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March 27, 2020
TOKYO, March 27, 2020 - Garland Technology, a leading provider of network test access point (TAP), packet broker, and cloud visibility, announced an exclusive portable packet capture solution with TOYO Corporation, a leading test and measurement company. The cutting-edge integration of the SYNESIS Portable 25GbE and Garland Technology’s BiDi Passive Fiber Network TAP is the first in the world to provide data capture in unique environments, including the support of 5G and cellular networks standards.
“The simple and seamless architecture offers engineers complete packet visibility where they may face different GbE interfaces and rates through critical connection points,” says Chris Bihary, CEO & Founder of Garland Technology. “In this novel design, we confront the complex issues associated with downtime and degraded user experience. Garland Technology and TOYO Corporation equip engineers with the tools and knowledge to troubleshoot network issues, particularly during the initial 5G rollout and post-deployment.”
Driving packet-level traffic from the BiDi Passive Fiber Network TAP to the SYNESIS Portable 25GbE, the plug-and-play installation offers multi-capture ability at various ethernet speeds up to 200GbE. The unique portable solution enables rapid deployment in the field, streamlining toolsets and maintaining a myriad of packet capture in 5G and cellular network environments. The solution continuously captures data traffic with complete fidelity, recording every packet to help identify and resolve network issues quickly and accurately.
“With the long-standing, strong partnership of Garland and TOYO Corporation, leading companies can continue to manage and ensure higher quality connections in 5G environments,” said Tatsushi Nakamura, Senior Sales Manager US/EMEA at TOYO Corporation. “Together, the full solution gives customers confidence by eliminating the imminent risk of network downtime and catastrophic financial and reputational damage for 5G carriers and service providers.”
Garland Technology and TOYO Corporation have been working together since 2015. TOYO Corporation, which has been successfully reselling Garland Technology’s portfolio, combined with matching SYNESIS models worldwide, established this technology partnership as a best-of-class network visibility solution. Find out more about our joint solutions.
About TOYO Corporation
TOYO Corporation (TOKYO:8151) is a Japanese technology company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, with subsidiaries in the United States and China. Since its founding in 1953, TOYO has become the leading distributor of advanced measurement instruments and systems in Japan. TOYO also engages in original product designs and develops advanced solutions for many of the markets that it serves including automotive, sustainable energy, and cybersecurity industries. TOYO’s innovative products are used by many leading companies in Japan, the United States, and APAC countries, helping TOYO’s customers accelerate development, reduce time-to-market, and improve product quality.
For more information, please visitTOYO's website here.
If the inline security tool goes off-line, the TAP will bypass the tool and automatically keep the link flowing. The Bypass TAP does this by sending heartbeat packets to the inline security tool. As long as the inline security tool is on-line, the heartbeat packets will be returned to the TAP, and the link traffic will continue to flow through the inline security tool.
If the heartbeat packets are not returned to the TAP (indicating that the inline security tool has gone off-line), the TAP will automatically 'bypass' the inline security tool and keep the link traffic flowing. The TAP also removes the heartbeat packets before sending the network traffic back onto the critical link.
While the TAP is in bypass mode, it continues to send heartbeat packets out to the inline security tool so that once the tool is back on-line, it will begin returning the heartbeat packets back to the TAP indicating that the tool is ready to go back to work. The TAP will then direct the network traffic back through the inline security tool along with the heartbeat packets placing the tool back inline.
Some of you may have noticed a flaw in the logic behind this solution! You say, “What if the TAP should fail because it is also in-line? Then the link will also fail!” The TAP would now be considered a point of failure. That is a good catch – but in our blog on Bypass vs. Failsafe, I explained that if a TAP were to fail or lose power, it must provide failsafe protection to the link it is attached to. So our network TAP will go into Failsafe mode keeping the link flowing.
Single point of failure: a risk to an IT network if one part of the system brings down a larger part of the entire system.
Heartbeat packet: a soft detection technology that monitors the health of inline appliances. Read the heartbeat packet blog here.
Critical link: the connection between two or more network devices or appliances that if the connection fails then the network is disrupted.