The Multicast Routing Base Package is a Spirent TestCenter component that helps service providers, large enterprises and network equipment manufacturers quickly evaluate and troubleshoot Multicast routing protocols, forwarding behavior, and performance in devices and networks. The Spirent base package supports emulation of the most common multicast routing protocols, PIM-SM and PIM-SSM for IPv4 and IPv6 Multicast traffic.
BPK-1005A/B supports all Spirent TestCenter test modules and personality cards. BPK-1005B should be used with Series 2000 test modules.
| Key Features |
| Support for dual-stack IPv4 and IPv6 in all routing emulation and traffic generation allows users to test the migration of routed networks from IPv4 to IPv6 under realistic deployment scenarios |
| PIM-SM and PIM-SSM Multicast routers supports the most common Multicast routing protocols |
| Concurrent operation with Unicast routing protocols; run multiple Unicast and Multicast protocols concurrently on each port |
| All common attributes are dynamically configurable to easily build complex topologies |
| Multicast Routing Wizard quickly builds hundreds or thousands of emulated routers |
Interactive commands to Stop and Start individual emulated routers send diagnostic commands and start and stop sending control-plane messages;
interactive control of routers allows users to simulate real network conditions and see results on demand any time during a test without starting and stopping the protocols or traffic
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| Interactive commands to flap (withdraw or age-out, and readvertise) individual routes or route blocks or by route type |
Use the Command Sequencer with TCL scripts to send SNMP commands, get SNMP data, configure the device under test, run entire test and generate pass/fail results;
advanced command sequencer capabilities allow users to extend Spirent TestCenter to meet their test needs
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| Log the real-time exchange of control-plane messages and test over any media type or encapsulation supported by Spirent TestCenter |
| Integrated data-plane traffic enables users to send, receive, inspect and accumulate any mix of Unicast or Multicast statistics at wire-rate; wire rate performance testing of mixed traffic simulates real network conditions |
| Integrated with traffic wizard to quickly build traffic between traffic endpoints behind emulated routers, and integrates any type of traffic with Multicast routing |
| Support for bi-directional capture and real-time decoder (BPK-1029A) while allowing users to verify the security and evaluate the performance and behavior of their routers in realistic configurations |
| Log displays bi-directional exchange of protocol messaging; view protocol events as they occur |
| Support for Ethernet, ATM and SONET media types and all associated encapsulations, and test over any supported media and encapsulation |
| Support for L2TP and GRE tunneling on a per router basis for testing over any supported tunnel mode |
| Specifications |
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| Spirent TestCenter (Multicast Routing Base Package) |
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| Ordering Information |
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| Model / Part Number | Description |
| BPK-1005A | Multicast Routing Base Package A
Supports up to 10 emulated PIM routers per port
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| BPK-1005B | Multicast Routing Base Package B
Supports up to the maximum emulated PIM routers per port
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Note:
Part numbers ending in “A” indicate the standard performance version; those ending “B” indicate the high performance version
| Spirent TestCenter Hardware Requirements |
| One Ethernet cable and one 10/100/1000Mbps Ethernet ard installed in the PC A SPT-2000A Spirent 2U Chassis and Controller, SPT-5000A Spirent 5U Chassis and Controller or SPT-9000A Spirent 9U Chassis and Controller |
| Operating system languages supported: English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean and Chinese (traditional and simplified) |
| Operating systems supported: Windows XP SP2, Windows 2003 Server (32 bit), RedHat EL3 and EL5, Solaris 8.0 and 10.0 |
| Pentium® or greater PC running Windows® XP Professional SP2 with mouse/color monitor required for GUI operation (See Minimum PC Requirements section) |
| BPK-1001A/B required for packet generator/analyzer features |
| BPK-1003A/B required for IGMP/MLD host and router query testing |
| BPK-1004A/B required for Unicast Routing Testing |
| BPK-1024A required for Conformance Testing |
| BPK-1029A required for real-time capture/decode feature |
| BPK-1090A VQA & MDI Base Package A |
| SPK-1065 Multiplay Test Solution—Video, SIP, HTTP, and FTP protocol emulation |
| TPK-1022 required for PIM-SM IPv6 protocol conformance testing |
| TPK-1023 required for PIM BSR IPv4 protocol conformance testing |
| TPK-1023 required for PIM-SM IPv4 protocol conformance testing |
| TPK-1024 required for PIM BSR IPv6 protocol conformance testing |
| WAN-2003A and SFP-4002A personality module required for ATM testing |
