Net Optics Confidential and Proprietary Net Optics appTap Intelligent Access and Monitoring Architecture Solutions
Net Optics Confidential and Proprietary 22 The appTap A plug-and-play network performance monitoring solution for remote branch sites
Net Optics Confidential and Proprietary 33 Target Customers: Branch Sites Examples: Retail stores Clinics Bank branches Business focused Serving customers Depend on connectivity Limited business hours
Net Optics Confidential and Proprietary 44 Branch Site Challenges No visibility into network availability and performance End users expected to alert on actual problems Visibility Limited skills for analyzing network problems Often rely on external expertise Skill Network engineers from main office need to come on site Multiple tools required to solve network problems Complexity
Net Optics Confidential and Proprietary 55 The appTap Solution Network Monitoring Continuous/ad-hoc packet and NetFlow capture Application Monitoring Network use by application Session Monitoring VoIP, Web access tracking INTEGRATED, COST EFECTIVE, EASY TO USE Switch Router with Firewall Lawful Intercept Span Remote Access IP Phones Workstations Corporate HQ
Net Optics Confidential and Proprietary 66 Target Customers Profile Network Support Network Engineers Network Operations Network Architects Data Center Management NOC Managers IT Managers Application Application Support Application Owner
Net Optics Confidential and Proprietary 77 Problem Detection Problem Isolation Problem Diagnosis Capacity Planning VoIP Monitoring Primary Use Cases
Net Optics Confidential and Proprietary 88 The appTap Appliance Network Tap Network ports Monitor ports Capture port for input from another Tap or a SPAN port Management port for web access Monitoring software running on top of Linux Built-in storage, USB ports for additional storage LCD
Net Optics Confidential and Proprietary 99 Installation Plug-and-Play Installation Connect network cables Plug in power cords Access the GUI Typical [optional] next steps: Assign a static IP address Change default password Define networks to be monitored Automated report delivery
Net Optics Confidential and Proprietary 10 LCD Display Provides visual feedback of key indicators Auto cycles through the following information: Version number Unit name and IP address Throughput and utilization Disk use CPU and memory usage CPU temperature Can be switched off for security reasons Automated report delivery
Net Optics Confidential and Proprietary 11 Data Collection Automatic KPI statistics collection Captured from ports: Network A/B, Capture Port 5 minute level data kept for 24 hours Data older than 24 hours rolled up to 30 minute level 30 minute data kept for 6 months Packet Capture Bounded or continuous capture Limit capture using number of packets or file size Collect headers or entire packets Use filters to determine what gets captured View within appTap’s GUI or export to other tools report delivery
Net Optics Confidential and Proprietary 12 Analysis Built-in analysis tools Top Talkers Network use by application Conversations Network Volume Network Bandwidth Used Network Latency VoIP calls Export analysis to PDF, CSV
Net Optics Confidential and Proprietary 13 Alerting Threshold based alerts Throughput Volume Flow count Thresholds can be set for specific networks or subnets Event based alerts (internal collectors and services) Alert actions SNMP Trap Log
Net Optics Confidential and Proprietary 14 Data Center “Eco-System” Support Capture NetFlow Streams Generate NetFlow streams from raw packet data Supports NetFlow v5 and v9, IPFIX SNMP traps (alerting)
Net Optics Confidential and Proprietary 15 Use Examples Sporadically occurring problems Continuously capture packets so that when a problem occurs, data is available for diagnosis Need to track specific applications User defined labels can identify individual applications Group applications under a single name Need to compare performance of different locations Define each location as a separate group/subnet
Net Optics Confidential and Proprietary 16 Licensing and Pricing Hardware is identical across all solutions Session Monitoring access provided to all for a trial period (60 days) Service and maintenance plan fees apply Part Numbers AT-100-NNetwork Monitoring AT-100-AApplication Monitoring AT-100-SSession Monitoring
Net Optics Confidential and Proprietary 17 Positioning—Value Proposition appTap offers a complete solution in a single appliance Integrated Tap for inline network monitoring Real-time and historical network visibility Monitor ports for use by additional solutions Expansion options Plug-and-play simplicity DPI with the ability to auto-detect applications Generation and export of NetFlow data Capture entire packets
Net Optics Confidential and Proprietary 18 Positioning against Competition Wireshark No application and session monitoring Lacks ability to continuously capture recent data ntop and other NetFlow solutions Cannot help with deep application diagnostics Requires hardware and expertise to set up and run NetScout and other Enterprise DC solutions Not real competition but instead complementary solutions These vendors are after big data enters, not small branches
Net Optics Confidential and Proprietary 19 Summary appTap is a plug-and-play Network Performance Monitoring solution Key value propositions are: ease of use, application focused DPI, VoIP monitoring, Web access monitoring Focus is on small branches
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