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QUICKSTARTGUIDENetflowAnalyzerwww.
manageengine.
com/products/netowINTRODUCTIONNetFlowAnalyzerisacompletetracanalysisandnetworkperformancemonitoringtoolthatleveragesowtechnologieslikeNetFlow,sFlow,IPFIX,NetStreamJ-Flow,AppFlow,andcFlowtoprovidereal-timevisibilityintonetworktracpatternsandbandwidthperformance.
NetFlowAnalyzersupportsallmajorvendordevices,includingCisco,EnterasysExtremeNetworks,HPProCurve,Huawei,Juniper,Riverbed,andmore.
UsingCiscotechnologieslikeNBAR,CBQoS,IPSLA,WAAS,andMedianet,NetFlowAnalyzerhelpsinapplicationrecognition;validatesQoSpolicies;monitorsperformancemetricslikejitter,latency,andpacketloss;andprovidesinsightontracoptimizationperformedbyyourCiscodevices.
SeeothersupporteddevicesPREINSTALLATIONNetFlowAnalyzerisanintegratedowcollectorandanalyzerthatcomesbundledwithPostgreSQLdatabaseandrequiresnoconguration.
TheproductalsosupportsMSSQLdatabase.
TherecommendedhardwarerequirementsforNetFlowAnalyzerarefoundbelow:NetFlowAnalyzersystemrequirementsParameterEssentialEditionEnterpriseEditionCenteralserverCollectorProcessor2.
4GHzquad-coreprocessor2.
4GHzdual-core3.
2GHzquad-coreRAM4GB4GB8GBHarddiskspace200GBfordatabase600GB1TBSATAharddiskOperatingsystem64-bit64-bit64-bitPleasenotethatchangeinowratewillleadtochangeinsystemrequirementsasfollows:Rateofow/secondProcessorRAMDiskspaceforaggregateddata(forever)Additionaldiskspaceforrawdata(optional)Servertype0to3k2.
4GHzQuad-CoreProcessor4GB200GB75GB/day-3kto6k3.
2GHzQuad-CoreProcessor6GB200GB150GB/day64-bit6kto9k3.
2GHzQuad-CoreProcessor8GB200GB225GB/day64-bit9kto10k3.
2GHzQuad-CoreProcessor16GB200GB250GB/day64-bit10kto25k3.
2GHzQuadCoreProcessor18GB225GB64-bitNote:Aggregateddataiscalculatedbasedonthetop100records.
ForthedeviceexportingNetFlow,ensurethattheNetFlowexportversionformatisthesameastheCiscoNetFlowversion5,7,or9.
ForinformationonCiscodevicesandiOSversionssupportingNetow,consulttheCiscoNetFlowDeviceSupporttable.
25kto50k3.
2GHzQuadCoreProcessor20GB250GB64-bit50kto75k3.
2GHzQuadCoreProcessor22GB250GB64-bit75kto100k3.
2GHzQuadCoreProcessor24GB300GB64-bit----SupportedoperatingsystemSupportedbrowsersSupporteddatabasesWindowsServer20177WindowsServer2016WindowsServer2012R1&R2Windows10Windows8Windows7WindowsVistaInternetExplorer10.
0&aboveMozilla30&aboveGoogleChrome35&abovePostgreSQL(bundledwiththeproduct)MSSQLSupportedversions:SQL2017|SQL2016|SQL2014|SQL2012|SQL2008WindowsServer2008R1&R2RedHatLinux6.
0&aboveCentOS6.
0&aboveFedora18&aboveDebianversion6.
0&aboveUbuntu126.
0&aboveSUSE10&aboveNote:NetFlowAnalyzerisanintegratedowcNetFlowAnalyzerthatrunsinbothWindowsandLinux;supportsNetFlowversions5,7,and9;sFlow;cowd;J-Flow;IPFIX;andNetStream.
NetFlowAnalyzerusesthefollowingports,andwerecommendthattheseportsarenotblockedorusedbyotherservices.
Theportnumbersmentionedbelowcanbechangedasperyournetworkrequirements.
Refertotheuserguideforadvancedproductinformation,orcontacttechnicalsupport.
ConnectionportsWebserverport:8060,TCP,toconnecttoNetFlowAnalyzerGUIfromawebbrowser.
NetFlowListenerport:9996,UDP,toreceiveNetFlowexportsfromrouters.
Embeddeddatabaseport:13306,toconnecttothePostgreSQLdatabaseinNetFlowAnalyzer.
MSSQLport:1433,portthatconnectsNetFlowAnalyzertoaSQLdatabase.
Wrapperport:32000-32999JVMport:31000-31999,toconnecttoWrapperInstallinginMicrosoftWindows:1.
Navigatetoyourdownloadlocation,andthenlaunchtheexecutablele.
2.
Inthewelcomescreenthatappears,clickNext.
3.
Acceptthetermsofthelicenseagreement,andclickYes.
4.
SelectTrialversionorFreeEditionandclickNext.
5.
Entertheinstallationlocation,andclickNext.
6.
Enterthewebserverportandlistenerport,thenclickNext.
7.
Registerfortechnicalsupport(optional),andclickNextorSkip.
8.
Ontheextractinglesscreen,selecttheback-enddatabaseforNetFlowAnalyzerandclickNext.
9.
ClickOKtoturnoantivirusscanners,andpreventthemfrominterferingwithdatabaseles.
10.
Theinstallationsummaryshouldbedisplayed.
ClickFinish.
INSTALLATIONInstallinginLinux:1.
DownloadtheBINleManageEngine_NetFlowAnalayzer64bit.
binandassignexecutepermissionusingthecommand:chmod777ManageEngine_NetFlowAnalayzer64bit.
bin2.
Executethefollowingcommand:.
/ManageEngine_NetFlowAnalayzer64bit.
bin-iconsoleDuringinstallationifyougetanerrormessagestatingthatthetempfolderdoesnothaveenoughspace,tryexecutingthiscommandwiththe-is:tempdiroption,wheresudo/ManageEngine_NetFlowAnalyzer_xxxx.
bin-is:tempdir(sudo.
/ManageEngine_NetFlowAnalyzer_xxxx.
bin-iconsole,fornon-x11machines)istheabsolutepathofanexistingdirectory.
Note:3.
FollowtheinstructionsastheyappearonthescreentosuccessfullyinstallNetFlowAnalyzerontoyourmachine.
POST-INSTALLATIONPrerequisite:Ifthereareanyantivirusscannersorautomaticbackupapplicationsrunning,theymightinterferewithdatabaselesandthenormalfunctioningofthedatabase.
Excludethehomedirectory,OpManager_homedirectory,fromantivirusscanners.
Ifthedatabaseisrunninginaremoteserver,networkconnectivityshouldbeuptoavoidthechanceofdataloss.
ConguringowexportsExportowcanbedoneintwoways:PredenedFlowExport,wherethedevicetypeandcongurationcommandsareauto-discovered.
CustomFlowExport,wheretheuserscanmanuallyenterthecongurationcommands.
AccessingNetFlowAnalyzerToaccessNetFlowAnalyzer,enterthefollowinginyourbrowser'saddressbar:http://localhost:8060orhttp://:Note:Ifyouhavechangedthedefaultwebserverport(8060)duringinstallation,usethatportnumberinsteadof8060.
DefaultlogincredentialsUsername:adminPassword:adminNote:Theusernameandpasswordcanbemodiedlater.
OncethedevicehasbeenconguredtoexportNetFlowpacketstotheserver,NetFlowAnalyzerwillreceivethepacketsandgeneratereportsautomatically.
LogintotheNetFlowAnalyzerwebclienttoviewNetFlowreports.
ViewingreportsPerformancetuningWerecommendtuningJavaandafewdatabaseparameterstoimprovetheperformanceofthesystem.
1.
Toaccessperformancetuningsettings,gotoAdmin>InstallationInfo.
2.
Clickonconguredheapsize,andeditit.
3.
Afteryouhaveupdatedthevalues,theserverhastoberestarted.
Tolearnmoreonperformancetuning,referthispage.
NetFlowAnalyzerlicensingisbasedonthenumberofinterfacestobemonitoredfromyourroutingandswitchingdevices.
Forexample,ifyouhave10devices,eachwith1LAN,1WAN,and1VLANinterface,youhaveatotalof30interfaces.
IfyouneedreportsforonlytheWANandVLANinterfacesfromeachdevice,thenyouneedalicensefor20interfaces.
It'sthemonitoredinterfacesthatcount,notthetotalnumberofinterfacesinyournetwork.
LicenseAfterthedownloadandinstallation,theproductrunsasafullyfeaturedtrialversion(excludingadd-ons)for30daysandthenswitchestotheFreeEdition.
TheFreeEditionallowsyoutomanageamaximumoftwointerfaceswithallthefeaturesoftheEssentialEdition.
FreeEditionTheEssentialEditionofNetFlowAnalyzerallowsyoutomanageamaximumofninterfaces(wherenisthenumberofinterfacesforwhichyouhavepurchasedtheNetFlowAnalyzerlicense).
EssentialEditionTheEnterpriseEditionisascalablebandwidthmonitoringsolutionthatinvolvesasingleCentralserverandnnumberofdistributedcollectorsbasedonthenumberofremotelocations.
ItcontainsallthefeaturesoftheEssentialEditionandalsoreportsonCBQoS,NBAR,NetFlowAnalyzer'sAdvancedSecurityAnalyticsModule,andCapacityPlanning.
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