Abstract

Today’s enterprises, service providers, and government agencies are being tasked to effectively monitor the performance and security of their networks. Fortunately, sophisticated tools are available for this purpose; however these tools are expensive and often in short supply in large organizations where assets are shared.

To meet this need, ONPATH’s Universal Connectivity System (UCS) Packet Blade (P-Blade), also referred to as a “Network Packet Broker” (NPB), offers up to 48 ports of packet flow switching in a single blade system, 144 ports in a 3- blade system, and 576 ports in a 12-blade system.

ONPATH commissioned Tolly to evaluate the scalability, functionality, and ease of management of ONPATH’s UCS P-Blade and HorizON management and monitoring software. The P-Blade provides ultra-low latency in a highly flexible, scalable Layer 1-4 platform, designed to improve network and application performance monitoring, network security, and forensic recording. The P-Blade delivers consistently low latency across the range of topologies and scenarios tested.