Flowmon Collector

NetFlow Collector and IPFIX Collector with Advanced Reporting

The NetFlow Collector is a stand-alone appliance for the collection, long-term storage and analysis of flow data from flow-enabled devices (load balancers, switches, and routers), dedicated probes and other flow sources. It is equipped for advanced reporting and data visualization.

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Flowmon Collector Benefits

Network Visibility

NPMD, troubleshooting and capacity planning.

Maximize Investment

Leverage devices in your network with support of multiple NetFlow and IPFIX formats.

Use It Anywhere

Hardware, virtual or cloud appliance.


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Key Features

Flowmon’s NetFlow Collector Features List

Bandwidth Monitoring

Optimize capacity planning, peering agreements and take control over bandwidth usage. With hard data about top users, devices, applications and services you can make effective decisions to save costs on infrastructure and connectivity.

BYOD Monitoring

Monitor BYOD traffic to get visibility and control over connected devices. Passive device fingerprinting allows you to identify the device manufacturer, OS and web browser. Extend this with the real user identity (i.e. username or hostname) by using logs from any authentication system to get more control.

Network Traffic Monitoring

Ensure the reliability, availability and security of business services with confidence. Flow provides visibility into traffic structure to streamline decision making and save costs on NetOps.

LAN/WAN Monitoring

Tune your network performance to its finest with a centralized dashboard. Monitor user activity within different subnets and VLANs, track connectivity, latency and QoS. Get comprehensive east-west visibility, identify different applications and track user transactions traversing LAN/WAN.

Application and Network Latency

Distinguish between latency caused by server and client. See which users are affected and resolve the problem before it impacts your business. Measure fault, performance and availability of your local, hosted or SaaS applications.

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“Thanks to Flowmon, we are provided with network visibility we previously lacked. Now we can identify the causes of network issues easier than ever before.” Flowmon answered SEGA's requirements for a high-quality solution for deep insight and fast troubleshooting of network traffic from multiple branches and facilities.

Masahiro Sato

Operations Network Engeneer at Sega

NetFlow Collector Input Data Compatibility

The Flowmon Collector can process flow data (NetFlow v5, NetFlow v9, IPFIX, sFlow, and many more) from a variety of different network devices – load balancers, routers, switches, firewalls, packet brokers, or dedicated Flowmon Probes.

The IPFIX extensions and proprietary formats of the following vendors are supported: Cisco (AVC, HTTP), Gigamon (HTTP, DNS, SSL, RADIUS), Keysight (HTTP), VMware NSX (rule ID, vmUUID, vncIndex), OneAccess (HTTP), VMware VDS, AWS FlowLogs, Google Could VPC FlowLogs and Azure NSG FlowLogs.

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NetFlow Collector Deployment and Capacity Options

The NetFlow Collector is available as a hardware appliance of 1U or 2U rack unit size and a virtual appliance deployable in VMware, Hyper-V, KVM, AWS, Azure or Google Cloud.

Data can be stored for months to years, depending on chosen capacity, from 0,5 TB to 192 TB per appliance. The NetFlow Collector does not aggregate or sample data – it keeps everything available.

Hardware Appliance

The NetFlow Collector is equipped with two copper 10/100/1000 Mb/s Ethernet management ports which can be used for appliance configuration, management and flow data collection. It offers command-line access, a web GUI and a virtual console. All hardware-based models provide a dedicated network interface for remote control.

Virtual Appliance

The Collector in the form of a virtual appliance (VA) is designed for deployment into virtual and cloud environments (VMware, Hyper-V, KVM, AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) and provides the same functionality as a hardware-based collector. VA NetFlow Collector supports up to two 1 Gb/s Ethernet monitoring ports which provide network traffic monitoring and NetFlow or IPFIX data production.

Distributed Architecture with Multiple NetFlow Collectors

Flowmon can be easily scaled by adding NetFlow collectors to cover very large networks spread over multiple distant locations. The central node called Master Unit serves as the main console and storage point where data from all branches is brought together and presented in one dashboard for complete visibility. All the configuration and updates of the whole architecture and its individual nodes is performed from the central NetFlow collector.

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NetFlow Collector FAQ

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