Description

The AMC225 is a single module, mid size (with full size option) AdvancedMC^TM (AMC) based on the AMC.2 specification. The AMC225 provides two front panel SFP+ ports (10GbE or 1GbE option) and a backplane XAUI port. The physical layer connectivity between these three ports can be configured using an on-board high-speed signal matrix to create a direct connection (with or without media conversion) between any two ports plus the ability to mirror the ingress traffic on one of the ports to a third port. When mirroring is enabled, the AMC225 acts as a 10GbE network tap which can be used for critical security and monitoring applications such as network intrusion detection/prevention, performance nalytic, etc. The mirrored port causes no degradation to the direct-connected ports which continue to operate at full line rate. Since the mirroring is done at the physical level (Layer 1) rather than the Ethernet frame level (Layer 2), there is never a possibility for the AMC225 to drop a frame due to congestion as can happen with a typical Layer 2 switch mirroring port.