10Gbps Traffic Test Systems
I am in the market for 10Gbps traffic testers. Here are some of the things I'd like to have: 1) Mixed packet sizes 2) Ramp TCP sessions up/down quickly 3) Many source and destination IPs 4) Ability to ramp traffic up and down 5) Simulate targeted SYN floods 6) 10,000+ packets per second We'll use these devices to test throughput and resource utilization on routers and firewalls/security systems. We'll also test and prove candidate QoS configurations (ie: DSCP41 still works well even when DSCP11 is saturating links). The catch is that I work for a charitable, non-profit with limited resources. I understand you can't have steak on a sardine budget; I'm just trying to find suggestions on a testing platform for "thrifty" customers! We do not have any existing testing systems other than iPerf on a Mac Mini. Any suggestions, either on-list or off, are welcome and appreciated. Brad Fleming
I have used Ixia, Spirent AX/4000, Spirent Testcenter and Spirent Smartbits for 1-10GE testing, they've all been able to do the things you ask for - they are quite basic features and any 10GE "router tester" unit will do what you want. In addition, you should demand much higher than 10Kpps, you should be able to fit roughly 120Mpps of TCP SYN packets in to a 10GE ethernet pipe. On 21/01/2010, at 11:04 AM, Brad Fleming wrote:
I am in the market for 10Gbps traffic testers.
Here are some of the things I'd like to have: 1) Mixed packet sizes 2) Ramp TCP sessions up/down quickly 3) Many source and destination IPs 4) Ability to ramp traffic up and down 5) Simulate targeted SYN floods 6) 10,000+ packets per second
We'll use these devices to test throughput and resource utilization on routers and firewalls/security systems. We'll also test and prove candidate QoS configurations (ie: DSCP41 still works well even when DSCP11 is saturating links).
The catch is that I work for a charitable, non-profit with limited resources. I understand you can't have steak on a sardine budget; I'm just trying to find suggestions on a testing platform for "thrifty" customers! We do not have any existing testing systems other than iPerf on a Mac Mini.
Any suggestions, either on-list or off, are welcome and appreciated.
Brad Fleming
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-----Original Message----- From: Brad Fleming [mailto:bdfleming@kanren.net] Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 5:05 PM
I am in the market for 10Gbps traffic testers.
Here are some of the things I'd like to have: 1) Mixed packet sizes 2) Ramp TCP sessions up/down quickly 3) Many source and destination IPs 4) Ability to ramp traffic up and down 5) Simulate targeted SYN floods 6) 10,000+ packets per second
We'll use these devices to test throughput and resource utilization on routers and firewalls/security systems. We'll also test and prove candidate QoS configurations (ie: DSCP41 still works well even when DSCP11 is saturating links).
The catch is that I work for a charitable, non-profit with limited resources. I understand you can't have steak on a sardine budget; I'm just trying to find suggestions on a testing platform for "thrifty" customers! We do not have any existing testing systems other than iPerf on a Mac Mini.
Testing QoS generally requires highly specialized equipment that can send at line-rate and has highly accurate timing. This is necessary to analyze the impacts of latency and jitter, in addition to testing the impact of throughput in multi-queue prioritization tests. Likely this means that the cheaper options are not sufficient unfortunately, and doubly so because you want 10Gbps. I have used Spirent, Ixia, and Agilent boxes with great success, especially in the area of QoS testing. Any one of these should be able to perform well with all of the requirements stated above. Don't go for the Breakingpoint box unless you enjoy banging your head against the wall when you can't do many of the things they claim to be able to do - I was once a proponent of theirs until I really got under the hood, save yourself the headache and look at the other alternatives. Stefan Fouant, CISSP, JNCIE-M/T www.shortestpathfirst.net GPG Key ID: 0xB5E3803D
Rent a EXFO TGE packet blazer On 1/20/10, Stefan Fouant <sfouant@shortestpathfirst.net> wrote:
-----Original Message----- From: Brad Fleming [mailto:bdfleming@kanren.net] Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 5:05 PM
I am in the market for 10Gbps traffic testers.
Here are some of the things I'd like to have: 1) Mixed packet sizes 2) Ramp TCP sessions up/down quickly 3) Many source and destination IPs 4) Ability to ramp traffic up and down 5) Simulate targeted SYN floods 6) 10,000+ packets per second
We'll use these devices to test throughput and resource utilization on routers and firewalls/security systems. We'll also test and prove candidate QoS configurations (ie: DSCP41 still works well even when DSCP11 is saturating links).
The catch is that I work for a charitable, non-profit with limited resources. I understand you can't have steak on a sardine budget; I'm just trying to find suggestions on a testing platform for "thrifty" customers! We do not have any existing testing systems other than iPerf on a Mac Mini.
Testing QoS generally requires highly specialized equipment that can send at line-rate and has highly accurate timing. This is necessary to analyze the impacts of latency and jitter, in addition to testing the impact of throughput in multi-queue prioritization tests. Likely this means that the cheaper options are not sufficient unfortunately, and doubly so because you want 10Gbps.
I have used Spirent, Ixia, and Agilent boxes with great success, especially in the area of QoS testing. Any one of these should be able to perform well with all of the requirements stated above. Don't go for the Breakingpoint box unless you enjoy banging your head against the wall when you can't do many of the things they claim to be able to do - I was once a proponent of theirs until I really got under the hood, save yourself the headache and look at the other alternatives.
Stefan Fouant, CISSP, JNCIE-M/T www.shortestpathfirst.net GPG Key ID: 0xB5E3803D
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