Determination of complexity of your network topology

Asymmetrically routed networks are complex environments that require careful planning and execution.

The following figure shows a network protected by the Sensor in tap operating mode. Since both links are monitored by the same Sensor, the state machine remains in sync. The Sensor can support an Active-Active configuration as long as the aggregate bandwidth does not exceed the total processing capacity of the Sensor.

Furthermore, a Sensor can also monitor asymmetrically routed traffic where the traffic comes in on one link and goes out another link, because the state machine on the Sensor associates the inbound and outbound traffic efficiently.

Network topology