CT970-24 LANforge-ICE 24-port WAN Emulator
The CT970-24 is an excellent choice for high-density
WAN emulation. The CT970-24 is a set of 2 machines: One LANforge machine
to do the WAN emulation and bridging, and an off-the-shelf managed ethernet
switch supporting 802.1Q VLANs.
The LANforge machine is a 1U rackmount and the 24-port ethernet switch is
a 1U rackmount unit. The user's stations plug into the ethernet switch
and speak regular ethernet (no 802.1Q VLAN support is required in the
devices-under-test.) The WAN emulation, bridging, and optional virtual router
configuration is all managed through the LANforge-GUI.
This same general configuration can support 24, 96 and other
amounts of WAN emulations: Contact your sales representative for pricing
and configuration details.
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NOTE: This configuration may have a different hardware
configuration than the system pictured above.
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NOTE: This configuration may have a different hardware
configuration than the system pictured above.
Refer to your official quote for details. |
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Example Network Diagram
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LANforge Netsmith Diagram for CT970 Configuration with Routing
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Quick Start Guide
- Connect Management ethernet port on the LANforge machine to Management network or management PC. If
connecting directly to a PC, an ethernet cross-over cable should be used.
Or, connect VGA, Keyboard, and Mouse to the chassis and manage it locally.
- Connect 802.1Q VLAN switch's trunk port to eth2 of the LANforge machine. This is
the VLAN trunk between the LANforge machine and the VLAN switch.
- Connect port eth3 of the LANforge machine to your network switch or router leading towards
the internet or network core.
- Connect Clients to the ports on the 802.1Q VLAN switch. Each port on the switch is
configured to bridge regular un-tagged ethernet frames to one of the VLANs on the
trunk port leading to the LANforge machine.
- Connect power to the units and turn them on. The order in which they are booted
does not matter.
- If managing remotely, install the LANforge-GUI on a separate management PC or Laptop. Windows and
Linux GUIs are supported: Select the correct one from the CDROM or Candela
Technologies Download page and install it.
- The CT970-24 should now boot. If DHCP is enabled on the Management network,
the CT970-24 LANforge machine will automatically acquire an IP address. If DHCP is not available,
the IP address will be set to 192.168.1.101 by the LANforge start scripts.
- Start the LANforge-GUI on the management PC, or the CT970-24 LANforge server if managing
locally, and click the 'Discover' button.
It should find the CT970-24 LANforge appliance and add the IP address to the drop-down
box in the Connect widget. Press 'Connect' and you will be connected to
the CT970-24.
- Select the WanLinks tab in the GUI. One or more of the pre-configured tests should
already be running. You may double-click the row in the top section to modify
the configuration. You can also view a real-time report of the test with the
'Display' button. Any modifications take place immediately after you click
'Submit'.
- For a global view of the system and Virtual Routing features, click the
Netsmith button on the Status panel or Resource panel.
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LANforge-ICE Related Screen Shots
WanLinks Tab
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WanLink Display
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Create/Modify WanLink Window
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Software Features
- General purpose WAN and Network impairment emulator.
- Able to simulate 24 independent DS1, DS3, DSL, CableModem, Satellite
links and other rate-limited networks, from 10bps up to 45Mbps (full duplex). Total aggregate throughput
will not exceed 1Gbps.
- Can modify various network attributes including: network-speed, latency, jitter,
packet-loss, packet-reordering, and packet-duplication.
- Supports Packet corruptions, including bit-flips, bit-transposes and byte-overwrites.
- Supports WanPath feature to allow configuration of specific behavior between
different IP subnets, MAC addresses or other packet filters
using a single pair of physical interfaces.
WanPath support may require purchase of additional WanPath licenses, please ask
your sales contact for more information.
- Supports routed and bridged mode for more flexibility in how your configure
your network and LANforge-ICE.
- Supports WAN emulation across virtual 802.1Q VLAN interfaces more efficient use
of limited physical network interfaces.
- Supports 'WAN-Playback' allowing one to capture the characteristics of
a live WAN and later have LANforge-ICE emulate those captured characteristics.
The playback file is in XML format, and can be easily created by hand or with
scripts. The free LANforge-ICEcap tool can be used to probe networks and automatically
create the XML playback file.
- Allows packet sniffing and network protocol decoding with the integrated
Wireshark protocol sniffer.
- Includes comprehensive management information detailing all aspects of the LANforge system
including processor statistics, test cases, and Ethernet port statistics.
- GUI runs as Java application on Linux, Solaris and Microsoft Operating
Systems (among others).
- GUI can run remotely, even over low-bandwidth links to accommodate
the needs of the users.
- Central management application can manage multiple units, tests,
and testers simultaneously.
- Includes easy built-in scripting to automatically iterate through bandwidth, latency
and other settings. Advanced programatic scripting over a tcp socket also supported
and example perl libraries and scripts are included.
- Automatic discovery of LANforge resources simplifies maintenance and configuration of LANforge
test equipment.
- LANforge systems come pre-installed and configured with customer supplied
network information.
Hardware Specification
LANforge Server Specifications
- Mid-Range 1U rackmount server.
- Operating System: Fedora Linux with customized Linux kernel.
- Up to 6 PCIe Intel Pro/1000 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports.
Additional 10/100/1000 ethernet interface for management.
- High-availability ethernet hardware bypass option available.
- 2.8 GHz or higher Pentium processor.
- One PCIe slot.
- 1 GB or more RAM.
- 40 GB or larger Hard Drive.
- Solid State Drive option available.
- Slim CDROM drive.
- Standard US or European power supply (automatically detects EU v/s US power).
- Weight: 18 lbs or 8.2 kg.
- Dimensions: 17 x 14 x 1.75 inches (14-inch deep 1U rackmount server) Metric:
432 x 356 x 44 mm.
- ROHS compliant.
Ethernet Switch Specifications
- 24-port 802.1Q VLAN switch with 2 GigE uplinks.
- 24 10/100 autonegotiating RJ45 ethernet interfaces.
- 2 10/100/1000 autonegotiating RJ45 ethernet interfaces.
- Dimensions: 17 x 8 x 1.7 inches (Standard 8-inch deep 1U rackmount) Metric:
432 x 203 x 43 mm.
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Last modified: Tue Jan 18 17:45:42 PST 2011