Packet Continuum 100G+

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The Packet Continuum 100G+ offers 100G packet capture and higher for recording and search of PCAP data on large scale networks driven by 5G.

Through our partnership with Cisco, the Packet Continuum 100G+ utilizes our unique packet capture technology and the innovative design of the Cisco UCS S3260 server.

  • Utilizes common platform enterprise-class servers
    • No proprietary hardware – Direct support from the server vendor (Cisco)
    • Standard Linux (CentOS or Red Hat)
    • Standard Cisco IMC / IPMI remote interface, for lights-out data center operation
  • Scalable/Adjustable for more/less timeline storage

  • Scalable/Adjustable for multiple use cases
    • Aggregate at a single location
    • Or, Federate across multiple data centers or mobile PoP sites
  • Fast-response PCAP queries (with 100G limitations, eg stop capture), with analyst workflows for:
    • Web-based UI with remote packet viewers and PCAP analyzer/investigator
    • Pivot-to-PCAP from BFP and/or timeline search

Key Features

  • Utilizes common platform enterprise-class servers

    • No proprietary hardware – Direct support from the server vendor (Cisco)
    • Standard Linux (CentOS or Red Hat)
    • Standard Cisco IMC / IPMI remote interface, for lights-out data center operation

  • 100Gbps+ continuous lossless packet capture

    • Aggregate at a single location
    • Or, Federate across multiple data centers or mobile PoP sites

  • Large Capture Timeline Storage

    Scalable to many Petabytes of PCAP storage with fast retrieval

  • Real-Time Packet Analytics

    • Lossless packet capture at line rate
    • Data compression in-line for packets in the clear. Compression ratios depending on packet payloads

  • Simultaneous search

    Fast-response PCAP queries (with 100G limitations, eg stop capture), with analyst workflows for:

    • BPF Filter and timeline based simultaneous PCAP session search/retrieval
    • Web-based UI with remote packet viewers and PCAP analyzer/investigator
    • Pivot-to-PCAP from BFP and/or timeline search

  • Active Triggers

    Use real-time, dynamic, user-defined Active Triggers and real-time analytics to rapidly direct critical PCAP data for post-processing, using any of multiple third-party open source DPI software packages, conveniently pre-installed and ready-to-use within the system.

  • Unified GUI

    • Interactive dashboard drives your investigation PCAPs from search with our PacketViewer
    • REST API and Web-based UI with remote packet viewers and PCAP analyzer/investigator
    • Pivot-to-PCAP from BFP and/or timeline search

Packet Continuum 100G+ Workflow

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workflow diagram

Search Workflow

Forensics investigations based on search or pivot from an alert in Cisco Stealthwatch, Firepower, SPLUNK, IBM QRadar, ArcSight, and other tools via REST
Real-Time Analytics Features

Open simultaneous BPF-based “Active Triggers”. Adjust them dynamically.

Log Investigator events, all with search, cross-correlation and extraction:

  • HTTP
  • File event logging, with file size and URL or SMTP reference
  • DNS
  • Email
  • User agents
  • TLS/SSL
  • VOIP
  • NetFlow
  • Active Triggers (BPF signature)
  • 50,000 Snort rules (emerging-DNS, emerging-ftp
  • 1 Million ThreatIP alerts
  • System events

Log Investigator search actions:

  • All logs are time-correlated with PCAPs and NetFlow data
  • Text string search of logs
  • NetFlow record logging and search
  • Choose your results for any search: PCAP, NetFlow, logs, etc.
  • One-click searches auto-populate time period and search filter (BPF), based on context

Scaling the Packet Continuum 100G+

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100g scaling

Scale from 1 x 100G interface to 12 in this example with building blocks of a 1+8 100G Packet Capture cluster systems.

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