Visibility starts with the packet. A network TAP (test access point) is a hardware device that allows you to access and monitor your network traffic by copying packets without impacting or compromising network integrity.
The XtraTAP: Packet Broker is a purpose-built hardware device that supports passive network tapping combined with advanced filtering, aggregation and load balancing, guaranteeing your tools see every bit, byte, and packet.
This network TAP Packet Broker hybrid, available in high density and compact 1/2 rack designs, provides packet visibility and network traffic optimization in one unit, to improve security and monitoring tool performance, while saving rack space. Applying aggregation, filtering and load balancing reduces the process burden on tools with unneeded data. Providing optimized tapped traffic for multiple tools.