SCENARIO
IPv4 addresses are exhausted, and organizations are shifting to IPv6. Given the extent to which IPv4 addresses are embedded in networks and applications, IPv4 and IPv6 addresses will coexist for decades. Upgraded network architectures need to support IPv4 and IPv6 technologies and associated transition/ translation mechanisms and must scale to accommodate a significant increase in clients and services.
IPv6 testing requires emulating the full range of protocols used in today’s IPv4, IPv6, and transitional dual-stack networks, as well as fully stressing the data plane and associated tunneling/translation implementations of each device.
IXIA SOLUTIONS
Ixia equips NEMs and service providers with test plans and tools to fully evaluate the readiness of each device, system, or end-to-end network. Testing will answer critical questions such as:
• Can my system correctly assign and scale IPv4 and IPv6 addresses for internet access?
• Is my system capable of ensuring QoS for both IPv4 and IPv6 traffic for increasing subscribers and load?
• Are my tunneling and translation implementations robust?
• What is my NAT table capacity and forwarding performance?
• How is application responsiveness and performance impacted when transition or translation mechanisms are pushed to their limits?
• Is my dual-stack core network capable of supporting the increased load of mixed IPv4/ IPv6 routing?