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CHIMERA- Network Impairment Emulator
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CHIMERA- Network Impairment Emulator

CHIMERA- Network Impairment Emulator makes it easy to introduce consistent, accurate, well-defined and repeatable impairments (e.g. packet manipulation, latency, jitter, bandwidth control and shaping) to traffic between DUTs in the lab. All rates from 10GE to 100GE are supported by a single 2-slot test module.

  • True wire-speed impairment @ 100Gbps (plus 50 / 40 /25 & 10Gbps)
  • Ease of use – Chimera is a stand-alone impairment tool that integrates seamlessly with Xena’s Valkyrie traffic generator, letting you speed up your work flow by using the same SW to both generate and impair Ethernet traffic.
  • Highest port density in the industry – plus you can reserve individual port-pairs without blocking access to the others
  • Setting up custom impairment distributions is a breeze
  • Chimera supports a broad range of impairments (latency/jitter, packet & port impairments, flexible distributions, BW shaping etc)
  • Powerful, easy-to-use automation & scripting options

 

Chimera System Diagram

 

Chimera is available as a 2-slot test module for a ValkyrieBay chassis, the Val-C12-2400G, where ValkyrieManager is used to emulate impairment as part of its standard user-interface.

Chi-100G-5S-2P tests 5 speeds: 100G, 50G, 40G, 25G and 10G

STANDALONE CHASSIS:

ChimeraCompact is a standalone version of any of the Chimera test modules where the test module is installed in a quiet desktop-sized chassis.

 

 

Chimera is available as a 2-slot test module for a ValkyrieBay chassis

 

Chimera can emulate impairment at these five Ethernet speeds

 

     
ValkyrieManager

Chimera in ValkyrieManager

When a Chimera test module is installed in a ValkyrieBay chassis,ValkyrieManager detects its presence and makes the Chimera’s software options available for adding impairment. This makes it very easy for test engineers to emulate impairment via the same GUI they use for generating the stateless Ethernet traffic.

Learn more about ValkyrieManager