[189417] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Network traffic simulator
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dave Bell)
Tue May 24 17:55:52 2016
X-Original-To: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <0BAB157E-EA5E-48EA-A408-D68272235783@lixfeld.ca>
Date: Tue, 24 May 2016 22:55:46 +0100
From: Dave Bell <me@geordish.org>
To: Jason Lixfeld <jason+nanog@lixfeld.ca>
Cc: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>, Mitchell Lewis <mitchell@dash-networks.com>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
I've used Spirent in the past. They do a hardware option, as well as a VM.
Lots of things supported like BGP, and PPP.
Regards,
Dave
On 24 May 2016 at 21:31, Jason Lixfeld <jason+nanog@lixfeld.ca> wrote:
> I=E2=80=99m in the process of building a box using MoonGen [1] and a supp=
orted
> Intel 82599 6 port SFP+ NIC [2] that is coming in at just under US$3800
> all-in. Supposed to be able to drive at least the entire card at line ra=
te
> for that price and have enough CPU and memory slots free to fill the box =
up
> with as many of these NICs as it will take if need be.
>
> [1] https://github.com/emmericp/MoonGen
> [2]
> http://www.interfacemasters.com/index.php?option=3Dcom_content&view=3Dart=
icle&id=3D153&Itemid=3D103
>
> > On May 24, 2016, at 8:17 AM, Mitchell Lewis <mitchell@dash-networks.com=
>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,I am looking to validate the performance specs of a core router. I a=
m
> looking for a network traffic simulator which can simulate 40 gbps of
> traffic. I am looking for a simulator with sfp+ ports.
> > I am interested in any input as to brands to look at, build one myself
> etc.
> > Thanks,Mitchell
>
>
