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With an industry-leading 24 GB memory buffer (maximum) and the Gen2 Gigabit Capture Card, the Gigabit Probe Appliance is the ideal solution for ensuring complete and accurate captures on your full-duplex links.
The Gigabit Probe Appliance is a 64-bit system, maximizing gigabit analysis with faster processing and larger capture buffers. 32-bit versions are also available.
Industry-Leading Performance
- Ensure full-duplex, wire-speed capture on high utilization links
- Capture large amounts without packet loss with a 24 GB buffer
- Switch between copper and optical links with SFP technology
- Monitor up to four full-duplex links independently or in aggregate
- Gain visibility into trunked gigabit links
- Localized processing at the probe minimizes network overhead
Real-Time Analysis
- Obtain gigabit metrics in real time such as Top Talkers, VLAN analysis and Application statistics
- Solve issues immediately with a comprehensive Expert system with nanosecond resolution
- Perform packet captures and review statistics that adhere to RMON1/RMON2 and HCRMON
- Utilize network trending and reporting features such as comparison reports and web reporting
- Manage VoIP communication with an enterprise-strength VoIP expert
Transparency with an nTAP™
- Insert and remove the probe without network disruption
- Acquire an independent view of gigabit data flow
- Eliminate dependence on a SPAN or mirror port
- Ensure full-duplex, wire-speed passive analysis
Easy-to-Deploy
- 4U rack-mountable unit
- Fits seamlessly into the Network Instruments Distributed Network Analysis (NI-DNA™) architecture
- Reports back to the award-winning Expert Observer and Observer Suite console
- Configure as a local console for on-site analysis
Includes an nTAP to Ensure Complete Full-Duplex Captures
The gigabit analyzer’s functionality includes full-duplex, wire-speed gigabit analysis for copper and optical fiber networks. All configurations of the Gigabit Probe Appliance include an internal nTAP that provides a copy of all gigabit traffic to the analyzer. In the case of gigabit over fiber (i.e. optical) networks, the nTAP splits the optical signal, providing one signal to the network and the other signal to the analyzer. In the case of gigabit over copper, the nTAP electronically duplicates the gigabit signal—sending one signal to the network, and the other signal to the analyzer. With an nTAP, the gigabit network flow always remains unaltered and uninterrupted.
For target analysis, the Gigabit Probe Appliance can also connect to nTAPs that are permanently deployed on the network. Once an nTAP is inserted into the gigabit connection, the gigabit probe can be attached or removed without interruption of the gigabit signal.
High-Capacity RMON Probe Appliance
The High-Capacity RMON (HCRMON) Probe Appliance from Network Instruments is built for high-capacity full-duplex gigabit analysis with any RMON management console or collection facility. This supports the RMON standard, HCRMON, as detailed in RFCs 2577 and 3273. This appliance comes complete with all hardware necessary as a ready-to-go system, including nTAPs and the Gen2 Gigabit Capture Card. The HCRMON system provides network administrators with:
- A direct, passive link into the data stream, offering an independent, proven, and trusted view of network traffic
- Full adherence to all 21 RMON groups, including HCRMON for complete data collection
- Compatibility to any RMON management console or collection facility (i.e. Observer Suite, OpenView, Concord, Micromuse)
Utilize with Expert Observer and Observer Suite
The Gigabit Probe works with the award-winning Expert Observer and Observer Suite console to provide the most comprehensive packet-capture, decode, real-time statistics, expert analysis, network trending and network reporting in the industry.
Observer features include:
- Nanosecond resolution for enterprise-level networks
- Graphical filter rule editor for creating complex filters effortlessly
- Over 550 protocol and countless sub-protocol decodes
- Over 570 Expert events to speed troubleshooting
- Triggers and Alarms for immediate alerts on activities or errors
- Application analysis statistics including response time and total/failed transactions for common applications such as SQL, MS Exchange, Oracle, VoIP, and DNS
Technical Specifications
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