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Traffic Monitoring Switch Technology

Benefits

• Scalability to meet next generation network deployments: all operations at full line rate
• Rapid reconfiguration to meet the changing usage demands: via the simple to Use Topology Configuration Interface - enabling one-to-many, many-to-one, and any-to-any setups with flexible input and output filters
• Simple setup to switch specific traffic to the right place: have the ability to search for specific combination of header fields and payload content in the traffic stream at line rate speeds and switch it to one or many ports
• Easily switch all parts of the conversation: full traffic aggregation and extraction while keeping conversations intact
• Flexible traffic management visibility: switched traffic automatically balanced as the network traffic changes along with traffic statistics and local capture capability

Key Features

• Simple to Use Topology Configuration Interface - enabling one-to-many, many-to-one, and any-to-any setups with flexible input and output filters.
• Complete Packet Inspection Architecture - allows users to search for specific combinations of header fields and payload content (at a given offset or anywhere at an unknown location/offset down to the last byte of any size packet) in the traffic stream at wireline speeds (10G) and switch it to one or many ports.
• Automatic Load (Flow) Balancing - with optional filtering and user defined weights for an input or groups of input including options for fail-over and hot-stand-by. Automatic triggers can alert users to unusual traffic conditions or behavioral anomalies.
• On-the-Fly Snap Capture of Traffic Samples - that match a specific filter (e.g. only packets with "rich@microsoft" in the payload) directly from the device over a standard browser.
• Accurate Time Stamping - sub-microsecond on port entry with GPS synchronization.
• Granular Performance Monitoring, Counters, and Graphs - also provides granular performance monitoring, counters, and graphs for second by second traffic and application monitoring to drill down on spikes or micro-bursts.
• Dashboard, Storage, and Presentation of Data - detailed performance information is presented in a graphical web dashboard and stored in standard CSV files. The information can be imported into SQL databases, spreadsheets, and monitoring frameworks.
• Reporting and Automatic Updating - reports information on bandwidth in or out of the device as well as network behavior information such as TCP events, frame size distribution, and protocol breakdown as shown below.