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...
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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Fortiswitch IPFIX Configuration
Today I want to talk a little about the Fortiswitch IPFIX configuration on the Fortiswitch-500. As of version 4.0 MR1 the Fortiswitch-500 can export...