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iTap GigaBit Dual Port Aggregator
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Chapter 1
Introduction
Overview
Thank you for purchasing the latest innovation in Tap technology – the iTap 
GigaBit Dual Port Aggregator. Net Optics' GigaBit Dual Port Aggregator Taps 
provide ultra-effi cient access to critical GigaBit links using only one NIC on the 
monitoring device. Net Optics’ iTap is a port aggregator Tap that gives you a quick 
visual reference of link performance. The iTap GigaBit Port Aggregator monitors 
and displays link bandwidth utilization on its front panel so you can see exactly 
what is happening on both sides of the network link. 
Intelligent Tap
TM
The iTap Port Aggregator displays the link utilization level, last peak with time 
right on the front panel so you can see real-time utilization on both directions of 
the network link. The iTap Port Aggregator is accessible from remote interfaces 
that provide information and control from anywhere in the network. The iTap gives 
you the information and the passive access point you need to respond quickly to 
network events. 
Performance Aggregation
The iTap Port Aggregator combines and regenerates both directions of a full-
duplex stream, sending all aggregated traffi c out one or two separate passive moni-
toring ports. Typically, full-duplex monitoring with a network tap requires two 
NICs (or a dual channel NIC)–one interface for each side of the full-duplex link. 
Net Optics’ iTap Port Aggregator enables one or two devices to simultaneously 
monitor a full-duplex link using only one NIC per device.
After the traffi c has been aggregated to a single fl ow, it is no longer possible to 
distinguish the utilization levels of each side of the bi-directional link. The iTap 
Port Aggregator tracks the utilization levels before aggregation, keeping this vital 
information easily accessible from its remote and command line interfaces.
Buffers Absorb Bursts
When the traffi c levels exceed the capacity of the receiving NIC, the iTap Port 
Aggregator stores the overfl ow traffi c in buffer memory. For high-load links, the 
iTap Port Aggregator has 256MB of buffer memory. The buffers clear automati-