Cisco Systems Places a Multi-Million Dollar Order for Ixia's New OC-48c Packet Over SONET Interface for High-Speed Verification of Terabit Routers.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

ComNet 2000

CALABASAS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 24, 2000

Ixia to Introduce Its New Product At ComNet Expo 2000

Washington, D.C., COMNET EXPO, Jan. 25, 2000, Booth No. 4008, Hall C

Ixia introduces the LMOC48c Load Module, a comprehensive tool for verifying terabit routers with WAN Packet Over SONET/SDH interfaces operating at the OC-48 level.

The LMOC48c is compatible with the company's range of products, including the rack mounted IXIA 1600 chassis, as well as its IXIA 400 and IXIA 200 desktop portable models, and it operates seamlessly with Ixia's other Load Modules, e.g., OC-3c/12c Packet Over SONET, 10/100 Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, etc.

The LMOC48c offers a wire-speed WAN transport interface for LAN traffic, and provides unrivaled capability to test the full LAN to WAN path through a single network device or through a network itself.

Ixia's leadership position within the networking community was underscored by Cisco's multi-million dollar advanced release purchase of the LMOC48c Load Module.

Offering extreme scalability within the IXIA 16 slot chassis (up to 16 modules for 16 OC-48c POS ports), the IXIA 400 chassis (up to 4 modules for 4 OC-48c POS ports), or the IXIA 200 chassis (up to 2 OC-48c POS ports), the LMOC48c can be daisy-chained in up to 256 chassis, delivering thousands of OC-48c ports.

The IXIA LMOC48c Load Module supports 1 port Singlemode -- 2.488 Gbps, OC-48c optical fiber (SONET STS-48c or SDH STM-16), and implements Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) over the SONET/SDH specification to RFC 1619/1662, with the addition of 1+X43 payload scrambling, as well as Cisco's HDLC encapsulation of IP packets. With up to 256 packet streams per port, the IXIA LMOC48c Load Module offers unparalleled traffic generation capabilities.

As with all Ixia Load Modules, the LMOC48c offers users extreme configuration flexibility, including IP header contents (incrementing, decrementing, or random IP addresses); fixed or algorithmic data patterns; insertable 32-bit, programmable data generators; correct and erroneous checksums, along with full support for ICMP, IGMP, DHCP, TCP, UDP, RIP, BGP, and OSPF.

The LMOC48c also incorporates Ixia's unique Transmit Stream Engine (TSE), which lets users configure independent data flows transmitted by each port. Complex data transmissions can be further defined using Ixia's proprietary Stream Control technique to generate continuous packets or continuous bursts, advance to next stream, interrupt, stop, and return to the first stream.

The IXIA LMOC48c Load Module accumulates statistics in real-time, with the capability to capture up to 256MB of data for protocol analysis. Each port accumulates statistics in real time, including the count and rate of frames and bytes sent and received, as well as the number and rate of IP and UDP statistics, and a variety of SONET/SDH statistics.

The user can define custom statistics dependent upon source and destination IP addresses, data pattern contents, and error conditions. In addition, the IXIA LMOC48c also offers a comprehensive set of triggers and filters based on source and/or destination, IP addresses, data pattern, and error conditions.

When the optional BGP-4 Emulation Software is added, thousands of network prefixes can be advertised to automatically configure the routing table within a single router or within a network of routers under test. Test scripts then provide performance and reliability testing of the DUT in realistic Internet scale conditions.

Availability: 4 to 6 weeks ARO

Pricing: Priced on Application (POA)

About Ixia Communications

Ixia delivers powerful, distributed multiport traffic generators and analyzers for wire-speed testing and verification of today's advanced LAN and WAN multilayer switches, including Packet Over SONET, Gigabit Ethernet Over Copper, and 10/100 Mbps Ethernet interfaces.

Ixia's products are distinguished by their accuracy and reliability; high port density; diversity of support for emerging, high-speed interfaces and protocol standards, as well as their adaptability to the industry's constant evolution.

For more information, contact Ixia at 4505 Las Virgenes Road, Suite 209, Calabasas, Calif., 91302; phone [phone], fax [phone]; e-mail [e-mail] or on the Internet at http://www.ixia.com.