Ixia Software Release Notes
IxLoad 8.50 EA
Build Number: 8.50.0.465 (September 13, 2018)


About This Release 

IxLoad 8.50 EA is an "Early Adopter" release. This release consolidates IxLoad 8.40 EA Update 1 and IxLoad 8.40 EA Update 2 releases. 

The following application versions are compatible with this IxLoad release.

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 Compatibility

      
          

              Application
              IxOS 8.50 EA              
          

      
      
          

              BPS
              8.50 EA
          

          

              FLIX OS
              2018.1.0.3 (XGS2/12-HS)
2018.1.78.12 (XGS2/12-HSL & XGS2/12-SDL)		
          

          

              HLTAPI
              8.50 EA
          

          

              IxLoad
              8.50 EA  
          
                   
         

              IxNetwork
              8.50 EA
          

          

              Licensing
              5.10 EA              
          
                
      
  
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 


Supported Hardware Native IxOS Chassis/Appliance

    
          

            Chassis / Appliance
            Load Module EA    
            Data     
            Video   
            Voice  
            IxLoad Attack
            Wireless
          

     
     
    

        Novus ONE Appliances 
                                Novus ONE 10/1GE/100M Appliance, 16-port, SFP+/10GBASE-T Dual-PHY
                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                

                                

        

        

                                Novus ONE 10/1GE/100M Appliance, 8-port, SFP+/10GBASE-T Dual-PHY
                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                

                                

        

        

                                Novus ONE 10/1GE/100M Appliance, 4-port, SFP+/10GBASE-T Dual-PHY
                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                

                                

        


 
       PerfectStorm ONE Appliances 
                                PerfectStorm ONE Fusion, 1 Gig 4-PORT SFP+ appliance (PS1GE4NG)
                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                

        

        

                                PerfectStorm ONE Fusion, 1 Gig 8-PORT SFP+ appliance (PS1GE8NG)
                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                

        

        

                                PerfectStorm ONE, 1 Gig 4-PORT SFP+ appliance (PS1GE4)
                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                

        

        

                                PerfectStorm ONE, 1 Gig 8-PORT SFP+ appliance (PS1GE8)
                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                

        

        

                                PerfectStorm ONE Fusion, 1Gig/10 Gig 2-PORT SFP+ appliance (PS10GE2NG)
                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔(**)

        

        

                                PerfectStorm ONE Fusion, 1Gig/10 Gig 4-PORT SFP+ appliance (PS10GE4NG)
                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔(**)

        

        

                                PerfectStorm ONE Fusion, 1Gig/10 Gig 8-PORT SFP+ appliance (PS10GE8NG)
                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔(**)

        

        

                                PerfectStorm ONE, 1Gig/10 Gig 2-PORT SFP+ appliance (PS10GE2)
                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔(**)

        

        

                                PerfectStorm ONE, 1Gig/10 Gig 4-PORT SFP+ appliance (PS10GE4)
                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔(**)

        

        

                                PerfectStorm ONE, 1Gig/10 Gig 8-PORT SFP+ appliance (PS10GE8)
                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔(**)

        

        

                                PerfectStorm ONE Fusion, 40 Gig 2-PORT QSFP+ appliance (PS40GE2NG)
                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔(**)

        

        

                                PerfectStorm ONE, 40 Gig 2-PORT QSFP+ appliance (PS40GE2)
                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔(**)

        
        
  

        XGS-HSL Chassis
                                CloudStorm Fusion Load Module, 100GE (CS100GE2Q28NG)
                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                

                                
✔(**)

        

        

                                CloudStorm Load Module, 100GE (CS100GE2Q28)
                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                

                                
✔(**)

        

        

                                CloudStorm Fusion Load Module, 40GE (CS40GE2Q28NG)
                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                

                                
✔(**)

        

        

                                CloudStorm Load Module, 40GE (CS40GE2Q28)
                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                

                                
✔(**)

        

        

                                CloudStorm Fusion Load Module, 25GE (CS25GE8Q28NG)
                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                

                                
✔(**)

        

        

                                CloudStorm Load Module, 25GE (CS25GE8Q28)
                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                

                                
✔(**)

        

        

                                CloudStorm Fusion Load Module, 10GE (CS10GE8Q28NG)
                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                

                                
✔(**)

        

        

                                CloudStorm Load Module, 10GE (CS10GE8Q28)
                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                

                                
✔(**)

        

        

                                CloudStorm Fusion Load Module, All Speeds Enabled (CS100GE2Q28NGALL)
                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                

                                
✔(**)

        

        

                                CloudStorm Load Module, All Speeds Enabled (CS100GE2Q28ALL)
                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                

                                
✔(**)

        

        

                                NOVUS 10/1GE16DP, 16-port, SFP+/10GBASE-T Dual-PHY 10GE/1GE/100M load module
                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                

                                

        

        

                                NOVUS 10/1GE8DP, 8-port, SFP+/10GBASE-T Dual-PHY 10GE/1GE/100M load module
                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                

                                

        

        

                                NOVUS 1GE16PDP, 16-port 1GE/100M SFP+/1000BASE-T Dual-PHY load module
                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                

                                

        

        

                                NOVUS-NP 10/1GE16DP, 16-port, SFP+/10GBASE-T Dual-PHY 10GE/1GE/100M load module
                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                

                                

        

        

                                NOVUS-NP 10/1GE8DP, 8-port, SFP+/10GBASE-T Dual-PHY 10GE/1GE/100M load module
                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                

                                

        

        

                                PerfectStorm Fusion Load Module, 10/1 Gig 2-PORT SFP+ appliance (PS10GE2NG)
                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔(**)

        

        

                                PerfectStorm Fusion Load Module, 10/1 Gig 4-PORT SFP+ appliance (PS10GE4NG)
                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔(**)

        

        

                                PerfectStorm 10GE Fusion 8-port (PS10GE8NG)
                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔(**)

        

        

                                PerfectStorm 10GE 2-port Load Module, SFP+ (PS10GE2)
                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔(**)

        

        

                                PerfectStorm 10GE 4-port Load Module, SFP+ (PS10GE4)
                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔(**)

        

        

                                PerfectStorm 10GE 8-port (PS10GE8)
                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔(**)

        

        

                                PerfectStorm 40GE Fusion 2-port (PS40GE2NG)
                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔(**)

        

        

                                PerfectStorm 40GE 2-port (PS40GE2)
                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔(**)

        

        

                                PerfectStorm 100GE FUSION 1-port Load Module, CXP
                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔(**)

        

        

                                PerfectStorm 100GE 1-port Load Module, CXP
                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔(**)

        

        

                                Xcellon-Multis XM100GE4CXP 100-Gigabit Ethernet
                                
✔

                                

                                

                                

                                

        

        

                                Xcellon-Multis XM100GE4CFP4+ENH
                                
✔

                                

                                

                                

                                

        

        

                                Xcellon-Multis XM100GE4QSFP28+ENH
                                
✔

                                

                                

                                

                                

        

        

                                Xcellon-Multis XM100GE4CXP+FAN 100/40-Gigabit Ethernet
                                
✔

                                

                                

                                

                                

        
            
        

                                Xcellon-Multis XM10/40GE6QSFP+FAN,6P,10/40GE LM
                                
✔(***)

                                

                                

                                

                                

        

        

                                Xcellon-Multis XM10/40GE12QSFP+FAN,12P,10/40GE LM
                                
✔(***)

                                

                                

                                

                                

        

        

                                Xcellon-Ultra-NP-01, 10G-Aggregate Mode
                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                

                                
✔

        

        

                                Xcellon-Ultra NP-01, 1G-Aggregate Mode
                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                

                                
✔

        

        

                                Xcellon-Ultra NP-01, Non-Aggregate Mode
                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                

                                
✔

        

        

                                XAir1
                                

                                

                                

                                

                                
✔

        

        

                                XAir2
                                

                                

                                

                                

                                
✔

        

        

                                VQM Resource Module
                                

                                

                                
✔

                                

                                

        

		

        XGS-SDL Chassis
                                CloudStorm Fusion Load Module, 100GE (CS100GE2Q28NG)
                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                

                                
✔(**)

        

        

                                CloudStorm Load Module, 100GE (CS100GE2Q28)
                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                

                                
✔(**)

        

        

                                CloudStorm Fusion Load Module, 40GE (CS40GE2Q28NG)
                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                

                                
✔(**)

        

        

                                CloudStorm Load Module, 40GE (CS40GE2Q28)
                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                

                                
✔(**)

        

        

                                CloudStorm Fusion Load Module, 25GE (CS25GE8Q28NG)
                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                

                                
✔(**)

        

        

                                CloudStorm Load Module, 25GE (CS25GE8Q28)
                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                

                                
✔(**)

        

        

                                CloudStorm Fusion Load Module, 10GE (CS10GE8Q28NG)
                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                

                                
✔(**)

        

        

                                CloudStorm Load Module, 10GE (CS10GE8Q28)
                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                

                                
✔(**)

        

        

                                CloudStorm Fusion Load Module, All Speeds Enabled (CS100GE2Q28NGALL)
                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                

                                
✔(**)

        

        

                                CloudStorm Load Module, All Speeds Enabled (CS100GE2Q28ALL)
                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                

                                
✔(**)

        

        

                                NOVUS 10/1GE16DP, 16-port, SFP+/10GBASE-T Dual-PHY 10GE/1GE/100M load module
                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                

                                

        

        

                                NOVUS 10/1GE8DP, 8-port, SFP+/10GBASE-T Dual-PHY 10GE/1GE/100M load module
                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                

                                

        

        

                                NOVUS 1GE16PDP, 16-port 1GE/100M SFP+/1000BASE-T Dual-PHY load module
                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                

                                

        

        

                                NOVUS-NP 10/1GE16DP, 16-port, SFP+/10GBASE-T Dual-PHY 10GE/1GE/100M load module
                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                

                                

        

        

                                NOVUS-NP 10/1GE8DP, 8-port, SFP+/10GBASE-T Dual-PHY 10GE/1GE/100M load module
                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                

                                

        

        

                                PerfectStorm Fusion Load Module, 10/1 Gig 2-PORT SFP+ appliance (PS10GE2NG)
                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔(**)

        

        

                                PerfectStorm Fusion Load Module, 10/1 Gig 4-PORT SFP+ appliance (PS10GE4NG)
                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔(**)

        

        

                                PerfectStorm 10GE Fusion 8-port (PS10GE8NG)
                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔(**)

        

        

                                PerfectStorm 10GE 2-port Load Module, SFP+ (PS10GE2)
                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔(**)

        

        

                                PerfectStorm 10GE 4-port Load Module, SFP+ (PS10GE4)
                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔(**)

        

        

                                PerfectStorm 10GE 8-port (PS10GE8)
                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔(**)

        

        

                                PerfectStorm 40GE Fusion 2-port (PS40GE2NG)
                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔(**)

        

        

                                PerfectStorm 40GE 2-port (PS40GE2)
                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔(**)

        

        

                                PerfectStorm 100GE FUSION 1-port Load Module, CXP
                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔(**)

        

        

                                PerfectStorm 100GE 1-port Load Module, CXP
                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔(**)

        

        

                                Xcellon-Ultra-NP-01, 10G-Aggregate Mode
                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                

                                
✔

        

        

                                Xcellon-Ultra NP-01, 1G-Aggregate Mode
                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                

                                
✔

        

        

                                Xcellon-Ultra NP-01, Non-Aggregate Mode
                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                

                                
✔

        
NOTE:
     The modules marked with (**) are partially supported. Please contact Customer Support for the list of available features. 
     The modules marked with (***) do not support 10G mode.

Supported Hardware IxOS Windows Chassis

    
          

            Chassis / Appliance
            Load Module EA    
            Data     
            Video   
            Voice  
            IxLoad Attack
            Wireless
          

     
     
      

           
             
             
             
            
          PVM
          DDoSv2
            
         
 
  

        XGS Chassis
                                XAir2 XM Module
                                

                                

                                

                                

                                

                                
✔

        

                                
NOVUS 10/1GE16DP, 16-port, SFP+/10GBASE-T Dual-PHY 10GE/1GE/100M load module
                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                

                                

                                

        

        

                                NOVUS 10/1GE8DP, 8-port, SFP+/10GBASE-T Dual-PHY 10GE/1GE/100M load module
                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                

                                

                                

        

        

                                NOVUS 1GE16PDP, 16-port 1GE/100M SFP+/1000BASE-T Dual-PHY load module
                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                

                                

                                

        

        

                                NOVUS-NP 10/1GE16DP, 16-port, SFP+/10GBASE-T Dual-PHY 10GE/1GE/100M load module
                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                

                                

                                

        

        

                                NOVUS-NP 10/1GE8DP, 8-port, SFP+/10GBASE-T Dual-PHY 10GE/1GE/100M load module
                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                

                                

                                

        

        

                                PerfectStorm Fusion Load Module, 10/1 Gig 2-PORT SFP+ appliance (PS10GE2NG)
                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                

                                
✔(**)

        

        

                                PerfectStorm Fusion Load Module, 10/1 Gig 4-PORT SFP+ appliance (PS10GE4NG)
                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                

                                
✔(**)

        

        

                                PerfectStorm 10GE Fusion 8-port (PS10GE8NG)
                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                

                                
✔(**)

        

        

                                PerfectStorm 10GE 2-port Load Module, SFP+ (PS10GE2)
                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                

                                
✔(**)

        

        

                                PerfectStorm 10GE 4-port Load Module, SFP+ (PS10GE4)
                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                

                                
✔(**)

        

        

                                PerfectStorm 10GE 8-port (PS10GE8)
                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                

                                
✔(**)

        

        

                                PerfectStorm 40GE Fusion 2-port (PS40GE2NG)
                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                

                                
✔(**)

        

        

                                PerfectStorm 40GE 2-port (PS40GE2)
                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                

                                
✔(**)

        

        

                                PerfectStorm 100GE FUSION 1-port Load Module, CXP
                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                

                                
✔(**)

        

        

                                PerfectStorm 100GE 1-port Load Module, CXP
                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                

                                
✔(**)

        

        

                                Xcellon-Ultra-NP-01, 10G-Aggregate Mode
                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔(*)

                                
✔

        

        

                                Xcellon-Ultra NP-01, 1G-Aggregate Mode
                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                

                                

                                
✔

        

        

                                Xcellon-Ultra NP-01, Non-Aggregate Mode
                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

        

        

                                NGY-NP2-01
                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                

        

        

                                NGY-NP4-01
                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                

        

        

                                NGY-NP8-01
                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                

        

        

                                LSM1000XMVDC4
                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                

        

        

                                LSM1000XMVDC4NG
                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                

        

        

                                LSM1000XMVDC8
                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                

        

        

                                LSM1000XMVDC12
                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                

        

        

                                LSM1000XMVDC16
                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                

        

        

                                LSM1000XMVDC16NG
                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                
✔

                                

        

        

                                Xcellon-Lava AP40/100GE2P 40/100 Gigabit Ethernet load module
                                
✔

                                

                                

                                

                                

                                

        

        

                                Xcellon-Lava AP40/100GE2P-NG FUSION 40/100GE load module
                                
✔

                                

                                

                                

                                

                                

        

        

                                Xcellon-Multis XM100GE4CXP 100-Gigabit Ethernet
                                
✔

                                

                                

                                

                                

                                

        

        

                                Xcellon-Multis XM100GE4CFP4+ENH
                                
✔

                                

                                

                                

                                

                                

        

        

                                Xcellon-Multis XM100GE4QSFP28+ENH
                                
✔

                                

                                

                                

                                

                                

        

        

                                Xcellon-Multis XM100GE4CXP+FAN 100/40-Gigabit Ethernet
                                
✔

                                

                                

                                

                                

                                

        
            
        

                                Xcellon-Multis XM10/40GE6QSFP+FAN,6P,10/40GE LM
                                
✔(***)

                                

                                

                                

                                

                                

        

        

                                Xcellon-Multis XM10/40GE12QSFP+FAN,12P,10/40GE LM
                                
✔(***)

                                

                                

                                

                                

                                

        

        

                                Xcellon-FlexAP10/4016SQ
                                
✔

                                

                                

                                
✔

                                
✔(*)

                                

        

        

                                Xcellon-FlexAP10G16S
                                
✔

                                

                                

                                
✔

                                
✔(*)

                                

        

        

                                VQM0001 Resource Module
                                

                                

                                
✔

                                

                                

                                

        

  

        XM Chassis
                            Xcellon-Ultra-NP-01
                            
✔

                            
✔

                            
✔

                            
✔

                            
✔(*)

                            
✔

        

        

                            Xcellon-Ultra-NG-01
                            
✔

                            
✔

                            
✔

                            
✔

                            
✔(*)

                            
✔(**)

        

        

                            Xcellon-Ultra NP-01, 1G-Aggregate Mode
                            
✔

                            
✔

                            
✔

                            

                            

                            
✔(**)

        

        

                            Xcellon-Ultra NP-01, Non-Aggregate Mode
                            
✔

                            
✔

                            
✔

                            
✔

                            
✔

                            
✔

        

        

                            NGY-NP2-01
                            
✔

                            
✔

                            
✔

                            
✔

                            
✔

                            

        

        

                            NGY-NP4-01
                            
✔

                            
✔

                            
✔

                            
✔

                            
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                            NGY-NP8-01
                            
✔

                            
✔

                            
✔

                            
✔

                            
✔

                            

        

        

                            LSM1000XMVDC4
                            
✔

                            
✔

                            
✔

                            
✔

                            
✔

                            
✔(**)

        

        

                            LSM1000XMVDC4NG
                            
✔

                            
✔

                            
✔

                            
✔

                            
✔

                            
✔(**)

        

        

                            LSM1000XMVDC8
                            
✔

                            
✔

                            
✔

                            
✔

                            
✔

                            
✔(**)

        

        

                            LSM1000XMVDC12
                            
✔

                            
✔

                            
✔

                            
✔

                            
✔

                            
✔(**)

        

        

                            LSM1000XMVDC16
                            
✔

                            
✔

                            
✔

                            
✔

                            
✔

                            
✔(**)

        

        

                            LSM1000XMVDC16NG
                            
✔

                            
✔

                            
✔

                            
✔

                            
✔

                            
✔(**)

        

        

                            Xcellon-FlexAP10/4016SQ    
                            
✔

                            

                            

                            
✔

                            
✔(*)

                            

        

        

                            Xcellon-FlexAP10G16S
                            
✔

                            

                            

                            
✔

                            
✔(*)

                            

        

        

                            LSM10GR1 (+)
                            
✔

                            

                            

                            

                            

                            

        

        

                            LSM10GXM2S
                            
✔

                            

                            

                            
✔

                            
✔

                            

        

        

                            LSM10GXM4S
                            
✔

                            

                            

                            
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✔

                            

        

        

                            LSM10GXM8GBT
                            
✔

                            

                            

                            

                            

                            

        

        

                            LSM10GXM8S
                            
✔

                            

                            

                            
✔

                            
✔

                            

        

        

                            VQM0001 Resource Module
                            

                            

                            
✔

                            

                            

                            

        

      
NOTE:
     The modules marked with (*) support DDoS only in non-aggregated mode. 
     The modules marked with (**) are partially supported. Please contact Customer Support for the list of available features. 
     The modules marked with (***) do not support 10G mode.


Previous Release Notes
Please visit the IxLoad support web page for more information of the previous release notes.

Licensing 

Ixia Licensing
IxLoad 8.50 EA also requires that a license to be installed for each chassis used by IxLoad. That license may be installed on each chassis or on a server on your network, 
referred to as the central license server. 

IxLoad 8.50 EA ships with Ixia Licensing 5.10 EA.

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 IDs
    - Allows remote activation of licenses
    - Allows configuration of Proxy settings

For further information about the new IxLicensing system, please refer to the "Ixia Licensing Management User Guide" provided with the software and downloadable
from the Ixia web site.


Installing a License
Ixia Licensing 5.10 EA upgrades Ixia Licensing 3.x, Ixia Licensing 4.40.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 overwrite IRU and its registration numbers will be migrated as activation codes in ILU.

During install, 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 Migration

Ixia Licensing 5.10 EA installs: 
  - Mono runtime version 3.8.0 on IxOS Native Chassis 
  - .Net 4.0 on IxOS Windows Chassis 
  - .Net 4.5.1 on Clients and IxLoad VE Chassis.
 
NOTE: Ixia Licensing 5.10 EA 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. To fix this, uninstall .Net 4.5.1 and reinstall the older release of Ixia product and then modify this release of Ixia Licensing.

Installation Notes 

IxLoad has two components: 
(1) the 'chassis'  component needs to be installed on the Ixia chassis being used; 
(2) the 'client'  component needs to be installed on the user workstation where the IxLoad GUI will be run. 
(1) Chassis Component Installation
Installation on Windows OS based chassis
    After successful installation of IxOS Server application you need to install IxLoad Chassis component found on the DVD or on the IxLoad Downloads And Update site.

    NOTE: The IxLoad Client component cannot be installed on the Ixia Chassis.

         XGS12-HS and XGS2-HS chassis
          In order to install IxLoad 8.50 on a XGS-HS or XGS-SD chassis the operating system running on the controller must be updated to FLIX OS 2018.1.0.3.
          The update procedure is described in the document named "FLIX OS Upgrade Guide (PDF)" available on the IxOS Downloads And Update site.

Installation on XGS12-HSL and XGS2-HSL chassis
    Starting from IxLoad 8.13 EA, the XGS2-HS, XGS12-HS chassis can optionally be converted to run Native IxOS, for improved stability and performance. 
    The conversion removes the Microsoft Windows OS, and replaces it with IxOS running natively on the chassis (over Linux OS). Once complete, 
    the chassis are effectively converted to XGS2-HSL and XGS12-HSL. For more information, including the conversion process procedure, 
    please download and read the "Converting XGS and PSOne to Native IxOS (PDF)" document available on the IxOS Downloads And Update site.

Installation on XGS12-SDL and XGS2-SDL chassis
    Starting from IxLoad 8.40 EA, the XGS2-SD, XGS12-SD chassis can optionally be converted to run Native IxOS, for improved stability and performance. 
    The conversion removes the Microsoft Windows OS, and replaces it with IxOS running natively on the chassis (over Linux OS). Once complete, 
    the chassis are effectively converted to XGS2-SDL and XGS12-SDL. For more information, including the conversion process procedure, 
    please download and read the "Converting XGS SD to Native IxOS (PDF)" document available on the IxOS Downloads And Update site.
	
    NOTE: The IxLoad Chassis component is no longer needed on the Native IxOS chassis.

Installation on PSOne or Novus ONE appliance
    For PSOne or Novus ONE there are no IxLoad components required to be installed on the appliance. For proper use of the appliance only IxOS must
    be upgraded to a compatible build. 

(2) Client Component Installation
Windows OS Prerequisite Installation Notes
    As part of the IxLoad installation, the installer program automatically installs the following prerequisites 
    that are coming as separate installers: Microsoft SQL Server 2014 and Microsoft .Net Framework 4.5.1.

    In some situations, a dialog may be displayed notifying you to browse to the specific prerequisites installers' location. 
    You may find them under Prerequisites folder in the root of the DVD or you may download them from Ixia website. 
    To access the prerequisites you must sign-in on www.ixiacom.com site and browse to product installation prerequisites site.

    If you experience any issue related to the installation of these prerequisites please refer to the below notes: 

    NOTE: During installation you may be presented with a error dialog declaring a 1935 error has occurred. One possible cause 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: IxLoad requires Microsoft .NET 4.5.1 and Microsoft .NET 2.0.
	        On some versions of Windows, .NET 2.0. cannot be installed separately and must be manually selected with .Net 3.5.
	        - For Windows 2012:
		        please install it through "Server Manager --> Manage --> Add Roles and Features --> .Net 3.5 Features". 
	        - For Windows 8.1:
		        please install it through "Control Panel --> Programs and Features --> Turn Windows features on or off--> .NET Framework 3.5". 

    NOTE: In some cases Reporting may not work after IxLoad is installed and the machine is rebooted. This may be because the SQL Server (IXIA2014)
                service did not start automatically after system reboot due to service timeout. The workaround is to increase the default time-out value 
                for the windows service control manager as provided in the Microsoft link https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/922918.

Installation on the Windows OS user workstation
    If you had a previous version of IxLoad installed, please refer to the section "Installing a License".
    The IxLoad installer will only install the Client component on the user workstation. In order to run the IxLoad Video test, the user workstation is required to have 
    Windows Media player version 9 or later.

    IxLoad 8.50 EA requires the user workstation to satisfy the following requirements:

    Minimum
        - A dual core CPU
        - A minimum of 4GB RAM
        - 20GB of free disk space to install plus an additional 5GB of temporary space
        - Run time free disk space should be at least 10GB 
    
    Recommended
        - A quad core CPU
        - A minimum of 8GB RAM
        - 64 bit Windows Operating System (See Operating System Support below)
        - 20GB of free disk space to install plus an additional 5GB of temporary space
        - Run time free disk space should be at least 10GB    
 
    Ixia Application Server
        - Use Case: Multiple IxLoad instances on the single machine and large scale system testing
        - A quad core CPU
        - Ixia Application Server running 64 bit Windows 2008/2012 Ultra Server or equivalent
        - A minimum of 16GB RAM
        - 20GB of free disk space to install plus an additional 5GB of temporary space per user
        - Run time free disk space should be at least 40GB
       
    Operating System Support
    The versions of Windows operating systems that are supported are:
        - Windows 7 Enterprise (32-bit or 64-bit) SP1 
        - Windows 7 Professional (32-bit or 64-bit) SP1 
        - Windows 7 Ultimate (32-bit or 64-bit) SP1 
        - Windows 8.1 Enterprise 32-bit and 64-bit 
        - Windows 10 Pro  
        - Windows 2008 Server SP2 Standard (32-bit or 64-bit)
        - Windows 2012 Server R2 Standard 64-bit

    The following Non-English versions of the Windows 8.1 Enterprise operating system are supported: 
        - German
        - Hebrew
        - Japanese
 
    NOTE: Only English ASCII characters are accepted in input fields in the application or file locations.

    The following Non-English versions of the Windows 7 Professional N SP1 operating system are supported:
        - Chinese Hong Kong
        - Chinese Simplified 
        - Chinese Taiwan
        - French
        - German
        - Hebrew
        - Italian
        - Japanese
        - Swedish
    
    NOTE: Only English ASCII characters are accepted in input fields in the application or file locations.
 
    VMWare:
        - Server 1.0.2
        - Server 2.0

Deployment of the IxLoad middleware (MW) on Linux
    Starting with IxLoad 8.20, the IxLoad MW component can be deployed as a standalone OVA or QCOW2 images running Ubuntu 14.04. 
        - The OVA can be imported in VMWare. 
        - The QCOW2 image is embedded inside a .sh script. This image comes pre-configured with 4 vCPUs and 8 GB RAM
        - To import the QCOW2 image on KVM, execute IxLoad.sh script. This will extract and deploy the QCOW2 image after accepting the EULA terms. 
        - To import the QCOW2 image on OpenStack follow these steps:
            - on any Linux environment, run "IxLoad.sh -z". This will extract the QCOW2 image after accepting the EULA terms.  
            - copy and import the QCOW2 image in the OpenStack environment.

    NOTE: when using OpenStack, the pre-configured CPU and RAM values are not used. It is recommended to specify at least 4 vCPU and 8 GB RAM.

    For further reference please consult the IxLoad on Linux documentation, available from IxLoad (Help section) for custom installation having selected IxLoad Gateway.

IxLoad Reporter database migration from 8.10 EA to newer versions
    If before this upgrade, you have been using an IxLoad versions older than IxLoad 8.10 EA then a few manual steps will need to be performed to migrate your Reporter database:
        - Open a Command Prompt
        - Navigate in the Command Prompt to the root folder of the IxLoad current version installation (C:\Program Files (x86)\Ixia\IxLoad\< version >\)
        - Run the  reporter_migrate_db_ixload.bat script
    As a result of this script, the preexisting tests results will be migrated to the current IxLoad Reporter database version.

Tcl/Tk Support for Client Applications 

    Tcl 8.5.17.0 is a prerequisite for using the Tcl component of IxLoad. For additional details, please refer to the IxLoad Tcl API User Guide.

    The following versions of UNIX/Linux operating systems support IxLoad TCL scripting:
        - Centos 7(32bit or 64bit)
        - Debian 8.1.0(32bit or 64bit)
        - OpenSUSE 13.2(32bit or 64bit)
        - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (32bit or 64bit)
    Other versions of Linux and Solaris platforms may operate properly, but are not officially supported.
    Installation of Tcl Server is required to support execution of Linux/UNIX-based Tcl scripts.

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Additional Documentation 

The installation package for IxLoad 8.50 EA will automatically install the "IxLoad User Guide", and the "Getting Started with IxLoad" guide under the "Docs" 
subdirectory where IxLoad is installed. The default directory is as follows:
    C:\Program Files (x86)\Ixia\IxLoad\< version >\Client\Docs

Both the "IxLoad User Guide" and the "Getting Started with IxLoad" can be launched from IxLoad under the HELP menu. 

Please refer to our website at http://support.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 mailto:support@ixiacom.com.

What's New in IxLoad

8.50 EA Features

IxLoad-Data
Support for Extended Master Secret TLS Extension and Elliptic Curve Selection on PerfectStorm, CloudStorm, Novus and VE Platform
EAP-TLS Support for RADIUS on PerfectStorm CloudStorm and Novus Platform.
Support for Playlist in Server Name Indication TLS Extension
MultiNic Support for HTTP Protocol on VE Platform
Show Actual CPU Utilization when running with Performance Acceleration enabled on PerfectStorm, CloudStorm, Novus and VE Platforms
RADIUS Support on Novus NP and Novus Base
TLS1.3 support on PerfectStorm, CloudStorm, Novus and VE Platforms
IxLoad-Infrastructure
Ixia User Management support for IxLoad Middleware running on Linux
Support for TCL API Session expiration timer
Support for REST API Session expiration timer
Support of L1 settings for CloudStorm platform
Aggregation support for CloudStorm 25GE and 10GE Load modules
Ability to delete files from REST API
Support Gateway Authentication for IxLoad Middleware running on Linux
Support Analyzer on IxLoad Middleware running on Linux (Beta)
Added per stream stats for IPTV/Video protocol
REST API browser is now available in IxLoad
Implemented equal distribution of throughput per UE in order to optimize HTTPS throughput for Performance Acceleration case
IxLoad-SM-IPsec
Performance Acceleration support for IPSec on PerfectStorm platforms
IPsec DPDs with 1s intervals
Support for RFC7427 (Signature Authentication in the Internet Key Exchange Version 2 (IKEv2)
IxLoad-SM-L2TP
L2TP and L2TPoverIPSec support on Novus and CloudStorm platforms
IxLoad-StatelessPeer
IP Version Preference support for StatelessPeer
IxLoad-Voice
Rx Interface - Add support for packet capture for Diameter traffic when using VE platform with multiple VNICs
Support for Ua/Ub interfaces for VoWIFI
Add support of retransmissions for SIP responses for NON-INVITE transactions
Rx Interface - Set "Flow Status" AVP to Disabled and "Flow Description port" AVP to zero for preliminary requests
Rx Interface - Add support for the detection of erroneous messages on Diameter
WebSocket support in VoIP SIP - Phase 1
VoIP support on CloudStorm 25G, 10G Aggregated and 25G Aggregated platform.
VoLTE (eNB/MME S11/S1-u stack) support on CloudStorm 10G, 25G, 100G, 10G Aggregated and 25G Aggregated. Limited support for VoLTE ipsec3GPP on CloudStorm platform.
VoIP support for running both originating terminating instances on the same VE.
IxLoad-Wireless-EGTP
Static PDN IPV4/IPV6 Address Allocation is now user configurable on MME/ENB S11/S1-U plug-in.
Overlapping/duplicate UE IPs support on MME/eNB S11/S1-U and SGW S11/S1-U enables the MME to accept the same IPv4 address for multiple UEs
Dual Connectivity Support(Option 3x) on MME/eNB S11/S1-U and SGW S11/S1-U
Support for running both originating and terminating instances on the same Virtual Load Module . Wireless Client stack (S11, Gn or S4 IRAT) versus Plain IP(SGi) running on *different* Net Traffic on the same Virtual Load Module - Phase I
Support for eNB/MME S11/S1-u, SGW S11/S1-u, SGW S5/S8, PGW S5/S8, eNB/MME S11/S1u + RNC/SGSN Gn stacks on Cloudstorm 10G and 25G Non-Aggregated
Slice Selection Function support on S11 interface in tests with multiple APNs
Limited support for eNB/MME S11/S1-u, SGW S11/S1-u, SGW S5/S8, PGW S5/S8, eNB/MME S11/S1u + RNC/SGSN Gn stacks on Cloudstorm 40G Non-Aggregated and 100G Non-Aggregated and on Cloudstorm 10G/25G Aggregated
IxLoad-Wireless-ENodeB
Statistics for failure options
Failure option to reject handover from target eNodeB
Statistics for PSM and eDRX UE states
Support for NAS impairment on eNB S1
Added option to always use IMSI for attach.
Support for S1AP impairment on eNB S1
Dual Connectivity Support (Option 3x) on S1
Signalling only support for CIoT with NonIP Data Delivery (NIDD)
Partial support for eNB and EPC SIM on 10 GE Non-Aggregated and 100 GE Non-Aggregated CloudStorm modules
Automatically compute the number of cores (instances) required in a single port scenarios for eNB/EPC SIM and HeNB based on the minimum between the number of UEs and nodes.
IxLoad-Wireless-EPC-Diameter
S6t Diameter interface
Diameter interfaces support for CloudStorm modules configured in 100GE, 40GE, 25GE or 10GE Non-Aggregated mode
S9 interface support for Trigger Establishment messages (code: 8388656)
IxLoad-Wireless-EPC-Sim
Option per MME range to support PSM and/or eDRX
IxLoad-Wireless-EPC-WiFi-Offload
WiFi Trusted Client support for 100 GE Non-Aggregated CloudStorm module
Trusted WiFi Client inter-AP SSID based mobility for DHCP IPv4 UEs
Trusted WiFi Client DHCP Option 82 support for Circuit ID format "Access_ Point_MAC_address;SSID;Secure"
Soft L2TPv3 encapsulation support for WiFi Trusted Client.
IxLoad-Wireless-LTE-Access
LTE UE Stack support for PSM and eDRX timers
IxLoad Access now support UE Category NB-IoT with the following features: - One Anchor carrier (non anchor carriers not supported) - In-band and Guard band operations. - Control plane optimized IP Data Traffic - Uplink sub carrier spacing of 15 KHz - 12 multitone subcarriers - NB-IoT supported only on first carrier of XAir2.
This release supports Licensed Assisted Access (LAA) with the following limitations. (1) No support for TDD PCELL(licensed band) in combination with LAA (unlicensed band) SCELL (2) No support for Initial and Last partial subframes
CAT M1 UEs are supported in this release
VE
Support for Web UI on the Virtual Chassis has been improved with Broadcast Discovery and Mass Operations capabilities, simplifying operation in large scale topologies.
Support for Live Production Networks / Resource Utilization has been improved. The Virtual Chassis Disk Size can be increased by the user from 8 GB to higher values.
Support for Live Production Networks / Security Updates has been improved, with the Guest OS updated to CentOS 7.4 and the latest security patches applied.
Support for Live Production Networks / SNMP Notifications has been improved, with new capabilities for configuring the SNMP Trap Interval and the SNMP Trap Priority.
Support for Live Production Networks / Installation Documentation has been improved, explaining the TCP / UDP Ports used to communicate between system elements.
Support for Deployment Wizard has been improved, with a new capability to perform deployment in KVM environments using non-root lower privileged user accounts.
Support for Command Line Interface (CLI) Configuration has been improved, with the ability to configure the Host Name of the Virtual Chassis / Virtual Test Appliance.
Support for Chassis Builder has been discontinued starting with this release. This functionality is replaced by the Web UI for the Virtual Chassis / Virtual Test Appliance.
Support for IxLoad VE inside Amazon AWS Public Cloud has been added, with the Bring Your Own License (BYOL) model and Data / Voice / Video traffic emulation.
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 SSL Performance acceleration via the AES NI instruction set has been added. This increases the encrypted traffic throughput when using AES CBC ciphers.
Support for running the Client / Server on the same Virtual Load Module has been added (BETA). This enables execution of two-arm tests using a single VM instance.

Resolved Defects List

IxLoad-Data

Bug Number Notes
1463179 On CloudStorm Platform Per interface stat with Cycle through IP enabled along with Emulated Router might not work as expected
1463768 On CloudStorm platform, it is recommended to set TCP buffer size to less than or equal to 500 MB

IxLoad-IPsec

Bug Number Notes
1473592 When running IxLoad on Windows 10 non-admin users can now run "SSH to port" and "Retrieve IPsec Keys" functionalities.

IxLoad-Infrastructure

Bug Number Notes
1463523 Reduced configuration time for certain TCL scripts with many L23 plugins
1469129 Fixed the number of licenses required to run AppLibrary tests on VM ports using Perpetual licenses
1473564 Fixed the the cumulative throughput drops in cases where THINK command is configured in any Activity

IxLoad-SM-DHCPv6

Bug Number Notes
1463899 The maximum value of HTTP Concurrent Connections that can be achieved when using the maximum number of allowed DHCPv6 clients has slightly decreased with approx 5% on NovusNP platforms

IxLoad-SM

Bug Number Notes
1473590 Fixed a deadlock that can happen during apply config in a test with multiple NetTraffics
1473593 Fix for a scenario with multiple stacks that was not working correctly with Performance Acceleration enabled. The fix was to switch to running with Performance Acceleration disabled.

IxLoad-Video

Bug Number Notes
1473808 Fixed HLS port instability in case there were huge HTTP delays at HLS key retrieval

IxLoad-Voice

Bug Number Notes
1473729 Fix port instability issue for IR94 with MSRP scenario.
1473731 Fixed a case in which IxLoad stopped generating RTP traffic after executing few loops.
1487492 Increase HTTP header length and HTTP object length to 2048 characters.
1487774 Corrected the SIP De-Registration mechanism (add only one Security-Server header in the Register request).

IxLoad-Wireless-EGTP

Bug Number Notes
1472496 Correctly handle the case in which a Modify Bearer Response with "Context not found" cause is received during a S1 UTRAN to E-UTRAN Handover with SGW change and indirect forwarding;
1472653 Fixed CPU usage increase while editing APN configuration tab
1476637 Correctly update the ARP table on Ixia ports if GratARP is received from SGW or PGW
1478951 GTP Echo response IEs are now in the correct order in HeNB(Secured) and EPC plugins.
1482061 Correctly update the GTP-C TEID in Modify Bearer Response during a UE/TAU procedure with MME changed, SGW unchanged
1482808 The GGSN should no longer assign the Charging ID value “0” on PGW S5/S8/S2a/S2b + GGSN plugin. This is a reserved value per the 3GPP technical specifications and should not be used”
1486990 Update the value of Bearer QoS in Update Bearer Request to match the modified value sent in the corresponding Modify Bearer Command

IxLoad-Wireless-EPC-Diameter

Bug Number Notes
1486630 "TDF Application Identifier" AVP not added in Charging-Rule-Install AVP when TDF Application Identifier option is configured.

IxLoad-Wireless-EPC-WiFi-Offload

Bug Number Notes
1467133 In a limited number of cases, Trusted WiFi Client failed mobility events might be incremented as successful in statistics.
1471376 The Trusted WiFi Client plugin does not support authentication for IPv6 Access Points with VLANs.
1472322 Sometimes, in Trusted WiFi Client mobility scenarios where the APN has an IPv6 IP, the "Cleaning time has expired" error may be thrown when the test is releasing the configuration.
1472654 IxLoad does not respond to the Radius Access Challenge received while trying to bring up a session with Radius EAP (WAG)
1482869 WiFi Trusted Client tests with authentication might result in port failure if a large number of unanswered authentication requests accumulate.

Known Issues List

IxLoad-AWS

Bug Number Notes
1480505 AWS uses a large pool of public IP-ranges that need to be added to the Security-Group for successful communication using Boto3 library (for python) to extract AWS-related information for auto-learning. There is a limitation of AWS as the number of IPs that can be added to a security group is fixed. So all possible IPs for a particular region cannot be allowed. The workaround will be to manually allow public IP/IPs needed by adding it/them in the security group.

IxLoad-Data

Bug Number Notes
1462322 Rerunning an IxLoad test having docroot file (greater than 250MB) after any other configuration changes without doing an release config might have some issues. Explicit release config and applyconfig is recommended.
1472927 On Novus NP platform, in aggregation mode there is slight degradation in performance for Throughput objective across all the Storage/Mail Protocols
1478947 On CloudStorm platform, for CPS objective in SSL protocol there is performance drop of 4-5 % when Session Reuse is configured for cipher suites which do not support Perfect Forward Secrecy
1478967 Configuring a higher than supported value for the number of HTTP connections to be created could result in a port failure caused by the port running out of memory.
1480177 In TLS1.3 SNI validation is not supported on Client side
1480668 In HTTP2.0 protocol client is not able to send more than one window update
1481282 Client authentication is not supported in TLS 1.3
1481661 On CloudStorm Platform for a SSL test configured with multiple activities and high Connection per Second objective (greater than 40k), Unexpected Message/Illegal Parameter/Decrypt Error for some of the TLS handshakes may start appearing resulting in TLS handshakes and TLS encrypted data transfer failure.
1483212 Fall back from TLS1.3 to TLS1.1 is not supported. Fallback to TLS 1.2 is supported though.

IxLoad-Infrastructure

Bug Number Notes
1469942 On PerfectStorm 40G there is a throughput degradation (compared to IxLoad 8.40-EA) for Wireless simulations. The maximum throughput has decreased from ~38GB to ~36GB.

IxLoad-SM-IPsec

Bug Number Notes
1467870 Port errors may appear when running tests with IPsec AH mode using Throughput Objective in conjunction with a large number of Simulated Users on PerfectStorm platform. Workaround: Use Simulated Users or Throughput Objective.
1478560 Port instability issues may occur when running IPsec tests with Performance acceleration enabled in which the protected subnets configured are not emulated in the private network. Workaround: Make sure that all the protected subnets are emulated in private network.

IxLoad-SM-L2TPoverIPsec

Bug Number Notes
1469926 TCP failures may appear when running high performance tests with L2TP over IPsec on Novus platforms.
1472256 FTP failures may appear when running high performance throughput tests with L2TP over IPsec on CloudStorm platform.

IxLoad-Video

Bug Number Notes
1466198 Port instability may occur when running Video-VoIP and IPTV with Conditional Stats enabled on the same NetTraffic.
1471910 User Monitor feature for Video OTT activities is not supported on Multicore platforms.
1482575 MSIPTV is not supported on CloudStorm in Aggregation mode.

IxLoad-Voice

Bug Number Notes
1447581 On PerfectStorm and CloudStorm cards, on audio+video VoIP scenarios with HardwareRTP enabled and "Allow multiple users per ip:port" option enabled, you cannot achieve CPS value greater than 1. Thus, we recommend the usage of SoftwareRTP for this type of scenarios.
1463688 In scenarios in which the HTTP message exceeds 20 headers, you might encounter port instability.
1463797 Sometimes, performance tests could remain blocked on voice session execution; trigger errors are reported if voice session outputs are connected with trigger connectors.
1470154 Rx Interface - On VoIP scenarios in which the network where is mapped on multiple VE ports and the IP range assigned for RxInterface is defined with more than one IP, an error is thrown when applying configuration on port. This case refers to the VoIPSIP scenarios where VoIPSIPCloud and RxInterface are mapped on different VE cards.
1470677 Rx Interface - Port instability may occur on scenarios where "Send Diameter traffic on different VE NIC than VoIPSIPCloud traffic" is enabled and there is an incorrect IP range - L4-7 activity - VE NIC correlation. For example, the VoIPSIPPeer activity associated to the VOIPSIPCloud needs to be the only activity mapped on the VE NIC or can share the same VE NIC with the VoIPSIPCloud activity. The VoIPSIPPeer activity should not share the VE NIC with a HTTP server.
1470965 RxInterface - port instability may be reported on incorrect configured scenarios where Rx Interface traffic and SIP cloud are mapped on different IP range/ VE ports and option ”Send Diameter traffic on different VE NIC than VoIPSIPCloud traffic” is unchecked.
1470996 On a multi-port scenario, after modifying the order of the IP ranges, the new changes are not reflected in "IP assignment" view. As workaround, it's recommended to remove at least one port and re-assign it to the network to enforce port refreshment.
1471217 Ua Ub interface: Once a new TCP connection is established, the HTTP traffic will be sent on this connection and the old TCP connection will not be re-used.
1472105 On MultiNIC platforms, IPSec3GPP tunnels cannot be established if the IPSec initiator and IPSec terminator are mapped on the same VE card.
1477428 VoWIFI scenarios do not support DCP3 setup.
1477755 On VoLTE high performance scenarios, on ramp-down, you might encounter SIP retransmission messages or TCP FIN retransmissions.
1484103 For high performance audio+video VoIP scenario we recommend the usage of SoftwareRTP.
1487480 On PerfectStorm and CloudStorm platforms, on high performance VoLTE scenarios, one might encounter on ramp-down TCP timeout (which translates in SIP transport errors) given by the fact that there is no sync mechanism between the GTP layer and the VoIPSIPPeer activity.

IxLoad-Wireless-EGTP

Bug Number Notes
1444300 When running with the Attempt PDN Reconnection feature disabled, the state of the UE is not reset between runs without release configuration. Once detached, the UEs will not re-attach. To have a predictable behaviour, please release configuration between runs.
1459214 In GTPv2 Message Impairment, if multiple rules are configured with the same filter, only the first one will be applied.
1459572 The S2a TWAN does not support the Negative Testing command.
1468992 There is no TCL support for 'Option 3x' feature
1469911 In some scenarios, the traffic is unevenly distributed on UEs when running tests with ”Accept duplicate UE IPs” enabled
1469924 Stateless Peer per-stream statistics contain an internal IP when running tests with ”Accept duplicate UE IPs” enabled
1469951 UE cycling is not supported in tests with “Accept duplicate UE IPs” enabled
1470153 Accepting IPv6 UE addresses is not supported in tests with “Accept duplicate UE IPs” enabled
1470460 Static IP allocation is not supported on S11 interface when running tests with “Accept duplicate UE IPs” enabled
1470986 Running tests with “Throughput acceleration” enabled is not supported on S11 interface when “Accept duplicate UE IPs” is also enabled
1470988 VoLTE is not supported on S11 interface when running tests with “Accept duplicate UE IPs” enabled
1471803 A duplicate entry with the same QCI can be added in the list of bearer to be moved to gNB during the E-RAB modification procedure.
1471805 The negative case in which the E-RAB modification procedure fails with a "Context not found" case is handled incorrectly
1474451 Running wireless tests on the same Cloudstorm/Perfectstorm card with other non-wireless tests, may negatively impact non-wireless tests.
1481954 Throughput degradation for IPv6 Linux stack tests.
1483473 Importing a previously exported Negative Testing configuration to a new NetTraffic does not retain the Negative Testing rule names present inside the exported data
1484660 Running iRAT tests on CloudStorm ports with a 3G attach rate above specifications might result in port instability.
1485375 For high performance scenarios with multiple eNBs/MMEs configured, if ARP problems are encountered please enable "Process Received Gratuitous ARPs".
1485517 Procedure rates (attach, handover, enter/exit idle) is not linear when running on Cloudstorm cards in 100G mode.
1485917 Uplink and downlink Stateless Peer (UDP) traffic are not equal in high performance tests when running of Cloudstorm card in 40G and 100G mode.
1486929 Tests with Active Subscribers Network Objective do not scale linearly on Cloudstorm 40G/100G when compared with the 10G/25G flavours.

IxLoad-Wireless-ENodeB

Bug Number Notes
1484965 (option 3x) eRAB Modification procedure is not supported from scriptgen TCL/perl/python.
1487114 "Automatically detect instances" option on the eNodeB S1-MME/S1-u plugin does not work correctly in multi-port scenarios.

IxLoad-Wireless-EPC-Diameter

Bug Number Notes
1456400 Extract AVP option in SmartEvents state-machine is supported only for Diameter interfaces. It is not applicable for Radius, MAP or other simulations.
1456406 SmartIE support is not available for the Ga interface.
1472098 When trying to load an older Diameter rxf containing the old subscriber database definition, the loading of the file fails and the following error is thrown: "The loaded configuration uses the old subscriber database definition which is not supported starting with IxLoad version [8.40-EA Update1]. Please convert this configuration to the new subscriber database definition using an IxLoad version between 8.30-EA and 8.40-EA."
1483662 For Diameter Rx simulations with AAR messages containing the Service-Info-Status AVP, the auth_preliminary and auth_final events should be used in the Commands and SmartProfile sections instead of the auth event. The only exception is the SmartAVP section on the PCRF Rx node where the auth event should be used.
1490098 After importing an xml configuration containing a state machine with conditional transactions, when launching the Diameter Editor an "Unknown items" message is displayed and the state machine is configured without the conditional transactions.

IxLoad-Wireless-EPC-WiFi-Offload

Bug Number Notes
1379082 Some of the Trusted WiFi Client stack settings (as those in "Network Plug-in Settings") may not be exported / imported when using Resource Manager.
1445875 In specific SWu scenarios, the TCP Syn-SynAck Time Squared statistic might expose negative values.
1469589 The Trusted WiFi Client plugin does not send a DHCP Release during the handover procedure.
1469599 The Trusted WiFi Client plugin does not send an Accounting Request Stop during the handover procedure.
1470534 In WiFi Trusted Client mobility tests, if a handover fails, the traffic continues on the last Access Point the UE was connected to until the next successful handover.
1471533 In Trusted WiFi Client mobility tests with the "Accept Duplicate IPs" option enabled, the Analyzer capture exposes TCP packets with hardcoded source or destination IP addresses used for internal communication (eg. 42.32.1.4).
1473569 For WiFi Trusted Client mobility tests with UE VLAN change, if the TCP session is active during the handover, the old IP will try to re-establish a TCP session using the new UE VLAN.
1475602 WiFi Trusted Client scenarios with mobility and AppLib are not supported.
1475689 The WiFi Trusted Client EoL2TPv3 encapsulation relies on the SSID VLAN configuration in order to have a UE traffic VLAN (a SSID VLAN value of 0 means no VLAN).
1476929 WiFi Trusted Client scenarios with mobility and TCP based activities might experience TCP RST messages as handovers are not performed seamlessly. To avoid this, for HTTP it is recommended to set the Transaction(s) PER TCP Connection to 1.
1479574 Rerunning WiFi Trusted Client mobility tests without releasing configuration for the previous test might result in initial attach to one of the Access Points in the Mobility Path. It is recommended to release configuration between consecutive runs for mobility scenarios.
1480298 For WiFi Trusted Client mobility tests, DHCPv4 and DHCPv6 statistics (Enabled Interfaces, Addresses Discovered, Clients Ready, Clients Up) are incremented only for the initial attach, not for handovers.
1482582 In WiFi Trusted Client tests with a high number of subscribers and high attach/handover rates running on 100GE Non-Aggregated mode CloudStorm cards, the attach/handover rates might have a spiky or oscillating profile.
1482939 For WiFi Trusted Client tests running on 100GE Non-Aggregated mode CloudStorm cards, for a large number of configured subscribers that is not a multiple of 48, it can be observed that the actual ramp-up time takes a few seconds longer than the one computed in the Timeline and Objective section due to the multi-core distribution algorithm.
1483090 WiFi Trusted Client high attach rates are impacted if Performance Acceleration is enabled. The most important impact is experienced on CloudStorm modules operating in 100GE Non-Aggregated mode where the maximum attach rate is around 300 UEs/second.
1485000 For WiFi Trusted Client EoL2TPv3 throughput tests with IPv6 subscribers and Performance Acceleration enabled, lower throughput than expected might be observed on rare occasions.
1485564 WiFi Trusted Client throughput tests should be configured with Simulated Users Test Objective or with Throughput Objective and Simulated Users constraint.
1486774 Stopping a WiFi Trusted Client high performance test during ramp up or ramp down might result in port instability.

IxLoad-Wireless-LTE-Access

Bug Number Notes
1444079 Per Range stats are not supported on multicore. We recommend using per session stats instead.
1467567 Occasional CRC errors on LAA cell while using TM9 configuration
1468021 Possibility of CRC errors on LAA cell, while using CSI-RS configuration on the LAA Cell
1468135 Occasional CRC errors with configuration of 256QAM along with MCS20 and above on 20MHZ LAA cell.
1468447 When running LAA configuration tests , Unlicensed band SCELL should be turned ON before atatching to LTE PCELL(licensed band)
1469939 (eDRX) UEs in extended sleep cycle will respond to paging messages.
1476615 Second Carrier is not added in a scenario configured for 2 Carrier Aggregation where both cells are configured in 5 MHz
1479868 Not all UEs initiate attach procedure when using 4x4 MIMO cell with 2x2 MIMO cells
1479869 Downlink throughput values in the Instance Statistics will appear different from Per-Sector Statistics.
1479957 Automatic continuous Center Frequency Offset Correction does not work for 5Mhz and 10Mhz bandwidth. If there is a frequency offset correction required, the following manual commands need to be executed: • Open a cmd prompt window on the XGS2/XGS12 chassis • Enter “telnet localhost 17777” command and hit enter • Enter card, port number (card number is the slot number of XAir2 card and port number is 1) • Enter "touch /disableCfo.txt" (This command has to be entered every time XAir is rebooted) Apply the test (make sure to uncheck Reboot Xair option on IxLoad GUI, to retain step 4 change). This will take care of correcting the frequency offset correction detected during startup (only once).
1479970 5MHz SISO mode is not supported under NB-IoT
1486889 In rare cases when IxLoad apply config fails, the recommended action is to re-attempt apply config step.

VE

Bug Number Notes
1463541 The license request from IxLoad will fail if floating licenses, including VM, are split across multiple license servers while having those servers in the external license servers setting.
1469253 IPv6 configurations are not supported on Mellanox SR-IOV configuration on top of VMware ESXi due to a host limitation.
1482724 When using Mellanox drivers, if the CPU does not support running the traffic set as the objective, Rx loss might be experienced.
1484546 If the configured memory will totally be used by the configured objective in the IxLoad the Virtual Load Module OOM will free the used memory and the test will stop. If such thing will happen please increase the allocated Virtual Load Module memory to suit the configured objective.