Calnex SNE: Releases

If you have an SNE and a valid Calnex Support Service (CSS) contract, the latest release can be downloaded from the Calnex Customer Support Portal. Release notes are also available from the same location.

Version 15.0.0

Open

Information

As part of this release, all Spirent branding is removed and replaced by Calnex branding. Calnex users remain unaffected. Spirent users will see now see the following on the Dashboard and Help > About screens:

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Enhancements

• New Change Admin Password functionality.

• Versioning rework to show new application version numbers.

• Map Generation APIs.

• Add Link Flap control to maps.

• Headless mode - Remote Controller performance improvements.

• Map Global Settings - Globally control state of all individual ports on map

• Packet Buffer Stop Mode - option to flush packets and wait or immediately drop all packets when stopping a map

Fixes

• Bandwidth Limit exceeds target bandwidth/shows wrong values.

• Enabling VLAN Filer via REST API caused error.

• Generic filter with length greater than 16 causes crash.

• Invalid IP configurations are not flagged when gateway is set to network address.

• Average data rate value on Bandwidth graph is incorrect.

• Link down/up API calls not working for 1G electrical ports.

• HTTPS disabled automatically following an upgrade.

• Customer service links updated to new support portal.

• Diagnostics button hanging and not downloading documents.

• Client - Map port nodes shows maximum line speed rather than current speed.

• WebUI –System null error message when deleting a user.

• WebUI - Port Node Packet LED's logic appears to be reversed.

• WebUI - Centring an empty map causes the map grid to disappear.

• Error message seen on UI while user attempts to delete maps or open template maps.

• Yellow ribbon displays incorrectly informing user that map contains unreserved ports.

• Error displayed when user drags and drops an impairment onto a map with 2 nodes and a link.

• Valid PCAP files were not being uploaded to the unit.

• Increased security to SNE to prevent Terrapin SSH attacks.

• Web UI update to not allow new links to be added when map is running.

• Map Global settings was retaining deleted port IDs after map saved.

• UI was allowing a timeline to be added when map was running.

• FCS button displaying on UI when clicking from a 25G to a 10g node.

• Map was allowed to start where there is an invalid or unavailable traffic replay file.

• UI fix to show port numbers on the panel on port link settings.

• Map gets stopped and unloaded without being called to.

Version 14.2.2

Open

Fixes

• Fixed issue where management port IP Gateway address could be set to an invalid value,
  causing the unit to become unresponsive.

7.x Features not included in this release

• Virtual Routing

• SNMP traps

• PTP synchronisation

Known issues

• The Packet Reorder “Packet Distance” mode should not be used when the packet rate is lower than 1,000,000 packets per second. Use the “Time” mode for lower packet rates.

• Jitter Impairment reports incorrect packet utilisation.

• Downgrading from firmware versions 1x.x back to version 7.x does not report that the upgrade has taken place and finished successfully.

Version 14.2.1

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Enhancements

• The FCS option in the Start Port node properties is disabled for physical ports where this feature is not supported. The user is informed that the FCS option is invalid for 25G ports and above.

• End User License Agreement (EULA) updated.

Fixes

• Fixed issue where port link status and FCS port option do not match to the correct the physical port

• Fixed issue where traffic replay occasionally can’t be stopped and may crash the system.

• Fixed issue where “Bandwidth Limit” impairment would occasionally drop all traffic after map start.

• Fixed incorrect Min/Max data rates in Bandwidth Limit graph.

• Fixed issue with the browser running out of memory due to numerous graph nodes in the map.

• Fixed the error thrown when deleting a non-admin user.

7.x Features not included in this release

• Virtual Routing

• SNMP traps

• PTP synchronisation

Known issues

• The Packet Reorder “Packet Distance” mode should not be used when the packet rate is lower than 1,000,000 packets per second. Use the “Time” mode for lower packet rates.

• Jitter Impairment reports incorrect packet utilisation.

• Downgrading from firmware versions 1x.x back to version 7.x does not report that the upgrade has taken place and finished successfully.

Version 14.1

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Fixes

• 100G performance improvements

• Bit Error Rate impairment produces inaccurate error rate

• System may occasionally crash when stopping a map containing a disabled delay node

• The Edit Link and Panning / Group icons can become incorrectly disabled when switching between maps

• The TCP Filter node could not be used unless a LOADGEN license was applied

• Unlicensed nodes were still enabled in the toolbox

• The Remote Control REST API node disable feature was not disabling the specified node

• The Remote Control REST API did not allow impairment updates using the object name

• Log rotation was not working as expected

• Custom port configuration facility (for factory only)

7.x Features not included in this release

• Virtual Routing

• SNMP traps

• PTP synchronisation

Known issues in v14.1

• The Packet Reorder “Packet Distance” mode should not be used when the packet rate is lower than 1,000,000 packets per second. Use the “Time” mode for lower packet rates.

• Jitter Impairment reports incorrect packet utilisation.

• Downgrading from firmware versions 1x.x back to version 7.x does not report that the upgrade has taken place and finished successfully.

Version 14.0

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Enhancements

• Timeline Automation

• Import/Export CSV into/from Timeline

• Personalized Map Annotations

• Auto-Negotiation Disable (Fixed Port Speeds)

• Increased Sine Wave Delay Duration

• 5G Network Profile Option

7.x Features not included in this release

• Virtual Routing

• SNMP traps

• PTP synchronisation

Known issues in v14

• Packet Reorder by distance does not reorder the correct number of packets when the packet rate is lower than 1,000,000 packets per second.

• Jitter Impairment reports incorrect packet utilisation.

• Downgrading from firmware versions 1x.x back to version 7.x does not report that the upgrade has taken place and finished successfully.

Version 13.0

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Enhancements

• Added Wireshark support (launches Wireshark client on the controlling PC and sends packet data to it)

• Added admin and password authentication support

• Added new licensing support

• Updated firmware upgrade page

• Generic Packet Modifier - Added ability to randomise / increment / decrement byte values

• Enhanced PCAP format support

• Enhanced Packet Corruptor functionality

• Enhanced map import / export capability

7.x Features not included in this release

• Timeline automation (this feature is available in v14.0 and later releases)

• Virtual Routing

• SNMP traps

• PTP synchronisation

Version 11.0

Open

First full release of the Web UI. Contains all the major impairments, filters, statistical graphs, traffic generators, Traffic Capture and Replay. See “7.x features not included in this WebUI release” below for a short list of notable omissions.

Enhancements

• Completely overhauled user interface, now accessed from a standard web browser

• Greatly enhanced editing functions (group select, copy / paste, zoom, undo previous actions)

• Dashboard shows layout of network cards along with their status (including port reservation status)

• Two different themes (light theme and dark theme) to suit users' individual preferences

• Integrated help system

• HTTPS support

• Remote Control API additions: StopAsync and Status endpoints (for maps with large delays), also the ability to retrieve statistics for individual impairments or whole maps

7.x features not included in this WebUI release:

• Wireshark (this feature is available in v13.0 and later releases)

• Timeline automation (this feature is available in v14.0 and later releases)

• Virtual Routing

• SNMP traps

• PTP synchronisation

Version 7.0

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Enhancements

• Bandwidth Throttle now supports up to 20MB input buffer

• In multi-user mode, port reservation can now be performed via the REST API

• Updated Start / End Point statistics, added individual / global port statistics reset, added individual / global port link reset (via right-click)

• MPEG H.264 impairment re-implemented. Added H.265 dynamic payload and H.265 support

• Added new Markov Packet Drop mode

• Accumulate and Burst impairment how supports delay time of up to 1 second

Defect Fixes

• Start Point packet duplication did not work correctly in some scenarios with real world traffic

• Fixed Packet Corruptor enable / disable via REST API

• Bandwidth Throttle and Delay re-enabled disabled impairments on map stop via REST API

• Jitter disabled on map stop via REST API

• REST API did not always report enable / disable status correctly for some impairments

• Jitter no longer holds on to a single packet on disable

• A map created with the G.1050 wizard would cause the system to reboot

• Traffic Replay with large packets could cause the system to reboot

• Packet Drop impairment did not return correct settings via REST API until traffic passed through it

• Port reservation did not handle non-contiguous licensed ports correctly

• Maximum time for Accumulate and Burst was lower than expected when Jumbo mode enabled

• RTP Statistics TAP performance improved

Version 6.1

Defect Fixes

• [SNE-548] Improved Bandwidth Throttle performance with TCP-based packet streams

• [SNE-403] Fixed an issue restarting maps containing a packet capture TAP in overwrite mode

• [SNE-406] PCAP files downloaded via RESTful Remote Control API did not contain a .pcap file extension

• [SNE-453] Improved Packet Delay throughput for modes other than Constant

• [SNE-455] Added enabling and disabling of Traffic Capture, Packet Corruption and Generic Modifier via the RESTful Remote Control API

• [SNE-503] Fixed an issue that would prohibit large maps from starting successfully

• [SNE-511] Fixed the Packet Reorder distance-based mode and improved throughput of this impairment

• [SNE-478] Filters downstream of a VLAN filter on the “failed” path no longer increment their offsets by 4 bytes

• [SNE-491] Fixed an issue with VLAN filters whereby traffic with non-zero PCP values would always fail

• [SNE-569] VLAN IDs are now constrained to 0-4095

• [SNE-492] Revised and updated the DiffServ filter DSCP list

• [SNE-456] Fixed an issue with Jitter at high packet rates

• [SNE-125] Fixed an issue that caused Jitter to reorder packets

• [SNE-241] Fixed a memory leak

• [SNE-533] Added admin SSH portal documentation

• Fixed an issue that could cause a 10G port to advertise incorrect sync speeds

• Updated supported Ethernet card firmware versions

• Fixed an issue that could cause an upgrade to fail if the system clock was not set to the correct time

• Fixed a Packet Drop issue in the time constraints functionality

• Fixed an issue that could cause the Virtual Router to stop processing packets

• Added additional debug information to the support logs

Version 6.0

Features

• RESTful Remote Control API

• Link Flapping (via API)

• Jumbo Frame Mode, supporting Ethernet frames up to 9216 bytes

• Ability to download logs for support

Enhancements

• Increased the Standard Frame Mode Ethernet frame size, supporting up to 1536 bytes

• Enhanced Idle Traffic Flow behavior

• Added VLAN tag support in Ethernet Fragmentation impairment

• Enhanced performance of all drop based impairments (Bandwidth Throttle, Packet Drop, Sink Hole, etc)

• Improved accuracy of all time based impairments (e.g. Delay, Jitter, Bandwidth Throttle, etc)

• Improved performance and accuracy of the background traffic generators

• Many more functionality and stability improvements

Usability Enhancements

• SSH administration

• Fix for graphs directly after a filter

• New port icons

• Many more GUI tweaks and improvements

Defect Fixes

• [SNE-128] No data is being displayed if you insert a Bandwidth Stats Graph after a passed or failed link on a filter

• [SNE-137] SNE Rel 5 Client Shows Wrong Traffic Path After Disabling Filter

• [SNE-141] SNE Object Deletion Message Spelling

• [SNE-144] SNE Captured Traffic Screen Incorrect

• [SNE-145] SNE Traffic Capture Tap Invalid Options

• [SNE-146] SNE GUI Shows Incorrect Traffic Flow When Filters are Disabled

• [SNE-154] Stats Graphs Incorrect When Placed Directly After Filter

• [SNE-170] When in Multi User mode, ports do not forward traffic on when not in use by on map

• [SNE-171] Spirent GUI is calculating the Background Traffic Generator in 1024 instead of 1000

• [SNE-172] Re-boot caused by repeated connection attempts

• [SNE-174] SNE Reboots When 3 GB or Larger Traffic Capture Is Used

• [SNE-181] Changes made to the Local Time from the Internal Clock do not persist on reboot

• [SNE-246] Bandwidth Generator behaviour and performance