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January 2017
Spirent Communications
Spirent TestCenter Software and Hardware New Features 4.72
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NEW PRODUCTS AND FEATURES ................................................................................................... 3
HARDWARE ......................................................................................................................................... 3
SOFTWARE ........................................................................................................................................... 4
SPIRENT SUPPORT ............................................................................................................................ 19
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New Products and Features
Hardware
Spirent TestCenter FX2-11AC-WAVE2-2
Spirent TestCenter FX2-11AC-WAVE2-2 is a Wave-2 FX2 test module for the N4U/N11U
chassis. Users can emulate a large number of realistic 802.11 a/n/ac clients on 5GHz frequency
band to connect with an access point via a cabled conductive or over-the-air (OTA) link. Basic
WLAN control plane and data plane features along with the advanced RFC style network traffic
and throughput performance test cases are supported over the WLAN network involving the
emulated clients and the APs under test.
The new WLAN test module consists of multiple IEEE 802.11 radios. It provides the maximum
user configurability and flexibility to emulate various IEEE 802.11ac Wave-2 MU-MIMO clients on
5GHz band. A single WLAN radio supports 802.11ac Wave-2 clients with different spatial
streams for the best realistic client emulation scenarios in either SU-MIMO or MU-MIMO.
Designed for testing WLAN network infrastructure devices, including carrier or enterprise thin
APs with controllers, consumer APs, and integrated broadband WLAN gateway, Spirent
TestCenter WLAN solutions offer the best in class traffic generation and analysis for testing
functionality, performance, and scalability.
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Software Features
Discontinuance Notification – FreeBSD
At the end of 2017, Spirent will discontinue automation support for FreeBSD on all Spirent
TestCenter software and hardware products. Customers are encouraged to move to one of the
supported operating systems as listed in Spirent TestCenter Software and Hardware Release
Notes, in the Operating Systems Requirements section.
VXLAN Multi-homed VTEP Emulation Across Multiple Test Ports
BPK-1310A VXLAN Emulation with EVPN Learning & BPK-1311A EVPN Emulation
In Spirent TestCenter release 4.72, the VxLAN EVPN overlay wizard now supports emulating a
VTEP multi-homed to several DUT/spine switches across multiple test ports. The wizard creates
multiple VTEP devices with the same router-id, same number of attached VM devices, and same
set of EVPN routes to emulate a single multi-homed VTEP. Those VTEP devices may have
same or different MAC address, IPv4 address and IPv4 default gateway address for the physical
interface.
To enable this feature, in the “Configure VXLAN Ports” page, select a minimum of two VXLAN
test ports. VLAN can be enabled on the VXLAN ports if more than one multi-homed VTEPs need
to be emulated per set of selected test ports. Only the configuration on the first VXLAN test port
will be used to configure the multi-homed VTEP, and the same configuration will be duplicated
across the other VXLAN test ports. Configuration on the remaining VXLAN test ports will not be
used. In the “Configure VTEP Params” page, select the checkbox “Multi-homed VTEP across
Ports” and then set the “Number of multihomed VTEPs” and “Number of Spine/Gateway” fields.
The number of multi-homed VTEPs should be set to 1, if VLAN is not enabled on the first VXLAN
test port; or, it should be set to equal or less than the number of VLANs configured on the first
VXLAN test port, if VLAN is enabled on the test port. The minimum value for the “Number
Spine/Gateway” is two. It should be set for the actual number of DUTs or Spine switches and
match the number of multi-homed VXLAN test ports. If the number of VXLAN test ports is greater
than number of Spine/Gateway count, no configuration will be created on the extra enabled
VXLAN test ports. Currently, only one “DUT per Spine/Gateway” is supported. If the “Use same
MAC/IP for multihomed VTEP interfaces” option is selected, then the same MAC and IP address
will be configured on all the VXLAN test ports for each of the emulated multi-homed VTEP. When
unchecked, then MAC and IP address will be incremented on all the VXLAN test ports for each
of the emulated multi-homed VTEP. The incremental step for the MAC and IP address can be
set in the “Configure VXLAN ports” page. If the “Use same Spine/Gateway interface for VTEPs”
option is selected, the same IPv4 default gateway address is used for all emulated multi-homed
VTEPs. When unchecked, IPv4 default gateway address will be incremented for all emulated
multi-homed VTEPs. The incremental step for the IPv4 default gateway address can be set in the
“Configure VXLAN ports” page.
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Select multiple VXLAN test ports
Enable VLAN on the first VXLAN test port to emulate more multi-homed VTEPs (optional)
Multi-homed VTEP configuration
DUT BGP configuration
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Emulated Device Configuration after running the wizard
BGP EVPN Address Family Graceful Restart
BPK-1311A EVPN Learning & EVPN Emulation
In Spirent TestCenter release 4.72, graceful restart is now supported for the BGP EVPN address
family. When this feature is enabled, Spirent TestCenter runs in graceful restart helper mode for
the BGP EVPN address family. When the DUT performs a graceful restart operation, Spirent
TestCenter continues forwarding traffic to the DUT, keeps the BGP session up, and assists the
restarting DUT to recover. To enable this feature, select the “Enable Graceful Restart” checkbox
on the BGP device, where AFI/Sub-AFI is set to “L2VPN/Ethernet VPN”.
VXLAN OVSDB Overlay Wizard
BPK-1310A VXLAN Emulation & BPK-1326 OVSDB Base Package
Spirent TestCenter release 4.72 introduces a new VxLAN OVSDB overlay wizard. The VxLAN
OVSDB overlay wizard adds a new “Configure OVSDB Server” page where users can specify a
list of OVSDB controllers and their ports. Users can configure the controller IP address using
“Single IP” mode and “IP list” mode. In “Single IP” mode, users can specify a single controller IP
address with an optional step value. Each of the emulated VTEP connects to a single OVSDB
controller. With “IP list” mode, users can specify a list of controller IP addresses that are
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separated by comma. Each of the emulated VTEP connects to the same set of multiple OVSDB
controllers. With this new wizard, Spirent TestCenter sends local emulated VTEP, VNI, and VM
information and remote VTEP, VNI, and VM information learned from DUT to the configured
OVSB controllers.
If the OVSDB controllers are emulated by Spirent TestCenter test ports, then users can view the
local and remote VTEP/VNI/VM OVSDB information in the OVSDB controller table content.
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Send VXLAN Encapsulated ARPs from Emulated VMs in Unicast & Multicast Learning Modes
BPK-1310A VXLAN Emulation with EVPN Learning
In Spirent TestCenter release 4.72, the user can now select an emulated VM device behind a
VTEP and send ARP at any time. With this feature, VM sends ARP requests to default gateway
configured for the VM. The Spirent TestCenter emulated source VTEP adds VXLAN header to
the ARP request and then flood the ARP request to all the remote VTEPs using either unicast as
in unicast learning mode or multicast as in multicast learning mode. The source VTEP learns
destination VTEP from ARP response. Sending ARP requests for emulated VMs are supported
for both unicast and multicast learning modes. To trigger the ARP, users can either right-click on
the VM device, and select the “Start ARP/ND” action, or click the “Start ARP/ND” button on the
menu bar.
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Carrier Ethernet 2.0 (E-Access) Conformance Test Suite
TPK-1089, v-TPK-1089 CE 2.0 E-Access CTS
CE 2.0 (E-Access) CTS is now available as part of the 4.72 release on Spirent TestCenter
hardware and Spirent TestCenter virtual.
Carrier Ethernet Conformance test suites address an important need. Spirent CE 2.0 CTS enables the Metro Ethernet vendors and L2 switch vendors to validate if the implementations are ready for MEF 2.0 Certification. CE 2.0 E-ACCESS CTS consists of 138 test cases and is based on the following MEF specifications:
MEF10.2 - MEF10.2 - Ethernet Services Attributes, Phase 2
MEF23.1 - Carrier Ethernet Class of Service Phase 2
MEF26.1 - External Network Network Interface (ENNI) – Phase 1
MEF30 - Service OAM Fault Management Implementation Agreement
MEF33 - Ethernet Access Services Definition MEF34 - Abstract Test Suite for Ethernet Access Services
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OpenFlow Switch Emulation (OSE) – Packet-In Parameters
BPK-1195A/B
In Spirent TestCenter release 4.72, the user can now set the
packet-in parameter table-id and reason code. The Table ID
should be a valid table id from 0 to 255. For the Reason code,
the user can select from the valid codes: NoMatch, Action, and
TTL.
Topology Editor
In Spirent TestCenter release 4.72, the new Topology Editor helps users understand the network topology, while generating routes for OSPF or ISIS simulated nodes. While users generate the routes from the OSPF/ISIS route generator wizard, there is an option to enable the checkbox “Preview Topology” when the wizard configuration is complete. The pop-up dialog opens automatically, displaying the topology using Chrome or Firefox. No new license is required for enabling the Topology Editor. Phase-1 Supported Features:
Support for simulated IGP topology (ISIS/OSPF) based on wizard Read-only graphic view with Router ID and Interface IP info only Integrated with Spirent TestCenter Routes Generation GUI Vector graphics used to smoothly zoom in/out, drag the nodes, etc. Dynamic information shown while mouse hovering over, or clicking on, the node Customizable information templates for different protocols
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First-time users must set the program path for one of the browsers as shown in the screen below.
Command Sequencer Support BGP-flowspec IPv4
Spirent TestCenter release 4.72 introduces two new commands to advertise and withdraw routes for flowspec IPv4 routes. This feature benefits users who want to automate flowspec testing.
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MPLS-TP BFD interleave CC/CV
Spirent TestCenter release 4.72 adds support for interleaved CC/CV (channel type 22/23) over BFD, in both IP and raw mode as per RFC6428 over MPLS-TP LSPs. CC and CV operations are simultaneously employed on a maintenance entity (ME) within a single BFD session. The insertion interval for CV PDUs is one per second. A new drop-down menu is added to select “BFD_CC_CV” in the combo box for the “BFD message format” in both the LSP BFD or Pseudowire BFD option box, as shown below.
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ISISv6 Traffic over RSVP-TE v4 Tunnel - Autobinding
Spirent TestCenter release 4.72 now supports Autobinding for the traffic end points, when users send ISISv6 traffic over RSVP-TE Tunnels; if users configure more Routeblocks than the Tunnel counts, Spirent TestCenter automatically does the round-robin for the Tunnels. For example, if a user has 3 RouteBlocks and 2 Tunnels, Spirent TestCenter would bind the traffic as follows, RB1T1, RBBT2 and RB3T1.
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IEEE 1588 Enhancement
Support for Allowing TTL Value Configuration
Spirent TestCenter release 4.72 now supports user configuration of the TTL value. As router/L3
switching devices, customers' devices will drop packets where TTL=1. In addition, PTP slave
devices can be multiple hops away via multiple Transparent Clocks in between. Therefore,
allowing a TTL value of greater than 1 is very helpful in testing such scenarios. This feature
allows the user to configure the Multicast IP TTL value of outgoing PTP packets with any value
between 1 and 255. Note that the TTL is configurable for Multicast only, and the default value of
64 is retained for Unicast.
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AVB/TSN Enhancement
AVB/IEEE 1722 Traffic Wizard
Spirent TestCenter release 4.72 now has an AVB wizard that allows the user to configure AVB
protocols, as well as a combination of AVB and non-AVB traffic, on Spirent TestCenter, to test
the bandwidth reservation capabilities of the DUT in handling AVB and non-AVB traffic. The DUT
in this scenario is an AVB bridge.
Note: Currently, only 1 scenario with an AVB talker, AVB listener, and a Non-AVB device, all
connected to the bridge, is supported.
Wizard Selection
Port Selection
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SRP Configuration
gPTP Configuration
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Non-AVB Port Configuration
Summary Page
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