The standard Landslide Performance Test System uses a modular architecture consisting of one Landslide Manager, and up to 32 Test Server platforms. This modular architecture enables high bandwidth testing with flexible scalability, allowing you to expand your system's capacity by adding Landslide Test Servers to the system as your bandwidth requirements increase.
Two types of server software are used in the system. In a standard system, the Landslide Manager hosts Test Administration Server (TAS) software, and the Landslide Test Servers host the test server software. The terms TAS and test server are used in the user interface and throughout this documentation when referencing the Landslide Manager and Landslide Test Server software. The term test system is used to refer to the system as a whole.
The Landslide C50-S4 or C50-S5 system, provides a solution for test beds requiring small scale with functional test flexibility and includes/supports as follows:
Landslide C100-M4 Test System
The Landslide C100-M4 Test System is deployed on Spirent Landslide C100 rackmounted server platforms. The Landslide Manager hosts the Test Administration Server (TAS) software, which serves the user interface through the LAN, acts as the data repository, and controls overall system operations. The Landslide Test Server hosts the Test Server software, which performs the test operations. The Landslides communicate with the Systems Under Test (SUTs) via an Ethernet LAN or a direct Ethernet connection. A single Landslide system supports from one (1) to one-hundred and twenty-eight (128) Test Servers. Users connect to the Landslide test system and access the TAS from a Java Web Client.
Landslide EDGE on E10 Test System
The Landslide EDGE on E10 test system is a purpose-built compact wireless packet core data emulator to test and monitor live network performance in real time. Landslide E10 ships with EDGE software which is an integrated Test Manager and Test Server combination with feature support for S1-MME, S1-U, X2, IuCS and IuPs, and WiFi (SWu, SWn). The EDGE software can support up to 50 UEs for LTE/WiFi/3G technologies and up to two (2) eNodeBs.
Landslide E10 Test Server
The Landslide E10 test server is a compact, low scale, platform that can be deployed under a C50-S4 / C50-S5, or vC100 test manager.
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NOTE: The Landslide C50-S4 / C50-S5 system may be upgraded to a full capacity system. Users can add a single stand-alone, Add-on Test Server for additional scale and performance. In all other respects, the C50-S4 / C50-S5 Test System is the same as the C100-M4 Test System. |
The TAS software performs control and data services for the system:
User interface
Test configuration and control
Test measurement collection and reporting
Data repository for test libraries, test results, and system and site configurations
User authentication and account management
System maintenance (upgrades, backups, logs, test server configuration, and system status)
The test server software controls the test platforms:
Provides the protocol stacks
Provides the emulators requested by the test application
Reports server status to the TAS
The test applications are designed for specific wireless technologies or networks, and control test operations:
Emulate the devices necessary to complete a network configuration
Generate control and bearer plane traffic to the System Under Test (SUT)
Process and respond to the traffic received from the SUT
Report test measurements to the TAS
The next section, Testing Overview, explains the interaction between the system components, and the elements that are used to define and execute tests.
Users interact with the TAS with a Landslide Client application that is initiated through a standard up-level browser. The browser interface enables user access from any platform on the Local Area Network (LAN) or from the Internet if remote Access to Client Network system is available.
Three main windows allow the user to access the test system's capabilities:
The Main window provides access to the management aspects of the TAS functionality and test operations.
The Test Session window is used to define and execute tests, and to analyze the results.
The TAS Manager Console / TAS Manager Web UI gives system administrators direct control over the TAS, and is used to perform most system maintenance tasks.
See Accessing the Test System for instructions on configuring client platforms and starting the Landslide Client application.