Network Critical SmartNA-X - Chapter 1 - Overview; Smartna-X Features; Hardware Overview

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CHAPTER 1
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OVERVIEW
SmartNA™ 10G Network Access (SmartNA-X) provides a flexible and customizable Test Access Point (TAP)
solution. This chapter covers the following major topics:
• SmartNA-X features, page 3
• Hardware overview, page 3
• Managing SmartNA-X, page 5
SmartNA-X features
SmartNA-X 10G Network Access is a fully configurable filtering 10G TAP device that provides the following
advanced TAP features:
• Fail-safe ports
• Traffic replication and aggregation capabilities
• Flexible port maps
• Advanced packet filtering capabilities, including ability to filter 10G traffic to continue using 1G tools
• Ability to aggregate 1G links to a 10G port
• SSL secured management interfaces
• Easy to use web UI with support for click-n-drag port mappings.
• SNMP remote status monitoring and alert notifications
• Local or external authentication and authorization via RADIUS and TACACS+
• Hot-swappable TAP modules
• Optional dual independent PSUs for redundancy protection against single point power failure
• Three user access levels: Administrator, Operator and Auditor
Hardware overview
The SmartNA-X chassis (Figure 1-1 and Figure 1-2) supports four independently operating TAP modules that are
hot-swappable, fully configurable and available in various configurations of copper, single mode fiber, multi-mode
fiber, and SFP/SFP+ ports. Slot 1 supports 10 Gbit/s TAP modules (colored red), slots 2, 3 and 4 support 1 Gbit/
s TAP modules (colored blue). Four ports on each module are used to TAP live traffic and direct it to output ports