InMon Corp. announced the immediate availability of Virtual Probe, a
free software product that uses sFlow® technology to provide traffic
visibility in virtualized environments.
Popular virtual server systems such as VMWare® and Xen® make use of
"virtual switches" to connect virtual machines together and to the
network. Providing sFlow monitoring of these virtual switches ensures
that the benefits of virtualization can be realized without losing the
visibility into network traffic that is essential for network
troubleshooting, traffic accounting and security.
"sFlow is the leading, multi-vendor traffic monitoring technology built
into network switches," said Peter Phaal, President, InMon Corp. "Adding
sFlow monitoring to virtual switches allows our customers to monitor
virtual switch traffic using the same tools that they use to monitor the
physical switches, reducing costs and eliminating the need for yet
another management console in the data center."
InMon's Virtual Probe is a software solution that connects to a virtual
switch using a virtual SPAN/mirror port. The probe uses patented
technology to trace packet paths through the virtual switch and export
sFlow data; providing the same information that would be available from
a physical switch.