GigaVUE HC Series
Network traffic visibility into complex environments of any type and size.
Traffic Intelligence for Any Size Organization
As part of the Gigamon Hawk Deep Observability Pipeline, the GigaVUE® HC Series visibility nodes incorporate a broad spectrum of core intelligence packet brokering capabilities, provided by GigaVUE-OS. The GigaVUE HC Series also provides intelligent GigaSMART® traffic transformation and forwarding capabilities including traffic intelligence, application intelligence, security intelligence, and subscriber intelligence.
DATA SHEET
Network Traffic Visibility for High-Speed Networks
The HC Series Models
GigaVUE-HC1
The GigaVUE-HC1 visibility node comes in a modular, compact form-factor to address complex network visibility requirements for small to medium-sized enterprise and service provider networks and remote sites for any network. With a broad spectrum of traffic management capabilities and a versatile, high-performance, multi-purpose design, GigaVUE-HC1 helps to future-proof your out-of-band and in-line monitoring and security infrastructure.
In addition to supporting up to three GigaSMART engines in a chassis, the GigaVUE-HC1 supports 100Mb to 40Gb port speeds for up to 604Gbps throughput.
GigaVUE-HC2
The GigaVUE-HC2 visibility node comes in a modular, mid-sized form factor to address complex network visibility requirements for medium-sized enterprise and service provider networks. With a broad spectrum of traffic management capabilities and a versatile, high-performance, multi-purpose design, GigaVUE-HC2 helps to future-proof your out-of-band and in-line monitoring and security infrastructure.
In addition to supporting up to five GigaSMART engines in a chassis, the GigaVUE-HC2 supports 1Gb to 100Gb port speeds for up to 960Gbps throughput.
GigaVUE-HC1-Plus
The GigaVUE-HC1-Plus visibility node comes in a modular, compact form factor to address complex network visibility requirements for medium-sized enterprise and service provider networks. With a broad spectrum of traffic management capabilities and a versatile, high-performance, multi-purpose design, GigaVUE-HC1-Plus helps to future-proof your out-of-band and in-line monitoring and security infrastructure.
In addition to supporting up to three GigaSMART engines in a chassis, the GigaVUE-HC1-Plus supports 1Gb to 100Gb port speeds for up to 1.8Tbps throughput.
GigaVUE-HC3
The GigaVUE-HC3 visibility node comes in a modular form factor to address complex network visibility requirements for medium to large global 5,000 enterprise, government-agency and service -provider networks. With a broad spectrum of traffic management capabilities and a versatile, high-performance, multi-purpose design, GigaVUE-HC3 helps to future-proof your out-of-band and in-line monitoring and security infrastructures.
In addition to supporting up to eight GigaSMART engines in a chassis, the GigaVUE-HC3 supports 10Gb to 100Gb port speeds for up to 6.4Tbps throughput.
COMPARATIVE MATRIX
Detailed GigaVUE Comparison
Including technical specifications, throughput and port density.
DATA SHEET
GigaSMART
Extend the intelligence and value of your GigaVUE® appliances.
TECHNOLOGY OVERVIEW
Gigamon Resilient Inline Protection (GRIP)
Maximize network uptime and network security with redundant inline tools and bypass protection.
Select the Right GigaVUE HC Series for Your Use Case
Choose the solution with the features, performance and capabilities that best align to your use case.
| Use Case | GigaVUE-HC1 | GigaVUE-HC2 | GigaVUE-HC1-Plus | GigaVUE-HC3 |
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| Eliminating contention for network data |  |
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| Network upgrades or speed mismatch | |
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| Security remediation with inline bypass | |
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| Filtering streaming media and L7 applications | |
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| Managing and decrypting SSL / TLS traffic | |
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| Centralized NetFlow / IPFIX generation | |
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| Identify malware through metadata generation | |
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| Visibility into remote sites | |
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| Subscriber-aware visibility | |
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| Visibility into private clouds | |
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| Visibility into public clouds | |
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| Lawful intercept | |
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Which GigaVUE HC Series Is Right for You?
Regardless of size, each GigaVUE appliance runs GigaVUE-OS, supports end-to-end orchestration with clustering and GigaVUE-FM and provides intelligent traffic handling via GigaSMART.
| Modules & Ports | GigaVUE-HC1 | GigaVUE-HC2 | GigaVUE-HC1-Plus | GigaVUE-HC3 |
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| 100Gb interfaces | - | 8 | 12 | 64 |
| 40Gb interfaces | 8 | 24 | 12 | 64 |
| 25Gb interfaces | - | - | 72 | 128 |
| 10Gb interfaces | 36 | 96 | 72 | 128 |
| 1Gb interfaces | 40 | 96 | 24 | - |
| 10/100Mb interfaces | 20 | 72 | - | - |
| Total throughput | 604Gb | 960Gb | 1.8Tb | 6.4Tb |
| GigaSMART® max processing capacity | 180Gb(+24 x 10Gb or 28 x 1Gb) | 360Gb(+64 x 10Gb) | 260Gb(+4 x 100Gb and 8 x 25Gb)) | 1.6Tb(+32 x 100Gb) |
| Embedded BypassTAPs | 10/100/1000Mb, 1Gb/10Gb | 10/100/1000Mb, 1Gb/10Gb, 40Gb | 1Gb/10Gb | 10Gb/40Gb/100Gb |
| Embedded NetworkTAPs | 10/100/1000Mb | 10/100/100Mb, 1Gb/10Gb | - | - |
| ThreatINSIGHT integration | √ | - | √ | - |
| # Rack Units | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
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