Multi Function Blade

(ACI-3032-E36-1)

Product Overview Presentation

Martin Di Pasqua
Gerente Comercial
June 10 , 2014
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Usage Instructions
APCON Sales

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This presentation is for APCON Sales to present to customers

and prospects.
It covers a quick overview of the APCON Multi Function Blade
- ACI3032-E36-1. Packet Deduplication, Protocol Stripping,
Time Stamping and Packet Slicing Blade.
Visibility Customers / Partners
Media PDF version to customers/partners - allowed

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Market Dynamics
Big Data Driving Growth and Change
25% of Big Data comes from
Financial Industry.
Wal-Mart collects 2.5
petabytes every hour.
5 Exabytes is created every 2
days which equals amount
from the dawn of civilization
to 2003
Network loads expect to double or triple in the next two years requiring more
bandwidth, security measures and more effective monitoring solutions
Sources:
NetworkingPlanet
BigDataStorm

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Monitoring Data
Challenges in security and tool capacity
Data and traffic growth outpacing
capacity of tools
Duplicate packets create false
positives, or break tools
Many tools only analyze packet
headers overloaded by traffic
Sensitive and confidential information
must be removed and secured
Storage and record keeping being
maxed out

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Monitoring Data
Challenges in Real-Time Networks
Latency and performance
Accurate time stamping of
packets
Ingress stamping and order
stamped
Updating packets in realtime and inline

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INTELLAFLEX Multi Function Blade

Packet Deduplication, Packet Slicing, Protocol Stripping, Time Stamping

ACI-3032-E36-1

36 1/10G ports

Full INTELLAFLEX features- aggregation,

Multi Stage Filtering, load balancing,
tagging

288, 144, 72, 36 ports based on

selected chassis

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4ms 100ms sliding window*

Configurable Packet Slicing

* subjecttochange

Deduplication

64 9600 byte slicing range

Sub 10ns Time Stamping

GPS, PTP, NTP timing sources

PPS, IRIG-B synchronization

FabricPath, VTAG, MPLS header stripping

Monitoring Cisco Nexus deployments

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INTELLAFLEX Multi Function Blade

Scalable and Flexible Deployments
Create exact ratio of
inputs/outputs required
Lower cost than dedicated
input port design
Highest density: 36 ports in
1RU
Highest scalability: 288
ports in 8RU

Compatible with APCON

Series 3000-XR Chassis

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INTELLAFLEX Multi Function Blade

36 to 288 Ports of Packet Deduplication at Line Rate

Highest density 1G/10G real time de-duplication solution

Configurable 1G/10G rates and time windows on per port basis

Adjustable 4ms-100ms time buffer based on packet size distribution

De-duplication available as ingress or egress function

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INTELLAFLEX Multi Function Blade

Packet Slicing

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Packet Slicing Use Case

Security and Confidentiality
Slice at the source to increase tool
capacity

Occurs at the point of traffic capture,

instead of at each analytical tool.

Ensure uniform and consistent packet

slicing

Many tools only need the header info

Greater Security

Remove end-user identifying

information to eliminate risk of a
privacy breach.

Maintain compliance with regulations

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Payment Card Industry Data

Security Standard (PCI DSS), which
requires limiting access to
cardholder information to a need-toknow basis.

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INTELLAFLEX Multi Function Blade

Time Stamping Packet
As each packet traverses the port, the exact time of the first frame is noted, and an
8-byte time stamp is applied between the packet payload and the closing checksum
(CRC). The checksum is updated to reflect the new data

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Time Stamping Use Case

Latency Measurement - Financial
Packets stamped at each
action capture point
Aggregated and routed to
measuring tool
Easily identify bottle
necks and slow-downs
Provide proof of QoS

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3032-E36-1 Use Case Monitoring

FabricPath Deployments

Totoolsfrom
APCONwith
3032E361
ToAPCON
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3032-E36-1 Use Case

Deduplication
Duplicate Packets from
SPAN and Aggregation

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Advantages
APCONs Multi Function Blade
Enhanced data security All packets flow through a managed
switch
Improved throughput Monitor only the data you really need
Single source solution Monitoring switch and blade are
made to work together seamlessly all from a single vendor
Reliable supplier APCON is privately held, consistently
profitable for 20 years, and all manufacturing is kept in-house

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Thank You

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