Chimera is a network impairment emulator that makes it easy to introduce consistent, accurate, well-defined and repeatable impairments (e.g. packet manipulation, packet drop, latency and jitter) to traffic between DUTs in the lab. All rates from 10GE to 100GE are supported by a single 2-slot test module.

Chimera is ideal for NEMs who want to optimize Quality of Experience (QoE) for customers by ensuring equipment can handle acceptable levels of impairment. Service providers, enterprises, and government agencies can also use Chimera to validate Quality of Service (QoS) for voice, video, and data traffic being sent across their networks.

Chimera can be installed as a test module in a ValkyrieBay chassis for seamless integration with ValkyrieManager’s traffic generator. This provides a simple way to impair traffic being generated by Valkyrie from within the same UI – a unique feature for Chimera. Or it is available in a compact chassis for use as a “standalone” solution for emulating impairment on traffic between 2 DUTs.

Chimera can also be controlled using ValkyrieCLI, a simple and easy to use command-line-interface scripting API making test automation easy and fast.

The result is a cost-effective and powerful network impairment emulator solution for benchmarking, stress testing/negative testing, “what-if” testing, and regression testing.