What's New in this Release?

The latest release of NetFlow Analyzer (7.0) can be downloaded from the website at http://www.netflowanalyzer.com/download.html

New Features in Release 7.0

Feature Description

Reporting on Cisco CBQoS Useful for monitoring class based pre and post policy traffic usage, class based drops and queuing

Authentication using radius server Useful for centralzed controlling of access to resources in a network by a single global set of credentials

Ability to create IP groups with exclude IP address option One could bulk load IP groups and selectively remove unwanted IP groups

DNS resolving enhancement of source and destination addresses Faster retrieval of DNS names made possible

Support for user configurable DNS names for IP addresses Customizable DNS names helps in easier management of the network

Usage based billing Generation of periodic bills for accounting and for charge-back.

Reporting on source network and destination network This allows the user to view the source networks, destination networks and conversation between them.

Different IN and OUT speed can be configured for interfaces Helps in setting appropriate speed for IN and OUT interfaces

Support for exporting reports to CSV Helps in easier maintenance of data for historical reporting besides the flexibility to import in XLS sheets for any analyzis

Sorting on the Autonomous Systems view for easier tracking and for peering arrangement Ability to group together applications into a single logical entity

Option to exclude ESP_App on user defined interfaces Ensures that traffic is not double counted in case of ESP tunnels.

Option to suppress output interface accounting on user defined interfaces Useful when working with WAN accelarators

Quick view traffic graph in Dashboard view Offers Enhanced usability

Graphs enhanced to one min granularity and also to real-time in Network Snapshot Offers a more realistic reporting of the network health for quicker action to avoid any network eventuality

Ability to set snmp parameters globally for all routers Offers the flexibility to avoid havign to set the same SNMP parameters on each individual router

Support for sorting of interfaces based on usage in Dashboard View Helps in easier viewing of interfaces based on maximum/minimum bandwidth usage and for appropriate action

User management enhanced to provide last login time and current login status for all users Helps individual users to quickly confirm that one's login credentials have not been compromised

Support for configuring alerts on interface groups. Interface groups can be used for checking the router traffic (by combining all the interfaces into a single group)

User permission can be granted at a interface group level. This feature would enable providing permission at an interface level while creating a user.

Look and feel changed The user interface has been changed for a better user experience

Localization supported NetFlow Analyzer supports French, German, Chinese and Japanese.

New Features in Release 6.0

Feature	Description
sFlow Support	Support for sFlow data capture and reporting
Selectable Graph	Option to click and drag on the graph for easier drilldown
Real-Time Reports	Real time reports with graphs. Updates immediately as the data is received
Link Down alert	Alerting feature enhanced to send an alert when link goes down or when no flows are received for 15 minutes
Enhanced Granularity	IN and OUT traffic (in bytes and packets) for each interface maintained with 1 minute granularity for upto 1 year
Performance improvement	Performance improvement in IP group classification engine
Google Map Integration	Integration with Google Maps for a better view of the network
Application Grouping	Ability to group together applications into a single logical entity
DSCP Mapping	Ability to report on DSCP mapping

New Features in Release 5.5.0

Feature	Description
NBAR based Reporting	NBAR(Network Based Application Recognition) - By intelligent classification of traffic lets you set QoS standard.
Scheduling of Reports	Allows setting of time intervals at which network traffic reports are generated automatically and mailed to desired recipient(s).
NetFlow V9 Support	Basic V9 support.
Associating IP address to application	Associate IP address to an application in addition to port & protocol.
Create Interface Groups	Ability to group interfaces together and monitor traffic.
ToS & TCP_flag	Reports based on TCP flags & TOS can be generated from the Trouble-shooting page.

New Features in Release 5.0

Feature	Description
Threshold-based Alerting	Set up alerts based on link utilization and send emails or SNMP Traps when thresholds are exceeded.
Troubleshooting	Retain raw data for longer time periods (up to 2 weeks) to enable increased visibility into traffic data for troubleshooting and alerts.
Support link	Wide range of options to contact technical support in case of any problems running NetFlow Analyzer.
Enhanced Router Settings	Specify whether router details need to be fetched based on IfName, IfAlias or IfDescription value.
Dashboard View Filter	Filter Dashboard Interface View to display only those interfaces exceeding specific values of incoming or outgoing traffic.
Traffic Graph Filters	Filter daily and weekly traffic graphs to show hour-based traffic details.
Enhanced IP Group Management	Specify interfaces when creating IP groups to further filter traffic details for an IP group.
Localized Versions	NetFlow Analyzer supports French, German, and Spanish along with Chinese and Japanese.

Features in Previous Releases (4.0 to 4.0.2)

Feature	Description
Web-based interface	Generate reports and perform administrative tasks from just a web browser
Support for NetFlow export versions	As of release 4.0.2, NetFlow Analyzer includes support for NetFlow version 5 and version 7 exports
Simply "turn on" NetFlow	Simply configure NetFlow export on your router or switch, and see it automatically added on the Dashboard
Real-time Traffic Graphs	View instant graphs of bandwidth utilization per network interface as soon as NetFlow data is received
Historical Trend Reports	Generate daily, weekly, monthly, and custom time period bandwidth reports showing peak traffic patterns
Bandwidth Usage Reports	View reports showing top applications, top hosts, and top conversations using bandwidth
Consolidated Reports	View bandwidth reports per interface, showing all details on bandwidth usage for that interface
Autonomous Systems Reports	View AS and peering information for routers configured with BGP (useful for service providers)
NetFlow Devices	Categorize devices exporting NetFlow into logical groups and monitor them exclusively
IP Groups	Create departments based on IP addresses, ports, protocols, or interfaces and generate specific bandwidth usage reports
Application Configuration	Identify most standard applications out-of-the-box and configure custom applications to recognize specific traffic
User management	Add users with different privileges, assign device groups, and selectively allow access
Localized setup	NetFlow Analyzer can be installed and run in Chinese and Japanese languages, with support for more languages being added frequently. Check the website for the latest list of languages localized, and also contribute to translation works.