Ensure Accurate SAN Captures

For the best in Storage Area Network analysis, Network Instruments brings award-winning analysis technology together with superior hardware appliances. Our proprietary Gen2 card ensures accurate captures on fully saturated SAN systems.

Fibre Channel Analysis Advantages:

• Monitor up to two full-duplex links independently or in aggregate
• Obtain full-duplex, wire-speed capture statistics (See the Video)
• Utilise the largest memory buffer in the industry
• Gain in-depth analysis through real-time metrics (See the Video)
• Maximise analysis with 64-bit technology

Set Expert Thresholds and Track Metrics

Monitor your SAN environment as easily as Ethernet or WAN

• Decode Fibre Channel protocols
• Monitor over 30 Fibre Channel statistics
• Track application performance
• Set alarms for proactive alerts
• Receive Expert help on 20 SAN-specific issues
• Review aggregate SAN health summaries
• Perform long-term trending and reporting
• Drill down to isolate conversations or transactions

With Observer you can set thresholds on all Fibre Channel events, including session delays on arbitrated loop, audio/video, link data, avionics, virtual interface, and more.

Fibre Channel Form Factors

• Fiber Channel Probe Appliance
  Provides complete monitoring and analysis for FC links. Reports to any Observer Expert or Observer Suite console on the network.
  
  
  
• Fibre Channel Portable
  A portable system that includes all necessary hardware and software for real-time, in-line, wire-speed capture and analysis.
  
  
  
• GigaStor-SAN
  A retrospective network analysis appliance with almost unlimited storage capacity. Troubleshoot even the most complex Fibre Channel issues.