TAPs

A network TAP (Test Access Point), optical or electrical, is the first device to provide network visibility. It is vital that this device is highly reliable. It is a hardware device, which can passively capture traffic on a network. It is commonly used to monitor the network traffic between two points in the network. The TAP is normally placed between any two network devices, including switches, routers, and firewalls to provide network and security personnel a connection for monitoring devices. TAPs are used for troubleshooting and offer continuous, non- disruptive network access. Cubro provides the best quality for an affordable price. Cubro TAPs are resilient in the event of a hardware failure. They are engineered to allow traffic to continue passing through them even if the TAP itself stops functioning. Cubro TAPs do not introduce

Advantages of Cubro TAP:

No risk of dropped packets
Monitoring of all packets
Provides full visibility even in congestion situations
No configuration needed
Less vulnerable to security issues

1. Optical Tap

SINGLE MODE TAP_S
CUB. OPTOSLIM-4L-SM
CUB.OPTOSLIM-4L-SM-5
CUB.OPTOSLIM-4L-SM-7
CUB.OPTOSLIM-8L-SM
CUB.OPTOSLIM-8L-SM-5
CUB.OPTOSLIM-8L-SM-7
CBR.OPTO-1-SM
CBR.OPTO-1-SM-5
CBR.OPTO-1-SM-R3
CBR.OPTO-1-SM-5-R3
CBR.OPTO-2-SM
CBR.OPTO-2-SM-R3

Highlights

Carrier Grade Design
Fully transparent
Up to 100 Gbit
(see measurement)
New cabling approach
Color coded adapters
MTP output

The Cubro Optical TAPs maintain permanent passive connection for monitoring purposes without introducing a potential point of failure or disturbing other network connections. Cubro passive optical TAPs deliver full-duplex monitoring with zero impact on the network.

These TAPs provide a simple but powerful way for in-service monitoring of high-speed optical networks such as SDH/SONET/OTN and Ethernet up to 100 Gbit. Our optical TAPs are completely traffic transparent and offer 100% throughput. Therefore, Cubro optical TAPs can be used for any optical network application, regardless of the bitrate.

CBR.OPTO-MTP-1
CBR.OPTO-MTP-2

Highlights

Carrier Grade Design
Fully transparent
Up to 100 Gbit
Two MTP/MPO links per unit
Available in single mode and multi mode
Port Bandwitdh:10 Mbit | 100 Mbit | 1 Gbit | 10 Gbit

The challenge of tapping a 40 Gbit /100 Gbit multimode link based on a QSFP connector is that the QSFP is defined as a quad channel interface (Q – quad) which means we have 4 x 10 Gbit. But these 4 x 10 Gbit are in a kind of trunk that means an Ethernet packet is split into 4 chunks and sent in parallel over the 4-fiber links.

A special layer 1 protocol takes care that the receiver knows which fiber is which, so that the receivers can reassemble the packet in the right way. The Cubro MTO/MTP TAP is connected over MTP connectors (8 fibers) with the QSFP, the output is also MTP which is connected to the input of the Packetmaster 484. The special features of the Packetmaster 484 help to reassemble the QSFP traffic.

Highlights

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