Network traffic monitoring system "@FlowInspector" is now on sale Corporate release | Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun electronic version

Release issuer: NTT Advanced Technology Corporation

-Achieving efficiency / cost reduction of network operation by utilizing the advanced technology of NTT Advanced Technology-NTT Advanced Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter: NTT-AT, Headquarters: Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture, President: Takeharu Kimura) , NTT Device Innovation Center * 1 is equipped with "Packet Processing / Flow Identification Hardware Accelerator", and NTT-AT has commercialized the network traffic monitoring system "@FlowInspector" (at Flow Inspector, hereafter: this product). ) Will be on sale in the fall of 2019. This product enables visualization of networks that support various environments in which physical / virtualized networks coexist, which was difficult in the past. In addition, network operation and analysis costs can be reduced because it can automatically record before and after network anomaly detection. We strongly support the data center business for high-quality, large-capacity services and the network operation business that requires high availability to clarify the cause of network troubles at an early stage. This product was exhibited at "Interop Tokyo 2019" to be held at Makuhari Messe from June 12th (Wednesday) to 14th (Friday), 2019, and was nominated for the Best of Show Award 2019 finalist. 1. 1. Background of the start of provision In recent networks, packets are often encapsulated in multiple stages due to logical multi-layering by slicing, complexity of routing, etc., and IP layer traffic unless a dedicated DPI (Deep Packet Inspection) device is used. I can't figure out. Also, since many DPI devices are based on software processing, it is difficult to handle high throughput. In order to solve these problems, improve network operation efficiency, and realize optimal equipment design, it is essential to achieve both flexibility in network traffic monitoring and high-speed processing. 2. About @FlowInspector This product is equipped with the "Packet Processing / Flow Identification Hardware / Accelerator Technology" of the NTT Device Innovation Center, and is complicated by using FPGA * 2 to implement packet filtering as hardware. We have achieved the performance of detailed traffic analysis of packets encapsulated in FPGA with 17 fields and filters up to 10,000 entries. This makes it possible to achieve both flexibility and high-speed processing, visibility of traffic, and real-time understanding of network delays. In addition, just as a car drive recorder saves only the video and audio before and after an accident, it has a function to efficiently capture only the packets before and after it when an abnormality such as microburst * 3 is detected, so it is huge. It is not necessary to store a huge amount of captured data in a large amount of storage and search for and analyze anomalous flows from it, which can significantly reduce the cost of operating and anomalous analysis of an increasingly wideband network. This product supports mirroring with TAPs and switches, and can connect to a wide range of networks without affecting the main information route, enabling traffic monitoring without compromising performance or the introduction of new technologies. 3. 3. Main features The main features of this product are as follows. (1) Traffic changes can be seen at a glance with the real-time monitoring function ⇒ Complexly encapsulated packets are identified and visualized in real time with a powerful filter of up to 17 fields and 10,000 entries. (2) Automatically record the status before and after the abnormality with the drive recorder function ⇒ Detect network abnormalities such as microburst by setting the threshold value and save only the packets before and after that to realize analysis and countermeasures focusing on points. To do. (3) Carefully select capture data to reduce operation and analysis costs ⇒ Conventionally, it took a large amount of storage and a huge amount of analysis time to detect and analyze network abnormalities, but the drive recorder function speeds up and operates and analyzes. Reduce costs. [Image of using @FlowInspector] 4. About sales For more information about sales (quotations, product demos, evaluation versions, etc.), please contact the following. Inquiries: https://www.ntt-at.co.jp/product/flowinspector/5. Future outlook For the next fiscal year and beyond, we will continuously upgrade to support throughput exceeding 100G, failure detection / prediction combined with machine learning, further facilitation of FPGA customization, etc. to support a wider network. So, we plan to make it a general-purpose network traffic monitoring system. ◆ Exhibition Notice Prior to the start of sales, this product will be exhibited at "Interop Tokyo 2019" to be held at Makuhari Messe from June 12th (Wednesday) to 14th (Friday), 2019, at our booth and ShowNet. We will exhibit at. [Details of Exhibit Details] https://www.ntt-at.co.jp/eventseminar/event/2019/detail/e_20190612/ What is ShowNet: https://www.interop.jp/shownet/*1: NTT Devices Innovation Center ⇒ Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation Advanced Technology Research Institute Device Innovation Center * 2: FPGA ⇒ Field Programmable Gate Array * 3: Microburst ⇒ Momentary concentrated traffic. It cannot be found without sampling in units of several ms, but if it occurs, packet loss will occur and the network performance will drop significantly compared to normal times. * Company names and product names mentioned in the text are trademarks or registered trademarks of each company.To the details of the corporate press release To the top of PR TIMES

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