Netflow Management Overview
NetFlow is a Cisco-developed flow technology that allows flow-monitoring for a given network. StableNet® is a unified network management system available in two options; namely, ‘Telco’ version for CSP/ISP/MSP customers, and ‘Enterprise’ for Corporations, Service Integrators, and Managed Services Operators. The StableNet® NetFlow Analyzer is a functional capability of the unified management system that receives and processes the flow-data being sent from the configured flow devices in the network. The flow-data is then subjected to deep-flow-analysis that results in a series of statistical and graphical real-time reporting. The reporting can be manipulated to detail-specific date/time ranges to be displayed in order to assist with troubleshooting-specific events that may have caused performance degradation or service loss.
This document will provide insight into the StableNet® Netflow capability and detail when Netflow is appropriate to be used and in what context it should be deployed.