Virtual Network Emulator & WAN Emulation Software
Network Emulation for VMWare and KVM
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Introducing Netropy Virtual Edition (VE), the Best Virtual Network Emulator and Testing Software
Powerful, Virtual Network Emulation
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.
The NetropyVE virtual network emulator delivers the performance and functionality you need at an affordable cost. Our virtual WAN emulator can test any virtual application in a virtual environment as if it were running over a wide area network. You can use NetropyVE to rigorously evaluate applications in various stages, such as:
- DevOps
- Application design
- Network design
- Application Performance
Our virtual emulation tool can simulate impairments to mimic a wide range of environments, including:
- Cellular networks
- SD-WAN
- Storage Networks
- Satellite Communications
Our network emulation software intelligently replicates network conditions to ensure the applications you design and implement will work as intended when deployed to users. Get the assurance you need with the Netropy Virtual Edition.
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 | |||
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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