Gigamon Network Tool Ports - Gigamon GigaVUE Reseller NextGig Systems, Inc.

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Gigamon Tool Ports

Tool ports are where you connect monitoring tools. Tool ports can only transmit and are not capable of receiving traffic.

Example: Connect an intrusion detection system on one tool port, a forensic data recorder on another, and a traditional protocol analyzer on a third. Tool ports are where you send the data arriving from network ports.

Any-to-Any

Deploy any tool to any link at anytime without affecting the production network

Improved monitoring efficiency, effectiveness and network uptime

Any-to-Many

Multicast traffic to support multiple tools with competing monitoring demands

Share SPAN ports and taps, customizing access for all tools all the time

Many-to-Any

Aggregate traffic from multiple access points to create a "big pipe" or "end-to-end" view

Deploy fewer tools and consolidating valuable tools in a tool farm

Packet Filtering

Customize and map traffic flow to multiple tools and reduce traffic load on all tools

Optimize tool utilization and sharing load across multiple tools

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The figure below illustrates the concept of data flows between network and tool ports. Data arrives from different sources at the network ports on the left and is forwarded to different tools connected to tool ports on the right. Traffic arriving at a single network port can be sent to multiple destination tool ports. Filters can be applied to network and tool ports. Filters applied to network ports are pre-filters and filters applied to the tool ports are post-filters.