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With OPNET Network Planner you can predict the impact of application deployment and analyze changes to network configuration.

Network Planning and Engineering (OPNET Network Planner)

OPNET Network Planner

Just as an architectural engineer uses computer aided design (CAD) to design and test the strength of a skyscraper, so can a network architect design and test a complete IT network before it’s actually built. Enlist Riverbed OPNET Network Planner™ to get answers to network “what if” scenarios such as changes in technology, growth, consolidation, migration, and new application deployment. Get OPNET Network Planner as a standalone product, or as part of the Riverbed OPNET NetOne® Suite.


OPNET Network Planner comes in two flavors: (1) Rivebed OPNET SP Guru® Network Planner: Network testing and planning for service providers, and (2) Rivebed OPNET IT Guru® Network Planner: Network testing and planning for your company’s IT network

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  • Design and test before you deploy

    Minimize risk of any network deployment by first evaluating different network architectures and any technology migration plans. You’ll be able to test for capacity, survivability, and managing traffic.

    A true IT scenario evaluation requires you to test all variables

    OPNET Network Planner considers and combines multiple sources of data to provide a more complete and accurate prediction of network behavior and performance.

    Design your network based on your business needs

    You’ll be able to test network topologies that deliver the lowest cost, the most throughput, the most resilient security, or any other mix of performance-related criteria.

    Validate a plan before you move a single node

    Accurately plan for growth by forecasting traffic based on trends

    With scenario testing you’ll have the accurate results to support your plans for data center migration, unified communications deployment, VoIP deployment, and IPv6 migration.

    Test network changes before deployment

    Every single network change can be tested in a simulated environment before deploying to the production network. Not only do you save money, but you also save network managers' precious time.

    A competitive boon for service providers

    With OPNET Network Planner, carriers, ISPs, cable operators, and wireless service providers have better prediction tools to insure they meet service level agreements (SLAs) and maximize existing or future network investments.

    Off-line testing of MPLS traffic

    OPNET SP Guru Network Planner lets service providers test and optimize MPLS traffic for best utilization of resources.

    • Plan and analyze network survivability based on MPLS Fast-Reroute (FRR) protection and network QoS based on Diff-Serv Aware Traffic Engineering (DS-TE).
    • Optimize peering relationships and determine the impact of core failures, peering failures, peering changes, and BGP policies on inter-AS traffic.
    • Design and analyze IS-IS networks.  Optimize IS-IS link metrics to minimize link utilization and reduce delay using automated IGP traffic engineering design actions.

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