PacketLion 1L Network Packet Broker
High-Performance Network Packet Broker for Scalable Visibility
The PacketLion 1L is a high-performance packet broker designed for scalable, high-speed network visibility. It combines 40G/100G and 1G–25G interfaces with flexible breakout options, enabling efficient traffic aggregation and distribution across complex environments. Built on a non-blocking architecture with 2 Tbps throughput, it ensures zero packet loss and consistent performance under heavy loads.
The platform supports advanced filtering, load balancing, tunnel inspection, and packet slicing for precise traffic control. With low-latency processing, modular deployment, and integration with security and monitoring tools, it delivers reliable, high-density visibility and control for modern enterprise and data centre networks.
- Aggregate traffic from mixed-speed network links into a unified, high-performance platform for enterprise visibility
- Support flexible connectivity across 1G to 100G environments for seamless integration into existing infrastructures
- Simplify monitoring architectures by consolidating TAP and SPAN traffic from multiple network segments
- Enhance efficiency of security and monitoring tools through intelligent traffic distribution
- Enable flexible deployments with support for both inline and out-of-band monitoring architectures
- Improve visibility accuracy with advanced filtering and traffic steering capabilities
- Deliver consistent, line-rate performance with a non-blocking architecture
- Ensure high availability with enterprise-grade hardware and redundant system components
- Streamline operations with centralised management via NEOX PacketDirector
- Supports high-density aggregation across 10G to 100G TAP, SPAN, and tool ports for flexible network visibility
- Combines 48 × 25G SFP28 ports (with 10G downspeed) and 8 × 100G QSFP28 ports (with 40G downspeed) in a compact 1RU form factor
- Expands port capacity with additional 10G/25G connectivity via fan-out options
- Scales efficiently with stacking support for up to 99 devices in ring or mesh topologies
- Delivers line-rate traffic aggregation, processing, brokering, and regeneration with up to 2 Tbps non-blocking throughput
- Includes 32 MB buffer with jumbo frame support for efficient traffic handling
- Supports nanosecond-level timestamping via NTP for accurate traffic analysis
- Offers flexible port mapping configurations including 1:1, N:1, 1:N, and N:N
- Provides customisable port labelling and streamlined traffic management
- Features packet slicing, truncation, and selective header, VLAN, and MPLS tag stripping
- Enables intelligent load balancing based on 5-tuple and GTP parameters
- Delivers advanced filtering across MAC, VLAN, IPv4/IPv6, TCP/UDP, DSCP, TCP flags, and MPLS fields
- Supports tunnel-aware filtering for GTP, L2TP, GRE, and MPLS traffic
- Allows granular control with user-defined filtering (UDF) rules
- Offers versatile management via CLI, SSH, SNMP, Web UI, NETCONF, and REST API with Syslog and SNMP monitoring
- Enables centralised control of multiple devices through NEOX PacketDirector
- Supports secure authentication using RADIUS, TACACS+, and LDAP
- Includes Digital Diagnostics Monitoring (DDM) and NTP-based time synchronisation
- Ensures reliability with N+1 redundant, hot-swappable cooling fans
- Features redundant, hot-swappable AC/DC power supplies with load sharing
- Optimised airflow design supporting both front-to-back and back-to-front cooling for data centre environments
1G/10G/25G/40G/100G – 8 x QSFP28
1G/10G/25G – 48 x SFP28
50G – 16 x (Fan Out/Break Out via QSFP28)
10G/25G – 32 x (Fan Out/Break Out via QSFP28)
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