Sniffer® Analysis can be used as a stand-alone product that enables operations staff to perform highly granular packet analysis, mining and decode of packets captured and stored by nGenius® InfiniStream® appliances.

Optimized for direct connection to an nGenius InfiniStream appliance, Sniffer Analysis provides unprecedented granular packet forensic analysis capabilities that enhances and simplify troubleshooting. This packet-level analysis quickly pinpoints performance anomalies and isolates root cause enabling operations staff to rapidly solve the most challenging and complex application and network performance issues.

A number of Sniffer Analysis software suite components are included with each nGenius InfiniStream appliance and provides a direct-connect interface to nGenius InfiniStream appliances including:

• InfiniStream Console – Direct-connect interface to the InfiniStream appliance
• Sniffer Intelligence (base module) – Back-in-time application-aware analysis software designed to simplify troubleshooting and forensic analysis

Sniffer® Analysis provides a direct connection to nGenius® InfiniStream® appliances that enables users to view and analyze native packet data for unrestricted data mining to perform detailed forensic analysis on network traffic.

Capabilities include:

• QuickSelect thumbnail overview of traffic over time
• Multiple stream merges to provide a consolidated view
• Visually shows which packet and statistical time slices are available for retrieval
• Automatically launches Sniffer Intelligence and Decodes for detailed troubleshooting analysis
• Quickly reacts to service delivery issues using a “crash-cart” problem resolution
• Provides health statistics on the nGenius InfiniStream appliance
• Unrestricted mining directly on the nGenius InfiniStream appliance when time to resolution is critical.
• Provides granular forensic analysis with high-level overview of individual or merged traffic streams and a wide array of analysis criteria that is vital to assess and resolve service delivery issues or security-related incidents
• Simplifies troubleshooting of application issues by providing quick and unrestricted packet mining capabilities and access to Sniffer Intelligence and decodes necessary to solve the most complex service-delivery issues to minimize the impact on the end user