IxANVL 8.50 EA is an "Early Adopter" release. It provides the additional suites of SMB 3.0, CE 2.0 and OpenFlow1.3 as well as the enhancements of the test suites of Openflow1.0, ISIS, ISIS-MT, and ISISv6 Conformance. It also includes the bug fixes since the previous release.
The following is a brief description of the newly added and enhanced test suites:
- New Suites
- SMB 3.0: This test suite is based on Microsoft SMB versions 2 and 3, and contains 100 test cases.
- CE 2.0: This test suite is based on Career the Carrier Ethernet 2.0 Test Plan provided by IoMetrix Iometrix. It contains 261 test cases for EPL, EVPL, ELAN and EVPLAN from Service Attributes and Traffic Management.
- OpenFlow 1.3: This test suite is based on the OpenFlow 1.3.0 Test Plan, which is being prepared by ONF. It currently contains 26 test cases and will evolve to have many other new test cases in the future releases.
- Enhanced Suites
- OpenFlow 1.0: This test suite is based on the OpenFlow 1.0.0 Test Plan provided by ONF. It contains 165 test cases.
- Support for Point to Point over LAN for ISIS suites
- ISIS: 7 new test cases are added and 55 test cases are updated
- ISIS-MT: 42 new test cases are added
- ISISv6: 45 test cases are updated
IxOS Compatibility
IxANVL 8.50 EA requires IxOS 6.40 GA, IxOS 6.50 EA or higher if operating with VNIC (v3.50) on the Ixia load modules.
NOTE: To ensure proper operation of a client with supported IxOS versions, prior to installing this application release you must un-install all previous versions of Ixia applications, Ixia StatEngine, Ixia StatEngine PCPU packages and IxOS. After the un-installations are complete, the client must be rebooted.
Application Compatibility
NOTE: When you are using one or more of the applications below on a single chassis configuration, please use the correct application versions so they align to a common version of IxOS.
Application |
IxOS 6.40 GA |
IxOS 6.50 EA |
---|---|---|
IxANVL |
8.50 EA |
8.50 EA |
IxLoad |
6.20 GA |
6.30 EA |
IxN2X |
7.50 GA |
7.50 GA |
IxNetwork |
7.00 GA |
7.10 EA |
IxNetwork-FT |
7.00 GA |
7.10 EA |
IxVPN |
3.00 GA SP3 Patch16 |
3.00 GA SP3 Patch16 |
Licensing |
3.00 EA SP5 |
3.00 EA SP5 |
Test Conductor |
3.40 GA |
3.40 GA |
VNIC |
3.50 EA |
3.50 EA |
For additional product compatibility information please refer to the following online utility. An Ixia website account is required before accessing.
http://www.ixiacom.com/support/product_compatibility_matrix/
IxANVL Workstation Requirements
CPU: 32-bit Pentium 4 or better
RAM: 2GB or more
Disk: 750MB Free or more
Windows OS:
Microsoft Windows XP Professional 32-bit, Windows 2003 Server 32-bit, Windows 7 Enterprise 32-bit, Windows 7 Professional 32-bit, Windows 2008 Server Enterprise SP2 32-bit (in single user mode), Windows 7 Pofessional 64-bit, Windows 2008 Server R2 standard 64-bit.
(IxANVL supports the US English versions of the Windows OS. Although, IxANVL may run on other versions of Windows OS, they 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 versions, the IxANVL installation or operation may fail.)
Linux OS:
Redhat Enterprise 4.0 with kernel 2.6.9-11.EL or 2.6.9-22.EL, Centos 5.3 with kernel 2.6.18-128.e15xen, Redhat Enterprise 5.0 with 2.6.18-53.el5.
Important Notes:
Java has a known caveat that requires an extra rpm file, xorg-x11-deprecated-libs-6.8.2-31.i386.rpm, that sometimes is not installed by default on an RHE 5.0 machine. As the IxANVL installer is a Java-based application, it is required that this file be installed in order to function normally. Please refer to the Linux installation notes below for a workaround to fix this problem.
Ixia Chassis OS:
IxOS 6.40 GA or 6.50 EA.
Supported Test Interfaces
Network interface cards 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/LSM1000XMV12-01/LSM1000XMV8-01/LSM1000XMV4-01
- LSM1000XMVR16-01/LSM1000XMVR12-01/LSM1000XMVR8-01/LSM1000XMVR4-01
- ASM1000XMV12X-01, non-Aggregate Mode
- ELM1000ST2
- LSM1000XMVDC16
- LSM1000XMSP12
10G Modules:
- LSM10G1-01/LSM10gL1-01
- LSM10GXL6-01/LSM10GXL6-02
- LSM10GXM3-01/LSM10GXMR3-01
- MSM10G1-01
- LSM10GXM3-01/LSM10GXMR3-01
- LSM10GXM4-01/LSM10GXMR4-01
- LSM10GXM8-01/LSM10GXMR8-01
- LSM1000XMV8-01/LSM1000XMVR8-01
- LSM1000XMV12-01/LSM1000XMVR12-01
- LSM10GXM2XP-01/LSM10GXMR2-01
- LSM10GXM4XP-01
- LSM10GXM8XP-01
- LSM10GXM8-01/LSM10GXM8S-01
- LSM10GXM8NG-01
- Acceleron
POS/ATM Modules:
- MSM2.5G1-1
- MSM10G1-01
- LM622MR
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If you would like to upgrade your current IxANVL software, please send an email to our Support Department and be sure to include your registration number.
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