NetropyVE Network Emulation Software

Network Emulation for VMWare and KVM

Introducing Netropy Virtual Edition (VE), the Best Virtual Network Emulation and Testing Software

Powerful, Flexible Network Emulation Software

The NetropyVE network emulation software works on leading hypervisors VMware vSphere and KVM.

Assign a unique WAN access profile to every instance and mimic expected bandwidth limits, latency, loss, and other network conditions to see how well applications perform.

Optimize Application Performance Before You Launch

The NetropyVE virtual network emulator lets you install WAN emulation between virtual resources to recreate realistic network conditions in virtualized environments.

Deliver a better user experience by benchmarking, troubleshooting, and optimizing the performance of your critical applications before you deploy.

Top Network Emulator for Virtual Environments

NetropyVE makes it possible to install WAN emulation between virtual resources. The easy to use GUI provides the responsiveness of an application with the convenience of a standard web browser.

Automate testing with CLI or configure via browser.

Emulate Any Complex Network Scenario in the Cloud

Scalability: Route multiple VMs through a single NetropyVE instance.

Packet Filtering: Assign packets to different links by IP address, VLAN, or any other packet identifier.

Bandwidths up to 1 Gbps: Precisely emulate links up to 1 Gbps.

Latency up to 20 sec.: Emulate network delay and jitter of 10 seconds or more in each direction, in increments of 0.01 ms.

Loss and Corruption: Set random, burst, or periodic packet loss to test the effects of corruption on voice and video applications.

Capture and Replay: Record the delay and loss characteristics of a production network as they vary second-by-second and replay them through the NetropyVE virtual network emulator.

Background Utilization: Complex network emulation software allows for testing how applications perform over a congested network with the background utilization and PCAP replay features.

Traffic Monitoring: View and download up to 24 hours of throughput graphs and link statistics.

Automation: Automate testing with the comprehensive command line interface (CLI).

Cost-effective: Get the functionality and performance you need at a price you can afford.

Requirements: NetropyVE requires EXSI 5.5 and above, 2 VCPUs, and 8 Gigabytes of ram. The virtual machine itself only takes up 1G of hard drive space.

Scalability: Route multiple VMs through a single NetropyVE instance.

Packet Filtering: Assign packets to different links by IP address, VLAN, or any other packet identifier.

Bandwidths up to 1 Gbps: Precisely emulate links up to 1 Gbps.

Latency up to 20 sec.: Emulate network delay and jitter of 10 seconds or more in each direction, in increments of 0.01 ms.

Loss and Corruption: Set random, burst, or periodic packet loss to test the effects of corruption on voice and video applications.

Capture and Replay: Record the delay and loss characteristics of a production network as they vary second-by-second and replay them through the NetropyVE virtual network emulator.

Background Utilization: Complex network emulation software allows for testing how applications perform over a congested network with the background utilization and PCAP replay features.

Traffic Monitoring: View and download up to 24 hours of throughput graphs and link statistics.

Automation: Automate testing with the comprehensive command line interface (CLI).

Cost-effective: Get the functionality and performance you need at a price you can afford.

Requirements: NetropyVE requires EXSI 5.5 and above, 2 VCPUs, and 8 Gigabytes of ram. The virtual machine itself only takes up 1G of hard drive space.

Capacity
Test Ports	2 1-Gig ethernet (virtual network adapters)
Max. Agg. Throughput	2 Gbps
Emulation Engines	1 @ 1 Gigabit
Maximum Packet Rate	Processor Dependent
Maximum Frame Size	9 KB
Emulation Capabilities
Maximum Packet Rate	IP source & destination address range (IPv4 or IPv6), VLAN, TCP or UDP port number, IP ToS, MAC address, MPLS label, or any other packet contents
Bandwidth	1 Gbps in 1bps increments
Delay	0 ms – 10, 000 ms or greater in each direction in 0.01 ms increments; constant, uniform, normal distributions; replay recorded loss, accumulate & burst
Loss & Corruption	random, burst, periodic, BER, Gilbert-Elliott, or recorded loss; data corruption; network outage
Background Utilization	0 – 100% in increments of 0.1%; PCAP replay
Queuing & Prioritization	RED or tail drop queue management; priority or round robin queuing
Additional Parameters	Packet Reordering, Packet Duplication, MTU and Fragmentation, Queue Depth, Framing Overhead
Interfaces
Management	1 x Gigabit Ethernet, 1 x RS-232 serial console
Power Supply	N/A
Security	SSL and SSH for secure management; per-user locking of engine configuration
Warranty & Support
Hardware Warranty	N/A
Support & Maintenance	Support is included with product license and software maintenance
Ordering Information
Part Number	NVE
Product License 1-Yr	NVE-1YR
Product License 3-Yr	NVE-3YR

Disclaimer: NetropyVE performance is dependent on the hypervisor host

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