VulcanCompact is used for stateful traffic load testing, analysis and characterization from 1 to 25 Gigabit Ethernet equipment and network infrastructure.

VulcanCompact offers stateful end-to-end testing of network appliances such as switches, firewalls, routers, NAT routers, proxies, bandwidth shapers, and more. The platform is also suitable to characterize entire network infrastructure performance.

Developers of Ethernet-based network appliances can characterize their performance by measuring connection establishment and teardown rates, packet forwarding rate at large numbers of connections and identify performance bottlenecks. The platform is also ideal for rapid validation of performance or regression testing.

Developers of stateful network security devices such as next-generation firewalls (NGFW) can measure TLS handshake rate, TLS throughput, TCP CC/CPS, and HTTP CPS/TPS. Users can also replay their own PCAP files to the DUT for performance verification.

VulcanManager is included for ad-hoc test execution and remote management of test equipment located in multiple locations. VulcanAppMix helps to test with real-world applications and protocols for highly scalable application emulation.

Flexible Upgrade Path

VulcanBay can be easily upgraded for greater performance thanks to Xena’s flexible licensing model which lets you easily upgrade VulcanBay by simply updating your license. This helps you protect your investment by spreading out capital expenditure across multiple quarters, and optimize your budget by purchasing additional performance when required.

Performance

• 14 million TCP Concurrent Connections (CC)*
• 5 million TCP Connections Per Second (CPS)**
• 2.8 million Transactions Per Second (TPS)***
• 550,000 TLS Concurrent Connections

* 14M TCP Clients and 14M TCP Servers on one VulcanCompact
** Measured with 2 x 10G ports and 14 PEs per port, with no TCP payload
*** Measured at 10 transactions per connection with 2 x 10G ports

Physical Specifications

VulcanCompact is suitable for desktop use:

• 1.7” (H) x 17.2” (W) x 9.8” (D) (4.3 x 437 x 249 mm)
• 10 lbs (4.5 kg) with no test modules installed

Power

• AC Voltage: 100-240V
• Frequency: 50-60Hz
• Power Consumption: 238W (idle) / 329W (running)
• Max. Current: 0.8A with 120V supply, and 0.4A with 240V supply

TOP FEATURES

• Stateful TCP traffic load generation with extreme performance – 14 million TCP connections *
• High throughput of TLS encrypted traffic
• Supports 1/10G optical Ethernet interfaces for L4-7
• 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

VulcanCompact Product Numbers

C-Vul-28PE-10G

VulcanCompact 1-slot chassis (non-modular, fixed), 28 packet engines, unit controller, AC power, excl. tvcrs Stateful Test Ports 2 x SFP+, 2 x 2-speed 10GBASE/SR/LR/DAC

Includes 2 x Vul-V10G-P licenses, and Vul-Sec-P for enabling TLS traffic generation on the chassis.

C-Vul-28PE-10G-CU

VulcanCompact 1-slot chassis (non-modular, fixed), 28 packet engines, unit controller, AC power, excl. tvcrs Stateful Test Ports 2 x RJ45, 2 x 4-speed 10000/5000/2500/1000 BASE-T

Includes 2 x Vul-V10G-P licenses, and Vul-Sec-P for enabling TLS traffic generation on the chassis.

C-Vul-28PE-25G

VulcanCompact 1-slot chassis (non-modular, fixed), 28 packet engines, unit controller, AC power, excl. tvcrs Stateful Test Ports 2 x SFP28, 2 x 3-speed 25GBASE/SR/LR/DAC

Includes 2 x Vul-V25G-P licenses, and Vul-Sec-P for enabling TLS traffic generation on the chassis.