nGenius Collector

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Achieving a comprehensive monitoring strategy

The nGenius Collector 3400 series is a high-capacity appliance that collects consistent flow-based data from enabled routers and switches such as CiscoNetFlow, Juniper J-Flow, Huawei NetStream and sFlow.The appliance analyzes flow datagrams, generates key metadata and maps this information for display and reporting from NETSCOUT’s NetFlow Analysis Solution for use in assuring the delivery of application services.

IT regularly faces the extraordinary challenge of data collection within an existing infrastructure of routers and switches. With NETSCOUT’s highly scalable nGenius Collector, you can effectively and cost-efficiently collect readily available flow data from up to 5000 flow-enabled router or switch interfaces per appliance.

Benefits

Pervasive Network Visibility

Extend your network visibility beyond data centers and in remote areas of your network with Flow, Netflow, J-Flow information and MIB-II, IP SLA, and IPPING data based data.

Efficient Threat Investigation

nGenius Collector integrates with nGenius for Flows and nGeniusOne software for fast, easy analysis of Flow data for identification of threats.

Rapidly Analyze Packet Based Data

The nGenius for Flows solution analyzes Flow-based data, as well as MIB-II, IP SLA, and IPPING data gathered by nGenius Collector hardware and virtual appliances. Massive amounts of packet based data are turned into actionable insights.

We are solving a lot more problems with the nGenius solution than we did before we had it.

Fortune 500 Banking Institution

Features

Converts flow records into usable Smart Data

nGenius Collector converts flow records into a common data model that is usable by the nGenius Flow Solution.
Analyzes many types of Flow data
Flow records analyzed by the NETSCOUT solution flows include:
- Source and destination IP addresses
- Type of service bit or Differentiated Services Code Point (ToS or DSCP)
Provides Specific Statistics and Priorities
Provides information related to application conversation data and traffic priorities for specific applications
- Application port numbers
- Autonomous System Numbers (ASN)

Here the Traffic Monitor function of nGeniusONE shows data on the Top Ten Hosts which a particular nGenius Collector has gathered from Netflow.

Converts flow records into usable Smart Data

nGenius Collector converts flow records into a common data model that is usable by the nGenius Flow Solution.

Here nGeniusONE again displays information gathered from Netflow by an nGenius Collector - in this case basic network stats are shown from multiple nGenius Collectors across the top of the screen, and the Top Ten Applications are shown in pie graph in the lower left.

Analyzes many types of Flow data

Flow records analyzed by the NETSCOUT solution flows include:

Source and destination IP addresses
Type of service bit or Differentiated Services Code Point (ToS or DSCP)

Here nGeniusONE displays the Top Ten Conversations by bitrate; good basic Troubleshooting information, easily gathered from Netflow by an nGenius Collector.

Provides Specific Statistics and Priorities

Provides information related to application conversation data and traffic priorities for specific applications