Aviz Service Nodes

Granular Network Visibility Without Proprietary Hardware

Identify 2,700+ applications and 9,000+ subcategories, extract rich flow metadata, and stay current with dynamic DPI updates, all delivered as software on commodity servers.

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Payload-Aware Classification

Payload-aware classification by application, protocol, and category

Dynamic Signature Updates

Dynamic signature updates detect new apps/protocols with no downtime

Export Metadata

Export metadata via JSON + Kafka Streams to SIEM/analytics

What Are Aviz Service Nodes?

Aviz Service Nodes are a software-defined packet intelligence layer powered by Aviz’s next-gen DPI engine. They deliver deep application identification, protocol intelligence, and metadata extraction for modern observability, security, and compliance—without lock-in to proprietary appliances.

Built on open architecture principles, Service Nodes integrate seamlessly into existing network infrastructure, providing flexibility and control that traditional hardware appliances can’t match. Deploy on your terms, scale on demand, and maintain complete visibility across your entire network ecosystem.

Built for Modern Networks

• Enterprise, data center, and telecom environments
• Embedded DPI inside the Service Node (ASN)
• Flexible metadata export to SIEM/analytics workflows
• Commodity hardware deployment with software-defined intelligence

Deep Packet Inspection That Stays Current

Aviz Service Node (ASN) Deployment for Application Identification

Visibility

• See exactly which apps are running and how they behave (not just ports/headers)
• Category intelligence across collaboration, streaming, gaming, social, enterprise
• Real-time traffic classification and behavioral analysis
• Multi-layer protocol detection and correlation

Security & Compliance

• Export flow metadata for audit trails, threat investigations, and policy enforcement
• Integrate with SIEMs/analytics via JSON + Kafka Streams
• Comprehensive forensic data capture and retention
• Automated compliance reporting and evidence collection

Why Choose Aviz Service Nodes?

Open Integration

• Connect to open-source or commercial observability and security tools using flexible metadata export and modern pipelines.
• No vendor lock-in, no proprietary formats, just clean, structured data flowing to your preferred analytics stack.

Software-Defined Performance

• Run on commodity servers and your choice of NICs/DPUs, scale throughput without proprietary appliance lock-in.
• Deploy on bare metal, virtual machines, or containers to match your infrastructure strategy.

Always-Current DPI

• Dynamic DPI updates keep application and protocol detection accurate as the network ecosystem changes, without downtime.
• New apps, protocols, and threat signatures deploy automatically, ensuring your visibility never falls behind.

Lower Noise, Higher Signal

• Built-in packet deduplication reduces mirrored/replicated traffic noise, so your analytics focus on true flows.
• Cleaner, more granular visibility across thousands of applications.

Key Capabilities

Aviz Service Nodes deliver comprehensive packet intelligence across application identification, telco operations, and traffic optimization, all through a unified software-defined platform.

Application & Protocol Intelligence

• Application identification: 2,700+ apps / 9,000+ subcategories
• Classification by application, protocol, and category
• Dynamic DPI signature updates (no downtime)
• Multi-layer protocol detection with behavioral analysis

Telco & Subscriber Intelligence

• Telco traffic KPIs for network performance monitoring
• GTP correlation across control and data planes
• GTP load balancing for optimal resource distribution
• Subscriber-aware metadata with privacy controls
• GTP flow distribution for carrier-grade scalability

Traffic Reduction & Evidence

Packet Deduplication

Noise reduction for cleaner analytics.

Packet Capture

Forensics, compliance, and troubleshooting.

Flow Sampling

Scale analysis without infrastructure overload.

Platform Support

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Support New

Now supports deployment on Red Hat Enterprise Linux, enabling seamless integration into enterprise-standard environments.

Metadata for Security, Compliance, and Operations

Aviz DPI extracts contextual metadata per flow so teams can enforce policies, investigate incidents, and optimize networks with precision, then export it to your tools in real time.

Every flow generates rich metadata that goes far beyond basic NetFlow or IPFIX. Capture application-layer details that reveal user behavior, security posture, and operational performance. Stream this intelligence to your existing SIEM, analytics platform, or data lake without custom integration work.

Deployment Flexibility for Any Environment

Deploy Aviz Service Nodes wherever traffic visibility matters, from campus networks to carrier-grade data centers. Our software-defined architecture adapts to your infrastructure, not the other way around.

Enterprise Networks

Monitor Branch Offices, Campus Networks, And Remote Sites With Lightweight Service Node Deployments. Centralized Management And Policy Enforcement Across Distributed Locations, With Metadata Aggregation To A Single Analytics Platform.

Data Center & Cloud

East-West Traffic Visibility Within Hyperscale Data Centers And Multi-Tenant Cloud Environments. Deploy On Bare Metal Servers, Run As Virtual Appliances, Or Containerize For Kubernetes Orchestration. All With The Same DPI Engine.

Telco & Service Providers

Carrier-Grade Performance For GTP Traffic, Subscriber Analytics, And Service Assurance. GTP Correlation, Load Balancing, And Subscriber-Aware Metadata Enable Advanced Monetization And QoS Enforcement At Scale.

Integration Architecture

Aviz Service Nodes integrate seamlessly into existing observability and security workflows through industry-standard protocols and flexible export mechanisms.

Supported Export Formats

• JSON over Kafka Streams for real-time ingestion
• RESTful APIs for query-based retrieval
• Syslog for legacy SIEM integration
• IPFIX/NetFlow for flow collector compatibility

Packet Capture

Mirror traffic from TAPs or SPAN ports.

DPI Processing

Classify, extract, and enrich metadata.

Export Pipeline

Stream JSON via Kafka or direct API.

Analytics & Action

Visualize, alert, and enforce policy.

The Real Cost Of Your Options

Wire-speed DPI performance on commodity hardware, no proprietary appliances, no throughput compromises, no licensing surprises.

• 100Gbps Line-Rate Throughput
• 2,700+ Applications Identified
• 9,000+ Subcategories
• <1ms Processing Latency

Horizontal Scaling

Add service nodes as traffic grows, no forklift upgrades, no capacity ceilings. Scale throughput linearly by deploying additional software instances on commodity servers.

Hardware Flexibility

Run on any x86 server with your choice of NICs and DPUs. No vendor lock-in to proprietary appliances. Deploy on existing infrastructure or purpose-built hardware.

See Your Network at Application Granularity Without Appliance Lock-In.

Validate DPI-driven visibility, reduce traffic noise with deduplication, and integrate metadata into your SIEM/analytics stack. Discover how Aviz Service Nodes deliver granular network intelligence without the cost and complexity of proprietary hardware.

Aviz Service Nodes gave us the application-level visibility we needed without forcing us into another proprietary appliance. The metadata export to our existing SIEM was seamless, and the DPI accuracy exceeded our expectations.

Senior Network Architect, Fortune 500 Enterprise

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