Network-Wide
Traffic Analysis
While many traffic analysis products claim to
provide “network-wide” visibility, in reality
they only deliver a link-by-link view of traffic
statistics, and only on the small set of links
that can feasibly be monitored. Without a network-wide
view of traffic flows, along with an understanding
of the dynamic impact of routing changes or failures
on traffic, engineers are limited to manually
correlating and interpreting disparate link traffic
statistics, SNMP device polling data, router command-line
output and log files to construct even a rough
picture of network state. This greatly limits
their ability to rapidly determine the root cause
of problems, optimize network operation, or effectively
analyze and plan for network change and growth.
The result is sub-optimal application and service
delivery, lower IT productivity, inefficient network
asset utilization, and wasteful capital expenditures
on unnecessary infrastructure upgrades.
Traffic Explorer uniquely delivers on the promise
of network-wide traffic analysis, providing visibility
into aggregate as well as per-application or CoS
traffic flowing over every link in the network
– not just directly monitored links. Traffic Explorer
leverages the real-time routed topology intelligence
of Route Explorer, the industry’s leading route
analysis platform, to extend traditional traffic
analysis beyond interface-centric reporting, providing
end-to-end visibility of all traffic network-wide,
but without requiring broad deployment of probes
or the overhead associated with polling-based
techniques. Engineers are able to interact with
an “as-running” model of the network, where actual
traffic flow information is dynamically overlaid
on a real-time, layer-3 topology map. Traffic
Explorer’s comprehensive view of network-wide
traffic lets network engineers accurately and
confidently perform their daily, weekly and monthly
monitoring, troubleshooting, planning and maintenance
activities, while delivering significant bottom-line
benefits to any organization.
Engineers can see utilization
and bandwidth by application or CoS for all links
on the network--not just those directly monitored
via Netflow
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