Case Study: Federal Agency achieves 40GbE migration and expanded network monitoring fabric with NETSCOUT

NETSCOUT Supports Federal Agency Migration to a 40GB Environment and Expanded Network Monitoring Fabric

A Federal agency that provides shared IT services and financial processing for other departments was building a new data center and migrating to a 40 GbE switching core. To support mission-critical services they needed continuous, high‑speed visibility—reducing reliance on SPANs, adding passive taps, and expanding packet capture and retention for troubleshooting, trending, and capacity planning without overloading the switching infrastructure.

NETSCOUT augmented the agency’s existing nGeniusONE deployment with InfiniStreamNG 9800 appliances (with Extended Storage Units), nGenius 5000/5010 and 3900 packet flow switches, and TAPs to deliver passive traffic capture, 40 GbE support, and a scalable monitoring fabric. The phased, pay‑as‑you‑grow rollout preserved ROI while improving visibility, reducing core switch load, and enabling better performance management, capacity planning and security across the new data center.