NetFlow generation
Offload processing from routers and other production equipment to increase accuracy and efficiency, and consolidate NetFlow sources to reduce network traffic and simplify your monitoring architecture.
A better NetFlow solution
Real time insights
NetFlow is used to visualize traffic patterns on a network-wide basis. The NetFlow set of protocols enables statistics and traffic information for analyzing network data. Network engineers can gain real time insights into all of the underlying traffic while providing all necessary data feeds to applications, security and operations teams. This allows tracking of network growth based on number of routing devices, ports, or higher-bandwidth interfaces. Likewise, security analysis is augmented by tracking network traffic changes and anomalies.
NetFlow is often generated by routers and switches at key locations across the network. However, there are disadvantages to this approach including the performance impact on key production network routers/switches, the use of network bandwidth to transmit NetFlow records, and added complexity of collecting records from many sources across the network. Luckily, we have better NetFlow generation solutions.
While the NetFlow function native in routers and switches typically sample the data looking at anywhere from every second to every tenth packet, the HyperEngine packet processor, for example, can look at every packet.
Features
NetFlow performance up to 600G
real time processing across 1G / 10G / 25G / 40G / 100G feeds
Aggregate 1G / 10G / 25G / 40G / 100G inputs
Full or sampled traffic flow statistics
NetFlow v5, v9 and IPFIX
Generate up to 16 simultaneous NetFlow streams
Benefits
High performance NetFlow generation
Offload production routers/switches
Increase efficiency and save costs
Reduces network traffic and simplifies monitoring architecture
Scalable for very large networks
See it working
Schedule a demo today for access to our online demo center and see how easy it is to use IntellaView to set up NetFLow generation on live data and see how it can take your current monitoring to the next level.
Netflow hardware
Increase efficiency and lower costs
Our hardware platforms, processing up to 600G of throughput per blade, can be a primary NetFlow source for large networks, offloading processing from your production router network. It is a licensable feature on the following APCON hardware:
Ultra-high performance network visibility
IntellaView
The IntellaView platform monitors high-speed 100G network traffic and is an ideal, scalable source of NetFlow records for monitoring NetFlow traffic statistics on the world's highest speed networks.
NetFlow generating blades
IntellaView
HyperEngine Packet Processor
ACI-4033-E00-1
- real time processing across 1G / 10G / 25G / 40G / 100G feeds, supporting up to 600G total throughput
- Six packet processing service engines that can be run concurrently
- Application filtering, traffic shaping, pattern matching, packet deduplication, and NetFlow record generation
1G / 10G / 40G legacy platform
IntellaFlex XR
This modular system can scale to process terabytes of traffic for NetFlow, aggregating traffic from any 1G / 10G / 40G Ethernet ports in the system. Connect any traffic to the 16 service points for NetFlow source processing and each can be forwarded to up to 16 collectors.
NetFlow generating blades
IntellaFlex XR
HyperEngine
ACI-3033-E02-1
- Performance up to 200G
- 16 internal service points, 2 40G Ethernet ports
- Packet deduplication, NetFlow generation, tunnel termination, packet slicing, protocol header stripping, and pattern matching
IntellaView Solution Brief
Monitoring Cisco ACI fabrics
Cisco's Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) is a modernized approach to network management and monitoring that delivers an enhanced level of automation and scale.
Our IntellaView systems accommodate most ever-evolving network fabrics, like Cisco ACI, and the need for increasing port-counts of 40G and 100G environments. Learn how you can leverage APCON's network visibility solutions to maximize the profitability and performance of your tools and technologies.