Note: Evaluators can run Central server and Collector in the same machine. Evaluators do not need these configuration for a evalution setup. Kindly go through the evaluator's guide for details.
Central Server Hardware Configuration
No. of Interfaces
Processor
RAM
Hard-disk
Operating System
250 to 600
Dual core
3 GB
600 GB SATA
Windows / Linux 32 bit
600 to 1000
Quad core
4 GB
1.5 TB SATA with RAID 0
Windows / Linux 32 bit
1000 to 2500
Quad core
8 GB
3 TB SCSI with RAID 0
Windows / Linux 32 or 64 bit
Greater than 2500
Quad core
16 GB
6 TB SAS with RAID 0
Windows / Linux 64 bit
Collector Hardware Configuration
No. of Interfaces
Processor
RAM
Hard-disk
Operating System
Up to 600
Dual core
2 GB
80 GB
Windows / Linux 32 bit
600 to 2000
Quad core
4 GB
100 GB
Windows / Linux 32 bit
The recommended software requirements for installing
and running NetFlow Analyzer Enterprise Edition are as follows:
Supported Operating
Systems
Supported Browsers
Windows Vista
Windows 2000 Server
Windows 2000 Professional with SP 4
Windows 2003 Server with SP 2
Windows XP with SP 2
Windows 2008 Server with SP 1
Linux
Internet Explorer 5.5 and above
Firefox 1.x
Netscape 7.0 and above
Mozilla 1.5 and above
Note: NetFlow Analyzer Enterprise Edition supports NetFlow® versions
5/7/9,sFlow®, J-Flow®, IPFIX®, NetStream®. For router and switch specifications refer the Configuring
Cisco Devices section of the User
Guide.
As a network manager you need to be on top of your network to be in control of the day-to-day happenings in your network. Especially, with more and more businesses being increasingly dependent on the internet, it is very vital that you are in total control of your network.Any network outage has to be quickly attended to and fixed right away. More importantly any network incidents has to be pro-actively attended to. NetFlow Analyzer with its proactive alerting mechanisms ensure that you are informed of any network exceptions as it happens. Also the drill down features let you quickly pin down the cause of any network problems and troubleshoot faster.
It is also very essential that you ensure your business critical applications are not starved off bandwidth while non-critical activities like music downloads hog the available bandwidth. By giving you an indepth visibility in to your network and the bandwidth usage statistics you can appropriately set QoS policies. It is also possible to categorize applications that consume bandwidth by port, protocol and IP address. This way you can be fully empowered to ensure that the business critical applications always have the required bandwidth.
As a network administrator you need to have all the reports to take the right decision. Especially when it comes to bandwidth capacity planning decisions the stakes involved are high and even a small mistake can cost huge money. NetFlow Analyzer with its long range historical reporting lets you take the right decisions. Also as a network administrator you need to have periodic reporting to understand how the network is performing. NetFlow Analyzer's automatic report generation feature at scheduled time periods help you with just that.
Should you need any specific information at any point in time, you could just access the application for a quick snapshot. NetFlow Analyzer's dashboard presnet you with all the vital metrics you need to eb aware on as an administrator. You could drill down on it for any further infromation on any specific element of your network.
