Ixia Enables Enterprises to Leverage Existing Open Network Switches to Deliver Network Packet Broker (NPB)
Functionality
Ixia, a Keysight Business and leading provider of network test, visibility and security solutions, today
announced its new Network Visibility Operating System (NVOS) solution, a software version of Ixia’s network packet broker (NPB)
product that allows Ixia’s NPB’s patented, feature rich capabilities to run on open networking switches, such as those from
Edgecore Networks. NVOS embraces the movement of disaggregating software and hardware in software defined data center (SDDC)
networks.
NPBs aggregate, filter, and load-balance network packet data to seamlessly and efficiently deliver that packet data to security,
forensics, and performance management tools. Ixia’s NVOS is a software solution that transforms open switches into NPBs, providing
rack and data center level visibility. It offers complete access to network packets to facilitate real-time visibility, insight,
and security for high density hyperscale, microscale, and SDDC networks, even as they expand.
“New approaches for pervasive network visibility in web scale and software-defined data centers are enabling cloud service
providers, telecom service providers and enterprises to gain deeper, valuable insights into network services using increasingly
cost-effective and flexible approaches,” said Jeff Catlin, VP Technology, Edgecore Networks. “Edgecore is pleased to collaborate
with Ixia, to enable customers to benefit from Ixia’s Network Visibility Operation System (NVOS) on Edgecore’s open networking
switches, as a feature-rich and powerful visibility platform for these modern disaggregated cloud and telecom infrastructures.”
NVOS delivers control, coverage, and performance to help protect and improve crucial networking, data center, and cloud business
assets on open networking switches being adopted in the marketplace, delivering the following customer benefits:
- Flexibility
- Easily download and install on certified open networking switches
- Activate capabilities as needed
- Control costs by separating software and hardware
- Total visibility
- Supports top-of-the-rack aggregation at the required throughput to help eliminate blind
spots
- Offers aggregation, replication, load balancing, and source port labeling
- Works seamlessly with Ixia’s Vision ONE and Vision 7300 network packet brokers
- Ease of use
- Point-and-click web-interface offers an intuitive network-to-tools layout, enabling users to
easily translate to real-life physical configurations
- Three stages of filtering: ingress, dynamic, and egress; naturally providing a built-in
capability for AND/OR logic, and simplifying configuration of complex Boolean filtering rules
- Automatically resolves overlapping rules with Ixia’s patented filter compiler
technology
“IT management will appreciate the flexibility of Ixia’s NVOS,” says Recep Ozdag, Vice President of Product Management at Ixia.
“Customers can build a data-center of any size by leveraging existing hardware or the hardware solution of their choice, which is
ideal for creating an efficient and cost-effective IT operation.”
Ixia’s Security Fabric Powers Visibility
Ixia’s NVOS, on an open switch, can be used as a standalone device, much like a Ixia’s Vision Edge network packet brokers, or as part of Ixia’s robust Security Fabric solution when combined with the company’s turnkey Vision ONE or Vision 7300 network packet brokers. This combination creates a powerful visibility engine that delivers the
right traffic to the right security and monitoring tools, while enabling customers to leverage Ixia’s advanced visibility
intelligence features such as deduplication, packet trimming, application filtering, SSL decryption and encryption, and more.
Ixia continues to drive innovations in network visibility
Ixia Visibility Solutions provide real-time, end-to-end visibility, insight, and security into physical,
virtual, SDN, and NFV networks, delivering the control, coverage and performance in a seamless fashion to help protect and improve
crucial networking, data center, and cloud business assets. The company offers a wide range of advanced network visibility
solutions, including network packet brokers to help ensure every security and monitoring tool sees exactly the data it needs, as well
as a real-time application and threat intelligence subscription, network Taps, and bypass switches that help maximize resiliency and minimize downtime during deployment.
About Ixia
Ixia, a Keysight Business (NYSE:KEYS), provides testing, visibility, and security solutions to strengthen networks and cloud
environments for enterprises, service providers, and network equipment manufacturers. Ixia offers organizations trusted
environments in which to develop, deploy, and operate. Customers worldwide rely on Ixia to verify their designs, optimize their
performance, and ensure protection of their networks and cloud environments. Learn more at www.ixiacom.com.
About Keysight Technologies
Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) is a leading technology company that helps its engineering, enterprise and service
provider customers optimize networks and bring electronic products to market faster and at a lower cost. Keysight’s solutions
go where the electronic signal goes, from design simulation, to prototype validation, to manufacturing test, to optimization in
networks and cloud environments. Customers span the worldwide communications ecosystem, aerospace and defense, automotive,
energy, semiconductor and general electronics end markets. Keysight generated revenues of $2.9B in fiscal year 2016. In April
2017, Keysight acquired Ixia, a leader in network test, visibility, and security. More information is available at www.keysight.com.
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