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01LAYER OPERATING PLATFORM

v26 Release

One operating environment across FlowDirector, Service Node, and FlowMagic for consistent management, service design, and visibility operations.

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Common operating layer for multi-node visibility environments.

01Layer provides a unified platform for packet broker operations, appliance management, and component-based service design, with software-defined flexibility and hardware acceleration.

Why 01Layer

  • One OS for FlowDirector series, Service Node, and FlowMagic appliances
  • Integrated NextIO data plane, design environment, and operations workflows
  • Single-pane visibility across distributed nodes and mixed protocols
  • Built for high availability, compliance readiness, and secure operations
01Layer operating system visual

01Layer unifies the same operational model across the visibility stack.

Common functions

Core capabilities shared across appliances and deployment types.

Unified user experience

  • Visually consistent interface across product families
  • Search-first navigation to discover functions
  • Long-running charting and reporting support

Appliance management

  • Hardware integrity checks and device status monitoring
  • Management IP, timezone, location, and device operations
  • User/group administration and firmware updates

Service design environment

  • Service creation with diagram and code environments
  • Labeled connections and mixed active/inactive components
  • Full lifecycle controls: create, edit, start, stop, monitor, auto-restart

Component architecture

  • Input/output sources and sinks
  • Packet broker and advanced packet broker functions
  • NetFlow, metadata extraction, capture, and testing tools

Multi-node operations

  • Correlated workflows across fixed, mobile, and converged networks
  • Support for multi-node and multi-protocol deployments
  • Consistent operations model across distributed infrastructure

Security and audit readiness

  • Operating system hardening baseline
  • Security and compliance audit-oriented workflows
  • Timeline and reporting functions for operations traceability

Product-specific capabilities on 01Layer

Workflows and feature sets tailored to each product family while preserving a common operating model.

FlowMagic specific

Traffic generation and validation workflows

FlowMagic Visibility Studio extends 01Layer with generation and validation tools for test-driven operations.

  • Stateless traffic generator and stateful AppSim
  • Client simulation, server simulation, and PCAP replay
  • RFC-2544 workflows with packet database and PCAP templates
  • Use captured traces or extracted session data to generate test traffic
  • Test report generation and validation output
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FlowDirector specific

Packet broker and capture pipeline workflows

FlowDirector extends 01Layer with high-throughput packet broker operations and unified SPAN/ERSPAN capture architecture.

  • Aggregation, replication, filter, load balancing, and virtual wire functions
  • Dedicated port capture and ERSPAN capture components
  • Multiple ERSPAN destination IP ranges on the same capture port
  • Configurable ERSPAN decapsulation integrated with downstream components
  • Capture, tagging, deduplication, and egress processing pipelines
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Plan your unified visibility architecture

Work with Infinicore engineering to map 01Layer capabilities to your FlowMagic and FlowDirector deployment goals.

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