Napatech Network Adapters

Napatech’s Intelligent Network Adapters provides full packet capture of network traffic with zero packet loss for all frame sizes. Packet analysis and replay can be performed at full bandwidth.

Intelligent features for flow identification, filtering and distribution to up to 32 CPU cores accelerate application performance while consuming less than 1% of CPU resources.

Napatech Packet Capture Adapter Diagram

General Usage

  • Network Performance Monitoring
  • Flow Analysis of any IP end-to-end traffic
  • Data Recording of network traffic
  • Data Retention, Logging and Forensic Analysis
  • High-Precision Latency Measurement
  • Lawful Intercept
  • Intrusion Detection and Prevention
  • Network QoS Assurance for media streams
  • Transaction Performance Analysis

 

NT40E2-1 (Capture & Replay)

Napatech NT40E2-1 PCIe Packet Capture Adapter

Datasheet

*In-line feature available

Host Interface

  • Bus type: 8-lane 5 GHz PCIe Gen2
  • Data transfer modes:
    • Bus master DMA
    • Memory write or memory read transactions
  • Support for 32-/64-bit addressing and host DMA addressing

 

Feature Highlights

  • 1 x 40 Gbps QSFP+ connection
  • Full-line-rate packet capture for all frame sizes
  • 150 ms of onboard data burst buffering
  • Less than 1% host CPU load
  • High-precision 10 ns time-stamping
  • GPS, CDMA and IEEE 1588 time synchronization
  • Intelligent features for application acceleration
  • Ethernet FCS and IP/UDP/TCP CRC generation
  • Support for IPv4, IPv6, UDP, TCP, GRE, SCTP, GTP
  • Support for ISL, VLAN and MPLS encapsulation
  • On-the-fly fully reconfigurable setup
  • Easy-to-integrate API
  • LibPCAP and WinPCAP support

General Features

  • Full-line-rate processing for all frames from 64 bytes to 10,000 bytes
  • IEEE standard: IEEE 802.3 40 Gbit/s Ethernet
  • Physical interface: 1 QSFP+ port
  • Supported QSFP+ modules: Multi-mode SR (850 nm)
  • Data rate: 1 x 40 Gbit/s
  • PCIe performance: 25 Gbit/s full-duplex
  • CPU load:
    • < 1% of the CPU is used for any data transfer
    • 0% of the CPU is used for any onboard processing
  • Time formats: PCAP-ns/-μs, native, NDIS 10 ns/100 ns, UNIX 10 ns

 

NT40E2-4 (Capture & Replay)

Napatech NT40E2-4 Packet Capture Adapter

Datasheet

Host Interface

  • Bus type: 8-lane 5 GHz PCIe Gen2
  • Data transfer modes:
    • Bus master DMA
    • Memory write or memory read transactions
  • Support for 32-/64-bit addressing and host DMA addressing

 
Feature Highlights

  • 4 x 10 Gbps SFP+ connection
  • Ethernet and packet over SONET/SDH
  • 40 Gbps burst traffic capture with zero packet loss
  • 300 ms of onboard data burst buffering
  • 25 Gbps packet analysis & replay (PCIe Gen2 limit)
  • Less than 1% host CPU load
  • High precision 10 ns time-stamping
  • GPS, CDMA and 1588 time synchronization
  • Intelligent features for application acceleration
  • 10 ns control of IFG for transmitted frames
  • Ethernet FCS and IP/UDP/TCP checksum generation
  • On-the-fly fully reconfigurable setup
  • Easy-to-integrate API
  • LibPCAP and WinPCAP support

General Features

  • Full-line-rate processing for all frames from 64 to 10,000
    bytes
  • IEEE standard: IEEE 802.3 10 Gbit/s Ethernet LAN PHY and
    packet over SONET/SDH 10G WAN PHY support
  • Physical interface: 4 SFP+ ports
  • Supported SFP+ modules: Multi-mode SR (850 nm), single-mode LR (1310 nm)
  • Data rate: 4 x 10 Gbit/s
  • PCIe performance: 25 Gbit/s
  • CPU utilization:
    • < 1% of the CPU is used for any data transfer
    • 0% of the CPU is used for any onboard processing
  • Time formats: PCAP-ns/-μs, native, NDIS 10 ns/100 ns, UNIX

 

NT20E2 (Capture & Replay)

Napatech NT20E2 Packet Capture Adapter

Datasheet

*In-line feature available

Host Interface

  • Bus type: 8-lane 5 GHz PCIe Gen2
  • Data transfer modes:
    • Bus master DMA
    • Memory write or memory read transactions
  • Support for 32-/64-bit addressing and host DMA addressing
Feature Highlights

  • 2 x 10 Gbps SFP+ connections
  • Full 20 Gbps capture & replay of Ethernet
  • Full 20 Gbps capture of SONET/SDH POS
  • Full 20 Gbps transfer to host
  • Less than 1% host CPU load
  • High-precision 10 ns time-stamping
  • GPS, CDMA and 1588 time synchronization
  • Intelligent features for application acceleration
  • 10 ns control of IFG for transmitted frames
  • Ethernet FCS and IP/UDP/TCP CRC generation
  • On-the-fly fully reconfigurable setup
  • Easy-to-integrate API
  • LibPCAP and WinPCAP support

General Features

  • Full-line-rate processing for all frames from 64 bytes to 10,000 bytes
  • IEEE standard: IEEE 802.3 10 Gbit/s Ethernet LAN PHY and Packet over SONET/SDH 10Gbit/s WAN PHY support
  • Physical interface: 2 SFP+ ports
  • Supported SFP+ modules: Multi-mode SR (850 nm), single-mode LR (1310 nm)
  • Data rate: 2 x 10 Gbit/s
  • PCIe performance: 25 Gbit/s
  • CPU utilization:
    • < 1% of the CPU is used for any data transfer
    • 0% of the CPU is used for any onboard processing
  • Time formats: PCAP-ns/-μs, native, NDIS 10 ns/100 ns, UNIX 10 ns

 

NT20E (Capture Only)

Napatech NT20E Packet Capture Adapter

Datasheet

*In-line feature available

 Host Interface

  • Bus type: 8-lane 2.5 GHz PCIe Gen1
  • Data transfer modes:
    • Bus master DMA
    • Memory write or memory read transactions
  • Support for 32-/64-bit addressing and host DMA addressing
Feature Highlights

  • 2 x 10 Gbps XFP connections
  • Full-duplex monitoring of IPv4 and IPv6
  • Full-line-rate capture and processing for all frame sizes
  • Efficient capture: < 1% host CPU load
  • High-precision 10 ns time-stamping
  • Advanced hardware time synchronization
  • 1.2 sec. of onboard data burst buffering
  • 20 Gbps frame processing including protocol decoding, programmable filters, conditional slicing, hash keys, buffering, advanced statistics, deduplication and multi-CPU support
  • Local retransmit at full line rate
  • On-the-fly fully reconfigurable setup
  • Easy-to-integrate API
  • LibPCAP and WinPCAP support
  • Linux, FreeBSD and Windows support
 General Features

  • Full-line-rate processing for all frames from 64 bytes to 10,000 bytes
  • IEEE standard: IEEE 802.3 10 Gbit/s Ethernet
  • Physical interface: 2 XFP ports
  • Supported XFP modules: Multimode SR (850 nm), single-mode (1310 nm) or single-mode ER (1550 nm)
  • Data rate: 2 x 10 Gbit/s
  • PCIe performance: 12.5 Gbit/s
  • CPU utilization:
    • < 1% of the CPU is used for any data transfer
    • 0% of the CPU is used for any onboard processing
  • Time formats: PCAP-ns/-μs, native, NDIS 10 ns/100 ns, UNIX 10 ns

 

NT4E (Capture Only)

Napatech NT4E Packet Capture Adapter

Datasheet

*In-line feature available

 Host Interface

  • Bus type: 8-lane 2.5 GHz PCIe Gen1:
    • (fully compatible with 4-lane 2.5 GHz PCIe Gen1)
  • Data transfer modes:
    • Bus master DMA
    • Memory write or memory read transactions
  • Support for 32-/64-bit addressing and host DMA addressing
Feature Highlights

  • 4 x 1 Gbps SFP and/or RJ45 connections
  • Expandable to 8 ports using the NTPORT4E adapter
  • Full-duplex monitoring of IPv4 and IPv6
  • Full-line-rate capture and processing for all frame sizes
  • Efficient capture: < 1% host CPU load
  • High-precision 10 ns time-stamping
  • Advanced hardware time synchronization
  • 6 sec. of onboard data burst buffering
  • 4 or 8 Gbps frame processing including protocol decoding, programmable filters, conditional slicing, hash keys, buffering, advanced statistics, deduplication and multi-CPU support
  • On-the-fly fully reconfigurable setup
  • Easy-to-integrate API
  • LibPCAP and WinPCAP support
  • Linux, FreeBSD and Windows support
 General Features

  • Full-line-rate processing for all frames from 64 bytes to 10,000 bytes
  • IEEE standard: IEEE 802.3 10 Mbit/s / 100 Mbit/s / 1 Gbit/s Ethernet
  • Physical interfaces:
    • NT4E-4: 4 SFP ports
    • NT4E-4T: 4 RJ45 ports
  • Supported SFP modules: Multimode SR (850 nm), single-mode LR (1310 nm), 1000BASE-T or 10/100/1000BASE-T
  • Data rate: 4 x 1 Gbit/s or 8 x 1 Gbit/s
  • PCIe performance: 12.5 Gbit/s
  • CPU utilization:
    • < 1% of the CPU is used for any data transfer
    • 0% of the CPU is used for any onboard processing
  • Time formats: PCAP-ns/-μs, native, NDIS 10 ns/100 ns, UNIX 10 ns

 

NTPORT4E (Expansion for NT4E)

Napatech NTPORT4E Packet Capture Adapter

Datasheet

 Host Interface

  • Bus type: 4-lane 2.5 GHz PCIe Gen1 for configuration and power purposes only
  • Support for 32-/64-bit addressing and host DMA addressing
Feature Highlights

  • 8 x 1 Gbps SFP and/or RJ45 connections
  • Full-duplex monitoring
  • Full-line-rate capture and processing for all frame sizes
  • Efficient capture: < 1% host CPU load
  • High-precision 10 ns time-stamping
  • Advanced hardware time synchronization
  • 6 sec. of onboard data burst buffering
  • 8 Gbps frame processing including protocol decoding, programmable filters, conditional slicing, hash keys, buffering, advanced statistics, deduplication and multi-CPU support
  • On-the-fly fully reconfigurable setup
  • Easy-to-integrate API
  • LibPCAP and WinPCAP support
  • Linux, FreeBSD and Windows support
 General Features

  • Full-line-rate processing for all frames from 64 bytes to 10,000 bytes
  • IEEE standard: IEEE 802.3 10 Mbit/s / 100 Mbit/s / 1 Gbit/s Ethernet
  • Physical interfaces:
    • NTPORT4E-4: 4 SFP ports
    • NTPORT4E-4T: 4 RJ45 ports
  • Supported SFP modules: Multimode SR (850 nm), single-mode LR (1310 nm), 1000BASE-T or 10/100/1000BASE-T
  • Data rate: 4 x 1 Gbit/s full line rate (8-port solution: 8 x 1 Gbit/s)
  • CPU utilization:
    • < 1% of the CPU is used for any data transfer
    • 0% of the CPU is used for any onboard processing
  • High-precision HW time-stamping

 

NT4E-4-STD (Capture Only)

Napatech NT4E-STD Packet Capture Adapter

Datasheet

*In-line feature available

 Host Interface

  • Bus type: 4-lane 2.5 GHz PCIe Gen1
  • Data transfer modes:
    • Bus master DMA
    • Memory write or memory read transactions
  • Support for 32-/64-bit addressing and host DMA addressing
Feature Highlights

  • 4 x 1 Gbps SFP and/or RJ45 connections
  • Full-duplex monitoring
  • Full-line-rate capture and processing for all frame sizes
  • Efficient capture: < 1% host CPU load
  • High-precision 10 ns time-stamping
  • Advanced host time synchronization
  • 6 sec. of onboard data burst buffering
  • 4 Gbps frame processing including fixed slicing, buffering, statistics and multi-CPU support
  • On-the-fly fully reconfigurable setup
  • Easy-to-integrate API
  • LibPCAP and WinPCAP support
  • Linux, FreeBSD and Windows support
 General Features

  • Full-line-rate processing for all frames from 64 bytes to 10,000 bytes
  • IEEE standard: IEEE 802.3 10 Mbit/s / 100 Mbit/s / 1 Gbit/s Ethernet
  • Physical interfaces:
    • NT4E-4-STD: 4 SFP ports
    • NT4E-4T-STD: 4 RJ45 ports
  • Supported SFP modules: Multi-mode SR (850 nm), single-mode LR (1310 nm), 1000BASE-T or 10/100/1000BASE-T
  • Data rate: 4 x 1 Gbit/s
  • PCIe performance: 6.3 Gbit/s
  • CPU utilization:
    • < 1% of the CPU is used for any data transfer
    • 0% of the CPU is used for any onboard processing
  • Time formats: PCAP-ns/-μs, native, NDIS 10 ns/100 ns, UNIX 10 ns

 

NT20E-NEBS (Capture Only)

Napatech NT20E-NEBS Packet Capture Adapter

Datasheet

*In-line feature available

 Host Interface

  • Bus type: 8-lane 2.5 GHz PCIe Gen1
  • Data transfer modes:
    • Bus master DMA
    • Memory write or memory read transactions
  • Support for 32-/64-bit addressing and host DMA addressing
Feature Highlights

  • NEBS level-3 compliance
  • 2 x 10 Gbps XFP connections
  • Full-line-rate packet capture for all frame sizes
  • 1.2 sec. of onboard data burst buffering
  • Less than 1% host CPU load
  • High-precision 10 ns time-stamping
  • GPS, CDMA and IEEE 1588 v2 time synchronization
  • Intelligent features for application acceleration
  • RMON1 statistics
  • Support for IPv4, IPv6, UDP, TCP, GRE, SCTP, GTP
  • Support for ISL, VLAN and MPLS encapsulation
  • On-the-fly fully reconfigurable setup
  • Easy-to-integrate API
  • LibPCAP and WinPCAP support
 General Features

  • Full-line-rate processing for all frames from 64 bytes to 10,000 bytes
  • IEEE standard: IEEE 802.3 10 Gbit/s Ethernet
  • Physical interface: 2 XFP ports
  • Supported XFP modules: Multi-mode SR (850 nm), single-mode LR (1310 nm) or single-mode ER (1550 nm)
  • Data rate: 2 x 10 Gbit/s
  • PCIe performance: 12.5 Gbit/s full duplex
  • CPU load:
    • < 1% of the CPU is used for any data transfer
    • 0% of the CPU is used for any onboard processing
  • Time formats: PCAP-ns/-μs, native, NDIS 10 ns/100 ns, UNIX 10 ns

 

NT4E-NEBS (Capture Only)

Napatech NT4E-NEBS Packet Capture Adapter

Datasheet

*In-line feature available

 Host Interface

  • Bus type: 8-lane 2.5 GHz PCIe Gen1:
    • (fully compatible with 4-lane 2.5 GHz PCIe Gen1)
  • Data transfer modes:
    • Bus master DMA
    • Memory write or memory read transactions
  • Support for 32-/64-bit addressing and host DMA addressing
Feature Highlights

  • NEBS level-3 compliance
  • 4 x 1 Gbps SFP connections
  • Full-line-rate packet capture for all frame sizes
  • Less than 1% host CPU load
  • High-precision 10 ns time-stamping
  • GPS, CDMA and IEEE 1588 v2 time synchronization
  • 6 sec. of onboard data burst buffering
  • Intelligent features for application acceleration
  • RMON1 statistics
  • Support for IPv4, IPv6, UDP, TCP, GRE, SCTP, GTP
  • Support for ISL, VLAN and MPLS encapsulation
  • On-the-fly fully reconfigurable setup
  • Easy-to-integrate API
  • LibPCAP and WinPCAP support
 General Features

  • Full-line-rate processing for all frames from 64 bytes to 10,000 bytes
  • IEEE standard: IEEE 802.3 10 Mbit/s / 100 Mbit/s / 1 Gbit/s Ethernet
  • Physical interface: 4 SFP ports
  • Supported SFP modules: Multi-mode SR (850 nm), single-mode LR (1310 nm), 1000BASE-T or 10/100/1000BASE-T
  • Data rate: 4 x 1 Gbit/s
  • PCIe performance: 12.5 Gbit/s full duplex
  • CPU load:
    • < 1% of the CPU is used for any data transfer
    • 0% of the CPU is used for any onboard processing
  • Time formats: PCAP-ns/-μs, native, NDIS 10 ns/100 ns,  UNIX 10 ns

 

Napatech NTBPE Packet Capture Adapter

Datasheet

 Napatech Packet Capture Diagram

The NTBPE is an optical bypass adapter, which provides a stand-alone failover solution for in-line applications using Napatech optical adapters.

Normal and Bypass

The NTBPE adapter has two modes: Normal and Bypass. In Normal mode network packets are sent through the bypass adapter to an in-line adapter. In Bypass mode network packets flow through unattended, maintaining a transparent flow of network traffic. The NTBPE switches to Bypass mode in the event of a detected failure. The switchover can also be performed on command via software. This allows adapters to be taken out of commission for feature upgrades.

Configurations

The NTBPE has simultaneous support for 1 Gbps and 10 Gbps connections, and supports 4 optical network adapter ports. Two product variants are available supporting either single-mode 9 µm or multi-mode 50 µm fiber.

For more information, please contact us.