nGenius PFS Fabric Manager

In the Deploy Lifeycle, users use graphical topologies to configure flows of traffic, typically from TAPs to the PFS and then out to probes such as NETSCOUT’s InfiniStream® platform. (Tabular topologies are also available for users who prefer a non-graphical view.)

Topology changes are only published to the devices when the user is ready, allowing pre-staging of changes.  Topology versioning allows quick rollback when needed.

pfsMesh makes transport through the monitoring fabric transparent to the user: just connect an ingress port on one PFS to an egress port on another PFS and pfsMesh handles the rest.

In the Inline Lifecycle, users use graphical topologies to configure their active inline toolchains.  Inline topologies are more structured than passive monitoring (Deployment Lifecycle) topologies, allowing the user to graphically configure toolchains and the Inline Network ports whose traffic is sent through the toolchains. PFS Fabric Manager’s graphical representation of inline configurations makes even complex inline configurations intuitive.

As with passive monitoring topologies, changes are not made to the underlying infrastructure until the user chooses to push the configuration to the switches and topology versioning allows quick rollback when needed.

In the Monitor Lifecycle, users oversee the health of managed PFS including status, statistics, and logs.