Agilent Technologies Delivers OC-48c Router Testing Solution for Juniper Networks.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)--Feb. 28, 2000 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. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : A) today announced that Juniper Networks Juniper Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: JNPR) is an information technology company based in Sunnyvale, California and founded in 1996. The company designs and sells Internet Protocol network products and services. , Inc., a leading provider of IP-optimized infrastructure platforms, has become the first user of Agilent's OC-48c RouterTester system. Agilent recently completed initial product delivery of the multi-port OC-48c system, which is being used by Juniper Networks for ongoing development of its M40 Internet backbone (communications, networking) Internet backbone - High-speed networks that carry Internet traffic. These communications networks are provided by companies such as AT&T, GTE, IBM, MCI, Netcom, Sprint, UUNET and consist of high-speed links in the T1, T3, OC1 and OC3 ranges. router and other products. 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, is the industry's only test system capable of performing true Internet-scale simulation to support development and performance testing of high-speed routers. Agilent introduced the industry's first OC-48c/STM-16c test interface for gigabit/terabit routers in late December 1999, and began product shipment to Juniper Networks in January 2000. The Juniper Networks M40 is the first of a new generation of Internet routing platforms designed to combine the performance of switching and routing, with throughput of over 40Gbps and industry-leading packet lookups of 40Mbps. The RouterTester system is capable of generating OC-48c test traffic and performing wire-speed analysis, up to the full throughput capacity of the M40. "Agilent's RouterTester combines excellent hardware design with software quality and ease of use (both GUI (Graphical User Interface) A graphics-based user interface that incorporates movable windows, icons and a mouse. The ability to resize application windows and change style and size of fonts are the significant advantages of a GUI vs. a character-based interface. and API), required for our large-scale network testing needs," said Robert Craig, senior engineer at Juniper Networks. "The system gives us test capabilities beyond those of other available tools, in a much easier-to-use package, and enables us to simultaneously reduce our test development time and increase our test coverage. "Equally importantly, Agilent has backed up their product with a willingness to work with us to develop test suites and incorporate features we think important, as well as an aggressive hardware and software development and delivery schedule," added Craig. "We also believe that Agilent's QA Robot routing simulation, which we use for protocol 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. , offers the potential for development of additional test capabilities on the RouterTester platform in the future." More information about RouterTester can be found on the Web at www.agilent.com/comms/RouterTester. In addition to RouterTester, Agilent's router testing solutions include the Agilent QA Robot system. QA Robot is a complementary IP test product that offers routing protocol conformance, validation and stress testing. Together, RouterTester and QA Robot provide a complete solution for testing both elements of a router's operational performance -- packet forwarding and route processing. About Juniper Networks Juniper Networks, Inc. is a leading provider of purpose-built systems that meet the scalability, performance, density, and compatibility requirements of rapidly evolving, optically-enabled IP networks. The company's purpose-built systems provide new IP infrastructure solutions for the world's leading service providers. Juniper Networks service, manufacturing teams, and IP engineers work closely with customers to build and support customer networks. The company is headquartered in Mountain View, California For the census-designated place, see Mountain View, Contra Costa County, California. For other places called "Mountain View", see . Mountain View is a city in Santa Clara County, in the U.S. state of California. The city gets its name from the views of the Santa Cruz Mountains. . For more information, please visit our Web site at http://www.juniper.net. 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. 6978. 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. Product availability and specifications may vary in non-U.S. markets. 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