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Any-to-any switching with aggregation and filtering reduces monitoring costs
- Overview
- Enterprise Device Sharing
- Test Lab Automation
Physical Layer, Matrix or Aggregation Switch
Solutions for Enterprise Networks
| A look into many data center facilities today reveals a common requirement – the need to deploy monitoring tools to achieve visibility at every layer of the network. Yet purchasing dedicated devices for all monitoring points on a network is cost prohibitive, which explains why APCON's device sharing solution is so compelling. |
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Replicate packets from one SPAN or TAP to many tools
A packet aggregator switch enables the electronic sharing of network monitoring equipment, thereby significantly reducing monitoring costs and mean time to repair (MTTR) in even the most complex networks. APCON delivers 100% network visibility at various layers of the data center. With two clicks in the embedded web GUI, users can connect any device to another without ever leaving their desks.
Series 3000
Series 3000 Aggregation and Filtering
Solutions for Test Lab Automation
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APCON "wire-once" switching solutions are ideal for test labs, where connections are set once and then reconfigured via software. The manual repatching of complicated configurations, and the errors associated with it, become a thing of the past. |
Increase Device Utilization & Accelerate Product Time to Market
With APCON switching solutions, the manual rewiring of complicated configurations and the errors associated with it become a thing of the past. With just two clicks in the embedded web GUI, users can instantaneously configure connections between devices without touching a cable. For environments supporting automation via scripting, the IntellaPatch CLI enables users to control switch functions with common scripting languages.
Overall, APCON's intelligent switching solutions enable organizations to gain increased testing capacity – leading to more accurate and effective test results. This translates into the ability to achieve faster time to market with fewer resources and lower operational costs.
Below are examples and network diagrams on how network devices can be shared and/or aggregated. Click each description to view.
FlexIble Connectivity
Data from multiple sources can be aggregated, filtered and directed to data mining tools instantly and electronically via a secure web interface, while intuitive on-screen tools give users a single, centralized method of controlling network monitoring sessions.
Remote Device Access
Round-the-Clock Remote Connectivity Saves Time & Money
- Access devices in the data center or co-location facility from your desktop
- Change device connections in a matter of seconds with two simple mouse clicks
- Increase security by reducing the need to physically access the data center
- Reduce errors caused by manual patching
Equipment Sharing
Create 100% Network Visibility with Fewer Devices
- Install a matrix switch between network monitoring points and centralized or distributed monitoring devices for increased monitoring efficiency
- Assures the same instant device access with fewer devices
- Reduces capital equipment and maintenance costs
- Reduces energy consumption by reducing device count
- Fully leverages existing tool investments – reducing tool "idle time"
Media Conversion and Distance Extension
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Achieve Compatibility with Existing Installations
- Enables users to easily connect monitoring points to monitoring devices – regardless of media interface
- Conversion from copper to optical and single mode to multimode
- No need to purchase external media converters
- Amplifies tapped connections to full signal strength
Series 3000 Aggregation and Filtering Blades
Below are examples and network diagrams on how test lab devices can be shared. Click each description to view.
Test Lab Reconfiguration
Save Time & Reduce Errors with Electronic Reconfiguration
- Wire all DUTs (devices under test) to the IntellaPatch once and electronically reconfigure connections between test beds and testing tools
- Reconfiguration complete in seconds – instead of hours or days
- Enables 24x7x365 automated testing
- Enables companies to complete testing more quickly
- Accelerates product time to market
Cable Failure Simulation
Replicate "True Failures" for Redundancy & Failover Testing
- Simulate real world failures without physically disconnecting devices
- Electronically break and re-connect links remotely via scripting
- Program breaks and re-connects at scheduled times
- Turn ports on/off in milliseconds
- Reduce wear-and-tear on equipment making "breaks" electronically
Test Bed Equipment Sharing
Share Equipment Across Multiple Test Labs
- Eliminate redundant equipment dedicated to each test bed
- Increase utilization by scheduling and sharing devices
- Reduce equipment costs
Data Replication
Mirror Data to Multiple Network Tools
- Different teams share the same monitoring points – while analyzing traffic for different reasons
- Eliminates SPAN port contention
- Reduces the number of tools required
- Enables vendor demo tools to be evaluated without interrupting operations
Remote Device Access
Enable Remote Lab Testing 24x7x365
- Enable distributed teams to conduct testing in the same lab – regardless of physical location
- Enable night and weekend access via secure, remote connection
- Saves time and increases test lab efficiency
Media Conversion and Distance Extension
Assures Signal Integrity & Media Compatibility
- Creates efficiencies in test lab environment with mixed media installations
- Conversion from copper to optical and single mode to multimode
- No need to purchase external media converters
- Regenerates signals at full strength with zero insertion loss
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