AX4000 IPv6 Test Option - Spirent Communications

AX/4000
IP Version 6 (IPv6) Test Option
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Communications
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91302 USA
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Overview
The IP Version 6 Test Option adds IPv6 capabilities to
AX/4000 Layer 3 testing by enabling detailed IPv6 packet
definition and automatic filtering of IPv6 substreams.
IPv6 improves IPv4's capabilities for addressing, options
support, and extensions. It also simplifies header formats
and provides flow-labeling capability while consolidating
authentication and privacy capabilities.
The IPv6 Test Option functions on a mAX test module with
a Layer 3 interface. Interfaces are available that support
Packet over SONET, IP over ATM, IP over Frame Relay, and
IP over Ethernet modes. An appropriate mAX technology
license for the interface mode is required.
Key Features
IPv6 Traffic Generation
• Hardware-based IPv6 addressing (128-bit)
• Pre-defined IPv6 addresses; step and random functions
for multiple addresses
• Sophisticated real-world traffic gen eration (QoS and
user packets) incorporates real-time traffic distribution
models, multiple packet length distributions, protocol
encap sulation, traffic shaping, and user-defined traffic
sequences simulating any imaginable combination of
IPv6 and IPv4 traffic classifications
IPv6 Traffic Analysis
• Analysis of incoming IPv6 and IPv4 traffic at full rate,
with automatic identification, separation, and analysis
of up to 4,090 different IPv6 and IPv4 streams simultaneously
• User-defined filters that facilitate isolation and testing
of virtually any type of IP traffic available; filters are
available for IPv6, IPv4, and both versions combined
System Requirements
• AX/4000 mainframe or portable chassis with control
module
• mAX Generator/Analyzer test module (P/N 401400L for
155 Mbps; P/N 401400H for up to 1 Gbps)
• One of the following port interfaces
• Gigabit Ethernet SM (P/N 401380)
• Gigabit Ethernet MM (P/N 401381)
• Gigabit Ethernet GBIC (P/N 401260)
• Ethernet 10/100BASE-T (P/N 401324)
• OC-12 Multi-Layer SM (P/N 402320)
• OC-12 Multi-Layer MM (P/N 402321)
• OC-12c/OC-3c SM (P/N 401382)
• OC-12c/OC-3c MM (P/N 401383)
• OC-3c SM (P/N 401384)
• OC-3c MM (P/N 401385)
• AX/4000 Controller Software Release version 4.01 or
later
• mAX Technology Licenses for the interface mode
• IP over PPP (P/N 401467) IP over ATM (P/N 401463)
• IP over Frame Relay (P/N 401465)
• IP over Ethernet (P/N 401461)
mAX IP Generator
Multiple Traffic Sources
• Eight simultaneous traffic sources each with unlimited
IP flows
• Separate traffic distribution models and packet data for
each source
Traffic Distribution Models (one per traffic source)
• Manually triggered packet

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IPv6 Test Option
• Manually triggered burst of packets
• Periodic packets
• Periodic bursts of packets
• Randomly spaced packets (geometric distribution)
• Randomly spaced bursts of packets
(geometric distribution)
• Markov Modulated Poisson Process
Packet Length Distribution (one per traffic source)
• All IP datagram lengths limited to 40-byte minimum;
65,000-byte maximum
• Fixed packet length
• Random packet length (uniform distribution within
maximum/minimum limit)
• Quad-modal packet length (four Gaussian distributions
superimposed, each with adjustable center length and
standard deviation)
Encapsulation Templates
• Up to four levels of encapsulation
• Encapsulation templates provided for:
• Ethernet per RFC 894, RFC 948, and RFC 2464
• Frame Relay per RFC 2427 and 1973
• PPP per RFC 1662, RFC 2615, and RFC 2472
• AAL 5 per RFC 2684 (obsoletes RFC 1483), RFC 2364,
RFC 2491, FRF.5, and FRF.8
• MPLS per RFC 3032
• VLAN per RFC 802.1p and 802.1Q
• User-defined encapsulation
QoS Performance Test Streams
• Up to 4,090 test streams, with each test stream containing
billions of flows
• Transmission timestamp with 40 ns resolution
• Sequence number
• PRBS fill patterns can be 2A23 generator polynomial,
fixed or incrementing
• IP test block protection CRC
• mAX Tag with unique stream ID consisting of chassis ID,
port ID, and stream number
Traffic Sequence Definition
• Sequence builder for up to 500,000 packets
• Easy encapsulation selection using predefined templates
• Hardware function generators may be assigned to any
field in encapsulation template
Hardware Function Generators
• Three function generators, 8-128 bits each, allow billions
of flows for each of the 4,090 QoS test streams
• Fixed
• Incrementing by n steps
• Random within range
Traffic Prioritizer
• 1, 2, 3, or 8 groups of rotating priority
• Weighted random priority (each of 8 given as percentage)
Traffic Shaping/Policing
• GPRA (generic packet rate algorithm)
• Peak datagram bit rate
• Burst tolerance (bytes)
Trigger Controls
• Used for triggering IP packet and error injection
• Manual triggers
• Error injector
Generator Statistics (real-time traffic source
and aggregate statistics provided)
• IP packet count
• IP packet rate
• IP packet byte count IP packet bit rate
• IP datagram byte count
• IP datagram bit rate
• % maximum bandwidth
• Short-term % maximum bandwidth
Error Injection
• Built-in random error generator
• Random or manually triggered errors on enabled byte
range
• Allows errors in specific bits of each byte
Protocol Emulation Support
• ATM SVC signalling emulation
• IP Ping, BGP-4, OSPF, IS-IS, RSVP-TE, LDP, CR-LDP, TCP
Stack, ARP
• PPP—LCP, IPCP, MPLS-CP, OSI-CP, IPv6-CP, PAP, CHAP
• Frame Relay—LMI
User Traffic Setup Support
• BGP-4, OSPF, IS-IS
• MPLS

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mAX IP Analyzer
Stream filters
• Filter and identify IPv6 and IPv4 substreams
• Separate incoming traffic stream into as many as 4,090
substreams
• Automatically identify Layer 2, Layer 3, and Layer 4
encapsulations per template Provide automatic packet
classification on any three specified Layer 2, 3, and 4
fields
• Packet classification fields include
• IPv4 and/or IPv6 addresses
• IP-TOS field
• MAC addresses DLCIs VPI/VCIs MPLS label
• VLAN tag
• TCP/UDP source and destination ports
• mAX tag—Automatic identification of QoS test
streams by generator chassis number, port number,
and stream number allows CoS support
QoS Test Stream Measurements
• Up to 4,090 streams measured simultaneously
• Provides real-time traffic statistics, histograms, and
charts
Bandwidth Statistics
• Total packets and packet rate
• Total bytes and bit rate
• Good packet count and rate
• Good packet bytes and bit rate
• Good datagram bytes and bit rate
• Packet length—mean, min, and max
• Latency statistics
• Interarrival time—mean, min, max
• Transit delay—mean, min, max
• Sequence statistics
• User-defined window size for declaring an out-ofsequence
error
• Lost packets
• Misinserted packets
• Out-of-sequence packets
• Short term statistics
• PRBS 2 A 23 bit error count and rate
• Maximum transmission unit violations
Histograms
• 16 simultaneous histograms on any filtered flows
• Interarrival time
• Transit delay
• IP datagram length
Charting
• Up to16 simultaneous charts on any filtered flows
• Charts any four measurements vs. time per flow
Traffic Conformance
• GPRA (generic packet rate algorithm)
• Peak datagram bit rate
• Burst tolerance (bytes)
Frame Capture
• 64 MB RAM capture memory standard; expandable to
128 MB (256 MB for the 10 Gbps test module)
• Real-time capture of any filtered flows including encapsulation
• 40 ns capture timestamp resolution
• Captures can be triggered based on header or payload
contents, errors, manual or external triggers
• Capture sample can start at beginning, middle, or end
of trigger event
• Captured packets can be filtered, reassembled, decoded,
examined, and saved to a file
Real-Time Decodes
• ARP per RFC 826
• BGP-4 per RFC 1771
• CR-LDP per RFC 3036
• IPv4 per RFC 791
• IS-IS per ISO 10589, RFC 1195
• OSPF per RFC 2328
• RSVP per RFC 2750
Captured Protocol Decodes
• ARP per RFC 826
• BGP-4 per RFC 1771
• BOOTP per RFC 951
• CR-LDP per RFC 3036
• DNS per RFC 1035
• DHCP per RFC 2131
• ES-IS per RFC 995
• FTP per RFC 959
• H.245 per H245_E_56344
• H.323 per H323_E_55637
• HTTP per RFC 2616
• ICMP per RFC 792, RFC 2463
• IGMP per RFC 2236
• IPv4 per RFC 791
• IPv6 per RFC 2460, RFC 2461, RFC 2373, RFC 2472, RFC
3056, draft-ietf-mobileip-ipv6-13.txt

4 IPv6 Test Option
• IS-IS per ISO 10589, RFC 1195
• ISUP per Q763_E_12016
• L2TP per RFC 2661
• MTP per Q704_E_21375
• NHRP per RFC 2332
• OSPF per RFC 2328
• PPP per RFC 1661
• PPTP per RFC 2637
• RARP per RFC 903
• RAS/H.225 per H225-0_E_58354
• RIP per RFC 2453
• RSVP per RFC 2750
• RTCP per RFC 1889
• RTP per RFC 1889
• SCCP per Q713_E_11366
• SS7 per Q700_E_10991
• TCAP per Q774_E_13245
• TCP per RFC 793
• Telnet per RFC 854
• TUP per Q723_E_54893
• UDP per RFC 768
Ordering Information
AX/4000 IP Version 6 Test Option: (P/N 403007)
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Spirent
Communications
26750 Agoura Road
Calabasas, CA
91302 USA
E-mail: productinfo
@spirentcom.com
Sales Contacts:
North America
+1 800-927-2660
Europe, Middle East,
Africa
+33-1-6137-2250
Asia Pacific
+852-2511-3822
All Other Regions
+1 818-676-2683
www.spirentcom.com
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