Building a comprehensive monitoring access platform into the core fabric of the network is a critical component for modern data centers to meet the demand to make them more agile, flexible, healthy and secure. As business requirements evolve, so must the data center infrastructure. Monitoring access is a fundamental requirement in today’s data centers for a wide variety of applications. The new iBypass HD solution further extends the flexibility of the Net Optics monitoring access platform to meet virtually any monitoring access requirement.
The iBypass HD (High Density) is a high port density bypass switch for in-line network security appliances, such as intrusion prevention systems (IPS) and firewalls. In order to ensure link protection when monitoring up to eight critical network links, each of the two to eight segments operates independently. Individual and multi-segment IPS appliances can be connected, maintained, or removed without affecting traffic through the links or the operation of the remaining segments. Pairs of bypass switches can be linked in a high-availability configuration, where failure of one appliance results in auto-failover to the other. The iBypass HD includes Net Optics Heartbeat™ technology, which actively monitors the health of attached in-line monitoring devices by injecting a configurable Heartbeat packet into the monitoring port link. The Heartbeat packet helps determine the availability of attached monitoring tools or network delay due to heavy traffic loads.
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