When a global Telecommunications firm's comprehensive virtualization strategy required visibility into thousands of virtual servers spread across 5 U.S. data centers, they turned to Net Optics and its Phantom solutions.The Telco faced the challenge of supporting numerous VoIP call centers for compliance, security and call quality. This virtualized architecture encompasses more than 150 VMware ESX servers and 1600+ virtual servers. The Telco chose Net Optics Phantom™ HD, working in conjunction with the Net Optics Phantom Virtual Tap, to fulfill this complex demand. Only the Phantom solution delivers the necessary robustness to process extremely high data bandwidths. In this webinar from Net Optics you will learn: Presented by Net Optics' Senior Solutions Engineer, David Pham, this webinar will walk through a specific deployment scenario of Net Optics' innovative Phantom Virtual Tap and the recently introduced Phantom HD High-Throughput Tunneling Appliance Advantages of gaining visibility into your virtualized network infrastructure How to eliminate visibility challenges in the virtual network Financial benefits of traffic monitoring and inspection

1. Net Optics Virtualization Solutions
Deployment Case Study
Intelligent Access and Monitoring
Architecture Solutions

2. Presenter
David Pham
Senior Solutions Engineer
Net Optics, Inc.
David holds certifications for: VMware Certified Professional, Microsoft
Certified Technology Specialist and Microsoft Certified Information
Technology Professional, Xiotech Certified Storage Engineer
Patrick Merchant
Sales Executive/Account Executive
Net Optics, Inc.
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3. Agenda
1 • Current Environment
• Virtualization Benefits: Reduced
2 TCO and Increased ROI
3 • Monitoring and Security Pitfalls
• Overcoming Blind Spots with a
4 Virtual Tap
• Transporting Virtual Traffic to
5 Existing Monitoring Tools
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4. Data Center Infrastructure
Call Center Call Center
1600+ Physical Servers
Spanning 5 Different Call Centers
• $480k/annually for Call Center
support/warranty costs Call Center
for 1600 physical servers Call Center
• Server resources are not
balanced and many are
underutilized/over-
utilized
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5. Problem With Virtualization: Visibility
VM1 VM2 VM3 VM4
App App App App
Service
OS OS OS OS Console
Virtual Ethernet
Adapters
ESX vSphere
4.1 vSwitches
Physical
Ethernet
Adapters
?
Production Production Management
LAN LAN LAN
Analyzer
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6. Hypervisor Monitoring Challenge
ESX Virtual Stack
VM1 VM2 VM3
Physical Network
Security &
Virtualization Creates Monitoring
Security, Monitoring and
Compliance Risks Virtual Switch Analyzer
• No visibility into inter-VM traffic, IDS
vulnerabilities or threats
• Lacks auditing of data passing
between virtual servers
Physical ESX
• Inability to pinpoint resource
Server
utilization issues
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7. Alternative Solutions
Switch Level Monitoring: enabling monitor/SPAN ports
• Degrades overall production network
Configure VM to run in Promiscuous Mode
• CPU performance degrades due to traffic volume
Hypervisor Level Monitoring: enabling Port Mirroring
• Network capacity reduced by up to 50%
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8. Phantom Virtual Tap Solution
ESX Virtual Stack with
Phantom Installed
Phantom
Manager VM1 VM2 VM3
(VM)
Enables Security, Physical Network
Performance Monitoring and Security &
Compliance Phantom Virtual Tap Monitoring Tools
• 100% visibility of inter-VM traffic Analyzer
Virtual Switch
• Kernel implementation—no need
for SPAN Ports / Promiscuous
IDS
Mode on Cisco 1000V
• Bridges virtual traffic to physical
monitoring tools
Physical ESX
Server
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9. Net Optics Converged Network Solution
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10. Outcome
NEW Virtual Server
ConsolidationStrategy
VS. Physical Server Infrastructure
• Savings of over $400k
in hardware warranty and
support (not including
power and cooling costs)
• Meet Compliance &
Regulations for FCC, PCI,
and SOX
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11. Virtual Tap – Key Takeaways
Key Feature Advantage Benefit
Achieve Compliance
End-to-End Inter-VM Traffic Provides Auditing and
Standards for PCI-DSS,
Visibility Performance Data
HIPAA, etc
Low CPU and Memory
Requirements
Kernel Level Low Impact on Virtual
Implementation Server Performance
Does Not Run in
Promiscuous/SPAN Mode
Delivers Visibility of Inter-
No Need to Purchase New Lower CAPEX,
VM Traffic to Existing
Virtual Monitoring Tools Higher ROI of Existing Tools
Physical Tools
Converged Physical and
Optimize Tool Utilization
Virtual Monitoring
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12. Q&A
• Question & Answer
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• Thank you
Net Optics, Inc.
www.netoptics.com
408.737.7777
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