Agilent Technologies Announces Industry's First OC-48c/STM-16c Testing Solution for Gigabit/Terabit Routers.Business Editors/High Tech Writers PALO ALTO Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 20, 1999 New Test Module Supports Multiport, Internet-scale Simulation for Next-generation Core Network Routers Agilent Technologies This article needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. , Inc., a subsidiary of Hewlett-Packard Company, today introduced the industry's first OC-48c/STM-16c test interface for gigabit/terabit routers. The dual-port RouterTester P48/2 Test Module is the newest addition to Agilent's family of solutions for testing carrier-class IP (Internet Protocol See Internet and TCP/IP. (networking) Internet Protocol - (IP) The network layer for the TCP/IP protocol suite widely used on Ethernet networks, defined in STD 5, RFC 791. IP is a connectionless, best-effort packet switching protocol. ) routers. RouterTester, which incorporates multiple Packet over SONET/SDH Packet over SONET/SDH, abbreviated POS, is a communications protocol for transmitting packets in the form of the Point to Point Protocol over SDH or SONET, which are both standard protocols for communicating digital information using lasers or light emitting diodes (LEDs) (POS (1) See point of sale and packet over SONET. (2) "Parent over shoulder." See digispeak. POS - point of sale ) interfaces and integrated support for the BGP-4 routing protocol A formula used by routers to determine the appropriate path onto which data should be forwarded. The routing protocol also specifies how routers report changes and share information with the other routers in the network that they can reach. , is the industry's only test system capable of performing true Internet-scale simulation, required for development and performance testing Performance Testing covers a broad range of engineering or functional evaluations where a material, product, or system is not specified by detailed material or component specifications: Rather, emphasis is on the final measurable performance characteristics. of high-speed routers. The Agilent RouterTester P48/2 Test Module includes two independent test ports, each capable of simultaneously transmitting and receiving up to 6.1 million IP packets per second. A complete RouterTester system can support 32 synchronized test modules with 64 OC-48c/STM-16c POS test ports. RouterTester is the only IP test system generates multiple streams of IP packets that simulate realistic traffic from many different-sized networks and creates real-world Internet traffic Internet traffic is the flow of data around the Internet. It includes web traffic, which is the amount of that data that is related to the World Wide Web, along with the traffic from other major uses of the Internet, such as electronic mail and peer-to-peer networks. conditions for testing. The system's BGP-4 routing protocol implementation allows users to establish large, complex routing tables rapidly in systems under test. This enables the product to simulate traffic delivered to many thousands of networks of varying sizes, creating traffic with realistic distributions of IP source and destination addresses to stress router performance. Traffic that is characteristic of data, voice or video streams can be generated automatically between all combinations of these networks. The new RouterTester provides real time, wire-speed performance analysis for all generated traffic streams. Multiple streams with many different service classes or differentiated services Offerings that can be classified by type, or quality, of service. For example, a differentiated services network could prioritize real time traffic for a higher fee. (diffserv) codepoints can be generated and analyzed in real time to provide detailed QoS metrics, including packet throughput, packet latency and lost or misdirected packets. Router address lookup, queuing and prioritization schemes can also be tested under real-world conditions. Simple, partial and full-mesh traffic patterns can be configured to fully stress the router switching fabric under test. In addition to RouterTester, Agilent's router testing solutions include a Agilent QA Robot system. QA Robot is a complementary IP test product that offers routing protocol conformance, validation and stress testing Determining the durability of a system by pushing it to its limits. Stress testing a network is performed by transmitting excessive numbers of packets or attempting to break in illegally. . Together, RouterTester and QA Robot provide a complete solution for testing both elements of a router's operational performance -- packet forwarding and route processing. U.S. Pricing and Availability The Agilent RouterTester P48/2 Test Module is priced at $49,875 per port and will be available for shipment in the first quarter of 2000. Additional information about RouterTester can be found on the Web at www.agilent.com/comms/RouterTester. About Agilent Technologies Agilent Technologies, Inc. is a diversified technology company, resulting from Hewlett-Packard Company's plan to strategically realign re·a·lign tr.v. re·a·ligned, re·a·lign·ing, re·a·ligns 1. To put back into proper order or alignment. 2. To make new groupings of or working arrangements between. itself into two fully independent companies. With 42,000 employees serving customers in more than 120 countries, Agilent Technologies, as a subsidiary of HP, is a global leader in designing and manufacturing test, measurement and monitoring instruments, systems and solutions, and semiconductor and optical components. The company serves markets that include communications, electronics, life sciences and healthcare. The businesses comprising Agilent had net revenues of more than $8.3 billion in fiscal year 1999. Information about Agilent Technologies can be found on the Web at www.agilent.com. NOTE TO THE EDITOR: Sales information may be obtained by calling 1-800-452-4844, ext. 6902. Please do NOT use editor-contact or corporate telephone numbers for sales information. Information in this release applies specifically to products available in the United States. 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