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.

3 Agenda Current Environment 1 Virtualization Benefits: Reduced TCO and Increased ROI 2 Monitoring and Security Pitfalls 3 Overcoming Blind Spots with a Virtual Tap 4 Transporting Virtual Traffic to Existing Monitoring Tools 5

4 Data Center Infrastructure $480k/annually for support/warranty costs for 1600 physical servers Server resources are not balanced and many are underutilized/over- utilized Physical Servers Spanning 5 Different Call Centers Call Center

5 Problem With Virtualization: Visibility App OS VM3 App OS VM4 Production LAN Virtual Ethernet Adapters ESX vSphere 4.1 vSwitches Physical Ethernet Adapters Production LAN Management LAN App OS VM1 App OS VM2 Service Console Analyzer ?

6 Hypervisor Monitoring Challenge VM1VM2VM3 Physical ESX Server ESX Virtual Stack Virtual Switch Analyzer IDS Physical Network Security & Monitoring Virtualization Creates Security, Monitoring and Compliance Risks No visibility into inter-VM traffic, vulnerabilities or threats Lacks auditing of data passing between virtual servers Inability to pinpoint resource utilization issues

77 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%

8 Phantom Virtual Tap Solution VM1VM2VM3 Analyzer IDS Physical Network Security & Monitoring Tools Physical ESX Server ESX Virtual Stack with Phantom Installed Phantom Manager (VM) Enables Security, Performance Monitoring and Compliance 100% visibility of inter-VM traffic Kernel implementation—no need for SPAN Ports / Promiscuous Mode on Cisco 1000V Bridges virtual traffic to physical monitoring tools Phantom Virtual Tap Virtual Switch

9 Net Optics Converged Network Solution

10 Outcome NEW Virtual Server Consolidation Strategy 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 VS.

11 Virtual Tap – Key Takeaways Key FeatureAdvantageBenefit End-to-End Inter-VM Traffic Visibility Provides Auditing and Performance Data Achieve Compliance Standards for PCI-DSS, HIPAA, etc Kernel Level Implementation Low CPU and Memory Requirements Low Impact on Virtual Server Performance Does Not Run in Promiscuous/SPAN Mode Delivers Visibility of Inter- VM Traffic to Existing Physical Tools No Need to Purchase New Virtual Monitoring Tools Lower CAPEX, Higher ROI of Existing Tools Converged Physical and Virtual Monitoring Optimize Tool Utilization

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