Datacom Systems VERSAstream™ 1224 Network Packet Broker
4 Port Any-to-Any Switch with Load Balancing and Packet Filtering

Features and Benefits:

Benefits:

• Consolidate monitoring tools to reduce management expenses and lower tool costs
• Single point of deployment and remote management minimizes management expenses and reduces MTTR
• Monitor 10G links with 1G tools for increased ROI and more efficient use of monitoring resources
• Easily share scarce SPAN ports and test access points without maintenance windows
• Receives traffic from external taps or SPAN ports to allow you to deploy tools right away without impacting your production network, which simplifies the change control process.

Features:

• Load Balancing - Balance sessions across multiple outputs for monitoring redundancy
• 240 Gbps backplane
• All ports active with full features- no per port licensing. Input from passive TAPs or SPANs.
• Filtering - Line-rate hardware-based filtering can eliminate port oversubscription.
• Filter on IPv4 Src/Dst Address, MAC Address, Protocol, Port, Ethertypes i.e. MPLS, VLAN, IPv6 Src/Dst Address
• Aggregation/Regeneration - Combine multiple network links or channels into one stream or send copies to multiple connected tools to share data sources
• Media Conversion - Leverage existing monitoring tools regardless of media type
• Manage device remotely or locally with Web-based management (HTTPs) or extensive CLI (telnet/SSH)
• SNMP v2c, v3c
• RADIUS, TACACS+

Solutions:

	Data Filtering Instead of tools attempting to keep up with high-speed aggregated traffic streams, the VERSAstream™ can apply packet filters to the data to increase tool efficiency and eliminate port oversubscription. Line-rate hardware filtering on each port allows you to customize and streamline the amount and type of data each connected monitoring tool receives. Because they are receiving only traffic of interest, tools run faster, data is more manageable, and issues are resolved quicker. Filters can be based on a variety of packet header criteria.
	Aggregation (Many-to-Any) Many-to-Any monitoring access aggregates network traffic and provides visibility for one or more monitoring tools into multiple network segments. Aggregate and reassemble full duplex conversations from one or more trunked links. Perfect for tools that don’t support multiple monitoring interfaces or for redundant networks, EtherChannel, load balanced servers, and asymmetrically routed traffic.
	Regeneration (Any-to-Many) Any-to-Many configurations replicate copies of identical network traffic to provide multiple tools with monitoring access to the same links. In addition to eliminating contention for scarce SPAN ports and test access points, multiple tools can be connected to the same link for redundancy, testing, or advanced monitoring applications.
	Port Steering (Any-to-Any) Any of the ports can be configured as input (network) or output (monitoring) ports on the fly through an easy to use command line interface (CLI) or Web-based management. Any monitoring port can receive traffic from any of the other ports, eliminating the need for network managers to change complex network configurations or move tools around their network.

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Download the Datacom Systems VS-1224-F Datasheet (.PDF)