Getting Started
Procedure 3: Install Spirent TestCenter Software
Getting Started with Spirent TestCenter
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Installation Option 2: Using the Website
If you have a Spirent Communications Support Entitlement, you can download
installation files from the Spirent Customer Service Center (CSC) website (
).
If you do not have Support Entitlement, contact
for assistance.
Install Spirent TestCenter Applications
To install Spirent TestCenter applications on a Linux workstation, you download shell-
based installers and a documentation tarball.
Note: Refer to the Spirent TestCenter Extreme Automation™ Toolkit Release Notes for
detailed installation instructions. These release notes are available on the Customer
Service Center (CSC). Search using the document title or DOC10751.
To install Spirent TestCenter Automation:
1
Navigate to
and then login.
First time website users, register for a login user ID and password.
2
Click the
Downloads
icon in the left panel menu.
3
From the
Filter
options, select
General Release
as the Release Type, and select
Spirent TestCenter
from the
Product Line
list.
4
In the Filter by Release drop-down list, select the version to download.
5
Click the install_Spirent_TestCenter_Auto_Linux link for the version you want.
6
Click
Download
to save the installer.
7
Click
Save
in the
File Download
dialog box
,
and then use the
Save As
dialog to save
the file to your
/home/user
directory.
8
Return to the
Downloads
list when the download is complete.
9
Select the Spirent TestCenter documentation tarball for Linux and save it to the
/
home/user
directory.
10
Run the shell-based installer. For example,
use the following for a 64-bit OS
:
.
/install_Spirent_TestCenter_Auto_Linux64_[x.xx].sh
11
Use tar to extract the documentation from the tarball. For example, use the following
command for a Linux file:
tar -xzvf Spirent_TestCenter_Docs_Linux_Unix[x.xx].tar.gz
12
Log off the website.
13
Set up Tcl
[x.x.xx]
, or other automation environment, for use with Spirent TestCenter.
Setup instructions for each environment are in readme format, located in the
<Spirent_Install_Dir>/API folder with sub-directories matching the language name.
For example:
/home/user/Spirent_TestCenter_[x.xx] Spirent_TestCenter_Application_Linux/API/
Tcl
