VIAVI TeraVM Virtualization Software-Only Test Solution for Virtualized and Cloud Networks

Software-only TeraVM test solution providing an elastic test bed for repeatable validation of virtualized, NFV and cloud networks.

Cloud: Amazon AWS, Google GCP, Microsoft Azure, Oracle OCI, Alibaba Cloud, OpenStack
Hypervisors: VMware ESXi, KVM (Ubuntu / RedHat)
Containers: Containers / Kubernetes – Google GKE, Amazon EKS
Tunnelling overlays: VxLAN, GRE; SR-IOV NIC passthrough

Datasheet

Overview

TeraVM is a software-only test solution from VIAVI. It provides an elastic test bed for software-defined testing with reliable and repeatable results.

TeraVM does not depend on a specific hypervisor or hardware platform. It runs on public clouds such as Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure, and on private cloud platforms such as OpenStack and OpenMano.

IP networks and services are moving from fixed physical appliances to virtualized functions and cloud platforms, and more carriers are expected to run virtualized functions on standard server hardware. Several developments drive this change: more vendors ship their functions as VNFs or containers that do not depend on a specific platform, NFV and SDN frameworks and APIs are being standardized, management and orchestration architectures are consolidating, and network functions now scale to handle terabytes of data flows.

Portable validation

Service providers that deliver new services as NFV service chains, scaling on demand for peak or busy-hour load, need validation that works across many combinations of hardware, virtualization layers and cloud platforms. TeraVM is portable, scalable software, so the same tests can run anywhere from the lab to the cloud.

Key Features

Software-only solution independent of hypervisor and hardware platform
Elastic test bed for software defined testing with reliable and repeatable results
Simplified test delivery with web based configuration templates
Central test library for sharing tests between users
Visibility of all available test resources and reservation of assets
Flexible licensing to enable global labs and scale on demand or in-time
Management reporting showing total usage and test coverage
Portable software for repeatable test coverage from the lab to the cloud

Specifications

Deployment Environments

Cloud	Amazon AWS, Google GCP, Microsoft Azure, Oracle OCI, Alibaba Cloud, OpenStack As listed in the TeraVM Security data sheet
Hypervisors	VMware ESXi, KVM (Ubuntu / RedHat) As listed in the TeraVM Security data sheet
Containers	Containers / Kubernetes – Google GKE, Amazon EKS As listed in the TeraVM Security data sheet
Tunnelling overlays	VxLAN, GRE; SR-IOV NIC passthrough As listed in the TeraVM Security data sheet
Multi-cloud	Distributed multi-cloud deployment support As listed in the TeraVM Security data sheet

Automation

REST API	REST API for test management, real-time monitoring, and data export As listed in the TeraVM Security data sheet
Scripting APIs	CLI, Perl, TCL, XML, Java API; Python, Jython As listed in the TeraVM Security data sheet
Integrations	QualiSystems (CloudShell), Luxoft SDL, OpenStack integration; Cisco LaasNG, Cisco pyATS As listed in the TeraVM Security data sheet

Platform and Management

License management	System utilization reports and license management (Location, User, Testbed, usage stats, check-in timer) As listed in the TeraVM Security data sheet
Adaptive Engine	Automatically find maximum capacity of Devices Under Test As listed in the TeraVM Security data sheet
Test profile portability	Same test profile usable across multiple platforms As listed in the TeraVM Security data sheet
I/O support	1/10/25/40/100/200 Gbps As listed in the TeraVM Security data sheet

Specifications are taken from the manufacturer's documentation. See the datasheet for complete and current values.

Applications

NFV service chain validation
Virtualized network function (VNF) testing
Public cloud performance testing
Private cloud and OpenStack validation
SDN solution validation
Carrier migration to virtualized infrastructure