IxNetwork 9.30 Update 3 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 3 has the same compatibility as that of IxNetwork 9.30 release.
For IxNetwork 9.30 Update 3, use
- Wireshark 3.2.6.287
- IxOS 9.30, 9.30 Patch1, 9.30 Patch3
For Protocol Wizards, we need Windows 10 or higher as the client operating system.
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)
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
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
IxNetwork Web Edition | OS | Network | Storage |
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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 20.04 LTS or CentOS 7.6.1810 (64 bit only) | Promiscuous mode enabled | 128 GB |
Application | IxNetwork Web Edition |
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Google Chrome | 80 or newer |
Mozilla Firefox | 79 or newer |
Microsoft Internet Explorer | 11 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 ESXI via the provided OVA
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.
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.
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
IxNetwork Web Edition can be installed on VE Chassis
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.
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.
Please refer to the IxNetwork documentation for guidance on its usage.
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NGPF DHCPv4 Server now supports assigning addresses from a configured address pool ignoring relay agent subnet. |
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VXLAN over the IPv4/IPv6 loopback interfaces is now supported. |
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BGP address pools for IPv4, IPv6, and L3VPN routes now support incrementing the value of Color Extended Community. |
Protocols over L2VPN are now supported when BGP labeled unicast is used as transport. |
Seamless VPN scenario is now supported to generate three labeled L3VPN/6VPE data traffic with BGP LU label. |
Network Group performance is optimized for mixed enabled and disabled Network Group ranges to provide flexibility for high-scale BGP route import tests. |
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PCE emulation now supports color as a match criterion for choosing SR Policy candidate paths. |
The Netconf Server emulation now supports simultaneous connections from multiple clients in a controller cluster. |
PCEP emulation is enhanced to support Speaker Entity Identifier TLV as per RFC 8232. |
Protocol communication over simulated topology across ports is now supported for realistic testing of FRR/TI-LFA scenarios. BGP L3VPN service over ISIS-SR is supported. This feature is of beta quality. |
FRR/TI-LFA wizard is introduced with support for BGP L3VPN services over ISIS-SR. This feature is of beta quality. |
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Avnu Silicon AS-2020 conformance test specification is enhanced to draft version 35. |
Avnu Silicon conformance test solution is enhanced with support for IEEE 802.1Qav Credit Based Shaper. Total of 10 test cases are added as part of the first phase. This feature is of beta quality. |
Avnu Silicon Qbv test plan is now enhanced with support for Netconf and Yang based DUT configuration primitives. This feature is of beta quality. |
Bug Number | Notes |
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IXNETWORK-29729 |
After switchover to FRR backup port, frequent ISIS LSP/PSNP retransmissions may be seen on LSP refresh timer expiry. |
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IXNETWORK-28704 |
In TRM use case, mVRF does not advertise C-multicast route when stopped and started again. |
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IXNETWORK-28740 |
Drill down from Traffic Item Statistics throws an error in the 9.30 Web API server. |
IXNETWORK-29023 |
IPv6 protocol start and subsequent 'Get Neighbor Info' causes port to become unresponsive in some scenarios. |
IXNETWORK-28355 |
The API 'Igmpv3MembershipReport addLevel' adds a new Group Record instead of Multicast Source field. |
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IXNETWORK-28884 |
ISIS session flaps continuously when Level Type is L1+L2 and the DUT has Level Type L1 or L2 only. |
IXNETWORK-28839 |
Port becomes unresponsive on performing BGP start/stop operation during route negotiation. |
IXNETWORK-29014 |
Wireshark identifies part of the payload as protocol header in MPLS packet. |
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IXNETWORK-28546 |
BGP emulation advertises malformed update packets if SRv6 routes with prefix length 128 is configured. |
IXNETWORK-28762 |
SRv6 OAM Traceroute responder supports only fixed-range UDP ports. |
Bug Number | Notes |
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IXNETWORK-29696 |
Avnu Automotive test case test_auto_1as_br_c_16_1 has issues with residency time calculations. |
IXNETWORK-29689 |
Avnu FRER conformance test case FRER_1_1_1_2 has a typographical error for the OUI/BID field description. |
IXNETWORK-29390 |
Avnu Silicon AS-2020 conformance test case test_as2020_c_7_5_c has a typographical error in the programming indentation. |
IXNETWORK-29693 |
Avnu Silicon AS-2020 test case as2020_c_18_2_a has issues with the topology entities. |
IXNETWORK-29694 |
Avnu Silicon AS-2020 test case test_as2020_br_24_1_a has issues while handling the announce-message sequence ID with the integer format. |
IXNETWORK-29692 |
Avnu Silicon Qbv conformance test case QBV_5_1_8_1 does not handle the gate-control-list count gracefully. |
IXNETWORK-29697 |
TSN conformance test case test_qci_c_1_1_1_a, the stream filter instance table doesn't include NumQueues configuration. |
IXNETWORK-28921 |
The IEEE 802.1AS test suite sets the port speed value while Disable Auto Negotiation is applicable. |
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IXNETWORK-29175 |
High level API 'SessionAssistant' for the 9.30 Linux API Server throws an error due to the weak admin password. |
IXNETWORK-22027 |
IPv6 gateway configuration is not persistent for the Linux API server image. |
IXNETWORK-29173 |
Low level API 'getApiKey' for the 9.30 Linux API Server throws error due to the weak admin password. |
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IXNETWORK-29622 |
PTP HLAPI script has a typographical error at the ptp_over_mac_stats output. |