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    4224E/4216E - Datasheet
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    Overview

    The 4224E / 4216E Network Packet Broker delivers high-performance traffic aggregation, filtering, and load balancing to ensure the right data reaches the right monitoring and security tools while eliminating network blind spots.

    Key Features

    Powered by FabricFlow™ technology, the platform enables intelligent traffic aggregation, filtering, replication, and load balancing, ensuring efficient traffic distribution and optimal utilization of monitoring and security tools.

    Use Cases
    Aggregates traffic from multiple network TAP and SPAN sources and distributes optimized data streams to monitoring and security tools, improving visibility, tool efficiency, and threat detection across high-speed networks.
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    42XX NPB Solution

    OPTIMIZE NETWORK VISIBILITY AND TRAFFIC DELIVERY

    Enhance visibility and control with high-performance traffic aggregation, filtering, replication, and load balancing across 1G / 10G / 25G networks. Built on a non-blocking 1 Tb switching fabric, the 4216E and 4224E ensure deterministic traffic delivery, optimized tool utilization, and reliable packet distribution to monitoring and security platforms.
    Intelligent
    • Advanced traffic aggregation, replication, and multi-level filtering
    • Precise traffic steering to monitoring and security tools
    • Simplifies complex network visibility architectures
    • Enables efficient traffic delivery for performance and security monitoring
    • Improves the accuracy and efficiency of SOC and NOC tools

    Scalable
    • Flexible 1G/10G/25G port architecture for modern networks
    • FabricFlow™ technology for intelligent traffic mapping and load balancing
    • Supports high-throughput traffic distribution across monitoring tools
    • Reduces tool overload and improves analytics efficiency
    • Ensures consistent performance in high-volume environments
    Adaptive
    • Compact 1RU design for efficient rack space utilization
    • Centralized aggregation of TAP and SPAN traffic sources
    • Flexible filtering and load-balancing policies
    • Simplifies deployment of monitoring and security infrastructures
    • Enhances operational efficiency across hybrid network environments

    TURN NETWORK TRAFFIC INTO ACTIONABLE VISIBILITY

    The 4216E and 4224E operate as high-performance network packet brokers, enabling intelligent aggregation, filtering, replication, and load balancing to deliver the right traffic to monitoring and security tools

     

    Terabit Visibility Fabric

    • Non-blocking 1Tb switching fabric for deterministic traffic delivery
    • Compact 1RU platform optimized for space, power, and cooling efficiency
    • 16 or 24 multi-speed ports supporting 1G/10G/25G connectivity
    • Designed for high-throughput SOC and NOC deployments

    FabricFlow™ Traffic Intelligence

    • Advanced traffic mapping and policy-driven flow steering
    • Traffic aggregation from multiple sources to a single monitoring tool
    • Replication of traffic streams across multiple analysis platforms
    • Flexible load balancing across tool clusters

    Advanced Traffic Filtering

    • Granular filtering based on Layer 2–Layer 4 headers
    • User Defined Byte (UDB) filtering for custom traffic selection
    • Ingress and egress filtering policies for precise traffic control
    • Template-based filtering for fast deployment and reuse

    Traffic Optimization

    • VLAN filtering, stripping, and rewriting
    • Multiple load-balancing algorithms including hash-based and utilization-based
    • Session stickiness to maintain flow integrity across tools
    • Virtual bypass segments enabling advanced service chaining

    Tunnel Awareness

    • GTP filtering
    • GRE termination
    • MPLS filtering and stripping
    • VXLAN filtering and stripping

    Flexible Management

    • Command Line Interface (CLI)
    • Web-based graphical interface
    • REST API for integration with orchestration platforms
    • Authentication and monitoring via TACACS+, RADIUS, SNMP, and NTP

    High Availability Design

    • Dual field-replaceable power supplies
    • Dual field-replaceable fan modules
    • Built for mission-critical environments

    MADE in the USA

    Niagara Networks is among the few companies designing and manufacturing network visibility solutions in the USA, ensuring quality, reliability & security compliance Learn more

    4248-6C - Advanced Packet Broker use cases

    Use Cases

    Tool Optimization and Load Balancing

    Aggregate, filter, and distribute traffic intelligently across multiple monitoring, performance, and security tools.
    Ensure efficient utilization of existing infrastructure by sending only relevant traffic to each tool.

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    Enabling Visibility Intelligence for Optimized SIEM Operations
    Niagara Networks Packet Brokers, combined with the Open Visibility Platform, collect, aggregate, and filter traffic across physical and virtual environments to deliver only relevant, optimized data to SIEM and analytics tools.
    This integration enables session-aware load balancing, removes duplicate packets, and supports centralized or distributed NFV-based inspection, providing agile, scalable visibility for SecOps and NetOps operations.
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    Enhancing Network Intelligence with Packet Slicing and NetFlow Export
    Implement packet slicing to reduce tool load and expose only necessary traffic, while simultaneously exporting NetFlow v9 metadata to multiple collectors - enabling both deep security inspection and distributed traffic analytics from a single visibility node.
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    Leveraging Advanced Packet Brokers and NDR for Encrypted Traffic Visibility and Threat Detection
    Advanced Packet Brokers extract and filter encrypted sessions or metadata (e.g. JA3, SNI, TLS attributes) and feed them to NDR platforms for behavioral analysis - detecting threats without full decryption while minimizing exposure, reducing tool load, and preserving compliance.
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    "We needed an absolutely perfect packet collection system - not just fault-tolerant, but fault-free - and Niagara solution provided that."

    - Data Analysts -

     

    Continuous monitoring is a core requirement of the NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0, ensuring that adverse events are detected early and acted upon before they escalate. Traditional methods such as SPAN ports or mirroring are no longer sufficient for today’s high-bandwidth and hybrid environments, where blind spots and encrypted traffic can mask threats.
    Niagara Networks addresses this challenge by delivering complete, real-time visibility across physical, virtual, and cloud infrastructures.
    With advanced capabilities such as inline bypass, TLS decryption, packet slicing, and traffic aggregation, Niagara enables NetOps and SecOps teams to continuously monitor all traffic flows, detect anomalies, and ensure compliance. This visibility directly supports
    the Detect (DE.CM) category of NIST CSF 2.0, helping organizations monitor networks, external services, and computing resources
    without compromise.

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    4248-6C Packet Broker – Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

    What is the Niagara Networks 4248-6C Advanced Packet Broker?

    What differentiates the 4248-6C from traditional packet brokers?

    How scalable is the 4248-6C architecture?

    What advanced packet processing functions are supported?

    Can the 4248-6C be deployed both inline and out-of-band?

    How is the 4248-6C managed and orchestrated?

    What are the primary use cases for the 4248-6C?

    How can TLS decryption be configured on the 4248-6C?

    What is a Next Generation or Advanced Packet Broker?

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    Designed, Engineered & Manufactured in the USA

    From design to production, our solutions are built to the highest standards of quality, security, and performance, trusted by organizations worldwide and deployed in some of the world’s largest mission-critical networks.

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