Cisco StealthWatch Flow Sensor 4200 - Network monitoring device - 10GbE - 1U - rack-mountable

• Application performance monitoring
  Providing true layer 7 application visibility, the FlowSensor gathers application information, along with packet-level performance statistics, to provide valuable security context for troubleshooting a wide range of issues. The FlowSensor recognizes hundreds of application variants and their classifications, including business-critical, peer-to-peer, social media and mobile applications, just to name a few. This advanced insight is invaluable for determining whether an issue stems from an application, the network itself, or from a security incident.
• Virtual visibility
  Because VM2VM communications inside a physical server cannot be monitored by traditional network and security devices, this lack of visibility complicates problem identification and resolution. For virtual environments with limited system resources, the FlowSensor enables operators to see the same detailed traffic statistics for their virtual networks as they can for their physical environments, effectively eliminating the blind spots associated with virtualized infrastructure.

The Stealthwatch FlowSensor uses a combination of deep packet inspection and behavioral analysis to identify applications and protocols in use across the network - no matter if they are plain text or use advanced encryption and obfuscation techniques. It also gathers packet-level performance statistics at a fraction of the cost of traditional probe-based devices, playing a key role in troubleshooting both security incidents and application performance problems.

• Application performance monitoring
• Virtual visibility