Performance Testing
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All of Xena’s products can be used for performance testing. This typically includes measuring:
- the volume of data successfully delivered between two points, usually measured in bits or packets per second
- how long it takes data packets to travel between two points in a network or a device, also known as latency
- variations in latency – also known as jitter – due to network congestion or other factors
- how many data packets fail to reach their destination
- if data packets are delivered in a different order from that in which they were sent
Testing can be done with different frame sizes to check how this affects performance. Similarly, the DUT can be loaded beyond its throughput capacity to see how this affects frame loss, latency and jitter.
Valkyrie includes free applications for testing in accordance with IETF RFC 2544, RFC 2889 and RFC 3918. Valkyrie also supports VSperf testing.
Vulcan is Xena solution for Performance testing for layer 4 to 7.
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EXAMPLE OF USE Service ProviderWhen you are entrusted with national security and providing vital services to the general public, you need reliable test equipment with a documented track record for accuracy and efficiency.
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CASE STORY GPON TestingThe R&D department of a major NEM in China was developing new GPON ONU access solutions for transportation. To validate the performance of the new products, they needed to generate stateless Ethernet traffic at 100GE, as well as 25GE and 50GE. Two key requirements were that the test equipment should be portable and provide two 100GE ports.
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All of Xena’s products can be used for performance testing. This typically includes measuring:
- the volume of data successfully delivered between two points, usually measured in bits or packets per second
- how long it takes data packets to travel between two points in a network or a device, also known as latency
- variations in latency – also known as jitter – due to network congestion or other factors
- how many data packets fail to reach their destination
- if data packets are delivered in a different order from that in which they were sent
Testing can be done with different frame sizes to check how this affects performance. Similarly, the DUT can be loaded beyond its throughput capacity to see how this affects frame loss, latency and jitter.
Valkyrie includes free applications for testing in accordance with IETF RFC 2544, RFC 2889 and RFC 3918. Valkyrie also supports VSperf testing.
Vulcan is Xena solution for Performance testing for layer 4 to 7.
EXAMPLE OF USE
Service Provider
When you are entrusted with national security and providing vital services to the general public, you need reliable test equipment with a documented track record for accuracy and efficiency.
CASE STORY
GPON Testing
The R&D department of a major NEM in China was developing new GPON ONU access solutions for transportation. To validate the performance of the new products, they needed to generate stateless Ethernet traffic at 100GE, as well as 25GE and 50GE. Two key requirements were that the test equipment should be portable and provide two 100GE ports.
Xena White Papers
… relevant for this type of testing
VSPerf
This White Paper explains how Xena is working with the Open Platform for NFV (OPNFV) community on the vSwitch Performance (VSPerf) project towards a generic architecture-agnostic vSwitch performance benchmarking and test framework.
Automotive Ethernet Testing
The automotive industry is finally going digital. Initiatives like the BroadR-Reach 100 Mbit/s Automotive Ethernet standard seek to minimize the weight and cost of electrical cabling – now the 3rd largest weight component.
Firewall Performance Testing Use Cases in Lab and Production Networks
Firewall Performance Testing Use Cases in Lab and Production Networks
Microburst
Microbursts – where data packets are transmitted in rapid bursts – can lead to periods of full line-rate transmission that overflow packet buffers of the network stack. This can seriously impact network performance but the problem is difficult to detect.
Application Emulation
Testing with realistic network traffic places the device under test (DUT) in a realistic network environment and delivers authentic results.
Latency & Jitter
This White Paper clarifies terms used in time measurement e.g. latency, jitter, inter-frame gap, latency resolution, speed mismatch, latency over time, and distribution and presents how Xena interprets and implements time measurements.
Emulation vs. Simulation for Layer 4-7
Testing with realistic application emulation is about emulating network traffic that contains realistic traffic patterns and content. Which is essential for providing guaranteed Quality-of-Service (QoS), and high degrees of Quality-of-Experience (QoE).
Putting 2.5GE & 5GE to the Test
This White Paper examines the technical details of the new 2.5 & 5.0GE speeds and then presents Xena’s new Odin-10G-5S-6P-CU test module which can test both the new speeds plus 100Mbit/s, 1GE and 10GE.
Performance Characterization of Virtual NGFWs
How to test the performance of virtual enterprise firewalls using Safire.
Xena Solutions for Performance Testing
Valkyrie
1GE to 400GE Stateless Ethernet Generation & Analysis
Vulcan
1GE to 40GE Stateful Ethernet Traffic Generator & Analyzer