FEATURE BRIEF

Packet and Advanced Flow Slicing Feature Brief

Optimize the Tool Infrastructure

Packet and Advanced Flow Slicing describes two methods for truncating packets and flows before they reach monitoring tools. Packet Slicing removes payloads from selected packets, while Advanced Flow Slicing drops or slices subsequent packets after a user-defined number of initial packets. The feature brief explains how these methods reduce traffic volume and support more efficient tool processing.

Key Topics Covered:

  • Monitoring tools overloaded with irrelevant traffic
  • Packet and flow truncation methods
  • Tool infrastructure efficiency and ROI
  • Benefits of optimizing the tool infrastructure
  • GigaSMART intelligence applications

Technical Highlights:

  • How each packet is evaluated against user-specified filtering rules
  • How Gigamon Pack Slicing removes the RTP payload while retaining SIP packets
  • How you can slice HTTPS flows for CEM tools which are unable to decrypt payload

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