• About This Release
• User Authentication
• Licensing
• Installation Notes
• Tcl/Perl/Python/Ruby/REST Support for Client Applications
• How to Report Problems
• Additional Documentation
• What's New in IxNetwork
• Known Issue List
• Resolved Defect List

About This Release

IxNetwork 9.30 Update 2 is an update release on top of IxNetwork 9.30. 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 9.30 Update 2 has the same compatibility as that of IxNetwork 9.30 release.

For IxNetwork 9.30 Update 2, use 
- Wireshark 3.2.6.259
- IxOS 9.30, 9.30 Patch1, 9.30 Patch3

For Protocol Wizards, we need Windows 10 or higher as the client operating system.

User Authentication

Starting with version 8.10 EA, it is recommended to provide your credentials while starting the IxNetwork client application. The credentials are validated using an e-mail based authentication mechanism. For details, see Start IxNetwork section in the IxNetwork Getting Started Guide.

It is recommended to 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 e-mail. You can use the new account only after you verify 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 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. Keysight does not ask for user name, password, or other personal information via e-mail.

There is also an offline option to continue without user authentication.

If you do not user authentication, you will miss out on new product releases and feature notifications, as well as, upcoming features, such as:

- One-click feedback and support

- Cloud configuration storage

- One-click configuration sharing

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 Licensing system, please refer to the "Ixia Licensing Management User Guide" provided with the Ixia software, or downloadable from the Ixia web site: https://ksm.software.keysight.com/content/KSMQuickReferenceGuide.pdf

Installation Notes

To install this update, you must have the IxNetwork 9.30 'client' component installed on the user workstation where the IxNetwork GUI will be run.

Download IxNetwork Update software from the Ixia website and Double-click on the file from within Windows Explorer.

Installed updates are visible under control panel -> installed updates for IxNetwork 9.30

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 can be installed on VMWARE ESXI 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
   Note: to use BGP protocol with VM ports, please change the VLAN from VSwitch in 4095

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

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 \
   --tmpfs /tmp \
   --tmpfs /run \ <IMAGE NAME>
   b. When using HTTPS on a specific external port and host IP:
   docker run \ - p <EXTERNAL PORT>:443 \
   --hostname <HOSTNAME> \
   --cap-add=SYS_ADMIN \
   --cap-add=NET_ADMIN \
   -i -d \
   -v /sys/fs/cgroup:/sys/fs/cgroup \
   --tmpfs /tmp \
   --tmpfs /run \ <IMAGE NAME>
6. Open up a browser and connect to the configured IP.
7. Log in with credentials username: admin and password: admin

Notes: Steps 5.a and 5.b from the above section are just two examples for possible deployments and other types of docker networking is supported as well

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 \

Starting with version 9.30 Update2, IxNetwork Web UI Docker Container can only host cloud edition licenses and does no longer support regular licenses like it used to do in previous versions.

Optional mapping for Cloud Edition Licenses installation on initialization add the following parameter to the command

When using a folder which contains the license(s)

-v <CLOUD EDITION LICENSES FOLDER ON HOST>/:/etc/keysight/licenses/ \

example: '

-v /home/user/IxN-webui/:/etc/keysight/licenses/ \ When using only one license file -v <CLOUD EDITION LICENSE ON HOST>:/etc/keysight/licenses/<LICENSE FILE NAME> \ example: -v /home/user/IxN-webui/LicenseFile.bin:/etc/keysight/licenses/LicenseFile.bin \

Note: Please run the container in "--privileged" mode in Ubuntu host systems to avoid any permission issues

* The ip parameter assigns a specific IP to the container

** Name and Hostname are optional parameters

*** Docker containers need sufficient space on the host, if not the sessions will not start

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

Multi-session support for IxNetwork Web Edition

Multi-session support is directly dependent on the available hardware resources.

The system must meet the required operating system requirements + minimum per session requirements * no. of sessions.
EX: If we want to run 4 sessions of IxNetwork Web Edition: Linux setup needs minimum 2 GB RAM + 4 sessions * 2 GB/session = 10 GB RAM is needed at a minimum.

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

Support

Additional Documentation

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

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 mailto:support.ix@keysight.com.

What's New in IxNetwork

Known Issue List

Resolved Defect List