Summary Report - Isocore

1 _____ Isocore Internetworking Lab 1 Summary Report alcatel - lucent Triple Play Service Delivery Architecture (TPSDA) Validation Report Residential Subscriber and Enterprise Service Scaling Non-Stop Service Verification QoS for Triple Play services Quality Measurement for IPTV Service Delivery Isocore Internetworking Lab Isocore Technical Document Reference: ITD-12084 Version ( ): 02/15/07 alcatel - lucent TPSDA Performance Verification Testing - Executive Summary _____ Isocore Internetworking Lab 2 12359 Sunrise Valley Drive, STE 100 Reston, VA 20191 Phone: Fax: 2007 by Isocore .

2 All rights reserved. For more information about the testing capabilities of the Internetworking Lab, please email This document should not be reproduced as a certification or a validation reference from Isocore . The reproduction of this document to the third party requires written approval from Isocore Corporation. alcatel - lucent TPSDA Performance Verification Testing - Executive Summary _____ Isocore Internetworking Lab 3 EXECUTIVE Summary This Summary Report presents the results of a comprehensive triple play service delivery architecture (TPSDA) validation and performance verification conducted independently by Isocore .

3 The test series focused on an extensive evaluation of alcatel - lucent s feature set related to large-scale residential triple play deployments with enhanced subscriber management while supporting a very high number of mixed enterprise virtual private network (VPN) services over a single Internet Protocol, MultiProtocol Label Switching (IP/MPLS) network. Testing was conducted with the alcatel - lucent 7750 Service Router (SR) and the 7450 Ethernet Service Switch (ESS). Both products performed exceptionally well under extreme scaling conditions imposed by the test series. alcatel - lucent demonstrated a flexible end-to-end solution for a variety of deployment methods necessary in increasing Quality of Experience of any subscriber in a large scale triple play environment.

4 KEY FINDINGS The alcatel - lucent TPSDA, 7750 SR and 7450 ESS platforms and related triple play feature set exceeded the triple play requirements set forth by Isocore for this test series. The key findings of the evaluation include: The base network scaled to 120,000 active subscriber hosts and more than 43,000 enterprise class Layer 2 and Layer 3 VPN services . The enhanced subscriber management (ESM) feature set performed the process of subscriber identification and instantiation of policies and resources across all test scenarios. Traffic forwarding to all residential and enterprise services were not impacted beyond the microsecond level when control processor modules (CPMs) were failed over.

5 The security feature set demonstrated the network was secure and no intrusion attempts were successful. The QoS feature set of alcatel - lucent 7750 SR and 7450 ESS platforms is able to maintain subscriber Service Level Agreements (SLA) under severe congestion and separate subscribers at the forwarding plane level. The systems were stable under considerable stress through numerous iteration and test cycles. Based on this comprehensive evaluation it is clear to Isocore that alcatel - lucent offers a complete end-to-end triple play solution. The 7750 SR and 7450 ESS that form the core of the solution support a scalable mix of residential triple play and enterprise services .

6 The consistency of results produced through multiple iterations of testing assures the non-stop delivery of all services . The end result of testing validated that what was presented in the lab is deployable. alcatel - lucent TPSDA Performance Verification Testing - Executive Summary _____ Isocore Internetworking Lab 4 1 TEST OVERVIEW AND FOCUS As part of its advanced triple play and IPTV certification tests Isocore evaluated alcatel - lucent s triple play service delivery solution for its ability to meet the strict requirements of a scaled residential triple play deployment. Isocore s evaluation focused on alcatel - lucent s TPSDA and the ability of the 7450 ESS and 7750 SR to support scaled residential services .

7 Although residential triple play services were the primary focus, a highly-scaled deployment of Layer 2 and Layer 3 VPN services was added to the topology to demonstrate that the network and platforms are capable of carrying both residential triple play services and enterprise class VPN services simultaneously. The base network included 120,000 active subscriber hosts and more than 43,000 enterprise class Layer 2 and Layer 3 VPN services . Table 1 provides a Summary of the significant scale achieved during the event. Under these highly-scaled conditions, Isocore performed a thorough analysis of all aspects of residential triple play service delivery.

8 This included an in-depth evaluation of alcatel - lucent s subscriber management, hierarchical quality of service (H-QoS), security, subscriber host authentication, high-availability, resiliency feature, and operations administration and maintenance (OAM), as well as a thorough analysis of a flexible architecture. Table1: Summary of the Test Results Capability Validation Description Residential Service Scaling - Number of Subscribers/ Hosts verified on the Triple Play Setup Network totals o 80,000 active subscribers o 120,000 active subscriber hosts o 80,000 active SLA policies o 120,000 anti-spoofing filters o 120,000 ingress and egress queues o 120,000 ingress and egress schedulers o 80k VLAN tags Enterprise Service Scaling With Residential services Network Totals 43,500 total Layer 2 and Layer 3 enterprise VPN services including.

9 O 2,500 BGP/ MPLS VPNs o 4,000 virtual private LAN service (VPLS) instances o 37,000 Point-to-Point Ethernet virtual leased lines (VLLs) o Including 2,000 Ethernet VLL backhauls terminated into BGP/MPLS VPN services Performance Benchmarking Highlights of the Triple Play Setup Non-stop service verification: Minimal traffic loss to residential subscribers for duration of s s with high-availability Traffic prioritization of VoIP, VoD and broadcast TV (BTV) service. No traffic loss for VoIP, VOD, and BTV traffic under heavy congestion No packet loss during long duration traffic forwarding tests (10-12 hrs run) This test was the first of its kind in the industry to focus on validating the ability to deliver a highly-scaled mix of residential triple play services and enterprise VPN services .

10 The challenge of a test like this is the multi-faceted and complex nature of the effort. The execution included careful design and preparation and hundreds of hours of actual testing. The level of stress imposed on the network, architecture, and systems under test was significant. alcatel - lucent TPSDA Performance Verification Testing - Executive Summary _____ Isocore Internetworking Lab 5 The end result validated that what was presented in the lab is truly deployable. Numerous iteration and test cycles were performed and the systems were extremely stable under considerable stress. The related triple play ESM feature set is comprehensive, assuring that residential triple play service deployments are highly manageable.