If you are looking for a complete Network monitoring solution to monitor the performance and traffic through your network devices, here is a powerful Network Forensics and Fault Management tool called OpManager and NetFlow Plug-IN along with it.
This section is more about NetFlow Plug-IN for OpManager and difference between NetFlow Plug-IN and standalone version of NetFlow Analyzer.
ManageEngine OpManager Overview :-
ManageEngine’s OpManager is a powerful and an advanced performance and fault management tool which monitors network resources like Routers, Switches, Firewall, Domain Controllers, Virtual servers, Servers, Desktop, WAN links, VoIP call Path etc.
It reports on various entities like CPU, Memory, Health, Response time, Errors etc. OpManager also alerts if there is network link down, latency, delay etc. To know more about OpManager, click here
NetFlow Plug-IN :-
NetFlow Plug-IN is a bandwidth monitoring tool which helps you make an in-depth analysis of your network traffic. It can generate reports and give you information about top talkers in the network by application, ports, hosts and also give information on bandwidth utilization.
NetFlow Plug-IN uses the NetFlow packets that are exported from the router to generate reports for top applications,top conversation and etc happening on the network.
NetFlow Plug-IN can work with devices that support NetFlow and some additional flows which are vendor-dependent. You can find the supported device list by clicking here.
Installation:-
NetFlow Plug-IN for OpManager can be installed only on top of OpManager installation. It supports both Windows and Linux Platform.
Advantage of using Plug-IN:-
Following are advantage of using NetFlow Plug-IN :
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Tight Integration with ManageEngine OpManager.
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In depth Traffic Reports can be viewed inside the OpManager UI (Less Page Navigation).
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Does not require an extra hardware for NetFlow Collection.
Difference Between NetFlow Plug-IN and Stand Alone NetFlow Analyzer :-
There is no difference between these 2 editions from a feature point of view. NetFlow Plug-IN has all the functionality of a standalone version of NetFlow Analyzer.
NetFlow Plug-IN Scalability part is slightly lesser than the standalone version of NetFlow Analyzer.
The below given chart explains the difference between these 2 editions:
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Features |
NetFlow Plug-IN For OpManager |
Stand Alone NetFlow Analyzer |
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Customizable Dashboard |
Yes |
Yes |
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Alerts |
Yes |
Yes |
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Device grouping |
Yes |
Yes |
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Real time traffic reports |
Yes |
Yes |
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Capacity Planning report |
Yes |
Professional Plus |
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CISCO WAAS Reports |
Yes |
Yes |
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IP Groups |
Yes |
Yes |
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CISCO CBQOS |
Add On |
Professional Plus |
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CISCO NBAR |
Yes |
Professional Plus |
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Billing |
Add On |
Professional Plus |
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Schedule Reports |
Yes |
Yes |
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IPSLA |
Add-on for OpManager |
Add-on |
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ASAM |
Add-on |
Add-on |
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Scalability |
Scales up to 300 interfaces |
Scales up to 600 interfaces |
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Supported OS |
Windows & Linux |
Windows & Linux |
Network Administrator who is willing to see Performance monitoring and traffic analytics in one single console can prefer OpManager NetFlow Plug-IN.
Download OpManager and NetFlow Plug-IN
Regards
Praveen Kumar V
NetFlow Analyzer Technical Team
Thts a solid post with plenty of information…OPM + NFA Plug-In is killer combination in-terms of value for money…And thanks to ManageEngine for rolling out the NFA plugin for Linux environments.