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 Performance Management solution, provides packet forwarding capabilities in the cloud to NETSCOUT’s vSTREAM virtual appliance for network and application performance management.

Fact Sheet

Extending Visibility Across Public Cloud with NETSCOUT Innovation

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.

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