GigaVUE TA Series Features and Benefits

GigaVUE TA Series nodes allow you to aggregate traffic from multiple network links from 1Gb up to 100Gb. The GigaVUE TA Series can pre-filter traffic for monitoring or be integrated into the GigaVUE H Series cluster for end-to-end Flow Mapping® and management. The GigaVUE H Series and TA Series products share the same GigaVUE-OS software and are managed by GigaVUE-FM Fabric Manager for simplified operations. Traffic from any of these ports can be processed by GigaSMART traffic intelligence functions in GigaVUE H Seriesdevices to further optimize the traffic before it is sent to the tools.

GigaVUE TA Series nodes offer the following features and benefits:

• High-density visibility for 1Gb, 10Gb, , 40Gb, and 100Gb.
• Low profile 1RU (2RU for GigaVUE-TA200) design offers easy deployment at the top of rack or end of row in data centers.
• Depending on the model, the GigaVUE TA Series supports a wide variety of Gigamon® transceivers. Transceivers purchased from other vendors are not supported.
• Optional patch panel or breakout panel allows use of 40Gb ports as four individual 10Gb ports on all the GigaVUE TA Series nodes, or 100Gb ports as four individual 25Gb ports on GigaVUE-TA200 and .
• All ports of same type and speed can be used to create GigaStream.
• Front to back cooling.
• Fan modules.
• AC or DC power supply. Included with each node is the redundant second power supply.

Note:  Clustering is not supported on the GigaVUE-TA100-CXP.

Standard H Series Features

In addition to the features described above, the GigaVUE TA Series offers many standard features from the GigaVUE H Series nodes:

Benefit

Descriptions

Remote Management

Configure the GigaVUE Traffic Aggregator’s operations from a command-line interface:

• Local access over the serial console port.
• Remote network access using SSH2 over the 10/100/1000 Ethernet Mgmt port.
• Secure access to the CLI, either through local authentication or optional RADIUS/TACACS+/LDAP support.
• Powerful and flexible logging, including event notification via syslog, email, and SNMP traps.

Aggregate Links

Send the data from multiple different network ports to a tool port or GigaStream, allowing you to combine traffic from multiple access points into a single stream for uplink to the Gigamon Visibility Platform.

CLI Management

The GigaVUE nodes feature a common CLI with other GigaVUE H Series nodes.

Command Abbreviation

Type only as many letters of a command as are needed to positively differentiate from other available commands. For example, you only need to type con t to enter Config mode, not the full configure terminal command.

SNMP Support

Rely on secure SNMP v3 access to the onboard SNMP agent as well as v1/v2 SNMP traps.

Email Notifications

Use email alerts for proactive notification of a wide variety of GigaVUE TA Series node events, helping you keep tabs on system status in real time.

Scalable Port Density

The GigaVUE-TA10 can have either twenty-four (24) or forty-eight (48) 1Gb/10Gb ports enabled. The 24-port GigaVUE-TA10 is called the GigaVUE-TA10A. A license is available to expand the GigaVUE-TA10A to include all 48 1Gb/10Gb ports as well as the four (4) 40Gb ports.

The GigaVUE-TA100 can have either sixteen (16), twenty-four (24), or thirty-two (32) 100Gb ports enabled. Licenses are available for the additional two sets of 8 ports.

The GigaVUE-TA200 can have either thirty-two (32) or sixty-four (64) 100Gb ports enabled. A license is available for the additional 32 ports.

The GigaVUEnodes make it easy to leverage the system’s 10Gb or 40Gb port density, aggregating multiple underused 40Gb/10Gb/1Gb network ports to 40Gb/10Gb tool ports for uplink to the Gigamon Visibility Platform.

Clustering

The GigaVUE-TA10, GigaVUE-TA40, GigaVUE-TA100, GigaVUE-TA200 nodes and GigaVUE-TA25 can cluster with other GigaVUE H Series nodes. This allows you to take advantage of the benefits of features such as GigaSMART.

Ingress VLAN Tagging

VLAN Tags can be added to the ingress packets on a per-port basis. This can help identify, differentiate or track incoming sources of traffic.

GigaVUE-FM (Centralized Management System)

Use the centralized GigaVUE Fabric Management System to review, configure, and update GigaVUE TA Series just like other GigaVUE H Series.