nGenius® Probes
NetScout's family of nGenius Probes are non-intrusive, high performance, real-time and historical monitoring devices.
As robust, versatile data collection devices, nGenius Probes handle all widely-used technologies and industry standards for network performance data collection.
Probes are the most comprehensive network traffic monitoring data sources available. They provide insight into virtually all types of well-known, home-grown, complex, or web-based applications. NetScout probes monitor traffic from any vantage point on your network, using advanced CDM Technology. For more information on how it works, click here.
Features
Industry Standards
OSI seven-layer monitoring; monitors all networking technologies (Ethernet, Frame Relay, ATM, Packet over SONET, and Fibre Channel) Supports Video- and Voice-over-IP multimedia applications and protocols including RTP, RTCP, H.323, Avaya Extended H.323, MGCP, SIP, Cisco SCCP
Protocols, Packets and Metrics
Discovers automatically up 1024 protocols and applications including user-defined applications Provides integrated packet capture and decode; performs packet capture decodes for more than 1300 protocols Monitors key performance metrics such as application utilization and errors network-wide
Links, Flows and Monitoring
Provides logical views for load balanced or redundant links Monitors up to 1000 Virtual Circuits per probe simultaneously Monitors QoS deployments with real-time visibility to code point classifications Handles MPLS monitoring and NetFlow collection
Unique CDM Capabilities
Analyzes application and Web content responsiveness with Universal Response Time MIB Allows comprehensive application recognition; tracks complex, custom, web-based and Peer-to-Peer applications via CDM port technology Collects evidentiary information periodically for segments exceeding utilization thresholds with innovative Power Alarms Shows highly detailed, granular visibility for complex data sets (down to recording all activity on one-minute intervals) for the most comprehensive traffic analysis possible
