IntercontinentalExchange operates regulated exchanges, trading platforms and clearing houses serving the global markets for agricultural, credit, currency, emissions, energy and equity index markets.

According to Gigamon (News - Alert) officials, the firm deployed multiple 10Gbps and 1Gbps TAPs throughout their network infrastructure on external links, but “did not have a comprehensive, centralized, and cost-effective way to access and monitor secure mission- critical traffic.”

So after searching for suitable tools, the company decided to deploy the GigaVUE-2404 Data Access Switch from Gigamon.

According to Gigamon officials, the network team “consolidated the management of multiple 10Gbps and 1Gbps TAPs. Mapping input and output filters based on IP address range corresponding to the server switches were used to divide traffic into different logical groupings so that each monitoring tool was responsible for monitoring traffic belonging to one or several specific business functions.”

The result, Gigamon officials say, was that this streamlined the deployment of multiple 10Gbps and 1Gbps monitoring tools and optimized the use of current 1Gbps by allowing them to capture 10Gbps network traffic through the use of Gigamon’s filtering technology. Gigamon’s low-latency offering, company officials say, “accomplished these tasks without disrupting the production network traffic.”

Using the Gigamon tool, then, IntercontinentalExchange, according to Gigamon officials, “was able to consolidate and secure all network-critical tapped connections in one centrally controlled product. The GigaVUE-2404 provided the team with the ability to route data to newer 10Gbps monitoring tools and legacy 1Gbps monitoring tools using Gigamon’s low-latency multi-tool maps and filtering.”

The filtering capability increased the efficiency of the tools, Gigamon officials say, “enabling them to be more effective by only forwarding traffic specified by the network team.” Gigamon also protected their existing investments in legacy monitoring tools. The Gigamon architecture helped contain costs of the expanding network infrastructure. The functionality and feature set of the GigaVUE-2404 granted the network team with secure access and complete visibility of their network.