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PacketShaper
The Blue Coat PacketShaper is not a sniffer or a router; it is a transparent bridge. It only sees traffic that goes through it. It has two Ethernet ports: in-side and outside. Usually inside goes to the LAN and outside goes to the WAN. In the simplest of examples the inside port goes to the switch and the outside port goes to the router (or firewall). Both the inside and the outside must be hooked up because, the shaper only sees traffic that goes through it.
Overview of PacketShaper General Features
Monitoring Module:
Discover and monitor more than 600 applications with deep Layer 7 deep packet inspection for an accurate picture of network traffic.
Shaping Module:
Guarantee bandwidth for key latency-sensitive business applications while controlling recreational and malicious applications using flexible policy-based control.
Compression Module:
Increase WAN capacity while improving application performance with the PacketShaper's application intelligent Compression Module.
Blue Coat PolicyCenter Software:
Manage multi-unit PacketShaper deployments with comprehensive control, centralized configuration management, software distribution and Adaptive Response using PolicyCenter.
Blue Coat IntelligenceCenter Software:
Simplify enterprise-wide performance management with centralized monitoring network forensics and insight into network applications and their performance using IntelligenceCenter.
Hardware Extensions:
Extend PacketShaper across the enterprise, meeting the demands of complex corporate topologies and unique deployment criteria with hardware extensions.
Overview of PacketShaper Key Features
Monitoring Module:
• Deep Packet Inspection
• Monitor Utilization and Performance
• Track Application Response Time
• Monitor Service Level Agreements
• Diagnose and Troubleshoot Application Issues
• Monitor Hierarchical Frameworks
Shaping Module:
• Traffic Shaping and Quality of Service (QoS)
• Assure Critical Application Performance
• Prioritize Applications and Provision Sessions
• Allocate Bandwidth for Remote Sites with Inbound QoS
• Minimize Network Congestion
• Cap/Block Recreational Applications
• Mark Traffic
• Suppress DDoS, Virus and Worm Propagation
Compression Module
• Increase WAN Capacity
• Improve Application Performance
• Auto-Configure with Active Tunnel
• Provide Application-Intelligent Selective Compression
Centralized Monitoring and Reporting
High Availability
Flexible Deployment
Specifications
Hardware Extensions
Deploy PacketShaper into a wider variety of topologies, extend bypass to optical interfaces and use a single PacketShaper for multiple LANs using Blue Coat hardware extensions.
LAN Expansion Modules (LEM)
Create flexible deployment options for complex topologies with additional PacketShaper network interfaces. PacketShaper models 3500, 7500 and 10000 support up to 2 additional pairs of Gigabit copper and fiber-optic LEMs.
Fiber Bypass Switches (FBS)
Designed for fiber-optic network interfaces, the FBS is an external bypass that ensures uninterrupted network access even if a PacketShaper:
• Is powered down
• Is in bypass mode
• Encounters an unlikely failure
