SolarWinds NTA

Overview

SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer (NTA) allows multi-vendor monitoring of your network traffic flow records, the discovery of traffic patterns, and avoidance of bandwidth hogs. As an add-on to SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor (NPM), NTA helps optimize bandwidth spending by identifying the who and what of consumption, boosting your network traffic analysis capabilities.

Trace and monitor bandwidth usage of application or protocol patterns over months, days, or minutes by drilling down into any network element supporting various flow standards — NetFlow, sFlow, J-Flow, IPFIX, and NetStream.

SolarWinds NTA supports the monitoring of Cisco Meraki wireless controllers and access points (MX and Z series interfaces), along with other third-party network devices capable of exporting traffic flows, including routers, switches, and firewalls.

Learn why SolarWinds is #1 in network management software (IDC Worldwide Software Tracker):

• ✓ Clear visibility: Monitor your network, discover traffic patterns, and avoid bandwidth hogs with NTA and SolarWinds User Device Tracker (UDT) NetFlow solutions.
• ✓ Faster. Leaner. More secure: Accelerate troubleshooting, increase efficiency, and gain visibility into malicious or malformed traffic flows with NetFlow analyzer insights.
• ✓ Full integration: Seamlessly works with other Orion Platform products, including NPM and SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager (NCM).
• ✓ Built by IT pros, for IT pros: Designed by network and systems engineers who understand real-world IT challenges and how to solve them effectively.

Use Cases

• • Built on the Orion Platform as an add-on to NPM: NTA provides the ability to purchase and fully integrate with additional network monitoring modules that easily scale.
• • Meraki Wireless Device Monitoring: Visualize the traffic flows on Cisco Meraki MX & Z Series interfaces for better control of the bandwidth use in your Cisco Meraki wireless environment.
• • Bandwidth Monitoring: Avoid bandwidth hogs and identify the applications and protocols consuming the most bandwidth using both IPv4 and IPv6 flow records. Monitor Cisco NetFlow, J-Flow, sFlow, NetStream, and IPFIX flow data.
• • Application Traffic Alerting: Act quickly if there's an unusual change in application traffic. Set alerts to be notified if a device stops sending flow data, so you can efficiently remediate the problem.
• • Performance Analysis Dashboard - PerfStack™: Accelerate root-cause identification by dragging and dropping network performance metrics on a standard timeline for immediate visual correlation across network and NetFlow analytics. With other SolarWinds Orion products, PerfStack enables cross-stack correlation of application, database, compute, storage, and end-user metrics.
• • Advanced Application Recognition: Identify which applications and categories consume the most bandwidth with Cisco NBAR2 support. Gain visibility into HTTP (port 80) and HTTPS (port 443) traffic without additional probes or port spanning.
• • Customizable Network Traffic Reports: Review historical data to identify peak bandwidth usage and adjust policies for better management and optimized spend. Create, schedule, and deliver in-depth traffic analysis and bandwidth reports in just a few clicks.
• • CBQoS Policy Optimization: Measure pre- and post-policy traffic levels per class map to determine if QoS policies are effective. For VoIP, e-commerce, or other cloud apps, NTA ensures prioritized traffic passes smoothly through the network.
• • Malicious or Malformed Traffic Flow Identification: Enhance security with visibility into malicious or malformed traffic through TCP/UDP port 0 monitoring.
• • WLC Traffic Monitoring: Keep your wireless network running smoothly by tracking what's consuming your wireless bandwidth.
• • THWACK Community: Join our THWACK community to learn best practices, share tips, and stay updated with the latest releases and insights from SolarWinds experts. Visit thwack.solarwinds.com.

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