Emulation of PPPoE, PPPoA and associated protocols CHAP, PAP, LCP, and IPCP, now allows RouterTester to establish a large number of PPP sessions with the device under test (DUT). Furthermore, once these sessions are established RouterTester can send wire-speed traffic from the simulated PPP clients, and obtain a full list of performance measurements including the QoS of packets at the egress of the DUT.

Agilent's GMPLS RSVP Protocol Software is the industry's first test solution that emulates realistic GMPLS-capable networks and enables developers to effectively verify the conformance, interoperability, scalability and performance of their GMPLS, MPLS, UNI, LMP and RSVP-TE implementations. This software enables the simulation of ingress, egress and interior label switch routers (LSRs). Each simulated LSR has the ability to request large numbers of diverse label switched paths (LSPs) and terminate many incoming LSPs. Full control of the message contents, including ERO and RRO, allows users to simulate diverse topologies and identify critical performance parameters.

Agilent's MPLS (LDP/CR-LDP) protocol test software has been extended to support the draft martini extensions to LDP, now allowing the testing of L2oMPLS protocol implementations. These extensions can test the ability of a router to establish L2oMPLS tunnels, to measure the maximum number of peer PEs a router can support, and the maximum number of L2oMPLS tunnels that can be signalled. With the new extensions, up to 500 LDP sessions (representing up to 500 remote PEs) can be established CPU. Up to 200,000 LSPs can be signaled in total. A companion QuickTest can verify tunnel establishment by ensuring a test packet sent into a router on a CE interface is mapped to the correct tunnel.

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BGP up to 1000 peers per card/module
IS-IS up to 300 adjacencies per card/module
OSPF up to 300 adjacencies per card/module
RIP up to 400 sessions per card/module
PIM-SM up to 1000 sessions per card/module

For a demonstration contact your local Agilent Technologies Sales Representative.

Recent additions to Agilent's LDP Protocol testing capabilities have significantly increased the realism, speed and ease with which you can test your LDP implementation. Address pools advertised to the network, can now be automatically accessed by RouterTester's traffic generator. This enhancement removes the need to manually define destination addresses for combined LDP and traffic testing. More importantly, it fully integrates LDP signaling with the traffic generation for realistic network emulation. Also, CR-LDP is now supported in the MPLS Protocol Test Software. Finally, up to 500 LDP sessions and 200,000 LSPs can be supported per RouterTester 900 card .

RouterTester is the first test solution to deliver true multi-session IGMP protocol emulation and testing. Previously, engineers where forced to test IGMP implementations with single-session. Agilent RouterTester can now test up to 4000 IGMP sessions per 10/100 Ethernet test card or OC3c/12c ATM test card and up to 8000 sessions per Gigabit Ethernet Test module.

Agilent has just launched a new service for RouterTester users. "RouterTester PowerUser" is a new email service that aims to ensure you get the most out of your Agilent investment. It is distributed roughly 6 times a year and contains articles on new products and enhancements (similar to this email). In addition to those articles PowerUser includes information such as; Power User Tips, Application Notes, Special Sales Offers, Training Material and more. If you are a user of RouterTester we urge you to change your subscription now.

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