Full-Fidelity Traffic Visibility
Access to 100% of network traffic at line rate without introducing points of failure or impacting network performance.
Network Visibility and Monitoring for Open and High-Scale Networks
PalC designs and deploys network visibility and monitoring solutions that provide full-fidelity traffic access, real-time observability, and scalable monitoring architectures for SONiC-based and open networks.
Solution Overview
Network visibility is essential for modern network operations, security, and compliance. PalC delivers comprehensive visibility solutions that provide access to 100% of network traffic at line rate without impacting network performance. Our disaggregated packet broker architecture enables organizations to scale monitoring infrastructure, support multiple tools, and maintain operational flexibility while reducing total cost of ownership.
Solution Execution Model
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Planning & Monitoring Architecture
Understanding traffic sources, monitoring requirements, compliance needs, and tool ecosystems before defining the visibility architecture.
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Engineering & Integration
Integrating packet brokers, taps, SONiC-based platforms, and monitoring tools into a cohesive visibility fabric.
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Commissioning & Validation
Validating traffic access, processing accuracy, and tool performance under real traffic and scale conditions.
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Deployment & Operational Support
Supporting rollout, tuning, upgrades, and lifecycle operations to ensure continuous visibility as networks evolve.
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Future Readiness
This approach ensures monitoring systems remain accurate, scalable, and operationally sustainable.
Key Capabilities
Comprehensive features designed for enterprise-scale infrastructure
Disaggregated Packet Broker Architecture
Software-defined packet broker solutions built on open networking principles, decoupling hardware from software for flexibility and longevity.
Advanced Traffic Processing
Support for de-duplication, slicing, reassembly, masking, filtering, and selective traffic replication to optimize monitoring tools.
Multi-Tool Monitoring Enablement
Ability to scale monitoring infrastructure and support multiple tools without increasing architectural complexity or vendor lock-in.
Observability for SONiC Deployments
Visibility solutions designed specifically for operational challenges in SONiC-based environments, including telemetry and flow-based insights.
Architecture Overview
Disaggregated packet broker architecture for full-fidelity traffic visibility. Traffic is acquired via taps and SPAN, processed by SONiC-based packet broker software on OCP-compliant platforms, and delivered to monitoring, security, and analytics tools.
Click a component in the diagram or panel to explore details.
Network Taps & SPANTraffic acquisition sources
Disaggregated Packet BrokerSONiC-based packet broker software
OCP-Compliant PlatformHardware-agnostic deployment
Traffic ProcessingDe-duplication, slicing, filtering, replication
Monitoring ToolsNetwork performance monitoring
Security ToolsThreat detection and analysis
Analytics ToolsTraffic analysis and insights
Components
Network Taps & SPAN
Traffic acquisition from network taps and SPAN/mirror sources.
- Full-fidelity traffic capture
- Multiple tap and SPAN sources
- No impact on production traffic
Traffic acquisition layer.
Disaggregated Packet Broker
SONiC-based packet broker software for traffic aggregation and distribution.
- Software-defined packet brokering
- Multi-vendor hardware support
- Scalable and cost-effective
Core brokering layer.
OCP-Compliant Platform
Hardware-agnostic deployment on open, OCP-compliant platforms.
- Open hardware standards
- No vendor lock-in
- Pay-as-you-grow scaling
Hardware foundation.
Traffic Processing
De-duplication, slicing, filtering, and selective replication.
- De-duplication and slicing
- Filtering and masking
- Optimized tool delivery
Traffic optimization layer.
Monitoring Tools
Network performance monitoring and operational visibility.
- NPM and APM integration
- Flow and packet analysis
- Performance and capacity insights
Monitoring tool tier.
Security Tools
Threat detection, IDS/IPS, and security analytics.
- Threat detection and response
- IDS/IPS and DLP
- Security analytics
Security tool tier.
Analytics Tools
Traffic analysis, reporting, and business insights.
- Traffic analysis and reporting
- Compliance and audit
- Business intelligence
Analytics tool tier.
Why Choose This Solution
Delivering measurable value through proven technology and expertise
Full network visibility without impacting performance
Access to 100% of network traffic at line rate without introducing points of failure or performance degradation.
Reduced monitoring blind spots in open and SONiC-based networks
Comprehensive visibility solutions designed specifically for disaggregated and open networking environments.
Lower total cost of ownership through disaggregated architectures
Open, flexible design reduces vendor lock-in and enables pay-as-you-grow scalability.
Improved efficiency of monitoring and security tools
Advanced filtering, load balancing, and traffic optimization maximize tool effectiveness.
Enhanced compliance, security, and operational confidence
Full traffic visibility enables better compliance reporting, security monitoring, and operational troubleshooting.
Technical Specifications
Traffic Acquisition
- • Network taps and SPAN sources for traffic acquisition
- • Support for multiple traffic sources and protocols
Packet Broker Software
- • Disaggregated packet broker software based on SONiC NOS architecture
- • Hardware-agnostic deployment on open, OCP-compliant platforms
Traffic Processing
- • Advanced data processing for traffic optimization
- • De-duplication, slicing, reassembly, masking, and filtering
- • Selective traffic replication capabilities
Tool Integration
- • Seamless integration with monitoring, security, and analytics tools
- • Multi-tool support without architectural complexity
Performance Metrics
SLOs, Latency, and Scale Benchmarks
Designed for AI fabrics, cloud interconnects, and enterprise cores.
100%
Traffic Visibility
Full packet capture
400Gbps
Line Rate
Processing capacity
10+
Tool Integration
Monitoring tools
40%
TCO Reduction
vs proprietary
Use Cases
Financial Services
BFSI & Fintech Data Centers
Full traffic visibility for transaction platforms requiring performance assurance, compliance, and security monitoring.
Telecommunications
Telecom & Service Provider Networks
Packet-level visibility for access, aggregation, and core environments, including tunnel and signaling analysis.
Enterprise & Utilities
Enterprise & Utility Networks
Traffic monitoring and analysis for compliance, capacity planning, and operational troubleshooting.
Open Networking
SONiC-Based Open Networks
Monitoring architectures purpose-built for disaggregated and open networking environments.
Proven outcomes from the field
Deployments across AI fabrics, multi-cloud, automation, and security.
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Next steps
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