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JAR:Emulate Installation & Operating Manual

1. Minimum Latency 300 rollizeconds Maximum Latency 500 milizecondz Please note desequencing i e re ordering of all packets will occur ui Confirm changes x Revert Changes 8 Press confirm changes The emulation will now act as an ADSL line which is suffering from very significant congestion ranging from delays to packets of anything from 300 to 500 milliseconds This would evidently interfere with the delivery and resulting quality of application traffic sent across this link Page 38 JAR SOLUTION REVOLUTION JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 10 8 Step 7 Viewing Results JAR Emulate provides a range of reporting tools which vary from real time on screen reporting to reports produced once an emulation run has been completed For this overview we will add a statistical graph to demonstrate some of the real time information available 1 Locate the TAP Test Access Point icon between the Delay Packet tool and the Port 2 network end point SOUS lt 2 SU _ ae 1000 Dalay Pacar PES Flare Erie eniri 2 Right click on this icon and select add statistics graph tap 3 The statistics graph should be added as shown below ama lt any og Delay Pacai Men flarinte arel Seir 4 The default graph attached is the packet per second graph which will show the number of packets passing this TAP point following the bandwidth throttle and the packet de
2. Ensuring your software and business critical applications achieve optimum performance JAR Emulate Installation amp Operating Manual 2U Rack Mountable WAN Emulator Declaration of Conformity Established following the Directive 2006 95 EC We hereby certify that JAR Technologies JAR Emulate WAN Emulator complies with the dispositions of the European Community Directive for harmonized standards within the Member States related to low voltage Directive 2006 95 EC Page 1 Contact Information If you need to contact JAR Technologies regarding the installation or use of the JAR Emulate WAN Emulator please do so using the following channels Online support please visit our website www jartechnologies com and select chat online now Telephone Technical Support 44 0 2890 233322 E mail techsupport jartechnologies com Our offices are located at JAR Technologies Ltd Howard House 1 Brunswick Street Belfast BT2 7GE Reproduction No part of this publication is permitted to be transmitted by any means whether electronically mechanically or otherwise reproduced or stored in a retrieval system without the express written consent of JAR Technologies Ltd Copyright 2009 13 by JAR Technologies All rights reserved Warranty All information is believed to be true and correct at time of print Information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on th
3. Fault LED Lights when the unit is experiencing a fault during an emulation run consult GUI for more information Overload LED Lights when the unit is experiencing high load Network packets may be dropped Reset IP Address pin hole Inserting and holing in a non metallic object when unit is p running will results in the IP address being reset to its default 6 Getting Connected 6 1 Pre installation Notes Please note e Avoid cable interconnection length in excess of 1 meter 3 3 feet in strong RF environments e All network interface ports Ethernet and mains power connection must be externally protected from lightning strikes damage from lightning strikes is not covered by the warranty e The network interfaces ports do not support Power over Ethernet attaching PoE enabled devices may result in failure of the product damage from PoE devices is not covered by the warranty 6 2 Tools and Cables Required In addition to the content of the packing list the following items are necessary to complete the installation if mounting e Tools One flat or Phillips screw driver suitable for M 6 rack mounting bolts A basic electronics toolkit is useful for individual cabling e Rack mounting hardware Four M 6 bolts with plastic protection washers 6 3 Installation Installing both the JAR Emulate hardware and software is an intentionally simple exercise To start please follow the instruct
4. Firmware information Current unit status eases sin Hardware Status Firmware update available Device is idle Current frmware version v38 lt _ Current firmware version Firmware path Update progress information Available hardware devices This section shows a list of all available JAR Emulate units this allow for easy updating of multiple units If you have only one JAR Emulate hardware unit it will be selected by default Hardware Status This displays the availability of the unit including any problems highlighted in red that must be rectified before continuing Page 48 Friar JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 SOLUTION REVOLUTION Current Firmware Version This shows the current firmware version This is also available from the settings window on each JAR Emulate unit in the Map Device Navigation Bar on the right of the main GUI Firmware Path Open Dialog This path allows you to type the location of the firmware package file If you wish to locate the firmware package please click the Open Dialog button on the right side of the firmware path Firmware Version When a firmware package is chosen this information shows the new version of the firmware that is about to be installed It also displays the date when the firmware package was created this should be used to ensure you are upgrading to the correct version Update Progress information During the firmware upd
5. if the user requires less than 100 of packets on a connection to be corrupted a Packet Counting Filter should be inserted onto the Design pane before the Packet Corruption impairment as follows The packet corruptor will distort these G 10 and then release them back onto the connection ee Agg Pahar Corrunrir UL Too 000 Pori Platiyeypl Seaype Aoir Pear Courtine Filter Erri 2 Harmar Enel Poirt l l l l The device denoted as port 2 will receive the 90 of uncorrupted packets and the 10 corrupted packets sent from the device attached to port 1 The Packet Counting Filter can be set to pass 10 of packets and fail the remaining 90 of packets received Page 90 Sinn SOLUTION REVOLUTION JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 15 18 Packet Duplication Impairment overview Subjects packets received to duplication Network Tool Box Icon Seles ll Design Pane Icon Packet Duniicater Please note packet duplication setting is indicated on the Design pane icon the example above shows a simple 1 to 1 duplication of all packets received Available Input s 1 Input Any source on same connection Available Output s 1 Output Any destination on same connection Simple all packets received are immediately duplicated once Timed packets are duplicated once every user defined Options ee number of milliseconds Complex packets are duplicated a s
6. 1 Input Any source on same connection Available Output s 1 Output Any destination on same connection Linear Constant delay with Jitter Range Delay Options Normal Gaussian Ramp Sinusoidal Introduction The packet delay impairment introduces delays to any packets that enter it The diagram below shows the delay tool connected between two routed connections introducing a fixed delay of 50ms _ Cris 2 23s Ory ere Delay Packet Apy destination farce wore Purpose The Packet Delay impairment will receive data and hold the received packets using the settings defined by the user This tool replicates latency commonly found on corporate WANs and the Internet It should be noted that there is always a delay associated with sending data regardless of the distances to be covered given the physical limitations in relation to the speed of light Page 70 Sion SOLUTION REVOLUTION JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 Mode overview The packet delay tool has a number of different impairment modes Constant Constant delay is often used on fixed delayed links such as microwave or satellite and can be useful for simulating the delays experienced by packets as they enter network equipment routers switches and other latency inducing devices Packets can also be delayed simply because the network interface must undertake other actions first before it can process and route the packe
7. No source MAC address filtering Single source MAC address i Range of source MAC addresses Options enon Gee No destination MAC address filtering Single destination MAC address Range of destination MAC addresses Page 104 JAR JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 SOLUTION REVOLUTION Purpose The main purpose of this filter is to test the received packet for a matching MAC address in its Ethernet frame header The filter provides both source and destination MAC address filtering and 3 different ways to provide those addresses Settings The settings window provides all the available options on one window The top section of the filter settings deals with the Source filter options whilst the bottom half deals with the destination filter options MAC Address Filter Configuration overview General Mame MAC Address filter Description Filters packets based on MAC Address Filter Settings f No source MAC address filtering f Specie source MAC address filtering 0F 94 28 00 08 33 f Source MAC Address range filtering Source MAC Address Filter Options Stark Mac Address End Mac Address f No destination MAC address filtenng 0 Specie destination MAC address filtering f Destination MAC Address range filtering Destination MAC Address Filter Start Mac Address 00 00 45 00 00 00 g Options End MAC Address 00 00 FF FF FF FF g W Show filter settings on desktop d
8. ARP Requests The number of ARP requests received by this virtual router Unroutable The total number of packets that were received on WAN or Physical Interface that were not routable because no entry existed in the forwarding table Page 124 Sinn JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 SOLUTION REVOLUTION 17 Reporting TAP Devices Test Access Points TAP devices are automatically added in the Design pane when a connection is made between ports or impairments The TAP device icon is shown below TAP devices provide the user with the ability to add reporting analysis anywhere on an emulation map The version of JAR Emulate WAN emulator that has been shipped to you includes two reporting tool statistical real time graphs and traffic capture to Wireshark files which are described below The reporting functions which are available to you will be displayed when a right click is performed on any TAP device on an emulation map as shown below Right click on any TAP device icon The list of available reporting tools will be displayed Please note the list shown Add Statistics Graph Tap here is for illustrative g purposes only your Add Traffic Capture JAR Emulate configuration may alter this view 17 6 Statistical Graph TAP The Statistical graphs show real time information in the form of a graph It uses metrics to extract certain information from the flow of packets Your available me
9. Central Cancel Activation You will find your license key on the separate license key sheet supplied with your product Your license key is in the form of a string similar to the following Page 15 353E 705D 5EE3 DA68 0884 D8FF 7379 422F please note this is not a valid key Please keep your license key safe at all times please contact JAR Technologies if you have lost your license key or wish to activate any additional features 6 7 First time access to JAR Emulate Your JAR Emulate unit has shipped with a default IP address of 192 168 1 100 unless you have indicated before delivery that you require a different default IP address Most users will need to modify this IP address so that JAR Emulate is given a static IP address visible on their LAN This process involves temporarily changing your computer s the one designated as running the GUI IP address to match the 192 168 1 x range to gain access to JAR Emulate via the GUI Once the GUI can see JAR Emulate you can freely assign the correct IP address to JAR Emulate before reverting your computer s IP address back to its original IP address For the GUI to communicate with the JAR Emulate unit you must change your computer s IP address to be within the same subnet range as JAR Emulate In this example we will set your computer s IP address to 192 168 1 50 This process should only be attempted by network administrators or knowledgeable users
10. Page 34 san SOLUTION REVOLUTION 6 Repeat this exercise for the other connection upstream from port 2 to 1 drag and drop the bandwidth throttle icon from the network toolbox and snap this tool onto the port 2 to port 1 connection 7 Right click and change this second bandwidth throttle to a bandwidth limit of 256 KB s using the drop down list in the Throttle Settings section to change the measurement to Kilobits per second 8 Click on confirm changes 9 The Design pane should now appear as follows JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 IEA 3 F AELE Pore Harmo Sree Seine Hace Ere egiri Fort 1 sandaidin Tarore Harmar Erie Pein Hanoar grar Poirt 10 5 Step 4 Running an emulation You have successfully created the basic conditions of an ADSL connection although with further WAN impairments such as packet drop and delay a more accurate emulation is possible Any traffic sent to and from the devices connected to port 1 and port 2 will be subject to this bandwidth restriction We are now going to run this map to demonstrate some of the real time information that is displayed during emulation The emulation map that has been created has been designed in Editor Mode which provides the ability to create design and alter emulation maps Editor mode is easily recognisable by the blue grid lines on the Design pane When a map is run and emulation therefore begins the G
11. Tr ci tyi U cP 22 tools out of 22 amp sons Oh The map device navigation bar allows the user to logically group JAR Emulate hardware units known as devices and maps that have been designed for each device It also provides access to settings which are specific to each JAR Emulate device If only one JAR Emulate hardware unit has been purchased this view is limited to one device although please note a sandbox will also appear in the map device navigation bar The sandbox is explained in more detail below 13 6 Contents and Settings Upon installation your JAR Emulate hardware unit will be visible in the Device Map navigation bar titled JAR Emulate WAN Emulator Also present in this pane will be a virtual device titled Sandbox The sandbox is an offline design only area where new maps can be designed if another user is currently running an emulation Offline devices e g JAR Emulate hardware units which are currently not connected or turned on will be denoted with a red icon and the device from which emulations can be performed will be denoted by a green icon In the screenshot below both the Sandbox and the R amp D Box 1 devices are offline while the Work Machine device is online and can perform emulations Multiple JAR Emulate devices can be added to each instance of the JAR Emulate GUI Page 53 T SAR JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 SOLUTION REV
12. 4 gt lt Object1 Type NetworkStartPoint SubType Name Network Start Point GUID 65170C1C 47C9 440A AF18 CF4D8C0D0785 gt lt EntityConfigData gt lt Port gt 0 lt Port gt lt EntityConfigData gt lt Objecti gt lt Object2 Type NetworkStartPoint SubType Name Network Start Point GUID E9070E3D 4E60 i 4DA1 A797 0CE33719C182 gt Emulation Map XML lt EntityConfigData gt lt Port gt 1 lt Port gt lt EntityConfigData gt lt Object2 gt lt Object3 Type NetworkEndPoint SubType Name Network End Point GUID 8FD1C9E8 C611 47FD A534 1C3BD18725F2 gt lt EntityConfigData gt lt Port gt 1 lt Port gt lt EntityConfigData gt lt Object3 gt To create the emulation map XML please open the Shamrock GUI and create the desired emulation network map The XML can be generated by selecting the Show Map XML from the Help menu Limited validation occurs on the input XML so corrupt or invalid XML may make the unit unresponsive The web page provides no other functionality Page 31 Sinn SOLUTION REVOLUTION 10 Creating Your First Emulation Run JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 10 1 Introduction This section will explain the process involved in the creation of an example emulation run following the installation of both software and hardware Please note that this chapter provides an overview and is not designed to be a com
13. File Edit View Go IE Interfaces rl Options Start g Stop Restart i Capture Filters Statistics Telephony Tools Internals Ctrl I Fee F 2 Ctrl E 5 Expre Ctril E Ctrl R Ctrl k fost Popular Netwo Rev 40429 from trunk Select the network interface that is to be used to send receive the ping messages and then press start The Wireshark application will now be capturing all traffic to and from that interface so the user should now commence their ping test using a terminal window in Linux or a DOS dialog box in Windows Under Windows we recommend sufficing t at the end of your ping lt ip address gt command and allowing the ping to run for several minutes so that accurate readings can be taken and spikes troughs do not skew the data Once the recording is complete move save the WireShark file to the device running the JAR Emulate GUI Locate and run the Wireshark live conditions wizard on this device and follow the onscreen instructions An emulation map will be generated with the conditions found on the live network END OF MANUAL Page 136
14. This example is for Windows 7 please consult your operating system s guide or network administrator for all other OS s 1 Ensure the device running the GUI is connected via Ethernet cable to Port C on the front of the JAR Emulate hardware 2 Open the Windows control panel on the device running the GUI and ensure the view is set to category view 3 Select View network Status and tasks under the Network and Internet section 4 On the left menu select Change adapter settings 5 Right click on the adapter that JAR Emulate is connected to usually this is Local Area Connection Select the properties option 6 The Local Area Connection properties window should open 7 Select Internet Protocol Version 4 TCP IPv4 and click properties 8 The Internet Protocol Version 4 TCP IPv4 window will open 9 Select the Use the following IP address field 10 In the following fields enter e P Address 192 168 1 50 e Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 e Leave default gateway empty 11 Select OK and exit 12 Your computer will now be assigned a static IP address of 192 168 1 50 13 If Windows reports any problems please contact your system administrator Verify your computer can see JAR Emulate by opening a DOS console and enter ping 192 168 1 50 If you cannot ping the unit please contact your system administrator At this point your computer Page 16 will be on the s
15. finally click on the EVR and the link should be created Now right click on the EVR and select Create WAN output Link and click on the WAN Link Out At this point we have connected the EVR to the WAN points this allow the virtual router to know which connections and impairments are on the WAN side Page 118 H JAR SOLUTION REVOLUTION Now we want to connect the physical side so the EVR can communicate with your actual hardware devices add Port 1 Incoming and Port 1 Outgoing you should see p O rare E A san Haron Stare Pine gt gt Physical input port A gt gt lt Physical output port A lt lt Input s a Too JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 Zelea ireua mantar Pore l flatware Enel Paine SE Lire ue We link up the physical side in a similar way as to the WAN side right click on the Port 1 Incoming and select Create Link then click on the EVR Likewise right click on the EVR and select Create Physical Output Link and select the Port 1 Outgoing After these operations you should have a fully connected EVR Go ahead and create second EVR but this time use Port 2 instead of Port 1 you should have the following network map Pore 2 ii jon fatio Stare Point ae 3 g D Eeloje Virtual routrar Pore AMSG Links ue faraor Enel Paine Yee EIT s Each EVR has its own settings an
16. information purposes When operating the EVR will show a DHCP Leases button which can be clicked to show DHCP lease information when this information is available the EVR will look like The information presented includes the DHCP assigned IP addresses the devices MAC address along with the lease duration and expiry time Page 123 Sinn SOLUTIO i JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 REVOLUTION Run time stats By hovering you mouse over the small gear icon you will see a number of real time stats these can be used to understand the flow of packets in your network map and troubleshoot any invalid configurations The following statistical information is presented for each EVR Statistical Information Packets Received The total number of packets received on all interfaces regardless of origin Physical Layer Packet Count The number of packet received by the physical interface This allows you to see if the computers or IP devices connected to the physical port are communicating correctly with the EVR WAN Layer Packet Count The total number of packets received on all WAN links into the EVR this shows that the forwarding tables on any connected EVR s are correct DHCP Requests The total number of DHCP requests that have been received by the EVR DHCP Leases The total number of valid DHCP requests that have resulted in a lease being granted to a physical IP device
17. other tools please contact JAR Technologies Ltd Network toolbox oe Port 1 incoming traffic only Port 2 incoming traffic only gt i Port 1 outgoing traffic only Port 2 outgoing traffic only a e IPv4 Traffic incoming The main Network Toolbox pane provides access to all the tools and impairments required to construct network maps for emulation Users can drag and drop required icons onto the main Design pane or double click to add them to 10 5011 the centre of the Design pane IFw4 Traffic foukgoing 10 50 Please note depending on the version of Packet Corruption Drop Packets Facket Sink Hole Packet Duplication DELAY Packet Delay T Bandwidth Throttling os Ze eh UDP Filter Cc J Y TCP Filter a Y Facket Counting Filter z RJ a 0 E O ull Point TAP Extender 19 tools gout of 19 HA Sorting whe ol hal JAR Emulate being used certain configurations are not permitted a warning will notify the user For example when using a 2 port version of JAR Emulate hardware there can be no more than 2 incoming and 2 outgoing ports added to any single emulation map Routed mode vs Bridged mode If the current network map is a routed mode map the shown tools will be different than a bridged mode map Tools can be sorted as follows e By group i e grouping all objects relating to ports together grouping all impairment tools together e
18. 26 Sinn JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 SOLUTION REVOLUTION Timeline Add waypoint Timeline Add a waypoint Please Mote When wou have added this time line event it will be automatically selected This means any changes to an impairment will be recorded against this waypoint recognisable new event this will appear on the timeline immediately above the waypoint for Waypoint Name easy identification Enter a title to make the The waypoint time i e when a emulation The user can enter Create Waypoint Cancel the exact time to the second when the changes required will be implemented Select the Create Waypoint button to create the waypoint The user can now edit the settings of any impairment tool on the emulation map as required or turn any on off using the toggle on off feature available from the Map Menu Bar These changes are automatically stored by the user interface against the waypoint The process of creating waypoints can be repeated as many times as is required by the user across the timeline the screen below shows an emulation map set up with multiple waypoints Central GUI V1 0 c JAR Technologies Ltd Views Tools Help Oo Oo ee Fern a i OR E Sd Shamrock 2 100 unit Constant 2Mb with Jitter 2143 th amp iu 2 Gl Pepe Bandwidth Throttle Jitter Pip
19. Bandwidth P l Range Bandwidth Introduction The Bandwidth Throttling impairment emulates user defined restrictions on available bandwidth on an emulated connection The diagram below shows the Bandwidth Throttle tool connected between two physical ports with a maximum bandwidth of 64 Mb s meh plola Spi 100 a ere Berelvielery Treacle Epe 2 Hanaori grar Animi Hanaori Ered eoii Purpose The Bandwidth Throttling impairment tool effectively reduces the bandwidth available thereby emulating the real world limitations on data transfer speeds On a WAN the data transfer rates can vary greatly over the course of a data packet s lifetime depending on factors such as network infrastructure and software used Page 77 Sinn SOLUTION REVOLUTION JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 Settings Once the Bandwidth Throttling impairment has been added to your emulation access its settings by right clicking on its icon and select settings Right click the Bandwidth Throttle icon to access settings Settings Harelvieler Turala Bandwidth Throttle Modes Constant Bandwidth If the bandwidth throttle is set into constant bandwidth mode it will throttle the bandwidth to a constant linear value as supplied by the user To place the bandwidth throttle in constant throttle please select the constant throttle tab sheet as shown below As with all other emulation tools the general setting
20. Connections and select rename map 4 Enter anew name for this emulation map e g Test 1 5 The title of this map will change both on the map device navigation bar and on the tab header which displays this map on the Design pane As the number of maps created increases or more JAR Emulate hardware units are added it will become increasingly important to name your maps intuitively 10 3 Step 2 Adding an impairment We will start by adding a bandwidth throttle impairment to both the upstream and downstream connections to emulate a bandwidth limit common on a wired internet connection For this example we will limit downstream bandwidth to 1 Mb s and upstream to 256 kb s 1 Locate the network toolbox window on the right side of the screen 2 Locate the bandwidth throttle icon which looks like this LIMIT 3 Holding down the left mouse key over this icon drag the tool unto the main Design pane and release your finger 4 The icon will drop onto the design pane and will now look like this anchie Triratele 5 Hover the cursor over this icon press and hold down the left mouse button 6 Drag the icon up to the connection between Ports 1 and 2 the link will turn blue to indicate the tool can be snapped onto it Page 33 Sinn SOLUTION REVOLUTION JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 dal ia eP j A i int Pore J Pore 2 Harao Stare Point areae Tripeicele Hapag Enel Paine Once t
21. E or by the earth symbol I and is coloured green or green vyellow e The blue coloured wire must be connected to the supply plug terminal marked with the letter N or coloured black or blue e The brown coloured wire must be connected to the supply plug terminal marked with the letter L or coloured red or brown At any time the unit should not be exposed to excess moisture dripping or splashing No objects filled with liquids such as coffee cups should be placed on or near the equipment Page 7 General Precautions e Elevated Operating Ambient If installed in a closed or multi unit rack assembly the operating ambient temperature of the rack environment may be greater than room ambient Therefore consideration should be given to installing the equipment in an environment compatible with the maximum ambient temperature Tma of 30c e Reduced Air Flow Installation of the equipment in a rack should be such that the amount of air flow required for safe operation of the equipment is not compromised e Mechanical Loading Mounting of the equipment in the rack should be such that a hazardous condition is not achieved due to uneven mechanical loading e Circuit Overloading Consideration should be given to the connection of the equipment to the supply circuit and the effect that overloading of the circuits might have on overcurrent protection and supply wiring Appropriate consideration of equipment nameplate ratings should be used when
22. Prevent re ordering desequencing of packets E See explanation in range delay mode Page 74 Sinn SOLUTION REVOLUTION JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 15 11 Jitter Impairment Tool overview Imposes constant or ranged jitter on traffic received Network Tool Box Icon Design Pane Icon Please note the jitter setting is indicated on the Design Pane icon in range mode this display will be limited to one decimal place for display purposes only Available Input s 1 Input Any source on same connection Available Output s 1 Output Any destination on same connection o Constant jitter between 0 1ms and 100 ms in increments of 0 01ms o Range jitter on uniform distribution between 0 1ms and 100ms in increments of 0 01ms Options Introduction The jitter tool is related to the packet delay tool but presents the ability to inject jitter on a link differently Purpose Jitter is a variation in the delay experienced by packets as they traverse a network with some packets moving at an average delay rate while others are subject to wide variations in their delay Jitter impacts how software handles incoming data and can severely affect time critical applications such as those found in the audio and video industry with packets arriving out of order or dropped from the network Range jitter is used to simulate a range of latencies that are experienced by most equipment on the public
23. SATCOM Rename hardware _ D No SATO Delete hardware Hd Ce Settings Ae Sandbox 0 0 0 0 Haren et Maps e Add hardware Adds a new piece of hardware using its IP address e Rename hardware Changes the title of the hardware e Delete hardware selecting this option will remove the device all it s setting and all maps assigned to it from the GUI It is strongly recommended that a back up is undertaken prior to deleting a device from the JAR Emulate GUI Page 54 DN Friar SOLUTION REVOLUTION JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 13 8 Maps Maps are at the core of JAR Emulate emulator and its operation These are the visual representations of the intended WAN and each is stored against a JAR Emulate device in the Map Device Navigation pane JAR Emulate ships with a series of default emulation maps these are accessed by expanding the icon as highlighted in red below Device Map navigation ET Shamrock Net a Devices ff Sandbox 0 0 0 0 fe RAD Box 1 10 2 1 2405 ha work Machine 192 168 1 234 AQ Wireless Internet Connection Simulaticr Please note depending on your software configuration your view may be different The graphic to the left is for illustrative purposes only IGQEBLAEU dey f aimag N peen we Wired Internet Connection Simulation D Drop all TCP traffic l z rae Satelite Downlink ff Bandwidth Report fl Wired Internet Con
24. TAP device on the link the Wireshark application will automatically load and start to capture packets as they traverse the point on the link where the Wireshark was placed If at any time you close the live WireShark capture you may reopen the connection by clicking the green reopen arrow present on the WireShark TAP Device Please note if you plan to capture traffic using a wireshark device as opposed to a traffic capture TAP device it is recommended that the Wireshark programme is launched before commencing emulations This significantly reduces the time required for JAR Emulate to initiate the sending of traffic to the Wireshark capture file Performance note There is a maximum throughput limit on the amount of traffic that can be received live from the network and sent to your WireShark client After this is exceeded you will be presented with a warning under the WireShark client reading Warning Overloaded If this occurs use a traffic capture TAP device instead to capture the packets at full wire rate Please see the following section for more information Page 129 Sinn SOLUTION REVOLUTION JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 17 8 Traffic Capture and Replay JAR Emulate WAN emulator provides the ability to capture impaired unimpaired network traffic that traverses it for review in Wireshark This differs from the Wireshark TAP device in that the captured traffic is saved to the JAR Emulate ha
25. The following screen will be displayed Page 81 Piar SOLUTION REVOLUTION Ethernet Fragmentation JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 Configuration overview General Name Ethernet fragmentation Description Ethernet fragmentation Disruptor The MTU value is changed by either Fragment Z MTU Settings entering the desired MTU 3o00 value or using the up down arrows to select 15 14 Background Traffic Generation Tool overview Name Background Traffic Generator Generates traffic on the link where inserted Network Tool Box Icon 5 4 fly fs Backoround traffic generator Design Pane Icon Please note the traffic generator setting is indicated on the Design pane icon the example above showing 64Mb s being generated its default Available Input s 1 Input Any source on same connection Available Output s 1 Output Any destination on same connection e Fixed traffic generation rate Options e Percentage of available bandwidth e Generate broadcast packets Introduction The Background traffic generator produces packets at the point in which it is attached on the network map The packets will leave the JAR Emulate unit through a physical port if the user has Page 82 Friar JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 SOLUTION REVOLUTION assigned the flow of the traffic generator to any physical port It can generate a fix
26. addressing this concern e Reliable Earthing Reliable earthing of rack mounted equipment should be maintained Particular attention should be given to supply connections other than direct connections to the branch circuit e g use of power strips DO NOT COVER VENTILATION HOLES OR REDUCE AIR FLOW Slots fan vents and openings on the JAR Emulate WAN Emulator are provided for ventilation that is needed to ensure reliable operation To avoid overheating and loss of warranty please ensure that the ventilation slots are not blocked place the JAR Emulate unit on a smooth hard surface that has at least five cm two inches of clearance around the unit and adequate air circulation If the equipment is place in a closed area such as a rack or a case ensure that proper ventilation is provided and that the internal rack operating temperature does not exceed the maximum rated temperature 30c at the position of the JAR Emulate unit Page 8 1 Introduction Thank you for purchasing the JAR Emulate WAN Emulator an advanced user friendly and powerful hardware based Wide Area Network emulation device This manual guides you through the simple installation process and explains how to gain the maximum benefit from the rich feature set provided for emulation It is recommended that all new users of this product read this manual prior to switching the unit on for the first time 2 Company Profile JAR Technologies offers affordable easy to
27. f Allow corruption on all available packet contents Note All packets recenved by this object will be corrupted unless smaller than any user defined range IF this i not the required operation please use a filter before this object The corruption scale sets the level of corruption within each packet if set at 20 for 7 cont chavoes Close example 20 of the packets contents will be manipulated to emulate corruption Bit Flips This option will flip the bits within the packet the amount and location are dependent on the other settings selected this could be on all bits within each packet or only on bits between the user defined start and end point measured in bytes within each packet received If the user for example selected a start point of 50 and an end point of 60 then the 10 bytes between these two values will be subject to a rearranging of their data in every packet received Byte Overwrites Using this option will replace existing bytes within each packet with randomly generated data thereby overwriting the byte s information Again depending on the other settings selected replacement could occur on all bytes within each packet a certain percentage of bytes or a certain percentage between start and end points Page 89 san SOLUTION REVOLUTION JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 Corrupting Less Than 100 of packets The packet corruption impairment subjects all packets to corruption
28. impacts how software handles incoming data and can severely affect time critical applications such as those found in the audio and video industry with packets arriving out of order or dropped from the network Page 72 JANR JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 SOLUTION REVOLUTION Ranged Delay Mode The range delay mode allows the user to select a min and max latency to be applied to all received packets The delay impairment tool will pick a new random delay for each packet that it receives Constant Linear Range Normal Gaussian Ramp Sinusoidal Wave The minimum and maximum latency fields are shown within the Range Mode These allow the user to specify Minimum Latency 50 00 miliseconde Fav the lowest and highest millisecond delays that data packets traversing the emulated network will experience Maximum Latency 100 00 milliseconds The delay imposed onto data packets Prevent re ordering desequencing of packets will vary in a uniform random manner between these two values Please see below for more information De Sequencing of packets By default all advanced delay tools has the ability to reorder or de sequence packets Given each delay mode may apply a unique latency to a packet for example the range delay will randomly pick a new latency between the min max values there is the likelihood that a later packet may be placed before an earlier packet for example Tim
29. in section 6 6 of this manual If you have licensed additional tools you will receive a new license key this should be entered here 11 8 6 Save Map XML Show Map XML The underlying protocol between JAR Emulate and the GUI is XML over TCP This option allows you to dump the XML from the current map in order to assist with automated testing Please contact JAR Technologies if you would like more information on placing JAR Emulate within your automated test environment Page 51 JAR JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 SOLUTION REVOLUTION 12 Routed and Bridged Operations Overview This section details the differences between the routed and bridged mode operations of the unit For information on using Virtual Routers please see the Routed mode tool box section 12 6 Introduction Bridged mode provides a bump in the wire WAN emulation the JAR Emulate unit will sit invisibly between the various systems under test and inject impairments as created by the user Routed mode provides Virtual Routers VRs that are attached to each physical port which allows each physical port to act as a different subnet on a larger WAN Each Virtual Router has the ability to handle DHCP requests ICMP messages and provide statistics on DHCP leases physical and WAN packets In Routed mode impairments are placed between each Virtual Router to simulate the required WAN Filtering is not supported in routed mode 12 7 Se
30. packet duplicates are worked on analysed but not then presented to the network and thus dropped Page 87 Sinn SOLUTION REVOLUTION JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 15 17 Packet Corruption Impairment overview Introduces corruption such as overwriting or rearranging Description P data into all packets received loli Network Tool Box Icon Ons Monroe oyo METET HOG Design Pane Icon paciar Corruption Please note packet corruption setting is indicated on the Design pane icon the example above showing 1 corruption on all packets received Available Input s 1 Input Any source on same connection Available Output s 1 Output Any destination on same connection Bit flips bits are rearranged Byte overwrite bytes are overwritten Options Corruption on all packets or user defined corruption start and end points Corruption scale percentage Introduction The Packet Corruption impairment simulates the internal distortion that can occur to data held within packets on a WAN This tool corrupts all packets received through user defined settings The diagram below shows the packet corruption tool connected between two routed connections with 46 of each packet s contents being distorted A 100 Pore Beet Corruption Pore 2 Hetil Seape Pere Hanani Erel Sairi Please note All received packets are corrupted therefore the packet counting filter is usually r
31. use WAN emulation tools for the application performance and quality assurance market These are designed to reduce the need for costly rework recalls and damaged reputations whilst also ensuring service level targets are met We provide early visibility to IT professionals of issues that would impact performance post release through the simulation of a comprehensive range of real world network impairments including jitter pack loss bandwidth throttling data corruption and many more It has been proven that up to 75 of application development costs are incurred in the latter stages of development or post deployment primarily through costly re works to applications JAR Technologies WAN emulators provide the ability to identify and eliminate WAN related issues early in the development lifecycle thereby pulling much of that 75 back into your company s margins WAN emulation is now an indispensable tool for any application designer tester QA manager or IT executive and ensures that applications in development will perform in a WAN environment prior to their release on the market and data and system architecture redeployments will perform as expected when operational Page 9 3 Unpacking and Installation After carefully unpacking the unit please e Check the unit for any damage they may have occurred during transit JAR Technologies protects all its products with industry standard packing but damage can still occur e
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33. 2013 SOLUTION REVOLUTION 16 16 Basic Virtual Routing BVR Introduction As this type of Routing suggest it offers basic operation which is usually enough for a simple 2 port WAN emulation Physical Port 1 is connected to one BVR whilst physical Port 2 is connected to a second BVR The two BVR s are then interconnected and impairments placed between the WAN links We recommend you use the Routed Mode Wizard for creating sample BVR Network maps please see the creating network maps section for more information Page 117 JAR JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 SOLUTION REVOLUTION 16 17 Edge Virtual Routing EVR Introduction To create a new EVR network map please right click on the Device Map Navigation window and select New Routed Mode gt Create Blank Routed Map see the creating network maps for more information Creating your EVR s In the tool box you will see the Edge Virtual Routers please drag one of these onto your network map along with 2 x Virtual Router WAN Points Please select one of the WAN Points and toggle it as In MSE Lire Ir ejerza Virtual fyucey Create Link Delete WAN Point As you can see from the above screenshot the Virtual Router is requiring Physical Ports and WAN Input Output points Let s go ahead and link up the WAN Link In to the EVR click on the WAN Link In and Create Link
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35. Check that the contents supplied match the following list 1 One 2U mountable hardware rack 2 Cabling a One mains cable connector subject to destination country b Ethernet cables for connection to the ports on the front of the hardware unit 3 One hard copy of the Quick Start Guide 4 Hardware configuration if application 5 Hardware warranty and product information If the equipment supplied does not match all the above components please contact JAR Technologies immediately using the contact details found at the start of this user manual Page 10 4 JAR Emulate at a glance JAR Emulate is a hardware based Wide Area Network Emulator designed to accurately replicate conditions that applications and systems could experience when making WAN traversals JAR Emulate is used in the test lab to test applications protocols and end user experience under real word conditions before and after deployment JAR Emulate can emulate the following WAN links e Satellite e Microwave e 3G e 4G e GPRS e E1 T1 e ISDN e Modems e And others The customised version of JAR Emulate WAN emulator that has been shipped to you has come installed with the following impairment tools filtering tools and reporting e Virtual Router Simulation o Simulate routers for WAN environment simulations Oo Support multiple ports DHCP and ARP e Packet corruption o Bitflips and byte overwrites e Drop packets packet loss o Drops a variable
36. Connection Simulation te all TCF traffic Satelite Downlink D Bandwidth Report Wired Internet Co LS Settings New bridged mode map Ta Routing Table Mew routed mode map Copy Duplicate Right clicking on the map you wish to edit brings up a series of options as explained below Rename map Delete map Copy the selected map its name and all its setting are copied into the clipboard Use this feature when you wish to copy a map from one device such as the sandbox to another such as a connected JAR Emulate hardware device ready for emulation e Paste this option will be greyed out as shown above until another map has been copied to the clipboard Once selected it will transfer the copied map to the chosen location including a different JAR Emulate hardware device from the one in which it was created Page 56 Sian SOLUTION REVOLUTION JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 Duplicate this copies the selected map its name and all its settings and pastes an exact replica within the same device The duplicate is recognisable by its title which will be the same as the original except it will be post fixed with an underscore Create blank map create new map these options create a blank map or a basic map with options chosen from the Map Settings panel on the GUI Settings window Rename map this option allows the user to rename the map and can be relevant when copying or duplicatin
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38. Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 All IP addresses are validated to ensure they conform to the standard dot delimited format i e 192 168 1 6 The green LED s are used to indicate any problems with the IP address and an on screen error message will give further instructions The destination options perform exactly the same roles except they take effect on the destination IP address field in the IP frame 16 11 IP Protocol Filter The filter scans the IP protocol field of any received packets Tests the IP Protocol field of any received IP packets Network Tool Box Icon IP Protocol Filter PROTOCOL Design Pane Icon St trarne rilar Available Input s 1 Input Any source pack i ill mee Guns 2 Outputs pac ets received will be routed down a passed or a failed connection Omiianss Deusi demet protocol type e User defined protocol type Purpose This simple filter checks the 8 bit value stored in the IP protocol field of any received IP packets The field is checked against a user supplied value This tool allows you to select from industry defined type or enter a user defined value Page 110 Sinn SOLUTION REVOLUTION JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 Settings The settings window provides all the available options on one window IP Protocol Filter Configuration overview General Name IP Protocol filter This option all
39. FF FF FF Broadcast By selecting percentage of available link for the mode setting the following screen will be displayed This allows the user to select how much traffic will be generated based on a percentage of the link speed Please note that the bandwidth is calculated as follows 1 Ifa bandwidth throttle tool is inserted before the background traffic generator the total bandwidth will be set to the bandwidth throttle value 2 If no bandwidth throttle is detected prior to the background traffic generator the default setting will be 1 Gbps Page 83 Sinn SOLUTION REVOLUTION JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 Load Generator Settings Ea Configuration overview General Mame Background traffic generator Description Generates background traffic Select the percentage of Traffic Generator Settings the available link s Mode Percentage of available link gt transfer rate from 1 to 99 The data f Background Usage 10 f Limit 100 00 Mb s Line Rate 1000 00 Mbs generation rate will be displayed to the right Generate Broadcast packets destination MAC address FF FF FF FF FF FF y Confirm changes x Revert Changes 15 15 Drop Packets Impairment Tool overview Discards a user determined number of packets received Network Tool Box Icon Design Pane Icon GE Drop Please note packet drop setting is indicated on the Design pane
40. Internet or over long hop private circuits Page 75 JANR JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 SOLUTION REVOLUTION Settings There are two modes available for the jitter tool e Constant delivering a constant jitter injection from 0 1ms to 100ms in increments of 0 11ms e Range delivering jitter between a minimum and maximum value as specified by the user between 0 1ms and 100ms in increments of 0 01ms Please note as standard the range mode uses uniform distribution to inject jitter onto the connection i e any value between the minimum and maximum is equally as likely to be injected onto to the link as all others If other jitter distribution models are required please contact JAR Technologies with your specific requirements for a remote upgrade Page 76 Sinn SOLUTION REVOLUTION JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 15 12 Bandwidth Throttling Impairment Tool overview Imposes limits to available bandwidth on a connection Description between the input and output the user defined setting will be the maximum average sent on from this impairment Network Tool Box Icon z Eere Design Pane Icon i J Bameliiclery Triracel Please note bandwidth setting is indicated on Design pane icon the example above showing 64 Mb s Available Input s 1 Input Any source on same connection Available Output s 1 Output Any destination on same connection ey E Constant
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42. N Stored traffic Captured traffic files are stored in memory on the JAR Emulate hardware and accessed through the captured traffic files option in the map device navigation bar Each traffic capture file is specific to the JAR Emulate emulator hardware on which it was captured You can access stored files as shown below Device Map navigation Shamrock Net Ea Shamrock Unit 7 192 168 1 101 Satelite Link 3 Default Map Access previously captured files by clicking on this link in l the map device navigation bar if you have more than 4e m m m m m m mla ml one JAR Emulate hardware device ensure you are selecting the link under the correct hardware The following screen will be displayed please note that the files shown below are for illustrative purposes only upon first use there will be no previously captured traffic files Page 131 oS JAR SOLUTION REVOLUTION JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 The estimated total memory size that can be used to capture traffic files alongside how many files are currently stored Status bar showing the estimated total memory size used and remaining TrafficCapture2 28 10 11 12 11 49 Barrier traffic capture 28 10 11 14 04 10 capture for JAR 28 10 11 14 05 16 Used File Size 7 54MB 30 2 used File Size 25 00 MB List showing previously captured files their filenames size of total file size u
43. OLUTION Device Map navigation q 0 Shamrock Met E s Devices Sandbox 0 0 0 0 e RAD Box 1 10 2 1 240 Work Machine 192 168 1 234 By default and to aid recognition the IP address of each device is shown in brackets after the device s name Each device holds the network emulation maps that have been created or copied to it alongside device specific settings Optionally there is the device s routing table and captured traffic lists if licensed By clicking on the expander icon beside each device the user can view these options as shown below i Device Map navigation Jie Shamrock Net ca Devices Sandbox 0 0 0 0 Perel oe Pil de ABU Ce JEG Expanded device titled Work Machine showing 4 further e Maps options Maps Settings L3 Settings Routing Table and Captured _f Routing Table traffic Your configuration may differ from this example 13 7 Adding renaming or removing hardware The Device Map Navigation pane provides the ability to add new hardware i e another JAR Emulate hardware device rename existing hardware devices and delete unwanted devices By right clicking on the title of any hardware device in the above screenshot for example the user would right click on Work Machine 192 168 1 234 three options are displayed These are Add hardware Fee Maps i SATCOM B
44. P Filter wep y UDP Filter UDP Network Tool Box Icon Design Pane Icon TRE Available Input s 1 Input Any source on same connection aelel Curent 2 QULPU a packets received will be routed down a passed or a failed connection e Simple pass fail based on whether a packet received in UDP or TCP Options bas e Advanced provides advanced routing to identify a specific stream of data between 2 devices Purpose TCP and UDP filters are used to differentiate packets on a connection between a network start and end point i e ports so that the user can impair traffic that has either passed or failed the TCP UDP filter Both failed and passed data e g data that is not TCP traffic and data that is can be subjected to impairments following the filter Please Note Dropping all non UDP traffic may not be beneficial as many of the underlying protocols such as ARP are required before UDP communications can occur Settings UDP and TCP filters contain similar settings as described below Simple Mode Simple mode interrogates all packets received by both these filters and determines if they are TCP or UDP packets If this is the case the packet is passed and is released onto the outgoing connection which is marked passed Similarly if the packet is not a TCP or UDP packet it is failed and sent out on the failed connection from the filter Please note that only one outgoing connection is required fr
45. Select this option to ignore the UDP or TCP packets destination port e Destination Port Setting this value will ensure the packets destination port is set to the specified value Only packets to this destination port will be passed e Destination Range Allows a specific range of destination ports to be included if the packets destination port is within the range they will be passed 3 UDP TCP Packet Length Filtering e Off no filtering Packet length is ignored e Equal to If the total packet length is equal to this value then the packet is passed e Not Equal To if the total packet length is not equal to this value then the packet is passed e Less than Equal To lt The packet is passed if its length if less than or equal to the supplied value e Greater than or Equal to gt The packet is passed if its length is greater than or equal to the supplied value 16 8 Ethernet MAC Address Filter The Ethernet MAC filter allows the user to filter all incoming IP packets for source and destination MAC addresses Name Packet Counting Filter ae Tests an received packet against a single or range of source Description ee and or destination MAC addresses Network Tool Box Icon h d MAT Filter MAC Design Pane Icon fe name Filey Available Input s 1 Input Any source 2 Outputs packets received will be routed down a passed Available Output s bee oe or a failed connection
46. Stare Paine Eye Icon is used to show which stats graph is being viewed P MENOR LS L Pasai uar second granri Ojiiteoiriey PPS Packets per second BROGRESREE Stats Graph see below for more information Tab s to control which stats graph is being viewed Current graph is in focus Stats Graph Tools The statistics graph has a number of buttons and tools that allow you to get more information from your graphs They are detailed below Page 127 Friar JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 SOLUTION REVOLUTION Copy values to clipboard Show peak Enable Disable a Play Pause Button Show average smart labelling I i maai i b m tun Tine graphs and charts tl Fj iS Time Domain Live Last Minute 7 Export values to CSV file Visible time period g 7 6 5 i 3 00 2 00 2 il 0 06 Ao ae 0 00 0 00 000S 124 000S 28 MOOS 335 OO OS 3 Please note that when exporting to a csv file the user defined filename must be suffixed with csv 17 7 Root Cause Analysis Wireshark Capture JAR Emulate WAN emulators provide the capability to capture Wireshark files with extension pcap for detailed packet analysis and root cause analysis Wireshark is an open source tool employed by moderate advanced technical users to analyse data packets sent over a network The JAR Emulate WAN emulator provides the functionality to save captured traffic as Wir
47. TCP packet filters aside from the name and description of each Page 102 Sinn SOLUTION REVOLUTION JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 UDP Filter settings Configuration overview General Name UDP Filter Description Filters UDP traffic Filter Settings Selecting Advanced filter Mode Advanced Apoly filtering to UDP packets aaan MOE activates the settings show below Source Fort Filtering i Off no filtering E a aS fo a See Point 1 below C Source Range 5004 Range End 5999 Destination Pork Filtering f Off ro filtering C Dest Port ol m See point 2 below C Dst Range 100 Range End 200 E UDF Packet Length Filtering i Off ro filtering Equal to finzs b coo See point 3 below C gt than fi aj lt than 256 rv Confirm charges x Revert Changes 1 Source Port Filtering e Off no filtering Select this option if the source port is not of interest e Source Port Settings this value will make sure the packets source port is set to the specified value Only packets from this source port will be passed e Source Range Allows a specific range of source ports to be included if the packets source port is within the range they will be passed Page 103 Sinn SOLUTION REVOLUTION JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 2 Destination Port Filtering e Off no filtering
48. TimeLine Auto Change Feature This feature allows the user to create an emulation scenario which once started changes parameters without any manual input from the user The following icon in the Master Menu Bar provides this functionality Page 24 Sinn SOLUTION REVOLUTION JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 TimeLine Auto Change Feature Creating a timeline Once selected the timeline feature will first ask the user to set a total duration that the emulation should run for which can be changed later if required This can be up to a maximum of 240 hours 10 days The following screenshot shows this dialog box 7 Timeline Creation Timeline Creation This network map has no existing timeline associated with it therefore You must supply the duration of the timeline in minutes Entire the total duration of the emulation run then click Add Timeline to present the timeline on screen If set the time line will continuously loop until the emulation map is stopped Once Add Timeline has been pressed on the screen above a timeline will be displayed at the bottom of the user interface please see the diagram below Page 25 Sinn SOLUTION REVOLUTION JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 Click on the Timeline feature to display the timeline at the bottom of the user interface Central GUI V1 0 c JAR Technologies Ltd Views Tools Help ECON W
49. UI switches to Run Mode which prevents any changes to the existing map until emulation is stopped 1 To run the map simple click on the play button in the top left of the GUI views Tools Help 2 Arrows denoting the flow of network traffic will be shown moving between each port Page 35 Sinn SOLUTION REVOLUTION JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 3 Please note you cannot edit the settings of any tool or impairment while a map is being executed 4 Weare going to view some of the real time data displayed when an emulation is being undertaken To the top right of the Port 1 network start point you will see a small T icon Click on this and the following window will appear Physical Layer Information Rx Good Packets 10113 Collisions Count 0 Tx Good Packets 8892 rere l Plater Stare Pep rere 2 z Rarer erel Pairin Single Collisions 0 Broadcast Rx 395 Multiple Collisions 0 Multicast Rx 1892 Late Collisions 0 Excessive Collisions 0 Rix Read Errors 0 Rix CRC Errors 0 DeFered Count 0 Rx Length Errors 0 Missed Peck Errors 0 Rx Alignment Errors 0 Mo CREST Errors 0 SON S Received 0 SOFF s Received 0 Link Up Down Count 0 5 The window displayed contains real time information relating to the physical layer for each Port on an emulation map and provides the user with details of any
50. alue between the user supplied minimum and maximum values This bandwidth throttle value will be applied until the duration has expired at which point a new bandwidth throttle will be randomly selected This mode has no advanced functionality Page 80 Piar SOLUTION REVOLUTION JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 15 13 Ethernet Fragmentation Impairment Tool overview ore Sets the maximum MTU value in bytes above which the Description packet will be fragmented Network Tool Box Icon Design Pane Icon Einernzi fragmentation Please note ethernet fragmentation setting is indicated on the Design pane icon the example above shows a MTU setting of 1500 bytes its default Available Input s 1 Input Any source on same connection Available Output s 1 Output Any destination on same connection e MTU value between 128 and 9000 bytes Introduction The ethernet fragmentation tool is used to set the maximum transmission unit parameter across an emulated link Purpose In IPv4 different physical networks vary in the size and structure of their framing methods represented by the MTU value As packets traverse different networks and the MTU varies on interfaces ethernet packets are fragmented to adapt to the changing MTU values Settings Once the ethernet fragmentation impairment has been added to your emulation access its settings by right clicking on its icon and selecting settings
51. ame IP range as JAR Emulate The GUI will start communicating with JAR Emulate and you will gain full access to the unit Please see the control port network settings section on how to change JAR Emulate s IP address to your desired value After you have changed JAR Emulate s IP address you should revert back your computers IP settings the device which will run the GUI and control the hardware unit Under certain circumstances it may be necessary for you to reset JAR Emulate s IP address back to the default 192 168 1 100 please see the section under Hardware Reset under control port network settings Page 17 7 Positioning JAR Emulate Hardware JAR Emulate can emulate a wide range of WAN links and conditions but in order to act as a WAN the positioning of the JAR Emulate hardware on your LAN is an important consideration JAR Emulate is a transparent entity on the LAN aside from the Control Port for the sending and receiving of control information to from the unit and the GUI the hardware unit s network ports do not have a MAC or IP address JAR Emulate sits between the devices attached on port 1 and port 2 or port 3 and 4 for 4 port model transparently emulating your chosen WAN JAR Emulate supports Ethernet automatic cross over detection thereby allowing a device under test or the device running the application under test to be directly connected to ports 1 or 2 This negates the need fo
52. are unit should be disconnected as well Firmware unavailable Device is in error state The device is not currently available as it is in an error state please remove this error state before selecting the device for upgrade Firmware Update Step Four Selecting your firmware package Please enter the path and filename of your firmware package into the firmware path field You can search your hard disk for the firmware by using the open dialog click the button marked with two dots Once you have located your firmware please select it Information about the firmware package will be displayed as follows please note the information in the screenshot below is an example Firmware Path JAR Technologies Shamrock Releases 1 2 frmware pck Firmware Version v1 39 Firmware Build Info Build 1452 24 JAN 2011 Your firmware version and build information will change for each new version of firmware Please ensure this has occurred Please note that the GUI will not allow you to install old versions of firmware Page 49 Sinn SOLUTION REVOLUTION JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 Firmware Update Step Five Starting the update Click on the Begin Update button located in the Update Progress section If this button is not available please ensure that you have correctly selected a valid firmware package and no problems exist as listed in the hardware status field You
53. ate GUI Overview 1 Master Menu Bar provides 7 Status Bar displays CPU load and status of application wide control connection with hardware unit e g connected paused or disconnected 2 Map Menu Bar enables high level control over an individual network map isuchasstan OOO On Feo ma a emulation pause stop and re centre emulation map BE 5 amare T OF AT ea r y anne r nemerl i DO j ranega di wh D reaming bate onty 3 Device Map Navigation Bar QB innnan o provides a logical listing of all JAR Emulate hardware units installed and the network emulation maps that have been created for each unit 4 Wizards Bar dependent on 5 Design pane provides 6 Network Toolbox provides configuration not available on all graphical representation of the drag and drop facility to create versions provides pre defined WAN under test populated using network maps and their conditions common network maps and Wizards to left or network toolbox for emulation impairments which can then be to right amended as required Page 22 Ping JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 SOLUTION REVOLUTION The Design pane number 5 in the diagram above is where the emulation map is designed these maps are graphical representations of the WAN which are to be simulated and therefore form the core of the JAR Emulate Emulator s operation Each map w
54. ate procedure this section will display information on progress Firmware Update Step Three Selecting your hardware As the GUI can upgrade all your available JAR Emulate hardware units please select from the drop down combo box your required device The hardware status line will indicate the availability of the hardware unit and may show one of the following messages Firmware update available Device is idle The device is OK and ready for update 2 network ports are connected Please disconnect all cables going to the network ports this is to ensure that heavy traffic forwarding does not interrupt the process Device is disconnected The device has been disconnected or not visible from the GUI please ensure an Ethernet cable is attached to the control port marked C on the front of the JAR Emulate hardware unit which is visible on the network to the computer running the GUI Firmware unavailable Device is executing map The device is currently executing a map please stop the map before selecting the device for upgrade As mentioned above any Ethernet cables attached to ports 1 and 2 on the JAR Emulate hardware unit should be disconnected as well Firmware unavailable Device is currently paused The device is currently paused please stop the map before selecting the device for upgrade As mentioned above any Ethernet cables attached to ports 1 and 2 on the JAR Emulate hardw
55. ation Status Port 1 ______________ _ Port 2 Packet Rx Count 0 packets Packet Rx Count 0 packets 0 packets Packet Tx Count 0 packets 0 bps 00Mb s Rx Bandwidth 0 bps 00Mb s 0 bps 00Mb s Tx Bandwidth 0 bps 00Mb s Port 3 Port 4 Packet Rx Count 0 packets Packet Rx Count 0 packets Packet Tx Count 0 packets Packet Tx Count 0 packets Rx Bandwidth 0 bbs 0O0Mb s Rx Bandwidth 0 bps 00Mb s Tx Bandwidth 0 bbs 0OMb s Tx Bandwidth 0 bps 00Mb s Current real time information on thepacket and bandwidth rates Page 30 Sinn SOLUTION REVOLUTION JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 9 5 Emulation Configuration Page The configuration page allows you to paste in the emulation XML usually acquired from the standard user interface If you wish to generate XML please open the required emulation map in the standard GUI and select Show Map XML under the Help menu You may select and copy the XML from this window and paste it into the text box located on the Web UI configuration page 2a JAR Technologies Shamr x 192 168 1 101 Ww EJ Tree Shamrock Web UI Emulation Status Se Emulation configuration Emulation map XML Please insert paste your emulation map XML into the text area below click Start button on the main status page to begin emulation lt MAP Name Vanilla Description gt lt Objects Count
56. atistics will be reduced if both are connected to the same hardware unit Please Note The Web UI is only supported on Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox web browsers operation under Microsoft Internet Explorer is not tested or guaranteed 9 2 Features The Web UI is designed to provide three basic features the ability to start and stop maps view Statistics on throughput and packet rates and ability to supply a network map as XML It should be noted that the Web UI performs limited error checking on the supplied XML if there are invalid values in the XML the unit may fail to start the emulation map or require a power cycle to regain access 9 3 Accessing the Web UI Please open Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox and enter the IP address of the WAN emulator into the title bar the default IP address is 192 168 1 100 Page 29 Sinn SOLUTION REVOLUTION JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 9 4 Emulation Status Page The emulation status page provides information the hardware status emulation control and port based statistics Hardware status including The emulation start and CPU load and memory stop buttons directly usage control the emulation run j 2 JAR Technologies Shar x s D 192 8 1 101 w Ed Tree Shamrock Web UI Emulation Status Hardware status Emulation Control Unit Status Idle CPU Load 2 Available memory 79 Emul
57. cal interface ports and is positioned between any two compatible devices so that it acts as an intermediary between these attached devices Using the GUI users can inject common WAN impairments onto this connection and analyse the results either through viewing the resultant input to the destination device or through the GUI s reporting system if available licensed JAR Emulate is based around a 2U 3 5 inch height standard chassis which is designed to be rack mounted The ports marked 1 and 2 are the network interface ports which are used to place the emulator onto the user s LAN network The port marked C is the Control port which is used by JAR Emulate to manage the exchange of communications between the GUI and the hardware Please see the graphic below detailing the front panel components on the unit Page 12 JAR Emulate Front Panel Orientation sure 2 Front LED group Ethernet RJ45 or SFP SFP ports used Ethernet RJ45 Control port used to to connect JAR Emulate onto the LAN via provide communication between the supplied Ethernet cables JAR Emulate hardware and the GUI Power LED Lights when the unit is connected to a power source Running LED Lights when the unit is performing an emulation run S Forwarding LED Lights when the unit is not performing an emulation run data packets are gt automatically being forwarded without any impairment this may be disabled in settings
58. ce connected to port 2 of the JAR Emulate hardware JAR Emulate can impair and manipulate traffic in both directions hence the use of two connections as shown in the diagram above for each physical connection that traffic is sent down and received from Page 32 JAR JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 SOLUTION REVOLUTION If the return connection between port 1 and port 2 on the Design pane is removed then no traffic will be returned Itis important to remember that in order to emulate and collect accurate information regarding an emulation run all maps should have at least one connection made between ports 1 and 2 and one made between ports 2 and 1 10 2 Step 1 Changing a map name 1 Locate the Map Device Navigation window on the left side of the screen 2 The current map called Vanilla Connections and its location within the JAR Emulate device navigation hierarchy will be highlighted in blue as shown below l Device Map navigation a dh i Note depending on the JAR Emulate hardware installed your view of the Device Map navigation hierarchy may Shamrock Net ise Devices gt Sandbox 0 0 0 0 be different this screenshot is for 192 168 1 100 10 2 1 233 general guidance only B s Maps fanila Connections ee Simple delay on UDP only 50pc packet corruption Ue Settings 3 Locate and right click on the map titled Vanilla
59. collisions packet errors or control XON XOFF packets received 6 Realtime packet flow information is also available for any impairment added to an emulation map These can be accessed by hovering the cursor over the small grey icon at the bottom right of any tool on a map as shown below e n i 9 eal L i Banelsielen Tr Statistical Information core Pare erie Aoine Page 36 san SOLUTION REVOLUTION JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 10 6 Step 5 Stopping an emulation run The above example is of a simple perfect quality bandwidth limited connection We are now going to add some packet delay onto the connection to simulate the conditions that may be experienced when sending data over a long distance at a busy time of day We will also add in some advanced reporting to demonstrate JAR Emulate s built in reporting functionality 1 As the map is executing in Run Mode we must stop the emulation before we can edit the map in the Design pane On the top left of the GUI click on the stop button as shown below Views Tools Help 2 The emulation will stop and you will be returned to the Editor Mode 10 7 Step 6 Emulating a congested network We are going to add another tool to the emulated network map to simulate a connection that is suffering from fluctuating high latency 1 As before pull out the Network Toolbox from the right side of the GUI 2 Click and drag onto th
60. d Mode provides the following additional data e Current Map the user defined or default if none entered name of the map currently under emulation e Memory usage A percentage of the total memory remaining available for other operations such as traffic capture or replay if licensed e CPU Load History provides a graphical representation using a line graph of the CPU load history for the previous 20 seconds Page 43 Friar SOLUTION REVOLUTION JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 11 8 Tools Menu Returning to the Master Menu Bar the next option is tools Under this heading are two further options GUI Settings and Administration as shown below VIEWS Tools SEs SUT Settings gt Administration 11 8 1 GUI Settings The GUI Settings menu provides the user with options to change the layout and functionality of the user interface as follows 11 8 1 1 General Tab Please see below for a visual description of the GUI Settings General tab Automatically maximize the GUI on start up Checkbox to enable or disable the auto Settings Ea closing of the side windows navigation and tool box windows Map settings Visual options Change the size of the arrows shown m on the Design pane when an Automatically masimize window geen emulation is being performed Pin side windows stop auto closing el Arrow Heads Medium e Gy Pe plane eee oh
61. d forwarding table its critical important to configure this information correctly or you could create circular packet loops or cause an invalid operation Page 119 SN Friar JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 SOLUTION REVOLUTION Understanding the EVR Settings Virtual Router Settings Router IP address The physical IP address presented to all physically connected computers or IP devices General Name New ork Virtual Router 192 168 1 x Description Virtual Edge Router The routers subnet mask this mask is Virtual Router Settings Physical Port used to generate the DHCP range if Router IP Address 192 168 1 254 K Router Subnet Mask z enabled MAC Address Auto generate C User specified DHCP f Enable C Disable DHCP Start Range 192 168 1 1 DHCP End Range jisz 168 1 254 DHCP Options see below for more in 72 a information Lease Duration 72 gt hours Broadcast Address 192 168 1 255 5 f Automatic generation recommended C Manual routing table Net E Net k Gat Interf e Forwarding Table see below for more 192 168 1 0 255 255 255 0 aeaa Physical 3 information 255 255 255 0 52 72 5 254 255 255 255 0 10 50 1 15 Edit Route Q dd Route Delete Route aae EVR Settings Physical Port Settings Every EVR is connected to a physical port and therefore must present itself as an IP addressable device on the physical network Under thes
62. e faraor Stare Paine farwor Enel Paine xogo oman uone eu dey on Om f o Uy ras i Ls al a Port Bandwidth Throttle Jikar opt 2 faraor Enel Paine faraor Stare Point meline Li Live changes x Jitter 2ms Jitter 4ms Jitter OFF Bandwidth 10Mbs Bandwidth 2Mbs BW SMb Jitter 4ms 0 00 00 00 05 36 00 11 12 00 16 47 00 22 23 00 27 59 00 33 35 00 39 10 00 44 46 00 50 22 00 55 58 01 01 34 01 07 09 Next Event In the above example the map will execute and then at 11 minutes 15 seconds from the start of the emulation the jitter will change to 2ms as per the user defined title of this waypoint The jitter will remain at 2ms until 22 minutes and 20 seconds into the emulation when it will automatically change to 4ms and so on N oa fe E Ti 3 z z oO O a a a a S S Event Page 27 the changes will take place is an offset from the start of the JAR JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 SOLUTION REVOLUTION TimeLine Auto Change Feature Running an emulation The user can then press the Play button on the top left of the user interface to start the emulation At this point the timeline cannot be edited and a red vertical bar will begin scrolling across the timeline showing the time elapsed As time passes the red vertical bar will encounter each waypoint created by the user and the new emulation parameters will instantly and automatically become active TimeLine Auto Cha
63. e part of JAR Technologies Ltd JAR Technologies makes no warranties expressed or implied of any kind with regards to this material or its products including the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose JAR Technologies shall not be liable for errors contained herein or for incidental or consequential damage in connection with the furnishing performance or use of this material or supplied products Please note changes additions deletions of user information which is displayed for example to users via pop up boxes in the GUI are not covered by JAR Technologies warranty and JAR Technologies accepts no responsibility for incorrect or inaccurate translations and any impact that results from this Please note there are no internal serviceable parts in any equipment supplied by JAR Technologies Opening the hardware voids all warranties Page 2 Trademarks JAR Emulate WAN Emulator is a registered trademark of JAR Technologies Ltd Other trademarks are the property of their respective owners Page 3 Table of Contents Table of Contents COMA CE Mii OF a El OW ep E A E E E E 2 RED OCU ON acerca tine c oaaeccesiesies spices E E EE A A 2 VU O E A E E E 2 Tabler OnE a E E E E E EE A E O E 4 B SANOO E eee oe eee eee 7 2 TOMMD ANY Pl OU e E 9 3 Unpackingand MSTA UO Micosseccctivansstoschoasccetunnshianeseecsatvenicosssicheqaeuamnnins EA 10 a JAR es ALU Cc oars re lt 4 eee EE ee oe E
64. e Design Pane the following icon for packet delay DELAY 3 The following icon will appear on the Design Pane Dalay paeva 4 As before drag it onto the connection between Port 1 network start point and Port 2 network end point as shown below R Siis Port 1 Bandwidth Throttle Delay Facket Port 2 Hatori Seape Poirt Hatori Ered eairt Page 37 9 JAR SOLUTION REVOLUTION 5 Right click the Delay Packet icon and select settings 6 Using the drop down menu against the Mode field select Range x to x milliseconds as shown below JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 Delay Packet Settings Configuration overview General Name Delay Packet Description Delay Facket Disruptor Delay Settings Mode Range tos milliseconds Simple x millizeconds Range x to millizeconds Minimum Latency 25 gt mili econds Maximum Latency 250 gt rolliseconds Please note desequencing i e re ordering of all packets will occur y Confirm changes x Revert Changes 7 Set the minimum latency to 300 milliseconds and the maximum latency to 500 milliseconds this is very high latency but we will use it for illustrative purposes in this example Delay Packet Settings Configuration overview General Name Delay Packet Description Delay Packet Disruptor Delay Settings Mode Range x to x milliseconds
65. e MPLS tagged packet must have the supplied TTL Value Filter Settings MPLS Label 32 QOS Value 0 TTLaue 259 W Show filter settings on desktop displays the above settings below the filter for quick reference y Confirm changes x Revert Changes This option will display information about the filter on the main desktop allowing quick review of the filter settings Page 113 Sinn SOLUTION REVOLUTION JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 16 14 Output Switching Filter The filter can switch incoming packets to several outgoing streams Switches incoming packets to one of many outgoing streams Network Tool Box Icon i o Output Switching Filter Design Pane Icon Output Switch Filter Available Input s 1 Input Any source Available Output s Up to 4 output paths e Number of output paths Options i e Default output path Purpose This filter will switch the incoming packet stream to one of the available output streams it performs no further operation on the packets and adds no latency or other impairments When the emulation map is running the user can click on the output switch filter to manually change the flow of packets The selection of output streams is currently not supported in the time line feature Settings The settings window provides all the available options on one window Page 114 Piar SOLUTION REVOLUTION JAR Emulate Installatio
66. e Oms Packet A arrives is delayed 25 ms expected output at 25ms from the beginning Time 12ms Packet B arrives is delayed 5ms expected output at 17ms from the beginning If this operation is not desired please select the option to prevent re ordering in the above example Packet B would be guaranteed to be placed on the wire after Packet B Normal Gaussian Mode The Gaussian delay mode allows the user to apply latency using a bell curve normal distribution The distribution is controlled by the Mean latency and Standard Deviation with the ability to set a minimum latency that the tool will never drop below The minimum latency if the value select by the normal distribution Constant Linear Range Normal Gaussian Ramp Sinusoidal Wave algorithm is below this value it is clamped to this minimum value The mean latency to be used by the distribution algorithm The amount of latency applied will be around this value subject to the standard deviation Prevent re ordering desequencing of packets Stndard Paviaten valle Minimum Latency 25 00 milliseconds 45 i Mean Latency 0 00 milizeconds Standard Deviation 10 00 a See explanation in range delay mode Page 73 JAR JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 SOLUTION REVOLUTION Ramp Mode The ramp delay mode provides the ability to ramp up the latency in a linear manner The start latency is applied a
67. e destination filter options IP Address Filter General Name IP Address filter Description Filters packets based on IP Address Filter Settings No source IP address filtering C Specific source IP address filtering C Source IP Address range filtering Start IP Address End IP Address Source IP Address Filter Options e No destination IP address filtering C Specific destination IP address filtering Destination IP Address range filtering Destination IP Address Filter Options Start IP Address End IP Address This option will display information about l Show filter settings on desktop displays the above settings below the filter for quick reference i the filter on the main desktop allowing quick review of the filter settings Source and Destination Options The filter provides separate settings for both the source and destination however they are functionally identical Therefore we will focus on the source options This option disables checking of the source IP address f No source IP address filtering C Spechic source IP address filtering C Source IP Address range filtering If set packets with this IP address will pass the filter If selected the packet will pass Start IP Address if the filter if the IP address is End IP Address 255 255 255 255 between the start and end values Page 109 Piar SOLUTION REVOLUTION JAR
68. e has been created This facility may silently fail if you do not have privileges to write to the destination folder it s recommended you save back ups to your My Documents folder if using Windows Restore Configuration There may be instances when a restoration to a previous version of JAR Emulate is required To access back ups select the Restore Configuration option under the Tools and Administration menus and navigate to the folder which contains the previously backed up file To assist the user can open the file navigation system by clicking on the icon highlighted in red below Back up manager Configuration backup manager Source File Path Please select a walid backup file ieee Page 46 JANR JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 SOLUTION REVOLUTION 11 8 2 2 Firmware Update JAR Emulate supports the remote updating of its firmware This process is largely automated but care should be taken when performing this operation CAUTION Possible loss of operation may occur If the product is power cycled or interrupted during the firmware update it may fail to operation correctly and require shipping to JAR Technologies for reprogramming This is not covered by JAR Technologies warranty All network port cables MUST be disconnected during the firmware update process Retrieving your firmware update JAR Technologies does not actively push firmware updates to custo
69. e name of the JAR Emulate hardware device if required use this field to intuitively name each JAR Emulate device which becomes increasingly important when more than one JAR Emulate device is in operation Description Provide a description of the JAR Emulate device if required for intuitive identification Idle traffic flow settings Only allow traffic to flow when map is executing No packets will be sent over the physical link between the devices connected to the JAR Emulate hardware unless an emulation is being performed Actively route traffic whilst unit is idle Default Setting This option allows data sent from any devices connected to JAR Emulate to be routed through the JAR Emulate hardware unit while no emulation is being performed In this instance JAR Emulate acts as a network switch Unit Time for WireShark Captures This option allows you to change the units date time as reflected in WireShark captures Page 59 Sinn SOLUTION REVOLUTION JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 Page 60 3 Sinn SOLUTION REVOLUTION JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 Control Port Network Settings The control port is located on the front right of the JAR Emulate hardware unit marked C and is connected to a LAN that the computer running the GUI is located on Please note if these settings are changed without the hardware turned on or connected to the GUI then all you wi
70. e purpose functionality and use of each tool available for designing and running emulation maps Where possible this has been limited to the tools provided for your configuration Page 64 pN PIAR SOLUTION REVOLUTION JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 15 Network Toolbox 15 6 Bridged vs Routed mode The available tools will change depending on the type of network map being displayed For example on routed mode maps you will find a selection of Virtual Routers and WAN Points which are missing from the bridged mode The usage of some tools will also be different in each mode for example the network start and end points have different purposes in routed mode For more information on routed mode and its tools please see the dedicated Virtual Routers section 15 7 Licensed Tools Depending on your model and license requirements you may have some or all of the available emulation tools if there is a tool you require please contact JAR Technologies and we will endeavour to activate the tool on your GUI 15 8 Network Emulation Tools Available The following sections provide detailed information on all the impairments tools available in our JAR Emulate units Page 65 Sinn JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 SOLUTION REVOLUTION Ports are fundamental in the operation of JAR Emulate WAN emulation as they represent the source and destination for data that is passed thro
71. e settings you can see the following options Router IP Address The IP address the virtual router will exist at all computers and IP devices connected to the physical port will talk to this IP address to access the EVR Router Subnet Mask This subnet mask allows the Router to generate an acceptable DHCP range if enabled Changing this value will automatically update the DHCP Start and End Range MAC Address Allows you to choose an automatic or manually MAC address DHCP Settings If enabled the router will accept DHCP requests and assign IP addresses from the available DHCP pool If DHCP is disabled the router will accept IP traffic from any valid static IP address within the subnet range Additional options here allow you to tweak how long leases exist for and any broadcast address Note if DISABLED you must set your IP devices gateway to match the Router IP Address otherwise the IP device will not know the gateway to use Forwarding Table It is highly recommended you leave this on automatic The Forwarding or routing table is used to route packets between the available physical interfaces In the above example the router has two WAN points for network 52 72 5 x and 10 50 1 x whilst all physical traffic is bound to the 192 168 1 x IP range Page 120 Sinn SOLUTION REVOLUTION JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 Configuring our example EVR s Right click on the fir
72. e to hold down the button for 10 seconds At this point the unit will reset and then become available on 192 168 1 100 You will have to adjust the settings on the GUI so that it can communicate with the JAR Emulate unit now located on 192 168 1 100 Please see section above 11 4 2 Control Port Network Settings 13 10 Captured Traffic Files On the Map Device Navigation bar the user will also see an option titled Captured Traffic Files if available licensed This is where traffic that has been recorded is made available for download to a local hard drive or where previously recorded traffic can be uploaded for emulation Please see section titled stored traffic for full information Page 62 SIAR SOLUTION REVOLUTION JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 14 Network Toolbox Overview Located on the right of the GUI the network toolbox contains the objects and impairments required to construct network maps for emulation Icons in this toolbox can either be dragged and dropped onto the main Design pane or can be double clicked and then dragged into position The following diagram displays an example of how the network toolbox will appear and provides guidance on its navigation As JAR Emulate tools are license based you will have a sub set of the tools shown in the screenshots here This manual is also modified per customer to list only the supplied impairments if you require
73. eShark PCAP files These PCAP files can be loaded into WireShark and provide advanced deep dive analysis on packets that have been impaired by WAN conditions thus providing the opportunity for root cause identification Wireshark is licensed under the GNU license agreement which JAR Technologies adheres to JAR Technologies is not responsible for the supply amendment use or operation of the Wireshark application or its files For information on how to install use and analyse Wireshark file captures please refer to http www wireshark org for more information Information on the GNU General Public License is available here http www gnu org licenses gpl html The current officially supported WireShark version is V1 6 2 October 2011 however all versions of WireShark should be compatible with the GUI Using Wireshark Page 128 Sinn JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 SOLUTION REVOLUTION Please ensure you have downloaded the latest officially supported version of Wireshark to your Windows computer running the JAR Emulate GUI On the design pane right click any TAP device on an emulation map and select Add Wireshark Tap as shown below Add Wireshark Tap Add Statistics Graph Tap Add Traffic Capture The Wireshark TAP device will be added denoted by this icon WWiteshehenne When an emulation is run with a Wireshark
74. ed amount of traffic or a percentage of the available bandwidth detected on that link In order to test or place load on receiving equipment under test the generated packets can be set to a broadcast destination MAC Address By using the broadcast address all receiving equipment will process the packets rather than dropping them Purpose This tool emulates other users applications sending traffic across a network and is an important consideration for emulation Unless fully dedicated links should be expected to contain a certain amount of background traffic which is delivered via this tool to an emulation Settings Once the background traffic generator impairment has been added to your emulation access its settings by right clicking on its icon and selecting settings The following screen will be displayed by default Load Generator Settings Ez Configuration overview Select fixed data rate to generate a traffic rate General regardless of the N B k d traffi t f CUS alee ed bandwidth of the link the Description Generates background traffic emulator is connected to Traffic Generator Settings Mode Fixed data rate ma Select the fixed rate of Generation Fate 64 0000 Megabit per second hai Ae traffic between 500 bytes Generate Broadcast packets destination MAC address FF FF FF FF FF FF and 128M B s This options sets the destination MAC address of all generated packets to FF FF FF
75. ed firmware package file located on your local hard disk This is usually named Firmware pck or something similar Ensure that your JAR Emulate unit is powered on and connected visible in the GUI You must not have any emulations running nor have any cables connected to the network ports marked 1 and 2 on the front panel of the JAR Emulate hardware unit This is to ensure that the firmware process will not be interrupted by any unknown events such as heavy traffic forwarding The update process Page 47 Sinn SOLUTION REVOLUTION JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 will not commence until these conditions are met Ensure the Ethernet cable connected to the control port on the JAR Emulate hardware marked C on the front panel remains connected and in place Firmware Update Step Two Opening the firmware update window As shown in the following screen shot open the firmware update window by navigating the following menu items Tools gt Administration gt Firmware Update Help GUI Settings Administration Language Settings Backup configuration Restore Configuration Firmware Update Firmware Update Understanding the firmware window The firmware window contains many important pieces of information that help assist you with the update process The window looks as follows List of all available Shamrock devices Firmware Update Firmware Update
76. equired to allow a certain amount of packets to be corrupted See below for more information Page 88 JANR JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 SOLUTION REVOLUTION Purpose Data corruption on a WAN can be the result of hardware errors satellite or microwave link problems or faulty equipment Normally any network port would automatically drop corrupt packets as the checksum would fail however JAR Emulate correctly produces the corrupt packet on the wire allowing any down stream devices to receive it Settings Once the Packet Corruption impairment has been added to your emulation map access its settings by right clicking on its icon and select settings The following window will be displayed Packet Corruption Settings EXS Configuration overview General There are two corruption modes available Bitflips and Byte Overwrites selectable using the drop down menu list Name Packet Corruption Description Packet Corruption Packet Corruption Mode The user can select whether all contents of each packet received may be subject to corruption or whether this should be limited to Start Position End location B0 9 a start and end point within each Level of packet corruption 1 00 al packet ied Une ieee Wie upper limit for the end location is 1500 bytes as this is the byte size limit of standard data packets Corruption Type Bitflips bits are re arranged
77. er priority the packet Description Filters packets based on WYLAN Labels must match to pass the filter Filter Settings VLAN ID E User Priority Priority 0 e Show filter settings on desktop displays the above settings below the filter for quick reference if 7 onim chorses Close This option will display information about the filter on the main desktop allowing quick review of the filter settings Page 112 Sinn SOLUTION REVOLUTION JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 16 13 MPLS Protocol Filter The filter scans the MPLS field of any received packets Tests the MPLS field of any received IP packets Network Tool Box Icon Yy MPLS Filter MPLS Design Pane Icon Hipiai fipLS Label g Available Input s 1 Input Any source 2 Outputs packets received will be routed down a passed Available Output s ape or a failed connection e MPLS Label Options e QOS e TTL Purpose This filter checks for a MPLS labelled packet If the MPLS labelled packets matches the supplied values it will pass the filter Settings The settings window provides all the available options on one window MPL5 Filter The MPLS label that the packet must contain to pass this filter Configuration overview General b Name MPLS Filter Descriplon Filters packets based on MPLS Labels The MPLS tagged packet must have the supplied QOS Value Th
78. ettings Right click the Packet Drop PackeeDpon Settings icon to access settings Standard Packet Drop Mode The Packet Drop settings window will default to standard mode as shown below Page 85 SN SAR JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 SOLUTION REVOLUTION If enabled it delays the starting 7 Packet Drop Settings ts IIs of the tool and controls the duration the tool will be Configuration overview running General Standard mode drops a specified number of packets received from a specified total The dropping of packets will continue until the emulation is paused or stopped Name Facket Drop Description Packet Drop Corruptor Packet Drop Settings Start Delay 50 00 milliseconds Duration f100 00 milizeconds Enter a numeric value for the MEE Standard K packets inX packets number of packets to be andar Poachers INA Packers hai dropped and the total from which that value should be 5 h h Drop 5 packets per 100 packet applied Alternatively use the f Drop packets evenly f Drop all packets in continous group up down scaling arrows to set these values Drop packets evenly means lt gt Gann Gerri Revert changes that the system will space out the dropping of packets In the above example 5 in 100 would mean 1 packet every 20 packets If the option for drop all was selected 5 packets in a row would be dropped every 100 packet
79. etwork configuration permits visibility 2 Insert the DVD marked JAR Emulate Installation into the computer s DVD drive 3 The disk should auto load If it does not please open your computer s file navigation system and manually find the appropriate drive Please manually launch the disk often by right clicking the drive and pressing play or autorun Alternatively please execute the setup exe file found on the root folder of the DVD 4 The JAR Emulate GUI set up screen will appear 5 Follow the onscreen instructions to install the GUI Please note when the JAR Emulate hardware unit is turned on it is common for the hardware to take up to 30 seconds to initialise and provide communication with the software Make sure that windows firewall allows connections to from JAR Emulate GUI The JAR Emulate GUI icon is shown below 6 6 Installing your license key Once the installation has completed the GUI will prompt you for a license key this must be entered before the GUI will operate Central GUI Key Code Welcome to JAR Technologies Central GUI In order to use this application you must enter your key code below This key code should be shipped with your equipment or can be retreived by e mailing support jartechnologies com This license key is unique to each user please take care not to expose it to 3rd parties Activating a new key code will require a restart of the GUI Activate
80. etwork end point Page 98 Sinn SOLUTION REVOLUTION JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 An example of this is shown below The packet corruption impairment will corrupt 25 of each packet received IO og 1 of packets will be sent to Se the Packet Corruption q impairment Perak Cerriiyieln The 1 of packets now corrupted will be sent on to join the other 99 uncorrupted The packet counting filter packets at the network end point has been set to fail 1 of data packets received ATE The remaining 99 of fa packets will travel on to the N network end point _ papel Packet Counting Filtar Ponie pamar arrr enint Haruan Srel Pairt Note the failed and passed labels on the two connections coming out of the packet counting filter showing which direction the 1 failed and 99 passed packets will take in the above example The packet counting filter should therefore be used in advance of other impairments to direct traffic to or away from that impairment Settings There are two settings for packet counting as described below Right click on the Packet Counting Filter after it has been added to the Design pane and click on settings to access Fail X in Y Using this setting the user selects how many packets received should be failed out of a total number received Page 99 Sinn SOLUTION REVOLUTION j Packet Count Filter Settings i d ioj
81. for details Name Mergepoit This tool merges together all input packets into a single Description output stream Network Tool Box Icon Hoa Merge Paint Design Pane Icon Merge Pane Available Input s Unlimited Inputs Usage Below is sample usage of the merge tool SF Orns Delay Packet 5 fuleyfs Haneclwiclen Triratel flere Point Ethernet rracnencaction This sample usage shows the merging of 3 input streams into a single output stream using the merge tool The merge tool guarantees the order of packets If a packet was received from the top path first it will be guaranteed to be delivered to the output stream first this ensure no desequencing or reordering of your packets Page 95 Sinn SOLUTION REVOLUTION JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 TAP Device Considerations The output of the merge tool does not support any TAP device whilst the TAP symbol is showed you should not attach any TAP device to this TAP point you will receive inaccurate results The following example shows an invalid Statistical Graph a o larsje Point ora Me Haraor Erel Poirt Pachars par second Tjan Sratisties Arann If you require to add a add a TAP device it is recommended you add a dummy impairment i e a Bandwidth Throttle set higher than you re required bandwidth or a fragmentation tool set to 9000 The following example shows a valid Statistical Graph using a Ethe
82. g maps Delete map this removes the selected map from the device including all its settings Please note that this deletion is normally permanent contact JAR Technologies if you accidently delete an important network map Page 57 Sinn SOLUTION REVOLUTION JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 13 9 Device Settings Each device in the Device Map Navigation pane will have a settings option as highlighted in red below Device Map navigation Shamrock Met cS Devices Sandbox 0 0 0 0 H RAD Box 1 10 2 1 240 r ii th a gu Ta a qu fai gu mg D a The settings option for each device allows the user to define and change the JAR Emulate hardware device s configuration By default it opens on the general settings tab as described below Please note that most of the settings are only visible when the unit is connected General Settings Shown below is the general settings tab please note that some units will be supplied with a unit date and time field This allows the user to set the local time of the hardware if desired but its main purpose is to timestamp captured traffic files Page 58 Sian SOLUTION REVOLUTION JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 General Settings Fontrol port network settings Version Information Shamrock 2 100 unit r G 11 53 06 Unit Naming Name Change th
83. he connection link changes to this blue colour release your finger 7 The bandwidth throttle tool will snap onto the connection and will remain on this connection regardless of where other objects on it are moved to until it is deleted 10 4 Step 3 Adjusting an impairment s settings Viewing the summary information on the bandwidth throttle tool displayed on the tool you can see the default setting is 64 Mb s This represents the bandwidth limit of traffic moving from the device connected to port 1 on the JAR Emulate hardware to the device connected to port 2 Band nidta aiia We will now change this to emulate a typical ADSL connection of 1 Mb s downstream 1 Right click the bandwidth throttle icon in the Design pane and select settings 2 The following screen will appear Bandwidth Throttling Settings Configuration overviews General Name Bandwidth Throttle Description Bandwidth Rate Limitor p hrottle Settings Bandwidth Limit 64 0000 WMegabits per second Advanced onimi Charges 3 Change the Bandwidth Limit field highlighted in red above from 64 0000 to 1 4 Once any change is made the Confirm Changes button will become active click on this 5 You will be returned to the Design pane and you can see that you have now set the bandwidth limit to 1 Mb s on all traffic moving from the device on port 1 to the device on port 2
84. he number of times per second the graph s details are updated Chart Scale This allows you to provide a scaling for the chart auto scaling is recommended Bandwidth metric settings Chart Scale This allows you to set the scale of the bandwidth measurements Page 126 Binn SOLUTION REVOLUTION JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 Include Framing This option ensures that the bits before and after the physical packet i e frame crc inter packet spacing preamble etc are included This allows viewing the correct full wire rate Please Note For low bandwidth applications it is possible to set the scale so low that it is not possible to see any values values indicated as 0 00 Running your emulation map When your emulation map is run the stats graph automatically appear at the bottom of the screen If more than one stats graph is available on your emulation map then a tab will be shown that allows you to actively alter the view The following screen shot shows an emulation map with 3 stats graphs It highlights the important features associated with the stats graph feature amp Central GUI V1 0 c JAR Technologies Ltd Views Tools Help oO wa a A_i go _ y l _ K a OR uoneBbiseu dep a3aq re Packar Corrie yey Fanewietn gran Corruetion saredlwieltn fy 0 amp porti S flStworle Enel Paint O P a lope 100 amp s
85. ic only These icons represent the incoming traffic into the JAR Emulate hardware unit i e the simulated WAN Pore l Hemor Sreipe Pejipye Emulation Design m Pane Icons y Ber Hemor tert Peipe These icons which appear when the above network toolbox objects are dropped onto the Design pane represent the start points of your data to be emulated None these objects represent the start of the network Available Input s under emulation 1 Output any destination on a connection but for an Available Output s emulation to work the connection must terminate at a network end point see below Page 67 Sinn SOLUTION REVOLUTION JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 Bridged Mode Port 1 gt Port 8 outgoing traffic only Port 1 to Port 8 depending on model outgoing traffic l only In physical terms these ports represents the network end point for data leaving the JAR Emulate hardware unit via ports 1 and 2 Within the GUI they can be thought of as the end points for data arriving at the far end of the WAN Port 1 outgoing traffic only Description Network Tool Box Icons Emulation Design Pane Icons Port 2 outgoing traffic only Eirne Hamare Err Hejit Eepe Il anyar Eril Pejirir These icons which appear when the above network toolbox objects are dropped onto the Design pane represent the end points of your data which has been subject to WAN e
86. icon the example above showing 5 packets dropped out of every 100 received Available Input s 1 Input Any source on same connection Available Output s 1 Output Any destination on same connection Standard drop a specified number in every user defined total e g drop 2 packets for every 10 received Options Drop a percentage of packets received Drop packets evenly Drop packets in groups Page 84 Binn SOLUTION REVOLUTION JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 Introduction The Drop Packet impairment emulates the loss of packets experienced during communications over a WAN This tool allows the user to define a set amount of dropped packets or a percentage of the total number received The diagram below shows the Drop Packet impairment on the Design pane with 5 of every 100 packets dropped from the connection anh i h 100 i fi Eare Parkar Dior Plarigieyple grar Pjr Plarigieyp ls Erel errr Purpose The packet drop impairment simulates the loss of a proportion of the data that is sent over a WAN a situation which can be caused for a wide variety of reasons Insufficient buffering firewalls collisions on shared connections damaged hardware routing instability and so on can act independently or in combination to result in packet loss Settings Once the Packet Drop impairment has been added to your emulation access its settings by right clicking on its icon and selecting s
87. ill contain e Input Output points Physical port start and end points network routing start end points or the captured traffic replay tool e WAN impairment tools between these input output points e Any reporting required from TAP points e Any traffic capture required The WAN impairments are available to be dragged and dropped from the Network Toolbox number 6 on the diagram above onto the Design pane Reporting is accessed by right clicking a TAP point these appear when a link is made between network start end points and any WAN impairments please see section 12 10 Reporting TAP devices for more information Once an emulation map has been designed the user simply presses on the play button in the map menu bar to initiate emulation It is highly recommended that first time users follow the instructions in the section Creating your first emulation run as this will provide quick experience and demonstrates JAR Emulate s key features Edit Mode v s Run Mode The GUI has two separate modes of operation an edit mode and a run mode Whilst self explanatory we should note some key differences between these modes Switching modes To enter the edit mode please select the Switch to Edit Mode button on the toolbar It should be noted that this button will disappear and be replaced with a Switch to Normal mode button Important differences 1 In normal mode
88. ions Page 41 Sinn SOLUTION REVOLUTION 11 GUI Walkthrough Master Menu Bar This section will describe JAR Emulate s GUI in detail including its features and functionality JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 11 6 M aster Menu Bar Central GUI V1 0 c JAR Technologies Ltd Views Tools Help The Master Menu bar provides general settings for the JAR Emulate GUI as follows 11 7 View Menu Unit Information Under the View menu there is one option available titled Toolbar Windows which itself holds one further option titled Unit Information Tools Help Toolbar Windows Unit information The unit information is a selectable option off on which when selected as denoted by a tick icon will display the hardware unit information The Unit Information window is only visible when an emulation is being performed and provides visibility on hardware performance throughout the duration of an emulation Its main purpose is to show real time JAR Emulate hardware diagnostic information so that the user can understand if an emulation run is highly taxing on the hardware and therefore whether mitigating actions need to be taken It also supplies quick view data on the routing of packets during an emulation if network routing is licensed so a user can quickly see the volume of packets received by the hardware the number routed or unhandled the total number of ARP pac
89. ions below 6 4 Hardware 1 Select the chosen physical location on the LAN most appropriate for the unit to be positioned 2 Connect the supplied power supply cable to the AC input socket at the rear of the machine and connect to a power source The unit will power up after short circuit and overload protection mechanisms has verified the power supply 3 Connect a CAT 5E or CAT6 Ethernet cable from the device under test or the switch router with visibility of the device under test to port 1 on the JAR Emulate unit 4 Connect a second CAT 5E or CAT6 Ethernet cable from the chosen destination device or the switch router with visibility of the destination device to port 2 on the JAR Emulate unit 5 Connect a third supplied CAT 5E Ethernet cable from the port marked C the control port to a switch or router on the LAN or direct to the machine running the GUI ensuring the JAR Emulate hardware unit can communicate with the computer that the GUI will be installed on see section 6 7 First time access to JAR Emulate Page 14 6 5 Installing the GUI Software Please follow these steps to install the JAR Emulate software 1 Determine which computer the GUI should reside on Please note the GUI can be installed onto multiple machines without licensing restrictions and can be loaded onto physically remote computers and will be able to control and receive information from the JAR Emulate hardware as long as the Local Area N
90. ir tal 2 0 i T Shamrock 2 100 unit Constant 2Mb with Jitter Load a Fela ofl a FR es Unknown xag 00 Y4oMIaNY ir D uone meu dey j a Fanclwiecler Trracel pare Pare farmor Start Point farwor Enel Paine Bandwidth Throttle tter Pore l Pore Z faraor Enel Paine flatware Stare Paine Si SPABZ 1 auew 00 05 36 00 11 12 00 16 47 00 22 237 00 27 59 00 33 35 00 39 10 00 44 46 00 50 22 00 55 58 01 01 34 01 07 09 Next Event The large blue arrows see left as well allow the user to move quickly between any waypoints that have been created on a timeline The timeline allows the user to set waypoints each of which allows the user to change any impairment settings and or turn impairments on and off The above screenshot shows an existing emulation map with four impairments two active two turned off using the Toggle on off feature and an empty timeline It is normal practice to design an emulation map before enabling the timeline and creating waypoints on it Please note e Any timeline created is specific to an individual emulation map e Turning off the timeline feature by clicking the Timeline icon again will not destroy any waypoints created or their settings They will be available when the timeline is next turned on TimeLine Auto Change Feature Creating a waypoint The following dialog box will appear once the user clicks anywhere on the timeline Page
91. is connections in the Design pane restart if required for this change to take effect If Wire Shark live capture is Tool options enabled on your release and is slow to start increase this delay so JAR Emulate does not abort trying to establish a connection to Wait a Upto 15 seconds for Wireshark to open Desktop options We Enable pop up information Select if pop up information Duration IE seconds should be shown in the GUI and if so how long it should be displayed Pop up information is shown for informational purposes only Please note that for many of the settings above to take effect a GUI restart is required Page 44 Friar SOLUTION REVOLUTION JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 11 8 1 2 Map Settings Tab Please see below for a visual description of the GUI Settings Map Settings tab Settings Ed General Define what should be created when a new map is created by Mew map settings right clicking on the Map Device Navigation bar and selecting Create new Map from the pop C Show network start and end points up menu A blank map can be created by selecting Create blank map from the pop up menu f Blank map f Create basic network map Define if and by how much objects added to the Design pane W Lock to grid width 9 pixels should be snapped to an underlying grid To select Less More complete free form pos
92. isplays the above settings below the filter for quick reference This option will display information about wf Confirm changes Ever Chas the filter on the main desktop allowing quick review of the filter settings Source and Destination Options The filter provides separate settings for both the source and destination however they are functionally identical Therefore we will focus on the source options Page 105 Piar SOLUTION REVOLUTION JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 This option disables checking of the source MAC address C No source MAC address filtering f Specific source MAC address filtering OF 94 28 00 06 33 If set packets with this MAC address will pass the filter f Source MAC Address range filtering Stark MAC Address JO0 00 00 00 00 00 End MAC Address JFF FF FF FF FF If selected the packet will pass if the filter if the MAC address is between the start and end values All MAC addresses are validated to ensure they conform to the standard colon delimited format i e aa bb cc dd ee ff The green LED s are used to indicate any problems with the MAC address and an on screen error message will give further instructions The destination options perform exactly the same roles except they take effect on the destination MAC address field in the Ethernet frame 16 9 Ethernet Payload Filter The filter scans the Ethernet payload field of any recei
93. itioning uncheck the lock to grid checkbox Lock to grid settings 11 8 2 Administration The second option on the Tools menu is Administration which contains three further menus as shown below Backup configuration Restore Configuration Firmware Update 11 8 2 1 Backup Configuration This is an important feature within the JAR Emulate GUI which provides the user with the ability to perform a complete back up of all emulation maps that have been designed their settings and some current GUI settings It is highly recommended that back ups are performed on a regular basis to ensure there is no loss of data if the GUI or system it runs upon becomes unstable Page 45 Sinn SOLUTION REVOLUTION JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 Back up manager Configuration backup manager Destination File Path jC Shamrock Backup Configuration 29 Mar_2011 465 Perform backup Filename is valid The back up manager will display a default filename for the file using the current system date settings You can change the filename and or path by clicking in the Destination File Path field and amending but the file extension ABS must not be changed otherwise any restoration of this back up may fail You can change the location where the back up file is to be saved by clicking on the file navigator icon highlighted in red above Please Note Always check you back up fil
94. ive Conditions wizard as shown below Central GUI v1 5 c JAR Technologies Ltd Views Tools Help Z gt k 0000m Wizards Auto map generation Wired internet simulation wizard uoge aeu dep aolaaq bid Wireless internet simulation wizard WireShark live conditions wizard 2 Select the Wireshark Live Drop TCP traffic only Conditions wizard Rate limit only UDP traffic 1 Hoover over the wizards toolbar to extend this window onto screen Capturing live network conditions In order to capture live network conditions JAR Emulate WAN emulator uses ping tests to assess the following e Latency e jitter e Packet loss Page 135 Sinn SOLUTION REVOLUTION JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 in both directions on the link The ping test should remotely target the machine s on the far end of the link to be emulated Wireshark must be capturing during this time in order for the necessary measurements to be recorded In order to capture live traffic please open Wireshark and ensure you are running it as administrator This can be achieved by right clicking on the wireshark application icon and selecting Run as Administrator Once Wireshark has opened please select Capture on the top menu and select Interfaces as shown below Fall The Wireshark Network Analyzer Wireshark 1 6 5 SVN Rev 40429 from trunk 1 6
95. kets forwarded etc The Unit Information Window has three display settings depending on the level and type of hardware information required please note these are only accessible during an emulation run Page 42 Friar JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 SOLUTION REVOLUTION 11 7 1 Basic Mode Basic mode is shown below Hardware Using the drop down menu select basic Control IP address 192 166 1 234 Hardware Status Executing map CPU Load 2 Basic Mode displays e Control IP address the IP address of the machine connected to the Control Port port C on the JAR Emulate front panel e Hardware Status displays brief information on the status of the JAR Emulate hardware as follows o Executing map hardware unit is performing an emulation o Map paused packets being dropped when an emulation run is paused packets which would have been subject to selected impairments are discarded e CPU Load showing in percentage the load on the hardware s CPU 11 7 2 Standard Mode Standard mode is shown below Hardware Using the drop down Control IP Address 192 168 1 234 j menu select standard Current Map Untitled __ Hardware Status Executing map Memory Usage 98 available CPU Load 2 PU Load history The graph displays recent CPU load activity with a red line intersecting at 90 As well as the information displayed for the Basic Mode Standar
96. l can optionally loop the recorded traffic Page 133 Sinn SOLUTION REVOLUTION Wizards JAR Emulate WAN emulator is intentionally easy to set up and use To add to this benefit it provides wizards that can pre populate network configurations for users without the need to draw the emulation maps from a blank canvas These can either be supplied as standard or tailored to individual customer requirements JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 These wizards are located on the left of the design pane shown below yon leh Oe 2000 CO a EZET ETT x nedos jodua Terna ler 9 Senex 15 0 05 19 000 neer 01 DO Common wizards provided include wireless satellite and filtering map creation wizards which guide the user through relevant questions and selections These are then confirmed and the desired emulation map is generated Page 134 Sinn SOLUTION REVOLUTION JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 18 Auto Impairment Generation of Live Network Conditions JAR Emulate provides the capability to pre populate an emulation with the conditions found on live networks even if those conditions are unknown to the user Traffic can be recorded either using the emulator hardware or from a remote location imported into the user interface and used to auto generate emulations based on the impairments found on that network This facility is provided via the Wireshark L
97. lay that were added previously 5 Click on the Play button as described in step 3 above in order to begin emulation 6 The emulation map will execute as before and a new screen at the bottom of the GUI will appear showing the statistics graph we have now added Page 39 Binn SOLUTION REVOLUTION F 8 i i JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 7 The grey section shows a simple line graph of the number of packets being sent past the TAP icon every second 8 Options on how to change this view as well as how to export the data are located on the top left of the stats graph pane as shown below The stats graph allows various operations on the received information Play Pause Save to Clipboard Save to CSV File Show Average Show Peak Smart Labelling on off and the ability to adjust the visible time domain 4un Time graphs and charts BI ry Time Domain Live Last Minute 3 g E 6 d l 0 2 00 0 06 4 00 nue 0 00 0 00 OO 05 44 OO 05 28 MO OS ss 000537 Page 40 Sinn SOLUTION REVOLUTION JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 10 9 Summary This completes the walkthrough of the example emulation run Please note that most of the control and functionality of JAR Emulate was not shown here the sections below provide more information on JAR Emulate s rich feature set and reporting opt
98. lecting the required operation Locate the Map Device Navigation window on the left side of the GUI Right click on the hardware you wish to add the map to and select the required operation new routed mode map or new bridged mode map 12 8 Visualisation of operation The Map Device Navigation window shows all available network maps the routed and bridged maps have the words Bridged and Routed appear next to their names The icon used to represent the network map also changes to show the map s operational mode Shamrock 2 100 unit 192 166 1 200 2 Maps L Bridged Sample Routed Icon Routed Sample With es Routed Corporate WAM Bridged Icon Bridged ADSL Simulation Tool Differences Given the nature of Routed mode and Virtual Routers the available tools are different The first major difference is routed mode provides Virtual Routers which can be added to the network map Please note that Routed mode does not currently support filters Page 52 JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 SOLUTION REVOLUTION 13 GUI Walkthrough Map Device Navigation Bar Located on the left of the GUI is the Map Device Navigation bar as highlighted in red below Central GUI V1 0 fi JAR Technologies Ltd ews Tools Help 0000 Jorit Device Map Navigation 3 0 x RAD Box 1 10 2 1 240 Work Machine 192 168 1 234 eee eee
99. ll change is the IP address at which the GUI looks for the device The JAR Emulate hardware s IP address will not be changed and the GUI will lose communications with it until the units IP address is restored General Settings Control port network settings f version Information Control port network settings IP Address this uniquely identifies the device running the GUI ZER ZDR ZD Ef E 192 165 1 0 d Subnet mask Provides the subnet mask for the unit please ensure the IP address is within this subnet range Gateway Gateway IP address yt Confirm changes x Revert Changes The Version Information tab provides non editable versioning data which may be asked for by JAR Technologies technical support The information will be automatically updated if new firmware is sent to the unit following for example a new release of features functionality Hardware Reset Under certain circumstances you may wish to reset the JAR Emulate hardware to its default IP address when you are unable to communicate with it due to limitations on your network To reset the IP address to 192 168 1 100 please insert a small and long non metallic object into the reset hole as indicated the following picture Page 61 JAR JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 SOLUTION REVOLUTION Reset IP Address Pin hole switch When the reset button is depressed the front panel LED s will flash continu
100. main desktop allowing quick review of the filter settings Page 107 Sinn SOLUTION REVOLUTION JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 16 10 IP Address Filter The IP filter allows the user to filter all incoming IP packets for source and destination IP addresses Name Packet Counting Filter cee Tests a received packet against a single or range of source Description ie and or destination IP addresses Network Tool Box Icon i IF Address Filter P Design Pane Icon UN Bi o l F 1E elelpass filar Available Input s 1 Input Any source 2 Outputs packets received will be routed down a passed Available Output s i i r l l or a failed connection No source IP address filtering Single source IP address Range of source IP addresses Options ee eat No destination IP address filtering Single destination IP address Range of destination IP addresses Purpose The main purpose of this filter is to test the received packet for a matching IP address in its IP frame header The filter provides both source and destination IP address filtering and 3 different ways to provide those addresses Page 108 Friar SOLUTION REVOLUTION JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 Settings The settings window provides all the available options on one window The top section of the filter settings deals with the Source filter options whilst the bottom half deals with th
101. may cause a circular loop resulting in an overload condition The following graphic displays how JAR Emulate can be added to a LAN Page 19 Network Interface e g switch or router OR Single computer or IP device on LAN Network Interface e g switch or router must be a different network interface device from the one that is connected to port 1 OR Single computer or IP Lae device on LAN Ethernet Fibre cable Device running JAR Emulate GUI either directly connected or via a network interface device Page 20 Finn SOLUTION REVOLUTION JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 8 JAR Emulate Graphical User Interface Overview JAR Emulate Emulator is designed to be inherently simple to set up understand and use Once installation is complete please navigate to the GUI in the location defined during software set up The GUI allows users to visually create the network which is to be emulated by dragging and dropping components impairments onto the screen These are then linked together with onscreen connections so the user can control the flow of data between emulated devices and simple play pause stop options provide overall control The following screenshot shows how the user interface will appear on first start up Page 21 3 JAR SOLUTION REVOLUTION JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 Figure 4 JAR Emul
102. mers if you wish to receive the latest firmware for JAR Emulate please e mail techsupport JARtechnologies com The Firmware Package JAR Emulate s firmware is released in a package file with the extension pck As well as containing the new firmware this package file contains version and validation information This information allows you to see what version you are upgrading to and make sure the package has not been corrupted in transmission to you Understanding your firmware package Each firmware package presents new features bug fixes and improvements You should carefully read the included release notes available online for any impacts these new features may have on your existing network maps if any By installing the firmware you agree to accept and be bound by any new or updated terms and conditions available online GUI implications Please refer to the release notes about any GUI implications Normally major firmware updates are associated with major GUI updates If you have received both a firmware package and GUI update please install the firmware update from the current installation of the GUI Once firmware has been successfully upgraded immediately close the GUI uninstall the existing GUI and launch the new GUI installation Failure to upgrade your GUI will result in a possible reduction in functionality and incorrect operation Firmware Update Step One Prerequisites Please ensure you have the requir
103. mulation Available Input s 1 Input a connection from any impairment or filter Available Output s None this is a network end point Page 68 Sinn SOLUTION REVOLUTION JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 Use in Routed Mode Routed mode provides virtual routers which are attached to each physical port in this mode the network start and end points are used to attach a virtual router to a specific port 100 Pore S flatijeele Grape Seip A A E ilj Mireyal Peauray a 100 Pope flatiieel Enel Paine Please note that no impairments are allowed between the physical ports and the Virtual Router you must place all impairments on the WAN link between Virtual Routers Please see the Virtual Router section for further information Routed Mode Rules for Traffic Flow Please refer to section 11 4 1 on this user manual to understand how to access overall settings for routed mode operations including traffic flow rules and forwarding table settings Page 69 Dinn SOLUTION REVOLUTION JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 15 10 Packet delay Impairment Tool Overview Name Packet Delay Introduces fixed and ranged delay to data Network Tool Box Icon Design Pane Icon Dele Packer Please note that summary information is indicated for this impairment on the Design pane icon the example above shows a delay setting of 50ms Available Input s
104. n and User Manual July 2013 Output Switch Settings General Mame Output Switch Filter Description Switches the output to many destinations Filter Settings The total number of output stream Humber of available Outputs Me ae available up to 4 may be selected Default Output 1 The currently selected default output stream This output stream will receive packets when the Clase emulation map is first executed Page 115 Dian SOLUTION REVOLUTION 1 7 Virtual Routers JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 16 15 Introduction The simulation of Virtual Routers allows you to create isolated LAN on physical ports interconnected through routed WAN environments 16 15 1 Features set The JAR Emulate WAN Emulator provides two methods of Virtual Router emulation a Basic Virtual Router and an Edge Virtual Router The main advantages of the Edge virtual router over the basic virtual router are e Support for multiple WAN links between edge routers e Availability of forwarding routing table for tweaking by the customer It should be noted that there are some limitations with Virtual Routing e Simulation is of a router not gateway device such as an ADSL Model No support for NAT PAT WAN IP address etc e Each edge virtual router can have only one physical port connected to it Page 116 Finn JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July
105. nection Simulation fs Settings i air Routing Table By double clicking on any of these maps they will each appear on a new tab within the main Design pane and are then ready for modification or emulation Please note once a map is modified in any way the changes are saved automatically it is recommended that if a user is unsure if they wish to make any changes they should make a copy of the map and rename it before proceeding Creating a new map for emulation Creating new maps is simple within the map sub menu right click on the Maps title or any actual map listed and select which type of map you want to create as your starting canvas Device Map navigation Ez nig sp A Shamrock Met a Devices He Sandbox 0 0 0 0 H a RAD Box 1 10 2 1 240 E a work Machine 192 168 1234 T aps f eld Mops New bridged mode map Create blank bridged map ok f Mew routed mode map Create basic map Q Satelite Downlink Bandwidth Report 9 Wired Internet Connection Simulation a i Settings oe Routing Table B deus i Ua a WE fu Page 55 PIAR SOLUTION REVOLUTION JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 New Bridged Mode Map Create blank map creates a new bridged mode map called Bridged untitled in the Design pane with no WAN impairments or start end points These are then added via the Network Toolb
106. nge Feature Editing the waypoint A waypoint s settings can be changed by hovering over any waypoint and clicking it the waypoint will be highlighted with a purple box The user can then amend any impairment tool s settings for that waypoint as required Please note that deleting a waypoint will cause all impairment settings for that waypoint to be lost Snapshot Report This feature allows the user to take a visual snapshot of the current network map and save this to a user defined location To generate a snapshot please click the following icon The report consists of a bitmap contains the current network map a bitmap for each statistical graph and a XML file containing the structure of the current network map The system will automatically create a date time folder for each snapshot To change the location in which the snapshot is places please see the options under GUI Settings for more information Page 28 JAR JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 SOLUTION REVOLUTION 9 JAR Emulate Web User Interface 9 1 Introduction Please note The Web UI is an option on the JAR Emulate units Whilst the JAR Emulate WAN emulator ships with a comprehensive user interface from time to time you may require the ability to quickly upload emulation maps and start stop the emulator from your web browser Whilst the Web UI and standard user interface can be operated at the same time the accuracy of the port st
107. nts on an emulation map and is one of the most commonly used filters within JAR Emulate The user decides how much data should be failed either as a percentage or X in every Y packets format with the failed data taking a different route than the passed data Name Packet Counting Filter Separates packets received into 2 new streams of data one Description that has passed and one that has failed depending on the number of packets received Network Tool Box Icon 1 J 3 Packet Counting Filter Design Pane Icon Parar Tyrii Filter Available Input s 1 Input Any source on same connection 2 Outputs packets received will be routed down a passed Available Output s P l or a failed connection e Faila set number of packets in a user defined total fail X Options packets for every Y packets received e Faila percentage of packets received Purpose The packet counting filter ensures the user can select a number of packets that are to be subjected to impairments through its pass or fail filters If for example the user only wanted to corrupt 1 of data received they would place the Packet counting filter before the Packet Corruption impairment set the former to fail 1 of all data received and send this down a connection to the Packet Corruption impairment The remaining 99 passed data would continue on a different connection to the n
108. number of packets e Packet Sinkhole o Drops all packets received e Packet Duplication o Single timed or complex delay and multiple duplication e Packet delay o Delays packages by static amount with variable jitter or by a dynamic range e Bandwidth throttling o Throttles bandwidth to a set amount various options e Ethernet fragmentation o MTU min max range Page 11 e Jitter o Constant or ranged e Background traffic Generation o Emulates link usage fixed or percentage of available link e Filters o TCP UDP IP address IP MAC Ethernet filtering packet count ethernet payload e Null Point Object o Allows the creation of more TAP device points for reporting purposes e Traffic Capture o Record live traffic to JAR Emulate s hard drive for analysis via Wireshark pcap files e Traffic Replay o Replay previously recorded traffic either traffic captured on the emulator or remotely e Statistical Graphs o Bandwidth Graph Showing bandwidth in various units bits megabytes etc o Packets per second reports the number of packets Wireshark o Provides root cause analysis and packet capture replay capability Please see section Network Impairment Tools for more information on each impairment tool and how to use these in your emulation and the section titled Reporting TAP devices on how to view the output of your emulation The JAR Emulate unit provides either two or four 1Gbps physi
109. om either a TCP or UDP filter if desired which can either be passed or failed Any passed or failed data that is not subsequently passed on to another impairment or the network end point will be dropped automatically Page 101 gt PIAR SOLUTION REVOLUTION UDP Filter settings E Hame JUDP Filter Description Filters UDF traffic Filter Settings Mode Simple Filter in out UDF Packets k No configuration options available In standard mode all UDF packets will pass this filter all other types of packets will Fail T contin changes Close Advanced Mode Data Stream Filtering JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 Simple mode performs a check to determine if received packets adhere to the UDP or TCP protocol If a packet is UDP or TCP it is sent out on a passed connection if one has been set up by the user If a packet fails this test it will be sent out from this filter via the failed connection The advanced mode allows the user to identify a specific UDP TCP data stream from all data traversing the network The user can then subject this stream to various impairments while leaving all other packets sent received by devices connected to JAR Emulate untouched or perform a different impairment on it Advanced settings are described below please note these settings are identical in their appearance and operation for both the UDP and
110. orms a simple 1 to 1 duplication of all data packets received so that the original data plus an exact copy are sent on from this impairment There are no further settings for this mode Delay Duplication Settings gy Configuration overview General Mame Facket Duplicator Description Facket Duplication Delay Settings Note This mode haz no settings duplication occurs immediately uf Confirm changes x Revert Changes Timed Duplication By changing the Delay mode to Timed simple duplication after time period the user can delay the duplication of packets received by a specified time period Please see the diagram below Page 92 F JAR SOLUTION REVOLUTION JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 Delay Duplication Settings x Configuration overview General Mame Facket Duplicator Description Facket Duplication Delay Settings Delay between duplication fi 0 i milliseconds y Confirm changes x Revert Changes Selecting Timed mode allows the user to delay the duplication of packets for a set period of time Delay intervals can range from 1 millisecond up to 10 000 milliseconds Timed mode performs a 1 1 copy of all packets received but does not release this onto the connection immediately instead the system waits for the time entered to pass before sending on the duplicate packet Com
111. ows the user to E select a value from the industry Description Filters packets based on the IP Protocol type standard list Filter Settings f ndustw defined payload type O07 ICMF All The user can supply a 8 bit f User defined payload type value Ox 00 hexadecimal number for custom filtering W Show filter settings on desktop displays the above settings below the filter for quick reference This option will display information about the filter on the main desktop allowing quick review of a Confirm changes the filter settings Page 111 Piar SOLUTION REVOLUTION JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 16 12 VLAN Protocol Filter The filter scans the VLAN field of any received packets Tests the VLAN field of any received IP packets Network Tool Box Icon i VLAN Filter VLAN Design Pane Icon L LAR filter YES PE Is e Available Input s 1 Input Any source 2 pack i ill Appia Gunns casks pac ets received will be routed down a passed or a failed connection e VLAN ID Options oe e User Priority Purpose This filter checks for a VLAN labelled packet if the packets matches the user supplied VLAN ID tag and User priority it passed the filter Settings The settings window provides all the available options on one window LAN Filter x m VLAN ID tag the packet must match to pass the filter General oe MG The VLAN Us
112. ox menu to the right of the GUI New Bridged Mode Map Create basic map creates a new bridged mode map called Bridged untitled in the Design pane The network map is created blank with just network start end points The choice of which map is created is decided by the Map Settings panel on the GUI Settings window New Routed Mode Map Create blank routed map creates a new routed mode map called Routed untitled in the Design pane The network map is created with no virtual routers physical ports or impairments New Routed Mode Map Routed Mode Wizard This option will show the routed mode wizard allowing you to select IP and DHCP information for each Virtual Router The network map will then be created to represent the supplied information You will note that the map is stored against the device in which it was created Options for moving maps between devices are explained below Amending Maps Maps that are created can be duplicated within the same JAR Emulate hardware device copied to a different device renamed or deleted This is achieved by right clicking on the map that is to be amended which will display the following sub menu T ony Spe B dew i UO Me4aua Device Map navigation q Shamrock Met ea Devices 88 Sandbox 0 0 0 0 R amp D Box 1 10 2 1 240 e Work Machine 192 168 1234 ef Maps Wireless Internet Connection Simulatio Wired Internet
113. p 1 Changing a map NAME cccscssesecsonssscucnseseccousvectcussscneussuesecusssencussscnsoususeseuesscneassrens 33 10 3 Step2 Aadding SNM AI IMC I accceiaecteaticeiuacenessheciasctsavedssssecsatsdcavsuven bea nesadacreiaxtinsniceteaenebe iets 33 10 4 Step 3 Adjusting an impairments SEttINGS cccceseccccssececeeseceeeeneceeeeeseceeeeeceseeeeceesenseeeees 34 10 5 Step4 R unnne anemulatiO Meersen N E 35 10 6 Step 5 Stopping an emulation rUN sssssssssseesssreresrressrreresrrressrrressresssreresererssrereserersseeresereesseere 37 10 7 Step 6 Emulating a congested networK sessssssssesesrrrssrrrsssrrresrrerssreressrerssreresrrersseeresereesseero 37 10 8 Step 7 VICWINE RESUMES socssscesncsssdecwssbadeveaduadeveasvidsuanizcdevesvbeseseatuadavanchoissneiaedounssbesacaoseadewecaseasets 39 109 SUMMI aana A s desea bieca asaya dw boinc NEA E mes errata ea ee 41 11 GUIWalkthrough Master Menu Bar essenciau eae eee 42 11 6 Master Menu Bar Si tstete tel tt tes cae esi tates nest hada lt eece ed tates Sect iead ak Li cae ue oat Sat es 42 11 7 VIEW Menus OU RIEIDTORMIALION lt ctcuecleeeaeicaasich osaninstaltnesaslenyadeasalnchagis baiueaa sell ecues anu edsonaeseten aii aeaucets 42 11 8 MOONS MEN eee tease cra r toscana ttnseanarsvace an ecsntes E O A 44 FES de GYSEN E T N wiacteda iratesaacitadas 44 1S2 AdmiDstratiO Neee E 45 1183 HePMENMi nein a a a E A ERN 51 LESA ANDOU ee ose E ose E E T O ETTO 51 TES D Activa
114. pecified number of times at intervals set be user Introduction The Packet Duplication impairment emulates the copying of packets experienced during communications over a WAN This tool allows the user to define a wide variety of duplication scenarios from single immediate duplication through to multiple packet duplication at specified millisecond intervals The diagram below shows the Packet Duplication impairment connected between ports 1 and 2 with a setting of simple 1 1 duplication D Spi Port 1 Packet Duplicator Port 2 pamyarsi rre een Hams erel eyii Purpose Page 91 Friar SOLUTION REVOLUTION JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 The packet duplication impairment is designed to simulate the effects of router switch or network infrastructure issues Under normal conditions duplicate packets are relatively rare but when they occur their effects can be exceptionally detrimental This impairment is normally used to duplicate UDP or other non guaranteed TCP IP protocols Certain protocols such as TCP automatically handle the duplication and mitigate most related application issues Settings Once the Duplication impairment has been added to your emulation access its settings by right clicking on its icon and selecting settings Simple duplication On first use this impairment s settings are opened by default on Simple Mode as shown in the diagram below This configuration perf
115. plex Timed Duplication The final setting available for the Packet Duplication impairment is Complex Timed please see the diagram below Delay Duplication Settings Configuration Owerwiew General Name Facket Duplicator Description Facket Duplication Delay Settings Delay between duplication rollizecornds Number of duplications 10 af Confirm changes M Revert Changes Selecting Complex Timed mode allows the user to create multiple copies of all packets received A delay between multiple duplications is required given processing time needed for this operation Choose the number of duplications required up to a maximum of 10 000 Page 93 Sinn SOLUTION REVOLUTION JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 Similar to other impairments if the user does not wish all packets to be duplicated a Packet Count Filter should be placed on the connection before the Packet Duplication impairment thus allowing the user to define how many or what percentage of packets received should be subject to any form of duplication Page 94 Binn SOLUTION REVOLUTION JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 15 19 Merge Point A merger point is used to merge together different inputs streams into a single output stream There are some important rules governing the use of TAP devices after a merge point please see below
116. prehensive walkthrough of the GUI or its features and settings The objective of this chapter is to serve as a quick start guide to emulation using the JAR Emulate product Please note This section describes the bridged mode operation of the unit Bridged mode places JAR Emulate as a dump in the wire allowing all packets entering the unit to be impaired Please see the Routed and Bridged mode operations section for more information Prior to step 1 please ensure the hardware is connected and positioned as per the guidance in section 7 Positioning the JAR Emulate Hardware For this example we are going to create a relatively simple wired internet simulation on a port 2 model When the GUI is launched you will find a default network map named Vanilla Connections under the left menu titled map device navigation Please double click on this network map to show it The arrows between the ports represent the logical direction that data will follow once the emulation is started Data from Port 1 will flow to Port 2 and visa versa Beyer ib Platyyele sjreipe errr a m asii Pletypocle Erir Seiri Nemar ca eat A basic network map For ease of understanding the Port 1 objects on the left of the graphic above can be thought of as the device connected to port 1 on the front of the JAR Emulate hardware Similarly the port 2 objects on the right of the above graphic can be logically considered as the devi
117. r a network switch or router in two DUT Device under test operations JAR Emulate allows data to be sent bi directionally with data in each direction made subject to different impairments i e data sent in one direction can be subject to different impairments and settings from the data returning Page 18 7 1 LAN Configuration Walk Through For ease of understanding the following example is used please note this focused on the 2 port models the same process can be applied to 4 or 8 port models Device A is a desktop PC which is either under test or is running an application under test Device B is the destination device that is physically located on the LAN but is being simulated as a remote device on the other side of a WAN e Device Acan be connected via Ethernet cable directly to port 1 on JAR Emulate s front panel e Alternatively device A can be connected to a network interface such as switch or router and an Ethernet cable connected from the network interface to port 1 e Similarly device B can be either directly connected to port 2 via a single Ethernet cable or with a network interface acting as an intermediary Please note e The same device cannot be connected to both port 1 and port 2 e The same switch router hub or any other network interface device cannot be connected to both ports 1 and port 2 o A switch or router will switch away traffic before JAR Emulate can introduce impairments o A hub
118. rdware for download at a later point JAR Emulate WAN emulator can capture and store up to 6Gb of network traffic at any one time the total capacity depends on the model being used This storage on the JAR Emulate hardware is designed to be a temporary holding place for captured traffic which should be subsequently saved onto local hard drives If captured traffic files are not downloaded to a separate hard drive the ability to capture traffic will be impaired once all available JAR Emulate memory is used by existing capture files Capturing network traffic To capture traffic please right click on any TAP point on the Design pane and select Add Traffic Capture This will add a traffic capture tap device to your emulation map as shown below This is the title that EEr Ge ecriatlve will identify the file Senora details if required Name Traffic Capture TAP for replay purposes User description Operation Filename TrafficCapture a7 fo a he fil Maximum File Size 10 Megabytes eee ee ee Set t e es maximum capture g Each time the network map is ran If you do not specify a new Overwrite the file all previous data is lost SIZE filename for each recording Create new file and append date and time to file name decide if the previous recording with the same filename should be overwritten Page 130 JAR JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 SOLUTION REVOLUTIO
119. rnet Fragmentation dummy tool gt flere Point Ethierniae Fracmenication aia SD Haragi Enel Paint Fanelielery earn Sraristies Gran In future revisions this limitation will be lifted or show a disabled TAP device on the GUI Page 96 Sion SOLUTION REVOLUTION JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 15 20 Null Point TAP Extender The null point is used to extend the visual aspects of the GUI and has no effects on the data traversing the emulated map It assists visualisation and creates more TAP points for reporting purposes Name Null Point TAP Extender Provides an extra TAP which can be used to insert further TAP Description devices such as more statistics graphs reports or Wireshark instances Network Tool Box Icon OEE Null Point TAP Extender Design Pane Icon Tl paint Available Input s 1 Input Any source on same connection Available Output s 1 Output Any destination on same connection 16 Filter Tools Overview Network filters allow the user to specify what data or how much data should traverse an emulation map These are powerful tools that provide a significant degree of control to the user as they design the WAN to be emulated Page 97 Sion SOLUTION REVOLUTION JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 16 6 Packet Counting Filter The packet count filter provides the user with control over how much data should be sent to other impairme
120. s Percentage Packet Drop Mode Using the drop down menu provided for the Mode field the user can select the Percentage Drop option as shown below Percentage mode drops a specified percentage of all packets received The dropping of packets will continue until the emulation run is paused or stopped The percentage of all packets received which are to be dropped from the emulation is set using this field Page 86 Sinn SOLUTION REVOLUTION JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 15 16 Packet Sinkhole Impairment tool overview Drops all packets received Network Tool Box Icon Design Pane Icon Facket Siir Hole Available Input s 1 Input Any source on same connection link Available Output s None available Introduction The Packet sinkhole impairment tool emulates the loss of all data on a WAN There are no associated settings for this tool as packets are effectively discarded once received If a less than total drop rate is required please refer to the Packet Drop impairment which allows users to specify a level of data loss lower than 100 The diagram below shows the Packet Sinkhole tool connected to a network start point with no onward connection as no packets will remain once they enter the sinkhole m Tod pe Bechet Sine Tiol Haragri arare Pajp Purpose A packet sinkhole is commonly used to drop all packets after a filtering operation or if
121. s Start Delay 1000 00 a rilizeconds Duration 5000 00 roillizeconds l Constant Linear Range Normal Gaussian Ramp Sinusoidal Wave Constant Latency 50 00 roillizeconds Enabled Jitter az I 22 from constant latency y Confirm changes x Revert Changes Once any change is made to these settings they must be confirmed or cancelled to take effect July 2013 The default name and description of the object will be displayed These can be edited which will change how the tool appears on screen The packet delay has time constraint control allowing the tool to be enabled after a start delay and disabled after the duration has passed Please note this will loop The Constant Latency field specifies how long each packet will be delayed before being released back onto the connection This value can range from 1 millisecond to 10 000 milliseconds in 0 1ms steps Available within constant mode is the jitter option When enabled the user can select by how much from the standard bandwidth available or the limit placed on a connection by the bandwidth throttle impairment the average jitter should be set to in percentage terms Jitter can be added from within the packet delay impairment Jitter is a variation in the delay experienced by packets as they traverse a network with some packets moving unimpeded while others are subject to wide variations in their delay Jitter
122. s can be changed if required Bandwidth Throttling Settings Configuration overview General Hame B andiwidth Throttle Description Bandwidth Rate Limitor To set a bandwidth limit enter numeric values into the Bandwidth Limit field and select the data size required from the drop down list Throttle Settings Constant Throttle fF andom A ange Bandwidth Limit 76 0000 The bandwidth units this can be changed to gain finer control over the bandwidth throttle Advanced Bandwidth Unita Megabit per second The constant delay feature has some advanced functionality detailed below Once any change is made to these settings they must be confirmed to take effect Page 78 pN PIAR SOLUTION REVOLUTION Advanced Mode JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 When the advanced checkbox is selected the constant mode settings window will be extended to include further options as shown in the diagram below Bandwidth Throttling Settings Configuration overview General Name Bandwidth Throtie E Bendsidh Aate Limo Baa The advanced options provide finer control over the bandwidth throttle allowing J for simulation of certain bespoke networks and switchesrouters Constant Throttle Random Range Bandwidth Limit 116 0000 Bandwidth Units Megabits per second Sampling Rate 10 g
123. s soon as the delay tool is activated The start period defines how long the start latency should be applied for After this period has expired the latency will begin to ramp up Constant Linear Range Mormal Gaussian Famp Sinusoidal Start Latency 50 00 milliseconds Start Period 250 00 milliseconds End Latency 75 00 EET milliseconds Rise Time 500 00 millizeconds Prevent re ordering desequencing of packets The final latency required this is the latency that the tool will reach after the rise time has expired The final latency required this is the latency that the tool will reach after the rise time has expired See explanation in range delay mode Sinusoidal Mode The sinusoidal delay mode creates a constantly fluctuating delay between a min and max value using a sinusoidal curve The duration of the full curve is supplied as the Sinusoidal Duration for example if the user selects a 1000ms duration the latency will rise from min to max the back to min after 1000ms After the 1000ms the cycle will seamlessly repeat The minimum latency to be applied to Constant Linear Flange Normal Gaussian Ramp Sinusoidal the packets Min Latency 70 00 i milliseconds The maximum latency to be applied to the packets Max Latency 100 00 rollisecords Sinusoidal Duration 5 00 milliseconds The full duration of the sinusoidal
124. sed and total file size that was set for each capture I e Delete file the selected file will be removed permanently from the system e Download file downloads the selected file to the a location specified on a local hard drive for analysis or long term storage e Upload a file allows previously captured files that have been downloaded to a hard drive to be uploaded and subsequently replayed if this feature has been licensed in your version of JAR Emulate Downloaded files are stored as with pcap file extensions which allows them to be opened and analysed via Wireshark Users must download and install Wireshark in order to analyse pcap files produced by JAR Emulate WAN emulator Replaying stored traffic The user can replay stored traffic by dragging and dropping the following icon onto the main design pane from the network toolbar Replay captured traffic 60 This will display the following icon Page 132 Sinn SOLUTION REVOLUTION JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 Traffic Replay The user should right click to open the settings of this tool and select the file to be replayed Once the emulation is started the traffic replay tool will send the captured packets across the selected link and allow the user to view if resolutions to application performance issues for example have been resolved under the exact same network conditions on first they were identified The traffic replay too
125. st EVR located on the left side of the network map change its IP to 10 50 1 2 You will notice the DHCP Range will automatically change to show Virtual Router Settings Configuration overview General Notice the selection of Auto name this 50 1 1 10 501 Auto allows the EVR IP range to be clearly Description Virtual Edge Router visible on the network map Virtual Router Settings Physical Port Router IP Address 10 50 1 2 7 Router Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 MAC Address Auto generate C User specified 00 00 68 91 60 6F DHCP Enable Disable DHCP Start Range 19 50 1 1 DHCP End Range 10 s0 1 254 The DHCP range now reflects the IP address Lease Duration 72 hours Broadcast Addos 10 50 1255 Forwarding Table Automatic generation recommended C Manual routing table a E oO See Edit Route Add Route Delete Route You will also note that the forwarding table now has a physical interface entry for the 10 50 1 x network We will leave the second EVR with its default settings 192 168 1 x Range Connecting up the EVR s creating the WAN Simply right click on the WAN Link Out tool and select Create Link and then select the remote WAN Link In tool You have created your first EVR network map with a non impaired WAN you should see the following network map om 2 JN E ay a Pa e ARI Link dr j Pay flator Start Poin
126. t milliseconds Buffer Size kilobytes V Auto size FIFO recommended A Confirm changes x Revert Changes The advanced settings should normally be left untouched with the Auto Size FIFO enabled if you should require a large burst of traffic at the start of any constant bandwidth throttle please disable this option and increase the buffer size as required This will result in a excess of bandwidth being available on bursts of traffic Page 79 gt JAR JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 SOLUTION REVOLUTION Ranged Bandwidth To place the bandwidth throttle in range mode please select the range throttle tab sheet as shown below As with all other emulation tools the general settings can be changed if required Bandwidth Throttling Settings Configuration overview General Mame B andwidth Throttle The min and max values the Throttle Seth rottle Settings bandwidth can be set to Constant Throttle Random Range Min Bandwidth 8 0000 Max Bandwidth 16 0000 TE Duration sooo on Eman Description Bandwidth Fate Lirnitor The duration of each random change in bandwidth The bandwidth units this can be changed to gain finer control over the bandwidth throttle Once any change is made to these settings they must be confirmed to take effect The range throttle will randomly select a new bandwidth throttle v
127. t as required Range Range delay is used to simulate a range of latencies that are experienced by most equipment on the public Internet or over long hop private circuits Normal Gaussian This applies a normal or Gaussian distribution to packet delays if plotted this would resemble the classic bell curve shape which quickly falls off from the mean point Ramp This provides a linear ramp up from a starting latency to a finishing latency the user can tweak the delays of this tool as well as the speed of ramp up Sinusoidal Wave A standard sin wave of latency is produced within a given min max latency and a time period in which to make the sweep Mode Reset Please Note If any delay tool is enabled or disabled either through manual on off selection via the time line or through time constraints options it will reset its operation l e On reset Ramp mode will reset back to the start latency and will be ramped up in accordance to the user settings Setting Once the packet delay impairment has been added to an emulation map access its settings by right clicking on its icon and selecting settings Right click the Delay Packet icon to access settings Settings Page 71 JAR JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual SOLUTION REVOLUTION Overview and constant mode Delay Packet Settings Configuration overview General Name Delay Packet Description Delay Packet Disruptor Delay Setting
128. t f faraon geart Point a i G x A Sy tl 1 50 25 5 Fe AGA laa bt 14 Ley 25 Pore l fatar Enel Paine Port 2 faraor Enel Point WAR Linke Oue WAR Liris fri Forward Table Changes Now that you have connected the two EVR s together the forwarding tables for both EVR s will change to show the WAN links assuming you left the forward table on automatic If you now view the forward table you will see the WANT link to the remote EVR Page 121 Sinn SOLUTION REVOLUTION JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 Adding WAN impairments The process for adding WAN impairments is the same as normal bridged mode simply add the impairments you wish to the WAN links a quick example is shown below f ah mM E O It a SHAG Linke tri i Fanelwieler Trieatele Pott v S z i Port 2 faraor Stare Paine r faraor Stare Point n i A lt l Y N 4 K A 50 10 10 50 L25 AU fale bs IEAA EIC AEGEA Pore 7 v A i faror Enel Paine 20 O03 Sth ee tz his HAG Lire Out Banelaidlen Teoria i Ai ia Jateari t In the above screenshot you can see the simulation of a simple ADSL connection with 20Mb s down rate and 1Mb s up rate from the 192 168 1 x network Page 122 4 JAR SOLUTION REVOLUTION JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 When an edge virtual router is operating it will present information to the user for diagnosis and
129. tc e Alphabetically Page 63 Friar JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 SOLUTION REVOLUTION 14 6 Tool and Impairments General Settings All tools and impairments within JAR Emulate have individual settings to allow powerful control over the exact conditions which require emulation these settings are described in detail below However it should be noted that all tools in the Network Toolbox contain user accessible general settings which allow all tools to be re named and their description changed if required for ease of use or understanding by third parties Once a tool is added to the Design pane right clicking will show an option titled settings only available in Edit mode When clicked on the settings menu will appear and the first fields displayed allow the tool s name and or description to be amended Below is an example screenshot showing the general settings section of the delay packet tool Configuration overviews General Name Delay Facket Description Delay Packet Disruptor If the user wishes to name the tool to better suit its specific use on any given network emulation map they can change the above fields In this example the user may wish to change the Delay Packet name to reflect the true nature of the object such as Outward Delay Path The name is then reflected in the representation on the design pane The following section will step through th
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131. the process again Firmware Update Step Eight Optional GUI Update Major firmware updates are usually accompanied by an updated GUI to allow the user to access new features or functionality If you have received a new GUI update it s important to close the existing GUI down and uninstall it If the update is minor you re network maps will be preserved Please install the update This usually involves clicking the JAR Emulate_GUI_ setup exe application which will guide you through the process Page 50 Friar JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 SOLUTION REVOLUTION 11 8 3 Help Menu Returning to the main Master Menu bar the last sub menu is Help which contains three options About Activate Product and Dump XML 11 8 4 About Within this option are the terms and conditions relating to the JAR Technologies JAR Emulate WAN emulator and its operation alongside information on the license agreement By using Central GUI you are deemed to have accepted the terms and conditions present within the GUI including any updated terms and conditions 11 8 5 Activate Product Upon installation the GUI should prompt the user to activate the product using the activation key supplied with the JAR Emulate hardware box If for any reason this screen does not appear the user can open the activate product window from the master menu bar and follow the onscreen instructions or those found
132. trics are as follows e Packet rate packets passing the TAP point every second e Bandwidth Adding a statistical graph to your emulation map Right click on the required TAP point and select Add Statistical Graph Tap the TAP device should appear below the TAP point as indicated in the following image Page 125 Sinn JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 SOLUTION REVOLUTION Paeats gar secon eraun Srytisities Grae The default stats graph added to the Design pane is the packets per second graph This can be changed to the bandwidth graph by right clicking on the green icon and selecting settings Statistical graph settings window The statistical graph settings window shows your available metrics Select which type of metric you require by clicking on it Statistical Graph TAP Settings Configuration overview General Name Statistics Graph User description a A list of your available metrics is shown here Click daade daaa Bandwidth metric A i DES scaled per us on the metric will change the per Y milliseconds setti ngs pa nel Available metrics Packet count metric settings Refresh Rate 1 second Setting panel this changes per metric Chart Scale Auto scaling v Time Domain this sets how the X bottom axis is labelled Packets per second metric settings Refresh Rate This is t
133. ugh JAR Emulate and which is therefore subjected to WAN impairment In effect the user should consider each port icon within the GUI s Design pane as a network start or end point on the emulated WAN Bridged Mode permits the flow of all packets from physical ports 2 4 or 8 ports depending model to enter and leave the WAN emulation All data received from a specific port will be passed to an opposite port subject to the network port is used in the emulation map and visa versa For example the bridged mode is most applicable when there are two for 2 port unit devices under test DUT physically linked to the JAR Emulate network ports 1 and 2 i e no switch or router before the DUT Using bridged mode also removes some of the complexities associated with virtual routing for example they do not need to use DHCP to obtain IP addresses pore fore l Pletyoric Erie Point flatware Stare Puirt fore lt port pletyorc Eriel Poirie ariyor Sere Point Page 66 Sion SOLUTION REVOLUTION JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 Bridged Mode Port 1 gt Port 8 incoming traffic only Port 1 to Port 8 depending on model incoming traffic only In physical terms these objects represents the incoming Description source of packets into the WAN emulation Depending on the model this can present 2 4 or 8 physical ports os Port 1 incoming traffic only Network Tool Box Icons gt Port 2 incoming traff
134. ved packets Description Tests against a set value in the Ethernet payload field Network Tool Box Icon Ethernet Ethernet Payload Filter Payload Design Pane Icon Ethernet verdlecel filtar Available Input s 1 Input Any source 2 pack i ill E a Output pac ets received will be routed down a passed or a failed connection Oon e Industry Gems payload type e User defined payload type Page 106 pN PIAR SOLUTION REVOLUTION Purpose JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 This simple filter checks the 16 bit value stored in the Ethernet Payload filter against the user selected value The tool allows you to select from industry defined types or enter a user defined value Settings The settings window provides all the available options in one window Ethernet Payload Filter Configuration overview General Name Ethemet payload filter Description Filters packets based on the Ethernet payload type Filter Settings C Industry defined payload type Ox0800 Internet Protocol Version 4 IFv4 ka an W Show filter settings on desktop displays the above settings below the filter for quick reference uf Confirm changes x Revert Changes This option allows the user to select a value from the industry standard list The user can supply a 16 bit hexadecimal number for custom filtering This option will display information about the filter on the
135. will be presented with two messages informing you of the process you must accept each of these before continuing At this point the firmware update process is underway It is of critical importance that you do not interrupt this process power cycle the unit or close the GUI Firmware Update Step Six Update process The progress section as shown below provides information on each step of the operation The update operation will take around 30 to 360 seconds depending on your computer to complete and should require no user intervention Action Receiving firmware chunks o REE If you do receive an error message that the firmware update process has encountered a problem please reattempt the firmware update If you have any further issues please contact techsupport JARtechnologies com Firmware Update Step Seven Finalisation After the unit has received the firmware package it will verify that the package is correct and contains no errors If there are no problems the system will commit the new firmware and reboot itself The GUI will keep you updated on each of these steps through information presented in the progress section When the unit has rebooted the GUI will check to make sure the unit is at the correct firmware version and report successful completion Action Unit upgraded successfully You are free to update multiple JAR Emulate hardware units by selecting them in the drop down combo box and starting
136. xi JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 Mame Facket Counting Filter Description Filters back on packet courts Select this option to fail a Filter Settings defined number of Mode Fail packets in packets packets within a total number received Fail eo packets per 1000 E packets Define the number of packets to fail Percentage Fail Use this mode to set a percentage on how many packets received via the Packet Counting Filter should be failed F Packet Count Filter Settings ioj xj Configuration overview General Mame Facket Counting Filter Description Filters back on packet counts Filter Settings defined percentage of all Mode Fax percentage of packets packets received Fail fis percentage of packets Select this option to fail a Define the percentage of packets to fail X seve cnn 16 7 UDP TCP Filters Users can also filter network traffic based on whether the received packets is a UDP User Datagram Protocol or TCP Transfer Control Protocol These filters also contain advanced settings as described below Separates packets received into 2 new streams of data one Description that has passed and one that has failed This is based on an assessment of whether the received packet is either TCP or Page 100 Sinn SOLUTION REVOLUTION JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 TC
137. you cannot change the position of any impairment tool or add and remove any impairment tool You can still change an impairments settings and enable disable its operation if required 2 The system will automatically switch to normal mode if an emulation is run Page 23 Sinn SOLUTION REVOLUTION JAR Emulate Installation and User Manual July 2013 Map Menu Bar The map menu bar is shown below Enable Disable Timeline Center map on all feature for current map Add blank map tools f a a a a a a a E a E E Toggle tool on off Add New HW Add new feature for current Wizard impairment tool ma Take a p Snapshot report Toggle Tool on off When selected the toggle tool allows the user to disable or re enable impairment tools added to an emulation map Any traffic that encounters a tool that has been disabled will pass it unimpeded The following screenshots show how impairment tools are represented when this feature is enabled Biiurer Hamelvicler Trircecele Jitter Tool active on Bandwidth Throttle Tool disabled off Impairment tools can be toggled on or off while an emulation is being executed i e in real time It should be noted that when an impairment tool that buffers packets such as delay or jitter is disabled it will dump all buffered packets immediately This can result in a small but inevitable spike in traffic as the packets are released back onto the link

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