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For a limited time time, ActionPacked! Networks is offering free permanent licenses for LiveAction 1.8 with the Real-Time Flow module to qualified IT departments, engineers, and consultants. The following describes the key features of this software offering.

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Advanced Flow Visualizations and Monitoring

LiveAction Real-Time Flow is a special edition software module that provides advanced system level flow visualization as well as detailed internal router and interface views and graphs for up to three routers. The software enables IT engineers to quickly set up and view flow information on their networks. LiveAction Real-Time Flow supports Cisco NetFlow, Juniper Networks J-Flow, and InMon sFlow.
 

Why LiveAction Real-Time Flow?

LiveAction Real-Time Flow starts with a network topology view that provides a crystal clear view of live traffic flow activity across the network. From this topology view, users can quickly drill down to individual devices or interfaces for more detail. This unique approach makes it easy to find troublesome spots on the network and allows users to switch effortlessly to other LiveAction modules such as LiveAction QoS, Routing, and IP SLA.
 

Because the volume of flow data can be overwhelming, LiveAction provides numerous filtering options to tailor the information presented on the screen. LiveAction is one of the few flow applications that supports Cisco MIB polling to ensure real-time flow data and to to minimize the impact of traffic flow data on live bandwidth.

Note that LiveAction Real-Time Flow does not capture historical flow data. If you need this capability or support for more devices, upgrade your software to include the standard LiveAction Flow module with historical reporting. The standard Flow module will allow you to record flow data on a continuous basis and recreate detailed traffic flow conditions for any date and time you specify.

  

 

 

Hierarchical
View

Real Time
Network Topology

Devices

Flows

 Interfaces

Left side of screen shows devices and interfaces in a hierarchical view

Right side of screen shows devices, interfaces, interconnections, flows, interface bandwidth, congestion, and more.

Large circles indicate devices (routers and switches). Small circles indicate interfaces.

 Curved lines indicate traffic  flows.

Top half: input

Lower half: output

Numbers: bandwidth.

 

Key Features and Benefits

Ease of use
LiveAction’s intuitive graphical interface replaces complicated command lines to make on-the-fly monitoring fast, easy and understandable.
Built-in flow expertise
Router expertise is built into LiveAction Flow and is based on our extensive knowledge of Cisco devices and trasffic flows.
Intuitive topology views
Literally “see” your flows across the network from source to destination.
Faster troubleshooting
Starting with the topology view spot congested devices and interfaces instantly by their amber color. Double-clicking on these elements provides more detailed information with multiple viewing options.
 
Confirm System Changes
Observe the effects of routing changes on network traffic and flows in real time.
 
Greater Operator Efficiency
Improve operator efficiency through advanced visualization of real-time encrypted traffic at the system, network, router, enclave, COI, and application-class levels.
 
Enhanced Security
Enhance security by identifying unauthorized traffic and denial of service (DoS) attacks using real-time monitoring.
 

 

Device Level Flow View

Device view shows flows through each interface. LiveAction displays up to 200 Flow flows per device. Flows can be grouped by IP address, port, or port application. Flow data will also appear in tabular format at the top of the screen. Data can be displayed by IP address, port, or port application and powerful filters make it easy to create customized views.

NetFlow Device Level View

 

Interface Level Flow View

See detailed views of traffic flows for individual interfaces. Flows are charted on a timeline and can be displayed based on port, DSCP, and inbound or outbound IP addresses.