Spirent TestCenter

Further product information.

TestCenter is a system designed for functional and performance testing in today’s converging networks. Spirent TestCenter is composed of hardware and software components that enable customers to reduce testing costs by accelerating functional and performance testing.  Service providers, network equipment manufacturers and large enterprises use Spirent TestCenter solutions to evaluate devices and network configurations in development, QA, and production environments.

Key Features

• Multiple technology support
• Integrated standards-based test methodology wizards
• Granular traffic generation controls
• Real time measurement displays
• Integrated capture/decode
• Powerful automation for consistent regression testing
• Hot swap feature for test modules
• Twelve-module chassis – up to 144 Gigabit and 96 10Gigabit ports
• Ethernet ports – for high scalability testing
• Dual stack IPv4/IPv6 support

Solutions-focused software

• Ethernet switch testing
• Ethernet switch and router testing
• Enterprise/Metro router testing
• Broadband access testing
• IPTV testing

 

TestCenter chassis:

• TestCenter 2 module 2U chassis
• TestCenter 12 module 11U chassis

 

Aplikace

Ethernet Switchů Testing

Spirent TestCenter enables test engineers to reduce test cycles using wizards and IETF RFC-compliant default settings. One application has all the integrated test methodology wizards required for successful testing in a lab environment. Using the RFC 2544 and RFC 2889 wizards, users can compare the performance of different devices or different traffic types flowing through a device. RFC 2544 also allows combined control plane and data plane testing in the same application, which further speeds and simplifies the testing process. Automated tests, which are based on IETF RFC 2544 and RFC 2889, quickly deliver pass/fail results so users can isolate a fault on a switch automatically, so users don’t have to create their own test plans and proprietary scripts.

Testování Ethernet/Metro routerů

Spirent TestCenter supports all core technologies required to test enterprise/ metro routers including QoS, IPv4/IPv6, routing, multicast, MPLS, spanning tree, VLAN, VLAN stacking and DHCP.A robust suite of protocol emulations allows the user to test nearly any metro Ethernet configuration including VPLS-LDP, VPLS-BGP, PWE/Martini, RFC 2547-bis and 6PE for IPv6.The GUI also includes a number of visualization and real-time troubleshooting tools, such as an OSPF topology editor, protocol event log and integrated capture/decode to help users find and diagnose issues without having to stop the testing process to change tools.

Broadband Access Testing

Because the number of multimedia service subscribers is growing, service providers must be able to scale their networks and deliver services reliably, regardless of the aggregate bandwidth requirements. Building reliability into Ethernet-based broadband networks requires appropriate testing in the lab and out in the field Spirent TestCenter supports all the core technologies required to test broadband access devices, including PPPoX, DHCP and IP multicast, all with VLAN and QoS.

Create large scale tests beyond the capability of the target device

• Rapidly identify and troubleshoot the root cause of a failure
• Evaluate key performance parameters under typical or extreme subscriber traffic load conditions for minutes, hours and days
• Determine whether connection rates can support expanding subscriber bases at various bandwidth levels

 

IPTV Testing

Users are accustomed to a high level of video quality from their current cable or satellite service provider and will not tolerate distorted video or noticeable delays in changing channels in any new service. This requires high bandwidth and specialized features in the access portion of the network to support high quality IPTV simultaneously with other network based services such as voice, VoIP, internet access and gaming. The Spirent TestCenter IPTV and video quality test solutions enable users to emulate IPTV services at varying subscriber loads, create different client profiles for different types of behavior, measure such key parameters as channel change times and video quality (V-Factor), and analyze detailed statistics about the service’s performance.

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