Configuration
VMware vSphere vDS IPFIX support
A neat upgrade in VMwares’s vDS 5.1(vSphere) is the introduction of IPFIX. While ESX has supported NetFlow for a
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Network Operations
Cisco sFlow Support
Yes, you heard it right! Cisco has added support for the sFlow standard in the latest NX-OS 5.0(3)U4(1) release
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Network Operations
Application Aware NetFlow: Defining Application IDs in IPFIX
The topic of using Deep Packet Inspection to identify applications and exporting the details using defined Application IDs in
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Network Operations
IPFIX Collector: Syslogs exported as IPFIX!
IPFIX is taking the world by storm! Taking it beyond the standard network traffic from routers and switches, you
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Network Operations
Alcatel-Lucent SR7750 IPFIX Support
Alcatel-Lucent’s Application-Assured Virtual Private Network (AA-VPN) technology includes IPFIX support on the SR7750 (Service Router) and the 7450 ESS
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Network Operations
What Deep Application Awareness means to Business
Deep Application Awareness is the ability to accurately identify different applications within a business. What makes it difficult is
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Network Operations
Catalyst 6509 NetFlow Support
Catalyst 6509 NetFlow support is essential, especially when the switch is set up as a core network device; this
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Network Operations
Monitoring the Quality of Skype Connections
Many B2B communications especially when connecting outside of the country are done with Skype? How are companies monitoring the
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Network Operations
How to Detect Flame: Host Reputation
The Flame threat is basically a virtual, digitized spy tool that does what a human spy would do: recording phone
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Configuration
A Firewall Monitoring Tool You Didn’t Know Existed: NetFlow and IPFIX
IT professionals have been looking for better ways to monitor and store firewall logs for years. Properly handled, firewall
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