Extensive routing protocol support for both IPv4 and IPv6 both supporting Unicast and multicast. comprehensive wizards for error-free setup.
UNICAST routing (IPv4/IPv6)
BGP – Border Gateway Protocol
ISIS – Intermediate System – Intermediate System
OSPF – Open Shortest Path First
RIP – Routing Information Protocol
Multicast routing
PIM-SM
PIM-SSM
PIM-BiDir
Provider link state bridging (PLSB)
Bidirectional forwarding detection (BFD)
BFD
Micro BFD
BFD for MPLS LSP
MPLS technologies
MPLS-LDP
MPLS-VPN
MPLS 6PE / 6 VPE
VPLS
GMPLS
RSVP-TE
Multicast VPN
MPLS-TP
Protocol Emulation
Performance Monitoring
Protection Switching
Next generation multicast VPN (NG MVPN)
RSVP P2MP
Ingress Replication
DataCenter
Test your DataCenter subscriber capacity, performance, and bandwidth with the overlay protocols VXLAN/EVPN or test using any of the legacy protocols such as Trill or LISP.
DataCenter (VXLAN)
VXLAN – Scaling VTEPS, VMs, Segments
VXLAN – EVPN with L3VNI
VXLAN – Multicast (IGMP/PIM)
VXLAN – OVSDB
Inter-DataCenter (EVPN)
EVPN – MPLS
EVPN – PBB
EVPN – IRB
EVPN – VPWS
DataCenter Legacy
FCoE – Fiber Channel over Ethernet
LLDP / DCBX
TRILL – TRansparent Interconnect for Lots of Links
LISP – Locator/Identifier Separation Protocol
OTV – Overlay Transport Virtualization
SPB – Shortest Path Bridging
VEPA
Software defined networking (SDN)
Southbound protocols for SDN setup and management of the East / West Network.
OpenFlow controller emulation
OpenFlow switch emulation
OVSDB—Open vSwitch database protocol
OpFlex
PCEP – Path comp element protocol (client & server)
Segment routing: OSPF, IS-IS, & BGP
BGP link state
BGP flow spec
Access
Complete set of access protocols for both IPv4 and IPv6 that nicely integrate with all other supported protocols.
OpenFlow controller emulation
OpenFlow switch emulation
OVSDB—Open vSwitch database protocol
OpFlex
PCEP – Path comp element protocol (client & server)
Segment routing: OSPF, IS-IS, & BGP
BGP link state
BGP flow spec
Switching
Test switching, Carrier Ethernet, and your timing protocols using the following:
Switching
STP RSTP PVST+
Multiple spanning tree
Extensible messaging and presence XMPP
Protection switching
Multi-homing
Link aggregation / Port grouping LAG
Carrier Ethernet
IEEE 802.3AD Link aggregation
802.16-2004 MAC
802.1AG Y.1731 EOAM fault management
Ethernet Link OAM
MAC-N-MAC 802.1AH
Carrier Ethernet
Network timing protocol (NTP)
IEEE 1588v2 Network based timing and sync
Synchronous Ethernet
Application layer
Test your basic application layer protocols over any of the supported protocols of Spirent TestCenter such as web based HTTP, file transfer, voice, video, and IPTV.
FTP – Data
HTTP – Web data
SIP/TIP – Voice
Video
IPTV
Benchmarking
Industry-standard IETF RFC benchmarks for Layer 3 switching, Layer 2 switching, and IP multicast:
RFC 2544: Benchmarking methodology for interconnected devices
RFC 2889: Benchmarking methodology for LAN switching devices
RFC 3918: Methodology for IP multicast benchmarking
TSN/AVB
Test TSN/AVB-enabled network, cabling, devices and systems to achieve compliance and performance testing.
TSN/AVB
Time-sensitive networking (TSN)
Automotive TSN/AVB
Time-sensitive networking (TSN) playbook
Internet of Things (IoT)
Spirent TestCenter CoAP/M2M server emulation base package
Spirent TestCenter provides a powerful foundation for almost any automation environment, giving you full access to its performance measuring capabilities.