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Spirent GEM v3.2 & XGEM v3.0
10/100/1G/10G Ethernet
Network & Impairment Emulators
September 2008
Proprietary and Confidential.
Subject to change.
Supersedes all previous communications
The information on the roadmap is not a
commitment, promise or legal obligation to
deliver any material, code or functionality .
Introduction to Impairment
Mission-critical applications and equipment are delivered across the
production network – from distributed applications to storage solutions to
VoIP.
When these applications are deployed, upgraded, or relocated, loss of
performance or downtime can be costly.
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Today’s Testing Approach
FAILS
The sterile lab environment does not represent a “real world”
network environment
How can you have confidence after testing in a sterile lab without
“real world” delay and impairment conditions?
How can you predict expected performance levels?
How can you discover problems related to real world conditions
before they create costly failures?
Can you afford to take a ‘wait-and-see’ approach to testing?
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“Real-World Networks”
All networks have varying Impairments and Delay
Impairment
Cause
Frame/Packet Loss
Noise, Dirty fiber/connector, Congestion (overflow), Protection Switches,
Failed Hardware, Human Error, Hard/Software Bugs
Corruption/Errors
Noise, Dirt, Congestion, Hard/Software Bugs
Reorder
Protection Switches, Changing routing and switch tables, Jitter
Duplication
Protection Switches, Hard/Software Bugs
Failures (LOS,LOF)
Human Error, Excessive Noise (corruption), Hardware Failure
Delay
Cause
Static Delay
Propagation (distance), Congestion, Queuing, Processing
Delay Variation
Packet Jitter - Congestion, Queuing Algorithms, Processing
Doppler – Dynamic delay due to moving TX and RX devices
Differential – SONET/SDH diversely routed VCAT Networks
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Impairment Sensitive Apps
Real Time Applications
IPTV, VoIP, Interactive Gaming
Storage
Disaster Recovery, Business Continuity, ILM Planning, Storage Extension, Data Center/ Server Migration
Networked Applications (Throughput / Performance / Error Recovery)
Database, Transaction Processing, Distributed Software Applications
Satellite Communications
Converged Networks
Next Generation SONET/SDH (VCAT, LCAS, GFP)
TDM over Packet, Timing over Packet (Circuit Emulation, Pseudo Wire)
MPLS, Metro Ethernet
Service Level Agreement (SLA) Characterization
Acceleration (WAN, TCP, Application)
PON (GPON, (G)EPON, BPON)
iWARP (10Gig Ethernet)
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Where is Impairment Testing Relevant?
Development
Negative Testing
Design or System Verification Testing
Validate prior to deployment
Proof of Concept
Evaluate and Demonstrate Emerging Technologies
Interoperability Testing
Characterize performance prior to deployment
Troubleshooting or Accurate Problem Replication
Solution or Product Definition
Define capabilities or min. Service Level Agreements (SLAs)
Cost Benefit Analysis
Determine if over or under engineering a solution
Sales / Trade Show Demonstrations
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Spirent’s Impairment Mission
Enable our customers to test Applications, Devices, Protocols,
Solutions or Services
Under ‘Real World’ Dynamic delay and impairment conditions in the comfort of a lab
With True Line Rate Performance
With fine Precision and high accuracy for maximum repeatability
With an “in-line” testing approach which greatly extends the testing capabilities of
end point testers alone
With multi-protocol support (Ethernet, SONET/SDH, FC, OTN, CPRI) from the
same system
We put “The World In A Box”
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Spirent Emulators Enable
Evaluating the performance of Emerging
Technologies
Characterizing breaking points of a new
service
Validating new Products or Solutions before
deployment!
Discovering and Defining minimum
required Service Level Agreements (SLAs)
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The Value
Accurately and precisely emulate real-world network conditions
during testing
Increase the quality of the user experience
Faster time-to-market
Reduce support costs
Minimize troubleshooting and downtime on the production network
Avoid live troubleshooting and downtime
Increase revenue and competitive advantage
Deliver what was promised!
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Product Overview
Spirent GEM & XGEM 3.0
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Subject to change.
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The information on the roadmap is not a
commitment, promise or legal obligation to
deliver any material, code or functionality .
Platforms
Maui
Hawaii
Supports speeds up to 2.66Gbps
Supports speeds up to 11.3Gbps
Up to 4 interface blades
Up to 2 interface blades
Hot swappable copper/optical SFP
modules (optional wavelengths available)
Hot swappable copper/optical SFP and
XFP modules
Support for Ethernet, SONET, SDH,
OTN, Fiber Channel, CPRI
Optional wavelengths available
Fast Ethernet Interface for Remote
Control
Supports Ethernet, SONET, SDH, OTN,
Fiber Channel
Fast Ethernet Interface for Remote
Control
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Maui Platform
Control via
Fast Ethernet
Front Panel Control
Blade 2 (East to West)
Blade 1 (West to East)
SFP Interfaces Support
SONET/SDH, Ethernet, FC, OTN, CPRI
Supported Products: Ethernet 10/100/1G
Signal Delay OC-3/12/48
Path Delay OC-3/12/48
Fiber Channel 2G Signal Delay
CPRI Bit Rate Option 1/2/3
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Hawaii Platform
Control via
Fast Ethernet
Blade 3
(East to West)
Front Panel Control
Blade 1
(West to East)
XFP Interfaces 10Gbps
SONET/SDH, Ethernet, OTN, CPRI and FC
SFP Interfaces
SONET/SDH, Ethernet, OTN,
CRPI and FC
Supported Products: Ethernet 10/100/1G/10G
Signal Delay OC-3/12/48/192
Path Delay OC-3/12/48/192
Fiber Channel 2/4/8/10G Signal Delay
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Easy User Control Methods
HTML based GUI:
TCL Support:
Front Panel (limited for Advanced Ethernet):
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Advanced Ethernet Network Emulation
Simulates 10/100/1000 Ethernet Layer 1 - 7 Line Delay and Impairments
Up to 16 Profiles per interface – each has distinct bandwidth, delay and impairments
Up to 16 Virtual Ports per interface for L3 Routing
Impairments Processed at Full Line Rate
Jumbo frame support - unlimited size frames
(reorder and duplication up to 12K for GEM and 15K for XGEM)
True dynamic control of impairments via Remote GUI
or Tcl based script
Layer 3 & 4 “aware” (IP or TCP/UDP/RSVP Checksum)
Supports all protocols above layer 2
Real time Statistics, Alarms and Reporting
TCL API or Intuitive Drag & Drop GUI (No Client Software)
GEM & XGEM
Report generation to PDF
Multi-protocol support on the same platform (Fiber Channel, SONET/SDH and Ethernet)
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Ethernet Applications
Validate
Stress
Evaluate
Video and Voice over IP
Next Generation Routers, Switches and Network Adapters
Networked Application Performance Testing
Verify response time versus delay, bandwidth, packet loss, etc.
Only solution capable of testing high bandwidth applications
>50Mbps - Sustained Full Line Rate
“Realistic” network environment
Latency testing
Remote Data Storage Technologies SAN / NAS / iSCSI
Emulate the “real world” effects of Layer 1/2 delay and
impairments on Layer 3 devices and applications
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GEM - Overview
16 Network Profiles per Interface (64 total on Maui)
Each with its own distinct delay, bandwidth & impairment profile
Defined by any combination of VLAN tag, MPLS label, MAC or IP address, TCP/UDP port or any
other protocol field or data up to 2000 bytes deep within the Ethernet frame
Standard Network Models with TIA-921/G.1050 option
Profiler Playback (Play back delay/drop recorded files)
NEW! Network Playback (Custom Impairment Table)
NEW! Capture / Replay of data
NEW! Accumulate & Burst
GEM Flow Definitions Screen Shot
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XGEM - Overview
4 Network Profiles per Interface (8 per 2-Blade HAWAII)
Each with its own distinct delay, bandwidth & impairment profile
Defined by any combination of VLAN tag, MPLS label, MAC or IP address, TCP port or any other
protocol field or data up to 2000 bytes deep within the Ethernet frame
7/7/2015
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XGEM Recent Enhancements
Duplication and Reorder for Jumbo Packets
Tcl API
Save and Restore
IPv6 support
Profile Shaping
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GEM - Impairments
Line Bit Errors
LOS / LOF Sync
Static Delay
Jitter Delay (FDV)
Frame/Packet Drop (Decimate)
Re-order
Policing
Bandwidth Control (Throttle)
Duplication
Higher Layer Bit Errors
Modification
CRC Corruption
Accumulate & Burst
Targeted or Random
Precise Distribution
Single or Bursty
Maximum Accuracy
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Advanced Ethernet Impairments
Impairment Types:
Drop – frames are dropped based upon a user specified probability
IPTV - Selectively drop MPEG - 4 I, P or B packets
CRC Corruption – the Ethernet CRC of frames is corrupted based on user-specified probability
Jitter – Ethernet frames are variably delayed around the line or network flow delay based upon a user
defined probability and the following:
Max Delay – maximum value of delay
Min Delay – minimum value of delay
Max Positive D - the maximum positive change of delay
Max Negative D - the maximum negative change of delay
Reorder – up to 256 Ethernet frames can be reordered
Duplication – up to 15 Ethernet duplicate frames can be created
Data Corruption – any burst of bytes (up to 2000) within the Ethernet frame may be corrupted based upon
a user specified offset from the start of the Ethernet frame and a user-defined error rate (1E-12 to 1E-2).
Modification – any burst of bytes (< 2000) may be modified on user-specified offset.
New! Accumulate and Burst – specify a number of packets to ‘accumulate’ in a buffer before being
‘burst’ out of the emulator creating ‘bursty’ traffic
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Advanced Ethernet Impairments
Support for Targeted or Random Impairments
Targeted Impairments defined by any combination of
VLAN tag
MPLS label
MAC or IP Source/Destination addresses
TCP or UDP Source/Destination port numbers
IP ToS
DiffServ
any other field in the Ethernet, IP, TCP, UDP or RTP header
any other information up to 2,000 bytes deep within the Ethernet frame
Random Impairments are based upon any of the following distributions:
Periodic
Poisson
Gaussian
Uniform
NEW! Custom Distributions - created with GEM Network Playback
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Spirent GEM / XGEM Key Features
Architecture
• Hardware based – high precision, accuracy and full Layer 1 impairment emulation
• Flexible FPGA design – protects investment
• Easy to upgrade with new features – extensive roadmap
Performance
• High precision instrument with fine resolution control over delay function
• Full 1GbE/10GbE line-rate support all the time (even at 64 byte frame size)
• Chain multiple impairments at same time (corruption, jitter, duplication, reorder, drop,
modification, errors)
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GEM – Network Profiles
100s or 1000s
of incoming Flows
(up to true line rate)
Emulate Multiple Network Profiles
Classifier (Network Profile Definitions)
All non classified traffic
192.168.40.3
192.168.40.2
x.x.x.x
Defined Per Network Profile:
• Delay
• Policing (Bandwidth Control)
• Impairments
• Modification
Network Profile #
Delay
Buffer
0
Delay
Buffer
1
Delay
Buffer
Delay
Buffer
2
13
Delay
Buffer
14
Delay
Buffer
15
Scheduler
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GEM Bandwidth Profile
Based on Metro Ethernet Forum Bandwidth Profiles
GEM allows for the configuration of the:
New token
Added at a rate of CIR/8
times/second
Committed Information Rate (CIR)
Committed Burst Size (CBS)
Network Profile 1
Network Profile 2
> CBS
…
Excess Information Rate (EIR)
Excess Burst Size (EBS)
New token
Added at a rate of EIR/8
times/second
Network Profile 16
< or = CBS
Supports Service Frame Colors
> EBS
< or = EBS
Network Profile 1
Yellow – conforms to Excess Rate
Network Profile 2
…
Green – conforms to Committed Rate
Network Profile 16
Red – does NOT conform to Committed or Excess Rate
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TIA-921 / ITU-T G.1050 Module
Provides 1064 statistically based network models
Models developed using actual production network conditions provided anonymously
from leading service providers around the world.
Evaluate multimedia applications under real-world conditions prior to deployment
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Standard Based Network Models
TIA-921 and ITU-T G.1050
Statistically based Time Varying IP Network Impairments
For evaluation of Multimedia Transmission
Impairments include:
Delay, Jitter, Packet Loss, Out-of-Order packets, Route Flapping
DUTs include:
IP Phones, POTS over IP, Media Gateways, MGC
User Agents, Call Agents, Media Servers
Video, Gatekeeper App, Servers,
Edge Routers, Modems, Fax
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Standard Based Network Models
TIA-921 and ITU-T G.1050
Local
Access A
LAN A
64kbps
IP Core
Network
64kbps
LAN B
128kbps
128kbps
DUT A
Local
Access B
256kbps
Route flapping
256kbps
1000BaseX
384kbps
One-way delay
384kbps
1000BaseX
100BaseT Switch
512kbps
Jitter
512kbps
100BaseT Switch
100BaseT Hub
768kbps
Packet loss
768kbps
100BaseT Hub
10BaseT
T1/E1
Packet Reorder
T1/E1
10BaseT
WLAN (~4Mbps)
T3/E3
T3/E3
WLAN (~4Mbps)
-----------------
ADSL
ADSL
-----------------
Occupancy level
Cable
Cable
Occupancy level
Packet loss
Fiber
Fiber
Packet loss
----------------
----------------
Occupancy
Occupancy
level
level
QoS Edge
QoS Edge
Router
Router
DUT B
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TIA-921 and ITU-T G.1050
Conditions based on SLAs
Each Impairment Condition has a Likelihood of Occurrence (LOO)
Based on real IP Network Statistics
Based on Network Architecture
Based on Classes of Service
Definitive set of test conditions
1064 Impairment Combinations
Tests may be automatically ran
Typically 2 min per Impairment Condition
Approximately 1.5 days to run complete set of tests
Impairment Condition may be correlated with appropriate quality measurement
Voice Quality Metric (MOS, PESQ, PSQM, R-Factor)
Video Quality Metric
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TIA-921 / ITU-T G.1050 Enhancements
Enhancements include:
Ability to loop through a set of test cases ‘n’ times or forever
New model parameters: Packet Size and Interval
Optionally enforce bandwidth limits (not required in model) – previously bandwidth not
controlled
Added support for G.1050 Intercontinental delays – user can select regional (TIA921/G.1050) or intercontinental (G.1050) delay model
Now provide user control over the model random number seed – gives user the ability to
perform the exact same test again by specifying the same seed value
Additional test parameters shown in GUI
Ability to individually disable portions of model (LAN A, Access A, Core, Access B, LAN
B)
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Video Impairments – IPTV Option
The optional IPTV feature on GEM can be used to characterize video performance
under specific impairments
Correlate mean quality scores with specific impairment conditions
Target drop MPEG 2 (H.262) and MPEG 4 (H.264) I, P or B frames
7/7/2015
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Video Impairments – IPTV Option
Controls
Select a MPEG 2/4 “I”, “P”, “B” packet for possible drop
Choose the number of times to trigger a selection
1-15, infinite
Choose drop probability for selected packets
Rate plus Distribution (Poisson, Periodic,
Gaussian, Uniform)
Choose Selection Offset
Allows user to trigger off an “I” frame but select an
Ethernet packet ‘x’ packets away
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Dynamic Search Filter (DSF)
Searches for a user defined pattern throughout an entire TCP/UDP payload and triggers an
impairment event
Up to 8 strings each up to 8 bytes in length defined per Network Profile
String searches are logically OR’d together
Byte level wildcards available, “*”
When a match is found, the packet is subjected to a specified impairment
Trigger event can be limited to specified number of times (e.g., 1, 2, 3 … or infinite)
Ethernet
Header
IP
Header
TCP/
UDP
Header
TCP/UDP
Payload
Checksum
String Search
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Applications for Dynamic Search Filter
Video
The optional DSF feature on GEM can be used to characterize video performance under specific
impairments
Target a specific MPEG I, B or P frame for impairment
TCP Acceleration
The optional DSF feature on GEM can be used to characterize new TCP implementations for
acceleration performance
Target a specific TCP packet with specific FTP data string and drop the packet
Specify the trigger to occur only once to prevent TCP session from closing
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Spirent Profiler Playback
Test your applications and services under the same
conditions existing on your production network!
Record live network conditions to be imported into a GEM emulator
Recreate those same delay and impairment conditions in the lab
Reduce risk by confidently testing under the most relevant scenarios!
Validate performance and prevent failure before an expensive roll-out
Production
WAN
Server
Client
Delay, Jitter
Packet Loss
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Spirent Profiler Playback – How It Works
Setup Stand-alone Profiler application on network client
Capture delay and packet loss between the Profiler application and multiple user defined target
machines using ICMPs
Take the Profiler logs back to lab to be loaded into GEM emulator for Playback
Test your applications or services under current network conditions and prevent embarrassing
failure!
Remote Site
www.abc.com
Profiler Targets
Server A
www.abc.com
Server B
Main Office
New Remote Site
WAN
Server A
Profiler Targets
Server A
www.abc.com
Server C
Profiler Targets
Server B
Server C
www.abc.com
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Spirent Profiler Playback- Details
Record network delay and loss characteristics for over 30 days between Profiler application and
50+ user defined Targets
Define Targets by IP address or URL
Configure ICMP packet length (64-1518)
Configure DSCP field (0-255)
Set ICMP interval down to 100ms
Stand-alone Profiler application supported on Windows or Linux platform
Start sessions manually or automatically by scheduling date/time and duration
View delay and impairment graphs real time or for post analysis
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Spirent Profiler Playback
Upload Profiler logs to GEM and playback the captured impairments – one log per GEM
Network Profile
Options
Playback delay values as measured by the Spirent Profiler or increase delay values
during playback by a user defined factor for performance testing
Repeat log files for longer playback sessions
Ignore packet drop (packet drop values in log are ignored)
Assign to Network Profile in opposite direction for bi-directional support
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GEM Router Mode
Allows users to connect devices to Spirent GEM of the same or different subnets
Each Physical Interface is assigned a unique MAC
Each Physical Interface can have up to 16 Virtual Interfaces – 16 different IP Subnets
Supports IPv4
2 Physical Interfaces
Client1
With standard GEM:
Server1
Devices connected to Spirent Emulator must be on
same subnet
Emulated Network
Client2
Managed Switch/Router required when connecting
multiple devices on different subnets
Client3
Spirent GEM interfaces do not have MAC or IP address’ to configure
Server2
7/7/2015
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GEM Router Mode – Use Case 1
Emulated Network
2 physical interfaces
Client 1
192.168.40.101
255.255.255.0
Gateway = 192.168.40.1
Server 1
77.0.0.1
255.255.255.0
192.168.40.1
255.255.255.0
77.0.0.2
255.255.255.0
Gateway = 77.0.0.1
Bi-directional
10/100/1000M
Ethernet
Connect two devices on multiple subnets without external router/switch
7/7/2015
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GEM Router Mode – Use Case 2
OC-3 / STM-1
155Mbps
2Mbps DSL
Remote Office
London
600
users
1000
users
Remote Office
New York
WAN
150
users
T1
OC-48 / STM-16
622Mbps
Remote Office
Data Center
Austin Texas
Connecticut
Production Network
3 Remote Offices and a Data Center
Link speeds from 1.544Mbps to 622Mbps
Various applications running including VoIP, Oracle, Web, Video Conferencing
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GEM Router Mode – Use Case 2
(cont’d)
Bi-directional
10/100/1000M Ethernet
Emulated Network
2 physical interfaces
London
192.168.40.101
Unmanaged Switch
Server 1
Gateway = 192.168.40.1
77.0.0.2
Unmanaged Switch
Austin
192.168.50.101
Gateway = 192.168.50.1
New York
Gateway = 77.0.0.1
3 Virtual Ports
1 Physical Port
1 Virtual Port
192.168.40.1
192.168.50.1
192.168.60.1
77.0.0.1
GEM’s Gateway
77.0.0.4
Server 2
77.0.0.3
192.168.60.101
Gateway = 77.0.0.1
Gateway = 192.168.60.1
Dynamically configure test bed without moving equipment!
Use unmanaged switch to connect more than 2 devices to 2-port Spirent GEM
Total throughput up to 1000Mbps regardless of packet size
Traffic (client to client or client to server) will be routed through Spirent prior to arrival at destination
GEM’s Gateway allows connection to remote subnets (e.g., internet)
Router
77.0.0.4
Gateway = 77.0.0.4
Internet
or
remote
subnets
7/7/2015
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GEM Router Mode – Use Case 2
Emulated Network
2 physical interfaces
Client 1
192.168.40.101
(cont’d)
Unmanaged Switch
Unmanaged Switch
Server 1
77.0.0.2
Client 2
3 Virtual Ports
1 Physical Port
192.168.50.101
Client 3
192.168.40.1
192.168.50.1
192.168.60.1
Bi-directional
10/100/1000M Ethernet
192.168.60.101
Server 2
77.0.0.3
Utilizing ‘Network Profiles’ users can:
Have different bandwidth/delay/impairment conditions for a link
For example
Router
77.0.0.4
Gateway = 77.0.0.4
Client 1 Server 1 can have 90ms of delay over 156kbps bandwidth
Client 1 Client 2 can have 15ms of delay over 52Mbps bandwidth
Internet
or
remote
subnets
Client 1 Server 2 can have 280ms over 64kbps bandwidth
Logically reconfigure ‘Emulated Network’ dynamically – no need to move physical nodes
HTML GUI or Tcl Script
7/7/2015
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GEM Router Mode – Notes
Static Layer 3 IPv4 routing
IPv6 routing is not supported
Does not participate in dynamic routing protocols – RIP, IS-IS, OSPF, etc.
Only routes between IP subnets directly connected to Spirent GEM (no routers
between subnet and GEM)
GEM Default Gateway forwards all ‘other’ packets to one selected port
Does not support Multicast
Not supported on 4 blade Maui system
7/7/2015
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GEM Reporter
Produce professional reports based on statistics from GEM Emulator
Bandwidth, Delay, Packet Loss Stats for all Network Profiles
Present to management in PDF Format for post analysis
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Drag & Drop Configurator
Easily define the network topology, devices and traffic flows directly from the GUI.
7/7/2015
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What’s NEW with GEM?
Capture/ Replay (Option)
Capture live network traffic or streams and play them back on your emulator
Network Playback (Option)
Custom Network Impairment Table
Accumulate & Burst
Allows users to specify a number of packets to ‘accumulate’ in a buffer before being ‘burst’ out
of the emulator - creating ‘bursty’ traffic from a smooth input stream.
TIA-921 Enhancements
Loop tests, support for new model parameters such as Packet Size and Interval, support for
Intercontinental Delay, control over the random number seed …
Router Mode Enhancements
support on the Hawaii 10G blades, statistics per virtual port, greater VLAN support, the ability
to clear the ARP cache, and more.
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What’s NEW with GEM?
(cont’d)
Advanced Protocol Filter Suite
Custom Filter Library
MEF-18 Test Suite (Option)
IPTV over IPv6 support
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New!! Capture Replay
Capture live traffic for analysis and replay the same traffic with varying
throughput and impairment conditions for performance testing!
Available as an option to GEM loads on Hawaii Blades
Capture up to 1G Byte/sec at full line rate using filters or triggers.
Replay this or other pre-captured traffic on the GEM and apply impairments.
Capture and/or Replay can occur before or after impairments are applied.
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New!! Capture Replay
(cont’d)
Troubleshoot network or application performance issues using trigger conditions
Analyze network / application layer protocol behavior in both directions to debug
application/network issues
Example: Look at how TCP data is getting ACKed back from the server, or look at how
much time certain application transaction is taking by looking at data in both directions
Isolate top talkers / applications using network bandwidth
Capture all or part of incoming traffic
thru traffic with
background
System
Under Test
System
Under Test
PCAP file
Capture – Download
Replay - Upload
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New!! Capture Replay
(cont’d)
Capture data inline at up to true Line Rate in both directions
Use extensive filtering (Layer 2 - Layer 7) capability for focused capture
Capture traffic for multiple Network Profiles simultaneously
Download captured data for analysis (PCAP file format)
Deep Capture Buffer - Capture up to 890Mbytes of traffic
Better utilize capture buffer with filtered capture or use Packet slicing ability to capture only
packet header bytes
Capture before and / or after emulator introduces impairments
Trigger capture on incoming errors or when emulator generates impairment
Captured packets include precise hardware based time-stamps with 16ns accuracy
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New!! Capture Replay
(cont’d)
Upload previously captured files to be replayed by GEM (PCAP) at up to true line rate
PCAP files can be modified prior to upload
Precisely replay traffic at captured rate or user defined rate
Replay as background traffic along with through traffic
Replay with or without impairments (including modification)
Replay multiple captured files simultaneously with multiple Network Profiles
Replay file single time or ‘n’ times or forever
PCAP file
Replay - Upload
thru traffic with
background
System
Under
Test
Use to generate non-stateful traffic
System
Under
Test
PCAP file
thru traffic with
background
Replay - Upload
System
Under
Test
Use to create background traffic
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NEW! Spirent “Network Playback”
Gives “Profiler Playback” PLUS:
Import and Playback custom network scenarios with user defined Impairment Tables
Control: delay, drop, reorder, duplication, CRC error, corruption
Table provides Packet to Packet control – each packet assigned to a table entry
Also per ‘n’ packets or ‘n’ ms time
Truly Dynamic control with industry leading Precision and Repeatability
Extremely large tables supported for slow frequency events
Playback control provided for each individual GEM Network Profile
Works with other GEM features such as bandwidth control
System
Under Test
System
Under Test
Lab Test Bed
Number, Delay, Drop
1, 101.0, 0
2, 102.5, 1
3, 93.7, 0
4, 95.6, 0
5, 112.0, 0
6, 109.4, 0
7, 98.4, 0
8, 118.8, 0
9, 110.3, 0
10, 96.4, 0
Custom Impairment
Table
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New!! Network Playback Applications
Test new technologies, protocols or applications with virtually limitless control for:
Any dynamic or “bursty” network scenario
Exteremely high or even very low (sub-Herz) frequency delay change and impairment
events
Custom statistical impairment distributions
Open format supporting any network impairment model
Stress Timing over Packet (PTP, NTP, RTP) clock recovery algorithms with
maximum precision of delay variation – per packet delay control
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New!! Network Playback Details
Playback Table once or repeat 2 to 255 times or forever
Control playback of impairment table entries:
Packet to Packet or every “n” packets with “n” = 2 to 65535
“n” ms of time where “n” = 125ns to 475sec
Playback delay values as defined in the table or increase/decrease
values by a user defined factor (e.g. 2x or 5x)
Other GEM impairment controls can be used simultaneously
i.e., Modification, Bandwidth Control
Choice of source for impairment: table or GEM GUI (ignore drop from table)
Number, Delay, Drop
1, 101.0, 0
2, 102.5, 1
3, 93.7, 0
4, 95.6, 0
5, 112.0, 0
6, 109.4, 0
7, 98.4, 0
8, 118.8, 0
9, 110.3, 0
10, 96.4, 0
Example Table
Custom Impairment Tables can be individually uploaded and controlled for each GEM Network
Profile (1-16)
Bi-directional and Uni-directional emulation provided
Playback progress provided – repeat count and % complete
Note: Simultaneous operation with TIA-921/ITU-T G.1050 test suites or Capture/Replay feature not currently supported
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New!! Accumulate and Burst
This standard GEM feature allows a user to specify a number of packets to
‘accumulate’ in a buffer before being ‘burst’ out of the emulator creating ‘bursty’ traffic
from a smooth input stream.
Accumulate and Burst emulates congested networks and allows the user to stress a
device under test by exercising its buffers with line rate bursts of packets. It helps
determine how well a device can handle incoming bursty traffic.
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New!! Accumulate and Burst
(cont’d)
Example:
A packet burst value of 3 packets (Accumulation Mode = N Packets Only).
A Minimum InterBurst Gap Value of 1 millisecond.
The “Incoming Packets” time line shows that 200us were required to accumulate 3 packets (ABC).
The “Outgoing Packets” time line shows the 3 packets being burst (ABC) after 200us and then a 1ms gap (1000 us)
before the next three packets are burst (DEF) at 1200us.
Then the next outgoing packet burst occurs (GHI) 1 ms later (2200 us from when the first packet arrived).
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New!! Accumulate and Burst
(cont’d)
Accumulate and Burst has four parameters:
Accumulation Mode
N Packets Only: Accumulate packets until the buffer queue has “N” packets (specify numeric value) before
bursting out packets.
Timeout Only: Accumulate packets for a user specified "Timeout" (specify numeric value) before bursting
out packets.
N Packets Or Timeout: Accumulate packets until the buffer queue has N packets or the timeout has expired.
When either condition is met packets will be burst
N Packets And Timeout: Accumulate packets until the buffer queue has N packets and the timeout has
expired. Both conditions must be me before packets are burst.
Minimum InterBurst Gap
Burst Size
Specifies the minimum gap between packet bursts
Specifies the number of packets to accumulate before bursting
Timeout
Specifies the amount of time packets will accumulate before bursting
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New!!
Correlated App Performance and Emulation Stats
Import Stats into HP’s Loadrunner or Radview’s Report Manager
Create custom charts
Time correlated results provide meaningful information
How much delay can the application tolerate while still meeting SLO?
How much bandwidth is required to meet SLO?
How robust is the application in presence of jitter, packet loss or errors?
Import GEM Emulator Stats
Show Response Time versus Delay
HP LoadRunner is a registered trademark of Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
WebLoad is a trademark of Radview Software Ltd.
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New!!
Correlated App Performance and Emulation Stats
Log GEM statistics directly to Windows Performance Monitoring format (Perfmon)
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New!! Advanced Protocol Filter Suite
Based on Custom Filter Library feature
Today’s Filter Suite includes MPLS, PPPoE, IP, OSPF, PTP, FCoE
and RSVP and is growing
Completely customizable to suite your needs!
Share your filter libraries With Spirent for everyone’s mutual
benefit
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New!! Custom Filter Library
Adds custom protocol filters to GEM classifier page
Open text based file format allows sharing of filters with colleagues
Extends GEM beyond standard set of predefined filters
MAC/IP address, VLAN/MPLS, TCP/UDP ports
Makes it easier to classify traffic with proprietary or any other protocols
Example Custom Filters: FCoE, PPPoE and PTPv2
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New!! Custom Filter Library – .AFL file
Example filter library with FC over Ethernet:
# Example filter library containing one custom filter definition
# FCoE has Ethertype of 0x8906
FCoE (non-tagged) {
FCoE Version (4bit):
L3@0[7:4]
format(DEC)
FC R_CTL:
L3@14
format(HEX)
FC Dest Addr:
L3@15-17
format(HEX)
FC CS_CTL:
L3@18
format(HEX)
FC Src Addr:
L3@19-21
format(HEX)
}
Above example results in the following filter template in GEM GUI
GEM Classifier Page with Custom FCoE Filter
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Circuit Emulation and
Timing over Packet Testing
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Testing CES and ToP Solutions
Verify conformance to ITU-T G.8261, MEF-18 and other emerging standards
Characterize clock recovery performance across a packet based network
Validate TDM services are delivered across packet networks with the required jitter and
wander performance (per ITU-T G.823 and G.824)
Verify packet-loss-concealment algorithms by introducing packet loss and re-order
Validate the performance of protection fail-over features
Verify accuracy of performance metrics reporting and status/alarm indicators
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Replace your ITU-T G.8261 Test Bed
G.8261 Appendix VI describes test bed for CES testing however:
Not repeatable across labs and organizations
Fundamental characteristics are left unspecified
E.g.: background traffic greatly affects results yet not sufficiently defined
Complex to setup and maintain – Error Prone
Easy to make configuration errors which significantly compromise results unknowingly to users
Costly – switches, multiple background traffic generators, labor
Spirent emulators are repeatable, accurate, customizable, easier to setup, less costly!
Get more realistic
testing done!
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Circuit Emulation (TDM over Packet) testing
Spirent GEM emulator provides highest precision, accuracy and repeatability
Completely customizable PDV scenarios with Network Playback feature (per packet
control; MEF-18 test suites)
Symmetricom
TimeMonitor Analyzer
PDV, TIE, MTIE,
TDEV, MinTDEV
CES
TDM
Source
TDM
CES
CES IWF
Under Test
CES IWF
Under Test
TDM Jitter/Wander
Analyzer
ITU-T G.823 and G.824
masks
Emulated Network
ITU-T G.8261, MEF-18 or Custom scenarios
Precise, Dynamic, Customizable and Repeatable
Delay and Impairments
~
External Timing Source
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New!! MEF-18 Test Suite
Test specification based on ITU-T G.8261 from Metro Ethernet Forum
Verifies transport of TDM services such as DS1, E1, DS3 and E3 over a Carrier
Ethernet network (CES, SAToP) with required min output wander
Covers Section 6 “Synchronization” of MEF-18
Test cases 6.1 – 6.8
Calls for network emulator replacing the test bed defined in G.8261 Appendix VI in
order to create Packet Delay Variation (PDV).
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New!! MEF-18 Test Suite
(cont’d)
Provides repeatable testing against industry based test plans prior to formal
certification testing
Based on GEM Network Playback feature providing highest possible accuracy
and is completely customizable
Also test Timing over Packet (ToP) solutions such as PTP or IEEE 1588
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Timing over Packet Testing
GEM emulator provides highest precision, accuracy and repeatability
Ideal for testing timing over packet solutions such as PTP (IEEE 1588)
Completely customizable PDV scenarios with Network Playback feature (per packet or time
based control; scenario suites available)!
Pathological timing scenarios
Custom statistical distributions (long tail) and Low frequency content (diurnal variation)
PDV, TIE, MTIE,
TDEV, MinTDEV
PTP/NTP
PRS
Symmetricom
TimeMonitor Analyzer
PTP/NTP
Master Clock
Under Test
Recovered
Clock
MTIE, TDEV
Counter
Slave Clock
Under Test
Emulated Network
ITU-T G.8261, MEF-18 or Custom scenarios
Precise, Dynamic, Customizable and Repeatable
Delay and Impairments
~
External Timing Source
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New!! Other Enhancements
IPTV over IPv6
Drop down list of applications and their common UDP/TCP destination port number.
One click to filter all SIP or RTP or HTTP traffic into a specific Network Profile.
Improved interface for custom offsets in the classifier – used for filtering off protocol
data not provided in a predefined filter. Choose to filter off an offset from layer 2 or 3.
Direct control of the classifier and Network Profile impairments within the Drag and
Drop GUI
Profile Stats labels have been changed to more clearly indicate RX and TX flow
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FCoE Testing
with GEM and XGEM
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FCoE - Fibre Channel over Ethernet
Native FC frames over IEEE Ethernet – no IP, TCP/UDP
Replacing only the lower layer with Ethernet through use of Converged Network Adapters - has own
Ethertype – 0x8906
Simplifies integration of existing FC and Ethernet fabrics
One FC frame One Ethernet frame
FC lossless mechanism replaced with Ethernet 802.3x Pause
Enables Converging Data and Storage Networks
Reduces costs through common infrastructure, management and services
Leverages economy of scale of Ethernet
Simplifies Data Center infrastructure
Managing FC fabric does not change
Requirements
Jumbo ~2.5KBytes (2112 byte FC payload)
Lossless Ethernet Network 802.3X PAUSE
FC-4 Protocol Mapping
FC-4 Protocol Mapping
FC-3 Services
FC-3 Services
FC-2 Framing
FC-1 Data encode/decode
FC-0 Physical
FC-2 Framing
FCoE
MAC
Physical
IEEE 802.3
Ethernet
Known and Enforced transit time
FCoE standardization process – 2008
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Testing FCoE
Validate the Lossless delivery of FCoE
How does converged traffic affect FC throughput and vice versa?
How does the whole system respond? (HBA, FCoE switch, Applications)
Characterize performance and throughput of FC given set of Ethernet network conditions
Validate robustness of system in presence of inevitable network impairments
Verify QoS enforcement in the presence of Congestion
Protocol Testing
Target specific FCoE or FIP frames or fields for impairment
Corrupt or Modify MAC addresses to stress addressing scheme (SPMA or FPMA)
Analyze bidirectional responses to corrupted or dropped packets
Test proper enforcement of FC lifetime requirements
Interoperability testing under realistic conditions
Ensure IP and FCoE worlds “play nice” (i.e., FC lifetime requirements are not enforced on IP traffic)
Standard 10Gig Ethernet testing
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Spirent FCoE Network Impairment Emulation
1GigE (GEM) and 10GigE (XGEM) Gigabit Ethernet Network Emulation
Impairments
Drop, Corruption, Link Failure, Modification, Reorder, Duplication, Delay, Jitter, Traffic Burst
MAC layer PAUSE frame control
10Gig min IPG control
Classified Statistics per application type
Dynamically change bandwidth (throttle) simulating congestion
Programmable Filter Library – support for all protocols above layer 2 (proprietary and future)
Support for Jumbo frames needed for FC frame size and beyond
Capture / Replay
Line rate capture
Bidirectional time correlated capture files
Triggered or Filtered capture
Timeout – Delay
Supports VLAN tagging
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Spirent GEM/XGEM Advantages
Precision and Accuracy (i.e., over delay)
Dynamically changing impairments over duration of test without data loss
High bandwidth or Full Line Rate support
10GbE, 10G FC or OC-192 support today
Chain multiple impairments and delay simultaneously during a test
Multi-protocol support - Ethernet, Fiber Channel, SONET/SDH, CPRI
Protection of investment with a flexible architecture and extensive roadmap
Testing per TIA-921 / ITU G.1050 Network Impairment Models
IPTV – Targeted MPEG2/4 packet impairments
Line rate Capture and Replay of incoming traffic
Jumbo Frame Support
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Summary
Industry’s most Precise and Repeatable emulator platform
Always provides 100% Line Rate Processing up to 11.3Gbps
Controlled by easy to use GUI, TCL API and/or front panel access
Standard Network Models - TIA-921/ITU-T G.1050
Dynamic Control over Delay and Impairments incl. selectively dropping MPEG4 I/P/B packets
Real Time Statistics and Alarm Monitoring
Layer 3 routing supporting automated configuration of test bed
Flexible FPGA based architecture protects investment
Comprehensive Layer 1 through Layer 7 Impairments
Only Integrated Multi-Protocol Emulator -Ethernet, SONET/SDH, Fiber Channel, OTN, CPRI
Router Mode for connecting devices to Spirent GEM from the same or different subnets
Profiler for accurate capture and replay of production net. characteristics and “real world” results
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Product Info
Proprietary and Confidential.
Subject to change.
Supersedes all previous communications
The information on the roadmap is not a
commitment, promise or legal obligation to
deliver any material, code or functionality .
Configuration
1. Chassis - AS-CKL-2U (Bi-Directional Chassis supporting up to 4 blades - M1 or H10*
2. Blades (supports all Emulator Loads with same hardware interface)
1.
AS-M1 (a.k.a. Maui - provides network emulation up to 2.6Gbps)
2.
AS-H10 (a.k.a. Hawaii - provides network emulation up to 11.3Gbps)
Note: Maui only support SFPs. Hawaii supports both.
Note: You cannot mix and match blades in the same chassis
3. Interface Modules*
1.
SFPs (MM850, SM1310, MM1310, SM1490, SM1550, CGI (10/100/1000Base-T Copper), ….)
2.
XFPs (XMM850, XSM1310, XSM1550, CX4, ….)
4. Emulator Loads (includes software, firmware and GUI)
1.
AS-GEM (10/100/1000 Ethernet Emulator – up to 64 network profiles* per chassis)
2.
AS-XGEM (Multi profile 10Gig Ethernet Emulator – up to 8 network profiles per chassis)
3.
AS-GE, AS-GE10L, AS-GE10LFD, AS-GE10LFO (1/10GigE LAN or WAN PHY Signal Delay)
NOTE: A Network Profile is a filter to identify a specific location or application type in order to apply:
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Configuration (cont’d)
5.
Options
•
AS-DX2 Delay Doubler (non-PD and XGEM systems)
•
AS-DSX Delay SuperExtender (GEM only)
•
AS-TIA921 – TIA-921/ITU-T G.1050 (GEM only)
•
AS-DSF – Dynamic Search Filter (GEM only)
•
AS-IPTV – IPTV Impairments (GEM only)
•
AS-VPE16 – 16 Virtual Ports per physical interface (GEM only)
•
AS-PROPLAY – Profiler Replay (GEM only)
•
AS-CAPPLAY – Capture Replay (GEM/XGEM - requires Hawaii 10G blades)
•
AS-NETPLAY – Network Playback (GEM Only)
1 Year Standard HW Warranty
1 Year Standard Software Maintenance
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“Coupled” Interface Connection
Blade 4
DUT
TX/RX
RX
TX
SFP with Copper
RJ45 or Optical LC
Connectors
TX/RX
RX
TX
RX
TX
TX/RX
Blade 3
Blade 2
DUT
Spirent
Emulator
SFP with Copper
RJ45 or Optical LC
Connectors
Spirent
Emulator
DUT
SFP with Copper
RJ45 or Optical LC
Connectors
RX
TX
TX/RX
DUT
SFP with Copper
RJ45 or Optical LC
Connectors
Blade 1
SFP
Copper or Optical
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“Uncoupled” Interface Connection
Blade 4
DUT
RX
TX
TX
LC
Connectors
DUT
TX
RX
LC
Connectors
TX
RX
Blade 3
Blade 2
RX
Spirent
Emulator
TX
LC
Connectors
Spirent
Emulator
RX
LC
Connectors
TX
RX
RX
TX
RX
TX
DUT
DUT
Blade 1
SFP
Fiber Kits Provided
Optical
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Hawaii Platform Interface Connection
Top Blade
DUT
RX
TX
TX
LC
Connectors
Spirent
Emulator
RX
LC
Connectors
RX
TX
RX
TX
DUT
Bottom Blade
Optical – “Uncoupled”
Top Blade
DUT
TX/RX
RX
TX
Optical LC,
Copper RJ45 or CX4
Connectors
Spirent
Emulator
Optical LC,
Copper RJ45 or CX4
Connectors
TX/RX
RX
TX
DUT
Bottom Blade
Copper or Optical “Coupled” GEM or XGEM
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Thank You
Proprietary and Confidential.
Subject to change.
Supersedes all previous communications
The information on the roadmap is not a
commitment, promise or legal obligation to
deliver any material, code or functionality .
Sample Customers
STORAGE
NETWORK
EQUIPMENT
PROVIDERS
WIRELESS
MOBILE
ENTERPRISE
GOVERNMENT
INSTITUTIONS
SYSTEM INTEGRATOR
IC MAKERS
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