StealthWatch FlowSensor™ AE Features

The StealthWatch FlowSensor™ AE appliance delivers flow-based Response Time Management (RTM) and comprehensive visibility of network and server performance metrics. By enabling organizations to distinguish between network and server root cause, StealthWatch dramatically improves Mean Time to Resolution (MTTR) of network and server response time issues. StealthWatch serves as the single dashboard of actionable security and network intelligence to support global community of IT users.

The StealthWatch FlowSensor AE provides the following key features to cost-effectively optimize security and network operations across the enterprise:

Comprehensive Network Visibility

The StealthWatch FlowSensor AE delivers visibility into areas of the network that do not support flow reporting technologies like NetFlow™ or sFlow®. With its effective traffic deduplication technology, the sensor allows each interface to be connected to switch SPAN ports, tap interfaces, or mirrored network segments without concern for double counting traffic volumes. Flows from traditional routers and switches are combined with flows from the StealthWatch FlowSensor AE to create a comprehensive view of all network communications regardless of the network equipment involved.

Flow-based Response Time Management

StealthWatch FlowSensor AE utilizes lightweight NetFlow v9 technology for troubleshooting response time issues. Server Response Time (SRT), Round Trip Time (RTT), number of connections and Retransmission Ratio (RT%) serve as the basis for RTM and are calculated on a flow-by-flow basis before export to the StealthWatch Flow Collector. At-a-glance graphs display server and network response times on a per host basis for rapid verification and identification of end-user response time issues, both past and present. Context sensitive drill downs allow quick navigation from traffic charts to individual flows.

Automated Troubleshooting, Analysis and Forensics

The StealthWatch System leverages over 160 proprietary algorithms to automate many of the most common forms of flow analysis. This automated analysis of flows serves to reduce manual efforts associated with traditional network monitoring tools. Visual cues, colorful graphs and drill down capabilities provide high level, enterprise wide perspective down to granular host flows in three simple clicks.

With detailed network visibility, StealthWatch FlowSensor AE enables network operations teams to streamline and expedite troubleshooting efforts from hours to minutes. The sensor quickly identifies network and server response time issues and root cause. With its powerful security context, the FlowSensor AE also reveals security threats that are impacting response time.

Enterprise Performance and Scalability

Scalable up to 10G networks, the StealthWatch FlowSensor AE passively monitors and collects host and service communications and network traffic statistics. This sensor is the first tier of the StealthWatch System’s distributed, three-tier architecture, which enables scaling to support the most demanding enterprise networks. The StealthWatch System collects flows from thousands of exporters and supports the global community of IT users.

Read the StealthWatch FlowSensor AE datasheet.

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