Data center convergence, enterprise expansion, and new service deployments require you to combine many different technologies—including physical and virtualized devices—into a single network infrastructure. Such networks must handle massive amounts of traffic, while delivering the quality of experience that mission critical applications demand.

Network equipment manufacturers need to be positive that their equipment can handle the infrastructure needs of a complex network. Service providers and enterprises also want to stress their data center and network infrastructure to ensure that they can support traffic volumes with high quality of service.