PacketWolf Packet Broker

Performance Network Packet Broker Services

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High-Performance 1-400G Packet Processing & Packet Brokering

Leading Wire-Speed Packet Broker Services for Application & Security Monitoring Tools

FPGA Performance | Low Latency | Deep Packet Inspection

The NEOX PacketWolf Series includes a range of advanced packet-processing-based Network Packet Brokers designed for enterprises, data centers, service providers, network edge, and HPC/HFT applications. With its FPGA-based low-latency architecture, PacketWolf is the ideal platform for advanced packet processing of up to 400G. All PacketWolf models consolidate and deliver packet data centrally, enhance bandwidth and tool utilization, and serve as a standalone L2-L4 packet-services solution. They support features such as VLAN tagging, timestampingheader stripping, tunnel encapsulation and decapsulation, deduplication, IP flow export, data masking, advanced filtering, and packet slicing – all without any additional licensing fees. They support NETCONF API for seamless monitoring integration.
 
  • PacketWolf NX-PW-100 model offers 4 x 25G SFP28 or 4 x 1G SFP / 4 x 10G SFP+ interfaces with 100G data throughput.
 
  • PacketWolf NX-PW-200 model offers 2 x 100G QSFP28 or 2 x 40G QSFP+ / 4 x 25G (fan-out) / 8 x 10G (fan-out) interfaces with 200G data throughput.
 
  • PacketWolf NX-PW-400 model offers 4 x 100G QSFP28 or 4 x 40G QSFP+ / 8 x 25G (fan-out) / 16 x 10G (fan-out) interfaces with 400G data throughput.

PacketWolf 400G Performance Packet Broker

NEOX PacketWolf is a high-performance, FPGA-powered packet processing and brokering solution engineered to operate at throughputs of up to 400Gbps, making it ideal for modern high-speed networks and security operations. Built for performance, precision, and flexibility, PacketWolf provides a powerful suite of advanced traffic optimization features designed to offload downstream tools and extend their operational lifespan. Its robust capabilities include deduplicationintelligent filteringpacket maskingdynamic packet slicingheader strippingVLAN tagging, and tunnel termination, ensuring that only the most relevant and clean traffic reaches analysis or security platforms.
With unsampled NetFlow and IPFIX export at up to 100Gbps, PacketWolf delivers enriched metadata visibility for advanced flow analytics without sacrificing granularity. It supports L2–L4 loopbackMac-in-Mac decapsulationnanosecond hardware timestamping, and the ability to view, replay, and edit PCAPs, delivering deep forensic capabilities for incident response and post-event analysis. Its FPGA-based architecture guarantees deterministic, line-rate performance even under heavy loads, avoiding the bottlenecks associated with software-based brokers.
Whether used as a standalone appliance or as a complement to an existing network packet broker, PacketWolf adapts seamlessly to evolving environments and complex architectures. It enhances network observability, security, and compliance workflows by intelligently managing packet streams at scale, with unmatched efficiency. PacketWolf empowers security, monitoring, and performance tools to focus on what matters—enabling better decisions, faster threat detection, and reduced mean time to resolution. Perfect for telecom, enterprise, and data center environments, PacketWolf is the next evolution in intelligent packet processing and brokering at scale. Shop Packet Brokering

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SKU DESCRIPTION
NX-PW-100 4 x 25G SFP28 interfaces with 100G data throughput – or 4 x 1G SFP / 4 x 10G SFP+
NX-PW-200 2 x 100G QSFP28 interfaces with 200G data throughput – or 2 x 40G QSFP+ / 4 x 25G (fan-out) / 8x10G (fan-out)
NX-PW-400 4 x 100G QSFP28 interfaces with 400G data throughput – or 4 x 40G QSFP+ / 8 x 25G (fan-out) / 16x10G (fan-out)
Alternative combinations on request
  • Supports lossless processing of network data up to 100/200/400Gbps at line rate
  • 4 x 1G/10G/25G SFP28 interfaces with 100Gbps
  • 2 x 40G/100G QSFP28 interfaces – or 4 x 25G (fan-out) / 8 x 10G (fan-out) with 200Gbps
  • Up to 4 x 40G/100G QSFP28 interfaces – or 8 x 25G (fan-out) / 16 x10G (fan-out) with 400Gbps
  • Reliable and low latency due to FPGA architecture
  • Supports nanosecond timestamping according to IEEE 1588v2 PTP
  • Supports export of LiveFlow (IPFIX, NetFlow) data to NPM tools
  • Small form factor (1U)
  • Scalable and easy to commission
  • Replaceable fans and redundant power supplies
  • Hardware Specifications
    • 1 x Enterprise Class CPU
    • 2 x 10G LAN management port
    • Redundant and hot-swappable AC power supplies
    • 64GB DDR4 RAM
    • NVMe SSD storage for the operating system
  • Line-rate FPGA features/functionalities:
    • Advanced Filtering
      • Frame length, header length or payload length
      • Frame errors
      • L2 Protocol/Encapsulation
      • L3 IPversion/Protocol/Encapsulation
      • L4 Protocol (Ports)/Tunnel
      • Pattern compare
      • Complex expressions via logical operators (NOT,AND,OR)
    • Advanced Deduplication – removal or forwarding of duplicate packets with a programmable deduplication window of 10 µs to 2 seconds. Configurable packet signatures (masking of variable fields e.g. TTL/Hoplimit, DSCP/TraffType, exclusion of Outer Encapsulations, and more).
    • Masking (for sensitive information in the packets)
    • Slicing/snapping/truncation/trimming – payload removal so that the Ethernet packet contains only the desired number of bytes or information, including a programmable number of bytes offset. Including FCS recalculation. Metadata is preserved. Enables, among other things, to ensure GDPR compliance.
    • Decapsulation/Header Stripping/Header Removal – MPLS, VLAN, VNTag, GTP, PPTP, ERSPAN, VxLAN, GRE, GENEVE, LISP, NVGRE, PPPoE, CFP/FabricPath, EoMPLS, IP-in-IP, MAC-in-MAC and custom/user defined encapsulations
    • De-tunneling (Tunnel Termination) for traffic generated by vTAPs, ERSPAN,VxLAN
    • GTP Filtering
    • Timestamping – with nanosecond accuracy is applied to each processed packet using a PTP time server. Locally or via external PTP grandmaster according to IEEE 1588v2.
    • High precision PCAP Replay at original rate and at any desired rates
    • Source port labeling and VLAN tagging
    • Load-balancing on multiple VLAN tags – wide range of hashing algorithms (e.g. 5 tuple, 2 tuple, VLAN, MPLS, customisable, etc).
    • Low Latency Aggregation – Consolidation of incoming network traffic to optimise port usage. 1:1 and Many:1
  • FPGA accelerated features/functionalities:
    • Loopback (shuffling the L2,L3,L4 sources and destinations)
    • Entire payload masking
  • Host features/functionalities:
    • Secure Web GUI
    • PCAP viewer
    • PCAP composer/editor
  • 1x Enterprise Class CPU
  • 2x 10G LAN management port
  • Redundant and hot-swappable AC power supplies
  • 64GB DDR4 RAM
  • NVMe SSD storage for the operating system

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