L4-7 Ethernet Tester
Stateful Ethernet Traffic Generation and Analysis
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Vulcan is an easy way to generate stateful Layer 4-7 Ethernet traffic and analyze network devices such as switches, routers, firewalls, NAT routers, load-balancers, etc… to learn how they perform in repeatable test scenarios.
Vulcan offers a choice of two Ethernet traffic generator models: the VulcanBay which supports testing up to 40GE with 24 million Concurrent Connections (CC) or 6 million Connections Per Second (CPS) and 7 million Transactions Per Second (TPS). Or the smaller more portable VulcanCompact which can test up to 10GE with 14 million TCP Concurrent Connections (CC), 5 million TCP Connections Per Second (CPS) and 2.8 million Transactions Per Second (TPS).
VulcanManager is the software application used for setup, Ethernet traffic generation and analysis of stateful Ethernet traffic up to 40Gbps. VulcanManager supports TLS 1.2 performance testing e.g. handshakes per second, TLS throughput, concurrent TLS connections, etc., with different cipher suites and certificate key sizes on a device under test that decrypts traffic on one side and encrypts on the other.
VulcanAppMix, is a library of application traffic and protocols in pcap format that are included and makes it easy to set up large-scale realistic traffic from various applications, using pre-defined and customizable templates.
Top Features
• Stateful TCP traffic load generation with extreme performance
• High throughput of TLS encrypted traffic
• Configuration and tuning of Ethernet, IP and TCP header fields for advanced traffic scenarios
• Extensive live stats and test reports
• Wire-speed traffic capture with up to 4 million packets capacity
• Switched and routed network topologies, TCP proxy and NAT support
• Free traffic generation and analysis software included (VulcanManager)
• Scalable application emulation for performance testing with real-world protocols, applications, and traffic mixes from VulcanAppMix
Vulcan L4-7 Ethernet Test System Diagram
QoS
Determining performance, responsiveness and stability of network devices.
- Gateway subnet to subnet routing
- Network Address Translation
- Traffic filtering and shaping
- Deep Packet Inspection
- Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems
Functional Tests
Verifying expected behavior of network devices.
- Gateway subnet to subnet routing
- Network Address Translation
- Traffic filtering and shaping
Service Validation
Testing link performance complies with a Service Level Agreements (SLA).
- Traffic throughput
- Traffic latency
- Traffic prioritization
Security Testing
Ensuring that security measurements work as expected under significant workload.
- TLS/SSL
- Deep Packet Inspection
- Intrusion Detection and Prevention Measures
Software
VulcanManager
VulcanManager software application allows the setup, generation and analysis of stateful traffic with the Vulcan L4-7 test hardware. Application emulation, testing TLS, performance verification, load testing, analysis and characterization of Ethernet equipment and network infrastructure. Allows the testing of proxies, firewalls, switches, routers, NAT routers, load-balancers, and more.
VulcanAppMix
VulcanAppMix (VAM) is a library of application traffic and protocols in pcap format. VAM makes it easy to set up large-scale realistic traffic from various applications, using pre-defined and customizable mix templates. Up to 200 pre-defined application scenarios can be played simultaneously, each covering a one-client-to-multiple-servers communications scenario that can be scaled up to millions of connections with real-world traffic.
Learn more about VulcanAppMix
ValkyrieCLI
ValkyrieCLI is a command-line-interface scripting API with hundreds of scriptable parameters to make test automation easier. Any client platform can be used (e.g. Tcl, Perl, Python, Java, Ruby and VBA). XenaScripting supports multiple concurrent scripting sessions by different users in different locations.
Learn more about ValkyrieCLI
Vulcan Hardware
Two Models – many options
Vulcan Ethernet Tester is available in two models. The larger VulcanBay supports testing with Ethernet speeds up to 40GE, while the smaller VulcanCompact can test speeds up to 25GE.
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VulcanBay
VulcanBay: This Ethernet traffic generator has a 19” rack-mountable chassis that comes in three port configurations: 12x10GE ports, 12x25GE ports or a combination of 8x25GE + 2x40GE ports. Speeds are enabled purchasing the relevant licenses.
High Performance Testing:
Vulcan delivers blistering performance and capacity when generating realistic traffic at 1GE, 2.5GE, 5GE, 10GE, 25GE & 40GE:
- 28 million Concurrent Connections (CC)*
- 10 million Connections Per Second (CPS)**
- 1.4 million Concurrent TLS Sessions, 14,000 TLS Sessions Per Second
- 5.7 million Transactions Per Second (TPS)***
- Capture capacity: 40 million x 128 bytes buffers / 4 million full-size buffers
* 24M TCP Clients and 24M TCP Servers on one VulcanBay** Measured at 1M CC per 10G port*** Measured at 10 transactions per connection
VulcanCompact
There are 3 versions of the VulcanCompact Ethernet traffic generator – two for testing 10GE and 1GE, and a third for testing either 25GE & 10GE or 10GE & 1GE (depending on the transceiver used). All three are provided with perpetual licenses for the port speeds and analyzing TLS traffic.
Cost-effective Performance
The VulcanCompact offers:
- 14 million Concurrent Connections (CC)
- 5 million Connections Per Second (CPS)
- 2.8 million Transactions Per Second (TPS)
- 500.000 Concurrent TLS Sessions
- Capture capacity
- 4 million packets.
- 40 million 128 byte truncated packets.
Test These Speeds
Vulcan can generate stateful traffic at all speeds up to 40GE.
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