - Media: RTP Audio, RTCP, SRTP features and functionality. Ixia is only obligated to provide those deliverables specifically included in a written agreement between Ixia and the customer. 36
Basic VoIP traffic Voice Delivery Voice Over IP Generate high volume of VoIP calls as part of Triple play services State-full call flows SIP over UDP or TCP MGCP Audio streams: G.711, G.723, G.726, G.729A, AMR, ilbc Play pre-recorded wave files Path confirmation using synthetic data and DTMF Synthetic Video Emulate jitter buffers MOS for all streams features and functionality. Ixia is only obligated to provide those deliverables specifically included in a written agreement between Ixia and the customer. 37
Advanced Voice Testing IxLoad Advanced VoIP is a perfect solution for the complex problem of testing VoIP devices and networks Voice Delivery Provides functional/feature testing and stress testing in one platform using the same test cases: one tool for all phases Allows full access to the state machine and the message contents allowing full testing flexibility: one tool for all test cases Combines VoIP testing with data and video testing for a complete, one-box solution: one tool for whole converged network features and functionality. Ixia is only obligated to provide those deliverables specifically included in a written agreement between Ixia and the customer. 38
Advanced Voice Testing Emulate User Agents generating real world SIP and RTP traffic Emulate SIP Clouds (SIP Servers and User Agents behind them) Emuate Skinny (Cisco SCCP) Phones Voice Delivery Signaling (SIP, SCCP) and RTP/RTCP functionality test capabilities under load conditions Measure User Experience Combine VoIP with data and video features and functionality. Ixia is only obligated to provide those deliverables specifically included in a written agreement between Ixia and the customer. 39
Advanced Voice Testing Drag and drop architecture for instant creation of call flows with predefined visual blocks Voice Delivery Customized Call Flows to address interoperability issues Specific test cases Adapt to changing environments Adapt to various options supported by devices features and functionality. Ixia is only obligated to provide those deliverables specifically included in a written agreement between Ixia and the customer. 40
Advanced Voice Testing User has full control over the message and contents Automatic behavior to save test case development time Voice Delivery Easy to add custom messages and custom headers User can override the automatic behavior Simulate valid and invalid behaviors. Generate SIP traffic outside the protocol requirements Flexible data extraction and insertion Same test cases are re-used for functional and stress testing features and functionality. Ixia is only obligated to provide those deliverables specifically included in a written agreement between Ixia and the customer. 41
Advanced Voice Testing Audio Codecs: G.711, G.723, G.726, G.729A&B, AMR, ilbc Multiple, user selectable, packet sizes RFC 2833 Tones / Events support Voice Delivery Automatic SDP containing multiple codecs, in preference order or user defined SDP Configurable RTP port# Control of TOS/DSCP Full Duplex audio Dynamic sequences of DTMF / Tones features and functionality. Ixia is only obligated to provide those deliverables specifically included in a written agreement between Ixia and the customer. 42
Voice Quality Media analysis and playback Media Quality Evaluation R-Factor, MOS Scoring Jitter, one-way-delay, transport statistics Voice Delivery features and functionality. Ixia is only obligated to provide those deliverables specifically included in a written agreement between Ixia and the customer. 43
Summary Summary of voice delivery testing Voice Delivery Triple play SIP Basic UA emulation for multi-play services testing Realistic call scenarios and very easy to use Advanced SIP Function and feature testing Interoperability and Conformance Complete flexibility and Control of protocol behavior Key Performance Measurements Control and data plane statistics Per flow/session statistics Quality of call using MOS, R-factor features and functionality. Ixia is only obligated to provide those deliverables specifically included in a written agreement between Ixia and the customer. 44
Market Trends Consumer Trends Multiplay Delivery Consumers are more savvy, and want the ability interact online to be part of the social circle at all times Xbox 360, Playstation3, and Wii are games consoles; but all have Internet for gaming, browsing and specialized content DVR, PVR are all too common people can watch their TV shows whenever they want, not at regularly scheduled times anymore Video on demand is taken for granted today people fast forward through commercials, pause or replay Live TV at will Consumers like more specialized, local and ethnic channels Access to broadband content, photos, videos on their TV to socialize and share with the world outside their walls features and functionality. Ixia is only obligated to provide those deliverables specifically included in a written agreement between Ixia and the customer.
Market Trends Multiplay Delivery Business Trends Service providers clearly see consumers desire to stay connected Service providers are looking for new revenue streams - they need coin-slots to encourage impulse As a result, DSL/BB adoption is up significantly and SP are building NGN Service providers started with triple-play and Now the lines are blurring between traditional web, TV and mobile worlds where content and interactivity is available to anyone, anywhere features and functionality. Ixia is only obligated to provide those deliverables specifically included in a written agreement between Ixia and the customer.
Market Trends Multiplay Delivery QoE is the key focus, not just QoS Delivering Internet was simple Delivering voice as harder Delivering video is an entirely different matter Delivering all the services at once, while ensuring different service level expectations, is proving to be a pain point for service providers Knowing the real user experience requires having sophisticated subscriber modeling that goes beyond testing for protocols features and functionality. Ixia is only obligated to provide those deliverables specifically included in a written agreement between Ixia and the customer.
Testing Challenges Multiplay Delivery Emulate realistic subscriber behavior Pre-deployment testing using real-world application traffic mix Control over the behavior of the applications for the users, or traffic profiling Model a city-scale of subscribers The network must scale to meet new user demand Clearly determine QoE at large-scales Know the user experience Measure QoE per subscriber Model service-level and user-level QoE features and functionality. Ixia is only obligated to provide those deliverables specifically included in a written agreement between Ixia and the customer.
Testing Requirements Multiplay Delivery True application behavior User realism using stateful application traffic mix Realistic subscriber modeling Ability to create multiple application mix per subscriber Network and traffic modeling Create traffic profile over time to model production networks Measure key performance metrics Provide expert insight into network and application layer metrics Measure QoE Offer industry standard QoE metrics to measure impact of network on different applications Scalability Scale to millions of subscribers to determine thresholds features and functionality. Ixia is only obligated to provide those deliverables specifically included in a written agreement between Ixia and the customer.
Realistic Subscriber Modeling Ability to support multiple applications per subscriber Multi-protocol command editor with synchronized flow-control Multiplay Delivery features and functionality. Ixia is only obligated to provide those deliverables specifically included in a written agreement between Ixia and the customer.
Realistic Subscriber Modeling - Granular Control Control of what applications subscribers use and how it behaves Multiplay Delivery Control of upstream/downstream bandwidth per-subscriber features and functionality. Ixia is only obligated to provide those deliverables specifically included in a written agreement between Ixia and the customer. 51
Realistic Traffic Modeling Create traffic profile with multiple protocols per-user, per-port Model traffic usage for a day or week on a per-protocol using advanced timelines feature Multiplay Delivery Set mixed test Objectives like Throughput, Users, Concurrent connections, connection/rate on a per-protocol basis features and functionality. Ixia is only obligated to provide those deliverables specifically included in a written agreement between Ixia and the customer.
Realistic Network Modeling Configure how users connect to the network (i.e. IP, DHCP, PPP/L2TP, IPSEC, VLAN, 802.1P, DSCP/TOS) Multiplay Delivery Users can connect and disconnect from the network dynamically using the dynamic control plane feature features and functionality. Ixia is only obligated to provide those deliverables specifically included in a written agreement between Ixia and the customer.
Quality of Experience Multi-service per-flow/subscriber QoE Analyze the impact of services per User, IP or per VLAN Set filters on statistics based by specifying conditions in order to isolate errors and failures Multiplay Delivery features and functionality. Ixia is only obligated to provide those deliverables specifically included in a written agreement between Ixia and the customer.
Summary Summary of multi-play delivery testing Multiplay Delivery Realistic Subscriber emulation Basic UA emulation for multi-play services testing Realistic call scenarios and very easy to use Advanced Traffic Profiling Function and feature testing Interoperability and Conformance Complete flexibility and Control of protocol behavior Scalability and High performance test system Create city-scale scenarios with complex user traffic mix Key Performance Measurements Per flow/session statistics Quality of call using MOS, R-factor features and functionality. Ixia is only obligated to provide those deliverables specifically included in a written agreement between Ixia and the customer. 55
Test Objectives Application Features IxLoad supports several test objectives (goal) including Throughput Simulated Users Concurrent (TCP) connections Connections per second Transactions/Queries per second Several Voice over IP specific Busy Hour Call Attempts (BHCA) Calls/second Test Objectives can be mixed in a test to allow create realistic and complex traffic profile for stress testing features and functionality. Ixia is only obligated to provide those deliverables specifically included in a written agreement between Ixia and the customer. 56
Advanced network management Stack Manager Advanced multi network protocol support in a L7 test tool Application Features Granular control of protocol behavior including protocol timers, timeout conditions, retries, max rates PPP, L2TP protocols support client and server roles DHCP server is supported Full DNS and HOSTS based named resolution can be used in tests Control over Grat ARP, incoming ARP processing features and functionality. Ixia is only obligated to provide those deliverables specifically included in a written agreement between Ixia and the customer. 57
Integrated L2/L3 authentication Application Features Performance testing of access concentrators and security devices with L7 application traffic mix 802.1x Authentication protocols MD5, TLS, TTLS (MSHCAPv2) PEAPv0, PEAPv1, PEAPv1 + NAC (MSCHAPv2), FAST, FAST + NAC (MSCHAPv2, GTC) NAC support 802.1x optionally supports NAC (discussed next) EAP Authentication protocols PEAPv1 + NAC FAST + NAC NAC-L2-IP (switch port) - Discovery of a new host is done by DHCP snooping or by ARP inspection. IxLoad implements DHCP, ARP, and Gratuitous ARP triggers NAC-L3-IP (router port) - The host sends a packet used to trigger the NAC process. IxLoad implements ICMP triggers features and functionality. Ixia is only obligated to provide those deliverables specifically included in a written agreement between Ixia and the customer.
NAC Support NAC for 802.1x and EAPoUDP NAC with 802.1x is applicable for L2 authentication NAC with EAPoUDP is application for L3 (or VPN) authentication Application Features features and functionality. Ixia is only obligated to provide those deliverables specifically included in a written agreement between Ixia and the customer.
NAC Support Application Features Posture conditions can be tested for endpoint security Healthy The endpoint device complies with the required credentials. Checkup The endpoint device is within the policy but does not have the latest security software; update recommended Quarantined The endpoint device is out of policy and is to be remediated Infected The endpoint device is an active threat; access denied features and functionality. Ixia is only obligated to provide those deliverables specifically included in a written agreement between Ixia and the customer.
Integrated Web authentication Application Features Web Authentication Support for HTML based page authentication Success, Login, Fail, timeout details are configured here Stackable with other L2/L3 authentication schemes (802.1x/EAPoUDP) features and functionality. Ixia is only obligated to provide those deliverables specifically included in a written agreement between Ixia and the customer.
Impairment Emulation Application Features Built-in impairment Multiple profiles Loss Duplication Latency and jitter insertion Reordering Fragmentation Filtering to selectively impair certain application flows IP Source/Dest UDP/TCP port TOS/DSCP features and functionality. Ixia is only obligated to provide those deliverables specifically included in a written agreement between Ixia and the customer. 62
QoE Detective Application Features QoE Detective Conditional statistics Users can create filters to selectively pick good or bad statistics Statistics are aggregated on a per user, per-vlan or per Subscriber basis Statistics Drill down Dynamic capability in Statistics viewer can be used to get granular statistic for any view, such as throughput, Users, TCP failures, Application latencies, on a Per port, per Activity, and per-session basis Network Diagnostics Network-level statistics provide real-time resolutions of IP addresses, tunnel statistics and errors, globally and on a per-session basis IP Assignments Real-time update of IP information per-port, including gateway, VLAN and other relevant interface information Complete network results can be exported and saved features and functionality. Ixia is only obligated to provide those deliverables specifically included in a written agreement between Ixia and the customer.
Network Diagnostics Network Overview statistics view provides an overall summary of the dynamic network interfaces Application Features Network Group statistics view provides detailed statistics for each network protocol plug-in configured Extensive network interfaces support DHCPv4/v6, PPPoE, L2TP 802.1x, WebAuth, NAC features and functionality. Ixia is only obligated to provide those deliverables specifically included in a written agreement between Ixia and the customer.
IP Assignments IP Assignments view Shows the mapping between physical ports and assigned addresses static interface & resolved dynamic interfaces Application Features features and functionality. Ixia is only obligated to provide those deliverables specifically included in a written agreement between Ixia and the customer.
Dynamic Interface Behavior Application Features Dynamic Interface Behavior It adds a new level of realism to how subscribers are emulated Consists of two key features Dynamic control plane (DCP) Network failure threshold (NFT) DCP Features Users are dynamic in terms of how they connect to the network and what applications are used over the network Users can be configured to connect and disconnect from the network dynamically, where traffic and network interface (i.e. DHCP resolved interface) can be configured and un-configured simultaneously features and functionality. Ixia is only obligated to provide those deliverables specifically included in a written agreement between Ixia and the customer. 66
Network Failure Threshold Application Features Network Failure Threshold Allows IxLoad to run tests even if some interfaces fail during initial ramp-up or during run-time if the failure threshold is not exceeded Device or test mis-configurations do not prevent tests from running Simulated Users features and functionality. Ixia is only obligated to provide those deliverables specifically included in a written agreement between Ixia and the customer.
Traffic Mapping Application Features Protocol to Network Mapping Granular mapping of protocols to run in network ranges Different protocols may run on specific network ranges n a network range Source to Destination Mapping Allow pairing of traffic sources with destinations using IP or VLAN address groups features and functionality. Ixia is only obligated to provide those deliverables specifically included in a written agreement between Ixia and the customer. 68
Test and Network Wizards Application Features Network and Traffic configuration wizards Quickly and easily create test configurations Save wizard configurations Network Wizards IP, DHCP, DHCP-PD IPSec PPPoX, L2TP Traffic Wizards HTTP server FTP server Triple play Multicast channel change MS TV features and functionality. Ixia is only obligated to provide those deliverables specifically included in a written agreement between Ixia and the customer.
Performance Statistics Application Features Power Statistics Viewer Control plane, data plane performance metrics show issues in real-time (e.g. loss, latency, TCP, app-layer measurements) Create dynamic time/non-time series views, create custom statistics, perform rate, summation operations and save everything features and functionality. Ixia is only obligated to provide those deliverables specifically included in a written agreement between Ixia and the customer.
Analysis Application Features Capture packets on the client and server ports Typically used for troubleshooting initial setup Deep analysis of the packet capture Provides ladder diagrams, packet decodes, active hosts, etc. Media content extraction and playback Built-in video player (VLC) allows real-time playback of video streams The audio media stream for voice calls can be played back and saved features and functionality. Ixia is only obligated to provide those deliverables specifically included in a written agreement between Ixia and the customer. 71
Reporting Application Features Save results in graphical Data Miner, CSV formatted files, for all statistics and custom views Collect statistics from SNMP enabled devices Monitor status while running a test Manage SNMP MIB databases and variables Define devices and associate them with the SNMP stats features and functionality. Ixia is only obligated to provide those deliverables specifically included in a written agreement between Ixia and the customer. 72
Automation Out of box Automation Automate IxLoad using its fullfeatured TCL API Application Features Leverage existing sample TCL scripts to get started One-click automation with ScriptGen Create complete TCL scripts from the GUI features and functionality. Ixia is only obligated to provide those deliverables specifically included in a written agreement between Ixia and the customer. 73
Automation Made Easy Traditional Test Automation Test Conductor Application Features features and functionality. Ixia is only obligated to provide those deliverables specifically included in a written agreement between Ixia and the customer.
Test Conductor Test Cycle Automation End-to-end test automation Multi-vendor support Any test gear, application or platform Ease to use Fits with engineers skill sets Team collaboration Scalable Volume & velocity of tests Complexity of tests Size of lab Size of team features and functionality. Ixia is only obligated to provide those deliverables specifically included in a written agreement between Ixia and the customer.
Summary
IxLoad - Summary The ONLY converged test solution Data (Web, File Transfer, Email, Peer-peer) Video (IPTV, Video on Demand, Streaming) VoIP Extreme Productivity Easy to use test Interface Powerful reporting real-time and post-test Quick ramp up True Subscriber modeling Extensive depth and flexibility User bandwidth control and impairment Customizable Linux-based TCP stack Ultra high performance Line rate performance at 1G or 10G rates features and functionality. Ixia is only obligated to provide those deliverables specifically included in a written agreement between Ixia and the customer. 77
Specifications Protocols Data HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, Telnet, SMTP, POP3, IMAP, DDOS, DHCP, DNS, LDAP, RADIUS, TFTP, Application Replay VOIP SIP, MGCP, RTP Video IPTV, VoD, IGMP, RTSP, RTP, MPEG2-TS, MPEG4, H.264, VC1/WM9 Peer-Peer Bittorrent, edonkey DHCP server Network Topologies PPP, IPSec, DHCP (flexible option sets) VLAN support (802.1Q, QinQ, 802.1p) DSCP/TOS per protocol Statistics Customizable real-time reporting Test summary reports Network and QoE metrics such as throughput, latency, MOS, MDI and TVQM per subscriber Analysis Real-time packet capture and analysis Protocol and conversation ladder diagrams Built-in audio and video playback Automation Complete TCL support Test Conductor features and functionality. Ixia is only obligated to provide those deliverables specifically included in a written agreement between Ixia and the customer. 78
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