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Ixia's Net Tool Optimizer (NTO) 5288 is a high-density 10G / 40G / 100G network monitoring switch designed for large, complex data centers. This robust and highly efficient solution enables monitoring of the rapidly expanding numbers of 1GE, 10GE, 40GE, and 100GE ports using existing monitoring tools. Aggregating data from multiple visibility points in the network, the 5288 ensures delivery of critical network traffic to the appropriate monitoring tools. By enhancing the performance of these network and security monitoring tools, companies improve network performance, increase operation team productivity and reduce the risk of network outages. Thus, dynamic data centers can keep pace with the exploding data and traffic on the network; the NTO 5288 equips them to cope with the pressures of providing high availability and security while optimizing the value of current tools.