Network Performance Channel

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www.np-channel.com

Network Performance Channel

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Who we are

• Leading global value added distributor specialized in networking solutions

• Exclusive EMEA distributor of NetOptics

®

• Providing monitoring access, load balancing, intelligent bandwith

management, performance measuring and network optimization

• More than 20 years experience in IT/Telco business

• 50 existing Strategic Business Partners in EMEA

• Owned by Brainforce Holding AG (~1.000 employees)

• Offices in Austria and Germany

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Intelligent Monitoring Access Solutions

Net Optics

®

_{is the leader in}

Intelligent Access and Monitoring

Architecture

• Tapping

• Access Switching

• Bypass Switching

• Load Balancing

• Monitoring

• APM

Total Network Visibility

Security & Control

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Method

Risks

Span Ports _{• Can drop packets when switch is busy}

• Does not pass critical Layer 1 and 2 errors

• Costs time and resources for switch reconfiguration

In-line _{• Potential point of failure}

• Expensive one-tool-to-one-link deployment • Relocating the tool means link downtime

Hubs _{• Not passive (power failure  link down)}

• Half-duplex only

• No Gigabit or 10 Gigabit hubs

Switch

Switch Switch

Hub

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Net Optics Tap Span Port In-line Device Hub

Handles High Traffic Loads? Yes No Maybe No

Invisible to Attacks? Yes No No No

Remote Configuration? Yes Yes Yes No

100% Traffic Visibility? Yes No Yes No

Full-Duplex Traffic? Yes Limited Yes No

Point of Failure? No No Yes Yes

Passive Tap Technology

• Access 100% of your network traffic

• Passive fail-safe operation

• Intelligent failure-over

• Deployed as infrastructure

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Features:

• Fiber Taps available in multiple split ratios - No power needed

• Fiber available for ATM / OC3, OC12, GigaBit and 10 GigaBit

• Support full-duplex monitoring • Copper available in 10/100, 1G and 10/100/1G

• Zero Delay on 10/100/1000BaseT Tap • Rack-mountable (with the purchase of rack

panels)

Secure, passive network access for monitoring devices on any network topology.

10 GigaBit SR Tap 10/100/1000BaseT Tap

Benefits:

• Network traffic flows regardless of power availability to the Tap

• Monitoring devices can be used across multiple network links, preserving existing network

connections

• Hardware becomes hidden from potential attackers providing premium network security

• Access to all packet types on a link and errors from all layers

• Access to all packet on a full-duplex link, in real-time

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Bypass switches

iBypass HD

• Trouble-free access port for in-line network security and WAN optimization tools • The Bypass Switch with Heartbeat adds automated link fail-open protection

• Support for 10Mbps to 10Gbps connectivity and managed models

10 GigaBit iBypass Switch

with Heartbeat

10/100/1000 Bypass

Switch with Heartbeat

Optical Bypass Switch with

Heartbeat

High Density, fail safe monitoring Link Fault Detection, SNMP conf. Modular design

Displays traffic utilization/peaks Link Fault Detection, SNMP conf. Failsafe 10G monitoring

Link Fault protection

Automaticaly switches traffic Link Fault protection

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Link Aggregation

• 24 SFP+ ports for both 10G and 1G SFP transceivers • Enabling existing 1G tools to be applied to 10G traffic • Fully configurable port mapping, no packets dropped

• Supplying more port density than any other 1U form factor link aggregator

iLink Agg xStream

iLink Agg

• 24 SFP+ ports for both 10G and 1G SFP transceivers • Enabling existing 1G tools to be applied to 10G traffic

• Virtual Zero DelayTM_{– no packets dropped}

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Port Aggregation

• Combines and regenerates both directions of a full-duplex stream

• Displays link utilization levels in real time, with size of last peak, tresholds, etc. • Passes all traffic from all layers for comperhensive troubleshooting

iTap 1/10 GigaBit Port Aggregator

GigaBit Fiber SFP Port Aggregator Tap

• Provides ultra-efficient access to critical links

• Supports buffering to prevent lost of data with buffer size of 1Gb

• No IP address is needed for the Tap or monitoring device, enhancing monitoring security

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Director

TM

• Tap, aggregation, regeneration, matrix switching and smart filtering

• Deep Packet Inspection (DPI), static and dynamic load balancing and snapshot packet capture

• Fast ProPush™ statistics for microburst detection

• Low-latency, hardware-based TapFlow™ filtering engine • 10 Mbps to 10 Gbps operation

• Inline and SPAN network modules • Dual, hot-swappable power supplies

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Load Balancing

• Load balances, switches, aggregates, and regenerates traffic from 24 10G/1G SFP+ ports

• Checks the health of attached inline devices with Heartbeat packets and link-state awareness for high availability

• Includes low-latency, hardware-based TapFlow™ filtering engine to send tools only traffic of interest

• Provides RMON statistics such as packet counts, bandwidth utilization, and threshold alarms to increase monitoring efficiency

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Monitoring and performance

• Automatic identification of common

applications with Deep Packet Inspection (DPI)

• Reveals network usage, latency and bandwidth consumption

• VOIP SIP/RTP correlation and individual VoIP call detail, jitter level, and MOS score • Continuous and ad-hoc packet capture with filter support for selective data capture • Support for concurrent monitoring of multiple networks, sub-nets and VLANs • Real-time and historical data view

• Flow monitoring with flow bounce diagrams • Threshold based alerts

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Virtualization TAPs

Virtualization Taps provide 100% visibility of traffic passing between Virtual Machines (VMs) in virtualized computing environments and clouds.

• Extends monitoring access into the inter-VM networking layer

• Enables monitoring for security and compliance in virtualized environments

• Applies existing physical monitoring tools, processes, and procedures to the virtual network

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