Use E100 Chimera to impair Ethernet traffic at five speeds up to 100Gbps to emulate real-world network behavior.
E100 Chimera represents great value with these top features:
- True wire-speed impairment @ 100Gbps (plus 50 / 40 / 25 & 10Gbps)
- Ease of use – E100 Chimera is a stand-alone impairment tool that integrates seamlessly with Xena’s traffic generator, letting you speed up your work flow by using the same SW to both generate and impair Ethernet traffic.
- Highest port density in the industry – plus you can reserve individual port-pairs without blocking access to the others
- Setting up custom impairment distributions is a breeze
- E100q Chimera supports a broad range of impairments (latency/jitter, packet & port impairments, flexible distributions, BW shaping etc)
- Powerful, easy-to-use automation & scripting options
E100qc Chimera functions as a standalone traffic impairment emulator. Or it can be installed in a XenaBay chassis to seamlessly impair traffic up to 100Gbps generated by other Xena test modules.
Hardware
E100 Chimera is available as a 1-slot test module for the B2400 XenaBay chassis, where XenaManager is used to emulate impairment as part of its standard user-interface.
E100qc Chimera is the standalone version where the test module is installed in a quiet desktop-sized chassis.
Both versions can test 5 speeds: 100G, 50G, 40G, 25G and 10G.
Software
E100 Chimera & XenaManager – seamless traffic generation & impairment
When installed in a XenaBay chassis, XenaManager detects the presence of the E100 Chimera and makes the software options available for adding impairment. This makes it very easy for test engineers to emulate impairment via the same GUI they use for generating Ethernet traffic.
This diagram illustrates how the E100 Chimera test module emulates impairment. Incoming traffic enters a flow filter and different types of impairment are then added (as defined in the UI), with each traffic flow being processed in a prioritized order.
Types of test
Performance Testing
Performance testing focuses the performance of a DUT via parameters like maximum throughput, latency and jitter.
When performance testing includes analysis of how a DUT can send traffic through a network E100 Chimera emulates realistic network conditions including impairments that are likely to occur when a signal passes through a network.
QoS and Service Validation
E100 Chimera offers network emulation for QoS and service validation testing. By adding latency, packet drop and other impairments the user can test that a system under test can maintain a high QoS and service quality guarantee despite difficult network conditions.
Functional Testing
Functional testing verifies the basic functionality of the DUT and will depend on the DUT and the application.
E100 Chimera provides a wide range of network emulation features for functional testing, including latency and other typical impairments.
Security Testing
Security testing is usually conducted during development to reveal how a DUT handles abnormal conditions.
E100 Chimera makes it easy for users to apply all kinds of network conditions to analyze and verify the behavior DUT.
Software Application Testing
Software application testing can cover many parameters depending on the application. The testing can be done to verify the basic functionality of the software and to see how it performs under different network conditions. E100 Chimera provides a wide range of network emulation features to emulate network conditions, including latency and other typical impairments.
