IxNetwork 8.40-EA is an "Early Adopter" release for Release Train 2, 2017. This release consolidates all releases since the last Release Train, including IxNetwork 8.30 EA, 8.30 EA Patch1, 8.31 EA as well as the IxNetwork update release on top of 8.30 EA. This release is focused on enhancing Infrastructure and Automation to improve overall user experience. For a complete listing of all the new features included in this release please, refer to the 'What's New' section. - Support Native IxOS on the new XGS2-SDL (940-0013) and XGS12-SDL (940-0015) chassis. IxOS now runs natively on the SDL chassis without Windows Operating System - Major improvements to NGPF framework - Expose Network Group under NGPF protocol tree in left pane, enhanced Network Group with more flexibility in configuration, ease the Scenario view navigation with name search and undock Scenario view option - Improved automation capability - Enhance API Browser for easy navigation, IxNetwork configuration in JSON format, Linux API server on HSL chassis, Automation Guide book providing best practice with example and code snippets - Enhanced VE infrastructure - Support higher NIC speeds (10G / 25G / 40G), new capability to operate inside Docker Container environments, simplified installation (Deployment Wizard improvements for vCenter / DRS and KVM / OVS) and simplified configuration (improved Web UI and CLI) - QuickTest Web Edition support new BGP Failover Convergence Test and mixed IPv4/IPv6 support - Continue expand SDN test coverage - PCE support learning and updating synced LSP, PCC support dynamic MPLS traffic, ISIS-SR spec update Please see the specific sections below for application compatibility requirements, Whats New, Known Issues and the Product Compatibility Matrix.Previous Release Notes
Please visit the IxNetwork support web page for more information on previous Release Notes.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 8.40 EA |
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BPS | 8.40 EA |
FLIX OS | 2017.2.0.4 (XGS2-HS & XGS12-HS) 2017.2.77.17 (XGS2-HSL/XGS12-HSL/XGS2-SDL/XGS12-SDL/NovusONE/PSONE) |
HLTAPI | 8.40 EA |
IxANVL | 9.17 EA |
IxChariot | Not Supported |
IxLoad | 8.40 EA |
IxNetwork | 8.40 EA |
IxVM | 8.40 EA |
Licensing | 5.00 EA |
Test Conductor | 3.60 GA |
Module Type | Supported Function | Module Part Number |
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Virtual Port | Control / Stateless Data Plane Testing | Ixia Virtual Load Module, Ixia Virtual Test Appliance |
AppLibrary | Ixia Virtual Load Module, Ixia Virtual Test Appliance | |
OTN | Control Plane Testing | XOTN 100G OTN-Chassis Unit for OTU4/ODU4, XOTN 40G OTN-Chassis Unit for OTU3/ODU3, XOTN 40G/100G OTN-Chassis Unit for OTU3/OTU4 |
ImpairNet | Control Plane Testing/Stateless Data Plane | EIM40G2Q, EIM10G4S, EIM1G4S |
HSE | Control Plane Testing | HSE40/100GETSP1-01, HSE40GETSP1-01, HSE100GETSP1-01, HSE40GEQSFP1-01, Xcellon-FlexAP10/4016SQ 10GbE SFP+/ 40GE QSFP+, Xcellon-FlexFE40G4Q 40GE QSFP+, Xcellon-Lava AP40/100GE2P, Xcellon-LavaAP40/100GE2RP, Xcellon-Lava AP40/100GE2P-NG FUSION, Xcellon-Flex 10/40G Reduced Performance, Xcellon-Multis XM100GE4CXP 100-Gigabit Ethernet, Xcellon-Multis XM100GE4CXP+FAN 100/40-Gigabit Ethernet, Xcellon-Multis XM40GE12QSFP+FAN 40-Gigabit Ethernet, XMR10GE32SFP+FAN, XMR10GE16SFP+FAN, XMR10GE32SFP+FAN+40G, XMR10GE16SFP+FAN+40G, XMR40GE12QSFP+, XMR40GE6QSFP+, XMAVB10/40GE6QSFP+FAN, Xcellon-Multis XM100GE4CFP4 100GE CFP4 4-port single rate (Phase 1 HW), Xcellon-Multis XM100GE4QSFP28 100GE QSFP28 4-port single rate (Phase 1 HW), NOVUS100GE8Q28+FAN 8-port QSFP28 100GE, NOVUS-R100GE8Q28+FAN |
Stateless Data Plane Test | HSE40/100GETSP1-01, HSE40/100GETSPR1-01 40/100 GE Data Plane Only, HSE40GETSP1-01, HSE100GETSP1-01, HSE40GEQSFP1-01, Xcellon-FlexAP10/4016SQ 10GbE SFP+/ 40GE QSFP, Xcellon-FlexFE40G4Q 40GE QSFP+, Xcellon-Lava AP40/100GE2P, Xcellon-LavaAP40/100GE2RP , Xcellon-Lava AP40/100GE2P-NG FUSION, Xcellon-Flex 10/40G Reduced Performance, Xcellon-Multis XM100GE4CXP 100-Gigabit Ethernet, Xcellon-Multis XM100GE4CXP+FAN 100/40-Gigabit Ethernet, Xcellon-Multis XM40GE12QSFP+FAN 40-Gigabit Ethernet, XMR10GE32SFP+FAN, XMR10GE16SFP+FAN, XMR10GE32SFP+FAN+40G, XMR10GE16SFP+FAN+40G, XMR40GE12QSFP+, XMR40GE6QSFP+, XMAVB10/40GE6QSFP+FAN, Xcellon-Multis XM100GE4CFP4 100GE CFP4 4-port single rate (Phase 1 HW), Xcellon-Multis XM100GE4QSFP28 100GE QSFP28 4-port single rate (Phase 1 HW), NOVUS100GE8Q28+FAN 8-port QSFP28 100GE, NOVUS-R100GE8Q28+FAN | |
AppLibrary | Xcellon-Flex AP10/4016SQ 10GbE SFP+/ 40GE QSFP+, Xcellon-FlexAP10G16S 10GbE SFP+, Xcellon-Lava AP40/100GE2P 40/100 Gigabit Ethernet CFP load module 2-ports, Xcellon-Lava AP40/100GE2P-NG FUSION 40/100GE CFP 2-ports load module, Xcellon-Multis XM10/40GE12QSFP+FAN 40-Gigabit Ethernet native QSFP, Xcellon-Multis XM10/40GE6QSFP+FAN 40-Gigabit Ethernet native QSFP, Xcellon-Multis XM100GE4CFP4 100GE CFP4 4-port single rate (Phase 1 HW), Xcellon-Multis XM100GE4CXP 100-Gigabit Ethernet, 4-ports Xcellon-Multis XM100GE4CXP+FAN 100/40-Gigabit Ethernet, 4-ports 100GE, 12-ports 40GE, Xcellon-Multis XM100GE4QSFP28, 100GE QSFP28, 4-port, single rate (Phase 1 HW), Xcellon-Multis XM40GE12QSFP+FAN 40-Gigabit Ethernet, Xcellon-Multis XM100GE4QSFP28+ENH, Xcellon-Multis XM100GE4CFP4+ENH, XM10GE-FAN-OUT 10GE factory installed fan-out option for Xcellon-Multis load modules, NOVUS100GE8Q28+FAN 8-port QSFP28 100GE | |
10G Ethernet | Control Plane Testing | LSM10G1-01, LSM10GXM2XP-01, LSM10GXM4XP-01, LSM10GXMR2-01, LSM10GXMR4-01, LSM10GXM8XP-01, LSM10GXMR8.03, LSM10GR1-01, 10GBaseT-ADAP-01, LSM10GXM2S-01, LSM10GXM4S-01, LSM10GXM8S-01, LSM10GXMR2S-01, LSM10GXMR4S-01, LSM10GXMR8S-01, NGY-NP2-01, NGY-NP4-01, NGY-NP8.03, LSM10GXM2GBT-01, LSM10GXM4GBT-01, LSM10GXM8GBT-01, LSM10GXMR2GBT-01, LSM10GXMR4GBT-01, LSM10GXMR8GBT-01, LSM10GXM8NG-01 NGY Fusion Enabled, LSM10GXM4NG-01 NGY Fusion Enabled, Xcellon-FlexAP10G16S, Xcellon-FlexFE10G16S, Xcellon-FlexAP10/4016SQ 10GbE SFP+/ 40GE QSFP+, Xdensity XDM10G32S, Xdensity XDM10G8S, Xcellon-Flex 10/40G Reduced Performance, LSM10GXM8S-NG NGY Fusion Enabled, LSM10GXM4S-NG NGY Fusion Enabled, LSM10GXM2S-NG NGY Fusion Enabled, NOVUS10/1GE16DP, NOVUS10/1GE8DP, NOVUS-NP10/1GE16DP |
Stateless Data Plane Test | LSM10G1-01, LSM10GXM2XP-01, LSM10GXM4XP-01, LSM10GXMR2-01, LSM10GXMR4-01, LSM10GXM8XP-01, LSM10GXMR8.03, LSM10GR1-01, 10GBaseT-ADAP-01, LSM10GXM2S-01, LSM10GXM4S-01, LSM10GXM8S-01, LSM10GXMR2S-01, LSM10GXMR4S-01, LSM10GXMR8S-01, NGY-NP2-01, NGY-NP4-01, NGY-NP8.03, LSM10GXM2GBT-01, LSM10GXM4GBT-01, LSM10GXM8GBT-01, LSM10GXMR2GBT-01, LSM10GXMR4GBT-01, LSM10GXMR8GBT-01, LSM10GXM8NG-01 NGY Fusion Enabled, LSM10GXM4NG-01 NGY Fusion Enabled, Xcellon-FlexAP10G16S, Xcellon-FlexFE10G16S, Xcellon-FlexAP10/4016SQ 10GbE SFP+/ 40GE QSFP+, Xdensity XDM10G32S, Xdensity XDM10G8S, Xcellon-Flex 10/40G Reduced Performance, LSM10GXM8S-NG NGY Fusion Enabled, LSM10GXM4S-NG NGY Fusion Enabled, LSM10GXM2S-NG NGY Fusion Enabled, NOVUS10/1GE16DP, NOVUS10/1GE8DP, NOVUS-NP10/1GE16DP | |
AppLibrary | LSM10GXM2GBT-02, LSM10GXM2NG-01 NGY - Fusion Enabled, LSM10GXM2S-01, LSM10GXM2SNG, 2-PORT FUSION 10GE SFP+ MODULE, LSM10GXM2XP-01, LSM10GXM4GBT-02, LSM10GXM4NG-01 NGY Fusion Enabled, LSM10GXM4S-01, LSM10GXM4SNG,4-PORT FUSION 10GE SFP+ MODULE, LSM10GXM4XP-01, LSM10GXM8GBT-02, LSM10GXM8NG-01 NGY Fusion Enabled, LSM10GXM8S-01, LSM10GXM8SNG,8-PORT FUSION 10GE SFP+ MODULE, LSM10GXM8XP-01, NGY-NP2-01, NGY-NP4-01, NGY-NP8.03, NOVUS10/1GE16DP, NOVUS10/1GE8DP, NOVUS-NP10/1GE16DP | |
10/100/1G Ethernet | Control Plane Testing | LM1000STXS2, LM1000STXR4, ALM1000T8, ELM1000ST2, LSM1000XMVR4-01, LSM1000XMVR8.03, LSM1000XMVR12-01, LSM1000XMVR16-01, ACCELERON-NP-01 (Non-Aggregate Mode), LSM1000XMSP12, LSM1000XMVDC4, LSM1000XMVDC4-01, LSM1000XMVDC8.03, LSM1000XMVDC8, LSM1000XMVDC12, LSM1000XMVDC16, LSM1000XMVDC16NG, Xcellon-Ultra NG (FUSION), Xcellon-Ultra NP-01, Xcellon-Ultra XP-01, LSM1000XMVDC4NG - Fusion Enabled, LSM1000XMVAE8, LSM1000XMVAE16, NOVUS10/1GE16DP, NOVUS10/1GE8DP, NOVUS-NP10/1GE16DP |
Stateless Data Plane Test | LM1000STXR4, LSM1000XMVR4-01, LSM1000XMVR8.03, LSM1000XMVR12-01, LSM1000XMVR16-01, ACCELERON-NP-01 (Non-Aggregate Mode), LSM1000XMSP12, LSM1000XMVDC4, LSM1000XMVDC8, LSM1000XMVDC12, LSM1000XMVDC16, LSM1000XMVDC16NG, Xcellon-Ultra NG (FUSION), Xcellon-Ultra NP-01, Xcellon-Ultra XP-01, LSM1000XMVDC4NG - Fusion Enabled, LSM1000XMVAE8, LSM1000XMVAE16, NOVUS10/1GE16DP, NOVUS10/1GE8DP, NOVUS-NP10/1GE16DP | |
AppLibrary | LSM1000XMVDC16NG, LSM1000XMVDC4NG, LSM1000XMVDC4, LSM1000XMVDC8, LSM1000XMVDC12, LSM1000XMVDC16, NOVUS10/1GE16DP, NOVUS10/1GE8DP, NOVUS-NP10/1GE16DP | |
Fiber Channel | Control / Stateless Data Plane Testing | FCMGXM4S-01, FCMGXM8S-01 |
OC192 SONET | Control / Stateless Data Plane Testing | MSM10G1-01, MSM10G1-02 |
OC48 SONET | Control / Stateless Data Plane Testing | MSM2.5G1-01 |
OC3/12 SONET/ATM | Control / Stateless Data Plane Testing | LM622MR, LM622MR-512 |
Native IxOS | XGS2-HSL / XGS12-HSL / XGS2-SDL / XGS12-SDL | NOVUS100GE8Q28+FAN, XMR10GE16SFP+FAN, XMR10GE32SFP+FAN, XMR40GE12QSFP+, XMR40GE6QSFP+, XM10/40GE12QSFP+FAN, XM10/40GE6QSFP+FAN, XM100GE4CFP4 100GE, XM100GE4CFP4+ENH, XM100GE4CXP, XM100GE4CXP+FAN, XM100GE4QSFP28+ENH, XM100GE4QSFP28, XM40GE12QSFP+FAN, NOVUS-R100GE8Q28+FAN, Xcellon-FlexAP10G16S, Xcellon-FlexFE10G16S, Xcellon-Ultra NP, NOVUS10/1GE16DP, NOVUS10/1GE8DP, NOVUS10/5/2.5/1/100M16DP |
Starting with version 8.10EA, users of IxNetwork applications are required to authenticate when starting the applications' user interfaces, using an e-mail based authentication mechanism. A login window is presented when a user starts IxNetwork and the user will need to enter the registered e-mail address and the associated password. First time users need to create a new account, which can be done online at login.ixiacom.com; this link is available on the login window. A new account can be used only after the user verifies the e-mail 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 at 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)
Ixia 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. NOTE: IxOS 5.00 SP2 and later versions of IxOS also require a license. Please read the IxOS release notes for license operation and installation instructions. IxNetwork 8.40 EA ships with Ixia Licensing 5.00 EA. IxLicensing 4.30 EA and later is Ixia's new license management system. Ixia Licensing Utility (ILU) and License Server Plus (LS+) are replacing Ixia Registration Utility (IRU) and License Server (LS) used in earlier versions of IxLicensing. Some of the key benefits of this new licensing system are: - Simplified activation procedure - Improves offline activation using Request files. - Enhanced Host ID calculation to increase uniqueness of Host ID. - Allows remote activation of licenses - Allows configuration of Proxy settings 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.Installing a License
Ixia Licensing 5.00 upgrades Ixia Licensing 3.x, Ixia Licensing 4.25.x and prior versions on the machines. The reverse is not allowed. Upgrade can be performed for following scenarios: - Ixia Registration Utility (IRU) to Ixia Licensing Utility (ILU) - Old version of Ixia Licensing Utility (ILU) to the latest version of Ixia Licensing Utility (ILU) In case of IRU to ILU upgrade, ILU will override IRU and its registration numbers will be migrated as activation codes in ILU. During installation the system checks the connectivity with Ixia Licensing web servers. Based on the connectivity, the migration can be performed using following methods: - Online Migration - Offline MigrationPrerequisite Installation Notes
Ixia Licensing 5.00 installs .Net 4.0 on Chassis and .Net 4.5.1 on Clients and VM Chassis. NOTE: Ixia Licensing 5.00 installs .Net 4.5.1 on client machines. If an older release of an Ixia product containing .Net 4.0 hotfix is installed on top of this release, .Net 4.0 hotfix installation may fail. The workaround is to uninstall .Net 4.5.1 and then reinstall the older release of Ixia product and then modify this release of Ixia Licensing.Additional Documentation for Licensing
Please refer to our website at http://www.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 the username and password, please forward your request to support@ixiacom.com.
Upgrading from a release prior to IXOS 5.10 SP2
To ensure proper operation of an Ixia chassis with IxOS 5.10 EA SP3 or later versions of IxOS 5.10 EA, prior to installing this release you must un-install all previous versions of Ixia applications, Ixia StatEngine, Ixia StatEngine PCPU packages and IxOS. You should use the Add/Remove utility in the Windows Control Panel. After the un-installations are complete the chassis must be rebooted.Installation Notes for Windows
As part of the IxNetwork installation, the installer installs Microsoft SQL 2008 Express R2 SP2, Microsoft .Net Framework 2.0/3.5 SP1 and Microsoft .Net Framework 4.5.1 on a Client machine and Microsoft .Net Framework 4.0 on a Chassis. If you experience any issue related to the installation of these prerequisites, please refer to the following notes. NOTE: During installation you may be presented with a error dialog declaring a 1935 error has occurred. One possible cause of this is the presence of anti-adware or anti-virus software running on the target machine. Please disable these applications prior to your next installation attempt. NOTE: Microsoft .NET and Microsoft SQL 2008 Express can take several minutes to install. NOTE: Installation of .NET Framework service packs is not completed if you first install security update MS05-004. Please refer to the following Microsoft knowledgebase item to attempt resolution: 899619. NOTE: This release of IxNetwork installs .Net 4.5.1 on client machines. If an older release of IxNetwork containing .Net 4.0 hotfix is installed on top of this release, .Net 4.0 hotfix installation may fail. The workaround is to uninstall .Net 4.5.1 and then install the older release of IxNetwork and then modify/repair this release of IxNetwork. NOTE: On some Windows 2008 R2 systems, the installation may become blocked and the message "Please wait while the application is preparing for the first use" will be displayed. If this happens, please follow these steps: 1. Cancel the current installation. 2. Logon as an Administrator and open Control Panel, search for Group Policy and open Edit Group Policy link. 3. Navigate to Computer Configuration - Administrative Templates - Windows Components - Remote Desktop Services - Remote Desktop Session Host - Application Compatibility. 4. Double click on "Turn off Windows Installer RDS Compatibility" and make sure the option "Disabled" is selected. Click Apply and OK. 5. Restart the installation. NOTE: IxNetwork is supported only on machines having C: as system drive. Users may experience installation issues or functional issues in case the system drive is not C: on the destination machine.IxNetwork Installation
IxNetwork has two components. The 'chassis' component needs to be installed on the Ixia chassis being used. The 'client' component needs to be installed on the user workstation where the IxNetwork GUI will be run. The installer will determine which is appropriate depending on which IxOS components are installed. Generally, when IxServer is installed, the IxNetwork 'chassis' component is installed. It is also required to install IxOS before installing the IxNetwork 'chassis' component. Since the IxNetwork 5.40 EA release, multi-version installation is supported. This release can be installed without uninstalling the 5.40 EA releases. If the client or server components are earlier releases than IxNetwork 5.40 EA, the software must be uninstalled before installing IxNetwork 7.40 EA+.IxNetwork Download from Ixia Website
IxNetwork software is available either on a DVD-ROM or as a download from the Ixia website. 1. Download IxNetwork software from the Ixia website to an Ixia chassis or client PC. The installer package is in the form of a self-extracting ZIP file. To unzip the file, double-click on the file from within Windows Explorer. 2. Follow the on-screen instructions provided by the installer. NOTE: If you are upgrading from a DVD-ROM, the installer will be launched automatically. The files on the DVD-ROM will be the same files as the ones unzipped by the above process.Chassis Installation Requirements
When installing IxNetwork 7.40 EA+ on a chassis, a minimum of 512MB of installed RAM and 1.5GB of free disk space on Drive C: is required. In addition, be sure to have 1GB of temporary space available. In heavily-loaded chassis configurations, it is recommended to have 1GB RAM installed on the chassis. If your chassis does not meet these requirements, please contact Customer Support at support@ixiacom.com or 1-877-FOR-IXIA about appropriate upgrades. NOTE: When installing from the DVD, some virus scanning configurations present a malicious code alert during execution of the Windows autorun feature. If this occurs, right-click the DVD-ROM drive icon in Explorer and 'Explore' the DVD. At the root of the DVD, double-click on the index.htm file. NOTE: IxNetwork installs the Ixia Stat Engine component. This component is shared by other Ixia applications. It can be manually uninstalled from the target machine by using the Windows Add/Remove Programs applet.Operating System Support
The following operating systems are supported on the chassis - Windows XP Professional 32-bit SP3 (*) - Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit - Windows 8.1 Enterprise 64-bit (only for Ixia Virtual Chassis) - CentOS 7 64-bit (only for Ixia Linux Virtual Chassis) (*) The following foreign languages are supported only on Windows XP Professional: - Chinese (traditional and simplified) - French - German - Hebrew - Italian - Japanese - Spanish - Swedish For other foreign language support, please change the default to US English. Note: Regardless of configured OS language, the keyboard must be configured for US English.Chassis Installation Notes
1. Install the required IxOS version. 2. Install IxNetwork, and the IxNetwork installer will automatically install the Chassis Component. The client component of IxNetwork cannot be installed on the Ixia Chassis. 3. If the required IxOS was already installed and running, restart IxServer.Client Installation Requirements
IxNetwork 7.40 EA+ requires the user workstation to have the following minimum system requirements. It is recommended to use the 'next higher' requirement for improved performance. IxNetwork application is qualified for running up to 7 days. It is recommended to restart the application after 7 days for consistent operation.Single User - Minimum System Requirements
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4 | 4 | 500 | 1 | 2 | 7GB | 3GB | 10GB | 32 bit |
8 | 8 | 4,000 | 2 | 2 | 7GB | 3GB | 10GB | 32 bit |
16 | 16 | 8,000 | 2 | 3 | 7GB | 3GB | 10GB | 64 bit |
32 | 32 | 16,000 | 2 | 4 | 7GB | 3GB | 10GB | 64 bit |
64 | 64 | 32,000 | 4 | 6 | 7GB | 3GB | 10GB | 64 bit |
128 | 16,000 | 4,000,000 | 4 | 8 | 7GB | 3GB | 10GB | 64 bit |
1200 | 16,000 | 4,000,000 | 12 | 24 | 7GB | 3GB | 40GB | 64 bit |
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128 Total | 1,000 per user | 16,000 per user | 12 | 24 | 7GB | 3GB per user | 10GB per user | 64 bit |
Application | IxNetwork Web Edition |
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Google Chrome | 53 or newer |
Mozilla Firefox | 49 or newer |
Microsoft Internet Explorer | 11 or newer |
Microsoft Edge | 25.10586.0.0 or newer |
Apple Safari | 9.1.3 or newer |
Installation of Tcl Server is required to support execution of Linux/UNIX-based legacy Tcl scripts. Installation of Tcl Server is not required to support execution of Linux/UNIX-based IxNetwork API (new) Tcl scripting, but utilizes a IxNetwork GUI client started in Tcl Server mode. Please refer to the IxNetwork documentation for guidance on its usage.
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AVNU conformance test cases are added for Automotive profiles supporting Automotive Generalized Precision Time Protocol (gPTP), Automotive SR Classes and Forwarding and Queuing Enhancements for Time-Sensitive Streams (FQTSS), Automotive Network Device Start-up (STARTUP), Automotive Exception Handling (EXCEPTION), Automotive Diagnostic Counters (COUNTERS), Automotive Media Formats and SR Classes (AVTP) |
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NGPF DHCP server now send FORCERENEW message with CIADDR field populated as client IP address |
A new option of "Skip Release on Apply Change" is added to DHCP Relay Agent TLV Profile. If it is enabled, along with Skip Release on Stop, the client sends DHCP Request to renew the lease upon any change to Relay Agent TLV parameter. |
NGPF DHCPv6 is enhanced to support non-EUI-64 derived link local address by providing user configurable custom IPv6 link local address. |
A new flapping mode "Stop" is added for NGPF ANCP. When flapping mode is changed from "Reset" to "Stop", all subscriber lines return to "SHOWTIME" state. |
NGPF ANCP now support parallel protocol start/stop mode to emulate realistic subscriber behavior along with other subscriber emulations, such as PPPoE, DHCP, etc. |
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Applibrary is enhanced to enable consecutive simulated user to take up unique consecutive IPs, until the IP pool is exhausted. This will enable distribution of the flows across all available subscribers much faster. |
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Linux API server now support L23 Raw traffic and Quick Flow Groups configuration |
Support for installation of IxNetwork Linux API Server on HSL chassis |
API Browser for Windows and Linux IxNetwork API Server is enhanced for easy navigation of configuration, methods and operations |
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HL API support has been added for OVSDB Controller emulation. |
Added HLAPI support for ISIS SRLG and multiple algorithm. |
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Nextgen Protocol Framework (NGPF) now support route increment step in a route range for BGP, ISIS and OSPF protocols. |
NGPF Topology/Device Group/Network Group in Scenario view can now be searched with name. Finding the desired configuration object is much easier now. |
Network Group in Nextgen Protocol Framework (NGPF) is now available under NGPF Protocol Tree in Left navigation panel. |
A new "Repeatable Random (Range)" pattern is added to pattern editor which allows random value generation within a defined range and guarantee unique value generation |
BGP IPv4 Statistic Route Generation wizard is enhanced to generate unique routes with prefix distribution in a more effective way. New IPv6 Statistic Route Generation wizard is added with same functionality as IPv4. |
Nextgen Protocol Framework (NGPF) now supports API in the scripting path using which all the pre-start activities of a configuration could be completed. This would be useful in scenarios when there is need of starting emulation for all the protocols in configuration in co-timed manner. Suggest update as below: Nextgen Protocol Framework (NGPF) now supports pre-configure option in API to complete configuration task before start protocol emulation. This is useful in the scenario which the start of different protocol emulations need to be aligned for more accurate measurement. |
TX Lane configuration is added in Layer 1 Configuration for Novus QSPF28 load module. This allows creation of mapping among physical lanes and virtual lanes. A new statistics view is added named “PCS Lane Statistics” in IxNetwork. User needs to enable Data Collection explicitly in order to see PCS Lane Stats. |
IxNetwork configuration now can be export/import in JSON format with the option for full or partial configuration |
NextGen Protocols Learned information is changed from pop-up window to new Learned information tabs in protocol grid. |
NGPF now support Network Group for a specific protocol instead of sharing by all protocols in the DG. This is supported by BGP Peer/BGP+ Peer, OSPFv2, OSPFv3, and ISIS-L3. |
Added option to enable/disable Traffic QuickFlow Group and Egress only Flow Tracking. HLAPI is supported too. |
Nextgen Protocol Framework (NGPF) now support running Routing and MPLS protocol emulations over GRE. This feature is Beta quality. MPLS traffic over GRE does not work as expected and will be enhanced in next release |
A new "Undock Scenario" button is added in Scenario view ribbon to allow user to undock the whole scenario region, including the protocol grids |
MPLS |
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NGPF EVPN is enhanced to support type 5 route for IP-VRF to IP-VRF interface-less use case in MPLS data plane |
A checkbox "Always Include Tunnel Encapsulation ExtComm" is added in EVPN sub-tab of BGP Peer tab. When this checkbox is enabled, EVPN routes are advertised with tunnel encapsulation extended community for MPLS data plane |
RSVP-TE LSP is enhanced to support a configurable delay time in switch over during Make Before Break operation |
EVPN is enhanced to support user configurable PMSI tunnel ID |
NGPF BGP RFC3107 (BGP LU) now support TrueView convergence (CPDP) |
EVPN is enhanced to support multicast traffic over mLDP P2MP LSP |
EVPN is enhanced to support multicast traffic over RSVP-TE P2MP LSP |
NGPF MPLS-OAM is enhanced to support RSVP-TE LSP and L2VPN pseudowires over RSVP-TE LSP |
NOVUS100GE8Q28+FAN |
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Continous Burst support is added under Advanced Stream Scheduler mode for Novus 100GE and 40GE ports. |
QuickTest Web Edition |
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QuickTest Web Edition now supports new RFC7747 BGP Failover Test with Port Down and Withdraw Routes Failover modes |
QuickTest Web Edition now supports to populate Traffic UDP/TCP ports, Protocol IP Addresses and VLAN IDs from a CSV |
QuickTests |
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QuickTest now support removing logs older than a specified number of days |
Routing/switching |
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NGPF BGP emulation now support random AS path generation for advertised routes |
SDN |
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PCEP: PCE emulation now support learning sync LSP and updating synced LSPs by PCUpdate message with learned information to show detailed information of LSPs. . |
OVSDB Server emulation now supports multiple VNIs per VTEP. The number of VNIs can be configured by using the multiplier for VXLAN stack |
BGP SRTE Policy emulation now support dynamic update SRTE policy without stop and restart BGP session. This feature is beta quality. |
ISIS SR is updated to support version 13 of draft-ietf-isis-segment-routing-extensions. This includes support for SRMS preference sub TLV, P-flag for Adjacency SID, SR Local Block sub-TLV. |
PCEP: PCC emulation now supports updating MPLS Label values dynamically (DMPLS) for data traffic over all types of SR-TE LSPs. |
OVSDB Controller: OVSDB Controller is enhanced to support following features: 1) Support for deleting/modifying the bindings on restarting the Controller has been supported for multi-ToR scenario. 2) User can restart the Controller alone. It is assumed that no DB changes will be made to ToR while the Controller is down. 3) Table Value and Table Schema validation has been added. 4) User can now dump the DB Updates received from ToR by triggering Controller Dump DB command. 5) ToR Certificate validation has been supported. User has to tick the checkbox “Verify Peer Certificate” for this validation. 6) User can now stop a specific ToR from connecting to the OVSDB Controller over TCP by using the command “Delete ToR”. Similarly, this ToR can be allowed to connect by using the command “Add ToR”. 7) Users can now attach all the 4000 bindings (for one VM and one Baremetal each binding) in a single batch. The transact timeout should be set to at least 1000s. 8) A new type of certificate validation has been supported that will validate the Server certificate file by comparing it with the locally stored certificate file. |
PCEP: PCC emulation now supports data traffic generation when SR-TE LSP has ERO with only NAI information of type "IPv4 Adjacency" or with only SID information of type "SID". |
PCEP: PCC now supports including Association object for Path Protection (PPAG) in PCReport messages while reporting SR-TE/RSVP-TE Sync LSPs. |
Traffic |
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On The Novus 100G/50G/40G/25G/10G Load Module family, IxNetwork L23 Traffic Configurations with Weighed Pair Random Frame Size Distributions (namely Random IMIX frame size distribution ranges) will benefit from optimized software hardware resource usage allocations. |
Enhancement to achieve 100% line rate when using IMIX frame size pattern in traffic configuration in NOVUS100GE8Q28. |
VM |
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Support for new Mellanox Ethernet Controllers running in PCI PT or SR-IOV mode has been added. The list of supported NICs now includes 10G / 25G / 40G models. |
Support for Web UI for the Virtual Test Appliance has been added. This new graphical interface greatly simplifies the Virtual Test Appliance management operations. |
Support for Web UI for the Virtual Chassis has been improved. Newly added capabilities include displaying the Port Statistics, Real Time Logs, as well as a Tutorial Mode. |
Support for Live Production Networks / SNMP Notifications has been improved, with the ability to Enable / Disable individual traps, as well as to configure Thresholds. |
Support for Live Production Networks / Resource Utilization has been improved. The Virtual Chassis Disk Size requirements have been decreased from 40 GB to 8 GB. |
Support for Command Line Interface (CLI) Debugging has been improved, with new commands added (arp, ethtool, lspci, netstat, ssh, tcpdump, traceroute, traceroute6). |
Support for Deployment Wizard has been improved, with the ability to create vChassis / vCards inside VMware vCenter / Distributed Resource Scheduler environments. |
Support for Deployment Wizard has been improved, with the ability to create vChassis / vCards inside stand-alone KVM environments using Open Virtual Switch (OVS). |
Support for Docker Containers has been added (BETA). The vChassis / vCards can be deployed as containers with SR-IOV network connectivity, orchestrated with Docker. |
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1457685 | Under certain configurations with very high scale of access protocols which causes broadcast storms of millions of packets across the configured interfaces due to packet duplication, port instability may be observed during starting/stopping of the protocols. The recommended solution would be to reduce the start/stop rate of the access protocols or to use VLAN (one or more) to prevent broadcast. |
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1462017 | Occasionally IP interface setup and ARP may fail on ports only if IxTclHal is used to force clearing ownership on ports assigned to IxNetwork. To avoid this issue, always use the IxNetwork standard cleanup API call “unassign” or HLAPI call “cleanup_sesssion” before using the IxTclHal APIs. If the test is already in a bad state with ARP not resolving, a port CPU reboot will clear the issue. |
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1457922 | The string values in IxNetwork GUI should be configured using the pattern generator especially if the string value contains spaces. Otherwise, the string values may not be restored properly using HLT API scripts generated by ScriptGen. |
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1463124 | For default phy mode in Novus 10G/1G cards IxNetwork was giving priority to sgmii, fiber and copper from highest to lowest respectively. That means, if default is copper(as per preference) but copper mode is not available in the port it tries to set sgmii, if sgmii also not available it tries to set fiber. By this fix, this priority would be changed. Revised priority would be copper, fiber and sgmii respectively from highest to lowest. After this change, if default is copper(as per preference) but copper mode is not available in the port it would try to set fiber, if fiber also not available it tries to set sgmii. In general in previous releases a Novus 10G port would be added in IxNetwork in Fiber mode but now it will default to copper or the mode set through preference. No saved configurations will be affected by this. In existing automation scripts if Novus 10G Dual Phy ports are added to IxNetwork and used in Fiber mode (without explicitly changed to fiber) then those scripts will need modification to set to desired mode or use IxNetwork preference to set default mode to Fiber. |
1464251 | It has been observed that there is an existing issue that when a novus10G card’s port with copper mode is unassigned the mode changed to fiber. If subsequently same port is assigned again the mode remains as fiber. It is expected that in offline mode port should remain in same mode as it was in connected mode. |
1466340 | If IxNetwork is run with real time monitoring feature enabled from "Test Inspector Settings", there is a chance that the application may run into a crash. Workaround is to turn off real time monitoring or use the feature for short time periods only. |
1466345 | If procdump application is put into "C:/temp" directory in IxNetwork client machine then there is a watchdog service that takes IxNetwork application dump and kills the application if a hang is detected by the watchdog service. Workaround is to avoid putting procdump in the location "c:/temp". |
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1461562 | When port is stressed due to very large number of BFD sessions, sometimes port crash could happen. If any such issue is faced, workaround could be scaling down the number of BFD sessions on that port. This issue only happens in case of standalone BFD sessions and does not occur when BFD is bootstrapped by other protocols such as OSPF, BGP etc. |
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1457573 | In IxNetwork, PCS statistics are only available for Novus 100G and later cards. |
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1463447 | IxNetwork Web Edition QuickTest RFC7747 (Failover mode), when run for multiple trials, may, at times, terminate prematurely before completing the provisioned number of trials. |
1464625 | IxNetwork Web Edition QuickTest RFC7747 (Failover mode), when run for multiple trials, may, at times, terminate prematurely before completing the provisioned number of trials. |
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1456647 | The API for configuing IP address step value used in statistical route distribution (bgpIPRouteProperty) for BGP routes now takes input in integer format instead of dotted decimal format. |
1456940 | ISIS protocol does not advertise non-unicast IP addresses. If addresses in the network range are configured in multicast range or broadcast, then these are advertised starting from 0.0.0.0. |
1464263 | Drilldown Stats per Session is not working for BGP+ when both BGP BGP+ are present on the same port. |
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1405932 | PCEP: PCC emulation now sends PCReport message with updated RRO information for an RSVP-TE LSP, if the RRO is changed by a RESV Refresh message without any change in LSP State. |
1457437 | NGPF Openflow Controller supports only these learned infos in 8.40 EA release- Channel, Auxiliary Channel, and Topology. Other learned infos including PacketOut (triggered from PacketOut info) are not supported in this release. |
1458485 | PCEP: Low level API to configure "send PCUpdate" trigger parameters for SR/RSVP Sync LSPs from PCE Learned Info is not supported. |
1460170 | The control event "StartAll" is not supported for OVSDB Controller, hence while generating HLT API script for OVSDB Controller, the option "Include Control Event" should be unchecked. |
1464264 | Traffic configured with IPv6 Segment Routing Header (SRH) does not work in HSL/SDL chassis with Xcellon-Flex type of load modules. |
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1459317 | Improvements were made in this release to achieve 100% line rate when using IMIX frame pattern in Novus 100G caards. However those improvements are limited to Interleaved mode and does not apply to sequential mode. For Sequential mode the same performance as previous releases will persist. |
1460166 | Traffic Start time taking 53% higher with metronome with respect to legacy chain. |
1462253 | Improvements were done to get to 100% line rate incase of IMIX for Novus boards in 8.40. However in some corner cases (like having too many flow groups with different rates) user may see rates not achieving 100% line rate consistently. |
1463622 | Join Latency and Leave latencies will come as N/A for few flows if hosts are listening to same multicast group in Multinic scenario |
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1451216 | Performing release / connect ports from IxNetwork after changing the Promiscuous Mode settings will revert these settings to the original values. |
1456753 | Performing on the fly changes on traffic running on top of multiple Virtual Ports (50+) will cause traffic rate instability caused by the packets scheduling in the Virtual Load Module kernel. Some Virtual Ports are sending more packets than they should in interleaved move per flow. Workaround is to reduce the number of ports in test or switch to the sequential transmit mode. |
1456867 | Running L2-3 traffic with Fixed Packet / Iteration Count rate settings will sometimes show an incorrect number of total packets sent. This is a legacy behavior and there is no available workaround. |
1458729 | Running Raw or Quick Flow Groups traffic on ports with promiscuous mode disabled will cause 100% loss if the flows are not configured with the test port MAC address. |
1458998 | Starting L2-3 traffic in IxNetwork will cause ports configured with Mellanox 10Gbps mlx4 drivers to go down and back up for 1 second. This is a Mellanox driver limitation. |
1459154 | Multicast protocols and traffic running on SR-IOV Mellanox configured test ports will not function properly due to a 3rd party driver limitation. |
1459605 | Mellanox 25Gbps SR-IOV Ethernet Controllers has no support for VLAN on VMware ESXi hypervisors. |
1462408 | Due to an internal VEPA switch in the Intel XXV710 Ethernet Controller - sending traffic into VFs of the same Physical Function will cause the switch to reflect back traffic meant for the same port and result in much higher throughput. VEPA is by default enabled. |
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1461072 | Establishing a connection to the SDM server port is not supported. This can cause IxNetwork to crash. This is an internal port only to be used by ixia software. The port can be identified on the caption of the GUI as SDM:xxxx Customer applications such as port scanners can cause the crash condition and should be setup to avoid scanning the SDM port. |
1463879 | Protocol attributes like session status or learned info are deprecated for performance reasons starting in 8.40 and replaced by corresponding execs. The change only affects REST scripts but a user can still use the deprecated attributes in REST by asking for deprecates in the query string parameters (ex: deprecated=true) or by explicitly asking the attributes the user is interested in (ex: include=sessionStatus) |
1463932 | Resolved unwanted clearing of ownership of ports of Novus five speed dual Phy module from HL Connect API |
1464111 | Resolved return value of stream id of quick flow traffic item in HL API of traffic_config |
1464122 | Resolved file permission issue in HL API command ixiangpf.emulation_bgp_route_config mode for import_route argument |
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1453294 | Added extra logging for this issue so if this is happening again to be able to understand what has happened. |
1455085 | The hang was caused by few controls created on the wrong thread. In 8.40 we've found all the incorrect controls and moved them on the correct thread. |
1455870 | Removed the "Starting/stopping protocols" legacy progress bar that was causing the crash. |
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1426057 | Dynamic MPLS label update support in traffic is added for Inter-AS Option C scenarios in L2VPN and L3VPN. |
1450472 | In NGMVPN simulation, Ixia does not match DUT's RD with its own RD. |
1450473 | Ixia Does not advertise source tree join upon reception of Source Active AD route when receiver site is configured with shared tree C-Multicast route type when "Send Triggered Multicast Route" is enabled. |
1454897 | Sometime numbering of EVIs in MAC pool is inconsistent |
1458898 | Peer IP Address in BGP C-MAC property displays wrong IP address when 2x stack multiplier is used between IPv4 loopback and BGP peer |
1462097 | Route type 2 withdrawal with MAC/IP and two MPLS labels causes DUT to treat it as malformed update and bring down BGP session |
1462409 | Port crash in LDP occurs when transport address is changed from loopback to interface IP |
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1452768 | Fixed an issue where IGMP emulated hosts did not send an extra join extra join before the leave messages. This is because we do not start IGMP protocol on this test and no response is sent to query messages. |
1455993 | RFC3918 Join/Leave Delay quick test may report larger than expected delay if the timing port fails to set to loopback mode. This issue is fixed. |
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1446632 | An issue with BGP emulation sometime advertising wrong prefixes during multiple protocol reconnect is resolved now. |
1450578 | A GUI crash on configuring Ixia BGP emulation over loopback interface. |
1452627 | Using HLAPI the value of a field sid_count in ISIS Segment Routing could not be set to more than 65000. |
1452631 | ISIS Area ID in Hello Packet is now fetched properly from Analyzer using API. |
1459464 | Resolved a port crash due to frequent restart down operation when multiple BGP peers are configured using stack multipler. |
1459532 | Starting the IP stack may trigger the the starting the BGP stack on legacy cards. |
1462982 | An issue with ISIS Simulated Topology external link page has been fixed. If an external link was deleted then going back to the edit page sometime did not show all the available nodes. |
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1433838 | PCEP: If PCE (DUT) includes any ISIS-TE nodes as ERO in an SR-TE LSP which are configured within the Ixia Ingress port (data traffic source), Ixia PCC ignores them and generates data traffic without the corresponding MPLS labels. |
1446458 | PCEP: PCC now reports proper operational state as "Active" for RSVP LSPs if SREFRESH is enabled. |
1462816 | In BGP SRTE Policy GUI, there was an issue with multiple back-and-forth changes in the field "Number of SR TE Policies". This resulted in incorrect number of segment lists/segments getting configured in the GUI config, and ultimately lead to port crash. |
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1439588 | Proper csv snapshot is generated now as per the help. |
1450730 | Fixed Egress tracking for Flat Egress views. |
1461094 | Fixed the issue of no stats in traffic item stat view in IxNetwork when one or multiple hotfixes were installed over IxOS after chassis reboot. |
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1460225 | Fixed the integration between traffic endpoint selection and DHCPv6 for ports down use case. |
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1453206 | Fixed an issue causing incorrect UDP checksums on traffic running with GTPu / IPv4 / UDP headers. |
1453247 | Fixed an issue causing incorrect Inner UDP Checksum when running UDP / IP over VXLAN traffic. |