Spirent VelocityLab as a Service Platform

Challenges

Network test labs face multiple challenges including pressure to increase ROI, inefficient

practices and need to get to market faster with better quality. To overcome these obstacles,

labs must be automated and made accessible globally.

Commonly associated symptoms include:

� Inaccurate, or completely lacking resource utilization data make it impossible to manage

effectively

� Manual testbed standups are time consuming and error prone

� Unnecessary lab cost increases due to resource hoarding and non-accountability

� Unpredictable scheduling consumes excess power and cooling

The Solution

Spirent Velocity provides a complete, differentiated Lab as a Service platform. It provides

resource, topology, workflow and information management, all in a globally accessible,

browser-based user interface. It also integrates tightly with DevOps toolchains via its REST API.

� Detailed, always up-to-date resource

utilization data provided via reports

and dashboards empowers effective

decision making

� Automated testbed standups and

configurations avoid errors and speed

time to market

� Resource sharing using abstraction

cuts CapEx

� Predictable scheduling enables power

savings

Highlights

� Global instantaneous access to lab

resources

� Actionable utilization information

and dashboards

� Physical, virtual and hybrid testbeds

with automated standups

� Built-in automated workflows

� Fully automatable and extensible

with REST API

Tightly Integrated Lab and Test as a Service Platform

This platform consists of two products:

iTest and Velocity. They are tightly

integrated to maximize reuse and test

coverage. Tests and topologies are

developed and consumed seamlessly

across both products

Velocity Dashboards empower timely and accurate management decisions

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Test Results PRODUCTIVITY (Executions by User)

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Key Features

Global Instantaneous Access to Lab Resources 

� Global 24x7 lab access for distributed technical teams

� Facilitates lab consolidations

� Maximize resource utilization, eliminate stranded resources

and cut time to testing

� Follow-the-sun collaboration and resource sharing to empower

all lab users

Automated Testbed Standups & Orchestration for Physical, Virtual and Hybrid Resources

� Guarantees repeatable, predictable testbed standups by eliminating

human errors

� Optimized resource selection and routing across L1 and L2

� Triggered automation ensures valid resource configurations and

policy enforcement

� Streamline your transition from physical to virtual

Over 15 Built-in Workflows for Lab Management and Continuous Test

� Streamline and automate repetitive tasks

� Ensure consistent and predictable outcomes

� Increase productivity and reduce errors

� Customizable to meet your specific lab needs

Fully Automatable and Extensible

� Extend best-of-breed Lab Ecosystems and/or DevOps Toolchains

via REST API

� Embrace existing test automation

� Supports automation languages including Python, Bash and many others

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Key Features (cont’d)

Insights via Dashboards and Visualizations

� Reveal insights into resource availability, utilization, and conflicts

� Real-time analytics regarding test processes and effectiveness

� Technical and executive dashboards for trending analysis

� Minimize CapEx via improved management information

Resource and Topology Abstraction

� Rapidly find/reserve any resource or topology that meets user’s requirements

� Makes topologies portable, reusable, scalable and maintainable

� Isolate users from underlying lab complexity

� Optimally employ resources through time sharing

� Increase testing coverage by easily standing up testbed combinations and

permutations

Policy Enforcement

� Admins can ensure resources are returned in a known good state after use

� Ensure only users with correct privileges can gain access to specific

resources

� Ensure resources are allocated to the most important uses per enterprise

policy

� Enforce resource usage limits

Save Power

� Automatically power on and off based on known usage patterns

� Reduce power consumption and save on cooling to help achieve

green objectives

KPIs

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Use Cases

Reduce testbed set up time and effort

� Automate manual, error prone processes to save time and money

� Get to testing faster

� Expand test coverage by enabling test execution on multiple testbeds

Consolidate Labs

� Enable 24/7 access to resources globally

� Expand knowledge sharing between teams and locations

� Cut resource expenditures by increasing utilization

Maximize Resource Utilization

� Enable faster and better decision making via accurate resource usage

reporting

� Minimize equipment costs while ensuring test coverage

� Employ intelligent optimized resource selection to maximize utilization

Continuous Testing in DevOps Tool Chain

� Schedule and execute tests predictably and continuously to

maximize coverage

� Deliver live reports, customizable for each audience

� Integrate using REST API together with Python, BASH,

or other automation languages

For more information on Spirent’s Lab as a Service platform, please visit www.spirent.com/solutions/lab-as-a-service