nGenius® Collector

Delivers NetFlow and IP SLA-based data to the nGenius Performance Manager

Many IT professionals today are looking for ways to take advantage of the NetFlow and IP SLA data supplied by their routers and switches. These routers and switches when configured to generate NetFlow datagrams to measure router interface utilization and IP SLA tests to analyze network performance and availability between switch and router or between IP SLA-enabled device and end points such as application servers provide powerful network performance information. Many IT professionals are using the cost-effective approach of harnessing the NetFlow and IP SLA data already available in the network to lower network management costs. However, the required manipulation of the alpha-numeric data and manual analysis of the information has proven to be a cumbersome task, and IT professionals are looking for ways to improve on the collection, analysis and reporting of this NetFlow and IP SLA data.

NetScout’s nGenius Collectors work with nGenius analysis solutions and leverage the unique CDM architecture to meet these goals. The system allows for the collection, analysis and display of NetFlow, IP SLA, and MIB II information, along with data received from NetScout data collection devices, to be displayed in unified views and reports. The nGenius Performance Management System presents the NetFlow and IP SLA data, including conversation information in context with information from other sources across the network, automatically minimizing the time to analyze the data received from NetFlow and IP SLA-enabled devices.

• Application recognition and monitoring – Track well-known, custom-developed, complex applications, as well as, custom application port/server associations to provide a view of the application landscape
• Quality of Experience for VoIP measurements –Display the results of IP SLA tests including latency, jitter, packet loss, and mean opinion score (MOS) to gain a perspective of the experience end users are experiencing with voice deployments
• Response time analysis – Measure network and application response time metrics from IP SLA test results, providing valuable application delivery analysis and reporting
• Data collection and storage – Supports the nGenius System’s ability to collect, analyze and store NetFlow and IP SLA data as well as deliver the results in a unified user interface
• Alarming and event notification – Receive notifications for threshold violations to quickly detect and begin investigating the root cause of complex network issues

Read about the Key Features of nGenius Collector.