T5850-48S8C, 48x 10G SFP+ with 8x 100G QSFP28 Ports, Network Packet Broker (NPB)

A Network Packet Broker (NPB) is a device that optimizes the flow of traffic between TAP and SPAN connections and network monitoring, security tools. The packet broker collects traffic from single or multiple network links, filtering and distributing each individual packet to the correct network monitoring tool by load balancing, which enhances the performance of network analysis and security tools.