Expert Packet Conditioning for Scalable Visibility Network
Packet Flow eXtender (PFX) is a software application enabling expert packet conditioning for service assurance and cybersecurity monitoring. The solution is built on the NETSCOUT InfiniStreamNG™ platform and framework leveraging patented technologies. As part of the nGenius Packet Flow System (PFS) portfolio, PFX integrates with NETSCOUT’s packet broker products to enable expert-level capabilities such as packet deduplication and NetFlow generation.
InfiniStreamNG is a real-time packet analysis platform that provides the foundation for PFX. It provides a scalable engine for expert packet conditioning and manipulation. With InfiniStreamNG as its foundation, PFX delivers the performance and scaling capabilities needed to process network traffic generated by millions of users using hundreds of applications. It delivers feature velocity and agility, independent of the underlying hardware platform. The common architecture across all InfiniStreamNG applications also means short learning cycles for IT personnel and operational efficiency.
Powerful, Scalable Packet Conditioning Built for Flexibility
Optimize Network Traffic
Packet Deduplication
Free up monitoring tool capacity and increase performance by eliminating duplicate packets before they reach monitoring tools.
NETSCOUT’s Packet Flow eXtender offers packet deduplication. Use PFX to eliminate duplicate packets before they waste tool resources or cause the tools to report false network errors.
NetFlow Generation
Offload NetFlow/IPFIX generation to eliminate production network performance impacts.
NETSCOUT’s Packet Flow eXtender offers unsampled (1:1) NetFlow generation (v5, v9, or IPFIX). Using PFX to generate Netflow offloads core networking equipment while reducing cost.
Packet Slicing
Free up capacity and increase performance by slicing packets before they are delivered to monitoring tools.
NETSCOUT’s Packet Flow eXtender offers packet slicing for when bandwidth reduction or payload privacy is needed before packets are delivered to the monitoring tools.
Header Stripping
Remove unnecessary protocol headers to optimize packet processing in the monitoring fabric and monitoring tools.
NETSCOUT’s Packet Flow eXtender header stripping removes packet headers to enable better filtering and/or load balancing on PFS or other packet brokers and to avoid unnecessary processing on monitoring tools/probes.
Stripping options include MPLS, L2GRE/NVGRE, Cisco FabricPath, and TRILL. Generic header stripping enables stripping of a wide range of other protocol headers.
Packet Deduplication
Packet Deduplication
Packet Deduplication
Free up monitoring tool capacity and increase performance by eliminating duplicate packets before they reach monitoring tools.
NETSCOUT’s Packet Flow eXtender offers packet deduplication. Use PFX to eliminate duplicate packets before they waste tool resources or cause the tools to report false network errors.
NetFlow Generation
NetFlow Generation
NetFlow Generation
Offload NetFlow/IPFIX generation to eliminate production network performance impacts.
NETSCOUT’s Packet Flow eXtender offers unsampled (1:1) NetFlow generation (v5, v9, or IPFIX). Using PFX to generate Netflow offloads core networking equipment while reducing cost.
Packet Slicing
Packet Slicing
Packet Slicing
Free up capacity and increase performance by slicing packets before they are delivered to monitoring tools.
NETSCOUT’s Packet Flow eXtender offers packet slicing for when bandwidth reduction or payload privacy is needed before packets are delivered to the monitoring tools.
Header Stripping
Header Stripping
Header Stripping
Remove unnecessary protocol headers to optimize packet processing in the monitoring fabric and monitoring tools.
NETSCOUT’s Packet Flow eXtender header stripping removes packet headers to enable better filtering and/or load balancing on PFS or other packet brokers and to avoid unnecessary processing on monitoring tools/probes.
Stripping options include MPLS, L2GRE/NVGRE, Cisco FabricPath, and TRILL. Generic header stripping enables stripping of a wide range of other protocol headers.
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