IXIA Presentation

1. IXIA Configuration

2. Introduction
 The Ixia system is the most comprehensive tool
available for testing multi-layer 10/100 Mbps
Ethernet, Gigabit and routers.
 The Ixia product family includes the chassis, load
modules, the Ixia Explorer and IxRouter software
programs.

3. Contents
 IxServer
 IxExplorer

4. IxServer
 Introduction
 Usage
 IxServer Dialog

5. Introduction
 IxServer is a software application that provides
access to the chassis hardware and software
functions for connected clients running
IxExplorer.
 IxServer controls and monitors the Ixia chassis.

6. Introduction (cont)
 Figure : Clients and IxServer

7. Usage
 IxServer configured to auto-start when the
chassis is powered up
 IxServer is started by double-clicking on the
icon Ixia Server installed as part of the
installation process.
 IxServer exited by selecting the Exit option in
the File menu of IxServer dialog.

8. IxServer Dialog
Figure : IxServer dialog

9. IxExplorer
 Introduction
 Usage
 Explorer window
 Port Properties -10/100/1000 Ethernet Family
 Stream and Flow Control
 Frame Data
 Filtering
 IxRouter

10. Introduction
 The IxExplorer software is used to program Ixia
hardware and to perform testing on network
devices.
 The Ixia Explorer software provides complete
configuration, control, and monitoring of all Ixia
resources in the test network

11. Usage
 The IxExplorer application can be started by double-
clicking on the icon Ixia Explorer.
 Ixia Explorer exited by selecting the Exit option in the
File menu of IxExplorer Window .

12. IxExplorer window
Figure : Basic IxExplorer Window Elements

13. Port Properties -10/100/1000 Ethernet Family
 The Port Properties dialog controls a number of
properties related to the port's operation.
 The Port Properties dialog is accessed by double
clicking a port in Resources window, or by right-
clicking a port and selecting the Properties menu
option.
 Port Properties for TXS Ethernet Family of
Modules :
Transmit Modes Tab for TXS Modules

14. Transmit Modes Tab for TXS Modules
 Select the transmit mode tab from properties.

15. Stream and Flow Control
 Introduction
 Types of Packet Streams
 Stream Properties Dialog
 Stream Editing

16. Introduction
 Stream defined as transmitting data continuously
over a communications path.
 A packet defined as the data that is routed
between an origin and a destination on a packet
switched network.
 A frame is defined as the data that is transmitted
between network points as a unit complete with
addressing and necessary protocol control
information.

17. Introduction (cont)
 Frame is layer2 data type and packet is layer3
data type.
 Ixia port can generate large numbers of packets
during the course of a pattern transmission.
 Stream configuration controls how many packets
are generated, the ordering of the packets, and
the gaps between the packets.

18. Types of Packet Streams
 Continuous Packet Stream :
Continuous Packet stream generates infinite number of
packets with a programmable Inter-Packet Gap (IPG).
Packets are generated until a "Stop Transmit" operation is
performed.
Figure : Continuous Packet Stream Sequence
 Stop After Stream :
generate a stream which is the last stream to be
transmitted for a set of streams.

19. Stream Properties Dialog
 The Stream Properties dialog is displayed by double-
clicking on a row in the Packet Streams/Flows grid
window or by right-clicking on a port and selecting the
Edit Streams option in the menu.
 the Stream Control tab allows to control the type and
configuration of individual streams or flows.
 Stream Control tab types defined below :
a) Stream Control Tab for 10/100 Modules
b) Stream Control Tab for Gigabit Modules

20. Stream Control Tab for 10/100 Modules

21. Stream Control Tab for Gigabit Modules

22. Stream Editing
 Stream editing is configuring Packet Streams and
Flows.
 Stream editing window shown below :

23. Frame Data
 Introduction
 Frame Data for Ethernet Modules
 Frame Data - Protocol Control

24. Introduction
 The Frame Data tab in the Stream Properties dialog
provides control over all aspects of packets transmitted by
the Ixia hardware.
 Ethernet section allows to set the destination MAC address
and source MAC address. Ethernet section can be viewed
by
selecting DA/SA sub-tab of Frame Data Tab
 The Protocols section allows the header bytes of the packet
to be formatted according to different conventions and
protocols. The Protocols section can be viewed by selecting
the Protocols sub-tab of the Frame Data tab.
 The two boxes on this sub-tab relate to Data Link Layer
(Layer 2 of the OSI Model) and Network Protocol (Layer 3)
formatting. The Edit button in the Protocol section allows
for the specification of header parameters specific to
Transport and/or Network protocols.

25. Frame Data for Ethernet Modules

26. Frame Data - Protocol Control
 Figure : Frame Data - Protocols - Ethernet modules

27. Filtering
 Introduction
 Filter Properties Tab

28. Introduction
 The Filtering selection for a port allows for a number of
settings related to capturing, filtering, and statistics.

29. Filter Properties Tab
 The Filter Properties tab sets trigger and filter
parameters that are used in three different areas within
the Ixia system: User Defined Statistics , Capture Trigger and
Capture Filter
 User Defined Statistics : Sets up the conditions for the
accumulation of up to four user-definable statistics.
 Capture Trigger and Capture Filter : Sets up the conditions
under which a port will start capturing data, and a filter for the data it
will retain in its capture buffer. Triggers and filters are only used
when the Receive Mode is set to Capture.

30. Filter Properties Tab (cont)
 The parameters used to construct these values are
based on:
 MAC DA/SA addresses.
 data patterns to be matched against the contents of incoming
packets for the purpose of filtering packets. data patterns are
two types : pattern1 , pattern2. IP/Ethernet II in Patten1match
any packet that is an IP packet formatted according to Ethernet
II conventions based on Ethernet type.
 Any error condition, including a good packet.
 The size of the received packet.

31. Filter Properties Tab (cont)

32. IxRouter
 Introduction
 Port Management Window
 Configuration Wizards
 Protocol Management Window
 Protocol Interfaces
 Traffic Management
 ARP Window

33. Introduction
 IXIA offers a Protocol Server is accessed through
the IxRouter window in IxExplorer and can be
configured to test a set of protocols , which
include MAC and IPv4 addressing and routing.
 The IxRouter Window provides a location for
configuring protocol interfaces on selected ports

34. Introduction (cont)
 the IxRouter Protocol Management window allows
the user to enable PING (ICMP) for IPv4 and ARP
on the selected ports.
 Routing protocols are available in the IxRouter
Window after installation of protocol emulation
software bundles and/or individual protocol
emulations.

35. Port Management Window
The IxRouter Port Management window is
described in the following sections:
 Login Window
 Selecting Ports
 Mandatory Port Ownership

36. Login Window

37. Selecting Ports

38. Mandatory Port Ownership
 The Mandatory Port Ownership feature prevents
other users from overwriting port configurations
and interrupting the test process on the port.
 the user must log in via the Port Management
window - Login window or via the IxExplorer
Login dialog box available from the "Multiuser"
menu in the IxExplorer main toolbar.

39. Mandatory Port Ownership (cont)

40. Configuration Wizards
 OSPFv2 protocol Wizard allows the user to quickly and
easily configure OSPFv2 test topologies, and then
immediately apply and save the configuration to the Ixia
port(s).
The OSPF Wizard consists of a set of windows
and dialogs
 OSPF Wizard - Main Window
 OSPF Wizard – Port Select Dialog
 OSPF Wizard – Routers Dialog
 OSPF Wizard – Route Range Dialog
 OSPF Wizard – Network Range Dialog
 OSPF Wizard – Save dialog

41. OSPF Wizard - Main Window
 Press the Run Wizard button to display the OSPF
Wizard dialogs.

42. OSPF Wizard – Port Select Dialog
 The OSPF Wizard - Port Select dialog allows the
user to select the ports to be configured in the
wizard
 This dialog will display all of the Ixia ports that
are available to the user and that support the
OSPF protocol.
 If Mandatory Port Ownership is enabled, this
dialog will list the ports currently "owned" by the
logged-in user.

43. OSPF Wizard – Port Select Dialog (cont)

44. OSPF Wizard – Routers Dialog
 Allows the user to set up OSPF adjacencies to
emulated OSPF routers on the Ixia port(s).
 Each Ixia-emulated OSPF router sets up one
adjacency with an OSPF peer in the DUT.

45. OSPF Wizard – Routers Dialog (cont)

46. OSPF Wizard – Route Range Dialog
 Allows the user to create routes to be advertised
by the Ixia-emulated OSPF routers to the DUT in
Link State DataBase (LSDB) messages, as part of
the process for establishing and maintaining an
adjacency between the peers.

47. OSPF Wizard – Route Range Dialog (cont)

48. OSPF Wizard – Network Range Dialog
 Allows the user to create a matrix/grid of Ixia-emulated
OSPF(v2) networks.

49. OSPF Wizard – Save dialog
 allows the user to save the OSPF configuration

50. Protocol Management Window
 Allows the user to enable routing protocol
emulations on a specified port.
 Allows to enable ARP protocol
 Allows to enable PING protocol for IPv4

51. Protocol Management Window
(cont)

52. Protocol Management Window
(cont)

53. Protocol Interfaces Window
 Multiple protocol interfaces can be configured for
Ixia ports.
The main Protocol Interfaces window is made up
of tab view
 Protocol Interfaces Tab

54. Protocol Interfaces Tab
 creates a protocol interface for the port, add addresses,
and then enable the interface.

55. Protocol Interfaces Tab (cont)
 Individual views for MAC, IPv4, DHCPv4, IPV6, and
VLAN, which are subsets of the main Interface view

56. Traffic Management Window
 Introduction
 Traffic Management - Statistic Window

57. Introduction
 The IxRouter window provides a feature for
automatically generating packet streams on ports
that have been configured to run IP routing
protocols.
 The routing protocols being used should already
be started before the streams are configured.
 the user can press the Start Traffic button to
send IP traffic between Ixia and DUT ports.

58. Introduction (cont)
The following steps to be followed for generating
protocol traffic
 Configure the Protocols
 Start the Protocols
 Configure the Protocol Traffic Streams
 Start the Protocol Traffic
Traffic Management Window accessed by clicking
on "Traffic Management" in the Protocol Window
tree.

59. Introduction (cont)

60. Traffic Management - Statistic Window

61. ARP Window
 Introduction
 ARP Window
 IP Window

62. Introduction
 ARP window controls the manner in which ARP requests
are sent from the port. This option is only available on
Ethernet-based cards.
 The resulting responses from ARP requests are held in
the ARP Table, which is used to set MAC addresses for
transmitted data.

63. ARP Window
 ARP requests are generated from ARP window, from the
main IxExplorer window
 Entries in the ARP table are not aged and considered
valid.
 The ARP table holds the local addresses used, as well
as the learned addresses from the Gateway/DUT port on
the link.

64. ARP Window (continued)

65. ARP Window (continued)
 “Clear” button used to clear the learned information for
the selected ARP entries.
 “Refresh” button used to refresh the selected ARP
entries with values from the Ixia server software without
sending any new ARP requests.
 “Transmit” button used to transmit ARP requests for the
selected entries.
 “Port Description” indicates the name/number of the local
port and the port type.

66. ARP Window (continued)
 “ARP For:” used to transmit ARP request for one of the
following :
a) Resolve ARP :a single ARP request is sent to each Gateway
IP address, using the first IP address found in the IP table entry
for the port as the source address. The result of the ARP request
is saved in the ARP table.
b) Learn ARP : sends ARP requests using all of the addresses
found in the IP Address Table for this port as source addresses.
c) Both (Resolve + Learn) : performs both of the operations

67. ARP Window (continued)
 Learned IP Addresses : For each row entry, the IP
address learned from the Gateway/DUT port on the link.
 Learned MAC Addresses : For each row entry, the
MAC address learned from the Gateway/DUT port on the
link.

68. IP Window
 The IP Table window allows IPv4 addresses to be
assigned on a per-port basis.
 The IP table window differs from the Protocol Interfaces
window since the IP Table allows the user to create
multiple IPv4 addresses per interface, while the Protocol
Interface table allows only one IPv4 address.
 The IP Table addresses do not support routing protocol
configuration in IxExplorer. This table is used for ARP
and PING responses for a multiple addresses.
 All ARP requests (for Ethernet) are sent to the Gateway
address.

69. IP Window (continued)

70. IP Window (continued)
 button used to add an IPv4 address to the IP table for
the selected port.
 button used to delete selected IP address from the IP
table for the selected port.
 Port Description : The name/number of the port and port type.
 TestPort First IP Address : Sets the starting IP address of an
IP address range for the Ixia Test Port.
 TestPort Last IP Address : Sets the last IP address of an IP
address range for the Test Port.

71. IP Window (continued)
 Gateway/DUT Address : The gateway address for the current
entry.
 TestPort MAC Address : Sets the MAC address associated
with the Ixia port IP address

72. QUESTIONS?