IxChariot

Network Access

Net Optics Network Taps

Passive network access for security and monitoring tools
Net Optics Tap Aggregators

Combine traffic from network links for monitoring tools
Net Optics Bypass Switches

Fail-safe deployments for inline security tools
Virtual Tap

Passive network access to traffic passing between VMs

Network Packet Brokers

Net Tool Optimizers

Out-of-band traffic aggregation, filtering, dedup, load balancing
Security Packet Brokers

Inline traffic aggregation, filtering, failover, and load balancing for security tools

Intelligent Visibility

GTP Session Controller

Intelligent distribution and control of mobile network traffic
TradeView

High performance monitoring of market data feeds
NTO 6212 & Application and Threat Intelligence Processor

Better data for better decisions

Management

Indigo Pro

Unified visibility management platform
Global Management System

NTO global environments

Security Test Solutions

Ixia BreakingPoint

All-in-one security and performance testing platform
BreakingPoint™ Virtual Edition (VE)

Enterprise-wide application and security testing
IxLoad-Attack

Measures performance of network security appliances
IxLoad-IPsec VPN

IPsec protocol emulation to validate VPN gateways
NSS Labs Test Packs for Ixia BreakingPoint

Expedite In-House Network Security Testing with Proven Methodologies
Application and Threat Intelligence (ATI) Subscription

Library of the latest application protocols & attacks

Hardware Platforms

FireStorm

Simulates massive-scale application and security traffic
PerfectStorm

Simulate millions of real-world end-user environments
PerfectStorm ONE

Small-form-factor enterprise application and security testing

Network Infrastructure

IxNetwork

Network topology testing and traffic analysis
IxANVL

Validate Protocol Compliance and Interoperability
IxChariot Pro

Proactive monitoring with predictable traffic injection
IxChariot

Pre-deployment network and device assessment
IxN2X

Simulate and test large, multi-protocol network topologies

Applications & Security

Ixia BreakingPoint

All-in-one security and performance testing platform
BreakingPoint™ Virtual Edition (VE)

Enterprise-wide application and security testing
AppLibrary

Pre-defined library of application flows for Ixia apps
IxLoad

Tests converged multiplay services and application delivery platforms

Wireless & Mobility

IxVeriWave

Assesses real-world Wi-Fi network and device performance –at scale
IxLoad: Wireless

Validates service provider networks—at scale
IxCatapult

Validate Mobile Network Infrastructures

Virtualization

IxVM

Tests virtualized assets and environments
IxVPN

Validates the performance of IPsec VPN gateways
RackSim

Virtualized data center simulation

Automation

Test Conductor

Multivendor test automation framework

Hardware Platforms - Load Modules & Appliances

1 GbE Load Modules

1 Gigabit Ethernet
10 GbE Load Modules

10 Gigabit Ethernet
40/100 GbE Load Modules

40/100 Gigabit Ethernet
400GbE Load Modules

400 Gigabit Ethernet
Ixia Network Emulators

Emulate real-world network impairment conditions
ImpairNet

1/10/40GbE real-world network impairment emulator
Ixia 3500

Validate Ethernet timing/clock synchronization
Fibre Channel

2/4/8G High Speed Fibre Channel Test Load Modules
POS Load Module

Packet over SONET/SDH testing
ATM Load Module

Router and broadband aggregation device testing

Applications, Security & Virtualization

BreakingPoint™ Virtual Edition (VE)

Enterprise-wide application and security testing
Application Controller

Optimization of test application performance
Virtual Load Modules

Load modules for virtualization and cloud testing

Hardware Platforms - Chassis

XM2 Chassis

2-slot modular test chassis; flexible platform
XM12 Chassis

12-slot high performance modular test chassis
XG12 Chassis

12-Slot, 192/1GE, 384/10GE, 48/40GE, 24/100GE Ports
XGS12-HS Chassis

12-Slot, 11RU, rackmount Ethernet test chassis
XGS12-SD Chassis

12-slot modular chassis, highest port density Ethernet test system
400Tv2 Chassis

Portable platform supporting integrated test controller

Wireless & Mobility

IxVeriWave Chassis

Evaluate Wi-Fi network and device performance
IxVeriWave Load Modules

Optimize Wi-Fi chipsets, devices, and network infrastructures
IxCatapult Chassis

Premier assessment of network and signaling infrastructures

IxChariot

Assess Your Network, Improve Your Applications

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Overview

Test Drive IxChariot Now

Applications only perform as well as the networks upon which they run. Challenging real-time business services such as voice over IP (VoIP), unified communications (UC) and streaming video can be seriously impacted by bottlenecks and other hard-to-pinpoint issues in the network.

To ensure performance, IxChariot provides IT professionals with an industry-leading solution for assessing and troubleshooting networks and applications before and after deployment. Trusted by thousands of enterprises and government agencies worldwide, IxChariot equips users to confidently assess the performance and reliability of applications running on wired, wireless, and virtual data centers.

The solution consists of an IxChariot Server and performance endpoints distributed throughout multiple sites and data centers, end-user PCs, and mobile devices. Real-world applications are simulated to predict device, system, and network performance under realistic load conditions.

Version 9.0: “IxChariot Anywhere”

The latest version of IxChariot can be run from the cloud with the main console hosted from a single site or data center and accessed publicly by teams at multiple locations. Patented Ixia technology allows endpoints to traverse company firewalls to deliver a seamless and elegant solution for assessing performance between private and cloud networks—without compromising security.

Highlights include:

Network diagnostics captured virtually anywhere
Provides increasingly high ROI as more users leverage the tool to meet a wider range of business and technology challenges
Simulates various protocols and applications in a distributed network across thousands of endpoints
Designed specifically for IT teams
Verifies SLAs with instant end-to-end assessment
Measures device performance over Wi-Fi
Validates hypervisor performance
Assessments can be conducted from any standard web browser

Features

Run Endpoints Anywhere – LAN, Cloud, Public

Supports private endpoints running on devices/servers behind enterprise firewalls
Public points of presence running on any Cloud provider (AWS EC2, Rackspace, Azure)
Endpoints auto-register and maintain heartbeat to the console/registration service

Performance Endpoints run on “Everything”

Endpoints are ready to run several off the shelf small board PCs
Support for Raspberry Pi B+, BeagleBone Black, and others
Runs on virtual servers, real – Windows, Mac, Linux

Centrally Manage Endpoints

Endpoints automatically register to the console
Supports endpoints that are private “behind a firewall” or publicly deployed
Quickly check with endpoints are available for use

Assess Performance of NFV/Virtual Infrastructure

100% software Performance Endpoints run on any hypervisor that supports Linux or Windows guest O/S
Validate the performance of VM-to-VM traffic; throughput, latency, and loss for a various TCP and UDP apps
Create ad-hoc traffic topologies between different servers in the VM infrastructure

Securely Access and Run Tests from Any Browser

Web-based platform, uses HTLM5 for access from any modern browser; multi-user access

Application Emulation

Configure mixes of applications based on number of users or based on generated throughput
Ready to run nearly 100 popular applications

Voice over IP Call Emulation and Quality Assessment

Create real bi-directional peer-to-peer call flows across the network
Select from codec G711, G729, AMR codec, and others
Assess true voice quality with MOS, R-value, and impact of delay, jitter, and packet loss on calls flows
Scale to hundreds of real-time conversations without effort

IxChariot

Interactive Real-Time Statistics

Inject real traffic into the network to measure the impact of new applications
View test results in real-time; measure all critical network metrics including up/down bitrate, loss, jitter, delay

100% Software Performance Endpoints

100% software Performance Endpoints run on any hypervisor that supports Linux or Windows guest O/S
Validate the performance of VM-to-VM traffic; throughput, latency, and loss for a various TCP and UDP apps
Create ad-hoc traffic topologies between different servers in the VM infrastructure

Specifications

Specifications
Scalability	Supports up to 100,000 connections (endpoint pairs) representing hundreds of thousands of end-users
Protocols	TCP, UDP, RTP, IPv4, IPv6
Management	Supported on IPv4 and IPv6 networks Handles test failures in error prone networks including Wi-Fi for management Supports in-band and out-of-band mgmt. and traffic paths
API Support	REST API Python
System Requirements (Server)	OVA deployment: VMware ESXi 5.x or newer, VMWare Player 6.x or newer Minimal VM provisioning: 1Gb RAM, 1 VCPU Support for multiple simultaneous tests and user sessions
Performance Endpoints	Requires IxChariot 9.0 version of performance endpoints – not compatible with older endpoint versions Microsoft Windows: 2008 R2, 2012, 7, 8 Linux (x86, x86_64) Several others, look for “Endpoint Library” on Ixia’s website
Mobile Device endpoints	Android – on Google Play Store IOS – on Apple Store Search for “endpoint”
XR2000 Hardware Endpoint	Supported Upgrade to latest free 9.0 endpoints
Simulated Applications	AOL Instant Messenger AOL Webmail Bandwidth HTTP Bandwidth Raw BitTorrent Cisco EMIX BitTorrent Enterprise BitTorrent File Download BitTorrent RMIX 5M BitTorrent Service Provider Facebook Facebook Android Facebook Android Chat Session HTTPS Simulated Financial IMAPv4-Advanced Financial POP3-Advanced Financial SMB Client File Download Financial SMBv2 Auth Session Financial SMBv2 File Download Financial SMTP Email Financial Flash Enterprise FTP Small download FTP Active mode FTP Cisco EMIX FTP Enterprise Gnutella Google Mail Google Play LTE Mix Google Play Search View and Download Google Search Google GTalk Chat HTTP Audio HTTP Cisco EMIX HTTP Compressed HTTP Enterprise	HTTP Flash Video HTTP Flash Video Service Provider HTTP GET - Android42 to Apache Server HTTP GET - BlackBerry10 to Apache Server HTTP GET - Chrome25 (Windows 7) to Apache Server HTTP GET - Firefox19 (Windows 7) to Apache Server HTTP GET - IE9 (Windows 7) to Apache Server HTTP GET - Opera11 (Linux) to Apache Server HTTP GET - Opera12 (OS X) to Apache Server HTTP GET - Safari6 (OS X) to Apache Server HTTP LTE Mix HTTP Mobile Europe HTTP Mobile North America HTTP RMIX 30K HTTP RMIX 130K HTTP RMIX 25K HTTP Service Provider HTTP Text HTTP Video HTTP Video Enterprise HTTPS LTE Mix HTTPS Simulated HTTPS Simulated Enterprise HTTPS Simulated Service Provider ICQ IMAP Cisco EMIX IMAP LTE Mix IMAP RMIX 4K	IMAP RMIX 16K IMAP RMIX 90K iTunes Desktop App Store Jabber Chat MS-SQL Server MySQL Database Update Netflix Service Provider Oracle Database Oracle Enterprise Outlook Web Access Pandora LTE Mix Pandora POP3 LTE Mix POP3 RMIX 4K POP3 RMIX 16K POP3 RMIX 90K PostgreSQL Raw Enterprise Raw LTE mix Raw Service Provider Raw Wireless RTMP SMB Client File Download SMB Enterprise SMTP Cisco EMIX SMTP Email SMTP Enterprise SMTP RMIX 4K SMTP RMIX 16K SMTP RMIX 90K SSH Twitter Json Webex Windows Live (MSN) Messenger v15 Yahoo IM Chat v10 Yahoo Mail YouTube Enterprise YouTube LTE Mix YouTube Service Provider

Resources

IxChariot How-To Videos

Ordering

Part	Description
920-0055	IxChariot Software, Floating Bundle 10; includes Floating License Server for 10 pairs/virtual users and single user console seat license
920-0056	IxChariot Software, Floating Bundle 50; includes Floating License Server for 50 pairs/virtual users and single user console seat license
920-0057	IxChariot Software, Floating Bundle 200; includes Floating License Server for 200 pairs/virtual users and single user console seat license
920-0058	IxChariot Software, Floating Bundle 500; includes Floating License Server for 500 pairs/virtual users and single user console seat license
920-0059	IxChariot Software, Floating Bundle 1250; includes Floating License Server for 1250 pairs/virtual users and single user console seat license
920-0060	IxChariot Software, Floating Bundle 2500; includes Floating License Server for 2500 pairs/virtual users and single user console seat license
920-0061	IxChariot Software, Floating Bundle 5000; includes Floating License Server for 5000 pairs/virtual users and single user console seat license
920-0021	IxChariot Console Seat for License Server, five concurrent users
920-0043	IxChariot Optional Software, AppLibrary support for single user; REQUIRES previous or adjunct purchase of Console Seat licenses
920-0044	IxChariot Optional Software, AppLibrary support for 5 users; REQUIRES previous or adjunct purchase of Console Seat licenses

Note: Most popular options shown - see current price list for more information

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Version 9.0: “IxChariot Anywhere”

Run Endpoints Anywhere – LAN, Cloud, Public

Performance Endpoints run on “Everything”

Centrally Manage Endpoints

Assess Performance of NFV/Virtual Infrastructure

Securely Access and Run Tests from Any Browser

Application Emulation

Voice over IP Call Emulation and Quality Assessment

Interactive Real-Time Statistics

100% Software Performance Endpoints

IxChariot How-To Videos

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