PROVA-C Appliance Running GENEM-C Software

PROVA-C Appliance

Runs GENEM-C 100G Network Test Application

4× 100G 1U Appliance Built on BittWare

Built on BittWare

The PROVA-C appliance, running GENEM-C software from Siama, is available as an appliance using enterprise-class FPGA hardware and servers from BittWare.

GENEM-C Key Features

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Wire-Rate Traffic Generator

Synthetic Traffic tool that emulates real-world traffic by combining multiple application streams into multiplexed flows

Wire-Rate Capture Buffer

Wire-Rate 64 GB Capture Buffer per SmartNIC

Network Impairment

Tool that adds latency, jitter and loss between traffic source to simulate network conditions

Flow Diagnostics

Tools to identify and troubleshoot the performance and availability of a service and/or a flow

RFC 2544

Methodology to evaluate the Throughput, the Latency, the Frame Loss Rate and the Back to Back Rate

QSFP28 Test Ports

Supports 100GBASE-SR4/LR4/ER4

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Hear from Siama CTO Marco Mascitto on how GENEM-C is a unique solution.

Web GUI Example Screenshots

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What is the GENEM-C Application?

It's a 100G network test application to verify, monitor and troubleshoot Ethernet/IP network equipment and data center applications.

The GENEM-C application is designed for the test requirements of network equipment manufacturers, data centers, service provider telco cloud and 5G backhaul. The application runs on the PROVA-C appliance 1U server with 4× front-panel QSFPs and SMA timing interfaces.

A wide range of test features are available, including Service Activation Testing, Performance Management, and Traffic Generation. Packet filtering, capture and playback are also supported from the FPGA card’s 64GB DDR4 memory. GENEM-C is ideal for QA test and Service Providers migrating to a DevOps model to validate service turn-up and modifications in the production network. GENEM-C is equally at home in a lab environment. It bundles wire-rate traffic generation and analysis capabilities with a network emulator and packet capture/replay function in a single software license.

With GENEM-C, you're getting all the features you expect from a proprietary solution, but at a fraction of the cost.

400 GBPS TEST CAPACITY

100G/25G ETHERNET INTERFACE SUPPORT

WIRE-RATE TRAFFIC GENERATION & CAPTURE

SCALABLE X86 COTS PLATFORM

LINUX® OPERATING SYSTEM

ETHERNET/IP APPLICATION EMULATION

MULTI-FLOW TRAFFIC GENERATION

PERFORMANCE & CONFORMANCE TESTING

PACKET CAPTURE, ANALYSIS & PLAYBACK

NETWORK EMULATION & IMPAIRMENT TOOLS

SERVICE ACTIVATION TESTING

Product Specifications

Service Activation Testing

ITU-T Y.1564 testing

16 simultaneous tests
Conformance & performance tests
Color-aware and color-blind services
CBS and EBS testing

MEF 46 Latching Loopback

Automatically loopback remote end

One-way or Two-way performance measurement
RFC 2544

Layer 2 and Layer 3 testing
Throughput
Frame loss
Latency
Back-to-back

Export reports in PDF format

Performance Management

ITU-T Y.1731 Performance & Fault Management

Test 64 simultaneous Ethernet services
MEF 35 PM-1 solution
DMM for FD and IFDV
SLM for loss measures (availability)
CCM & LBM for continuity check

Traffic Generation

Generate Layer 2 to 4 stateless traffic
64 configurable streams per port
Compliant to SFF-86364 flows per test port
Create complex traffic patterns and bursts

Packet Filtering & Actions

Powerful micro-scan™ engines match incoming packets at line rate
Up to 32 match-action filters can be defined per test port
Configure actions on matched packets:

Loopback modified or unmodified
Forward to performance collector
Store in capture buffer
Forward to another test port
Forward to CPU for further processing

Packet Capture & Playback

64GB of onboard capture memory
Line-rate capture on each test port simultaneously
User-configurable buffer sizes
Export buffers in PCAP format
Import PCAPs into buffers for replay at captured rate or up to line rate

Network Emulation & Impairment

Add delay, jitter and loss to flows
Up to 4.8 seconds of delay can be introduced
Select from a variety of jitter distribution functions

Uniform
Normal
Exponential
Gamma

Add periodic or pseudo-random loss

Management

Web GUI, HTTPS, TLS1.2
SSH access for CLI and LUA Scripting
IPv4 and IPv6 support
VLAN support
Local, RADIUS & TACACS+ User Authentication and Authorization

Test Port PHYs Supported

100GBASE-SR4/LR4/ER4
25GBASE-SR/LR/ER (future release)

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