Ixia Software Release Notes
IxNetwork 9.00 Update 3
Build Number: 9.00.1907.262 (April 6, 2020)



About This Release

IxNetwork 9.00 Update 3 is an update release on top of IxNetwork 9.00.
For a complete list of all the new features included in this release, please refer to the 'What's New' section below.

Application Compatibility

As an update release, IxNetwork 9.00 Update 3 has the same compatibility as that of IxNetwork 9.00 release. For IxNetwork 9.00 Update 3, use 1.8.310.52 version of Wireshark. For Protocol Wizards, we need Windows 10 or higher as the client operating system. For additional product compatibility information, refer to the following online utility on Ixia's website. You must provide your Ixia account credentials to access the Ixia website. http://www.ixiacom.com/support-overview/product-support/product-compatibility-matrix

User Authentication

Starting with version 8.10 EA, you must provide your credentials while starting the IxNetwork User Interfaces.
The credentials are validated using an e-mail based authentication mechanism. For details see Start IxNetwork section in the IxNetwork Getting Started Guide.

You must create an account before you start using IxNetwork. Select the Create new account option on the login page available at: login.ixiacom.com and enter your details.
You will receive an email. You can use the new account only after you verify the email address by opening the link in the verification e-mail received from "Ixia Identity".
If the client machine running IxNetwork is offline, a token is required to sign in. The token is a binary file, that can be obtained by signing in to login.ixiacom.com from a computer with Internet access and downloading the Offline Authentication Token.
 
Note: When signing in, or managing the account in a web browser, always confirm that you are doing so over a secure connection. Ixia does not ask for user name, password or other personal information via email. 
 
Privacy Matters: 
To improve the experience for customers and the quality of Ixia's products, data may be collected and stored by Ixia. 
This typically includes data about the product usage and environment (such as operating system, browser, language), and personal data such as user name, email and IP addresses. 
Only Ixia's IT, project managers and marketing worldwide will have access to this data. 
When you first sign in to either application, you will be asked to consent to such data collection and use, and to the data transfer to Ixia in the United States. 
You may withdraw your consent at any time and for any reason. Please refer to our privacy policy for more information and opt-out possibility (available at https://www.ixiacom.com/privacy-policy)

 

Licensing

IxNetwork requires that a license for its use be installed for each chassis used by IxNetwork. That license may be installed on each chassis or on a server on your network, referred to as the central license server.

For more information about the new IxLicensing system, please refer to the "Ixia Licensing Management User Guide" provided with the Ixia software, or downloadable from the Ixia web site: http://www.ixiacom.com/support-services/product-support/user-guides

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Installation Notes

  

To install this update, you must have the IxNetwork 9.00 'client' component installed on the user workstation where the IxNetwork GUI will be run.

IxNetwork update notifications are available through Ixia Update Manager.
Select and apply the update to the existing IxNetwork 9.00 or download the update installer for manually installing the updates at a later time.

Installed updates are visible under control panel -> installed updates for IxNetwork 9.00 

Refer to the following notes to rectify the problems that may arise during installation.
  
NOTE: During installation of an update, if the Update Manager status does not change even after several minutes or if the update fails to install, then restart the system and reinstall the update. 
      
NOTE: Once an update is installed, it disappears from the Update Manager until it is manually uninstalled from the control panel.
      
Please contact Ixia customer support for upgrades if needed.

IxNetwork Web Edition

1. IxNetwork Web Edition supports IxNetwork web based user interface, QuickTest and API Browser. 2. IxNetwork Web Edition can be installed on VM (ESXi and KVM), Native IxOS chassis. 3. IxNetwork Web Edition software (OVA, QCOW2, Docker, and HSL package) are available as downloads from the Ixia website.
IxNetwork Web Edition OS Network Storage
ESXi OVA ESXi 6.0 Update 2 or ESXi 6.5 (64 bit only) VMXNET3 128 GB
KVM QCOW2 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS or CentOS 7.6.1810 (64 bit only) virtio 128 GB
Docker Ubuntu 18.04 LTS or CentOS 7.6.1810 (64 bit only) Promiscuous mode enabled 128 GB
Application IxNetwork Web Edition
Google Chrome 75 or newer
Mozilla Firefox 70 or newer
Microsoft Edge 44.17763.1.0 or newer
Apple Safari 12.1.1 or newer

IxNetwork Web Edition can be installed on VMWARE ESXI6.0, or ESXI6.5 via the provided OVA

1. Deploy IxNetwork Web Edition OVA directly on VMWARE ESXI server. 2. Start the deployed VM. 3. Get connected to the link displayed on the console screen (from the browser). 4. Log in with credentials username: admin and password: admin 5. To start the QuickTest session manually, click "New Test". 6. To start the IxNetwork API Server session manually, click "New API Server". 7. To start scripting, click "Download a client". 8. Make sure that all dependencies are installed before starting scripting. 9. Click on package downloads for the corresponding language. 10. Sample codes are given for each language and follow the steps.

IxNetwork Web Edition can be installed on KVM via the provided QCOW2 image

Note: IxNetwork Web Edition is supported on KVM with CentOS and Ubuntu Distributions. 1. Deploy QuickTest Web Edition QCOW2 in KVM/Virtual Machine Manager 2. Start the deployed VM. 3. Get connected to the link displayed in the console screen (from the browser). 4. Log in with credentials username: admin and password: admin 5. To start QuickTest session manually, click "New Test". 6. To start IxNetwork API Server session manually, click "New API Server". 7. To start scripting, click "Download a client". 8. Make sure that all dependencies are installed before starting scripting. 9. Click on package downloads for the corresponding language. 10. Sample codes are given for each language and follow the steps.

IxNetwork Web Edition can be deployed as a Docker container via the provided image

Note: IxNetwork Web Edition is supported as Docker container with CentOS and Ubuntu Distributions. 1. Copy the .tar file on the host 2. Please make sure that the following will have promiscuous enabled: - network adapter from the host (CentOS/Ubuntu) or the virtual switch - the interface of the CentOS/Ubuntu 3. Load the image to docker: docker load -i </path/to/tar/file> 4. Create the macvlan bridge to be used by IxNetwork Web Edition: docker network create -d macvlan -o parent=<interface> --subnet <subnet> --gateway=<gateway> <bridge_name> 5. Deploy the IxNetwork Web Edition container using the following command: a. When using MAC VLAN BRIDGE: docker run --net <BRIDGE NAME> \ --ip <CONTAINER IP> \ --hostname <HOSTNAME> \ --name <CONTAINER NAME> \ --cap-add=SYS_ADMIN \ --cap-add=NET_ADMIN \ -i -d \ -v /sys/fs/cgroup:/sys/fs/cgroup \ <IMAGE NAME> b. When using HTTPS on a specific external port and host IP: docker run \ - p <EXTERNAL PORT>:443 \ --cap-add=SYS_ADMIN \ --cap-add=NET_ADMIN \ -i -d \ -v /sys/fs/cgroup:/sys/fs/cgroup \ <IMAGE NAME> 6. Open up a browser and connect to the configured IP. 7. Log in with credentials username: admin and password: admin 8. To start QuickTest session manually, click "New Test". 9. To start IxNetwork API Server session manually, click "New API Server". 10. To start scripting, click "Download a client". 11. Make sure that all dependencies are installed before starting scripting. 12. Click on package downloads for corresponding language. 13. Sample codes are given for each language and follow the steps. 14. Optional mapping of configuration files, results and settings to external folders on host add the following parameters to the command: -v <HOST CONFIGS LOCATION>:/root/.local/share/Ixia/sdmStreamManager/common \ -v <HOST RESULTSLOCATION>:/root/.local/share/Ixia/IxNetwork/data/result \ -v <HOST SETTINGS LOCATION>:/root/.local/share/IXIA/IxNetwork.Globals \ * The ip parameter assigns a specific IP to the container ** Name and Hostname are optional parameters

IxNetwork Web Edition can be installed on HSL/SDL/AresONE/Novus ONE chassis

1. Connect to XGS12-HSL/XGS2-HSL/XGS12-SDL/XGS2-SDL/AresONE/Novus ONE chassis. 2. Log in with credentials username: admin and password: admin 3. Go to Administration - IxNetwork Web Edition screen. 4. Click on "Manual Updates" and point to IxNetwork Web Edition HSL package file. 5. Follow the on-screen instructions provided by the installer.

IxNetwork Web Edition can be installed on VE Chassis

1. Connect to VE chassis. 2. Log in with credentials username: admin and password: admin 3. Click on the Install New Application button. 4. Click on "Browse" and point to the IxNetwork Web Edition package file. 5. Follow the on-screen instructions provided by the installer. Notes: - The first time IxNetwork Web Edition is installed on the VE Chassis the installation will take longer due to the installation of dependencies - The VE Chassis virtual machine must be provisioned with at least 4 vCPUs / 8 GB RAM for the install to be complete, IxNetwork Web Edition will use half of the provisioned resources - The vdisk size will have to be increased to at least 40GB to make room for the test results - The disk drive performance can influence the application performance, having a faster drive will provide the best results

Display Requirements

Recommended screen resolution: 1920 x 1080 If a display device with high resolution is used, it is recommended to change the text size to 100% from the display settings of the operating system for best usability experience. For Microsoft Windows 10 operating system: It is recommended to update at least to Windows 10 April 2018 Update release for best usability experience.

Tcl/Perl/Python/Ruby/REST Support for Client Applications

Please refer to the IxNetwork documentation for guidance on its usage. 

How to Report Problems

Ixia Headquarters

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Additional Documentation

Please refer to our website at https://support.ixiacom.com/support-overview/product-support/downloads-updates.

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What's New in IxNetwork

9.00 Update 3 Features

Access
NGPF 802.1X now supports multiple device groups in the same port.

Infrastructure
TSN wizard is introduced to ease the configuration of complex frame preemption validation scenarios and automatic fragment generation.
NGPF wizard for EVPN over MPLS/SR is introduced to ease the configuration of EVPN emulation.
NGPF wizard for EVPN VPWS over SRv6 is introduced to ease the configuration of EVPN SRv6 emulation.

Routing/switching
NGmVPN emulation now supports advertising Shared/Source Tree C-Multicast Join route with custom next hop in TRM mode.

SDN
BGP-LS emulation now supports link-state VPN capability advertisement and display learned Link-State VPN NLRI information.
BGP-LS emulation topology graph is enhanced to display separate node for ISIS L1+L2, OSPFv2, and OSPFv3.
BGP-LS emulation now supports advertising Link-State NLRI from ISIS SR with SRLB information.
ISIS Flexible Algorithm (Flex Algo) emulation now supports constraint-based SR MPLS path computation test. It is also enhanced to support Simulated Topology configuration and learned information for both SRv6 and SR MPLS. This feature is of beta quality.
NGPF ISIS emulation now supports ISIS Multi-Instance (MI) as per RFC 8202. A single IID and a single ITID per ISIS router is supported. In ISIS MI mode, multi-topology is not supported.

TSN
TSN wizard is introduced to ease the configuration of complex frame preemption validation scenarios and automatic fragment generation.

Time Synchronization
NGPF 1588v2 (PTP) emulation now supports a set of new statistics to track missing sequence numbers for different PTP message types.

Web Edition
IxNetwork web edition now provides flexibility to select partial traffic end points from topologies built in the control plane.


Known Issue List

Access

Bug Number Notes
1533524 When IxNetwork 802.1X Multi-Host supplicants in a device group are configured in different VLANs, the authentication of one supplicant will authenticate the supplicants in other VLANs too. Multi-Host supplicants in a device group should be configured in the same VLAN. If different VLANs are needed, one device group should be created for each VLAN.
1534480 NGPF 802.1X does not support duplicate MAC configuration in supplicants.

Web Edition

Bug Number Notes
1535389 After the first install of the IxNetwork WebUI product, please go to the web platform administration page and manually restart the freshly installed IxNetwork WebUI application. Only after restarting the application you can use it properly.


Resolved Defect List

Access

Bug Number Notes
1534369 When TWAMP IP range is deleted, corresponding test range is not deleted. A new API twampDeleteTestRange has been provided to delete TWAMP test range.
1534371 The TWAMP test statistics are showing a single session as both succeeded and failed, when reflector port value is different from the value configured in TWAMP DUT.

High Level API

Bug Number Notes
1527945 HLAPI command for EVPN aliasing is not available.

Routing/switching

Bug Number Notes
1526874 When an ISIS configuration file from a previous release is loaded, a new tab named "TE Profiles" appears in the IxNetwork GUI even if TE is not enabled in the configuration.
1528989 The BGP-LS Update with multiple NLRIs can now be displayed in the Learned Information.
1530673 ISIS hello packets are sent without IPv6 interface information.
1531380 When LACP is started with any member link of the LAG in down state, it cannot detect that the links are down and transmits packets through them.
1533576 The O bit in NGPF OSPF is not set by default when SR is enabled.

SDN

Bug Number Notes
1528580 At times, traffic flows are not generated properly while creating traffic with destination learned as EVPN type 5 IP prefix route.
1528999 Local preference attribute is included in advertised EVPN routes even if it is disabled in configuration.
1529926 If BGP EVPN and BGP+ are in the same device group, port becomes unresponsive when protocol is started.
1530055 Transposed bits for SRv6 EVPN incorrectly appears in the NLRI MPLS label field as right-aligned way instead of being left-aligned.
1530251 OVSDB Controller is not always sending the Unicast MAC Remote Table entries on reconnecting with the OVSDB Server after an unexpected disconnection.
1530660 When the device group connected to the IxNetwork group emulating type 5 route is started, EVPN type 5 route is not advertised by the ports.

TSN

Bug Number Notes
1533260 Configured SR classes are not taken into consideration while analyzing packet captures for test case AVTP_2_1_3_1 as part of Avnu Automotive Conformance.