# Aviz Service Node v2.4

AI-Ready Packet Intelligence for Modern Network Observability

April 9, 2026

## Overview

Aviz Service Node (ASN) is an AI-ready, software-defined packet intelligence platform that delivers deep visibility, intelligent traffic processing, and advanced analytics across modern network environments.

As part of the Aviz 2.4 release, ASN enhances its capabilities to enable deeper visibility, smarter traffic optimization, and stronger integration with security and monitoring ecosystems.

Built on commodity x86 infrastructure, ASN replaces proprietary appliances with a scalable, cost-efficient, and vendor-neutral architecture.

#### Its modular design allows ASN to:

- Integrate seamlessly with Aviz Packet Broker (APB)
- Work alongside existing packet broker deployments
- Extend visibility across telco, data center, remote, edge, and hybrid cloud environments

ASN functions as a packet intelligence layer between network traffic and tools, enabling:

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##### Deep Packet Inspection (DPI)

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##### Application and subscriber-aware analytics

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##### Metadata-driven observability for analytics and security platforms

## Key Value Proposition

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**AI-Ready Packet Intelligence:** Generates rich application-level metadata to power advanced analytics, AI/ML-driven insights, and performance monitoring.

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**Cost Efficiency:** Replaces proprietary hardware with software on commodity x86 servers, reducing CAPEX and operational overhead.

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**Flexibility & Vendor Independence:** Runs on standard x86 platforms, including Dell, Supermicro, Cisco UCS, HPE, Lenovo, and NVIDIA, eliminating vendor lock-in.

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**Modular Architecture with APB Integration:** Seamlessly integrates with Aviz Packet Broker (APB) or third-party packet brokers, enabling incremental deployment.

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**Cloud-Native & Hybrid Deployment:** Extends packet intelligence into public cloud and virtualized environments through vASN, supporting cloud-native traffic acquisition, workload-level visibility, and consistent observability across hybrid and multi-cloud infrastructures.

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**Deep Visibility:** Provides application-aware and subscriber-aware insights across enterprise, data center, and 4G/5G networks.

## Deployment Models

### Physical ASN (Bare Metal Deployment)

**Designed for high-performance environments requiring deterministic throughput and scale.** **Key Characteristics:**

- Runs on commodity x86 servers
- High-throughput packet processing for core and aggregation layers
- Ideal for telco (4G/5G), data centers, and enterprise networks

**Supported Platforms:**

- Dell
- Supermicro
- Cisco UCS
- HPE
- Lenovo
- NVIDIA

### Virtual ASN (vASN) – New in Aviz 2.4

**Virtual ASN (vASN) extends ASN capabilities into cloud and virtualized environments, delivering the same packet intelligence without dedicated hardware.** **Key Capabilities:**

- Deploys as a virtual machine or containerized instance
- Integrates with cloud-native traffic mirroring (AWS)
- Supports agent-based (vTAP) collection for granular visibility
- Provides visibility into east-west and intra-host traffic
- Enables consistent observability across hybrid and multi-cloud environments

**Ideal For:**

- Public cloud deployments
- Edge and distributed environments

## Key Features

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### Deep Packet Inspection (DPI)

Identifies and classifies 2000+ applications at scale

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### Intelligent Packet Deduplication

Removes L2–L4 duplicates, reducing processing overhead by 30–50%

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### Comprehensive Metadata Extraction

Generates application, protocol, and session-level insights

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### GTP Correlation (4G/5G)

Enables subscriber-aware visibility by correlating control and user plane traffic

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### Metadata Export

Streams metadata via Kafka (JSON) to tools like Splunk, Datadog, New Relic, and ELK

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### KPI Generation

Provides session-based metrics, including throughput, latency, and bandwidth

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### Real-Time Packet Capture

Generates PCAP for deep analysis and forensics

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### Advanced Filtering & Decapsulation

Supports VxLAN, GRE, and precise traffic filtering

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### Linear Scalability

Scales horizontally by adding compute resources

## Technical Specifications

#### Deployment Model

- Physical (x86) and Virtual (vASN)

#### Management

- FlowVision (GUI), CLI, SNMP, REST APIs

#### Operating System

- Linux

#### Data Export

- Kafka (metadata), PCAP (packets)

#### Supported Protocols

- GRE, ERSPAN, VxLAN, PPPoE, L2TP, IPoE, GTP-C, GTP-U, PFCP

## Performance Benchmarks

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#### Linear Scaling

Throughput and Mpps scale linearly with CPU cores

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#### Deduplication Performance

~4 Gbps per core (IMIX), scaling up to ~400 Gbps with ~100 cores

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#### Application Metadata Generation

Telco: 2.5 Gbps / core, 0.2 Mpps / core

Enterprise: 2.5 Gbps / core, 0.3 Mpps / core

Note: vASN performance depends on allocated compute and cloud infrastructure.

## Orderability

All Aviz DNO products are offered as a software subscription per device/instance, with flexible term options:

- 1-Year
- 3-Year
- 5-Year

## Aviz Service Node (ASN) is available in two primary categories

### ASN Subscriber

Designed for telecom networks (4G LTE, 5G NSA, and 5G SA), providing:

- Advanced traffic extraction
- GTP correlation
- Subscriber-aware analytics

### ASN Application

Optimized for data center, FTTH, edge, and campus environments, providing:

- Deep IP session visibility
- Application-level analytics
- Advanced traffic intelligence

### Feature Packs & Licensing

Both ASN Subscriber and ASN Application are offered with modular feature packs:

- Base
- Advanced
- Performance

### Licensing Model

- Licensed per **server (physical ASN)** or per **instance (vASN)**
- Scales linearly with deployment size
- Supports flexible expansion across hybrid environments