The PROVA appliance can be connected to a switch or router’s mirror/SPAN port, test port, or in-line with the service path. Use the power of GENEM to non-intrusively monitor individual flows, capture flows for analysis and generate synthetic traffic on VLANs, pseudo-wires, and individual TCP/UDP sessions to test and troubleshoot issues.

Verify and guarantee performance before you turn circuits over to subscribers. Service Activation Testing (SAT) allows you to verify connectivity and the correct provisioning of your circuits, including critical latency, jitter and loss performance requirements to ensure your customer will get the service quality they require.

Monitor virtual circuits and pseudo-wires in real-time with a robust set of continuous performance management features. GENEM allows you to gather latency, jitter and loss metrics on a per-service basis so you can compile performance data into monthly reports.

Perform Service Activation Testing or other troubleshooting tests across a link-protected ENNI using the GENEM application. Multiple PROVA test ports can be aggregated to perform tests over a link-protected interface. Test the performance of active/standby links by forcing switchovers and precisely measuring the switchover time and tracking packet loss during the switchover event.

Use GENEM’s powerful synthetic traffic generation tools to emulate real-world traffic by combining multiple application streams into multiplexed flows. Create any type of packet and specify header values using our intuitive packet editor. Add hardware timestamps and sequence numbers to synthetic traffic to track performance of streams. Accurate stream rate control allows you to precisely throttle the rate of packet transmission on a test port for each stream independently.

You can capture traffic on any of the test ports with the click of your mouse. A large 8GB onboard capture buffer can store a copy of received packets up to line rate. You can export the capture buffer and decode the contents using WireShark. You can also playback the capture at the rate it was captured or at full line rate. Upload pre-saved PCAP files to the PROVA and play them back on any test port.