Appliance analyses network traffic

ReporterAnalyzer is a flexible traffic analysis appliance that allows network managers to understand how application traffic is impacting network performance.

ReporterAnalyzer is a flexible traffic analysis appliance that allows network managers to understand how application traffic is impacting network performance.

Primarily deployed in large and medium enterprises, ReporterAnalyzer quickly monitors WAN and LAN interfaces across the entire enterprise in a scalable, extremely cost-effective manner through the collection and analysis of Cisco IOS NetFlow information.

ReporterAnalyzer provides an unprecedented, broad based view of network performance allowing network managers to see what applications are using bandwidth, who is using them and when.

A network manager can view traffic measurements by application, host and conversation, providing the information needed for WAN cost reduction, network capacity planning, traffic analysis and troubleshooting.

ReporterAnalyzer stores and reports on enterprise-wide NetFlow data for one full year.

The ability to store, analyse and trend on comprehensive performance data for up to one full year is critical to ensure network managers and architects make the right network decisions for the enterprise.

ReporterAnalyzer offers unparalleled flexibility to create customisable traffic analysis groups such as protocol groups, interface groups, subnets group, a specific site-to-site group, type of service groups or other group criteria prior to analysis.

Users can then trend network traffic based on rate, volume or utilisation on any collection of user defined group or groups across the enterprise network.

Through this visibility, ReporterAnalyzer enables network managers to make informed traffic routing and policy decisions based on comprehensive and precise network traffic data.

The benefits of such visibility includes potential savings in bandwidth upgrades on links, improved design and performance of IT expansion projects, improved network troubleshooting capability and improved network security monitoring.

The ReporterAnalyzer custom reports feature enables groupings by interfaces, protocols and hosts, allowing network managers to view data in ways and at the levels they need.

For example, network managers can create reports based on various traffic measurements with customised time periods to support workday reporting.

These reports can be automatically run and emailed, saving time and labour costs.

ReporterAnalyzer dramatically improves mean-time-to-repair (MTTR) through continuous interface monitoring which provides real-time alerts and reporting for every interface on the network.

This speeds the response time to potential problems by providing immediate visibility into the source of the problem.

ReporterAnalyzer's virus scan wizard feature quickly identifies many forms of anomalous traffic in real time.

When a detected virus or worm penetrates the network, ReporterAnalyzer reveals how widespread the infection is across the enterprise and which servers have been affected.

For the most difficult troubleshooting tasks, the Fluke Networks' OptiView WAN analyser is an ideal complement to ReporterAnalyzer.

ReporterAnalyzer's comprehensive coverage of all interfaces immediately points the network engineer to the problem area.

The OptiView WAN analyser is then deployed to the precise indicated problem area for a more detailed look at full seven-layer traffic patterns.

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