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Nodes of information in a network with varying levels of detail, representing packet capture and flow analysis

Packet Capture vs. Flow Data: Striking the Right Balance

From detecting security threats to troubleshooting elusive performance issues and meeting compliance demands, understanding what’s happening on your network is essential.   To achieve...

NetFlow: Two data streams traversing a network, representing a bidirectional flow

What is NetFlow? A 2025 Overview

Network infrastructure generates a constant stream of IP traffic, and understanding how that traffic moves is essential for maintaining performance, availability, and security. NetFlow...

briand

Advanced Silver Peak monitoring with IPFIX

Competition generally ends up being good for the consumer. It keeps prices down and forces innovation as vendors compete for market share. A great...

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Gigamon IPFIX Configuration from Command Line

Gigamon uses GigaSMART for most of its NetFlow configurations, but some of us just love working from within a CLI. With a bit of...

jamesl

Viptela IPFIX Support

Recently we were contacted by a customer who wanted to make sure that we had Viptela IPFIX support in our IPFIX collector.  Viptela was...

brandon

Stormshield IPFIX Support in Scrutinizer

In a “Bring-Your-Own-Everything” world, it has become even more of a challenge keeping users in check while developing an agile corporation that moves with...

jeremy

Brocade 5600 IPFIX Configuration

I’m sure most of you have heard about Brocades recent acquisition of Vyatta, a software-based virtual application provider. But that’s not all they have...

Network Problem Solving Use Cases

In the last year I’ve been fortunate enough to be a Field Engineer for a company that I love. I’ve had the incredible opportunity...

Gigamon IPFIX Configuration

Today I want to take a look at the Gigamon appliance and their IPFIX configuration. Recently I was asked a rather interesting question. An...

NetFlow API

Providing detailed visibility and contextual awareness into network traffic is essential to secure and optimize business operations. While NetFlow and IPFIX reporting have proven...