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Table of Contents
Ixia Solutions............................................................................................................................. 2
Broadband Access and Services Testing.............................................................................. 3
Router and Switch Testing...................................................................................................... 4
Carrier Ethernet Testing.......................................................................................................... 6
IPv6 Testing............................................................................................................................... 8
MPLS Testing........................................................................................................................... 10
Voice Testing.............................................................................................................................11
Multiplay Network Testing..................................................................................................... 13
Security Testing...................................................................................................................... 15
Wireless Network Testing.......................................................................................................17
Production Network Visibility............................................................................................... 19
Wi-Fi Testing............................................................................................................................ 21
Protocol Conformance Testing.............................................................................................24
IP Network Assessment........................................................................................................26
Data Center/Cloud Testing.....................................................................................................28
Ixia Products............................................................................................................................30
Ixia Test Automation............................................................................................................... 31
Ixia Test Platforms..................................................................................................................32
IxN2X Platforms......................................................................................................................34
IxVeriwave Platforms.............................................................................................................36
Ixia Anue Network Visibility Platforms................................................................................38
Ixia Anue Test and Measurement Platforms.......................................................................40
Ixia Breakingpoint Application and Threat Intelligence (ATI)........................................... 41
Ixia BreakingPoint Security Platforms................................................................................42
Ixia Global Support..................................................................................................................44
Ixia Professional Services.....................................................................................................45
Ixia develops amazing products so its customers can connect the world. Ixia provides the industry’s most comprehensive
converged IP network test, assessment, and monitoring solutions. Enterprises, equipment manufacturers, service providers,
and government agencies use Ixia’s solutions to design, verify, and monitor a broad range of wired, Wi-Fi, and 3G/LTE
Ixia’s solutions emulate realistic media-rich traffic and network conditions so that customers can optimize and validate the
Ixia helps its customers provide an always-on user experience through fast, secure delivery of dynamic connected technologies
and services. Through actionable insights that accelerate and secure application and service delivery, Ixia’s customers benefit
Mobile phones, home routers, enterprise switches, and • Major network equipment manufacturers (NEMs) and
Internet core routers are a vital part of everyday life. The telecommunications equipment manufacturers (TEMs)
reliability, performance, and security of devices, networks, that use Ixia solutions to get to market faster with
and the Internet as a whole depend on exhaustive testing more reliable products, compete more effectively with
at multiple stages in the product life cycle. This starts with validated performance specifications, and sell into
design, prototyping, integration, and manufacturing, and more organizations with tested product interoperability
ends with deployment and live-network maintenance.
• Most service providers that use Ixia solutions to
Through all of these stages, Ixia’s test, assessment, and develop network designs, evaluate new components,
visibility solutions help people design, validate, and monitor verify new technologies, and validate pre-deployment
just about any data communications equipment, proocol, to ensure compatibility, guarantee service quality and
technology, or standard. performance, and reduce CAPEX. By monitoring and
troubleshooting live networks, Ixia solutions validate
Founded in 1997, Ixia is an international, public company with network reliability and increase customer satisfaction
more than 1,200 employees. Operating in worldwide, Ixia’s – efforts that reduce customer churn
customers include:
• Data center operators and network engineers that
• Enterprises and government agencies that use Ixia use Ixia’s visibility solutions can tackle the challenge
solutions to implement and verify network security, of monitoring and testing high-performance, complex
measure true network performance, and bring reliable networks with limited-visibility access points. By
services online faster, while provisioning data centers aggregating data from multiple network access points,
and internal networks without wasteful overcapacity. Ixia’s visibility products deliver critical network traffic to
essential monitoring tools and as a result, give network
operators a competitive business advantage over networks
without these capabilities.
As you continue to browse this document, you’ll see specific scenarios that describe testing, security, and visibility
challenges and how Ixia can help you overcome them. We have built our business by helping our customers solve very
specific problems, while at the same time enabling a flexible chassis/load module/application approach that can cost-
effectively evolve with their needs. We know that your success drives our success. Join our ever-growing customer base of
successful service providers, NEMs/TEMs, enterprises, government agencies, data center operators, and cloud providers.
• Packet loss
• Data integrity
• Sequence checking
• Packet capture
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Broadband Access and Services Testing
Encoder
VoD
Core Edge/Access BNG/B-RAS Aggregation Access Node Residential
Server Content
Router Router (L2) Switch (DSLAM or Gateway
Router PON OLT)
System
Internet
Internet
Scenario
“Broadband” describes high-speed Internet access for • Can my network support IPv4/IPv6 subscribers and
end customers, via wireless, cable, or DSL. Broadband services, while maintaining SLAs?
requires numerous protocols and devices to work together
seamlessly to provide reliable customer Internet access, Ixia is a market leader for broadband testing solutions.
especially when rolling out new services that consume Network equipment manufacturers and service providers
larger and larger amounts of bandwidth. Without sufficient meet the challenges of broadband deployment and
testing of broadband network protocols, equipment, and maintenance using Ixia’s award-winning solutions that
network topologies, business will suffer due to unreliable ensure performance, conformance, and scalability.
customer access.
Suggested Applications and Platforms
Testing services over broadband access is a critical IxExplorer Line-rate packet generation and capture
factor in providing excellent quality of experience (QoE) with full control of traffic contents.
to end-users, whether they are enterprises, providers, or
IxNetwork and Full layer 2/3 testing with optional wire-
individual customers. Coupled with this, the impending IxN2X™ rate traffic generation and protocols:
switchover to IPv6 to accommodate the loss of IPv4 • PPPv4/v6/Dual-Stack PPP (PPPoE,
address space requires that networks run both IPv4 and PPPoEoA, PPPoA), L2TPv2, ANCP,
IPv6 seamlessly in order to mitigate the transition risks. DHCPv4/v6, DS Lite, 6rd, IGMP/MLD,
*802.1x, *Cisco and HP Web-Auth,
*Cisco NAC
Ixia Solutions *only supported on IxNetwork
IxAutomate Pre-built benchmark tests for PPP
Ixia specializes in testing network components and
topologies, helping to ensure broadband reliability. Ixia’s IxANVL Protocol conformation testing with:
platform emulates network protocols and simulates • PPP, L2TP, DHCPv4/v6, 802.1x
network devices to help answer critical questions, such as:
IxLoad L4-7 services testing over broadband
access
• Does my broadband implementation conform to
XG12 Chassis 12-slot high-performance chassis, with
industry standards? optional load modules:
• Xcellon-Flex – 16-port 10GE SFP+,
• Does my ANCP implementation allow full monitoring of up to 128 ports per chassis
my network topology and state? • LSM1000XMVDC – 16-port 1GE Dual-
Phy, up to 192 ports per chassis
• Can my BRAS, LAC, or LNS scale and still meet QoS IxN2X 4-slot high-performance chassis with
objectives? Hardware optional load modules for SONET/SDH,
POS, ATM, Ethernet, and Frame Relay
• Can I test and verify service-level agreements (SLAs)? Ixia Control global threat intelligence at
BreakingPoint Internet-scale to create massive, high
fidelity simulation and testing conditions
• Is my network able to handle subscriber session for battle-testing infrastructures,
flapping? devices, applications, and people.
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Router and Switch Testing
As multiple, special-purpose networks converge to a single • Model millions of services with deterministic traffic
network carrying voice, video, data, and wireless traffic, it profiles
is critical that device manufacturers verify the scalability,
stability, and performance of their switches and routers. • Define different rate-controllable traffic profiles on a
per-service basis
Service providers must carry multiplay services on a
single IP network in order to offer increasingly popular • Validate SLAs through dynamic modification of traffic
applications such as YouTube, Facebook, and peer-to- profiles
peer exchange. The demand for larger capacity and more
services increases the complexity and scale of modern • Produce service- and subscriber-level statistics
networks and devices. Providers must validate service
differentiation based on configured quality of service (QoS) Full simulation of authenticated, large-scale broadband
policies and SLAs, as well as determine the service impact network communities is supported with web-based, 802.1x,
on existing network structures from new applications. network access control (NAC), and other authentication
mechanisms. Encapsulations, including PPP, L2TP, and
Within the data center, local area network (LAN) and IPsec are likewise available for exercising broadband
storage area network (SAN) traffic have traditionally used access concentrators.
separate Ethernet and fibre channel networks. Cost-
effective 10GE networks have provided the economic Use IxNetwork and IxN2X GUIs to easily configure complex
incentive to combine these networks using a new layer 2/3 VPN topology simulations. Tests scale to stress
generation of data center bridging (DCB) components, the performance of the most powerful border gateway
including fibre channel over Ethernet (FCoE) switches and protocol (BGP)- and multiprotocol label switching (MPLS)-
SANs. capable routers. Each central processing unit (CPU)-
equipped test port advertises hundreds of label distribution
Ixia Solutions protocol (LDP) sessions and thousands of forwarding
equivalence classes (FECs), as well as hundreds of VPN
Ixia’s solutions comprehensively test the interoperabil- sessions and thousands of VPN routes. Wire-speed traffic
ity, performance, and scale of networking devices. Ixia’s can be generated over the VPN topology to simultaneously
IxNetwork and IxN2X test applications offer the industry’s test data and control planes.
most comprehensive test solution for functional and per-
formance testing by emulating routing, switching, MPLS, IP
multicast, broadband, and authentication protocols.
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Router and Switch Testing
VPN1 VPN5
Multiple
sub-interfaces Simulated
Service Provider Network
Site 1 Site 2
(OSPF or IS-IS)
CE
CE
VPN2 PE
VPN5
Site 1
CE Site 2
CE
VPN3
Simulated
Test port Customer Edge
Site 1 Test port Routers
CE
LSP Tunnel
VPN4 P P
PE
LSP Tunnel
Site 1
CE
Unicast Traffic P
VPN5
Site 1 CE PE PE
VPN1
VPN3
VPN6 Site 2
Site 2
CE CE Simulated CE
Site 1 Simulated Customer Edge
Adjacent Routers
Customer Edge VPN2 VPN4
Routers
Site 2 Site 2
CE CE
Routing and Switching Protocol Emulation Ixia test applications are perfect for both interactive
test development and automated execution. Easy-to-use
Technology Protocols
graphical user interfaces (GUIs) and wizards help you
Routing RIP, RIPng, OSPFv2/v3, ISISv4/v6, create complex emulations and traffic. Aggregated, per-
EIGRP, EIGRPv6, BGP4+, BGP+ user, per-VLAN, and per-VPN statistics quickly identify any
MPLS RSVP-TE, RSVP-TE P2MP, LDP, failure or diminished service. The event scheduler provides
PWE, L3 MPLS VPN, 6PE, GMPLS, powerful GUI-based automation, and its ScriptGen tool
MPLS-OAM offers an easy, one-click GUI-to-script automation solution.
VPLS VPLS-LDP, VPLS-BGP A number of integrated tests provide standards-based test
High availability BFD methodologies. Both IxNetwork and IxN2X supply full-
featured APIs for automated testing.
IP multicast IGMPv1/v2/v3, MLDv1/v2, PIM-SM/
SSM, PIM-BSR, Multicast VPN,
VPNv6, MSDP
Suggested Applications and Platforms
Switching STP/RSTP/MSTP, PVST+, RPVST+,
Link Aggregation (LACP) IxNetwork Full layer 2/3 switch and router testing,
and IxN2X with optional protocols:
Broadband ANCP, PPPoX, DHCPv4/v6, client/ • Routing protocols
server, L2TPv2, RADIUS Attributes • Broadband testing
for L2TP • Application traffic over routes
Authentication 802.1x, WebAuth, Cisco NAC XG12 Chassis 12-slot high-performance chassis, with
Traffic Ethernet, IPv4, IPv6, VLAN, MPLS optional load modules:
multi-label, L2/L3 MPLS, VPN, VPLS, • Xcellon-Flex AP – 16-port 10GE SFP+
6VPE, Multicast, Multicast VPN and 4-port 40GE QSFP+
• Xcellon-Flex – 16-port 10GE SFP+
• Xcellon-Flex FE – 4-port 40GE
QSFP+
• LSM1000XMVDC – 16-port 1GE Dual-
Phy
IxN2X 4-slot high-performance chassis with
Hardware optional load modules for SONET/SDH,
POS, ATM, Ethernet, and frame relay
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Carrier Ethernet Testing
OAM OAM
E Line Service
Residential Access
E LAN Service
Business Access
Metro Core Metro
Network Network Network
Carrier Ethernet services are growing rapidly, driven by Ixia’s MEF conformance tests verify both Carrier Ethernet
next-generation VPN services and mobile backhaul. A conformance requirements and network performance.
suite of protocols is required to achieve carrier-grade IxANVL has a widest coverage of Carrier Ethernet and MEF
scale, reliability, and management. Carrier Ethernet conformance in the industry. Ixia emulation functionality
requires the use of Ethernet at the user-to-network tests common Carrier Ethernet routing protocols, including
interface (UNI) and can be delivered via a variety of metro MPLS, layer 2 switching, and PBB-TE.
and core technologies, including an Internet protocol (IP)/
MPLS core. Ixia’s solutions include support for IEEE 802.3ah, IEEE
802.1ag, and ITU-T Y.1731.
The Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) has defined technical
specifications to advance the development and deployment
of Carrier Ethernet services. Use Protocol
Routing MPLS, VPLS, BFD (bidirectional
• MEF 9 outlines conformance-oriented service testing forwarding detection)
and is the basis for performance tests
Switching QinQ (802.1ad), PBB-TE (802.1Qay)
PBB/MAC-in-MAC (802.1ah)
• MEF 14 defines testing of performance service RSTP/MSTP, LACP, MVRP/MMRP
attributes, including QoS functional requirements VLAN (802.1Q)
Management Ethernet OAM (802.3ah)
• MEF 21, 24, and 25 constitute a test suite for UNI type Service OAM (ITU-T Y.1731)
2, including link OAM, E-LMI, service OAM, protection, E-LMI (MEF 16)
enhanced UNI attributes and L2CP handling
Timing 1588v2 (IEEE)
The MEF specifications allow carriers to deliver services Synchronous Ethernet (ITU-T)
CES (MEF18)
using any underlying technologies. The table lists the
protocols used for routing, switching, and network
management.
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Carrier Ethernet Testing
7
IPv6 Testing
IPv6 Tunnel
IPv6 CE CE IPv4/IPv6
Network Network
IPv6/IPv4 Tunnel
IPv6 IPv4/IPv6
Network CE CE Network
PE PE
P P
IPv6/GRE Tunnel
P P
CE
PE PE IPv4/IPv6
IPv4/IPv6 Broadband
CE Access
Wireless Access
IP/MPLS Core
Wireless
Broadband
IPv4/IPv6
Broadband
IPv4/IPv6 CE CE Access
Wireless Access
8
IPv6 Testing
9
MPLS Testing
Cell Site
Edge Router
Gateway
BNG
Edge Ethernet BRAS
Home Router Aggregation Core Router
Mobile Backhaul
Gateway Switch
DSLAM
MSAN
Edge Core Content Servers
Broadband Access Router
Aggregation
CPE
CPE
Business Access
MPLS
Success and familiarity with MPLS in the core is driving • Does MPLS traffic engineering provide sub-50ms
service providers to deploy it into non-core network recovery?
services such as access, aggregation, and backhaul
networks supporting broadband, business, and mobility Suggested Applications and Platforms
services. NEMs are responding by implementing new IxNetwork Full layer 2/3 switch and router testing,
MPLS features into their core network products; as well and IxN2X with integrated traffic generation and
as adding MPLS features to existing non-core network optional protocols and features, including:
devices, such as digital subscriber line access multiplexers • Routing and switching protocols
(DSLAMs) and cell site gateways. • MPLS protocols
• MPLS-TP protocols and features
(supported on IxNetwork only)
Additionally, with MPLS-transport profile (MPLS-TP) • VPLS protocols
an industry standard is emerging to enable connection- • IP multicast protocols
oriented packet transport to meet the growing demand. • High availability
MPLS is under active development with new mechanisms • IPv4/IPv6 traffic generation
and applications emerging from the standards bodies, IxANVL Protocol conformance testing, with:
continually increasing its popularity. • RIP/NG, OSPFv2/v3, BGP4/4+,
ISISv4/v6, VRRP
• LDP, RSVP-TE, MPLS, PWE3, L2
As MPLS-based technologies and services continue to VPN, L3 VPN, VPLS, LSP-Ping, VCCV,
evolve, deploy, and increase in scale, the test challenges mLDP
become increasingly more complex. Ixia continues to
XG12 Chassis 12-slot high-performance chassis, with
provide the most comprehensive test capability for optional load modules:
validating the MPLS infrastructure and the services it • Xcellon-Flex AP – 16-port 10GE SFP+
supports. and 4-port 40GE QSFP+
• Xcellon-Flex FE – 4-port 40GE
Ixia Solutions QSFP+
• Xcellon-Flex – 16-port 10GE SFP+
• LSM1000XMVDC – 16-port 1GE Dual-
Ixia helps answer critical MPLS questions, such as: Phy
IxN2X 4-slot high-performance chassis with
• Can my device or network reliably deliver, Hardware optional load modules for SONET/SDH,
simultaneously, multiple MPLS-based VPN services - POS, ATM, Ethernet, and frame relay
L2, L3 (unicast, multicast)?
Network Anue Network Emulators precisely
Impairment emulate real-world network impairment
• Does my device maintain thousands of MPLS tunnels Emulation conditions in the lab, for the test and
and pseudowires with the required level of forwarding validation of your network-based
performance? products, applications, and services prior
to deployment.
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Voice Testing
Residential Application
Layer Call
Gateway Manager
MGCP
External Networks
Session
SIP
Border
Application
Media Controller
Servers
Gateway
Core Network
Business
Voice over IP (VoIP) is a major component of service The IxANVL SIP suite tests the conformance of devices to
providers’ consumer and business offerings. Modern session initiation protocol (SIP) protocols.
deployments now call for millions of simultaneous
VoIP endpoints. NEMs, carriers, service providers, and IxLoad VoIP is the perfect tool for functional, performance,
enterprises must create and deploy next-generation and stability testing of voice devices and networks prior to
hardware to handle growing VoIP demands, and need deployment.
testing options that can simulate large volumes of real-
world voice traffic. Ixia BreakingPoint offers very high capacity (tens of
thousands of concurrent users) VoIP calling capacity and
Although VoIP connections have a low bandwidth extensive configurability.
requirement, they are very sensitive to latency and jitter.
Care must be taken to enforce appropriate QoS policies Ixia supports video and data protocols in addition to VoIP –
for voice traffic, balanced with the QoS requirements making it perfect for testing a wide variety of components,
associated with video and data services. Authentication, including:
authorization, and accounting (AAA), IP multimedia
subsystem (IMS), and other support services are required • SIP proxies and registrars
to support VoIP call initiation and accounting.
• MGCP and H.248 media gateways and media gateway
controllers
• H.323 gatekeepers
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Voice Testing
IxLoad includes features essential for full VoIP Suggested Applications and Platforms
protocol testing: IxANVL Protocol conformance testing, with:
• SIP conformance suite
• Very large-scale operation – emulating more than 1
million subscribers per chassis IxLoad Full layer 4-7 testing, with options for:
• SIP, H.323, MGCP, H.248, SCCP
• RTP/RTCP/SRTP
• Realistic, complex call flows • Audio, video, fax, instant messaging
IxChariot Live network testing, with:
• Flexible test-case creation through state machine and • SIP call emulation
message content control
XG12 Chassis 12 slot high performance chassis, with
optional load modules:
• Broad audio CODEC support: G.711 A-Law, G.711 µ-Law, • Xcellon-Ultra™ NP – 12-port
G.729 A/B, G.726, G.723.1, and iLBC 1GE, with special RTP emulation
firmware
• Support for H.264 CODEC media: video-conferencing Ixia Harden and optimize IP contact centers
BreakingPoint by providing massive-scale, high-fidelity
• Full user authentication and registration parameters simulation and testing conditions
12
Multiplay Network Testing
13
Multiplay Network Testing
Device or
System Under Test
(DUT/SUT)
The Ixia BreakingPoint, IxNetwork, and IxN2X solutions Suggested Applications and Platforms
also compliment IxLoad’s functionality.
IxLoad Full layer 4-7 multiplay network testing,
with optional protocols:
IxLoad enables application performance testing using: • Data protocols
• Peer-to-peer protocols
• Realistic stateful emulation of application services • Stateful replay
• Voice over IP protocols
• Video protocols
• Application replay to record and replay stateful
transactions to test devices that handle emerging and IxNetwork and Full layer 2/3 switch and router testing,
proprietary protocols IxN2X with optional protocols:
• Routing protocols
• Integrated broadband access
• QoE detective for granular instant insight into per- protocol emulation with service
user, per-IP and per-VLAN issues traffic generation testing
• Application traffic over routes
IxNetwork provides wire-rate traffic generation with XG12 Chassis 12-slot high-performance chassis, with
service modeling that builds realistic, dynamically- optional load modules:
controllable data-plane traffic. IxNetwork offers the • Xcellon-Ultra NP – 12-port 1GE
that can be aggregated to a single
industry’s best test solution for functional and performance 10GE port for ultra-high bandwidth
testing by using comprehensive emulation for routing, stateful application traffic
switching, MPLS, IP multicast, broadband, authentication,
Xcellon Ultra • Xcellon-Ultra XT – very-high
Carrier Ethernet, and DCB protocols. XT/XTS performance application traffic to
80Gbps
The Ixia IxN2X multiservice test solution is designed to test • Xcellon-Ultra XTS – very-high
IP forwarding devices such as routers and switches that performance with IPsec encryption
deliver video, VoIP, data services and business VPNs. It is to 40Gbps
used in “out-of-service” lab environments to test network Ixia Control global threat intelligence at
components at real-world scale, prior to their deployment BreakingPoint Internet-scale to create massive, high
fidelity simulation and testing conditions
in live networks. for battle-testing infrastructures,
devices, applications, and people.
BreakingPoint offers robust CIFS and web application
Network Anue Network Emulators precisely
testing capabilities for WAN acceleration. Impairment emulate real-world network impairment
Emulation conditions in the lab, for the test and
validation of your network-based
products, applications, and services
prior to deployment.
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Security Testing
Target
Initiated Attack
Security
External
Internet
Network
In addition to user education, enterprises use a variety Many of these functions are now combined into a single
of network security devices to protect their sites and appliance, called a unified threat management (UTM)
services. These include: system, on a next-generation firewall.
• Firewalls – the first of the security devices. They serve Ixia Solutions
to filter access to a network based on IP addresses and
protocols. Modern advances in DPI now allow firewalls Ixia offers a complete network test and assessment
to filter based on internal protocols and contents. product that measures security:
• VPN gateways – used to provide secure access to • Effectiveness – the ability to detect and prevent all
remote employees and partners. These devices use forms of attacks.
IPsec encryption to protect traffic from trusted sites.
• Accuracy – the ability to accurately perform its
• Intrusion detection/prevention (IDS/IPS) systems function, without significant “false-positive” results.
– protection against hacking. These sophisticated
devices recognize a wide range of unusual network • Performance – the ability to enforce security
usage, looking for indications of misuse. mechanisms while maintaining acceptable network
performance. Security enforcement mechanisms must
continue to pass good” traffic even under the most
aggressive attacks.
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Navigant, Information Security & Data Breach Report, 2012
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Security Testing
Both IxLoad-Attack and the Ixia BreakingPoint Actionable In conjunction with Ixia’s hardware and other test
Threat Intelligence (ATI) service provide comprehensive applications, Ixia offers a complete test solution for
service and support program for optimizing and hardening network devices that provide functions other than security.
the resiliency of IT infrastructures, including product
updates, authentic application protocols, real-world Ixia’s IxLoad-IPsec is designed to measure the performance
security attacks, and responsive support responsive of VPN gateways that are used to connect organizations’
support: multiple sites and to connect remote users to corporate
networks. IPsec is likewise used in 3G and 4G networks
• Known vulnerabilities – 38K+ known security to protect communications between handsets and internal
vulnerabilities, organized by type are available. Attacks wireless gateways.
are updated frequently to stay current with hacker
activity. IxLoad-IPsec tests performance of VPN gateways of all
types in several ways:
• Attack evasions – attacks are frequently masked by
use of packet fragmentation and other sophisticated • Connections – how many site-to-site and user
techniques. Ixia applies evasions to known vulnerability connections can be concurrently supported
to increase effectiveness testing.
• Connection rate – how rapidly can new connections be
• Massive DDoS attacks – simulate distributed denial of established
service (DDoS) and Botnet attacks to measure cyber
infrastructure resiliency. Ixia uses Ixia test ports’ • Throughput – what is the maximum data rate that a
customized logic and scale to mount very large-scale gateway can sustain
DDoS attacks.
• Interoperability – can the gateway support the
• Encryption – IPsec encryption is used in two ways. numerous encryption and authentication protocols in
Encryption with “good” traffic serves to measure VPN use today
gateway throughput. Encryption with “attack” traffic
tests security effectiveness and accuracy for attacks Suggested Applications and Platforms
delivered over secure connections. IxLoad-Attack Full network security testing with plug-
ins for known vulnerability attacks and
• Multiplay traffic – sends real-world, stateful traffic to DDoS.
measure security appliance performance. This means that IxLoad-IPsec IPsec encryption for good and attack
the true, realistic performance, including QoE, of security traffic.
mechanisms can be measured – not just raw throughput. IxLoad A highly-scalable, integrated test
solution for assessing the performance
of multiplay networks and devices.
Feature Options IxLoad offers a wide variety of DDoS
attacks, used in conjunction with other
Known vulnerabilities • Tens of thousands of triple-play tests.
known vulnerabilities
• Over 180 simulated IxANVL The industry standard for automated
applications network/protocol validation. Developers
• Bi-directional application and manufacturers of networking
• Evasion techniques equipment and Internet devices rely on
IxANVL to validate protocol compliance
DDoS • 20+ attack types and interoperability.
• Virtually unlimited scale
IxNetwork Characterizes the performance and
Encryption • IPsec scalability of routers and switches.
• SSL/TLS IxNetwork includes the facilities for
Multiplay traffic • Data testing the authentication protocols
• Voice associated with 802.1x, PPP, and NAC.
• Video Ixia Control global threat intelligence at
• City-scale subscribers BreakingPoint Internet-scale to create massive, high
• QoE measurements fidelity simulation and testing conditions
for battle-testing infrastructures,
devices, applications, and people.
Network Anue Network Emulators precisely
Impairment emulate real-world network impairment
Emulation conditions in the lab, for the test and
validation of your network-based
products, applications, and services
prior to deployment.
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Wireless Network Testing
Long-term Evolution (LTE) is the fastest-growing • Debug problems occurring on the deployed network
mobile technology of all time. With subscriber numbers
and network traffic from smartphones and media-rich • Streamline change as new devices, firmware
applications exploding worldwide, evolving 4G deployments upgrades, and other changes are introduced
present mobile operators and infrastructure equipment
providers with complex new challenges as they transition Optimizing for the Long-Term
from 2G and 3G networks.
In deploying modern LTE access networks, optimizing the
Faced with rampant change, mobile service and equipment performance of evolved node B (eNodeB) base stations
providers must be fully confident in the performance, and “small cell” low-power access points proves essential.
scalability, security, mobility, and interoperability of their In the evolved packet core (EPC), operators now also
products and services. Most failures occur at high scale must cope with dramatic spikes in signaling traffic that
or under extreme conditions, and the risks of rolling can overwhelm infrastructures and increase the risk of
out devices, networks, and services without conducting network outages and billing errors.
comprehensive testing beforehand are tremendous.
Mobile network operators and infrastructure equipment
Vendors and network operators need an efficient means manufacturers will continue to invest hundreds of millions
of prototyping live networks in the lab on a metro/city each year to deliver and deploy scalable, resilient LTE
scale to validate performance under load. End-to-end, infrastructures. To ensure the success of new products
pre-deployment service validation should include closely and services, the ability to support and deliver converged
modeling the services the live network will carry using voice, data, and video services based on guaranteed quality
real application traffic and measuring the QoE users will must first be validated.
receive.
Ixia’s breakthrough wireless test solutions and deep
Proactively stressing networks and components in the wireless expertise help vendors and mobile operators to
lab prior to live deployment addresses today’s toughest develop and implement best practices for existing and
challenges: emerging wireless technologies in the most cost-effective
and efficient manner.
• Increased capacity requirements in both the access
(base stations) and core networks Ixia Solutions
• Improved performance requirements –throughput, Ixia provides the industry’s most comprehensive wireless
lower latency, etc.— for increasing video traffic and test portfolio, encompassing both deep functional testing
data-hungry applications and high-scale capacity and performance testing across
multiple technology generations. Equipment manufacturers
• Higher QoE expectations among customers – voice and mobile operators rely on Ixia’s solutions to fulfill their
quality and video quality entire wireless testing needs. Our industry-leading test
capabilities cover wireless access and wireless core,
• New business models and tiered rate plans that including the 3G packet core, 3G circuit switched core,
maximize revenue 3G radio access network, LTE access, LTE evolved packet
core, IMS, and SS7/PSTN interconnect.
• Security threats increasing in number and complexity
Ixia Device Emulations
With many networks involving equipment from multiple DUT Emulated Nodes
vendors, specific configurations and traffic mixes must eNode B UE, eNode B, MME, SGW
be modeled in order to benchmark scalability, avoid
bottlenecks, and ensure security. Lifecycle testing is MME HSS, eNode B, SGW, MME
required to: SGW MME, eNode B, PDN-GW
PDN-GW SGW, PCRF, SGW, IP Core
• Evaluate scalability and breaking points of individual
devices and configurations Network UE, IP Core
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Wireless Network Testing
Internet
LTE
3G
2G
Ixia’s wireless solutions are best of breed for: Suggested Applications and Platforms
IxCatapult Full wireless protocol testing for:
• Complete end-to-end testing from the wireless edge to • LTE, 3G, and 2G wireless edge
the Internet core components
• Enhanced packet core components
• Traffic and subscriber scalability and capacity planning IxLoad Full layer 4-7 testing, with protocol
emulation for:
• Real-world subscriber modeling • Data protocols
• Peer-to-peer protocols
• Voice over IP protocols
• Quality of experience measurements • Video protocols
IxCatapult • m500 main chassis plus interface
• Multi-UE emulation Chassis cards for central computation and
connections
• t600 and sector cards for LTE
multi-UE emulation
• r10 chassis for LTE radio frequency
bands
XG12 Chassis 12-slot high-performance chassis, with
optional load modules:
Xcellon-Ultra NP – 12-port 1GE that can
be aggregated to a single 10GE port
Ixia All-in-one LTE/4G/3G test lab to
BreakingPoint validate the performance, security,
and stability of mobile networks and
equipment using real-world behavior of
millions of mobile users
Network Anue Network Emulators precisely
Impairment emulate real-world network impairment
Emulation conditions in the lab, for the test and
validation of your network-based
products, applications, and services
prior to deployment.
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Production Network Visibility
IDS/IPS Forensic Recorder DLP The Ixia Anue Net Tool Optimizer™ (NTO) provides complete
network visibility into physical and virtual networks,
improves network security, and optimizes monitoring tool
Share
Full efficiency. Ixia’s patented filtering technology and industry-
leading, easy-to-use control panel help network engineers
Traffic Network minimize network downtime and maximize return on
View monitoring tool investment.
Protocol Analyzer
Aggregate, Filter
and De-dupe • With its unique, patented filtering and de-duplication
Access Traffic technology, the NTO delivers the most robust feature
Application Monitor
set available in network monitoring switches.
SPAN SPAN TAP SPAN • Dynamic three-stage filtering eliminates rule creation
Data Center Network headaches and errors.
When it comes to network monitoring, the ongoing Improved Data Center Performance
challenge for network engineers is the need for greater
visibility into network traffic, while faced with limited • Full network visibility – Consistently send all the
monitoring tools, a shortage of TAP and SPAN ports, and right data to the right tools by matching multiple filter
an ever-shrinking IT budget. criteria so that you can eliminate dropped packets due
to overlapping filter conflicts.
Enterprise network operators are facing multiple
challenges as user demands place larger and larger • Automated response technology – Instantly re-route
stresses on network performance and resources. They traffic to monitoring tools based on suspicious activity
need the right tools to gain visibility into traffic patterns so that you can reduce time and cost of human
and network usage. They must scale as the network intervention to remediate network problems.
grows by purchasing only the needed number of ports and
features to more-effectively manage IT investment. They Suggested Platforms
must consistently send all the right data to the right tools NTO 5293 Carrier-Grade • NEBS level 1 certified
-- matching multiple filter criteria -- to eliminate dropped • 16 40GE ports or up to
packets. They must instantly re-route traffic to monitoring 64 10GE ports
tools based on suspicious activity to reduce the time and NTO 5288 High-Density • Up to 64 10GE ports
cost of human intervention to remediate network problems. 40G • Offers an efficient and
scalable solution to
Meanwhile, network traffic is growing at unprecedented monitor 1, 10, and 40GE
rates while network security breaches and compliance NTO 5273 High- • Designed for
issues become increasingly important. Availability, Carrier Class telecommunication and
cable service providers
• NEBS level 3 certified
Operators must simultaneously distribute network traffic
to several monitoring tools to fully use network bandwidth NTO 5236 Enterprise • 10GE visibility for fibre
and boost the efficiency of monitoring tools. Class network monitoring tools
• Up to 24 SFP/SFP+
Ethernet ports
They also must increase monitoring tool performance by
NTO 5204 Small • Ideal in the lower-speed
eliminating unnecessary data before it reaches the tool in Enterprise portions of the network
order to more easily adhere to compliance standards and
generate more accurate tool statistics.
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Production Network Visibility
Network Analyzer
Server Farm
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Wi-Fi Testing
Hop 3
Hop 1
Primary Route
Backhaul Link
Hop 2
Wired LAN
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Wi-Fi Testing
Employing a client-centric, user-focused model, IxVeriWave • Breakthrough site assessment that eclipses traditional
delivers: site “surveys” to measure a facility’s true readiness for
mobility, inform vendor selection and network design,
• A lab-to-field solution addressing the needs of product and assess future changes
design, development, and deployment in live networks.
IxVeriWave enables real-world deployments to be • Testing as a Service (TaaS) evaluations by veteran
reproduced in test and QA labs, and powerful site Wi-Fi test experts
assessments and “what if” testing to be conducted in
live production networks
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Wi-Fi Testing
IxVeriWave validates the maximum performance for WLAN Ixia test systems and services deliver the powerful
networks, devices, and applications in the real world analytics needed to harden new product designs, reduce
and helps gauge the impact of ongoing changes. A wide time to market, and speed identification of potential issues.
array of load modules and test suites address specific Major business benefits include:
assessment needs such as:
• Improved product quality
• QoE from the end-user perspective
• Increased efficiency and reduced test costs
• Client interoperability
• Expanded test coverage with repeatable, large-scale,
• VoIP QoS real-world test scenarios impossible to create by other
means
• Large-scale roaming
• Successful product launches and deployments out of
• SDTV/HDTV wireless video the gate
• Dynamic Frequency selection (DFS) compliance IxVeriWave is used throughout the WLAN ecosystem to
test 802.11n and legacy access points, and controllers, and
• Industry-specific deployment scenarios: healthcare, mobile devices. Ixia also leads the industry with innovative
retail, education, etc. and comprehensive 802.11ac test solutions needed to make
next-generation Wi-Fi networks a reality.
WLAN Infrastructure
Ixia Ports
IxVeriWave
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Protocol Conformance Testing
Multicast Router
Ixia Solutions
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Protocol Conformance Testing
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IP Network Assessment
Internet
=IxChariot Endpoint
Scenario IxChariot can be used for any size network, and is capable
of simulating hundreds of supplied protocols across
VoIP, unicast and multicast video, multicast streaming thousands of network endpoints. IxChariot assesses the
media, peer-to-peer applications, application-based QoS performance characteristics of any application running in
policies, enterprise application traffic – all of these uses a wired or wireless network. Using sophisticated traffic
and elements of today’s enterprise networks are constantly patterns with optional QoS, IxChariot measures throughput,
evolving, making it difficult to anticipate network behavior. jitter, packet loss, end-to-end delay, MOS, and MDI.
As networks and applications grow in size and complexity, IxChariot’s Endpoint Discovery feature and Test Factory
maintaining network performance becomes mission- component easily manage large-scale, dynamic network
critical. New applications introduce potential network tests. Discovery Server finds and catalogs endpoints
bottlenecks that must be quickly identified and corrected. by working closely with VMware™ and XenServer™ in
With the frequency of network changes, the flexibility and virtualized environments. Test Factory quickly creates
availability of network assessment tools is essential. complex test scenarios from the endpoint catalog.
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IP Network Assessment
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Data Center/Cloud Testing
Each area has specialized testing requirements: Ixia’s solutions address the testing challenges of
application-aware devices and service-delivery
• Data center compute/server infrastructure – as infrastructures. IxLoad supports an extensive library
enterprises migrate their data and applications to the of multi-play protocols, realistic subscriber modeling
cloud and leverage virtualized server infrastructures,
it is essential to measure application performance
through all stages – on-premise physical
servers, virtual machines, and eventually a
fully-hosted cloud
Internet
Virtualized
Servers
• Network infrastructure and
storage – the convergence of
LAN and SAN traffic requires
Classic Ethernet
a multi-level testing approach,
from the storage network
fibre channel over Ethernet
networks – to the Ethernet
switching infrastructure – to
the convergence of the two
with lossless Ethernet
FCoE Switch
• Virtualization – assessing data Storage Area Network Lossless Ethernet
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Data Center/Cloud Testing
capabilities, and the industry’s highest application scale for Suggested Applications and Platforms
assessing DUT/SUT performance and end-user QoE. IxExplorer Line-rate packet generation and capture
with full control of traffic contents
Ixia’s IxLoad-Attack validates network security appliances
IxNetwork Full layer 2/3 testing, with protocol
– determining that they effectively and accurately block emulation for:
malicious attacks while delivering high end-user QoE for • Fibre channel over Ethernet
mission-critical applications. • Data center Ethernet
• Lossless Ethernet protocols
Ixia BreakingPoint addresses the application controller, IxAutomate Prebuilt tests for network testing of all
application delivery, and DPI requirements and key types, including:
differentiators through the emulation of hundreds of • Fibre channel over Ethernet
• Data center Ethernet
applications, live malware and user behavior.
IxLoad Highly-scalable full layer 4-7
Ixia Virtualized Testing performance testing for application
delivery infrastructure (add secuity
testing with IxLoad-Attack); with
Ixia’s IxVM is a family of products to validate the protocol emulation for:
performance of virtual and physical data center • Data protocols
infrastructures. It offers a unified product portfolio with the • Peer-to-peer protocols
flexibility and breadth of applications required to assess • VoIP protocols
• Video protocols
the impact of virtualization across the data center. IxVM
measures individual server performance, VM performance, IxVM Virtualized versions of Ixia test
applications, including:
the latency and throughput of virtual switches, and • IxExplorer/VM – interactive packet
the effect of different operating systems on system generation and capture
performance. IxVM virtual ports provide a software-based • IxNetwork/VM – layer 2/3 testing
version of Ixia’s traditional hardware ports. These ports • IxLoad/VM – layer 4-7 testing
are easy to deploy in a virtual environment, and allow quick XG12 Chassis 12-slot high-performance chassis, with
scaling and test configuration changes. optional load modules:
• Xcellon-Ultra NP – Twelve 1GE
ports that can be aggregated to a
Ixia’s virtualization testing solution offers a user-friendly single 10GE port
interface to virtual ports management, which supports • Xcellon-Flex AP – 16-port 10GE
asset discovery through integration with popular SFP+ and 4-port 40GE QSFP+
virtualization platforms. The solution tests: • Xcellon-Flex FE – 4-port 40GE
QSFP+
• Xcellon-Flex – high-density 10GE,
• Virtualized server capacity up to 128 ports per chassis
• Xdensity – High-density 32-port,
• Service scalability and elasticity 10GE interfaces optimized for large-
scale data-plane testing
• Virtualized switching and firewall performance • LM1000XMVDC – high-density
1GE, up to 192 ports per chassis;
designed for data center protocols
• Virtual desktop infrastructure • Xcellon-Lava 40GE/100GE –
40Gbps and 100Gbps load modules
• Virtual or physical devices with a realistic mixture of Native Fibre Native fibre channel load module:
application and data storage traffic using stateful L4-7 Channel Load • Industry’s highest density 2/4/8G
traffic generation Module FC test solution
• Tracks and analyzes up to 1 million
• IP protocol functionality and convergence in virtual flows per port
• Sophisticated testing starting from
environments, including QoS, VM migration, VLAN FC-1
leakage, and IGMP group join/leave latencies using
Ixia Stress data center/cloud infrastructures
L2-3 protocol emulation and traffic BreakingPoint using peak application user load from
Solutions hundreds of applications to configure
• I/O storage for CNA manufacturers virtualized environments for optimal
performance and capacity
Network Anue Network Emulators precisely
Impairment emulate real-world network impairment
Emulation conditions in the lab, for the test and
validation of your network-based
products, applications, and services
prior to deployment.
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Ixia Products
Ixia’s industry-leading test, security, and visibility applications and hardware provide our customers
with test platforms that deliver unparalleled power and flexibility. They execute a full range of data,
signaling, voice, video, and application testing. Ixia is the leader in 1, 10, 40, 100Gbps and fibre channel
Scenario
Ixia Test Composer
Ixia Test Conductor
Test engineers face numerous challenges today: shorter
test cycles, higher-performing devices, and more complex Test Physical Layer Device
testing scenarios. Furthermore, the complexity and Automation
and Regression
Switch Under Test
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Ixia Test Platforms
Ixia Platform
• Multiuser operation
Chassis Usage
XG12 Highest port density and performance in
the industry, the 10U-height XG12 holds
12 XM form-factor load modules
XM2 A 3U height portable chassis with 2 XM
load module slots
XM2
400Tv2 The ultimate in portability, supporting
four standard form-factor load modules
AFD1/2 Chassis used to synchronize chassis
worldwide using GPS and IRIG-B
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Ixia Test Platforms
Ixia XM form-factor load modules offer the ultimate in Xcellon appliances and load modules
density in performance. The key load modules are:
Family Usage
NGY 8 port 10GE with XFP, SFP+, and Xcellon-Flex AP 10/40 Combo
10GBase-T interfaces
FUSION L2-3 load modules:
• LSM10GXM8NG/4NG, 8 and 4-port
10GE with XFP interfaces
• LSM1000XMVDC16NG, 16-port 1GE
Dual-PHY interfaces
L4-7 load module: Xcellon-Flex 4-port 40GE QSFP+
• Xcellon-Ultra NG, 12-port 1GE Dual-
PHY/1-port 10GE XFP interfaces load module
Xcellon™ Xcellon-Flex 16-port 10GE SFP+ and
4-port 40GE QSFP+ combination load
module
• High-density 10GE test ports and
high-scaling protocol emulation
Xcellon-Ultra NP
• Scalable layer 2-7 application
performance testing within XM
Chassis
Xcellon-Ultra XT/XTS Xcellon-Lava load module
• Optimized for generating ultra-high
performance application traffic and
high volume of encrypted traffic
Xdensity™ High-density 32-port, 10GE interfaces
optimized for large-scale data plane
testing
FCMGXM Native fibre channel load module
XMVDC16 16 port 10/100/1000 Mbps copper/fiber
Ethernet
Xcellon-Lava Higher-speed Ethernet: Industry’s highest-density 1Gbps and
• 40Gbps, CFP 10Gbps load modules
• 40Gbps, QSFP+
• 100Gbps, CFP
• Switchable 40/100Gbps, CFP
400Tv2
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IxN2X Platforms
IxN2X Platform
• Hot swap
• Multi-user operation
Chassis Usage
2-slot Provides a convenient platform for testing
scenarios where portability or small size is
a factor
4-slot A small, flexible platform that can be either
mounted in a standard 19” rack or stacked
on a bench top
4-slot with A version of the 4-slot chassis able to
BITS/MTS synchronize the transmit clock on all the
clock IxN2X test cards using BITS or MTS
Family Interfaces
SONET/ OC-3/12/48/192
SDH
POS OC-3c through OC-768c
ATM OC-3c/OC-12c
Ethernet 10 Mbps through 100GE
Frame Relay OC-3c to OC-48c
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IxN2X Platforms
IxCatapult Platform
Interfaces
Gigabit 10/100 BASE-T Ethernet and 1000 BASE-T/SX
Ethernet
J1/E1/T1
Structured STM-1 m500
OC-1/OC-3/OC-12/STM-1/STM-3
Card Usage
PQ3 Provides the main control, script download,
Processor UE configuration and RLC/MAC operation
CPRI
DSP A dedicated card that ensures high-
t600
performance PHY level processing,
providing PHY functionality, MIMO support
and signal processing
FPGA Four cards provide communications routing
and input/output processing
RF
r10
IxCatapult platforms
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IxVeriwave Platforms
Access Point
Host
RF WLAN Switch
WaveTest 90
1 2 3 4
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IxVeriwave Platforms
WaveBlade Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g 1/4/1 ports for testing wireless LAN network infrastructure
and 802.11n SISO devices including enterprise and consumer APs and controllers,
(WBW1101, WBW1104, as well as wireless-enabled client devices such as PCs, dual-
WBW1101P) mode phones, patient monitors, and scanner
1 port for testing network 802.11n 1x1, 2x2, and 3x3 MIMO
WaveBlade Wi-Fi 802.11n infrastructure devices, including consumer APs and reference
MIMO (WBW2000) designs, enterprise/carrier-grade APs and controllers, and entire WT20
WLAN networks
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Ixia Anue Network Visibility Platforms
Ixia’s Anue Net Tool Optimizer™ 5200 Series • Manage NTO access with existing TACACS+ User/
Group account information and granular access control
Enterprise and carrier-class network monitoring switches
that simplify the management of complex networks and • Create filter templates quickly and standardize traffic
dynamic data centers. For ultimate control with a quick to monitoring tools across the enterprise
startup time, they include the most robust functionality in
the industry, along with the easiest to use drag-and-drop • Instantly see filtering configuration
control panel.
The need for speed – enables the monitoring of high-
Highlights of the Net Tool Optimizer™ (NTO) speed networks at 10GE, 40GE, and beyond.
• Easily distribute network traffic to critical monitoring The need for a “big picture” – provides complete visibility
tools with an intuitive drag-and-drop control panel of the network for thorough and accurate monitoring.
• Monitor 1GE, 10GE, and 40GE networks with existing The need for the right data – delivers exactly the right
1GE and 10GE tools, reducing cost, and complexity data needed for analysis and helps eliminate tool overload
caused by unnecessary data.
• Automatically re-route network traffic to specific
monitoring tools based on suspicious activity or pre- The need to optimize – allows you to get the most of
defined network scenarios monitoring-tool investment by using each tool to its fullest
potential.
• Automatically load balance network traffic
across multiple tools when monitoring tools are The need for security – provides controlled access to
oversubscribed sensitive information inside the data center.
• Improve tool bandwidth by eliminating redundant data The need to maximize IT staff productivity and improve
packets generated from SPAN ports before they reach data center ROI – reduces troubleshooting time by up to 78
monitoring tools percent and minimizes data center downtime.
• Boost monitoring tool performance by trimming NTO sits between network SPANs and TAPS and network
payloads from packets before they arrive at the monitoring tools to aggregate, replicate, filter, and
monitoring tool de-duplicate network traffic.
• Remotely view and manage network monitoring NTO ensures that each monitoring tool gets exactly the
topology without stepping into the wiring closet right data needed for analysis, improving monitoring
tool performance and protecting your monitoring tool
• Monitor the NTO’s SNMP statistics from your network investment.
management system
Tools that benefit the most from the NTO include:
• Security (IDS/IPS)
• Data recorders
• Packet analysis/sniffers
• VoIP analyzers
• Compliance auditors
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Ixia Anue Network Visibility Platforms
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Ixia Anue Test and Measurement Platforms
Ixia Anue Test and Measurement Solutions Anue Network Emulators are essential for characterizing
and validating the real-world performance and end-
TrueNetwork™ technology – unique to Anue solutions – user quality of experience (QoE) you expect from your
enables our test and measurement products to recreate networked applications, disaster recovery, data center
real-world network conditions in the lab with the most migration, and multimedia service solutions.
accurate and repeatable results possible. Using the simple,
intuitive interface, you can configure network impairment 3500
conditions for Ethernet, SONET/SDH, Fibre Channel, OTN, The Ixia Anue 3500 is an intuitive test-case-driven
or CPRI networks. solution that you can use to validate the performance of
synchronization services and Carrier Ethernet functions
In order to uncover and resolve issues before they required by next-generation carrier-grade Ethernet/
negatively impact your real production network, it is crucial IP-based networks.
that you test before deployment under the most realistic
and repeatable network conditions possible. With the Anue 3500, test and development engineers
at any level can quickly and easily verify compliance to
Network Emulators international standards-based requirements with real-time
Ixia’s Anue Network Emulators precisely emulate real- graphed analysis and automatic pass/fail results. The Anue
world network impairment condition in the lab, for the 3500 provides real-world testing of technologies including
test and validation of your network-based products, synchronous Ethernet (SyncE), IEEE 1588, PTP, circuit
applications and services prior to deployment. With an emulation services (CES, IETF SAToP, IETF CESoPSN,
industry unique field-programmable gate array (FPGA) ITU-T Y.1413), MPLS-TP, and Carrier Ethernet OAM.
based platform, Anue Network Emulators deliver the most
realistic and repeatable test results possible.
Benefits:
• Realistic and repeatable network
impairment conditions in your lab
• Improved productivity and time-to-test
• Increased reliability of your network,
reducing support costs
• Precisely reproduce and quickly
resolve issues occurring in the field
Ixia Anue • IEEE 1588/PTP and circuit emulation
3500 • Ethernet OAM and protection
switching
Test Interfaces:
• 100M/1GE Ethernet RJ45, 1GE
Ethernet optical SFP, 10GE Ethernet
optical SFP+, E1 RJ48C, T1 RJ48C,
2.048MHz BNC, 10MHz BNC, 25MHz
BNC, 62.5MHz BNC, 125MHz BNC,
1PPS BNC
Benefits:
• Discover true performance during
development vs. deployment
• Avoid costly deployment failures
• Increase user satisfaction and
adoption when deploying new services
• Test using industry-standard network
models
Ixia Anue • Troubleshoot field performance
Network problems by recreating your precise
Emulators network in the lab
Test Interfaces:
• Ethernet: 10Mbps – 10Gbps
• SONET/SDH: OC-3/STM-1 through OC-
192/STM-64
• Fibre Channel: 1Gbps – 10Gbps
• OTN: OTU1 - OTU2e
• CPRI: 614.4Mbps - 2,357.6Mbps
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Ixia Breakingpoint Application and Threat Intelligence (ATI)
Ixia BreakingPoint Application and Threat We don’t license our security attacks from other vendors:
Intelligence (ATI) our award-winning staff of application and security
researchers provides timely updates, ensuring we deliver
BreakingPoint products expose previously impossible- the industry’s most complete security updates. Currently
to-detect vulnerabilities and weaknesses in applications, we provide:
devices, networks, and data centers before they can
adversely affect IT operations. • 4,500+ security strikes and 100+ evasion techniques
Every BreakingPoint product is designed for speed, • 38K+ pieces of live malware, including mobile
realism, and ease of use. A key aspect of the design is malware, which can be launched through multiple
the BreakingPoint Application and Threat Intelligence transports, including HTTP, SMTP, POP, and IMAP, and
(ATI) Program, a responsive and all-inclusive service embedded within popular file types such as .doc, .pdf,
and support program. Our team of dedicated application .ppt, and .xls
and security researchers provides everything you need
for thorough measurement of the performance, security, • Microsoft® Tuesday coverage
and stability of IT infrastructures, including access
to all application protocols, security attacks, product • SYN flood attacks with more than 1million connections
enhancements, and full service and support. In one per second
comprehensive program, you can tap into the resources
and expertise you need to keep your simulations current • The ability to direct attacks at networking devices or
and realistic. The ATI Program includes all of the following: target servers
Frequent Application Protocol Updates. With a current ATI • Application-layer fuzzing to detect previously unknown
Program agreement, you are assured of the most realistic vulnerabilities
simulation conditions possible with access to the latest
applications. The BreakingPoint ATI team uses advanced Convenient Technical Support Options. Ixia offers a range
surveillance techniques and methodologies to identify, of responsive support options to ATI Program customers.
capture, and rapidly-deliver the emergent business, You can get answers to questions and requests, including
consumer, and malicious applications you need to conduct phone-based, email, and online support. Experienced
meaningful and thorough performance and security technical representatives are available Monday through
validation. Consistent with BreakingPoint’s all-inclusive Friday, 7:00 am – 7:00 pm central time. Or you can bypass
approach, your ATI Program account gives you automatic phone support and submit your service requests online.
access to all newly-released protocols, software fixes, Open a new request or update and check the status of
operating system updates, and other resource downloads. existing requests via email at your convenience.
Evergreen Application Protocols. Content-aware network Authorized Technical Support Contacts. As an ATI
and security devices are at a severe disadvantage if they Program customer, you may designate people within your
are not tested using the most current versions of the organization who are authorized to submit an unlimited
most popular application protocols. The BreakingPoint number of service requests to our support technicians. If
Evergreen Applications program addresses this need desired, Ixia will designate a support specialist to serve as
by providing ever-current versions of popular Web and your single point of contact for requests. This expert will
network applications for validating deep packet inspection become familiar with your environment and facilitate the
(DPI), lawful intercept (LI), and data loss prevention (DLP) delivery of solutions that meet your needs.
products.
Professional Services Engagements. ATI Program
Updates from the Industry’s Top Security Researchers. customers have free access to all web-based tutorials and
Security threats are constantly evolving, with new may also purchase on-site technical training. Our expert
vulnerabilities discovered each day. Your simulation consultants are available on a contract basis to review your
conditions must reflect the latest security threats so that simulation and measurement plans and ensure that they
you can ensure your equipment will perform reliably and are current, rigorous, and comprehensive. Our Professional
protect your infrastructure from the most advanced and Services staff can also visit your site to address your most
malicious traffic. Our team of experts does the research pressing issues and questions or oversee critical projects.
for you by identifying and generating security attacks that
meet your needs.
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Ixia BreakingPoint Security Platforms
Cyber attackers are constantly evolving their mode of Test and simulation conditions must reflect the latest
assault as they target sensitive data, financial assets, and security threats and applications so that you can ensure
operations. At the same time networks are under the strain your equipment and systems will perform reliably and
of ever growing dynamic applications and user behavior. protect networks from the most advanced and malicious
The traditional approach of simply reacting to attacks and traffic. BreakingPoint does the research for you by
traffic evolution is costing organizations and governments identifying and generating security attacks and application
billions. The only way to stay one step ahead is to protocols that keep you current. BreakingPoint ATI
predict the impact before it happens. Only BreakingPoint provide updates on a regular basis, ensuring delivery
Actionable Security Intelligence (ASI) provides global of the industry’s most complete application and threat
visibility into emerging threats and applications, along with intelligence, including 160+ stateful application protocols
insight into the resiliency of your IT infrastructure under and 38,000 security strikes, evasion techniques, and live
operationally relevant conditions and malicious attack. malware and mobile malware.
BreakingPoint ASI protects enterprises, service providers, BreakingPoint ATI also provides periodic feature updates,
and government agencies worldwide by providing global including all-in-one test labs, performance upgrades, and
visibility into emerging threats, and actionable insight to the latest management tools. And all ATI subscription
harden and maintain resilient defenses. With the exclusive customers receive a full range of support options,
ability to create and control global threat and application discounts on technical training, and consultation on
intelligence at Internet-scale, BreakingPoint delivers the your test plans to ensure they are current, rigorous, and
only platforms capable of battle-testing IT infrastructures, comprehensive.
training cyber warriors, tuning systems and policies,
and transforming security processes to be proactive and
effective. BreakingPoint’s easy-to-use and comprehensive
Actionable Security Intelligence offering includes:
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Ixia BreakingPoint Security Platforms
BreakingPoint FireStorm
BreakingPoint Storm
BreakingPoint 20
FireStorm ONE
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Ixia Global Support
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Ixia Professional Services
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