Network Packet Broker
Network Packet Broker
Network Packet Broker
Network Packet Broker

Advanced Packet Processing Appliance up to 2x 100G QSFP28

Thanks to its FPGA-based architecture, the NEOXPacketWolf is the ideal platform for advanced packet processing of network data up to 400G.

Designed to take advantage of advanced features such as Deduplication, Header Stripping, Packet Slicing and more, the PacketProcessor serves as a complement to a Network Packet Broker, such as our NEOXPacketLion.

The traffic for processing usually comes from a Packet Broker, but can also come from other sources, and after processing is sent back by the PacketWolf on the same port. The processing of the network packets is done on the FPGA in hardware and is performed lossless up to 400Gbps by the PacketWolf.

SKU NX-PW-200 Category Tag

Description

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Small form factor (1U)
  • Supports lossless processing of network data up to 400Gbps at line rate
  • Reliable and low latency due to FPGA architecture
  • Up to 4x 100G QSFP28 interfaces – or 4x 40G QSFP+ / 8x 25G (fan-out) / 16x10G (fan-out)
  • Supports individual configurations for 10G, 25G, 40G, 50G or 100G
  • Supports nanosecond timestamping according to IEEE 1588v2 PTP
  • Supports export of LiveFlow (IPFIX, NetFlow) data to NPM tools
  • Scalable and easy to commission
  • Replaceable fans and redundant power supplies

KEY FEATURES

  • 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

HARDWARE

  • 1x Enterprise Class CPU
  • 2x 10G LAN management por
  • Redundant and hot-swappable AC power supplies
  • 64GB DDR4 RAM
  • NVMe SSD storage for the operating system

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