Xena Networks - Vulcan - Stateful Ethernet Traffic Generation and Analysis platform
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Responsive and easy to use management software
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Highly scalable UDP/TCP layer 4 traffic generation
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High performance TLS testing suite
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Use your own application traffic or AppMix to create and scale realistic application traffic
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1U and 2U rack mounting hardware with a wide range of port speeds offers low entry and yet a scalable solution
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Ease of use
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Free software (incl. VulcanManager and VulcanAppMix)
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Free tech support product lifetime
Vulcan makes it easy to generate stateful traffic over Ethernet and then analyze how firewalls, wireline & wireless networks, NICs, packet brokers, NAT routers, bandwidth-shapers and so on perform in a wide range of real-world scenarios.
Hardware
Vulcan is available in two chassis.
The high-performance VulcanBay supports testing up to 40GE with 28 million Concurrent Connections (CC) or 6 million Connections Per Second (CPS) and 7 million Transactions Per Second (TPS).
The smaller VulcanCompact which can test up to 25GE with 14 million TCP Concurrent Connections (CC), 5 million TCP Connections Per Second (CPS) and 2.8 million Transactions Per Second (TPS) and 550,000 Concurrent TLS Sessions.
Software
VulcanManager is a free Windows-based application used for configuring, generating and analyzing stateful Ethernet traffic up to 40Gbps. VulcanManager supports TLS 1.2 performance testing e.g. handshakes per second, TLS throughput, concurrent TLS connections, etc., with different cipher suites and certificate key sizes on a DUT that decrypts traffic on one side and encrypts on the other.
Also included is VulcanAppMix, a library of application traffic and protocols in pcap format that makes it easy to set up large-scale realistic traffic from various applications, using pre-defined and customizable mix templates.
VulcanVE is the virtual edition of Vulcan. It can be installed on “off-the-shelf” hardware that meets the minimum specified requirements. It is managed using VulcanManager and is ideal for both lab testing of Ethernet-based network equipment as well as WAN testing. It can be downloaded here.
Types of test
PERFORMANCE TESTING
Layer 1 throughput and application goodput measurements reveals bottlenecks causing retransmissions and loss that can help optimizing network devices and infrastructures. The responsiveness of a network device is characterized as sessions per sec., as well as application transactions per sec. Capacity is characterized by how many simultaneous sessions/traffic flows it can handle.
- Large scale generation and analysis of TCP and UDP flows
- High performance CPS and CC stress testing
- Analysis of TCP throughput, and Round-Trip Time latency
- High performance SSL 3.0 and TLS 1.0, 1.1, 1.2 stress testing
- Support for different TLS cipher suites and certificate key sizes.
- Scalable application traffic replay
QOS AND SERVICE VALIDATION
Vulcan makes it easy to test the capacity and performance of WANs (& SD-WANs) of service providers and large enterprise networks – where the focus is more on system-wide performance.
- Gateway subnet to subnet routing
- Network Address Translation
- Traffic filtering and shaping
- Deep Packet Inspection
- Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems
- Application traffic replay
FUNCTIONAL TESTING
Use VulcanManager to define test cases targeting specific functionality. With the built-in high-performance TCP, UDP and application library VulcanAppMix, simple to very complex traffic scenarios spanning over multiple test ports can be configured.
- Gateway subnet to subnet routing
- Network Address Translation
- Traffic filtering and shaping
- Lossless traffic capture for in-depth PCAP analysis of the network behavior of the DUT/SUT.
SECURITY TESTING
With Vulcans TLS features and application replay, performance and behavior of security devices can be verified. In focus for such test are both the ability to detect security breach, but also to verify that the implemented security means works as expected under high load.
- TLS/SSL
- Deep Packet Inspection
- Intrusion Detection and Prevention System
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Highest port density in the industry – plus you can reserve individual port-pairs without blocking access to the others
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Automated firewall performance characterization
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Automated traffic profile generation from traffic monitoring logs
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Unencrypted and encrypted malware test
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Firewall resource utilization monitoring during performance test
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Smart comparison and analysis of test reports for various use cases
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Easy-to-use web UI with multi-user login support
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Easy-to-understand PDF report facilitating decision making
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Easy-to-use UI (“2-clicks” to get a stream running)
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Wide range of optical & copper test modules for testing all speeds up to 800GE
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Advanced FEC stats for PAM4
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Same CLI commands across all port speeds
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Industry’s best traffic scheduler
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Industry’s only UI integrated Traffic Generation & Impairment solution (Valkyrie & Chimera)
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Robust chassis platform (Linux), runs “forever”, supporting +40-day test cases
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Smooth and fast chassis software upgrade processes
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Multi-user platform with port reservation resolution down to one port per user
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Synchronize chassis with ValkyrieTimeSynch option
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Free training & tech support for product lifetime
Xena OpenAutomation (XOA) is an open-source test automation framework for use with Xena’s Valkyrie & Vulcan Traffic Generation & Analysis (TGA) solutions and Chimera, our network impairment emulator.
Fast, easy to use and extremely flexible, XOA features a Python API that runs on any OS.
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World’s fastest production line tester
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Ultra-simple web-browser UI - 3 clicks to complete test cycle
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Seamless parallel test case execution
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Displays test status, progress, and real time logs
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Easy to script using CLI and RESTapi from any software environment, for rapid integration with customers own UI applications
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Telnet feature makes it easy to remotely check DUT status (e.g. LED, USB and REGEDIT), and modify DUT configuration
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Interface with customer Manufacturing Execution System (MES) system via DLL/ SQL/HTTP, to store test results into its database
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It is based on Xena’s Valkyrie platform making it the industry’s most stable and accurate Ethernet production test solution
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Free software & free tech support product lifetime
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Responsive and easy to use management software
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Highly scalable UDP/TCP layer 4 traffic generation
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High performance TLS testing suite
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Use your own application traffic or AppMix to create and scale realistic application traffic
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1U and 2U rack mounting hardware with a wide range of port speeds offers low entry and yet a scalable solution
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Ease of use
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Free software (incl. VulcanManager and VulcanAppMix)
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Free tech support product lifetime
Teledyne LeCroy Xena
Teledyne LeCroy Xena is a leader in Ethernet traffic generators, physical layer testing and network emulation. They are one of a handful of companies with solutions for testing the fastest Ethernet speeds (currently 800Gbps using 112G SerDes). Customers around the world rely on Xena solutions to test, debug and validate the performance and interoperability of new Ethernet devices and outperform their competitors. Acquired by Teledyne LeCroy in 2023, Xena is renowned for user-friendly solutions with the industry’s lowest TCO thanks to the Xena Value Pack’s generous software licensing policy.
Xena offers award-winning solutions for generating Ethernet traffic, physical layer testing and network emulation. Xena Ethernet Traffic Generators are a series of over 12 NICs and 2 chassis options with user-friendly software for conducting a wide range of test scenarios for all Ethernet speeds from 10Mbps up to 800Gbps. Xena also offers a dedicated network emulation NIC for impairing traffic with various forms of latency and jitter at wire-speed up to 100Gbps. All Xena Ethernet traffic generators and the network emulation NICs include powerful options for Physical Layer testing. Comprehensive software is bundled with all Xena solutions. XenaManager is a Windows PC client used for configuring and running traffic, there are standalone apps for running industry-standard RFC2544, 2889, 3918 & Y.1564 tests, plus comprehensive open-source automation and scripting options.
Contact Details
Xena Networks ApS (Global HQ, Europe)
Gammel Lundtoftevej 1B, 2nd floor, 2800 Lyngby, Denmark
VAT#: DK 30615956
Phone: +45 7020 0823
Email: sales@xenanetworks.com
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