Ixia’s Xcellon™ load modules are the highest performing and most scalable application traffic generation solutions available in the industry. The Xcellon-Ultra™ NP offers complete layer 2-7 packet generation, routing, and application testing functionality in a single XM load module. Xcellon-Ultra™ NP ports incorporate a technology unique to the test and measurement industry – network processors; each Xcellon-Ultra NP GbE port constructs multiple network processors on the fly that are optimized for layer 4-7 testing.

The Xcellon-Ultra NP load module combines the processing power and resources of up to twelve per-port CPUs into one physical port, providing the highest layer 4-7 line-rate performance – unmatched by any other layer 4-7 test solution. Any of the twelve Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) ports can be used individually or aggregated through the single 10GbE port. Each test port supports wirespeed layer 2-3 traffic generation and analysis, highperformance routing/bridging protocol emulation, and true layer 4-7 application subscriber emulation and traffic generation. The twelve GbE ports can be used to build an ultra-high density test environment for auto-negotiable
10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet over copper and fiber. With twelve slots per XM12 chassis, up to 144 GbE and twelve 10GbE test ports are available in a single test system.

 
Xcellon-Ultra NP meets the challenge of next-generation advanced networking and security platforms. Each GbE port contains a powerful RISC processor running Linux, and a complete testing-optimized TCP/IP stack.