Visual Network Systems

NetFlow Tracker

Best in Class Anomaly Detection and Forensic Analysis using NetFlow

At a Glance

• Gain insight into how traffic usage is impacting network and application performance with actionable visibility that goes beyond simple Top N reporting
• Security forensics and anomaly detection capabilities allow you to quickly understand the impact of voice, viruses, hacking, multicast, DNS, peer-to-peer and worms
• Supports NetFlow V1,5,7,9, Flexible NetFlow, IPFIX, sFlow, jFlow, and cFlow
• 100% web-based, fully URL controllable
• Available as software only or as a turnkey solution on purpose built hardened Linux appliance with no susceptibility to virus attacks, worms, etc.
• Quick and simple access from high level summaries down to individual flows

NetFlow Tracker exposes what TopN reporting tools can't show you in a scalable solution that provides 1 minute granularity that includes the full flow record, not partial or summarized information. NetFlow Tracker provides complete coverage leveraging an existing data source already embedded within the network.

Delivering Business Value
Deploy New Applications and WAN Service

• Reduce user impact by understanding network readiness
• Compare current application usage to historical baselines
• Monitor bandwidth allocation and protocol makeup for all traffic

Manage Planned Changes and Unexpected Events

• Proactively identify resource usage and abuse
• Validate the impact of change (Network and application)
• Immediately identify the affected resources (Network, server or application)

Solve Performance Problems Faster

• View and report on every conversation, host and protocol traversing the network
• Identify Quality of Service misconfigurations
• Understand the severity and impact of problems

Optimize Converged Voice, Video and Data Networks

• Leverage existing infrastructure
• Reduce trouble ticket MTTR
• Lower helpdesk call volume

Reporting

NetFlow Tracker reports are grouped by category for quick access: Address, Session, QoS, Network, Interface, Traffic Identification, Full Flow Forensics, All Reports.

NetFlow Tracker also provides two Network Overview reports (Real Time and Long Term) giving you a top visibility of your most used devices, Interfaces and Applications.

Real-Time (all flows)

• By default 1 minute resolution stored for 14 days
• Archived (all flows)
• 1 minute resolution stored forever (dependent only on disk space)

Whatever report you choose be it Real Time, Historical or Custom, you can schedule them to be sent by email or saved to a folder.