Aviz Packet Broker 2.12 – Release Announcement

April 1, 2026Deep Network Observability

Deeper Visibility. Smarter Traffic Distribution. Stronger Security.

Aviz Networks is pleased to announce the release of Aviz Packet Broker (APB) 2.12, delivering key advancements in traffic intelligence, overlay visibility, and security compliance for modern data center and service provider networks.

As networks continue to evolve toward overlay-based architectures, high-speed aggregation, and stricter compliance requirements, APB 2.12 introduces powerful innovations to ensure efficient traffic distribution, complete visibility into encapsulated traffic, and secure, standards-aligned operations.

What’s New in APB 2.12

Intelligent Traffic Distribution

• Dynamic LAG Hashing (NVIDIA Platforms)

Enables granular, flow-aware load balancing using outer headers, inner headers, or a combination of both ensuring even traffic distribution across all LAG member links.

• Optimized for Overlay Environments

Improves link utilization and ensures consistent distribution of traffic in VXLAN, GRE, and GTP-based architectures.

Eliminate Blind Spots in Overlay Networks

• VXLAN Decapsulation

Restores full visibility into encapsulated traffic by removing overlay headers, enabling monitoring and security tools to analyze original application flows with complete context. This improves detection accuracy while reducing processing overhead on security and observability tools.

• GRE Decapsulation

Extends visibility across Layer-3 domains by exposing inner packet flows, enabling consistent monitoring and analysis across distributed and WAN environments.

• Consistent Traffic Processing

Decapsulated traffic is processed like native traffic allowing seamless filtering, forwarding, and analysis across existing monitoring and security tools without additional complexity.

Security & Compliance Enhancements

• FIPS-Compliant Cryptographic Enforcement

Ensures secure and standards-aligned control plane operations using validated cryptographic modules.

• Integrated Security Framework

Delivers compliance within a unified system image, simplifying deployment while maintaining consistent security enforcement.

Why This Matters

APB 2.12 addresses critical challenges in modern network environments:

• Overlay Complexity → Gain full visibility into VXLAN and GRE traffic
• Traffic Imbalance → Ensure even distribution across aggregated links
• Compliance Requirements → Enforce strong, standards-based security

Key Benefits

• Optimized tools efficiency with intelligent, flow-aware traffic distribution
• Complete visibility across overlay and underlay traffic
• Simplified operations with integrated compliance and security
• Scalable architecture for cloud, data center, and service provider environments

Conclusion

With Release 2.12, Aviz Packet Broker continues to advance as a high-performance, scalable, and secure network visibility platform empowering organizations to operate modern infrastructures with greater efficiency, deeper insight, and stronger control.

Ready to gain deeper visibility and control across your network? Talk to our experts to see how Aviz helps secure your network.

1. What is Aviz Packet Broker (APB) 2.12?

   Aviz Networks Packet Broker (APB) 2.12 is a new release that enhances traffic intelligence, overlay visibility, and security compliance for modern data center and service provider networks.

2. What key challenges does APB 2.12 address?

   APB 2.12 addresses overlay network blind spots, uneven traffic distribution across aggregated links, and increasing security and compliance requirements in high-speed, modern network environments.

3. How does APB 2.12 improve traffic distribution?

   APB 2.12 introduces dynamic LAG hashing on NVIDIA platforms, enabling flow-aware load balancing using outer headers, inner headers, or both for consistent utilization across all LAG member links.

4. How does APB 2.12 enhance visibility in overlay networks?

   The release adds VXLAN and GRE decapsulation, restoring full visibility into encapsulated traffic so monitoring and security tools can analyze original application flows with complete context.

5. Why is VXLAN and GRE decapsulation important?

   Decapsulation removes overlay headers and exposes inner packet flows, improving detection accuracy, reducing processing overhead on tools, and enabling consistent monitoring across data center, cloud, and WAN environments.

6. How does APB 2.12 ensure consistent traffic processing?

   Once decapsulated, overlay traffic is treated as native traffic, allowing seamless filtering, forwarding, and analysis using existing monitoring and security tools without additional operational complexity.

7. What security and compliance features are included in APB 2.12?

   APB 2.12 delivers FIPS-compliant cryptographic enforcement for control-plane operations through an integrated security framework, ensuring standards-aligned and secure deployments.

8. How does the integrated security framework benefit operations?

   It simplifies deployment by embedding compliance and security enforcement into a unified system image while maintaining consistent cryptographic controls across the platform.

9. What environments is APB 2.12 designed for?

   APB 2.12 is built for cloud, data center, and service provider environments that require scalable traffic visibility, efficient aggregation, and secure, compliant operations.

10. What are the primary benefits of upgrading to APB 2.12?

Organizations gain intelligent traffic distribution, complete overlay and underlay visibility, simplified operations, and a scalable, security-focused architecture for modern networks.