The Ixia 1600T Traffic Generator/Performance Analyzer is a 16-slot rack-mountable platform for network testing, traffic generation, and performance validation. It delivers high-density port configurations supporting Ethernet and Packet over SONET interfaces, with traffic generation capabilities up to 256 streams per port and 32,000 flows. The system measures key performance metrics, simulates diverse network conditions, and scales to 256 daisy-chained chassis with 10 nanosecond synchronization accuracy for enterprise-grade deployments.
Technical Specifications
• Chassis: 16-slot rack-mountable
• Port Configurations: Up to 32 POS ports, 32 Gigabit Ethernet ports, or 64 × 10/100 Mbps Ethernet ports
• Scalability: Daisy-chaining supports up to 256 chassis with 10 nanosecond synchronization accuracy
• Traffic Streams: 256 streams per port; 32,000 flows per port
• Packet Generation: Valid, undersized (12 bytes minimum), oversized (up to 65,536 bytes), and error packets (alignment, dribble bit, bad CRC, no CRC)
• Address Manipulation: MAC and IP address incrementing, decrementing, and randomization for simultaneous Layer 2 and Layer 3 testing
• Checksum Calculation: Real-time IP checksum with support for millions of IP addresses
• Protocol Support: IP, UDP, IPX, TCP, IGMP, ARP, DHCP, RIP, ISL, MPLS, VLAN 802.1pq, OSPF
• Signaling: ARP requests, Ping requests, IGMP requests and responses per port
• Dimensions: 17.5″ × 15.7″ × 20.4″ (44.5 × 39.9 × 52 cm)
• Weight: 47 lbs (21 kg)
• Power: 20 AMP @ 110 V or 10 AMP @ 220 V, 60/50 Hz; maximum 2400 W
– Key Features
• Configurable packet error injection for protocol validation
• Real-time performance monitoring and analysis
• Throughput and latency benchmarking
• Load-based network threshold identification
• IxExplorer MS-Windows control software with Tcl API
• Optional test suites: RFC 2544, RFC 2285, RFC 2432, QoS, ATSS, MATS
– Typical Applications
• Switch and router performance validation
• Network infrastructure optimization prior to deployment
• Multicast and QoS protocol testing
• Enterprise network capacity planning
– Compatibility & Integration
Controlled via IxExplorer MS-Windows software. Server software provided; client applications available from Ixia for download. Tcl scripting supported for automated test execution.
