Telecom 99: Agilent Announces RouterTester, Industry's First Gigabit/Terabit Router Test System to Support Internet-Scale Simulation.GENEVA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 11, 1999--Product Platform Expands Carrier-Class IP Testing Solutions for Next-Generation Core Network Switching Equipment 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. , a new company formed with the realignment 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. of Hewlett-Packard Company, today introduced RouterTester(1), a multiport, IP-based system for testing the performance of the gigabit/terabit routers that will form a key switching component of carriers' IP-based voice and data infrastructures. RouterTester, which incorporates multiple Packet over SONET A metropolitan area network (MAN) or wide area network (WAN) transport technology that carries IP packets directly over SONET transmission without any data link facility such as ATM in between. (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 first 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 routers operating at high speeds. The announcement was made here at Telecom 99. RouterTester is the only carrier-class IP test system that offers the real-time ability to generate multiple streams of IP packets that simulates 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 the router under test. This enables the product to simulate traffic from many thousands of networks of varying sizes, creating traffic with realistic distributions of IP source and destination addresses. Traffic that is characteristic of data, voice or video streams can be generated automatically between many combinations of these networks. Router performance in delivering this traffic is then analyzed in real time, providing detailed measurements of the router's ability to deliver guaranteed Quality of Service (QoS) levels for each type and simulated network source of traffic. "At IronBridge Networks, we are serious about building carrier-class, terabit routers that will be the heart of the Internet. Making sure that our products live up to the demands of ISPs is no small task, however," said Kevin Dubray, director of test engineering at IronBridge Networks. "HP came to us and asked how they could help. They listened and engineered a solution. HP's RouterTester promises to help with our Internet scaling, traffic forwarding and Quality of Service verification." Dubray is also the chairperson of the Internet Engineering Task Force's (IETF See Internet Engineering Task Force. IETF - Internet Engineering Task Force ) Benchmarking Methodology Working Group and has contributed to several related RFCs. RouterTester supports up to 64 OC-12c/STM-4c or OC-48c/STM-16c POS test ports, each capable of simultaneously transmitting and receiving IP packets at wire speed, for all valid packet sizes. 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 are also tested under real-world conditions. Simple, partial and full-mesh traffic patterns can be configured to fully stress the router switching fabric to be tested. "RouterTester's unique integration of routing protocol intelligence and wire-speed IP testing provides the capabilities that will allow us to document the industry-leading performance of the Juniper 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 provide independent verification of the M40's reliability, scalability and QoS capabilities," said Robert Craig United States Army Second Lieutenant Robert Craig was awarded the Medal of Honor for heroic service as an infantry officer during the Allied invasion of Sicily in World War II. , staff engineer, 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. . The introduction of RouterTester complements the announcement last month that HP acquired Qosnetics, Inc. The Qosnetics QA Robot System 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. . 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 RouterTester solutions start at $61,115 for a dual-port OC-12c/STM-4c POS system with IP performance test software, BGP-4 emulation software and the system controller. Additional dual-port OC-12c/STM-4c test modules are $39,900 each. The test system scales to a total of 64 ports/32 modules. RouterTester is expected to be available by the end of the year. Additional information about RouterTester can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.hp.com/go/RouterTester. About Agilent Technologies Agilent Technologies will be a diversified technology company, resulting from HP'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 43,000 employees serving customers in more than 100 countries, Agilent Technologies will be a global leader in designing and manufacturing test, measurement and monitoring instruments, systems and solutions, and semiconductor and optical components. The company will serve markets that include communications, electronics, life sciences, healthcare and semiconductor products. The businesses comprising Agilent Technologies had net revenues of nearly $8 billion in fiscal year 1998. Information about Agilent Technologies can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.agilent-tech.com. 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