Phantom Virtual Taps
Virtual Taps provide 100% visibility of traffic passing between Virtual Machines (VMs) in virtualized computing environments and clouds. Virtual Taps include integrated management and monitoring tools for your virtualized monitoring layer.These versatile software devices also send monitored traffic in encapsulated tunnels to physical monitoring tools, so you can use your existing tools and infrastructure to monitor your virtual environment.
  • Extends monitoring access into the inter-VM networking layer
  • Enables monitoring for security and compliance in virtualized environments
  • Applies existing physical monitoring tools, processes, and procedures to the virtual network.

Passive monitoring of Inter-VM traffic in VMware ESX/ESXi hypervisor-based virtual computing stacks. Phantom Manager component provides Tap control, administration, and traffic visibility. The Phantom Monitor component installs in the hypervisor for total traffic visibility. Use with virtual or physical intrusion detection systems, protocol analyzers, layer 2 and 3 probes, and other devices.

Director Integration

Director Integration
Indigo Pro

Indigo Pro

The Indigo Pro Management Platform (sold separately) comprises both Indigo Manager Pro and Indigo Collector Pro for rich graphic support. Its element management and easy-to-understand dashboard lets you collect and visualize traffic statistics from large numbers of Net Optics devices for accurate knowledge of patterns and conditions across the infrastructure with full transparency and 100 percent visibility. The Phantom Virtual Tap includes a stand-alone GUI called Phantom Manager that can be used without Indigo Pro.

Application of Phantom Virtual Tap™ for VMware ESX/ESXi Environments

Key Features
Passive, Secure Technology Ease of Use
  • 100 percent visibility of traffic between Virtual Machines (VMs)
  • No interference with the data stream or VMs
  • No modifications needed in VMs
  • Installs in hypervisor kernel for full traffic access
  • Generates Layer 2 and 3 statistics (packet count, utilization, etc.)
  • TapFlow™ multi-layer L2-4 filtering engine
  • Replicates Inter-VM traffic to virtual and physical monitoring tools of choice
  • Sends replicated traffic out physical NICs in encapsulation tunnels
  • Director CPU Module (DCM) for Net Optics Director Data Monitoring Switch terminates encapsulation tunnels (DCM sold separately)
  • One Phantom Virtual Tap monitors traffic from multiple VMs in a physical server (one Phantom Virtual Tap is installed on each hypervisor, that is, in each physical server)
  • Follows VMs as they move (vMotion) among physical servers
  • Rich, easy-to-use graphical user interface (GUI)
  • Phantom Manager console (included software component) manages multiple Phantom Virtual Taps and network traffic
  • Integrated with Net Optics Indigo Pro™ management platform
  • Compatible with all major manufacturers’ monitoring devices, including protocol analyzers, probes, data loss
    prevention, database activity monitoring, Web application firewall, and intrusion detection and prevention systems

Click to download Phantom Virtual Tap™ datasheet.

Phantom HD High-Throughput Tunneling Appliance

The Phantom HD terminates  encapsulated traffic from Phantom Virtual Taps or other sources. It decapsulates the traffic and defragments those packets that occasionally become fragmented during tunnel encapsulation.

Total Visibility Meets Your Compliance and Security Needs

Whatever industry you’re in, you’re challenged to document your compliance with a growing body of regulations. Phantom HD streamlines compliance audits and record-keeping. Total visibility and support for high-throughput monitoring of all virtualized data center traffic streamlines audit activities and compliance with regulations such as NERC, HIPAA, and PCI-DDS. Protecting confidential data from threats and intrusion is an important function of Phantom HD. Total visibility into both virtual and physical networks offers a significant security advantage. Service Providers can introduce popular new services and fulfill SLAs without corruption or latency concerns.

Phantom HD lets you take full advantage of the efficiency and economy of virtual computing while preserving the value of your physical implementation. Think of it as your key to 100 percent visibility and vastly improved security.

Application of Phantom HD – Limitless Network Access Solution

Key Features

Passive, Secure Technology

Ease of Use

  • Supports monitoring of all virtualized data center traffic with Net Optics Phantom Virtual Tap at high-throughput

  • Delivers overall capacity of 20 Gbps in 1U rack-mount appliance 

  • Encapsulates or decapsulates tunneled traffic at 10 Gbps 

  • Initiates and terminates encapsulation tunnels

  • Encapsulates and tunnels raw traffic to remote monitoring switch or tool at 10 Gbps 

  • Handles fragmentation and defragmentation of tunneled packets

  • Managed either directly or through Net Optics Director family appliances

  • Optimized for use with Net Optics Phantom Virtual Tap 

  • Enables monitoring of virtual network traffic in a virtualized computing infrastructure with physical tools 

  • Improves network visibility and security threat management in virtualized computing environments 

  • Deploys quickly and simply

Click to download Phantom HD datasheet.

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