Inline DPI with ATLAS-1000 Platform

Today is our final installment in our ongoing series of uses cases for the ATLAS-1000 platform; this week we will discuss Inline Deep Packet Inspection (DPI).

Of the various use cases we have discussed, this one is unique in that it operates on live traffic as it flows across a network. This contrasts with the other use cases which operate on replicated or mirrored traffic. One critical requirement for live traffic is optical bypass or in the words the ability to bypass the ATLAS appliance all together in the case of power loss or other hardware failure. In these unlikely failure scenarios, the ATLAS simply becomes a “bump in the wire” whereby traffic just seamlessly flows into and out of it without being impeded.  

As a DPI appliance the platform is used to limit or completely eliminate certain application traffic (e.g. Skype) within or between networks. The appliance is configured with the specific applications that are to be limited or blocked. The deep packet inspection software which is installed on the platform, analyzes traffic to identify application type and the Accolade flow classification feature is used to monitor, block or redirect the identified traffic.

To learn more about the ATLAS-1000 platform click here.

Host CPU Offload Product Features Summary

wdt_ID Speed 1G 10G 10G 10G 10G/40G 10G/40G 100G 100G 100G
1 Model 4Ku 20ku 40ku 40kq 80ku ATLAS-1100 Service Node ANIC-200KFlex ANIC-100Kq ANIC-200Kq
2 Port/Type 4X1G SFP 2X10G SFP+ 4X10G SFP+ 1X40G QSFP+ 4X10G SFP+ 2X40G QSFP+ 8X10G SFP+ 4x10G SFP+ 1x40G QSFP+ 2x100G QSFP28 2x40G QSFP28 1X100G QSFP28 2X100G QSFP28
3 PCIe Interface Gen3 x8 Gen3 x8 Gen3 x8 Gen3 x8 Gen3 x8 Gen3 x8 Gen3 x16 Gen3 x16 Gen3 x16
4 Dimensions(H x L inches) 4.25 x 6.5   4.25 x 6.25 4.25 x 6.25 4.25 x 6.25 4.25 x 6.25 1.75 x12.28x14 4.25 x 6.5 4.25 x 10.5 4.25 x 10.5
5 Memory 32MB 4G 4G 4G 4G 16/32G 8G 12G 12G
6 Timestamp 5.7 nS 5.7 nS 5.7 nS 5.7 nS 5.7 nS 5.7 nS 4 nS 4 nS 4 nS
7 100% Packet
Capture		 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
8 Gigamon, AristaTimestamp ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
9 Packet Merging ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
10 Packet Parsing ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

About Accolade

Accolade is the technology leader in FPGA-based Host CPU Offload and 100% Packet Capture PCIe NIC’s and Scalable 1U Platforms. Accolade’s line of 1-100GE products enable 100% packet capture, flow classification, flow shunting, deduplication, packet filtering and more. Our customers are global leaders in network monitoring & cybersecurity applications as well as in the network test and measurement, telecom and video stream monitoring markets.

FPGA Acceleration Features

100% Packet Capture | Flow Classification | Flow Shunting | Precise Time Stamping | Packet Merging | Packet Slicing | Packet Parsing | Packet Filtering | Deduplication | Host Packet Buffer | Packet Steering | Direct Memory Access (DMA) | Statistics (RMON1)

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