Virtualized, multifunction service assurance verifier with integrated monitoring and troubleshooting capabilities specifically designed for NFV architectures

Assure virtualized Ethernet services

EXFO’s Virtual Verifier enables service providers to deploy a verifier virtual network function (VNF) anywhere in the virtualized service chain to perform testing and then seamlessly evolve to real-time performance monitoring or vice versa—all with minimal capital expenditures. It leverages the flexibility of SDN/NFV, monitors the quality of those services and assures a high QoE for end users. With unprecedented test scalability to thousands of locations, the Virtual Verifier ensures complete end-to-end SDN/NFV network visibility. Carriers can deploy the Virtual Verifier using a third-party orchestrator to turn-up and assure multiple new circuits simultaneously and measure, in real time, the performance of data transport, wireless backhaul, metro Ethernet, VoIP, mobile and video services.

Benefits of virtualized probes

• Reduce cost of deploying verifiers and expand the scope of deploying them in every service segment
• Enable the full lifecycle of Ethernet/IP circuits by turning up, monitoring and troubleshooting them through a single VNF
• Accelerate time-to-market by enabling fast deployment of assured services on demand
• Reduce design-to-deployment time
• Take advantage of an open system that is easy to integrate with SDN/NFV architectures
• Enable operational efficiency by fixing faults and introducing assured services in real time
• Reduce OPEX and CAPEX by enabling a fully automated service delivery and monitoring lifecycle
• Open up new markets and monetization opportunities

Virtual Verifier: key features

• Compliant with ETSI NFV architecture and specification
• Fault detection and availability monitoring
• MANO supports major hypervisors: VMware, Xen, KVM, OpenStack, Virtual Box
• Designed for carrier-class availability
• Tests L2 to L7
• Support for IPv4 and IPv6
• Hardware acceleration with SR-IOV and PCI passthrough
• End-to-end service testing
• 24/7 service-level agreement (SLA) monitoring

Applications

• Service activation
• Transport-to-application layer performance management