Packet Processing-Telesoft

1 to 40Gb/s High speed packet processing cards

The MPAC-IP packet monitoring cards provide accelerated line-rate packet processing and monitoring access on high-speed electrical and optical transport networks, regardless of the underlying structure. The MPAC-IP range incorporates multi-gigabit Ethernet and SDH / SONET optical connectivity, including variants which can monitor up to 2x 40Gb/s.

The cards automatically extract packets from most standard layer 2 framing protocols such as Packet over SDH/SONET (PoS) or Generic Framing Procedure (GFP), and deliver them to the user via PCIe or multi-gigabit Ethernet. Advanced buffering ensures that 100% of packets can be captured, with zero loss, in real-time and at transmission rates of up to 40Gb/s from each input source.

The on-board packet processing logic pre-filters and pre-processes the packets, significantly offloading the host CPU and accelerating user applications inspecting packet data. Up to 32,000 concurrent, dynamically reconfigurable filers are available, under user control.

Integrated on-board ethernet and SDH/SONET interfaces

The MPAC-IP cards combine integrated Ethernet or optical SDH/SONET interfaces with packet processing capabilities into a single half-length PCIe card.

This reduces costs and increases system density, as all available PCIe slots can be used for packet processing.

The extraction of specific streams and traffic types such as RTP, GTP, SIP and email is supported without the need for additional equipment.

Developers can leverage MPAC-IP cards to accelerate a wide range of applications that require high-speed packet processing and filtering:

Deep Packet Inspection up to IP Layer 7
Policy Management
Packet telephony monitoring
Internet Monitoring
Test and measurement
QoS / QoE monitoring and control
Cyber Security
Network Intrusion Detection and Prevention
Lawful Interception

Key Benefits

100% packet capture on Ethernet or SDH/SONET interfaces
Increase system efficiency and reduce host CPU load using packet pre-processing engine
Received packets are layer-mapped and classified to save host application resources
Capture entire flows, including historical data using JACKAL capture buffer
Pre-filter monitored packets at line-rate, ensuring no CPU resource is used inspecting irrelevant packets
Capture tunnelled data packets
Capture communication content at zero CPU cost using filtered egress option
Synchronise packets monitored at different network nodes with 4ns precision
Field upgradeable with FPGA off-load engine

Key Features

4x1GbE, 4x10GbE, or 2x40GbE monitoring inputs (Ethernet card)
4xSTM-16, 4xSTM-64, or 2xSTM-256 or SONET rate monitoring inputs (SDH / SONET card)
Up to 3 second packet capture buffer using JACKAL
Up to 32,000 concurrent, dynamically reconfigurable packet filters
Packet processing accelerator
Ethernet transmit option for packet egress
External GPS or software timing synchronization
8-lane PCIe bus connection to host

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