NetScout’s Sniffer® and nGenius® distributed monitoring devices allows users to evaluate traffic as it moves from the access layer and remote areas of the network through the high-speed network core. NetScout distributed monitoring devices help identify and resolve critical network issues before they can impact the end user.

These robust and versatile data collection devices support widely-used network technologies to provide a holistic view of the network environment. Distributed monitoring provides the ability to:

• View key performance metrics such as application utilization, conversations and application response time
• Diagnose network conditions utilizing real-time and historical analysis views and reports
• Monitor physical and virtual network technologies separately or side by side
• Indentify and alarm on traffic threshold violations as well as other performance-impacting conditions

Products & Descriptions       nGenius Probes Passively identifies, collects and analyses converged network traffic via dedicated appliances strategically positioned across the network. Integrates with the nGenius Performance Manager to provide historical reporting, application response time and real-time analysis.           Sniffer Distributed Passively captures and monitors network traffic with expert analysis as either a dedicated appliance or user-installed software. Provides onboard short-term reporting and integrates with Visualizer to provide long-term reporting. Integrates with Application Intelligence, VoIP Intelligence, and Mobile Intelligence to provide users with advanced analysis capabilities.           Sniffer Portable Provides a portable means of utilizing advanced protocol decodes and expert analysis for monitoring and troubleshooting network and application performance.