PacketLion 3XL Network Packet Broker
Ultra High-Speed 400G Network Packet Broker Solution
The PacketLion 3XL is a high-performance network packet broker built for 400G visibility and security environments. It features 32 QSFP-DD ports supporting speeds from 10G to 400G, with fan-out scalability up to 128 ports for flexible deployment. Powered by a 12.8 Tbps non-blocking architecture, it ensures lossless performance, ultra-low latency, and efficient microburst handling with integrated buffering.
The platform supports advanced L2–L4 filtering, load balancing, and tunnel inspection, along with flexible traffic mapping and packet slicing. With broad interface compatibility and real-time traffic forwarding to monitoring and security tools, it delivers scalable, high-density visibility for modern data centres and large-scale network infrastructures.
- Consolidate and centralise large-scale network traffic with a high-density 400G aggregation platform built for modern data centres and service provider networks
- Scale visibility infrastructure with up to 12.8 Tbps non-blocking throughput, supporting multi-speed interfaces from 10G to 400G in a compact 1RU form factor
- Ensure reliable, high-performance operation using advanced switching silicon optimised for large-scale visibility deployments
- Simplify complex monitoring setups by aggregating traffic from multiple TAP and SPAN sources into a single, unified layer
- Improve tool efficiency by intelligently distributing packet streams across multiple monitoring and security platforms
- Support flexible architectures with both inline and out-of-band deployment, including service chaining capabilities
- Increase monitoring precision with advanced filtering and traffic steering to deliver only relevant data to tools
- Maintain continuous uptime with redundant power supplies, hot-swappable cooling, and optimised airflow design
- Streamline operations with centralised management of multiple devices via NEOX PacketDirector
- Supports high-density aggregation across 10G to 400G TAP, SPAN, and tool ports for diverse network environments
- Provides 32 × 400G QSFP-DD ports with flexible downspeed options in a compact 1RU design
- Scales up to 64 × 40G or 128 × lower-speed ports using fan-out configurations
- Delivers line-rate traffic aggregation, processing, and brokering with up to 12.8 Tbps non-blocking throughput
- Includes 64 MB buffer with jumbo frame support for efficient traffic handling
- Enables both inline and out-of-band deployments with service chaining for security tools
- Offers flexible port mapping options including 1:1, N:1, 1:N, and N:N configurations
- Supports port splitting (simplex mode) and customisable port labelling
- Features packet slicing, truncation, and selective header or VLAN stripping
- Provides intelligent load balancing based on 5-tuple traffic parameters
- Delivers advanced filtering across MAC, VLAN, IP, TCP/UDP, DSCP, and MPLS fields
- Supports tunnel-aware filtering for protocols such as GTP, GRE, MPLS, and L2TP
- Allows custom traffic control with user-defined filtering (UDF) rules
- Offers flexible 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) for enhanced visibility
- 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
- 40G/100G/200G/400G
- 40G/200G
- 10G/25G/50G/100G
- 32 x QSFP-DD Ports
- 64 x (Fan Out/Break Out via QSFP-DD)
- 128 x (Fan Out/Break Out via QSFP-DD)
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