A 150 year old University in the UK had to ensure a stable network and they needed to monitor network traffic on a daily basis. Here is how they ensured that with ManageEngine NetFlow Analyzer.

1. MANAGEENGINE
NETFLOW ANALYZER
SAVES BANDWIDTH
COSTS AT A CENTURY
OLD
EDUCATIONAL
INSTITUTION

2. 150 Glorious Years!
• A large University – 150
years old in the UK
• 3,500 employees on the
payroll
• Over 25,000 students
every year
• Close to 30,000 users on
the network

3. The Challenge
• Monitoring traffic on the campus-wide
network
• 26 Cisco and 12 Enterasys routers
• Principal mode of communication – The
Campus network
• Continuous availability was critical
• Downtime can halt everyday activities

4. Requirements
• To monitor the traffic patterns on the network
• To identify network faults in minimum time
• To accurately forecast future requirements
• To assist the network team in solving everyday
network issues
• To ensure productive usage of campus
bandwidth
• To ensure continuous network availability

5. Enter ManageEngine: Exit Problems

6. About the implementation
• NetFlow was enabled on all the 26 routers and
12 Enterasys routers
• NetFlow Analyzer analyzed the packet
information
• The information exported from flow packets
were captured by NetFlow Analyzer and
reported
• Network traffic statistics were thus collected
and monitored

7. The Fruits of using NetFlow Analyzer

8. What NetFlow Analyzer offered?
• Daily reports on network bandwidth
consumption
• Reports enabled easy troubleshooting
• Easy troubleshooting saved troubleshooting
time and hence network downtime
• Alarms for threshold violations helped in fixing
issues instantly
• Accurate capacity planning

9. Business Benefits

10. Business Benefits
• Ensured productive usage of bandwidth in the
campus network
• Ensured uninterrupted connectivity and
seamless communication
• Eased the network team’s job in
troubleshooting network spikes
• Helped accurate capacity planning and need
forecasting
• Alerts helped instant identification of issues

11. Contact:
NetFlow Analyzer Support: nfs@manageengine.com
Visit: www.netflowanalyzer.com
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12. THANK YOU
- Presentation by: Sai Sundhar P