Caligare Flow Inspector

User Guide

This document applies to release of Caligare Flow Inspector Software, version 4.2.

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Table of Contents

I. Preface
1. Introduction
1.1. What is NetFlow?
1.2. What is Caligare Flow Inspector?
1.3. Features and Benefits
1.4. Minimum System Requirements
1.4.1. Operating system
1.4.2. Hardware specifications
1.4.3. Minimum hardware requirements
2. Installation
2.1. Installation requirements
2.2. Installation in Debian distribution
2.3. Installation in RedHat and Fedora distributions
2.4. Installation in other Linux distributions
2.5. Installation script
2.6. Completing Setup
2.7. Debug Information
3. Getting Started
4. Configuration
4.1. Global settings
4.2. Device settings
4.3. Unit settings
4.4. Collector settings
4.4.1. Basic collector settings
4.4.2. Advanced collector settings
4.5. Anomalies settings
4.5.1. Anomalies - Collector settings
4.5.2. Anomalies - Global settings
4.5.3. Anomalies - Exclusions settings
4.6. Network settings
4.6.1. Network settings - Import networks
4.7. Application settings
4.8. Forwarding settings
4.9. Filtering settings
4.10. Image store
4.11. Host list
4.12. Port list
4.13. Country list
4.14. AS list
4.15. Group settings
4.16. User settings
4.17. Account settings
5. User Guide
5.1. Main screen - Overview
5.2. Data
5.2.1. Trends
5.2.2. Search
5.2.3. Interfaces
5.2.4. IP information
5.2.5. AS information
5.2.6. Graphs
5.2.7. Utilization maps
5.3. Profiles
5.4. Exports
5.4.1. Export list
5.4.2. Export status
5.4.3. Import list
5.4.4. Import status
5.5. Anomalies
5.6. Status
5.6.1. Engine
5.6.2. Devices
5.6.3. Units
5.6.4. Collectors
5.6.5. Last login
5.6.6. Tables
5.6.7. Database
5.7. Options
5.8. Help
5.8.1. Port database
5.8.2. License key
5.9. Logout
6. Optimizing and tuning
6.1. Optimizing server
6.2. Optimizing the file system
6.3. Optimizing database
A. Configuring NetFlow Data Export
A.1. Configuring NDE on an IOS device
A.2. Configuring NDE on a CatOS device
A.3. Configuring NDE on a Native IOS device
A.4. Configuring NDE on a 4000 series switch
A.5. Configuring NDE on a Juniper router
B. Frequently Asked Questions
B.1. Installation
B.2. Web interface
B.3. Other difficulties
C. Network anomalies modules
D. Data table format
E. Third party software components