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This release notes document is for the latest Spirent TestCenter software base packages, test packages, and hardware. Click the attached PDF to open the release notes.
The following is a partial list of new content that is being introduced as part of this release.
The New Features document includes detailed descriptions of each new feature and many helpful GUI screen captures. 

Spirent AION

• Extend support to C1/C2/C50 appliances

• PX3-QSFP-DD-2 & DX3-QSFP-DD​
• PX3-QSFP-DD-8 and DX3-QSFP-DD-8​

• Add 2x4 and 1x8 LAG profiles support

• A methodology used to measure end-to-end TCP Throughput in a managed IP network.​
• RFC 6349 is provided under a new license and is dependent on the Spirent TestCenter Enhanced Layer 4-7 license (BPK-2001) which must be purchased separately.

• Enables Path Computation Element Protocol (PCEP) with Point-to-Multipoint (P2MP) Traffic Engineering Label Switched Paths (TE LSPs) for use in Multi-protocol Label Switching (MPLS) and Generalized MPLS (GMPLS) networks. ​

• Enables IPv6 for BGP LS. BGP can be used by PCE to collect link state and TE information from BGP speaker in NLRI.​
• SR Flex Algo for OSPFv3​
  • Enables configuration for Segment Routing (SR) related information in OSPFv3 protocol, including SR Flexible Algorithm Definition (FAD) TLV and SR Flexible Algorithm Prefix Metric (FAPM) Sub-TLV.

• Supports Both fault and notification indications and can emulate sending and receiving of event indication messages. ​

• Enables users to configure BGP IPv6 unicast routes with IPv4 Next Hop value​

• Can import the community values from the route file using the BGP Route Table Import wizard.

• 2.5G and 5G speeds on Spirent FX2/MX2 1G/10G modules and NIC-47​
• 100G speed on Spirent FX2 1G modules and NIC-65​

• Allows users to select protocol, configure upper layer and lower protocols, configure the number of devices, VLANs, and MAC and IP addresses, all in a single flow.