BreakingPoint Elite Data Sheet
BreakingPoint™ Elite
Accelerate Development and Reduce Costs with Application,
Performance and Security Testing Equipment from BreakingPoint
The Price Performance Leader with 15 Million TCP Sessions, 40 Gigabits per second of Blended Layer 4-7
Traffic and 80 Gigabits per second of Layer 2-3 Traffic
Network Equipment Manufacturers (NEMs), Server
Vendors, and Service Providers (SPs) developing or
deploying a new generation of equipment must:
• Validate performance and functionality under realistic
conditions
• Accelerate development and time-to-market A single BreakingPoint Elite chassis delivers:
• Gain efficiencies and reduce costs in R&D, Quality • Realistic Blended Application Traffic on a Single Port:
Assurance, and operations Find the breaking point of network equipment faster with
the most authentic high-performance testing possible.
BreakingPoint Elite provides comprehensive Layer 2-7 testing One BreakingPoint Elite natively generates blended traffic
for network equipment and application servers in a high- with 90+ application protocols and 4,200+ live security
performance, compact, flexible and easy-to-use product. attacks at up to 40 Gigabits per second. New applications
Unlike legacy testing tools that are designed for HTTP-only are released weekly, and an API is available for creating
test environments and struggle to generate realistic Layer proprietary application traffic.
4-7 traffic, BreakingPoint Elite provides authentic application • Industry-Leading Session Performance and
traffic blended with live security attacks at speeds of up to 40 Throughput: Dramatically reduce costs with 15 million
simultaneous TCP sessions, 1.5 million TCP sessions per
Gigabits per second and faster. This combination of realism
second, up to 40 Gigabits per second of blended Layer
and high performance provides a dramatic reduction in time-
4-7 traffic and 80 Gigabits per second of Layer 2-3 traffic
to-test and accelerates development and deployment of next-
in a single small chassis. Scales easily with multiple
generation network devices and servers.
BreakingPoint Elites to provide unlimited Layer 2-7 traffic
using a single interface.
The small footprint BreakingPoint Elite chassis also generates
80 Gigabits per second of Layer 2-3 traffic and shatters all • Easy-to-Use Automated Testing: Dramatically simplifies
previous session performance and throughput capabilities testing without sacrificing performance and realism.
by delivering 15 million simultaneous TCP sessions and 1.5 Intuitive management interface, application profile
repository, multi-user capabilities, integrated reporting
million TCP sessions per second. BreakingPoint Elite is the only
and extensive automation improve productivity and
product capable of testing the functionality of next-generation
reduces time-to-test by 50% or more.
content-aware equipment, including Application Servers,
• Price-Performance Leadership: Packs an enormous
Content Switches, Load Balancers, Proxies, Firewalls, Intrusion
punch in a 3-slot chassis with the testing industry’s
Detection and Prevention Systems, VPN Gateways, Virus and
highest 10GigE port density, lowest cost per TCP session,
Spam Filters, and WAN Optimization devices.
lowest cost per Gigabit of blended Layer 4-7 traffic and
lowest power consumption.
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Reduce Time-to-Test and Accelerate Product Development BreakingPoint Elite Features
Comprehensive Layer 2-7 testing for content-aware Comprehensive Layer 2-7 Testing with Native
equipment, including Application Servers, Content Switches, Application Protocols
Load Balancers, Proxies, Firewalls, Intrusion Detection and Validate the performance and reliability of network
Prevention Systems, VPN Gateways, Virus and Spam Filters, equipment and application servers with the most realistic
and WAN Optimization devices
high-performance Layer 2-7 testing possible. Unlike legacy
Most realistic blended application traffic and live security testing tools, BreakingPoint Elite provides blended traffic
strikes
from the widest range of native application protocols and
• Dedicated research team live security attacks with the most realistic application
• 90+ application protocols are available including HTTP, protocols out of the box, and an API to accelerate proprietary
HTTPS, SMTP, AOL IM®, FIX, IBM DB2®, VMware® VMotion™, applications.
Microsoft® CIFS/SMB, MAPI, Oracle®, Encrypted BitTorrent™,
• 90+ application protocols are available, including HTTP,
eDonkey™, RADIUS, SIP, Windows Live Messenger, World of
HTTPS, SMTP, AOL IM®, FIX, IBM DB2®, VMware® VMotion™,
Warcraft®, Yahoo!® Messenger and many others
Microsoft® CIFS/SMB, MAPI, Oracle®, Encrypted BitTorrent™,
• API for creating your own proprietary applications eDonkey™, RADIUS, SIP, Windows Live Messenger, World of
• Includes IPv6 and SSL support Warcraft®, Yahoo!® Messenger and many others.
• No performance degradation with blended protocols • New application protocols are released each week,
• The most complete security coverage and an API is available for accelerating user-defined
• 4,200+ live security attacks proprietary protocols.
• Complete same-day Microsoft® Tuesday coverage • Includes IPv6 and SSL support.
• 80+ evasion techniques • Generates blended Layer 4-7 traffic at up to 40 Gigabits
• Application layer fuzzing for Zero-day attacks per second without performance degradation.
• Weekly protocol/security update • Generates 80 Gigabits per second and faster of Layer 2-3
traffic.
Application profiles simulate actual traffic patterns
• Designed to scale easily with multiple BreakingPoint
Stateful recreate of captured traffic Elites to provide an unlimited amount of Layer 2-7 traffic
Unprecedented session performance and throughput in a 3-slot using a single interface.
chassis
• 15 million concurrent TCP sessions
Comprehensive Security Coverage
• 1.5 million TCP sessions per second
Create and modify difficult to detect network security attacks
• 40 Gigabits per second of blended Layer 4-7 traffic and combine live security exploits to expose vulnerabilities.
• 80 Gigabits per second of Layer 2-3 traffic Full evasion capabilities are built in, with stream
Testing industry’s price-performance leader segmentation, packet fragmentation, URL obfuscation,
• Highest 10GigE port density per card FTP telnet opcode and space insertion, RPC fragmentation,
protocol fuzzing and others. All of the attacks, continuously
• Mix 10GigE/1GigE, copper/fiber interfaces
updated by BreakingPoint’s application and security
• Multi-user capabilities
research team, can be applied to exploits and blended with
• Largest capture buffer per port
application traffic.
• Smallest footprint
• More than 4,200 fully evaded security attacks are
• Lowest cost per TCP session available, including contemporary exploits, complete
• Lowest cost per Gigabit of Layer 4-7 traffic same-day Microsoft® coverage and Zero-day exploits.
IPv4/IPv6 dual stack testing with industry’s most current IPv6 • New applications and security strikes are released
stack. weekly.
Extensive test automation and pre-configured tests • Generates SYN Flood attacks with up to 2 million false
Intuitive Adobe® Flash-based management interface and valid connections.
• Supports application layer fuzzing for Zero-day
Automated reporting produces graphical reports
detection.
Future-proof architecture
All-inclusive pricing model
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BreakingPoint Elite Data Sheet
Application Simulator Client Simulator
Reduce time-consuming test configuration with Improve the efficiency and accuracy of performance,
BreakingPoint Application Profiles that combine realistic security, and compliance testing for Application Servers,
application protocols to simulate different types of network Load Balancers and other content-aware equipment such
traffic for Enterprises, SOHO, Small and Medium Business, as Application Delivery Controllers, WAN Accelerators and
Service Providers, Higher Education and others. With Proxy devices, while reducing costs. Instead of using racks of
Application Profiles, you can also create complex real-world servers to generate stateful application traffic and simulate
transactions with BreakingPoint SuperFlows that define the thousands of users, BreakingPoint Elite emulates millions of
mix of protocols within the application to generate realistic sessions at speeds of up to 40 Gigabits per second in a single
simulated network and application testing environments. chassis.
• Share context between multiple protocols and define • Validate the integrity of transactions under real-world
the number of simultaneous sessions, session ramp-up conditions and peak performance.
rates, and duration of sessions. • Specify port numbers or a range of port numbers for
• Upload custom content to transmit live virus, spam, or load testing clusters and cloud services.
legitimate content as part of the test traffic.
• Automated profiles for benchmark network tests such as
RFC 2544.
BreakingPoint Application Simulator combines stateful traffic BreakingPoint Client Simulator enables Server Load Testing
application protocols to generate realistic simulated testing capabilities with any application protocol mix to ensure content-
environments and accelerate test configuration. aware devices deliver predictable performance.
BreakingPoint Test Lab for RFC 2544 allows users to easily combine BreakingPoint’s intuitive management interface allows users to
realistic application protocols to emulate different types of network create or modify complex tests without tedious scripting. Users can
traffic for this benchmark test. drag and drop GUI building for the most sophisticated test beds.
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BreakingPoint Elite Data Sheet
Network Neighborhoods Device Under Test (DUT) Automation
Network Neighborhood configurations such as IP addresses BreakingPoint Device Under Test (DUT) automation enables
and routing information are completely abstracted from the users to connect directly to the DUT to eliminate manual
main test structure to make changes to your tests between reboots in the case of an error or gather statistics without
switched, routed, NAT, or VLAN environments in minutes. the need for a separate switch. Additionally, BreakingPoint
Network configuration changes can also be completed in provides users with the ability to develop sophisticated
seconds and are immediately reflected across all tests. test scripts or use third-party software to execute tests. This
• Run the same test against different types of devices, combination of automation allows new tests to be created by
regardless of whether the device is a switch, a router, or recombining and, if necessary, modifying the components of
a NAT gateway. previous tests.
• Allow direct comparisons between disparate devices. • Incorporate individual tests into test series for full
• Support two levels of 802.1q tagging. revision regression testing.
• Configure up to five interfaces including an external • Point and click automation via Telnet, SSH, SNMP and
interface for targeting hosts not directly connected to Serial connections.
the DUT and talk to an end host or a device terminating • An extra serial port and Ethernet port allow for direct
SSL. plug-in of a network device.
• Built-in expect scripts for users to define the routines
and commands necessary to query the DUT and
maintain control throughout the testing process.
• Auto-create script functionality.
• Define the DUT configuration on a per-test basis or
globally for others to use.
• Incorporate the output into the final test report.
Multi-box Testing
Scale to enormous
performance levels
by linking multiple
Easily configure Network Neighborhoods by automatically
BreakingPoint Elite
abstracting IP addresses and routing information.
chassis using a single
interface, one test
Test Automation and Tcl Scripting configuration and
Reduce configuration to a matter of minutes with extensive integrated reporting.
test automation. Select from a library of pre-configured tests
that are stored in a central repository or customize your
own. Tests can be run from any host on the network without
having to install client software.
• Use BreakingPoint’s pre-configured tests, import a third-
party test plan or customize your own.
Scalable Testing
Scale to enormous performance levels by linking multiple
BreakingPoint Elite chassis using a single interface, one test
configuration and integrated reporting.
• Generate 150 million concurrent TCP sessions and 15
million TCP sessions per second.
• Designed to scale easily with multiple BreakingPoint
Elites to provide an unlimited amount of Layer 2-7 traffic.
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Recreate and Capture History Intuitive Management Interface
Speed test debugging time and see the effects of traffic Create and modify complex tests without the need for
by importing live traffic packet captures and converting it time-consuming scripting using BreakingPoint Elite’s
automatically for stateful replay. BreakingPoint Elite replays intuitive graphical user interface (GUI). Simply drag and
stateful traffic using the TCP stack, including three-way drop components to build the most sophisticated test beds.
handshakes and any necessary retransmissions. Additionally, Enable multiple users at any given time to maximize test
BreakingPoint Elite allows you to see traffic sent and results equipment utilization across staff.
received. • Fully cross-platform Adobe® Flash-based GUI.
• Accelerate the debugging of devices under test with up
• Innovative port reservation system allows users to assign
to 2 Gigabytes of capture history per 10GigE interface
port ownership to alleviate contention.
and 1 Gigabyte per 1GigE interface.
• Set up and configure complex tests without the need for
• Seamlessly integrate malicious activity into the captured
client software and Tcl scripts.
traffic replay.
• One-click access to find and run recent tests.
Reporting and Analytics
Easily create detailed reports for each test that are rich in
graphical and textual content. With integrated reporting you
can link multiple products together and produce a single
report of findings. Charts can be exported for inclusion in other
documents in a variety of different formats.
• Automatically produce reports that include a table of
contents and an executive summary, as well as charts and
graphs of test results.
• Export information to PDF, RTF, XLS, CSV and HTML
formats.
• Get real-time statistics for monitoring test progress.
BreakingPoint Elite’s intuitive management interface allows users to
easily see device status, traffic sent and the results received. BreakingPoint All-in-One Service and Support
BreakingPoint makes performance and security testing fast,
realistic, and easy with a responsive and all-inclusive Service
and Support program for every user. The BreakingPoint team
of respected application and security researchers provides
everything for thorough performance and security testing in
one package that includes access to all application protocols,
security strikes, product enhancements, and full service and
support.
• Monthly software updates and upgrades.
• Weekly application protocol releases to library of 90+
applications.
• Research into emerging security vulnerabilities.
• Weekly security updates to library of 4,200+ security
strikes and 80+ evasion techniques.
• Complete same-day Microsoft® Tuesday coverage.
BreakingPoint Elite Port Mapping Interface speeds debugging • Priority access to problem resolution team.
of devices with up to 2 Gigabytes of capture history per 10GigE
interface and 1 Gigabyte per 1GigE interface. • Technical training and test plan assessments.
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BreakingPoint Elite Data Sheet
BreakingPoint Elite Product Architecture
With the dynamic mix and high volume of application traffic
on networks today, keeping high-performance testing
conditions current is an ongoing challenge. Unlike other
testing products, BreakingPoint Elite is architected for
ultimate realism, responsiveness, and performance. This
innovative design enables weekly protocol updates, monthly
software enhancements and unprecedented performance.
Three distinct but integrated layers deliver authentic
blended application traffic with live security strikes at
unprecedented speeds and immense session performance.
BreakingPoint Management Layer:
An intuitive management interface, application profile
repository, automated reporting and application API that
enables instant addition of new application protocols and
security strikes.
BreakingPoint Control Layer:
An intelligent control layer that provides sophisticated test
automation, eliminating the need to develop new scripts for
every test.
BreakingPoint High-Performance Hardware Layer:
Breakthrough high-performance hardware layer features
a blend of FPGAs, network processors, and embedded
processors to produce millions of real application data
streams and speeds of up to 40 Gigabits per second.
BreakingPoint’s innovative architecture rapidly evolves to support
changing testing needs with weekly application protocol and security
updates, and monthly firmware upgrades.
Technical Specifications
Session Performance and Security Coverage:
Traffic Generation per 3-Slot Chassis • Complete same-day Microsoft® Tuesday coverage
• Concurrent TCP sessions: 15 million • 4,200+ security strikes
• TCP sessions per second: 1.5 million • 80+ evasion techniques
• Native Layer 4-7 traffic: 40 Gbps per chassis • SYN Flood attacks with up to 2 Million false and valid
• Layer 2-3 traffic: 80 Gbps per chassis connections
• Application layer fuzzing for Zero-day detection
BreakingPoint Elite Specifications
System Configuration Physical Specifications
• 3-slot chassis with 1 system controller • Rack Units: 4
• Up to 2 interface cards per chassis; options include: • Installed: 17.4 in W x 7 in H x 19.5 in D (Metric: 44.2 cm W x
• 10GigE interface card 17.8 cm H x 49.8 cm D)
• Four 10GigE ports • Shipping Weight: 45 lbs. (20.4 kg)
• XFP interface • Operating Environment: 15O C to 40O C
• 2 Gigabytes of capture buffer per port • Non-Operating Environment: -20O C to 70O C
• 1GigE interface card • Power Requirements: 100-240V, 50/60 Hz
• Eight 1GigE ports • Maximum Power Consumption: 1200W
• SFP interface • Regulatory Approvals: FCC Class A, CE, EN60950
• 1 Gigabyte of capture buffer per port • One-year Warranty
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Dedicated Application and Security Research Team
Tap into the collective expertise of the dedicated research team at BreakingPoint Labs, where application, performance and security
experts use advanced surveillance techniques and methodologies to identify, capture and publish emerging applications and
security threats. Once those are captured, the team rapidly creates an application test package that is often delivered overnight.
• Monitoring and rapid response ensures test environment is always current.
• Complete same-day Microsoft® Tuesday coverage.
• Provide applications upon request in as little as a day.
Application Protocols
The following is a partial list of BreakingPoint’s 90+ supported application protocols. Please visit www.breakingpoint.com for the
most up-to-date information, as new protocols and security strikes are added weekly.
Authentication Distributed Computing Remote Access
RADIUS Accounting Citrix RLogin
RADIUS Access DCE/RPC Telnet
VMware® VMotion™ Secure Data Transfer
Chat HTTPS
AOL IM® Email SSH
IRC IMAP4 (IMAPv4 Advanced)
Jabber POP3 (POP3 Advanced) Social Networking
QQ IM SMTP Twitter™
Windows Live Messenger
Yahoo!® Messenger Enterprise Applications System/Network Admin
Endpoint Mapper DNS
Databases Exchange Directory Ident
IBM DB2® MAPI (Exchange) Finger
Informix® LDAP
Microsoft SQL® Financial NTP
Oracle® FIX RPC Bind
Postgres FIXT RPC Mount
Sybase® SNMP
Games
Sun® RPC
Data Transfer World of Warcraft®
Syslog
FTP Time
Voice / Video
Gopher
H.225.0
HTTP Telephony
H.245
NNTP MM1
RTP
RSync
RTSP (Advanced) Testing and Measurement
TFTP
SIP Chargen
Data Transfer / File Sharing STUN Daytime
IPP Discard
P2P
NetBIOS Echo
Encrypted BitTorrent™
NFS OWAMP Control
eDonkey™
SMB/CIFS OWAMP Test
Gnutella™
QOTD
TWAMP Control
TWAMP Test
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BreakingPoint Resources
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BreakingPoint Test Methodologies
BreakingPoint test methodologies are developed by the BreakingPoint Labs
team based on their experience developing and testing a variety of high-
performance network equipment. These test methodologies document
processes for validating the performance and reliability of next generation
network devices, including IPS, deep packet inspection (DPI) equipment,
high-performance firewalls and more.
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BreakingPoint Labs Community
BreakingPoint Labs brings together a diverse community of people using the
latest in network, application and performance testing tools. BreakingPoint
Labs is a central location for many discussions around the importance of
testing with realistic blended traffic, live security strikes, authentic throughput
and high speeds. Visit www.breakingpointlabs.com.
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