Equipment Used In Testing - Dell Networking S6000 Test Report

2.0 Equipment Used in Testing

Ixia XM12
BreakingPoint
FireStorm
Source: Miercom, August 2013
The Ixia XM12 chassis was used with the Ixia IxNetwork application and BreakingPoint
FireStorm to drive network traffic through the switches using various test methodologies. Ixia
(www.ixiacom.com) is an industry leader in performance testing of networking equipment. Ixia's
exclusive approach employs coordination of energy measurements with network traffic load,
allowing energy consumption to be charted against network traffic volume. Real-world traffic is
generated by Ixia's test platform and test applications, principally IxAutomate for Layer 2-3
switching and routing traffic.
The Apposite Linktropy 7500 PRO WAN emulator was used in end-user Quality of Experience
(QoE) testing and scalability testing.
Login Consultants VSI script helped to automate the launch of Microsoft Office applications.
A software-based desktop monitoring tool, the Stratusphere UX virtual appliance from Liquidware
Labs, Inc. was used to provide
The OmniPeek network analyzer from WildPackets, Inc. was used to provide
evaluation of end-user experience in QoE testing.
The tests in this report are intended to be reproducible for customers who wish to recreate them
with the appropriate test and measuring equipment. Contact
details on the configurations applied to the system under test and test tools used in this evaluation.
Dell Networking S6000 Switch
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Login VSI running
on Dell Server
Apposite
Linktropy 7500
PRO
Dell Networking
S6000 Switch
Monitoring Tools
subjective evaluation of QoE testing.
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WildPackets
OmniPeek for Windows
Liquidware Labs
Stratusphere UX
objective
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