CUBRO CUB.SM-EXA32100-DC Sessionmaster EXA32100 Advanced Packet Broker, DC Power
The Sessionmaster EXA32100 is a high-performance advanced network packet broker that aggregates, filters, duplicates, and load balances network traffic to security, monitoring and management tools based on 4000 possible ACL rules. The Sessionmaster EXA32100 is based on programmable switching fabric. It is built with an advanced Cavium multicore host controller. This platform allows all filtering features to be implemented at the hardware level for unmatched throughput and performance. This also allows for filtering on the inner headers of network traffic without the need to strip or de-encapsulate the traffic. These features are critical for applications in overlay networks such as identifying and filtering on VXLAN tunnels.
Extended Functions:
The management host controller of the EXA32100 is a cavium multicore processor unit which runs a fully featured Cubro OS. Scripting languages such as Python, Perl, or Bash are available to run 3rd party applications and scripts; extending the functionality of the Sessionmaster. These applications can be developed by Cubro or the customer.
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Aggregation
The EXA32100 receives traffic from a 100G live link via the monitor ports of an inline TAP. The EXA32100 aggregates the Tx and the Rx sides of the duplex link to a single 100 Gbit port for monitoring purposes. By utilizing the filtering abilities of the EXA32100 the user can isolate only the traffic necessary to troubleshoot the network problem.
Monitoring and trouble shooting
The Sessionmaster EXA32100 supports 4000 filters that can classify traffic. These filters can be used to redirect a selected part of the traffic to a low bandwidth monitoring tool, such as a 10G packet analyzer to troubleshoot an issue on a 100 Gbit link (such as a routing problem).
Session meets packet
Packet based filtering is not always sufficient. Session based filtering cannot be done with ASIC or FPGA-based untis and a normal CPU is not capable of handling Terabits of traffic. The combination of an EXA32100 with an EXA24160 (Sessionmaster) is an extremely powerful solution for Layer 7 session-aware applications.
Application based filtering
The combination of EXA32100 and EXA24160 offers a powerful solution for layer 7 sessionaware filtering. This means it is possible to filter on applications, keywords, or any wanted Regex. The application shown on the left can support up to multiple 100 Gbps traffic, depending on how many session fabrics are used. The EXA32100 aggregates, filters, and load balances traffic and then forwards it to the session fabric. The session fabric analyzes the traffic and tags it based on application key before forwarding it back to EXA32100. The traffic is sent to other tools for further inspection. Currently, up to 1000 application keys are available.
GTP Application
The EXA32100 supports removal of GTP headers as well as filtering on the inner IP address of the GTP tunnel. It is also possible to load balance GTP traffic based on either the outer tunnel headers or, alternatively, the inner headers of the encapsulated traffic.
Includes: Cubro Sessiomaster EXA32100, DC power supply, European power cord. Transceivers not included.
