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Measuring the “Green-ness”

of Networking Devices

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IxDefend 3.0 Product Launch

Press Briefing

October, 2008

UNDER EMBARGO UNTIL 11/10/08

Why Care About Energy Efficiency?

10,000

DRAM access rate

x1.1 / 18m

Router Capacity

x2.9 / 18m

1

10

100

1,000

Silicon speed

x1.5 / 18m

1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005

Moore’s law

x2 / 18m

Source: N. McKeown, Stanford University (Modified)

System requirements grow faster

than silicon and cooling technology

Pushing the limits• Total system power

• Individual device power

• Cooling infrastructure

Verizon Sets Energy Efficiency Standard

Verizon announced what it says are the global telecom industry’s first energy-

efficiency standards, designed to reduce by 20% the power consumed by new telecom-

related equipment starting Jan. 1, 2009.

Typical 20,000 sqft Data Center

Uses 8 Megawatts

BT 21C 20,000 sqft Data Center

Uses 3.2 Megawatts

To help Japan meet its Kyoto Protocol target, NTT Group aims to reduce electric power consumption

by 2010 to the level of 1990

Service Providers Care!

Why Care About Energy?

1. Electricity costs rose 88% in US since 2003 (US EIA data)

Energy has become a non-trivial OPEX item

2. Worldwide legislation changes

Energy efficiency and climate controlEMEA: reduce CO2 by 20% by 2020UK: reduce CO2 by 20% by 2010Japan: reduce CO2 to 6% under 1990 level by 2010USA: no government goal yet (but likely to change)

3. Carriers and businesses are setting new targets

Reduced energy consumption

Reduced heat dissipation

reduced space requirements (volume footprint)

What Does This Mean for Data Networking?

Telecom facilities are power hogs

• Direct contributors to CO2 emission

• 2-3x collateral energy loss (conversion, cooling)

Data networking is still a growth industry

• Global connectivity relies massively on routing and switching

and this dependency increases

• Significant increases in traffic are expected

• This should NOT result in higher OPEX

Vendors need to respond to the challenge

Standardization – Just Beginning

First paper on the subject in late 2008

Developed the Energy Consumption Rating (ECR) for Classes of

Networking Devices

Energy Efficiency for Telecommunication Equipment

Method for Measurement and Reporting for Routing and Ethernet

Switch Products

International Organization for Energy Efficiency has Began

Preliminary Investigations

ECR Initiative – ECR Measurement

ATIS – TEER Measurement

Test Setup for Energy Efficiency Measurement

Real-world Energy Efficiency Testing - IxGreen™

Ixia solution - Industry’s first fully integrated “green” test solution

– Fully integrated, time correlated, accurate power measurements

– IMIX Real world frame size distribution

– Real-time result analysis and logging

– Fully automated tests and detailed reports

– ECR

– ATIS based TEER measurement

– Switch/Router Network device classes supported

Example IxGreen Results

This material is for informational purposes only and subject to change without notice. It describes Ixia’s present plans to develop and make available

to its customers certain products, features and functionality. Ixia is only obligated to provide those deliverables specifically included in a written

agreement between Ixia and the customer. ©2009 Ixia. All rights reserved.

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