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Manufacturer Works with Ixia to Validate Switch Functionality

Case Studies

NOVIFLOW ENHANCES QUALITY ASSURANCE FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE ETHERNET SWITCHES

 

Based in Montréal, NoviFlow Inc. develops high-performance OpenFlow-based switching solutions and applications to network carriers, data center operators and enterprises seeking greater control and flexibility over their networks. Its solutions are designed to address the key needs of software-defined networking (SDN) deployments. NoviFlow’s customers want the capacity to be able to handle large numbers of flows, and they must be able to scale easily. Maximum performance is critical to keep pace in the competitive networking industry.

 

To meet these requirements, NoviFlow introduced the NoviSwitch, an advanced commercial-grade OpenFlow switching solution that offers up to 240 gigabits per second of true wire-speed performance, one million flow entries, and over 40,000 flowmods per second.

 

But to deliver the groundbreaking performance its customers expect, NoviFlow needed to confirm that it would perform as expected in real-world situations. The company’s research and development (R&D) group is responsible for testing and validating performance of its hardware and software. The team wanted a test solution that could handle high throughput associated with data center environments.

 

A PLATFORM TO VALIDATE PERFORMANCE

 

To fully test its switches, NoviFlow deployed a test platform built around Ixia solutions. NoviFlow had utilized testing tools from another vendor to check performance on individual switch ports, but that vendor wasn’t able to test the full throughput capabilities.

 

“I had been familiar working with Ixia testing solutions at previous organizations, so I was comfortable with them and confident that they would meet our needs,” says Mayrand.

 

Emulating strenuous network conditions with real-world network and application protocols and security attacks, Ixia’s industryleading test solutions enable NoviFlow to quickly validate devices and accelerate the delivery of proven, reliable products.

 

COMPREHENSIVE, INTUITIVE TESTING

 

NoviFlow deployed IxNetwork®, a test application that includes powerful graphical user interface wizards for simplified creation of sophisticated traffic flows with real-time analysis and statistics.

 

With IxNetwork, NoviFlow can emulate millions of routes and reachable hosts and can customize millions of traffic flows to stress data plane performance. Its enhanced real-time analysis and statistics are capable of reporting comprehensive protocol status and detailed per-flow traffic performance metrics.

 

ENABLED BY A POWERFUL PLATFORM

 

IxNetwork resides on Ixia’s XGS12-SD™ 12-slot modular chassis, which powers the industry’s highest port density Ethernet test system available. This flexible platform lets NoviFlow take advantage of a comprehensive solution for performance, functionality, security, and conformance testing of its data center switches.

 

Operating together with Ixia’s test applications and automation APIs, the chassis provides the power and performance necessary for layer 2-7 testing on a large-scale basis.

 

SCALABLE, FLEXIBLE PRODUCT TESTING

 

NoviFlow relies on Ixia’s testing platform to help ensure that customers will have a consistently positive experience as a result of advanced carrier-grade SDN switches.

 

“We simply did not have the tools available to perform this level of testing prior to deploying the Ixia solution,” says Mayrand.

 

The solution not only enables NoviFlow to check and validate performance, but helps the firm utilize its R&D resources more effectively and quicken time to market.

 

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