Product:
IxANVL
Version Number:
7.40 EA
Release Date:
Friday, November 16, 2007
IxANVL Release 7.40 EA Overview

Three new conformance test suites are introduced in IxANVL 7.40 EA release. Due to lack of available DUTs that are fully compliant to respective specifications, certain tests in each test suites have not been thoroughly tested. As such, this release is considered as Early Adopter (EA) release.

New Features since IxANVL 7.40 EA

  • New test suite: QinQ Test Suite per IEEE-802.1ad-2005 published on May 2006.
  • New test suite: Ethernet CFM Test Suite per IEEE 802.1ag Connectivity Fault Management, draft 8, June 2007.
  • New test suite: Ethernet OAM Test Suite per IEEE 802.3ah Ethernet in the First Mile (EFM), June 2004.
  • Update: ICMPv6 update to RFC 4443
  • Bug Fixes: Outstanding bug fixes for RSTP, MSTP, PIMSM and PIMDM.
  • New VNIC (V2.40) is also released with multiple bug fixes for the Linux operating system

IxANVL Workstation Requirements

CPU: 32 bit 1.5Ghz Pentium or better
RAM: 1GB or more
Disk: 500MB Free or more
OS:
Windows OS: Microsoft Windows XP Professional, Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional (IxANVL supports US English versions of the Windows operating system. Although IxANVL may run on other versions of Windows OS, these other versions are not officially supported by Ixia. If you attempt to install or run IxANVL on any version of Windows OS other than the U.S. English version, IxANVL installation or operation may fail.)
Linux OS: Redhat Linux 9.0 with kernel 2.4.20-8 or 2.4.20-6, Redhat Enterprise 4.0 with kernel 2.6.9-11 or 2.6.22.0.2.EL.
Ixia Chassis OS: IxOS 5.00 SP3 or higher
IxOS 5.10 SP1 or higher

Supported Test Interfaces

Network interface cards (NIC) directly attached to a Linux or Windows PC:

  • Ethernet 10/100
  • Gigabit Ethernet
  • Async serial
  • Sync serial
  • T1/E1
  • PPPoE

Ixia Load Modules (port CPU required) accessed via Virtual Network Interface Card (VNIC):

  • 10/100/1000 Ethernet Modules:
    • LM100TXS8
    • LM100STSXS2
    • LM1000STXS4
    • OLM1000STXS24
    • LM1000STXR4
    • LSM1000XMS12-01/LSM1000XMSR12-01
    • ALM1000T8
    • LSM1000XMV16-01/LSM1000XMV4-01
    • LSM1000XMVR16-01/LSM1000XMVR4-01
  • 10G Modules:
    • LSM10G1-01/LSM10gL1-01
    • LSM10GXL6-01/LSM10GXL6-02
    • LSM10GXM3-01/LSM10GXMR3-01
    • MSM10G1-01
    • LSM10GXM3-01/LSM10GXMR3-01
  • POS/ATM Modules:
    • MSM2.5G1-1
    • MSM10G1-01
    • LM622MR
  • Ixia Chassis Supported by IxANVL:
    • Optixia XM12/XM2
    • Optixia X16
    • Optixia XL10
    • 1600T
    • 400T

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