Novus Mini Compact Network Tester

Novus Mini Compact Network Tester

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Introduction

 

Keysight's Novus mini is the industry’s most compact and portable network tester, offering complete Layer 2-3 conformance and performance testing in an affordable form-factor.

 

A platform capable of time sensitive networking (TSN), Novus mini provides a powerful time synchronization underlay that includes the ability to synchronize with an external clock reference (requires 4-port option).  

 

Novus mini supports up to line-rate L2-3 traffic generation and analysis, high-performance routing/bridging protocol emulation.

 

Highlights 

  • Meet test requirements with portable and full-featured 3-speed fixed chassis. 
  • Optimize lab space and power use with the compact form factor.  
  • Enable broad test functions across L2-3 with a unified architecture that supports Keysight’s IxNetwork application. 
  • Validate enterprise and service provider environments with an appliance that is purpose-built to test high-performance, low-latency devices. 
  • Validate automotive and industrial IoT (IIoT) networks. 
  • Test with a platform that is TSN-aware with precise time synchronization measurement capabilities. 

 

Featuring IxNetwork Web Edition

 

IxNetwork’s web application offers a new simple, lightweight way to connect easily from anywhere to run tests. Now you can avoid heavy client application installation, keep tests running in the background, and share and collaborate with peers across the globe with inherent session sharing. Migrate to a platform independent environment with IxNetwork Web Edition.

 

Web Edition includes a feature-rich GUI to configure IxNetwork tests, and REST API browser. The ability to switch between GUI and REST API browsers empowers easy automation.

 

IxNetwork web application supports traffic generation and measurements that can ensure highest precision and performance. The sophisticated traffic generator is also integrated with the control plane protocols. 

 

Benchmarking devices using Quick Test

 

Quick Test allows users to run RFC benchmarking tests suites like RFC2544 and RFC2889 with a simplified user interface. It enables complex test executions with just two or three clicks and helps assess performance of a variety of network infrastructure devices.

 

Ensure Interoperability with Keysight Network Conformance (KNC)

 

Keysight Network conformance is a web-based tool powered by IxNetwork engine that provides a common platform for all conformance test solutions. With KNC, you can quickly and easily view all the available conformance tests, create playlists of selected test cases, configure, and execute tests, and generate reports. Because it is a web-based tool, KNC offers the flexibility of using a web browser with no OS dependencies. KNC provides a simple, easy to use UI, with live logs, consolidated reports and run history. It also supports the option to download execution logs and packet captures for collecting diagnostics and debugging. KNC supports manual mode with the tool pausing the execution at steps where DUT configurations are required. KNC offers REST API based automation support enabling users to seamlessly integrate the tool with their automation and CI/CD environments.

 

Portability, Power, and Performance

 

Equipped with powerful multi-core, multi-threaded network processors, Novus mini uses Keysight’s nextgeneration architecture designed to meet highly precise testing needs. Because of its compact and highly affordable form-factor and reduced power requirements, the Novus mini is a great option for customers who need high-performance testing yet are constrained by space, power, and affordability A single Novus mini fixed chassis allows emulation of multiple time sensitive traffic endpoints. The system provides enhanced accuracy pertaining to latency measurements, with a resolution of up to 3.2ns to deliver linerate performance, including small 64-byte packets.