Xena Networks - Chimera - Network Impairment Emulation Tool

Xena Networks - Chimera - Network Impairment Emulation Tool
  • True wire-speed impairment @ 100Gbps (plus 50 / 40 /25 & 10Gbps)
  • Ease of use – Chimera is a stand-alone impairment tool that integrates seamlessly with Xena’s Valkyrie traffic generator, letting you speed up your work flow by using the same SW to both generate and impair Ethernet traffic.
  • Highest port density in the industry – plus you can reserve individual port-pairs without blocking access to the others
  • Setting up custom impairment distributions is a breeze
  • Chimera supports a broad range of impairments (latency/jitter, packet & port impairments, flexible distributions, BW shaping etc)
  • Powerful, easy-to-use automation & scripting options

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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.


Hardware

Chimera is available as a 2-slot test module for a ValkyrieBay chassis, the Val-C12-2400G, where ValkyrieManager is used to emulate impairment as part of its standard user-interface.

Chi-100G-5S-2P tests 5 speeds: 100G, 50G, 40G, 25G and 10G

STANDALONE CHASSIS:

ChimeraCompact is a standalone version of any of the Chimera test modules where the test module is installed in a quiet desktop-sized chassis.


Software

Chimera in ValkyrieManager

When a Chimera test module is installed in a ValkyrieBay chassis, ValkyrieManager detects its presence and makes the Chimera’s software options available for adding impairment. This makes it very easy for test engineers to emulate impairment via the same GUI they use for generating the stateless Ethernet traffic.

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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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Xena Networks is an emerging leader in the Ethernet industry, committed to assisting companies in bringing new Ethernet products faster to market by offering efficient testing solutions covering every phase from R&D and QA labs to when the component leaves the production site.

Our customer base comprises network equipment and semiconductor manufacturers, government and defense contractors, automotive manufacturers, 5G service providers, electronic contract manufacturers, large enterprises, and data center operators.


Contact Details

Xena USA - McCarthy Business Center

1525 McCarthy Blvd, Suite 1078, Milpitas, CA 95035 USA

Phone: 669-400-2829 / 888-227-XENA (9362), Craig DuFrenne, Sales Director

Email: sales.usa@xenanetworks.com


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