Spirent Test H3C's 40/100 GigE Data Center Core Switch Platform

Spirent, recently recognized by Frost & Sullivan as the global leader in enterprise network testing as well as the global leader in Ethernet testing, provides the industry’s highest test port density with 4.8 terabits of traffic generation and analysis per rack. Furthermore, the realism capabilities only available with Spirent TestCenter reveal the true performance of data center elements and systems.

“The S12500 family of routing switches is the result of unrelenting innovation by H3C,” noted Sun Dehe, vice president for Network Product Line at H3C. “With this test, we are able to objectively verify the data center switch’s outstanding performance and quality. The test methodology, management and implementation capabilities provided by Spirent greatly reduced the time needed to verify product performance and reliability. Additionally, by using Spirent’s testing and professional services we have enhanced customer confidence in the robustness and performance of our products.”

Tests performed by H3C included evaluating the forwarding performance of Layer 2, Layer 3 (IPv4 and IPv6), multicast and MPLS traffic on 128 10G ports, as well as cache testing with bursty traffic. The results demonstrate that the S12500 platform is capable of supporting line-rate 100 GigE traffic with zero packet loss, through superior forwarding performance, powerful caching capabilities and extremely high reliability and stability.

“Our work to evaluate H3C’s 40/100 Gigabit Ethernet switch platform exemplifies why Spirent TestCenter is the standard for Ethernet network testing and the choice for testing high-end products in an increasingly complex network,” said Peter Tan, general manager, Spirent Communications, Greater China. “As the global leader in Ethernet testing, features such as time-saving test wizards and NoCodeTM test automation along with professional services, have established Spirent as the preferred test partner for network equipment manufacturers and service providers.”

The accuracy resolution capabilities of Spirent TestCenter’s architecture enabled this specific effort and were designed to support 2.5ns with Layer 2-7 performance testing for end-to-end high-speed testing. Spirent TestCenter has been repeatedly selected by the world leading test labs, testing and evaluation organizations, equipment vendors and service providers as a critical component in network element and system testing.