Improve business performance with insights
A more granular understanding of how bandwidth is being used offers many benefits. Packet and byte interface counters are of course useful. But understanding which IP addresses are the source and destination of traffic as well as which applications are generating the traffic is invaluable.
The ability to characterise IP traffic to understand how and where it flows is critical for network availability, performance and troubleshooting. Monitoring IP traffic flows facilitates more accurate capacity planning and ensures that resources are used appropriately in support of organisational goals.
It helps IT determine where to apply Quality of Service (QoS), optimise resource usage. And it plays a vital role in network security to detect Denial-of-Service (DoS) attacks, network-propagated worms, and other undesirable network events.
NetFlow provides individual packet inspection. So that you have a true picture of network activity, rather than sporadic snapshots that may miss critical events.
Get multi-layered visibility into your network with Cisco Network Awareness Module and Netflow. Gain insights from the analytics inherent in your network to optimise network resources, troubleshoot performance issues and deliver consistent performance levels.
So that you can:
See comprehensive traffic statistics, application, voice, and video performance metrics through easy to manage interactive dashboards with intuitive workflows, contextual navigation, and one-click captures.
The insightful packet captures, advanced filters, and error scan enables detailed troubleshooting.
Enable faster troubleshooting and reduce network downtime by visually displaying every element of the network path from your source to your destination with Cisco Path Trace.
Leveraging the insights enables you to:
Deploy in the cloud with a virtual appliance to monitor hosted workloads at remote sites to characterise the end-user experience, or just about anywhere in the network to eliminate blind spots.
Using Cisco's Netflow you can deliver mission critical, performance sensitive services and applications.
NetFlow is an embedded instrumentation within Cisco IOS Software to characterise network operation. NetFlow gives you visibility into the network - an indispensable tool for IT professionals.
Truly understand who, what, when, where, and how network traffic is flowing to improve business process and get an audit trail of how the network is utilised.
Harnessing this information will enable you to lower costs and allows efficient operation of the network. This also drives higher business revenues by better utilisation of the network infrastructure.
NetFlow can be used by Enterprises, Small and Medium-sized Businesses (SMBs), and Channel Partners to meet critical network challenges.
With this information NetFlow faciliates solutions to many common problems that you may face in managing your network:
Analyse new applications and their network impact: Identify new application network loads such as VoIP or remote site additions.
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