Barefoot Networks Chooses Ixia IxNetwork & Novus Test Solutions to Validate Highest Density 100GE/25GE Fully Programmable Swi...
March 14 2017 - 7:35AM
Business Wire
Ixia (NASDAQ: XXIA), a leading provider of network testing,
visibility, and security solutions, today announced that Barefoot
Networks chose Ixia’s 100 Gigabit Ethernet (GE) test solutions to
validate its Tofino™ series of high-performance programmable
switches. Ixia solutions will help Barefoot ensure Tofino switches
deliver the performance network operators need, in addition to
testing those features made possible by its programmable packet
processing pipeline, such as new and custom protocols, in-band
network telemetry, and load balancing.
Barefoot’s Tofino switches use a unique technology that enables
a fully programmable Ethernet switch without any performance
penalty to its 6.5 Tb/s traffic processing capability. Using Ixia’s
industry-leading IxNetwork® and Novus™ 100GE solutions, Barefoot
test engineers recreate real-life traffic patterns and load
characteristics to validate the performance, scale, and quality of
their high-performance switches.
“Programmable forwarding planes are expected to transform the
next generation of mega-scale data center networks,” stated Dan
Lenoski, Co-Founder and Vice President of Engineering at Barefoot.
“Our Tofino switches are transforming the way network owners are
designing and building their networks, giving them the performance
they need and the flexibility and visibility they desire strongly.
To fully vet our technology in real-world use cases, we selected
Ixia’s IxNetwork and Novus 100GE test system. Ixia’s robust,
line-rate testing surpassed our performance and protocol emulation
needs.”
Ixia’s industry leading test solutions
IxNetwork is a comprehensive chip, device, and network
infrastructure test solution, validating Layer 2-3 (L2-3)
performance, interoperability, and functionality. Capable of
analyzing up to four million traffic flows simultaneously,
IxNetwork offers enhanced real-time analysis and statistics. With
eight native QSP28 100GE ports, Ixia's Novus load modules generate
multiple terabytes of data to simulate real-world network test
traffic and L2-3 protocols. Together, these solutions are the ideal
test platform for full line-rate 100GE evaluation of
application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) designs,
field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), and hardware switch
fabrics.
“No two networks in the world are exactly the same. Recreating
unique traffic characteristics without compromising performance and
scale is critical to validate next generation data center network
infrastructure,” said Sunil Kalidindi, Vice President of Product
Management at Ixia. “We designed our Novus and IxNetwork test
solution with precisely this in mind. The Novus 100GE hardware
platform is uniquely capable of scaling to multiple Terabits/s and
in conjunction with the industry’s leading L2-3 IxNetwork test
application enables users to create cloud-scale control and data
plane under realistic network conditions. This allows advanced
features like the in-line telemetry to be tested at real world
scale. We are delighted that Barefoot chose Ixia and is able to
leverage these capabilities to deliver game changing solutions to
the market."
About Ixia
Ixia (Nasdaq: XXIA) provides testing, visibility, and security
solutions, strengthening applications across physical and virtual
networks for enterprises, service providers, and network equipment
manufacturers. Ixia offers companies trusted environments in which
to develop, deploy, and operate. Customers worldwide rely on Ixia
to verify their designs, optimize their performance, and ensure
protection of their networks to make their applications stronger.
Learn more at www.ixiacom.com.
Ixia, the Ixia logo, IxNetwork, and Novus are trademarks or
registered trademarks of Ixia in the United States and other
jurisdictions. All other trademarks used herein are the property of
their respective owners.
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