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Chimera can function as a standalone traffic impairment emulator. Or it can be installed in a Valkyrie chassis to seamlessly add impairment to traffic (up to 100G) being generated by the other Valkyrie test modules.
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
ChimeraCompact is a standalone version of any of the Chimera test modules where the test module is installed in a quiet desktop-sized chassis.
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.
This diagram illustrates how the Chimera test module emulates impairment. Incoming traffic enters a flow filter and different types of impairment are then added (as defined in the UI), with each traffic flow being processed in a prioritized order.
Performance testing focuses the performance of a DUT via parameters like maximum throughput, latency and jitter.
When performance testing includes analysis of how a DUT can send traffic through a network Chimera emulates realistic network conditions including impairments that are likely to occur when a signal passes through a network.
Chimera offers network emulation for QoS and service validation testing. By adding latency, packet drop and other impairments the user can test that a system under test can maintain a high QoS and service quality guarantee despite difficult network conditions.
Functional testing verifies the basic functionality of the DUT and will depend on the DUT and the application.
Chimera provides a wide range of network emulation features for functional testing, including latency and other typical impairments.
Security testing is usually conducted during development to reveal how a DUT handles abnormal conditions.
Chimera makes it easy for users to apply all kinds of network conditions to analyze and verify the behavior DUT.
Software application testing can cover many parameters depending on the application. The testing can be done to verify the basic functionality of the software and to see how it performs under different network conditions. Chimera provides a wide range of network emulation features to emulate network conditions, including latency and other typical impairments.
All the documentation about Chimera products
| Chimera | Factsheet – brief product overview | Datasheet – detailed technical specifications | User Manual – complete details of how to use Chimera |
| ValkyrieManager | Datasheet | Step by Step Guide | Webpage |
| Scripting CLI | Datasheet | Scripting Guide | Webpage |
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