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2/8-Port 10 Gigabit Ethernet Test Module

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The Spirent TestCenter 10GbE HyperMetrics test module introduces a new paradigm in network testing. The HyperMetrics architecture uses leading-edge multi-core processing, allocating CPU resources on demand, to create enhanced realism with the scalability and performance required to test tomorrow’s networks. This architecture sustains test equipment value by providing the coverage of three test modules in one.

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The HyperMetrics 2- and 8-port 10GbE test modules combine Spirent TestCenter’s network emulation and application traffic with its industry-leading Layer 2-3 traffic generation and analysis. These modules deliver the highest performance per dollar Layer 2-7 test solution available, ideal for functional, performance and conformance testing of service provider and enterprise networks. Reduced power consumption and the ability to use a single module throughout the test lifecycle results in lower purchasing and operational expenses.

  • Enterprise Switches: Validate forwarding performance and functional capabilities of large, next-generation enterprise campus and data center switches with ultralow latency, high port density and FCoE capabilities
  • Device Benchmarking: Test using IETF RFC 2544, RFC 2889 and RFC 3918 methodologies with easy test setup using dynamically bound traffic and automated wizards
  • Carrier Ethernet: Verify services whether delivered via VPLS, Layer 2 Pseudowires, bridged Ethernet, packet transport protocols or combinations of these technologies
  • Service Provider Routers: Verify Layer 3, multicast and video services delivered via BGP/MPLS VPN, multicast routing or mVPN
  • Subscriber Emulation: Emulate thousands of access subscribers using different services across multiple ports under normal or exceptional traffic conditions
  • Low port-scale testing: Perform functional, conformance and performance testing at lower port counts using the value priced 2-port 10GbE test module

Traditional test module design fixes CPU resources to specific ports. These 1-dimenstional architectures necessitate three hardware designs to achieve the usage goals of high port scalability, virtual network emulation and high-capacity application traffic. HyperMetrics’ architecture relegates these design limitations to the past.

Benefits

HyperMetrics CV Module Benefits

  • High-density 8-port and value-priced 2-port 10GbE test modules
    • 480 ports per rack, the industry’s smallest footprint and greenest 10GbE solution
    • Tests at extreme density while reducing lab operating costs and simplifying test system operation
    • Low-density modules for development testing at lower port counts, or performance testing of smaller edge devices with 10GbE uplinks
  • Change per priority traffic rates in real time to accurately evaluate system performance of 802.1Qbb PFC, 802.1Qaz PG and ETS traffic shaping

HyperMetrics multi-core processing architecture

  • Enhanced realism with scalability and performance - HyperMetrics scales in three dimensions: ports, network emulation and application traffic
  •  Complete Test Coverage - Generate stateful multi-play traffic over emulated network topologies
  • Dynamic Multi-core Processing – CPU resources can be allocated across the ports to meet the scale, performance and functionality required
  • Future-Proof Design - Delivers the performance needed today, and the investment protection for testing tomorrow's network

Features

HyperMetrics CV Module Features

Intelligent Results™

  • The most accurate and comprehensive set of real-time results to validate tests and identify problems, giving engineers the insight they need to eliminate customer found defects
  • Delivers more results, the tightest correlation, and more information when bugs are found, to provide more coverage in a single pass than can be done in multiple passes with other test tools
  • Interesting Streams uses real-time results data mining to validate test cases and identify issues quicker

NoCode™ Automation with Command Sequencer and GUI to Script

  •  Visual programming empowers the test operator to:
    • Construct sophisticated, stressful, automated test cases without programming experience
    • Combine numerous individual test cases into a single run to save regression test time
    • Develop a catalog of broad automated test cases in a fraction of the time
    •  Export automated test cases to run from a command line for headless test execution that can be integrated with any automated regression system

Converged Topology Emulation™ (CTE)

  • Test protocol stacking by accurately emulating multiple network devices
    • Collapses physical test topologies into a single test tool providing more test coverage and determinism using fewer network element

Specification

Ports per module

2 ports – CV-10G-S2

8 ports (96 per chassis; 480 per rack) – CV-10G-S8

Service Provider protocol support
  • Routing and MPLS: All major IPv4 and IPv6 unicast and multicast routing protocols, RSVP-TE, LDP, VPLS-LDP, VPLS-BGP, BGP/MPLS-VPN, Fast Re-route, mVPN, P2MP-TE, BFD
  • Access: ANCP, PPPoE, DHCP, L2TP, IGMPv1/v2/v3, MLDv1/v2
  • Carrier Ethernet and bridging: LACP, STP, RSTP and MSTP, 802.1ag CFM, Y.1731, PBB, PBB-TE, Link OAM
  • Stateful L4-7: HTTP, SIP and FTP
Port CPU

Multi-core CPU with Dynamic Multi-core Processing

Optical transceiver

SFP+, 10GBASE-SR/SW or 10GBASE-LR/LW (LAN/WAN, with DIC support)

Number of streams

16,384 transmit and 65,535 trackable receive streams; stream fields can be varied to create billions of flows

Advanced per-stream statistics available in real time

Over 40 measurements tracked in real time for each received stream including:

  • Advanced sequencing: in-order, lost, re-ordered, late and duplicate
  • Latency: avg, min, max and short-term avg; first/last frame arrival timestamp
  • Latency modes: LILO (forwarding delay per RFC 4689), LIFO (store and forward devices per RFC 1242) and FIFO (bit forwarding devices per RFC 1242)
  • Data integrity: IP checksum, TCP/UDP checksum, frame CRC, embedded CRC and PRBS bit errors
  • Histograms: Jitter, Inter-arrival, Latency, Sequence
Supported encapsulations
  • Layer 2: 802.3, Ethernet II, 802.1Q, 802.1ad, 802.1ah, 802.1Qay, FCoE, PPP
  • Layer 3/4: IPv4, IPv6, TDP, LDP
  • Tunneled: GRE, L2TP, MPLS, PWE3
Analyzer real-time stream identifiers and filters

Identify, display and filter by: transmit stream ID, IPv4/v6 SA/DA, MAC SA/DA, IP TOS/DiffServ, TCP/UDP port, VLAN ID, VLAN priority, MPLS label, MPLS exp plus more

Capture triggers/filters
  • Oversize, jumbo, undersize, CRC error, checksum error, sequence number error, PRBS bit error
  • Trigger, oversize, jumbo, undersize, CRC error, checksum error, sequence number error, PRBS error
Enterprise and data center switch protocol support
  • Routing, multicast and bridging: All major IPv4 and IPv6 unicast and multicast routing protocols, IGMPv1/v2/v3, MLDv1/v2, LACP, STP, RSTP and MSTP
  • Data center: DCBX, FCoE, FIP, 802.1Qbb
  • Stateful L4-7: HTTP, SIP and FTP

Hardware

Spirent TestCenter Form Factors

Spirent TestCenter 11U Rack mounted chassis with 12 hot-swappable module slots Datasheet
Spirent TestCenter 3U Mobile chassis with 2 hot-swappable module slots Datasheet
Spirent TestCenter C1 Appliance Datasheet
Spirent TestCenter Virtual Software Datasheet

Spirent TestCenter Chassis Modules

HyperMetrics neXt modules are the highest-performing, scalable and energy efficient solution available for testing networks and applications

HyperMetrics modules leverage a  multi-core architecture to offer cost effective, high-port density with flexibility, high functionality, and realism

Series 1000/2000 modules are Spirent's line of high-density Ethernet and WAN modules

10/100/1000 EDM-1000 2 or 12 ports
EDM-2000 2 or 12 ports
GigE HyperMetrics CM 4 or 12 ports
10G HyperMetrics dX 32 ports
HyperMetrics mX 10G 4 or 8 ports
HyperMetrics AP 2 or 8 ports
HyperMetrics CV 2 or 8 ports
40G HyperMetrics fX 40/100G 2 or 4 ports
HyperMetrics mX 40/100G 2 or 4 ports
HyperMetrics 40/100G 2 ports
100G HyperMetrics fX 40/100G 1 or 2 ports
HyperMetrics mX 40/100G 1 or 2 ports
HyperMetrics 40/100G 1 port
Fibre Channel HyperMetrics FC 8 ports
ATM/POS POS & ATM WAN Test 1 or 2 ports

Documents

  • Brochure: Spirent TestCenterSpirent TestCenter is the industry’s leader for delivering the realism necessary to measure the true impact on QoS and QoE.
  • Brochure: Spirent TestCenter Cloud and Data Center Test SolutionSpirent TestCenter is the premier platform for testing and measuring cloud computing and data center environments.
  • Spirent TestCenter 10GBase-T Media Option DatasheetSpirent TestCenter Accessory. Dual port 10GBase-T to 10GBase-R media converter by interface masters.
  • Spirent TestCenter HyperMetrics 40/100G Ethernet Module DatasheetBandwidth-hungry applications are driving the need for 40G and 100G Ethernet. These delay-sensitive applications further increase the need for improved transport QoS performance and user QoE.
  • Spirent TestCenter Hardware and Base Package MatrixHardware and Base Package Matrix for Spirent TestCenter.
  • Spirent TestCenter HyperMetrics CV Module DatasheetThe HyperMetrics 2- and 8-port 10GbE test modules combine Spirent TestCenter’s network emulation and application traffic with its industry-leading Layer 2-3 traffic generation and analysis.
  • Spirent TestCenter HyperMetrics neXt Series 11U Chassis DatasheetThe SPT-11U chassis is the next generation in chassis architecture, designed to handle tomorrow’s most complex multiprotocol scale and cloud virtualization testing needs.

White Papers

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  • How to Test 10 Gigabit Ethernet PerformanceThis White Paper explains how to test 10 Gigabit Ethernet performance, recognizing the factors and influences of 10GbE throughput and describing how to evaluate a system’s reported 10GbE test results.
  • EANTC: Testing Cisco's Mobile Core, Data Center and Business Services White PaperEANTC's testing team spent four weeks at Cisco's labs validating solutions presented to them. This white paper is the second feature highlighting the results of this test.
  • EANTC: Testing Cisco's Next-Generation Mobile IP Network SolutionHow do we get from today's voice-driven networks to tomorrow's heavily broadband-enabled solutions?
  • Testing MPLS-TP Deployments in the Mobile Backhaul WhitepaperThis white paper explores why MPLS-TP is now emerging at this stage in the convergence journey, the applicability of MPLS-TP in the mobile backhaul and access networks and the importance of testing new MPLS-TP deployments.
  • Network World: 10 GbE SwitchesArista, Blade share top spot in switch test. Grueling performance testing exposes weaknesses in Cisco and HP switches.
  • Network Test: 10 Essential Benchmarks for High-Performance Data CentersThis in depth white paper from Network Test covers 10 test sets that should be a mandatory part of any comprehensive evaluation of data center switching. It also describes the less-than-ideal practices that should be avoided.
  • Are You Ready for 40/100G?This white paper explores ways in which you can improve ROI and TCO for your test systems, including 40/100G capabilities, while reducing development costs and improving time-to-revenue.
  • 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.
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