ManageEngine™ NetFlow Analyzer Enterprise
Edition Read Me
Welcome to the ManageEngine NetFlow Analyzer Enterprise Edition Collector Read Me. This Read Me
file contains information about the current release, along with system
requirements and installation instructions for the Windows and Linux
builds of NetFlow Analyzer.
About ManageEngine NetFlow Analyzer
ManageEngine NetFlow Analyzer is a web-based bandwidth monitoring
tool that collects NetFlow & sFlow data exported from routing
devices, and uses
it to analyze and report on IP traffic across the network. With instant
reports on top applications, protocols, conversations, and hosts,
NetFlow Analyzer gives you valuable insight into bandwidth usage in
your enterprise without the complexity and expense involved in a
traditional WAN analysis setup.
For more information on NetFlow Analyzer, visit http://www.netflowanalyzer.com/ee
For more information on Cisco® NetFlow Services visit http://www.cisco.com/go/netflow
This Read Me is divided into the following sections:
- Release Features
- System Requirements
- Installation and Setup
- Contact Information
2.0 Release Features
NetFlow Analyzer 7.2.0 (Build 7200) includes the following:
Major Features
- Cisco ASA support (ISO version 8.2 onwards).
NetFlow Analyzer 7.1.0 (Build 7100) includes the following:
Major Features
- Speed and volume based billing lets you chargeback and helpful in accounting.
- Performance has been improved
NetFlow Analyzer 7.0.0 (Build 7000) includes the following:
Major Features
- Reporting on CBQoS - Useful for monitoring class based pre and
post policy traffic usage, class based drops and queuing.
- Customizable dashboards for users with Operator & Guest
privilege.
- IP group Include / Exclude - Ability to create IP groups with
exclude IP address option.
- Option to view scheduled reports that were generated earlier from
the user interface itself.
- Ability to view graphs for any conversation.
- Business Hour Alerts - Alerts are generated only during the
specified hours.
- Ensures that traffic is not double counted in case of ESP tunnels.
- Flow Filter Settings - Option to suppress output interface
accounting on user defined interfaces.Useful when working with WAN
accelerators.
- Option to add a new report permanently under Report Selection box.
- Ability to sort data of Routers by IN/OUT Utilization, IN/OUT
Speed, Alert count etc.
- Ability to add TCP_APP applications from the conversation tab.
- Option to select all devices including any new devices that will
be added in future while associating a device group to
a new user.
- Option to keep you signed in when ever access NetFlow Analyzer
web client
NetFlow Analyzer 6.5.0 (Build
6500) includes the following:
Major Features
- Failover - Automatic data backup and crash recovery
- Real time reports with graphs. Updates spontaneously as the data
is received
- Ability to see the devices in a hierarchical manner
- Ability to view the reports / graphs according to user timezone
- Lets the user view the top 100 and 200 Autonomous System
- Ability to group interfaces across the routers
- Ability to create alerts for IP groups
- Page is refreshed automatically every minute
- Ability to remove the disabled collectors from the database
NetFlow Analyzer 6.0.0 (Build
6000) includes the following:
Major Features
- Support for grouping multiple interfaces together and
create logical monitoring entities
- Support for grouping your existing
applications together
- IN and OUT traffic details available with 1 minute granularity
for upto 1 year
- Selectable graphs for traffic - ability to select on the graphs
for easier drill down
- Support for storing mysql data directory on SAN storage
NetFlow Analyzer 5.4.0 (Build
5400) includes the following:
Major Features
- Support for Cisco NBAR technology for advanced application
recognition
- Support for Alert generation upon Link-Down
NetFlow Analyzer 5.3.0 (Build
5300) includes the following:
Major Features
- Supports NetFlow V9 in addition to V5 and V7.
- Support for TOS & DSCP Mapping
NetFlow Analyzer 5.2.0 (Build
5200) includes the following:
Major Features
- Support for sFlow brought in
NetFlow Analyzer 5.0.0 (Build
5010) includes the following:
Major Features
- Support for Smart UpdateManager (SUM) brought in
- Performance Improvement related enhancements
NetFlow Analyzer 5.0.0 (Build
5001) included the following:
General Features
- Support for NetFlow version 5 & version 7 exports
- Supports secure https communication to contact central server.
- Supports reliable data transfer to central server
2. System Requirements
The specifications of your system depends on the number of routers
sending NetFlow exports to NetFlow Analyzer, as well as how busy the
actual router is. The minimum requirements for the system on which
NetFlow Analyzer needs to be installed are given below.
Hardware Requirements
The minimum hardware requirements for NetFlow Analyzer to start
running are listed below.
- 32 bit machine
- 2.4GHz, Dual Processor
- 4 GB RAM
- 20 GB disk space
Supported Platforms
- Windows 2003 server SP-2
- Windows Vista
- Linux
Supported Web Browsers
- Internet Explorer 6 and above
- Mozilla Firefox 1.5 and above
Note on NetFlow Support:
Refer the User
Guide for information on NetFlow export.
3. Installation and Setup
Detailed installation instructions are given in Installation
and Setup section of the User Guide. Router setup information is
also included in the same document. Specific sections include,
4. Contact Information
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