BreakingPoint Elite Data Sheet
BreakingPoint Elite™
Application, Performance, and Security Testing for Network
Equipment and Application Servers
The Test 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) and
Service Providers (SPs) developing and deploying
a new generation of network devices 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, QA and
• The Most Realistic Blended Traffic on a Single Port:
operations
Find the breaking point of network equipment faster with
BreakingPoint Elite provides comprehensive Layer 2-7 testing the most authentic high-performance testing possible.
for network equipment and application servers in a high- BreakingPoint Elite delivers the ability to natively
performance, compact, flexible and easy-to-use product. generate blended traffic with 70+ application protocols
Unlike legacy testing tools that are designed for HTTP-only and 3,700+ live security attacks at up to 40 Gigabits per
second. New applications are released weekly, and an API
test environments and struggle to generate realistic Layer
is available for creating your own proprietary application
4-7 traffic, BreakingPoint Elite provides authentic application
traffic.
traffic blended with live security attacks at speeds of up to 40
• Industry-Leading Session Performance and Throughput:
Gigabits per second and faster. This combination of realism
The price performance leader, with 15 Million
and high performance provides a dramatic reduction in
simultaneous TCP sessions, 1.5 Million TCP sessions per
time-to-test and accelerates development and deployment of
second, up to 40 Gigabits per second of blended Layer
next-generation network devices.
4-7 traffic and 80 Gigabits per second of Layer 2-3 traffic.
Designed to scale easily with multiple BreakingPoint
The small footprint chassis also generates 80 Gigabits per
Elites to provide an unlimited amount of Layer 2-7 traffic
second of Layer 2-3 traffic and shatters all previous session
using a single interface.
performance and throughput capabilities by delivering 15
• Easy-to-Use Automated Testing:
Million simultaneous TCP sessions and 1.5 Million TCP sessions
Dramatically simplifies network equipment testing
per second. BreakingPoint Elite is the only product capable
without sacrificing performance and realism. Intuitive
of testing the functionality of next-generation content-aware
management interface, application profile repository,
equipment, including Application Servers, Content Switches,
multi-user capabilities, integrated reporting and
Load Balancers, Proxies, Firewalls, Intrusion Detection
extensive automation improve productivity and reduces
and Prevention Systems, Virus and Spam Filters and WAN
time-to-test by 50% or more.
Optimization devices.
• Price-Performance Leadership:
Packs an enormous punch in a 3-slot chassis with the testing
industry’s highest 10 GigE port density, lowest cost per TCP
session, lowest cost per Gigabit of blended Layer 4-7 traffic and
lowest power consumption.
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BreakingPoint Elite Data Sheet
Reduce Time-to-Test and Accelerate Product Development BreakingPoint Elite Features
Comprehensive Layer 2-7 Testing with Native
Comprehensive Layer 2-7 testing for today’s content-aware
Application Protocols
equipment, including Servers, Switches, Load Balancers,
Proxies, Firewalls, Intrusion Detection and Prevention Validate the performance and reliability of network
Systems, VPN Gateways and WAN Optimization devices
equipment and application servers with the most realistic
Most realistic blended application traffic and live security high-performance Layer 2-7 testing possible. Unlike legacy
strikes testing tools, BreakingPoint Elite provides blended traffic
• Dedicated research team from the widest range of native application protocols and
live security attacks with the most realistic application
• 70+ application protocols are available, including HTTP,
SMTP, AOL® IM, FIX, IBM DB2, VMware® VMotion™, protocols out of the box and an API to accelerate proprietary
Microsoft® CIFS/SMB, MAPI, Oracle, Encrypted BitTorrent™, applications.
eDonkey, RADIUS, SIP, Windows Live Messenger, World of
• 70+ application protocols are available, including HTTP,
Warcraft®, Yahoo!® Messenger and many others
SMTP, AOL® IM, FIX, IBM DB2, VMware® VMotion™,
• API for creating your own proprietary applications Microsoft® CIFS/SMB, MAPI, Oracle, Encrypted BitTorrent™,
eDonkey, RADIUS, SIP, Windows Live Messenger, World of
• No performance degradation with blended protocols
Warcraft®, Yahoo!® Messenger and many others.
• The most complete security coverage
• New application protocols are released each week,
• 3,700+ live security attacks
and an API is available for accelerating user-defined
• Complete same-day Microsoft® Tuesday coverage
proprietary protocols.
• 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
Application profiles simulate actual application traffic traffic.
• 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
segmentation, packet fragmentation, URL obfuscation,
Testing industry’s price-performance leader
FTP telnet opcode and space insertion, RPC fragmentation,
• Highest 10 GigE port density per card
protocol fuzzing and others. All of the attacks, continuously
• Mix 10 GigE/1 GigE, 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 3,700 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.
• New applications and security strikes are released
Extensive test automation and pre-configured tests
weekly.
Intuitive Adobe® Flash-based management interface
• Generates SYN Flood attacks with up to 1 Million false
Automated reporting produces graphical reports and valid connections per second.
• Supports application layer fuzzing for Zero-day
Future-proof architecture
detection.
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BreakingPoint Elite Data Sheet
Application Simulation Server Load Testing
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 while
traffic for Enterprises, SOHO, Small and Medium Business, reducing costs. Instead of using racks of servers to generate
Service Providers, Higher Education and others. With stateful application traffic and simulate thousands of users,
Application Profiles, you can also create complex real-world BreakingPoint Elite emulates Millions of sessions at speeds of
transactions with BreakingPoint SuperFlows that define the up to 40 Gigabits per second in a single chassis.
mix of protocols within the application to generate realistic • Validate the integrity of transactions under real-world
simulated network and application testing environments. conditions and peak performance.
• Share context between multiple protocols and define • Specify port numbers or a range of port numbers for
the number of simultaneous sessions, session ramp-up load testing clusters and cloud services.
rates, and duration of sessions.
• Upload custom content to transmit live virus, spam, or
Network Neighborhoods
legitimate content as part of the test traffic.
Network Neighborhood configurations such as IP addresses
• Automated profiles for benchmark network tests such as
and routing information are completely abstracted from
RFC 2544.
the main test structure to expedite changing tests between
switched, routed, NAT, or VLAN environments. Network
configuration changes can also be completed in seconds and
are immediately reflected across all tests.
• Run the same test against different types of devices,
regardless of whether the device is a switch, a router, or
a NAT gateway.
• Allow direct comparisons between disparate devices.
• Support two levels of 802.1q tagging.
• Configure up to five interfaces including an external
interface for targeting hosts not directly connected to
the DUT and talk to an end host or a device terminating
SSL.
BreakingPoint Application Simulator
BreakingPoint Network Neighborhood
RFC 2544 Automated Profile
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BreakingPoint Elite Data Sheet
Intuitive Management Interface Device Under Test (DUT) Automation
Create and modify complex tests without the need for time- BreakingPoint Device Under Test (DUT) automation enables
consuming scripting using BreakingPoint Elite’s intuitive users to connect directly to the DUT to eliminate manual
graphical user interface (GUI). Enable multiple users at any reboots in the case of an error or gather statistics without
given time to maximize test equipment utilization across the need for a separate switch. Additionally, BreakingPoint
staff. provides users with the ability to develop sophisticated
test scripts or use third-party software to execute tests. This
• Fully cross-platform Adobe® Flash-based GUI.
combination of automation allows new tests to be created by
• Innovative port reservation system allows users to assign
recombining and, if necessary, modifying the components of
port ownership to alleviate contention.
previous tests.
• Set up and configure complex tests without the need for
• Incorporate individual tests into test series for full
client software and Tcl scripts.
revision regression testing.
• One-click access to find and run recent tests.
• Point and click automation via Telnet, SSH, SNMP and
Serial connections.
• An extra serial port and Ethernet port allow for direct
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.
Configure multiple
Intuitive Management Interface BreakingPoint
Elites once, produce
integrated reports
Test Automation and Tcl Scripting
and manage the
Reduce configuration to a matter of minutes with extensive system with one
interface.
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 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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BreakingPoint Elite Data Sheet
Recreate and Capture History Reporting and Analytics
Speed test debugging time and see the effects of traffic BreakingPoint produces detailed reports for each test that are
by importing live traffic packet captures and converting it rich in graphical and textual content. With integrated reporting
automatically for stateful replay. BreakingPoint Elite replays you can link multiple products together and produce a single
stateful traffic using the TCP stack, including three-way report of findings. Charts can be exported for inclusion in other
handshakes and any necessary retransmissions. Additionally, documents in a variety of different formats.
BreakingPoint Elite allows you to see traffic sent and results • Automatically produce reports that include a table-of-
received. contents and an executive summary, as well as charts and
• Accelerate the debugging of devices under test with up graphs of test results.
to 2 Gigabytes of capture history per 10GigE interface • Export information to PDF, RTF, XLS, CSV and HTML
and 1 Gigabyte per 1GigE interface. formats.
• Seamlessly integrate malicious activity into the captured • Get real-time statistics for monitoring test progress.
traffic replay.
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 70+
applications.
• Research into emerging security vulnerabilities.
• Weekly security updates to library of 3,700+ security