nGenius Cloud vTAP Overview

NETSCOUT’s nGenius Cloud vTAP solution fills the visibility gap in cloud environments that is the result of lack of traffic mirroring capabilities between the production network and monitoring tools.  nGenius Cloud vTAP is a unique, cloud-agnostic approach for packet acquisition traffic mirroring that operates in public cloud environments such as Microsoft Azure.

nGenius Cloud vTAP, supported by the nGeniusONE Service Assurance solution, provides packet forwarding capabilities in the cloud to NETSCOUT’s vSTREAM virtual appliance for network and application performance management.

Benefits

Assure Application Performance in the Cloud

Extend visibility for end-through-end performance management with traffic mirroring to the vSTREAM and smart data analysis by nGeniusONE

Accelerate Deployments of Services in Azure

Visibility into Microsoft Azure cloud helps assure application performance, reliability, availability, and responsiveness when deploying application services

Enhance Troubleshooting Efficiency & Effectiveness

Lower MTTR for troubleshooting degradations using a single, vendor-agnostic approach to packet visibility with traffic mirroring across hybrid cloud environments

nGenius Cloud vTAP Deployment

The current nGenius Cloud vTAP supports Microsoft Azure environments and performs the following key operations:

  • Routes traffic between networks or subnets
  • Forwards a copy of the traffic to one or more vSTREAM virtual appliances

The nGenius Cloud vTAP typically deploys in pairs, receiving traffic from an Azure Load Balancer for routing and traffic acquisition purposes and forwarding a copy of the traffic to a vSTREAM virtual appliance. The vSTREAM then performs traffic analysis using NETSCOUT’s patented Adaptive Service Intelligence™ (ASI) technology, generating Smart Data for smart analytics in nGeniusONE for performance management, troubleshooting, and reporting.

nGenius Cloud vTAP Deployment
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Features

  • Virtual TAP Functionality

    Provides virtual TAP functionality in public cloud environments to mirror packet traffic to monitoring tools

  • Fill the Gap in Cloud Monitoring Visibility

    Increases cloud visibility with support for leading cloud service provider Microsoft Azure

  • Three Network Interfaces

    nGenius Cloud vTAP has three network interfaces for management, routing, and forwarding network packet traffic to NETSCOUT vSTREAM virtual appliance

  • Microsoft Azure Marketplace Availability

    Achieve quick time to value with availability from the Azure Marketplace

Packet Flow Switches (PFS) and TAPs
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Packet Flow Switches (PFS) and TAPs

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Virtual TAP Functionality

Provides virtual TAP functionality in public cloud environments to mirror packet traffic to monitoring tools

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Fill the Gap in Cloud Monitoring Visibility

Increases cloud visibility with support for leading cloud service provider Microsoft Azure

Three Network Interfaces

The nGenius Cloud vTAP has three network interfaces; one each for management, routing, and forwarding to vSTREAM virtual appliance.

Three Network Interfaces

nGenius Cloud vTAP has three network interfaces for management, routing, and forwarding network packet traffic to NETSCOUT vSTREAM virtual appliance

NETSCOUT application performance management for Azure

NETSCOUT application performance management for Azure

Increase application reliability, availability and responsiveness on Azure with NETSCOUT smart data

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Microsoft Azure Marketplace Availability

Achieve quick time to value with availability from the Azure Marketplace