DAG 8.1SX single-port Network Monitoring Card
The Endace DAGTM 8.1SX network monitoring card has been optimised for 10 Gigabit Ethernet and Packet-over-SONET OC-192c / SDH STM-64c networks. It provides line rate network traffic capture and sustained 10Gbps data transfer to the host server.
Scaling to 10 Gigabit networks has never been easier with Enhanced Packet Processing [EPP]. EPP lightens the load by offering a range of programmable hardware-based features that allow network monitoring applications to efficiently:
- Filter or drop unnecessary network traffic.
- Characterise and classify network traffic according to protocol header attributes.
- Direct network traffic to specific memory buffers based upon classification.
- Clone a single packet to multiple memory buffers.
- Evenly load-balance 10 Gigabits of network traffic to a maximum of 32 memory buffers.
Highlights
- Single port network monitoring card for 10 Gigabit Ethernet and Packet-over-SONET OC-192c / SDH STM 64c with small form factor [XFP] pluggable optics.
- 10Gb small form factor (XFP) pluggable optics.
- 100% capture into host memory at full line rate for all IP packets from 64 to 9600 bytes including Jumbo frames.
- Support for up to 32 memory buffers for load-balancing to multi-core host architectures.
- Simultaneously compare every packet against up to 64 hardware-based rules.
- Full packet or header only configurable for each memory buffer.
- Precise packet time-stamping and clock synchronisation from external time references.
- Designed to integrate easily into existing server hardware with 8-lane PCIe bus technology.
- Timed data replay option enables precise reproduction of traffic conditions [TR-TERF].
Technical Specification
| Optical Interface | 1x XFP transceiver MMF 850nm LC optical connector1, or; 1x XFP transceiver SMF 1310nm LC optical connector2, or; 1x XFP transceiver SMF 1550nm LC optical connector3. |
| Network Type | IEEE802.3ae Ethernet: 1 10GBase-SR 2 10GBase-LR 3 10GBase-ER SONET (SDH): 2 OC-192c SR-1 (STM I-64.1) 3 OC-192c IR-2 (STM S-64.2b) |
| Time Synchronization | External: ‘RJ45’ connector for RS-422 PPS Signal from GPS or CDMA receiver Internal: Host PC clock Also able to synchronize with other DAG cards |
| Packet Timestamping | 7.5ns clock resolution |
| PCI Interface | 8-lane PCI Express (PCIe 1.1) |
| Minimum Systems Requirements | Endace software is supported on the following operating systems: LINUX, FreeBSD, Windows Server 2003.
Please refer to the most recent software Release Notes or contact support@endace.com for system specific information. Intel® Xeon® 1.8Ghz or faster, 1GB RAM, 1 GB disk space for tools installation One free PCI-e slot supporting 8-lane operation. |
| Power Requirements | Conforms to PCIe 1.1 |
| Operating Temperature | 0 to 55 deg C |
| Operating Humidity | 5 to 95% non condensing |
| Physical Dimensions | Half height, half length PCI3.0 Height 68.9mm (2.71”) Length 169.2mm (6.66”) |
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