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Ecosystem overview
Traffic acquisition and distribution
Let TAPs and packet brokers acquire traffic. Investigate what it proves.
TAPs and packet brokers create reliable access to production traffic and distribute it to monitoring tools. They are the strongest architectural handoff into PacketSafari: acquire, filter, retain, and export the authorized incident window.
GarlandProfitap
GigamonKeysightAPCON
NDRIDS / IPSNPM
PCAP
PacketSafariCore Engine
Copy, aggregate, filter, deduplicate, transform, and deliver network traffic to security and observability tools.
Use a passive TAP, bypass TAP, virtual mirror, or packet broker policy to deliver the relevant traffic to a recorder or PCAP export path.
Consume the bounded PCAP produced by that visibility layer and turn it into an evidence-backed investigation result.
Representative products
Different jobs. One clean handoff.
These are representative ecosystem products, not partner badges or certification claims. Capabilities and packet access vary by edition, license, deployment, and configuration.
Vendor / productPrimary rolePacket boundaryFitPacketSafari value
Enterprise traffic visibility and processing
Feeds selected traffic to tools or capture infrastructure.
Strong handoffInvestigate a precisely scoped PCAP produced by the visibility fabric.
KeysightVision Network Packet Brokers
Aggregation, filtering, and tool delivery
Routes packet copies to security and monitoring destinations.
Strong handoffUse broker policy to supply the exact boundary and incident window.
Garland TechnologyNetwork TAPs and PacketMAX brokers
Physical TAP, bypass, aggregation, and packet brokering
Creates reliable traffic access and tool feeds.
Strong handoffPair deterministic acquisition with PacketSafari investigation and reporting.
ProfitapXX-Series Network Packet Brokers
Packet aggregation, filtering, and distribution
Delivers optimized traffic to analysis or recording tools.
Strong handoffConvert a selected broker output into a bounded investigation PCAP.
Hybrid network visibility and packet processing
Aggregates and distributes copies across monitoring stacks.
Strong handoffInvestigate exported traffic without changing the visibility architecture.
Arista NetworksDANZ Monitoring Fabric
Network-wide visibility and service delivery
Selects and forwards traffic to analytic tools.
Strong handoffUse fabric filters to create the smallest useful packet window.
CubroSessionmaster
Network packet brokering and traffic intelligence
Processes and distributes traffic to downstream tools.
Strong handoffAdd portable packet investigation after acquisition and optimization.
cPacketcVu Network Packet Brokers
Packet brokering, observability, and capture delivery
Provides filtered packet access and monitoring feeds.
Strong handoffAnalyze the incident export and return evidence to the operating team.
Niagara NetworksNetwork Packet Brokers
Traffic aggregation, bypass, and visibility
Connects production links to monitoring and security tools.
Strong handoffPreserve the broker as acquisition plane and PacketSafari as investigation plane.
Evidence to bring with the PCAP
Prove that the capture path was sufficient.
Capture quality is part of the diagnosis. Bring the visibility-plane state needed to explain missing, duplicated, or one-sided traffic.
Forwarding and mirror configuration
Document NPB and switch policy, SPAN direction, VLANs, encapsulation, filters, and the intended path.
Delivery counters
Correlate ingress, egress, deduplication, oversubscription, tool-port, RX-drop, and queue counters.
Vantage-point inventory
Identify every capture boundary and clock source so asymmetry and bypass paths remain explicit.
Decision guide
Use each layer for the decision it owns.
Keep each layer in its strongest role: the platform detects or enforces, the visibility stack acquires traffic, and PacketSafari investigates the selected capture.
Do you need reliable access to live traffic?
Use the TAP or broker. PacketSafari does not replace physical or virtual traffic acquisition.
Do you need continuous delivery to many tools?
Keep the packet broker as the traffic distribution plane.
Do you need an answer from one incident window?
Send the filtered output to a recorder or PCAP and investigate it with PacketSafari.