Ixia Software Release Notes
IxANVL 9.23
September 2019


About This Release 

IxANVL 9.23 release includes enhancements to existing Test Suites and Bug fixes since the previous release. 

The following is a brief description of Enhanced Test Suites in Automotive-Ethernet Segment:
 1. TC8-SOMEIP-ETS - TC8-SOMEIP-ETS test suite is enhanced to add 90 test cases from OPEN Alliance Automotive Ethernet ECU Test Specification v2.0. 

The following is a brief description of Enhanced Test Suites in Traditional Networking/Non-Automotive-Ethernet Segment:
 1. LLDP  - LLDP Test Suite is upgraded to add additional Responder mode test cases. The test suite contains 131 test cases and covers both existing supported specification IEEE Std 802.1AB-2005 as well as IEEE Std 802.1AB-2016
 2. BFD - BFD Test Suite is upgraded to support 'BFD IGP Protocol' as 'BGP' for both IPv4 and IPv6
 3. BFD - BFD Test Suite is upgraded to support 'MPLS Routing Protocol' as 'isis-te-L1' 
 4. IGMPv3 - Test Suite is enhanced to add 16 test cases from RFC 4604. The test suite has total 169 test cases
  
  

Application Compatibility

NOTE: When you are using one or more of the applications below on a single chassis
configuration, please use the correct application versions so they align to a common
version of IxOS.




      
          

              Application
              IxOS 8.50
          

      
        
          

              IxANVL
              9.23  
          
             
         

              IxNetwork
              8.50
          

          

              IxLoad
              8.50
          

          

              VNIC
              4.00
          

          

              Licensing
              5.10
          
       
      
  


For additional product compatibility information please refer to the following 
online utility. An Ixia website account is required before accessing.

http://www.ixiacom.com/support-overview/product-support/product-compatibility-matrix

  

IxANVL Workstation Requirements
 
CPU: 32-bit 2 GHz Pentium or better
RAM: 2GB or more 
Disk: 1.5GB free or more 

Windows OS: Windows 7 Enterprise 32-bit 
            Windows 7 Professional 32-bit
            Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
            Windows 2008 Server R2 standard 64-bit 
            Windows 2012 Server R2 standard 64-bit
            Windows 10 Enterprise 64-bit 
            
            NOTE: IxANVL supports the US English versions of the Windows OS. Although,
                  IxANVL may run on other versions of  Windows OS, they are not 
                  officially supported by Ixia. If you attempt to install or run 
                  IxANVL on any version of Windows OS other than the U.S. English 
                  versions, the IxANVL installation or operation may fail.

            
Linux OS:   CentOS-6.5  (64 bit) with kernel 2.6.32-431.el6.x86_64
                   CentOS5.9 (32 bit) with kernel 2.6.18-348.el5xen 
                   RHEL5.9 (32 bit) with kernel 2.6.18-348.el5 
                   Centos 5.3 with kernel 2.6.18-128.e15xen 

Important Note: 
            Java has a known caveat that requires an extra rpm file, 
            xorg-x11-deprecated-libs-6.8.2-31.i386.rpm, that sometimes is not 
            installed by default on an RHE 5.0 machine. As the IxANVL installer
            is a Java-based application, it is required that this file be installed 
            in order to function normally. Please refer to the Linux installation
            notes below for a workaround to fix this problem.      
          
Ixia Chassis OS: IxOS 8.50
    

Supported Test Interfaces

Network interface cards directly attached to a Linux or Windows PC
 
 - Ethernet 10/100 
 - Gigabit Ethernet 
 

Ixia Load Modules (port CPU required) accessed via Virtual Network Interface Card (VNIC)

10/100/1000 Ethernet Modules:
 - LM100TXS8
 - LM100STSXS2
 - LM1000STXS4
 - OLM1000STXS24
 - LM1000STXR4
 - LSM1000XMS12-01/LSM1000XMSR12-01
 - ALM1000T8
 - LSM1000XMV16-01/LSM1000XMV12-01/LSM1000XMV8-01/LSM1000XMV4-01
 - LSM1000XMVR16-01/LSM1000XMVR12-01/LSM1000XMVR8-01/LSM1000XMVR4-01
 - ASM1000XMV12X-01, non-Aggregate Mode
 - ELM1000ST2
 - LSM1000XMVDC16
 - LSM1000XMSP12 
 - LSM1000XMVDC12, LSM1000XMVDC8, LSM1000XMVDC4
 - LSM1000XMVDC4NG, LSM1000XMVDC16NG

10G Modules:
 - LSM10G1-01/LSM10gL1-01
 - LSM10GXL6-01/LSM10GXL6-02
 - LSM10GXM3-01/LSM10GXMR3-01
 - MSM10G1-01
 - LSM10GXM3-01/LSM10GXMR3-01
 - LSM10GXM4-01/LSM10GXMR4-01
 - LSM10GXM8-01/LSM10GXMR8-01
 - LSM1000XMV8-01/LSM1000XMVR8-01
 - LSM1000XMV12-01/LSM1000XMVR12-01
 - LSM10GXM2XP-01/LSM10GXMR2-01
 - LSM10GXM4XP-01
 - LSM10GXM8XP-01
 - LSM10GXM8-01/LSM10GXM8S-01
 - LSM10GXM8NG-01
 - Acceleron
 - Novus10/1GE16DP

40G/100G Modules:
 - HSE 40GE QSFP1-01
 - FlexFE40QP
 - LAVA AP40/100GE 2P

Novus ONE appliance 
Novus ONE PLUS appliance 

100G Modules:
 - NOVUS100GE8Q28+FAN 8-port QSFP28 100GE

 

Ixia Licensing

IxANVL 9.23 ships with Ixia Licensing Utility 5.10

Installation Notes 

General Installation Notes
When you purchase IxANVL test suites, your Ixia Support representative sends
you an e-mail message containing a user name, a password, and an HTML attachment
that contains the link to your IxANVL installation file on the Ixia Web site.
The following procedure downloads the IxANVL installation file from the Ixia
Web site.

To download the installation file:

  1. Select and open the attachment. Your Web browser displays the attachment 
     containing the link to your IxANVL installation file.
     
  2. Right-click the link. A context menu appears.
  
  3. Choose the command that allows you to save the target (your IxANVL 
     installation file). A dialog box appears, prompting you for the user name and 
     password from the email message.
     
  4. When prompted, type your first and last name and the password. The File 
     Download dialog box appears.
     
  5. Click Save.
  
  6. When prompted for the target location, browse to the desired folder. The 
     IxANVL installation file is downloaded and stored in the target location.    
      
 
Windows Installation Notes

The IxANVL installation file is supplied to you (either via a download or on the
IxANVL installation CD) as an executable named anvl-{release}.r-branch-Install.exe, 
where {release} is the IxANVL release number. For example, for release 9.23,
the executable is 9.23.1.r-Install.exe.

Execute the following steps to install IxANVL on a Microsoft Windows machine:

  1. Simply execute the installer executable by double-clicking the file. A 
     welcome dialog will be presented. Click Next to proceed.
  
  2. Carefully read the End User License for Ixia Software. If you accept its 
     terms, select "I accept..." and click Next.
     
  3. The install destination dialog box appears. Browse for the intended location
     of this installation, and then click Next.
     
  4. The pre-installation summary appears. Verify the installation information. 
     If the summary is correct, click Install. 
     
     A progress bar displays the IxANVL installation progress. A second progress 
     bar displays the progress of the Ixia licensing.
  
You can remove/uninstall the software by using the standard Microsoft Windows
Add/Remove Programs applet.

NOTE: IxANVL supports US English versions of the Windows operating system. 
      Although IxANVL may run on other versions of Windows OS, these other 
      versions are not officially supported by Ixia. If you attempt to install 
      or run IxANVL on any version of Windows OS other than the US English 
      version, IxANVL installation or operation may fail.

NOTE: When IxANVL is started in Windows 7, Windows 2008, Windows 2012, Windows 10 for the 
first time, it requires to be started as "Run as administrator".

         
Linux Installation Notes

The IxANVL installation file is supplied to you (either via a download or on the
IxANVL installation CD) in a compressed format called gzip. It is named:
anvl-{release}.install.tar.gz, where {release} is the IxANVL release number. For 
example, for release 9.23: anvl-branches-9.23.1.r.Install.tar

NOTE: Refer to IxANVL and VNIC user guide - CentOS 6.5 for prerequisite and installation
      steps for IxANVL and VNIC in CentOS 6.5.

NOTE: Occasionally, there are display issues when running the installation with 
      some X-windows-based PC clients. In these cases, it is recommended to use 
      the console (command line) installation mode. In particular, there seems 
      to be a performance issue with some versions of Exceed. When using Exceed, 
      updating your Window Manager property value in 'XConfig/Screen Definition/
      Screen 0' to be 'Native' may resolve the issue.

  1. Before you can install IxANVL, you must extract the installation file. To 
     extract the IxANVL installation file:

     a. Use the following command to gunzip the TAR.GZ file:
            gunzip anvl-{release}.install.tar.gz
        The result of this operation is a TAR file named:
            anvl-{release}.install.tar
         
     b. Use the following command to unTAR the TAR file:
            tar -xvf anvl-{release}.install.tar
        The result of this operation is the IxANVL installation file:
            anvl-{release}.install
        For example, for release 9.23:
            anvl-9.23.1.r-branch.install
          
  2. To install IxANVL
  
     a. Login as root (or use the su command to switch to the root account).
   
  3. Run:
         ./anvl-{release}.install
         
      The installer displays its initialization window.
      
      NOTE: Only the root account can install IxANVL.
      NOTE: If you are using a text-only window, for example, Telnet, use the
            -console option to run the installer in console mode.
            
      Upon completion of the initialization, the Welcome dialog box appears.
      
      Click Next to continue. The License Agreement dialog box appears.

  4. Carefully read the End User License for Ixia Software. If you accept its 
     terms, select "I accept..." and click Next.
     
  5. The Directory Name dialog box appears. Browse for the location of this 
     installation, and then click Next.
     NOTE: Clicking Next here implies that you accept the terms of the End User 
     License.

  6. If this is an upgrade, the installer will move the data for the original 
     installation to this location.
     
  7. The pre-installation summary appears. Verify the installation information. 
     If the summary is correct, click Install. 
     
     A progress bar displays the IxANVL installation progress. A second progress 
     bar displays the progress of the Ixia licensing.
     
  8. When installation is complete, the Summary information dialog box appears.
     Click Finish.

Note: The IxANVL product is going to use a new Licensing mechanism called ILU.
      Details of how the ILU is installed and used can be found in Chapter 6 of
      the "ANVL Getting started guide" and the "Ixia Licensing Management User Guide"

Note: For this set of test suites to run (ipsec-ah, ipsecv6-ah , ipsec-esp, ipsecv6-esp, ike, ikev2, 
      ikev2-ipv6, ike-ipv6, tc8-l1l2-tests, eapol-a, eapol-s) user needs to install the 3rd Party Installer 
      alongwith IxANVL installer.

How to Report Problems 




    

    Contact List Change: 4150211; Date: 2013/09/24
    



    

        
            
 USA, Canada and Latin America Customer Support

        		
        
            

            

              Hours:
              6:00am PST to 6:00pm PST
            

            

              Email:
              support@ixiacom.com
            

            

              Phone:
              +1-818-595-2599

            

            

        		
    
     
    

        
            
 Europe, Middle East, and Africa Customer Support

        		
        
            

            

              Hours:
              07:00 to 17:30 GMT
            

            

              Email:
              support-emea@ixiacom.com
            

            

              Phone:
              +40-21-301-5699
            

            

        		
    

    

        
            
 India Customer Support

        		
        
            

            

              Hours:
              09:00 to 17:30 local time
            

            

              Email:
              support-india@ixiacom.com
            

            

              Phone:
              +91-80-4939-6410
            

            

        		
    

    

        
            
China Customer Support

        		
        
            

            

              Hours:
              09:00 - 18:00 local time (Beijing time), Monday through Friday
            

            

              Email:
              support-china@ixiacom.com 
            

            

              Phone:
              400-898-0598 (Greater China region)
            

            

              Phone:
              +86-10-5732-3932 (Hong Kong customers)
            

            

              Fax:
              +86-10-8454-9198
            

            

        		
    
    
    

        
            
 Asia Pacific Customer Support

        		
        
            

            

              Hours:
              09:00 to 17:30 local time (Singapore)
            

            

              Email:
              support-asiapac@ixiacom.com
            

            

              Phone:
              +91-80-4939-6410
            

            

        		
    

    

        
            
Japan Customer Support

        		
        
            

            

              Hours:
              09:00 to 17:30 local time (Japan), Business days
            

            

              Email:
              support-japan@ixiacom.com
            

            

              Phone:
              +81-3-5326-1980
            

            

              Fax:
              +81-3-3348-7733

Additional Documentation 

Please refer to our website at http://support.ixiacom.com/support-services/product-support/user-guides.

You will be required to provide a login and password to enter this section of 
the web site. If you do not have a username and password, please forward your 
request to: mailto:support@ixiacom.com.

What's New in IxANVL

IxANVL 9.23 Features

IxANVL-BFD
BFD test suite is upgraded to support 'BFD IGP Protocol' as 'BGP' for both IPv4 and IPv6
BFD Test Suite is upgraded to support 'MPLS Routing Protocol' as 'isis-te-L1'

IxANVL-IGMPV3
Test Suite is enhanced to add 16 test cases from RFC 4604. The test suite has total 169 test cases

IxANVL-LLDP
LLDP Test Suite is upgraded to add additional Responder mode test cases. The test suite contains 131 test cases and covers both existing supported specification IEEE Std 802.1AB-2005 as well as IEEE Std 802.1AB-2016
Test Suite is upgraded to check the OID for GETNEXT response and validating if it matches the GETNEXT OID sent by IxANVL
Test case 9.9 is updated to send LLDP PDU with 'TLV Information String Length' for 'Chassis Id TLV' set to a value that is greater than actual string length
Test case 9.10 is updated to check the values of lldpRemChassisID and lldpRemPortID as well after sending valid LLDP PDU
2 new test cases are added (9.16 and 9.17) to validate that DUT discards LLDPDU when mandatory TLVs(Port Id TLV, TTL TLV) are not there in the received LLDPDU
Test Case 9.14 is updated to send 2 Management Address TLV in LLDP PDU and check if lldpRemManAddrIfId is updated correctly
Test Cases 9.23 to 9.27 are added to verify that LLDPDU is discarded when mandatory TLVs are not in the correct order
Test Cases 9.18 to 9.22 are added to check that DUT processes optional TLVs - TLV type 4(Port Description), TLV type 5(System Name), TLV type 6(System Description), TLV type 7(System Capabilities), TLV type 8(Management Address)

IxANVL-TC8-SOMEIP-ETS
TC8-SOMEIP-ETS test suite is enhanced to add 90 test cases from OPEN Alliance Automotive Ethernet ECU Test Specification v2.0.

Resolved Defects List

IxANVL-BFD

Bug Number Notes
1515173 Deconfiguration script call is corrected to pass correct IP version of 6 when BFDv6 is run with BGPPlus
1515294 Test Cases 31.1 31.2 32.1 33.1 33.4 33.5 33.6 33.7 33.8 34.4 35.1 35.2 35.3 35.4 35.5 35.6 35.7 35.8 are updated such that IxANVL sends BFD Control message to the Source Address of LSP Ping Echo Request message

IxANVL-EAPOL-S

Bug Number Notes
1519690 The unexpected exit problem in the test suite is resolved

IxANVL-ETHEROAM

Bug Number Notes
1506380 Test Case 4.3 - Flag checking is corrected for the received OAM PDU

IxANVL-L3VPN

Bug Number Notes
1510186 Test Cases 11.14 11.15 11.16 13.5 13.6 13.7 13.8 13.9 13.10 13.11 13.12 13.13 are updated to send BGP Update message before BGP Route Refresh message is expected from the Device Under Test

IxANVL-LLDP

Bug Number Notes
1508341 Test Case 9.2 - Corrected the checking of SNMP response for lldpStatsRxPortFramesTotal

IxANVL-MSTP

Bug Number Notes
1516012 The return value from the verify scripts are correctly checked when the parameter entry Packet exchange in background mode is enabled

IxANVL-OSPF

Bug Number Notes
1509590 Sample scripts for ospf-suite-setup-command.exp and ospf-dut-reset-command.exp are updated to provide sample configuration to enable authentication on device
1514236 ANVL stores all the LSAs transmitted by DUT during adjacency time frame to validate the sequence number