PacketDirector Network Packet Broker Manager
Unified Management, Orchestration, & Network Visibility
Centralized Control for Network Visibility Infrastructure
Manage, Automate, and Control Packet Broker Infrastructure from a Single Platform
PacketLion | PacketTiger | PacketTigerVirtual
Control
Centralize the management of PacketTiger and PacketLion deployments across physical and virtual environments. PacketDirector provides a single point of control for configuration, monitoring, and operations across the entire visibility infrastructure.
Automation
Increase operational efficiency with bulk actions, task scheduling, and centralized policy management. PacketDirector reduces manual effort by automating configuration, upgrades, and multi-device operations at scale.
Scalability
Manage and orchestrate large-scale deployments by clustering up to 100 packet brokers into a single logical system. PacketDirector enables consistent policy enforcement and seamless expansion across growing network environments.
PacketDirector Network Packet Broker Manager
PacketDirector is a centralized management platform designed to provide complete visibility and control over NEOX network visibility infrastructure. It offers a holistic, real-time view of devices across the entire network topology, enabling users to configure, monitor, manage, and operate packet broker deployments from a single interface. By unifying control across distributed environments, PacketDirector simplifies complex operations and ensures consistent policy enforcement across all connected devices.
The platform significantly improves the productivity of network, security, and cloud operations teams by automating routine tasks and reducing manual intervention. With centralized configuration, bulk operations, and streamlined workflows, PacketDirector helps organizations operate more efficiently while minimizing errors. This operational efficiency directly translates into better utilization of network visibility assets, allowing teams to maximize the return on investment of their NEOX network packet broker deployments while accelerating troubleshooting and decision-making processes.
PacketDirector enables the automatic discovery and management of hundreds of virtual and physical network packet brokers across the NEOX PacketLion, PacketTiger, and PacketTigerVirtual series. It continuously collects network statistics and traffic telemetry, storing data in Elastic databases and presenting it through real-time, interactive dashboards powered by Kibana and Grafana. Built-in event and alarm management allows users to define custom triggers and receive proactive notifications, including cross-device event correlation for faster issue detection. In addition, PacketDirector supports centralized configuration, statistics collection, and bulk operations such as upgrades, backups, and scripting, providing a comprehensive solution for managing network visibility infrastructure at scale.
- Provides centralized control and visibility across physical and virtual packet broker deployments
- Simplifies network visibility operations with a single platform for configuration, monitoring, and management
- Improves operational efficiency by automating tasks and enabling bulk management across multiple devices
- Maximizes ROI of network visibility infrastructure by optimizing performance and reducing manual overhead
- Enables scalable management of large deployments with support for clustering and multi-device orchestration
- Enhances decision-making with real-time telemetry, analytics, and visual dashboards
- Supports modern DevOps workflows with flexible deployment in virtualized and containerized environments
- Improves reliability and responsiveness with proactive monitoring, alerts, and event-driven automation
- Software-based platform deployable on virtual machines and containers for flexible integration into modern infrastructures
- Centralized management of PacketTiger and PacketLion devices across physical and virtual environments with automatic device discovery
- Scalable clustering of up to 100 network packet brokers into a single logical unit with centralized policy definition and cross-device rule management
- Bulk operations and multi-device task scheduling including configuration, backup, upgrades, reboot, and scripting
- Centralized filter management per device and across clusters for consistent traffic policy enforcement
- Real-time telemetry and analytics with network statistics stored in Elastic databases and visualized via Kibana and Grafana dashboards
- Event and alarm management with customizable triggers and automated email notifications across devices
- Comprehensive device lifecycle management including configuration, monitoring, statistics collection, and ongoing operational control
| SKU | Max. Devices | Software License | |
|---|---|---|---|
| NX-PD25-1Y | 25 | 1 Year | |
| NX-PD50-1Y | 50 | 1 Year | |
| NX-PD100-1Y | 100 | 1 Year | |
| NX-PD200-1Y | 200 | 1 Year | |
| NX-PD25-2Y | 25 | 2 Years | |
| NX-PD50-2Y | 50 | 2 Years | |
| NX-PD100-2Y | 100 | 2 Years | |
| NX-PD200-2Y | 200 | 2 Years | |
| NX-PD25-3Y | 25 | 3 Years | |
| NX-PD50-3Y | 50 | 3 Years | |
| NX-PD100-3Y | 100 | 3 Years | |
| NX-PD200-3Y | 200 | 3 Years | |
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OVERVIEW
NEOXPacketDirector is a centralized management system that provides users with a holistic view of devices across the network topology and helps them configure, monitor, manage and operate network visibility deployments.
The centralized NEOXPacketDirector software increases the productivity of network operations and DevOps teams and helps them maximize the ROI of network visibility equipment in their organization.
NEOXPacketDirector enables the automatic discovery and management of hundreds of virtual and physical NEOX Network Packet Brokers from the PacketLion and PacketTiger product families. It collects network statistics and traffic telemetry stored in Elastic databases and displayed with real-time graphical visualization using Kibana and Grafana dashboards.
Alarms and events from managed devices trigger email notifications from PacketDirector. Users can define different events and triggers for each device based on cross-device events.
PacketDirector is a central management system that manages all NEOXPacketLion and NEOXPacketTiger products to enable device configuration, statistics and alarm collection, and bulk operations for ongoing management.
HIGHLIGHTS
- Software-based solution available on both VM and containers
- A single tool for central management of physical and virtual devices
- Bulk operations and multi-device task scheduler (configuration, backup, upgrade, reboot, scripting)
- Centralized filter management per device and cross-device rules via clustering
- Clustering up to 100 Network Packet Brokers into a single unit, enabling policy definition between networked devices
MODELS
| SKU | Max. Devices | Software License |
|---|---|---|
| NX-PDS-25-1Y | 25 | 1 Year |
| NX-PDS-50-1Y | 50 | 1 Year |
| NX-PDS-100-1Y | 100 | 1 Year |
| NX-PDS-200-1Y | 200 | 1 Year |
| NX-PDS-25-2Y | 25 | 2 Years |
| NX-PDS-50-2Y | 50 | 2 Years |
| NX-PDS-100-2Y | 100 | 2 Years |
| NX-PDS-200-2Y | 200 | 2 Years |
| NX-PDS-25-3Y | 25 | 3 Years |
| NX-PDS-50-3Y | 50 | 3 Years |
| NX-PDS-100-3Y | 100 | 3 Years |
| NX-PDS-200-3Y | 200 | 3 Years |
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SERVICE & SUPPORT
Unparalleled Multi-Level Service & Support for Peace of Mind
NEOXPacketDirector Appliances come with NEOX SILVER Support and can be upgraded to GOLD Support for advanced replacement in case of a hardware failure.