nTAP 10/100/1000 Copper to Optical Conversion Network TAP Deployment

nTAP 10/100/1000 Copper/Optical Converter TAP
The 10/100/1000 Copper to Optical Conversion nTAP offers a standard gigabit copper input connection and a standard gigabit copper output connection. An analyser connects to the nTAP through either the gigabit optical full-duplex analyser output connection or the gigabit copper full-duplex analyser output connection the TAP provides. The optical analyser output is available with SFP modules that convert data from a copper link to an SX, LX or ZX optical fibre analysis interface.

The 10/100/1000 Copper to Optical Conversion nTAP replicates the copper signal and sends one signal back to the network via the copper output. The other signal is either sent to the copper full-duplex analyser or converted into an optical signal and sent to the optical full-duplex analyser. The 10/100/1000 Copper to Optical Conversion nTAP can support link speeds up to 2000 Mbps.

As with all nTAPs, the 10/100/1000 Copper to Optical Conversion nTAPs are passive, full-duplex monitoring devices, offering complete visibility into your network regardless of traffic levels. By permanently installing nTAPs, you never need to bring the link down to attach an analyser or other device. nTAPs work with the leading security and network management tools, so you can quickly and easily deploy them into your network.

All copper nTAPs are transparent, which means you can monitor your critical links without data stream interference. Even if power to the nTAP fails, copper nTAPs guarantee continuous network data flow. 10/100/1000 Copper to Optical Conversion nTAPs also work well with redundant-enabled devices. So if one side of the nTAP link should fail, the other side can take action by signalling the connected device to switch to a redundant link.

10/100/1000 Conversion nTAP Deployment
Place a 10/100/100 Copper to Optical Conversion nTAP between two devices of interest on a 100 Mbps or 1000 Mbps copper link. Then attach either a copper or optical monitoring device to the nTAP. Only one analyzer connection can be utilised at a time. To successfully analyze the full-duplex link, the monitoring device must be equipped with a dual-receive capture card.