NETWORK TAPS
See All Your Network Traffic. All the Time.
Identify traffic bottlenecks and spot threats without compromising network performance.

Providing Total Network Visibility For
Get the Full Picture of Your Network With
- 100% Traffic Capture
- Retrieve every byte of network traffic data – never let a threat go unnoticed.
- Zero Impact
- Monitor your network without any risk to performance or reliability.
- The Industry Choice
- 90% of companies in high-compliance industries prefer TAPs to SPAN.
- Lower Costs
- Reduce troubleshooting time and operational costs by up to 50%.
Intelligent Hybrid TAPs
Protect network infrastructure, secure information, and simplify network management. Our SmartNA-XL™ and SmartNA™ series combines TAPs and packet broker functionality into one, smart solution.
- Fully scalable
- Intuitive Drag-n-Vu™ interface for quick deployment and changes
- Compatible with major network monitoring and security tools


Passive Fiber Optical TAPs
Improve network monitoring with our always-on Passive Fiber Optical TAPs. Simultaneously capturing sent and received data, our TAPs provide total visibility, even in the event of an electricity outage.
- No configuration needed
- Zero latency
- Real-time monitoring up to 400Gbps speeds
Active Ethernet TAPs
Monitor your network in real time without the risk of downtime. Heartbeat technology ensures critical traffic flows even when monitoring tools fail.
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Suitable for copper connections
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Automatic bypass if tools go offline
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Flexible deployment options

What Our Customers Say
“Developing and managing key performance indicators is all about accuracy of information. The Network Critical products provide 100% accurate traffic visibility on the key links, which is vital for us.”
Vodafone
Network Performance Monitoring Engineer
“Unauthorized manipulation of our monitoring systems can have serious safety and production consequences. Network Critical TAP’s help us manage security without impacting network traffic.”

BP
Director, IT Services
“I’m delighted to say the use of Network Critical’s TAPs across the multiple rigs, has helped us complete all our first flight test objectives on schedule, whilst at the same time offering the additional capability to resolve some of the inherent limitations of layer 2 switches.”

Airbus
System Test Lead Engineer
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Product
SmartNA
SmartNA-XL
SmartNA
SmartNA-XL
Height in Rack Units (RU)
1-2RU
1RU
Width
19”
19”
AC Redundant Power Supply (Hot Swappable)
DC Redundant Power Supply (Hot Swappable)
Hot Swappable Cooling Fans
SmartNA
SmartNA-XL
Maximum Visibility (Bi-directional)
1,700Mbps
480Gbps
SmartNA
SmartNA-XL
Physical Interfaces
17
2 x QSFP / 20 x SFP+
(Numbers show maximum physical interface, but these cannot be used all together at once.)
Max. Number of 1GB Ports
17
20
Max. Number of 10GB Ports
20
Max. Number of 40GB Ports
2
SmartNA
SmartNA-XL
10/100/1000BASE-T Copper Port
1Gb SFP Port
10Gb SFP+ Port
25Gb SFP28 Port
40Gb QSFP+ Port
10/100/1000BASE-T Copper TAP
1Gb/10Gb Fiber TAP
SmartNA
SmartNA-XL
1G Optical
1G Bypass Copper
1G Bypass Optical
10G Bypass Optical (This is with the 10G V-Line Module)
SmartNA
SmartNA-XL
10/100/1000BASE-T CopperPhysical Bypass Protection
1Gb Fiber Active BypassProtection
10Gb Fiber Active BypassProtection (Also available in 40G and 100G)
User Defined Bit-level Filtering
Traffic Aggregation
Traffic Distribution
FCC/CE Certified
SmartNA
SmartNA-XL
Layer 2-4 Packet Filtering
Application Session Filtering
Persistent Load Balancing
Static Load Balancing
Header Stripping
Tunneling/De-Tunneling
Packet Slicing
Payload Masking
Source Port Labeling
SmartNA
SmartNA-XL
RESTful API
Role Based User Accounts
Multiple Levels of User Account
SNMP Traps
Event Monitoring and Alarm
Generation
Link Status Trap
Traffic Statistic/Counter in Each Port
WebUI (HTML5) for System Access
CLI Configuration and Management
GUI Configuration and Management
SNMP v2c & 3 Support
Authentication & Authorisation TACACS+
What is a Network TAP?
A Comprehensive Guide to Network Visibility
