Gigamon Systems Launches Version 3.0 of GigaVUE-MP Data-Access Switch for 1 Gig and 10 Gig Ethernet Network Monitoring; GigaVUE 3.0 Enables Enterprises to Simultaneously Monitor 1 Gigabit and 10 Gigabit Networks with Existing 1 Gigabit Tools.

NEW YORK -- At Interop, Gigamon Systems, a leading provider of data access solutions for out-of-band network monitoring, announced the availability of its new GigaVUE-MP 3.0, which adds 10 Gigabit Ethernet capability to its existing support for 10/100/1000 Ethernet. Version 3.0 adds more capabilities, including large scale stacking, and a map-based smart connection that distributes packets to various destination monitoring tools based on the address, session, subnet, VLAN, or application associated with each packet. It enables monitoring of 10/100/1000 Mbps traffic and now, 10 Gigabit network sources and sends copies of the packets to monitoring tools of any type or speed, including those with 10 Gigabit ports.

GigaVUE-MP data access switch creates an out-of-band data access network fabric for network monitoring, which allows multiple network monitoring, security, compliance, or troubleshooting tools to access any traffic from any switch or link in the data center, without affecting the live network itself. Version 3.0 advances the concept of unobtrusive out-of-band network monitoring, by supporting 10G network traffic from core switch span ports or taps, distributing it to multiple gigabit tool ports.

Now monitoring tools work more efficiently by analyzing only the information they need, rather than being overwhelmed by all of the network traffic. GigaVUE-MP 3.0 filters the "firehose" flow of traffic from 10 Gigabit sources, breaks it down, and divides it across multiple tools to enable deployment of existing 1 Gig tools to monitor 10 Gig core networks, thus saving users the expense of buying a 10 Gigabit tool.

In addition to GigaVUE-MP's previous filtering capability, GigaVUE 3.0 also adds a new 'protocol' filter to support UDP/TCP/ICMP traffic filtering, therefore enabling filtering at the physical layer through the application layer including VLANs. Furthermore, the GigaVUE-MP 3.0 can now scale from small 8 port configurations to high density 200 ports, which enables simultaneous monitoring of hundreds of links and switches. Up to 10 GigaVUE-MP systems can be stacked together to create any configuration that precisely fits the user's network, yet grows gracefully as the network grows.

"As enterprises are implementing 10G networks, they are faced with a transition where they need to monitor both 1G and 10G networks at the same time," said Denny K Miu, founder and CEO of Gigamon Systems. "GigaVUE 3.0 allows our customers to invest in state-of-the-art tools and be able to use them across their entire networks."

By filtering, aggregating, and multicasting copies of the critical data to support multiple network monitoring tools, GigaVUE-MP enables more flexible network security, monitoring, and troubleshooting while using far fewer and less intrusive tools. This enables network managers to meet the ever more onerous challenges of regulatory compliance, security, application optimization, and availability of today's enterprise network.

About Gigamon Systems

Gigamon Systems is the provider of GigaVUE-MP, the leading Out-of-Band Data-Access Switch. By filtering, aggregating, and multicasting critical data to support multiple network monitoring tools, GigaVUE-MP significantly reduces capital and operating expenditures, and improves network uptime by enabling more flexible network security, monitoring, and troubleshooting while using fewer and less intrusive tools. For more information about the company and their products, please visit www.gigamon.com.