HANNOVER, Germany -- Ixia (Nasdaq: XXIA), a leading provider of high-speed, multiport network performance analysis and network monitoring systems, is being showcased in Extreme Networks Inc.’s (Nasdaq: EXTR) booth at the CeBIT exhibit. Extreme Networks is utilizing the powerful capability of Ixia’s Optixia, the world’s largest performance analysis platform with the highest port density available, to transmit traffic through its largest core switching platform, the BlackDiamond® 6816.Optixia is the first network performance analyzer and traffic generator to offer up to 480 ports of 10/100 Mbps Ethernet or 240 ports of Gigabit Ethernet in one chassis with one RISC CPU running LINUX per port. The BlackDiamond 6816 switch features 768 10/100 Mbps Ethernet ports and can support a maximum of 1536 10/100 TX ports. The Optixia platform will verify the performance of the BlackDiamond switch while emulating a fully meshed Layer 3 Internet Protocol (IP) network at wire-speed. “We are very excited to be working with Ixia at CeBIT,” said Martin Van Schooten, marketing director of EMEA for Extreme Networks. “With its support and technology we will be able to fully demonstrate the powerful capabilities of Extreme Networks’ Ethernet switching solutions. The BlackDiamond 6816 core switch offers an industry leading combination of wire-speed performance, very high port density and Layer 2 and Layer 3 routing capabilities in a single Ethernet platform. The advanced testing capabilities offered by the Optixia platform will truly demonstrate these capabilities and highlight the BlackDiamond 6816’s position as the leading hardware-based, Layer 3 switch.”IxiaExtreme Networks Inc.For more information on CeBIT, please visit: www.lightreading.com/cebit