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Garland's external Bypass TAP provides additional functionality not found in incorporated bypass functionality, allowing networks to be easily evaluated, optimized, and validated with an inline appliance. The combination of failsafe on the network ports and the heartbeat functionality of a bypass TAP provides an additional layer of fault tolerance to live wire data traffic. Without impacting the availability of the network, lifecycle management provides the flexibility to sandbox or pilot new tools in a real environment with live packet data.

 Whether you have one inline tool, or many, adding proper inline architecture provides flexibility and interoperability to your network. Garland’s EdgeLens^® Inline Security Packet Brokers provide failsafe and bypass functionality, critical for network uptime, combined with the high density and functionality of packet brokers, allowing you to filter, aggregate, and load balance network traffic. You gain the ability to manage multiple inline tools, sandbox, and easily expand your security stack without having to bring the network down.

Remember:

• 10G Chaining of up to 4 inline security appliances
• Advanced Load Balancing of 4 inline security appliances
• Send additional copies of live, wire traffic to out-of-band monitoring tools.
• Perform a comparative analysis of the packet data before and after it is processed by inline tools [IPS, Firewall] to ensure they are working properly to secure the network.

For out-of-band network monitoring and analysis, Garland’s unique BiDi design provides the flexibility to TAP, from 1G/10G/40G/100G for both Single-Mode and Multi-Mode, and OS2 to OM5 BiDi Fiber. BiDi Network TAPs in tandem with Garland’s PacketMAXTM: Advanced Aggregator are effective to ensure existing infrastructure visibility when upgrading network speeds (e.g. from 10G to 40G/100G). By using 40G/100G BiDi technology, which uses two parallel multi-mode fiber strands to transmit the signal bidirectionally rather than unidirectionally, network managers are able to achieve 100G traffic over their existing cable infrastructure.

Cisco is a global leader in telecommunications, security, network infrastructure and IT applications. Garland Technology has joined the solution partner program, giving clients who use Cisco products a great out-of-the-box solution for connecting your network.

Ask your Garland Network Designer about the new 40G-SR-BiDi Network TAP - an exclusive Cisco Partner Solution that supports Cisco's BiDirectional Optical Technology.

As part of the Cisco Solution Partner Program, Garland Technology helps provide visibility and access for Cisco security and performance monitoring solutions. www.cisco.com