NetMRI 2.2 - Now Shipping
What's New in NetMRI 2.2?
The Migration to Real-Time Analysis
The release of NetMRI 2.2 brings real-time analysis of data collected on the network. For IT staffs, this means even faster detection and correction of problems since data is continuously analyzed as it is gathered. If an issue is uncovered, the NetMRI Scorecard Health Report immediately alerts staff to expedite troubleshooting.
Prior to the 2.2 release, all data was collected and stored for a period of time with the analysis and subsequent Scorecard Health Report provided on a scheduled basis. As a result, issues were only reported at the end of each scheduled analysis.
With NetMRI 2.2, priority issues and more basic-level issues can be reported near real time since the data is analyzed as soon as it is collected. More complex issues, requiring larger data samples, will still be reported during the scheduled analysis periods.
NetMRI 2.2 is referred to as the "migration to real-time software release" since eventually all issues that can be reported in real time will be detected by NetMRI's real-time analysis engine. Netcordia expects to reach this goal by the end of the year as new releases are introduced. In addition, a partnership with Splunk promises to deliver more enhanced real-time event analysis.
Application Flow Analysis Using GetFlow™ Technology
Key Benefits
- Delivers information on demand, as needed
- Consumes little bandwidth on the network
- Conserves CPU resources on routers already constrained by heavy traffic loads
The Application Flow Analysis module provides a drill-down view of the IP flows (the source and destination IP address, the IP protocol, the Type of Service field, the TCP or UDP port numbers) coming in or out of an interface and the amount of bandwidth consumed on the interface by the specific IP flow. The highly graphical reports show the actual applications traversing the interface and the percentage of bandwidth consumed by each of the applications (see example figure below).
This innovative new module complements the application flow collectors already deployed in today's enterprise networks. Using a unique command line extraction technology (referred to as "GetFlow"), the module provides a snapshot of the IP flow data on a specified interface.
There is also an automated extraction service to provide a drill-down view of a congested interface. NetMRI can be configured to automatically extract the IP flow data from the router if congestion is detected on the respective interface. With this solution, IT staffs can readily correlate congestion with the applications using bandwidth on the interface.
Sample interface drill-down report using unique GetFlow technology from Netcordia.
New Export Function Delivers Command Line Data
A key strength of NetMRI is both the flexibility and reliability of the discovery engine, as well as the in-depth network data that the tool automatically collects 24x7. Customers have told Netcordia many times that, "NetMRI is an ideal tool to pull network data and import it to other applications. It offers a superior discovery engine and the network data collection engine is second to none."
The NetMRI provides easy data extraction for running and startup configurations as well as table extraction in a comma separated vector (CSV) format for any screen shown on the NetMRI system. A customer's own application can automatically extract the data from NetMRI to import to other tools or, conversely, the process can be manual by extracting a Zip file version of the configurations and using a browser to click on the CSV tab for any tabular data provided in the NetMRI system.
With the release of NetMRI 2.2, an exciting new addition has been provided to enhance the overall data extraction process for import of data to other tools: the ability to collect, store, and export command line data from any network device on the enterprise. Essentially any desired command line output from a switch or router can be automatically collected by NetMRI-on demand, on a scheduled basis, or both-and then readily exported to another tool using the new features provided in the 2.2 release.