ManageEngine™ NetFlow Analyzer Enterprise Edition-ReadMe

Welcome to the ManageEngine NetFlow Analyzer Enterprise Edition for Central server 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 Enterprise Edition, visit http://www.netflowanalyzer.com/ee
For more information on Cisco® NetFlow Services visit http://www.cisco.com/go/netflow

1. Release Features
   • 7.2.0- Build 7200
   • 7.1.0 - Build 7100
   • 7.0.0 - Build 7000
     
   • 6.5.0 - Build 6500
   • 6.0.0 - Build 6000
   • 5.4.0 - Build 5400
   • 5.3.0 - Build 5300
   • 5.2.0 - Build 5200
   • 5.0.0 - Build 5010
   • 5.0.0 - Build 5001
2. System Requirements
3. Installation and Setup
4. Contact Information

2.0 Release Features

NetFlow Analyzer 7.2.0 (Build 7200) includes the following:

Major Features

1. Cisco ASA support (ISO version 8.2 onwards).

NetFlow Analyzer 7.1.0 (Build 7100) includes the following:

Major Features

1. Speed and volume based billing lets you chargeback and helpful in accounting.
2. Performance has been improved

NetFlow Analyzer 7.0.0 (Build 7000) includes the following:

Major Features

1. Reporting on CBQoS - Useful for monitoring class based pre and post policy traffic usage, class based drops and queuing.
2. Customizable dashboard for users with Operator & Guest privilege.
3. IP group Include / Exclude - Ability to create IP groups with exclude IP address option.
4. Option to view scheduled reports that were generated earlier from the user interface itself.
5. Ability to view graphs for any conversation.
6. Business Hour Alerts - Alerts are generated only during the specified hours.
7. Ensures that traffic is not double counted in case of ESP tunnels.
8. Flow Filter Settings  - Option to suppress output interface accounting on user defined interfaces.Useful when working with WAN accelerators.
9. Option to add a new report permanently under Report Selection box.
10. Ability to sort data of Routers by IN/OUT Utilization, IN/OUT Speed, Alert count etc.
11. Ability to add TCP_APP applications from the conversation tab.
12. Option to select all devices including any new devices that will be added in future while associating a device group to a new user.
13. Option to keep you always signed in to the NetFlow Analyzer web client.

NetFlow Analyzer 6.5.0 (Build 6500) includes the following:

Major Features

1. Failover - Automatic data backup and crash recovery
2. Real time reports with graphs. Updates spontaneously as the data is received
3. Ability to see the devices in a hierarchical manner
4. Ability to view the reports / graphs according to user timezone
5. Lets the user view the top 100 and 200 Autonomous System
6. Ability to group interfaces across the routers
7. Ability to create alerts for IP groups
8. Page is refreshed automatically every minute
9. Ability to remove the disabled collectors from the database
10. Ability to physically locate your network resources on a map

NetFlow Analyzer 6.0.0 (Build 6000) includes the following:

Major Features

1. Support for grouping multiple interfaces together and create logical monitoring entities
2. Support for grouping your existing applications together
3. IN and OUT traffic details available with 1 minute granularity for upto 1 year
4. Selectable graphs for traffic - ability to select on the graphs for easier drill down
5. Support for storing mysql data directory on SAN storage

NetFlow Analyzer 5.4.0 (Build 5400) includes the following:

Major Features

1. Support for Cisco NBAR technology for advanced application recognition
2. Support for Alert generation upon Link-Down

NetFlow Analyzer 5.3.0 (Build 5300) includes the following:

Major Features

1. Supports NetFlow V9 in addition to V5 and V7.
2. Support for TOS & DSCP Mapping

NetFlow Analyzer 5.2.0 (Build 5200) includes the following:

Major Features

1. Support for sFlow brought in

NetFlow Analyzer 5.0.0 (Build 5010) includes the following:

Major Features

1. Support for Smart UpdateManager (SUM) brought in
2. Performance Improvement related enhancements

NetFlow Analyzer 5.0.0 (Build 5001) included the following:

General Features

1. Support for NetFlow version 5  & version 7 exports
2. Web-based interface for viewing the network as well as performing administrative tasks
3. Configurable applications and application ports
4. Support for logical grouping of routers
5. Three user levels with different privileges, to enable managing of groups

Graphs & Reports

1. Instant graphs of network utilization per network interface
2. Daily, weekly, and monthly reports showing current, average, and peak traffic patterns on an interface, as well as percentage utilization
3. Reports on Top Applications, Top Sources & Destinations, and Top Conversations
4. Resolvable source & destination addresses
5. Reports include protocol & bandwidth utilization information
6. Subnet-based and IP range-based reports
7. Consolidated reports to show Top Application, Top Source, and Top Destination for an interface in one report

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 server to start running are listed below.

• 32 bit machine
• 3.2 GHz, Quad processor
• 4 GB RAM
• Hard Disk - SCSI with RAID 0 configuration and 500 GB disk space for the database

To monitor more than 5000 interfaces, usage of 64-bit machine with Quad processor 16 GB RAM is recommended.

Supported Platforms

• Windows 2003 server SP-2
• Windows Vista
• Linux

Supported Web Browsers

• Internet Explorer 6.0 and above
• Mozilla Firefox 1.5 and above

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,

• Installing NetFlow Analyzer
• Starting and Shutting Down

4. Contact Information