Sniffer Pro High-Speed

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Sniffer Pro High-Speed
High Speed Network Management Solutions
In the Internet Age, the corporate network reaches every corner of your business.
Increasingly, it is a high-speed network with the fastest in Gigabit Ethernet and ATM
technology that is deployed across the enterprise. Whether you are managing highspeed
switched backbones, guaranteeing quick response for enterprise applications,
integrating converged networks, or supporting e-commerce, you need advanced
network management tools to maximize your high speed network performance.
Sniffer Pro High-Speed, for ATM and Gigabit Ethernet Networks—part of the Sniffer
Total Network Visibility Suite—is the industry’s #1 solution for reducing network
downtime, according to Infonetics Research. This advanced suite delivers awardwinning
network management tools to help you continuously monitor your highspeed
network and proactively resolve problems before they impact users,
customers, or your corporate bottom line.
Sniffer Pro High-Speed Solution
Sniffer Pro High-Speed is a portable fault and performance management tool
specifically designed for troubleshooting and optimizing high-speed corporate
networks, including client/server applications over cell-based networks. Its
monitoring and advanced diagnostic capabilities observe your high speed network,
confirming connection setups and automatically decoding ATM transport and LAN
protocols - helping avoid downtime and maximizing network efficiency. With the
most complete collection protocol decodes and innovative capturing techniques,
Sniffer Pro High-Speed helps uncover high-speed network problems—fast.
The built-in Monitor Mode
capabilities of the Sniffer
Pro High Speed ATM
provide detailed statistics
on all ATM layers as well
as higher OSI layers at
full line-rate.
Sniffer Pro High-Speed
uses Expert analysis on
PVC and SVC ATM
connections to help
quickly identify
connection problems.
Sniffer Pro
WAN
Who’s watching your network
Sniffer Pro
High-Speed
Portable
Analysis
Sniffer Pro
Basic
Sniffer Pro
LAN
Speeds Problem Resolution
• Decodes over 400 network and application
protocols
• Interprets all seven OSI layers and four ATM
sublayers in full English text
• Decodes both raw (8B/10B) and encoded
frames for Gigabit Ethernet
• Traces point-to-point and multipoint Virtual
Channel Connections (VCCs) for ATM
• Displays open and closed Switched Virtual
Circuit (SVC) connections in real time while
capturing for ATM
Improves Productivity
• Enables stress-testing of high speed
network devices at full line-rate with the
Traffic Generator
• Provides detailed conversation statistics by
VPI/VCI pairs
• Shows breakdown of network protocol
activity by VPI/VCI—automatically
• Includes easy-to-use menuing and
command systems consistent with other
Sniffer Network Analyzers
Maximizes Resources
• Supports ATM and Gigabit backbones or
Wide Area Network (WAN)connections
• Minimizes investment in analysis tools
through multiple-topology support and a
consistent user interface
• Displays physical layer errors, ATM network
errors, VCC utilization, and Quality of Service
(QoS) parameters for SVC connections
• Enables creation and generation of
management reports

Expert Analysis
Superior Expert analysis capabilities are built into Sniffer Pro High-
Speed, giving you management automation, problem-solving
information, and greater depth of visibility.
• Automatic analysis and alarms—Sniffer Pro High-Speed
automates fault and performance management functions by
automatically detecting and pinpointing problems, forwarding
alarms with event details, and offering solutions on Gigabit
Ethernet and ATM networks.
• Automatic problem solving—Bottlenecks, protocol violations,
even problems like duplicate addresses and misconfigured
routers are identified automatically.
• Automatic visibility—Sniffer Pro High-Speed “sees” into all seven
layers of the network model and the four layers of ATM
connection, problems are easily pinpointed and analyzed
regardless of where or when they occur.
Protocol Interpretation
Protocol Interpretation turns an unintelligible stream of cells into
clearly labeled commands and readable text. The Sniffer Pro High-
Speed suite supports more than 400 protocols, and displays the
contents of each encoded frame, cell and AAL5 frame at all seven
OSI layers as well as Signaling, ATM sublayer, and Operation,
Administration and Maintenance (OAM) information. You can
quickly focus on trouble areas with the sophisticated filtering
system. Flexible windowing allows you to display network traffic in
a variety of formats. Three formats—Summary, Detail, and Hex—are
available simultaneously through Microsoft Windows, which allows
for multiple windows on a screen. For Gigabit the 8B/10B encoding
is immediately available by a simple click.
Interpretation Features
Sniffer Pro High-Speed provides intelligent capture capability,
providing visibility into LAN Emulation flows and IP Switched
environments, which helps decrease the time to resolve network
problems.
Monitor, Capture and Display Filters
• ATM stations (known and unknown)
• ATM station addresses
• Connection identifiers (VPI, VCI)
• SVC connection types: LANE, Logical Link Control (LLC),
multiplexed, and VCI multiplexed
• ATM, MAC, and IP station address
• Pattern match
• ATM station address
• 300+ protocol filters
TTotal otal Network Visibility
Discover Mode
High-speed networks make it difficult to focus on all of the data
simultaneously. To analyze effectively, you need to narrow down
the data to that which is relevant to solving the problem. The
Discover Mode can detect VPI/VCI pairs and ATM addresses that
arise whether they are generated by Permanent Virtual Circuits
(PVCs) or SVCs. Discover Mode helps focus your troubleshooting
efforts by performing the following:
• Shows PVC and open/closed SVC sessions by color
• Displays Call Reference for SVC sessions
• Shows End Point Reference for SVC sessions
• Determines source and destination ATM or LANE addresses
by VPI/VCI
High Speed Summary Statistics
• Composition of traffic at the higher OSI layers on the network
by protocol family
• Total and current cells sent and received by VPI/VCI
• Current and average VCC or link utilization in %
• Traffic history for entire network at adjustable intervals from five
seconds to 24 hours; can be automatically logged to disk
• Total and current frames monitored on AAL5, OAM, and Signaling
• Total and current average AAL5 frame size
• Total and current bytes
System Requirements
• Platform Support: Pentium/166 MHz or higher
• DRAM: 128 MB
• Disk Space: 50 MB
• Operating System: Microsoft Windows (NT 4.0,sp3)
InfoWorld - 10/98
Hot Product Award
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