HP Raising the bar on Router Performance: Tested with SpirentSam Rastogi, HP NetworkingChris Chapman, Spirent CommunicationsMay 2012
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Key trends
Unified Communications, Video
Rich MediaCloud Services
SaaS and Cloud appsData Center
Consolidation
Globalization
Increasing remote
workforce
Rising cost, complexity, and poor performance
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Modern networks are complex, modern expectations
Multi-Vector deployment challenges
Headquarters/Campus
HP 6600 Router Series
Branch 1HP MSR
Branch 2
Branch 500
HP MSR
HP MSR
WAN
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HP and Spirent
Testing Realism under Scale
Utilize real-world, standards based testing methodologies
Test the Router like the Production Network
Validate complex scenarios under change
Measure deep Quality of Experience (QoE) and SLA under most demanding conditions
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HP Router portfolio
8800 Router Series
6600 Router Series MSR50
MSR20-1X MSR900
MSR30
MSR20
8800 Router Series
6600 Router Series
FlexNetwork Architecture
FlexManagement
FlexFabric FlexCampus FlexBranch
8800 Router Series
6600 Router Series MSR50
MSR20-1X MSR900
MSR30
MSR20
8800 Router Series
6600 Router Series
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HP 6600 Router Series overview
Extensive servicesRich routing and
switching capabilities
HP 6600 Router Series
Carrier-class reliability
High performance multi-core architecture
Comprehensive security
WAN aggregation
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Spirent TestCenter HyperMetrics neXT
Spirent Test portfolio
Spirent TestCenter
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HP Router & Spirent equipment used
Spirent
Spirent TestCenter
HP
MSR 50 Series
HP 6608
• High performance (108 Mpps)• 60 Gbps firewall, NAT• 8M sessions, 340K sessions/sec • 20,000 GRE tunnels• Rich routing, MPLS, IPv6, QoS• Carrier class high availability
• High performance (1280 Kpps)• 2 Gbps routing, firewall, NAT,
QoS• Feature rich, converged
services• Integrated branch in a box
• Spirent TestCenter 11U
• Hypermetrics CM-1G-D12• HyperMetrics neXt mX-10G-
8• Spirent TestCenter 4.00
software
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Test objectives
Rather than test for a single inflated number
Jointly define standard test• Enable enterprises to accurately test and predict expected network performance
• Applicable to actual branch and campus enterprise environments
Jointly execute• Simulate tens of thousands of users
• Emulate network traffic with a mix of routing, resiliency, and high availability features
• Monitor and measure user experience
• Validate with comprehensive performance metrics
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Test scenarios
• Jointly developed network-specific traffic model to emulate real-world branch and campus conditions
• 108 Mpps forwarding performance in a realistic load environment on HP 6608 router
• Performance validated with a mix of L2-3 traffic, MPU resiliency, and BFD FRR
• Test emulated tens of thousands of users with millions of flows
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1 vs 5CompetitionHP
Up to 77% less rack spaceUp to 92% less power
1 router Up to 5 routers
108 Mpps forwarding per chassis
Up to 30 rack units
Up to 8,000 watts
23 Mpps forwarding per chassis
HP 6608
5 routers
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