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The ultimate 10G Layer 4-7 testing solution

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Frost & Sullivan Cloud Award 2011Spirent’s Avalanche™ solution provides complete multi 10Gbps security, attack and performance testing for network infrastructures, Web application infrastructures, virtual/cloud infrastructures, and Triple Play services ensuring Quality of Service (QoS) and Quality of Experience (QoE) for your customers.

Avalanche comes in appliance and chassis configurations for 1 Gbps and 10Gbps Layer 4-7 multi-protocol stateful traffic performance that is capable of multi 10Gbps of stateful application traffic generation. The Avalanche 3100 appliance leads the industry as a high throughput security tester with over 15 Gbps of bulk encrypted real-world TCP traffic generation capabilities. Avalanche users now have the ability to test devices to their ultimate limits at line rate speeds simulating daily business traffic and to understand the impact under worst case scenarios of network faults and attacks.

  • 80 Gbps Line Rate Stateful Traffic: Provides the capability to generate line rate stateful traffic up to 80Gbps allowing massive scale testing of layer 4-7 protocols and application flows—in addition the Avalanche 3100 is capable of bidirectional testing and can operate in excess of 90 Gbps from a single 3100 appliance
  • Enormous Capacity: The Avalanche standard configuration can support over 30 million open TCP connections. For larger scale connectivity needs, such as carrier class firewalls and other edge devices, the Avalanche 3100GT configuration can support an industry leading 70 million open connections
  • Expandable: The Avalanche 3100 can grow and comes in different port densities to meet you specific needs, combo 1/10G version, 2x10G, 4x10G and 8x10G options are available
  • The Most Advanced Load Profile: Flexible load profile offers testers the flexibility to specify load variables such as connections per second, concurrent connections, transactions per second, new user sessions per second and concurrent users
  • Spirent TestCenter Compatible: Avalanche is also available on Spirent TestCenter in a number of scalable 1G and 10G configurations for over 480Gbps of line rate layer 4-7 traffic and over 120 Million sustained connections on a single modular chassis
  • Interview with Mark Jordan of Check PointInterview with Mark Jordan of Check PointSpirent interview with Mark Jordan covering how Avalanche advances Check Point's solutions.
  • Education Services - Networks & ApplicationsSpirent Education Services for Networks and Applications delivers seasoned instructors who teach hands-on courses—on-site or off-site—using proven instruction techniques.
  • Avalanche VirtualAvalanche Virtual is Industry’s only “all-in-one” cloud test solution designed to test & measure the Performance, Availability, Security and Scale (PASS) of virtualized network infrastructure and/or applications deployed in the cloud.
  • Avalanche Vulnerability AssessmentYou have a powerful ally in the ongoing battle to defend your network against malicious traffic.
  • Avalanche Latest ReleaseLearn about what’s in the latest release of Avalanche and how coverage has been expanded to include Adaptive Bit Rate streaming clients, new levels of realistic traffic generation and others.
  • Support ServicesSupport Services Overview for Wireless, Networks & Applications, Positioning Technology and Service Assurance
  • Spirent TestCenterExperience the Difference Spirent TestCenter makes to your development cycles

Features

Avalanche Features

  • The most realistic user emulation available: Test real application, web services and content delivery devices. One armed testing for actual web and application services.
  • Associated transactions: Easily create associated transactions from Access -> secure channel –> connection –> application
  • Flexible load profile: Specify load variables such as connections, transactions and sessions per second and others
  • Real-time statistics: Across all protocols with a reporting tool quick and simple analysis
  • Web application testing: Web services, SOA, ERP and CRM applications
  • Network security testing: Secure network communication, vulnerability assessment with real attacks and user authentication
  • Performance testing: For network devices, application servers and triple play applications

Specification

Interfaces
  • 8x 10/100/1000 Copper
  • 8x 10/100/1000 Fiber
  • 4x 10/100/1000 Copper and 4x 10/100/1000 Fiber
  • 2x 10Gbps Fiber Interface (SFP +Transceiver Included)
Automation

GUI to TCL and Automatic goal seeking using WorkSuite Manager

ProtocolsHTTP, HTTPS, FTP (Active/Passive), DNS, TELNET, SMTP, POP3, IMAP4, CIFS, RADIUS,
MM4, RTMP, ICMP , DHCP, PPPoE and IPSec BitTorrent, Gnutella, MSN, Yahoo, SKYPE, SQL, MYSQL, Oracle, SMB, NFS, Remote Desktop, Exchange, LDAP, 802.1Q and 802.1 Q-in-Q, TCP, UDP, SSLv2, SSLv3 and TLSv1, SIP over TCP and SIP over UDP, Flash Streaming using RTMP/RTMPT, Unicast Streaming Quicktime RTSP/RTP, Unicast Streaming RealNetwork RTSP/RTP, Unicast Streaming Microsoft MMS, Multicast Streaming IGMPv2, IGMPv3 and MLDv2, and Advanced Capture/Replay
Network Realism

Line speed limitation, network latency, packet loss and fragmentation

Transport

TCP, UDP, SSLv2, SSLv3 and TLSv1

Authentication

802.1x, Network Access Control (NAC), Radius

Voice/Video Codec Supported

G711A, G711U, G.723.1, G726-32, G.728, G729AB, MPEG-1, H.261, MPEG-2. H.262, MPEG-4. H.264

Voice/Video Quality Measurement

MOS score based on R-Factor, MDI:DF, MDI:LR

Vulnerability Assessment
  • Layer 2-4 DDOS attacks and 3500+ Layer 4-7 application for IPv4 and IPv6
  • Security attacks
Reporting

Integrated CSV test results analyzer fully customizable with report generation in PDF and HTML

Documents

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  • Avalanche 3100B DatasheetAvalanche provides capacity, security and performance testing for network infrastructures, Web application infrastructures and Triple Play services ensuring QoS & QOE for your customers.
  • Avalanche 290 Portable L4-7 Testing Solution DatasheetSpirent’s Avalanche/290 portable appliance solution provides high capacity, security and performance testing for network infrastructures in a small portable package.
  • Avalanche 802.1X and NAC DatasheetSpirent Avalanche enables network equipment manufacturers, service providers and enterprise IT professionals to performance test 802.1x and NAC solutions.
  • Avalanche Application Testing and Enhanced HTTP DatasheetThe Application Testing and Enhanced HTTP Bundle are two features of Spirent Avalanche that are targeted specifically at Web application testing.
  • Avalanche CIFS (Common Internet File System) Testing DatasheetAs a protocol used for the distribution of content either locally or across WAN links it is imperative to understand the performance impact and accuracy of CIFS in actual application.
  • Avalanche Cyber Security Attack Testing DatasheetAvalanche’s attack testing provides visibility into essential areas of cyber security. Spirent customers can test for DDoS, worms, viruses, malware, etc. and move beyond just measuring the network’s capacity for normal traffic.
  • Avalanche IP SEC Testing DatasheetSpirent Avalanche enables Network Equipment Manufacturers, Service Providers and Enterprise customers realistic testing of their IPSec VPN gateways.
  • Avalanche Scalable Application Protocol Emulation Engine DatasheetThe Avalanche Scalable Application Playback Emulation Engine (SAPEE) provides the ability to configure, modify, and magnify virtually any application layer network traffic.
  • Avalanche Security Testing and Application Performance DatasheetAvalanche pinpoints network capacity with the highest performing Layer 4-7 traffic generation capability available (up to 10Gbps).
  • Avalanche SIPNG DatasheetAvalanche SIPNG combined with Avalanche L4-7 application test solution provides realistic multi-play traffic simulation targeted specifically at testing load balancers, WAN acceleration engine, caching proxy, DPI, and firewall for assessing QoS of VoIP services.
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White Papers

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  • Avalanche Load Generation White PaperThis white paper explains a) how load is generated, b) why there may be discrepancies between the desired load and actual load you test, and c) what you can do to eliminate these issues and take full advantage of Avalanche’s rich set of customizable tests.
  • The Ins and Outs of Cloud ComputingThe basic notion behind cloud computing is fairly simple: It’s a new IT provisioning and support model that provides on-demand network access to a shared pool of computing resources.
  • Cyber Security for Virtual and Cloud EnvironmentsCyber security cannot be addressed in isolation. It must consider other variables and test them together in order to ensure an optimal solution. This process is called PASS testing since it includes performance, availability, security and scalability testing.
  • EANTC/Spirent Cloud Computing Testing WhitepaperThis whitepaper details the methodology and results for a series of tests conducted by EANTC together with Spirent.
  • Overcoming the Challenges of Today's Cloud RealityProper testing and validation of cloud computing environments is not easy. Leaders of organizations that are building and operating cloud environments must make certain their teams have the resources needed for success.
  • Spirent Journal of Access and Edge PASS Test MethodologiesThis Spirent Catalog of Test Methodologies represents an element of the Spirent test ecosystem that helps answer the most critical Performance, Availability, Security and Scale Tests (PASS) test cases.
  • Spirent Journal of Benchmark PASS Test MethodologiesThis Spirent Catalog of Test Methodologies represents an element of the Spirent test ecosystem that helps answer the most critical Performance, Availability, Security and Scale Tests (PASS) test cases.
  • Spirent Journal of Cloud Application & Security Services PASS Test MethodologiesThis Spirent Catalog of Test Methodologies represents an element of the Spirent test ecosystem that helps answer the most critical Performance, Availability, Security and Scale Tests (PASS) test cases.
  • Spirent Journal of Cloud Infrastructure LAN/SAN Fabric & Virtual Server Access PASS Test MethodologiesThis Spirent Catalog of Test Methodologies represents an element of the Spirent test ecosystem that helps answer the most critical Performance, Availability, Security and Scale Tests (PASS) test cases.
  • Spirent Journal of Core Routing and Tunneling PASS Test MethodologiesThis Spirent Catalog of Test Methodologies represents an element of the Spirent test ecosystem that helps answer the most critical Performance, Availability, Security and Scale Tests (PASS) test cases.
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