Overview

Maxwell Pro is used for network emulation and automated TCP/IP protocol testing.
NOTE: For purposes of network emulation without bundled TCP/IP tests, we suggest our KMAX series of products.

Maxwell Pro is available in the following platform:

• Maxwell Pro-G: A compact, portable platform featuring 2.5 Gbps copper (RJ45) network interfaces and two 10 Gbps SFP+ interfaces.

Platform Details

Hardware

• Compact, Small sized (reasonably portable)
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 132mm 60mm (6.1″x5.2″x2.36″) Weight: 799g (1.76 lbs.)
• Shipping Weight: 2kg (4.4 lbs.)
• Universal power supply (included):
  110-240V 50-60Hz, IEC 60320 C8 (non-polarized) socket. (AC Out: 12V DC 8A)
• Does not contain WiFi or Bluetooth hardware
• Intel Core® i5 1240P (or newer) processor
• 16GB (or more) main memory
• 240GB (or larger) M.2 NVME SSD
• Video ports: HDMI, DisplayPort, USB-C (with DisplayPort capability)
• USB-C, USB3.0, and USB 2.0
• Four copper/RJ45 Ethernet interfaces[1][2]:
  * Intel i226
  * Operate at 10/100/1000/2500 megabits/second and support auto crossover (auto MDI/MDI-X)
  * “Jumbo” frames are supported.
  * One used for management/control
  * Two for data
  * One unused
• Two SFP+ Ethernet interfaces[1][2]:
  * Intel 82599ES
  * Operate at 10 Gbps
  * “Jumbo” frames are supported.

Software

• Graphic, command line or script driven interface
  Controllable from shell scripts, Python, and other languages
• Multiple bands/flows: Bands are bi-directional and may have different settings for each direction
• Rich packet classification system to direct incoming frames and packets into the various bands. Users may
  establish filters to classify traffic into different bands with different impairments applied to each direction
  of each band.

• Standard Impairments:
  
  Packet Drop/Loss
  Packet Delay/Latency: From zero to 3600 seconds, with millisecond precision
  Packet Jitter (Packet Delay Variation, PDV), with or without reordering.
  User may specify a custom jitter distribution: Uniform, Gaussian, Pareto, or Pareto-Normal
  Packet Duplication, with rapid back-to-back transmission
  Packet Corruption: Specify packet-centric or bit-centric probabilities of corruption
  Rate limiting: Choose From several queue management algorithms
  Alter Packets: Specify custom Python code to transform/corrupt the packet.  It is also possible to drop packets or inject new packets.
  Built-in scenarios that user may invoke (and modify)
  Time varying impairments: Most impairments allow the user to define various statistically shaped sub-second bursts.
  For longer duration patterns users may specify time-varying expressions for any numeric impairment
  parameter. The time may range from zero to more than a day.
  
  
• Maxwell Automated TCP/IP tests:
  
  Automated tests for TCP/IP Testing
  Including tests for ARP, ICMP, DHCP, IPv4, IPv6, TCP, and UDP
  

• Packet capture and replay through use of other tools on the Maxwell Pro platform, such as Wireshark and tcpreplay.
• Underlying operating system: Linux (Fedora/KDE)

License

• One-time license fee (no yearly renewal) with optional annual support option.

Support

• Includes one year technical support including bug fixes, upgrades, and new releases.

Notes:

• [1] The speeds of the network interfaces represent the bits-per-second rate at which bits are clocked onto, or
  off-of, the network medium. The actual frame (packet) per second performance of Maxwell Pro may not be
  able to fully saturate that capacity, especially when the traffic load is composed of small frames.
• [2] Of the six total network interfaces one of the 2.5gbit/second interfaces is dedicated to control and
  management of the Maxwell Pro-G. Of the remaining network interfaces, only two may be used at any one
  time for network traffic that will be subject to impairments and emulation.