I’ve recently had a couple of people reach out to me about the deployment process of our Scrutinizer Virtual Appliance (VA). I wanted to create a quick reference guide for those who are new to Scrutinizer. This guide will review both what is required for the … [Read more...] about Scrutinizer Installation Guide
NetFlow Configuration Guide: Best Practices
One of the things I do daily with customers is help them configure NetFlow on their network devices. Often as I’m going through my configuration, they ask what the best practices are for setting up NetFlow. What are the basic fields needed to make NetFlow … [Read more...] about NetFlow Configuration Guide: Best Practices
How to Integrate Grafana with NetFlow (Part 2)
Since working on the initial integration of getting Netflow to Grafana, I have been lucky enough to work with customers to test things out. During this process, there were a couple of features customers asked for:The ability to specify which exporter to … [Read more...] about How to Integrate Grafana with NetFlow (Part 2)
Cisco Catalyst 9300 NetFlow Configuration
One device that I am beginning to see a lot more of at my customer sites is the Cisco Catalyst 9300. I figured that I would take this opportunity to walk through the Cisco Catalyst 9300 NetFlow configuration, and provide a sample reference document for … [Read more...] about Cisco Catalyst 9300 NetFlow Configuration
Extreme NetFlow Configuration for S-Series, N-Series, and K-Series
We’ve seen a lot of coverage regarding the growth of Extreme Networks lately. Between their recent acquisition of Brocade and Avaya, it would appear that they are serious about expanding their product lineup to increase performance and network visibility; by … [Read more...] about Extreme NetFlow Configuration for S-Series, N-Series, and K-Series
Configuring Flexible NetFlow to Monitor Network Activity
Over the past few weeks, I have taken a number of support calls from customers who were looking for help with their Cisco router Flexible NetFlow configuration. There were many times where the customer set up the record, but they did not build it to get the … [Read more...] about Configuring Flexible NetFlow to Monitor Network Activity
How to Configure NetFlow on Cisco UCS via GUI
Today, I will be talking about Cisco UCS NetFlow configuration via GUI, including its limitations and differences compared to the configuration via CLI. I will also walk you through the configuration steps, showing how to turn NetFlow on and start getting … [Read more...] about How to Configure NetFlow on Cisco UCS via GUI
How to Integrate Grafana with NetFlow
This week I have had a few customers ask how to integrate Grafana with NetFlow to improve their network operations center. For those of you who don’t know, Grafana is an open source platform that can be used to visualize a wide variety of data types. With … [Read more...] about How to Integrate Grafana with NetFlow
SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer Integration
This blog will provide a detailed guide on how to integrate SolarWinds Orion with Plixer’s Scrutinizer. Before we get to the how of integration, we need to understand why we would want to do this in the first place. After all, SolarWinds already collects flow … [Read more...] about SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer Integration
PRTG NetFlow Integration
You asked, and we listened. By taking advantage of proprietary APIs or even just passing URLs with key variables, Scrutinizer can now be integrated with nearly any authentication or network monitoring platform. Today, I am going to talk about how to set up … [Read more...] about PRTG NetFlow Integration
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