This new release of PacketLogic Firmware Version 12.2 contains enhancements to PacketLogic’s reporting and analyzing functionality, as well as extended capabilities for quota management in large, complex networks.

Key Features: 

1. Volume-based Shaping (VBS)
Volume-based shaping is reintroduced in Version 12.2. Improved to leverage the PSM to manage quote over multiple PacketLogic in-line systems. 

2. Improved External Authentication
A PacketLogic system can now authenticate users towards a TACACS+ server. As of release 12.2, RADIUS authentication also allows configuring granular permissions per user. 

3. Divert
For PL10005 and PL10014 systems, a physical divert channel is available as of release 12.2. This allows selecting traffic with a filtering rule, and diverting that traffic onto the divert channel. The intended use is to pass traffic through a third-party application/appliance.

4. CSV Export of Statistical Data
The Statistics viewer of the PacketLogic client now exports statistics data to a comma-separated values (CSV) file. 

5. Improvements to Statistics Module
Such as 95th percentile, statistics linking, total graphs in system overview, depth limit on AS paths, remove virtual host distribution, shaping statistics, flexible statistics zooming, statistics peak analysis and more!

6. Quality Metrics (QoE) available in LiveView
The quality metric (QoE) in Statistics is now also available in real-time as a column in the Local Host, Service, and ServiceObject views in LiveView.