Auron Advanced Packet Broker
The Auron Advanced Packet Broker is a CPU-based visibility platform designed for environments that require computationally intensive network traffic analysis. By combining high-performance compute resources with flexible packet processing capabilities, the platform enables advanced inspection and manipulation of network traffic streams.
Unlike switch-based packet brokers that rely primarily on hardware switching pipelines, the Auron Advanced Packet Broker provides a programmable processing environment capable of handling complex packet structures and payload-level analysis.
CPU-Based Packet Processing for Advanced Traffic Analysis
Modern networks increasingly rely on new protocols, encapsulation methods, and application-layer communications that introduce variations in packet header formats and lengths. Achieving comprehensive traffic visibility often requires inspection beyond standard header fields, including deeper analysis of packet payloads.
These requirements can exceed the practical parsing capabilities of traditional switch-based packet brokers. The Auron Advanced Packet Broker addresses these challenges by providing flexible packet parsing and processing capabilities implemented on CPU-based infrastructure, enabling deeper analysis of evolving network traffic patterns.
Designed for High-Speed Networks
Modern networks generate increasingly diverse traffic patterns across applications, protocols, and encrypted communications. The Auron Advanced Packet Broker enables precise traffic identification and manipulation through deep packet inspection, application-aware filtering, and pattern-based traffic matching.
These capabilities allow organizations to isolate specific traffic flows, extract relevant metadata, and deliver highly refined traffic streams to monitoring and security platforms. By performing advanced processing directly within the visibility layer, Auron helps reduce analytical overhead on downstream tools while enabling deeper insight into network activity.
Handle Complex Traffic Structures
Support modern protocols and encapsulation methods that require deeper packet analysis than switch-based platforms can provide.
Enable Advanced Traffic Analytics
Deliver richer traffic information to monitoring and analytics platforms through deeper inspection and metadata extraction.
Support Evolving Network Protocols
Maintain visibility as new protocols and encapsulation formats emerge across modern network infrastructures.
Scale Across Deployment Sizes
Deploy the platform in environments ranging from small remote installations to multi-terabit processing clusters.
Flexible Deployment Options
The Auron Advanced Packet Broker is available in multiple form factors to support diverse deployment scenarios:
Desktop systems designed for small environments and remote locations
Network appliances for enterprise deployments
High-performance servers capable of large-scale traffic processing
For high-capacity environments, the platform can be deployed in clustered architectures capable of supporting multi-terabit traffic workloads.
Flexible Packet Parsing
Support for advanced packet header parsing across complex protocol stacks and encapsulation layers.
Payload-Level Traffic Processing
Ability to analyze packet payloads for deeper traffic visibility and application-level insights.
Deep Packet Inspection (DPI)
Inspect packet content to identify protocols, applications, and traffic behaviors beyond header-based filtering.
Regex-Based Traffic Matching
Pattern-based traffic identification using regular expressions to detect specific traffic characteristics.
Advanced Packet Manipulation
Modify packet headers and content to support specialized monitoring and analytics workflows.
Encapsulation and Tunnel Processing
Analyze traffic within complex encapsulation environments such as IPv6 traffic transported inside GTP tunnels.
