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NetEnforcer® Data Sheet

Carrier-Grade Service Control and QoS / SLA Enforcement

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Policy Powered Networking
   
 

Powerful Solutions for Your Type of Business

   
 

Features and Benefits
   
 

Product Specifications


  • Manage bandwidth at Gigabit speeds

  • Enforce service level agreements

  • Classify, monitor and control P2P traffic

  • Rapidly provision new subscribers

Carriers, service providers (xSPs) and data centers are faced with large infrastructure costs and decreasing margins. Profitability hinges on the ability to control spiraling network costs and to increase revenue through new lucrative services. These services may include controlling peer-to-peer (P2P) traffic, and providing tiered (differentiated) services for home and SOHO users and classes of service for business users. Large enterprises with Gigabit backbones seek to ensure acceptable performance for business- and time-critical applications such as CRM, ERP and VoIP.

Policy-Powered Networking



Allot Communications NetEnforcer® AC-1000 Series policy enforcement devices offer carriers, service providers and enterprises a complete suite of bandwidth management tools for quality of service (QoS); class-of-service enforcement and monitoring; and application performance. Placed on the network edge between the router and the switch, the NetEnforcer lets network managers immediately identify and limit excessive bandwidth consumers and put "recovered" bandwidth to better business use.

Powerful Solutions for Your Type of Business



Whatever your type of business, the NetEnforcer AC-1000 offers you the industry's most powerful solution for active traffic management:

  • Carriers/Service Providers


    The NetEnforcer is an ideal service control platform that lets you distinguish your business from other cable, wireless and DSL providers. Offer business customers tiered/differentiated services, classes of service with traffic prioritization, SLAs with guaranteed bandwidth, and usage-based billing. Enable your customers to monitor and self provision traffic policies with Allot's NetPolicy Provisioner. Control P2P traffic on upstream and downstream links of SOHO and home users. Charge power users higher fees that more accurately reflect their usage.

  • Data Centers/Hosting Facilities


    Use NetEnforcer to manage resource consumption for the hosted applications and servers. Limit bandwidth consumption so you can safely oversubscribe your services while guaranteeing customer SLAs. Control the rate and number of connections to maximize network performance and protect your data center against DDoS attacks. Use NetEnforcer's real-time and long-term monitoring, and its alert system to maintain control over your network and quickly respond to network events.

  • Large Enterprises


    Implement quality of service with the NetEnforcer to confront unprecedented demands on your private network, Internet connection or VPN. Use the NetEnforcer to link your business policies to specific network actions that improve and control users' productivity and satisfaction. Control expensive Gigabit network resources to maximize performance of business- and time-critical applications such as CRM, ERP, and Voice/Video over IP while throttling high bandwidth consumers such as P2P.

Features and Benefits

Manage Bandwidth at Gigabit Speed


The NetEnforcer AC-1000 Series offers hardware and software especially designed for complex networking tasks at high speeds, providing QoS and service where other devices cannot. Its carrier-grade design conforms to NEBS and ETSI standards.

Expand Network Service Offerings


The NetEnforcer enables you to offer new profitable services that better exploit your network infrastructure. You can set a wide range of policies that guarantee or limit bandwidth as well as prioritize traffic types for every subscriber, class of service or session. This flexibility allows you to set the exact policies that will let you deliver services that meet the needs of your target market.

Classify, Monitor and Control P2P Traffic


One of the most daunting challenges facing all networks is the high consumption of bandwidth caused by P2P applications. These applications use dynamic port numbers ("port hopping") when downloading and uploading files and cannot be identified or controlled by their port number. The NetEnforcer classifies P2P file-sharing applications by their application signature (Layer 7 classification) so you can effectively throttle KaZaA, Gnutella and other types of P2P traffic, permitting as much or as little as your business model permits.

Rapidly Provision New Subscribers


You can rapidly provision new subscribers with the NetEnforcer's integration with customer care and billing (CCB) systems. Support for LDAP-based directories saves time by letting you define each customer in only your customer care directory while NetEnforcer automatically retrieves the subscriber's SLA type and applies the minimum and maximum bandwidth limits.

Manage Bandwidth on Redundant Connections


The NetEnforcer AC-1020 supports two Gigabit links (four ports), enabling bandwidth management for high-availability configurations that ensure Internet access via parallel switches and routers. In addition, the AC-1020 uses a single traffic enforcement mechanism, enabling a single policy to be applied to traffic running on both links.

The Policy Editor and NetPolicy Provisioner Allocate bandwidth to your customers using the Policy Editor. Customers use the NetPolicy Provisioner to self-provision their bandwidth and view their traffic consumption.

Monitor Network Activity


The Java-based Traffic Monitor presents real-time and long-term views of traffic and performance data from a single, easy-to-read GUI. For example, use real-time monitoring, to instantly observe your most active users and servers, or use scalable long-term views to discern usage trends.

The Real-Time Traffic Monitor

Enable Customer-Provisioned Bandwidth Management (Optional)


The server-based NetPolicy Provisioner enables your subscribers to manage their own bandwidth without customer premises equipment. Business customers can use their Web browsers to access the NetPolicy Provisioner and self-provision traffic policies on your NetEnforcer. Home users can access a simpler, monitoring-only version that enables them to view traffic statistics.

Receive Alerts for Major Networking Events


Your days and nights of babysitting your network are over. NetEnforcer's intelligent alerts inform you about major networking events with SNMP traps to your management station; email messages; or SMS messages. These alerts enable you to take corrective action before problems become costly. In addition, a variety of preset or customized scripts can automate network reactions to specific events or alarms.

Implement Application- and IP-Based Accounting (Optional)


The NetAccountant software add-on collects traffic data per session, gathering information on users, applications and policies that can be used for usage-based billing. The NetAccountant Reporter delivers a graphical system for creating detailed usage and performance reports for improved allocation of network resources.

Secure Device Management


The NetEnforcer offers a dedicated management port that is physically separated from the ports that carry your subscribers' traffic. This prohibits unauthorized access to the device and enables out-of-band management.

Intuitive Policy Editor


The Java-based Policy Editor lets you access all of your policy information from a single, intuitive view. Special emphasis has been placed on ease-of-use and customization so you can quickly create and edit policies that ensure maximum service control.

DDoS Protection


The NetEnforcer detects known types of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks and offers a first line of defense that enhances the performance of firewalls and internal network devices. By deploying NetEnforcer, you can monitor, record, and block malicious traffic flows and alert users of imminent attacks.

The Long-Term Traffic Monitor

Product Specifications

Interface Connections

  • AC-1010: Two-port 1000BASE-SX/LX Gigabit Ethernet or two-port 1000BASE-T UTP-5 interface and one 10/100BASE-T management interface with a RJ-45 connector
  • AC-1020: Four-port 1000BASE-SX/LX Gigabit Ethernet or four-port 1000BASE-T UTP-5 interface and one 10/100BASE-TX management interface with a RJ-45 connector

Traffic Classification (per Flow)

  • IP address (with IP range, list or subnet option, host name); retrieval via LDAP or text file
  • Network protocols (e.g., ARP, IPX, PPPoE), IP protocols (e.g., ICMP, IGMP, RSVP, EGP) and TCP/UDP applications
  • Dynamic port applications (e.g., KaZaA v1 and v2, Gnutella, WinMX, eDonkey, Winny)
  • Classification and authentication of HTTP on all port numbers
  • VLAN (ID, priority)
  • ToS byte - DiffServ or IP precedence bits
  • Time of day/week/month/year

Policy Enforcement

  • Hierarchy of policy rules with outbound and inbound traffic management
  • Minimum/maximum bandwidth enforcement per flow/VC/Pipe
  • Ten levels of priorities for VCs/Pipes
  • Per flow guaranteed bandwidth, burst rate, CBR (per flow)
  • Maximum number of connections per VC/Pipe
  • Fairness between traffic flows/users/applications
  • Admission control

Network Security

  • Access control - pass/reject/drop
  • Protection from distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks
  • Control number/rate of connections

Configuration

  • IP configuration and setup via integrated LCD and keypad
  • Remote policy configuration via CLI or Web browser

QoS Policy Management

  • Easy-to-manage, single-table view based on catalogs
  • Easy expansion of VCs/Pipes (policies) to multiple subscribers
  • Policy distribution from primary NetEnforcer to other units
  • Customer-provisioned QoS via optional NetPolicy Provisioner

Monitoring and Accounting

  • Monitoring

    - Protocol distribution, top hosts, top VCs, top Pipes, VC/Pipe distribution, number and rate of connections, utilization, bandwidth usage with 30-second granularity and storage of historical data

  • Accounting

    (via optional NetAccountant) - accounting of traffic per session; powerful reporter;
    ODBC, CSV interfaces

  • SNMP

    - Support statistics collection per VC/Pipe

Fail-Safe Performance (No Single Point of Failure)

  • Full functional backup redundancy implemented by two separate systems connected by a backup cable
  • External fiber/copper bypass controlled by the main board
  • Dual 200W load-sharing, hot-swappable power supplies, dual power feeds and redundant fans

Network Standards Support

  • LDAP, DiffServ/ToS (RFCs 2474, 2475, 2597, 2598), IP Precedence (RFC 791), SNMP, and ODBC

Browser Support

  • MS Internet Explorer 5.5, 6.0

Dimensions & Weight

  • Standard 2U by 19-inch, rack mountable
  • 18.2 lbs (8.3 Kg)

Environmental Standards Compliance & Certification

  • Safety

    - UL 1950

  • EMC

    - FCC-Part 15 Class B; Directive 89/336/EEC; EN60950; ETS 300 019-2-2; ETS 300 019-2-3; IEC-68; VCCI 2002 Class B

  • NEBS/ETSI

    - Designed to comply with specification

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