Cisco Nexus Data Broker offers a simple, scalable, and cost-effective monitoring solution for high-volume and business-critical traffic. It provides security, compliance, application-performance measurement, and real-time traffic visibility with an event-based approach. This software-defined packet broker approach is available for Cisco Nexus 3000 and 9000 series data center switches.
Cisco Nexus Data Broker with Cisco Nexus Switches provides a software-defined, programmable solution to aggregate copies of network traffic using Switched Port Analyzer (SPAN) or network Test Access Point (TAP) for monitoring and visibility. As opposed to traditional network taps and monitoring solutions, this packet-brokering approach offers a simple, scalable and cost-effective solution that is well-suited for customers who need to monitor higher-volume and business-critical traffic for efficient use of security, compliance, and application performance monitoring tools.