NetFlow Plug–in overview

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NetFlow Plug–in use Case

FAQs

I already have OpManager. Why do I need the NetFlow plug–in?

OpManager helps you to monitor health, availability, and performance of all devices and applications on your network. The NetFlow plug–in provides detailed information on network bandwidth usage with drill–down into specific applications, users, ports and conversations. This helps in determining the exact reason for bandwidth spikes and outages. The store of flow information thus collected also helps in important capacity planning decisions. The powerful OpManager & NetFlow Plug–in combination offers a complete network monitoring solution for your enterprise.

Which devices are supported by the NetFlow plug–in?

The NetFlow Plug–in leverages NetFlow^®, sFlow^®, IPFIX^® cflowd^®, J–Flow^®, rFlow^®, NetStream^® and Cisco NBAR^® information exported from routing – switching devices to provide in depth visibility into the top talkers and applications on your network. Click here for the detailed supported devices list.

How the NetFlow plug–in is licensed?

OpManager’s NetFlow plug–in is licensed based on the number of interfaces*. You have the option of purchasing a license for the required number of supported devices or critical interfaces. Check out our Pricing page for detailed pricing.

*Any Physical, Virtual, Sub, VLAN Interface is considered as an interface for licensing purpose.

Is the NetFlow plug–in a separate downloadable file and what is the prerequisite?

Yes. NetFlow plug-in is a separate downloadable (13 MB) file. (Click here to download the file)
The only prerequisite is, you should have OpManager 8000 build or later.

What installation platforms are supported?

For now, NetFlow plug–in supports only Windows installation (.exe).

Does the NetFlow Plug–in need a separate database?

NetFlow plug–in uses the same MySQL⁄MS–SQL instance of OpManager for storing the collected data.

I’m already an OpManager customer, how can I evaluate NetFlow plug–in? Or I’m evaluating OpManager now, how can I get NetFlow plug–in?

• Download OpManager’s NetFlow plug–in from (download tab link)
• Shutdown OpManager Service.
• Double click OpManager’s NetFlow plug–in exe file. (You have to install NetFlow plug–in in OpManager server only)
• Follow the on–screen instructions to complete the installation process.
• Start the OpManager Service.

To start monitoring NetFlow, follow the steps below:

• Add the device in OpManager and
• Start exporting flow packets from the device to OpManager server in port 9996 (Default listening port, configurable)

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NetFlow Plug–in overview

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NetFlow Plug–in use Case

The list of supported devices from various vendors and the type of flows they export.
Vendor	Supported Flows	Device List
Cisco	NetFlow	Cisco – 800, 1700, 2600, 1800, 2800, 3660, 3800, 4500, 6500, 7200, 7300, 7500, 7600, 10000, 12000, CRS–1 more cisco devices
3Com	NetFlow	8800 Series Switches
Adtran	NetFlow	NetVanta 3200, 3305, 4305, 5305, 1524, 1624, 3430, 3448, 3130, 340, and 344
Riverbed	NetFlow	Refer Riverbed website
Enterasys	NetFlow	Refer Enterasys website
Extreme Networks	NetFlow	Alpine 3800 series, BlackDiamond 6800 series, BlackDiamond 8800 series, BlackDiamond 10808, BlackDiamond 12804C, BlackDiamond 12804R, Summit X450 Series, Summit i series
MikroTik	NetFlow	Refer Website
Foundry Networks	NetFlow, sFlow	BigIron series, FastIron series, IronPoint series, NetIron series, SecureIron series, ServerIron series
Juniper Networks	NetFlow, J–Flow	Refer Juniper Networks website
Huawei	NetStream	Refer Huawei website
H3C	NetStream	Refer H3C website
Nortel	IPFIX	5500 & 8600 Series
AlaxalA Networks	sFlow	AX7800R , AX7800S , AX7700R , AX5400S
Alcatel	sFlow	OmniSwitch 6850 , OmniSwitch 9000
Allied Telesis	sFlow	SwitchBlade 7800R series , SwitchBlade 7800S series , SwitchBlade 5400S series
Comtec Systems	sFlow	!–Rex 16Gi & 24Gi & 24Gi–Combo
Force10 Networks	sFlow	E series
Hewlett–Packard	sFlow	ProCurve 2800 series , ProCurve 3400cl series , ProCurve 3500yl series , ProCurve 4200vl series , ProCurve 5300xl series , ProCurve 5400zl series , ProCurve 6200yl series , ProCurve 6400cl series , ProCurve 9300m series , ProCurve Routing Switch 9408sl
Hitachi	sFlow	GR4000 , GS4000 , GS3000
NEC	sFlow	IP8800⁄R400 series , IP8800⁄S400 series , IP8800⁄S300 series
DD–WRT	rFlow	Refer Website

Cisco IOS Software Release Version	Supported Cisco Hardware Platforms
11.1CA, 11.1CC	Cisco 7200 and 7500 series, RSP 7200 series
12.0	Cisco 1720, 2600, 3600, 4500, 4700, AS5800 RSP 7000 and 7200 series uBR 7200 and 7500 series RSM series
12.0T, 12.0S	Cisco 1720, 2600, 3600, 4500, 4700, AS5800 RSP 7000 and 7200 series uBR 7200 and 7500 series RSM series, MGX8800RPM series, and BPx8600 series
12.0(3)T, 12.0(3)S	Cisco 1720, 2600, 3600, 4500, 4700, AS5300, AS5800 RSP 7000 and 7200 series uBR 7200 and 7500 series RSM series, MGX8800RPM series, and BPx8650 series
12.0(4)T	Cisco 1400, 1600, 1720, 2500, 2600, 3600, 4500, 4700, AS5300, AS5800 RSP 7000 and 7200 series uBR 7200 and 7500 series RSM series, MGX8800RPM series, and BPx8650 series
12.0(4)XE	Cisco 7100 series
12.0(6)S	Cisco 12000 series