Ixia Software Release Notes
IxANVL 9.28
October 2020
IxANVL 9.28 release includes enhancement to existing test suites and Bug fixes since the previous release.
The following is a brief description of Enhanced Test Suites in Traditional Networking/Non-Automotive-Ethernet Segment:
1. OSPFv2 SR - A new test suite is added in 'Segment Routing Test Suites' family covering 'OSPFv2 SR'. The test suite covers 73 test cases from RFC 8665
2. BGP4 SR-TE - Test Suite is enhanced to cover additional test cases. The test suite covers 78 test cases from draft-ietf-idr-segment-routing-te-policy-08
3. ISIS SRv6 - Test Suite is enhanced to cover additional test cases. The test suite covers 84 test cases from draft-ietf-lsr-isis-srv6-extensions-08
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 9.10 |
| IxANVL |
9.28 |
| IxNetwork |
9.10 |
| IxLoad |
9.10 |
| Licensing |
5.20 |
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: 64-bit Processors
RAM: 2GB or more
Disk: 4GB free or more
Windows OS: Windows 10 Enterprise 64-bit
Windows Server 2016
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 7.5 (CentOS Linux release 7.5.1804, Kernel 3.10.0-862.el7.x86_64 #1 SMP)
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 RHEL 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 9.10
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 9.28 ships with Ixia Licensing Utility 5.20
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 9.28,
the executable is 9.28.1.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 9.28: anvl-branches-9.28.1.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 9.28:
anvl-9.28.1.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.
Note: For CentOS 7.5, the interface name should be changed from default one to eth0. Ixia License Server needs an interface named eth0 to function.
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IxANVL 9.28 Features
| IxANVL-BGPSR-TE |
| Test Suite is enhanced to cover additional test cases. The test suite covers 78 test cases from draft-ietf-idr-segment-routing-te-policy-08 |
| IxANVL-ISIS-SRv6 |
| Test Suite is enhanced to cover additional test cases. The test suite covers 84 test cases from draft-ietf-lsr-isis-srv6-extensions-08 |
| IxANVL-OSPFv2-SR |
| A new test suite is added in 'Segment Routing Test Suites' family covering 'OSPFv2 SR'. The test suite covers 73 test cases from RFC 8665 |
IxANVL-TC11
| Bug Number |
Notes |
| 1546685 |
For Automotive Test Suite TC11, Test Cases TIME_002 and TIME_004 are not supported.
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IxANVL-IGMP
| Bug Number |
Notes |
| 1548903 |
Test Case 3.5 - Script call mode for igmp-leave-group-command.exp is changed to foreground
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IxANVL-MSTP
| Bug Number |
Notes |
| 1547669 |
TC 17.1, 17.2, 18.1 are modified to apply newly implemented CIST and MSTI bit flag filter.
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