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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