Link Aggregation and Access Port Regeneration
With four monitor ports, four monitoring devices can
be connected to the same in-line segment, allowing
multiple personnel from multiple departments to
deploy and use the devices they need on the same
link at the same time. Additional network ports, give
the same tools the ability to simultaneously monitor
another network segment.
With the Filtered SINGLEstream’s flexible “any to any”
architecture, you can designate the port assignments
to meet your specific needs. Any of the connected
monitoring devices can see any of the connected
network links. You can also quickly and easily change
and customize port assignments on the fly with the
built-in software, so there is no need to disconnect and
reconnect any of the physical links if you want to assign
a different tool to view a different network segment.
Additionally, the Filtered SINGLEstream™ supports link aggregation to combine the full duplex stream of data from the incoming
network ports into one single output of data and sends copies to all the connected devices. The “many to any” aggregation
functionality allows your connected devices to receive the entire data conversations from both network links, making this a
perfect solution for monitoring redundant/failover links, EtherChannel over two physical paths, and asymmetric traffic.
Diagram 1: Any-to-Any allows complete control of how monitoring tools receive aggregated data.
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