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Cisco CNS NetFlow Collection Engine Version 5.0
Cisco® CNS consists of software and appliance-based applications, which support scalable network deployment, configuration, service assurance monitoring, and on-demand service delivery. Cisco CNS technology is tightly coupled with the network elements through embedded device intelligence. CNS reduces capital expenditures (CapEx) by consolidating management functions into Cisco devices, reduces operational expenditures (OpEx) through automation of manual procedures, and increases revenue opportunities through new services and business models.
Product Summary
Cisco CNS NetFlow Collection Engine (NFC) technology efficiently provides network management infrastructure metering for a crucial set of applications. Examples include network traffic accounting, usage-based network billing, network capacity analysis and planning, network quality of service (QoS) and service-level agreement (SLA) performance monitoring, market usage statistics, and irregular usage and denial of service (DoS) detection capabilities for both service provider and enterprise customers. Cisco CNS NFC delivers fast, scalable, and economical data collection from multiple devices exporting NFC data records. The engine then performs data volume reduction and post-processing, and provides end-user applications with easy access to filtered, aggregated NFC data. Cisco CNS NFC integrates into the Cisco CNS product family of components, including Cisco CNS Performance Engine for VPN traffic reporting and correlation. Cisco is currently working with several partners to provide customers with comprehensive solutions for Cisco CNS NetFlow-based billing, planning, and monitoring (see figure 1).
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Programmable Network Architecture
Meeting Business Challenges
Enterprise and service provider customers are facing the challenge of controlling their CapEx and OpEx. In addition, they must overcome WAN bandwidth congestion, delivering timely service information to customers within high-quality performance SLAs—and must do this efficiently from a deployment strategy perspective. Cisco CNS NFC is an integral part of the programmable network layer, under the accounting category of the fault, configuration, accounting, performance, and security (FCAPS) model; it provides a metering technology for applications such as:
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Figure 2 shows a two-tier deployment option using the optional MPLS PE-PE traffic matrix module. This module aggregates NetFlow data from multiple NFCs into a single feed of traffic flows provided on a per-PE-PE basis for analyzing MPLS core network traffic.
Figure 2
NFC Data Aggregation
System Requirements
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Integration with Cisco Info Center and Cisco Partners
Cisco CNS NFC Version 5.0 integrates with Cisco Info Center and with several Cisco ecosystem partner products. For more information, visit:
http://www.cisco.com/web/partners/pr46/partners_pgm_category_page.html
Additional Information
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