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Specifications
LiveNX 7 Specifications
LIVENX 7 DEPLOYMENT OPTIONS
LiveNX 7.x components can be deployed via the following method: OVA packages
Component | Virtual Appliance Option |
Server | All-in-one Server OVA |
Client | Client software for Mac OS, Win 32-bit and 64-bit |
Node (optional) | Node OVA |
LiveSensor (optional) | LiveSensor OVA |
LiveAnalytics Node (optional) | LiveAnalytics OVA |
All-in-One Server & Platform OVA, Node OVA and Hyper-V Deployments
Custom Deployment | Small Deployment | Medium Deployment | Large Deployment |
Used for less than 25 devices or less than 25k flows/sec. | Used for less than 100 devices or lesser than 100k flows/sec | Used for 100 to 500 devices or less than 200k flows/sec | Used for 500 to 1000 devices or greater than 200k flows/sec |
Installation for non-server installations (Laptops, Desktops, etc.). (size not available for Node OVA) |
Installation for server environments with Hyper-V Manager/VMware Hypervisors/ESX(i) | Installation for server environments with Hyper-V Manager/VMware Hypervisors/ESX(i) | Installation for server environments with Hyper-V Manager/VMware Hypervisors/ESX(i) |
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2vCPU Xeon or i7 4GB RAM LiveNX Server Max Heap Size 2GB 250GB Data Disk* |
8vCPU Xeon or i7 16GB RAM LiveNX Server Max Heap Size 8GB 2TB Data Disk* |
16vCPU Xeon or i7 32GB RAM LiveNX Server Max Heap Size 16GB 4TB Data Disk* |
32vCPU Xeon or i7 64 GB RAM LiveNX Server Max Heap Size 31GB 8TB Data Disk* |
*Data Disk Size is a minimum recommendation.
Storage can be expanded by adding additional disk.
Server IOPS Recommendation LiveNX 7.0 – 1000 IOPS Read and 4500 IOPS Write
Virtual NICs on OVA are utilizing E1000
Client Sizing
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Components
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CISCO DEVICE SUPPORT
ISR Series Routers: 800, 1700, 1800, 1900, 2600, 2600XM, 2800, 2900, 3600, 3700, 3800, 3900, 4300, 4400, 7200, 7600 | 7200 & 7600 Series Routers | Cisco Nexus Switches (Nexus 3000, 7000 & 9000 Series) |
ASR 1000 Series Routers, CSR 1000V | Cisco AnyConnect Client | Cisco Catalyst 3650, 3850 & 4500-X Series switches are supported.
(Limited LiveNX QoS Monitor support on Layer 3-routable interfaces and VLANs depending upon Cisco hardware capabilities.) |
ASR 9000 Series Routers (Recommend IOS versions 12.3 or higher or 15.0 or higher for use with the software (IOS XE 2.6.0 or higher for ASR 1000 series). Earlier IOS versions may also work, but are not officially supported. General-release IOS versions are recommended, although early-and limited-release versions will also work with LiveNX.) | Cisco ASA 5500 Series Firewalls | Cisco AnyConnect Network Visibility Module on Windows and Mac OS X Platforms |
Cisco Meraki MX Security Appliance | Cisco NetFlow Generation Appliance | Viptela vEdge Devices |
OTHER DEVICE SUPPORT – FLOW
Adtran NetVanta Series Routers |
Gigamon GigaSMART |
Ntop nProbe |
Alcatel-Lucent Routers |
Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Procurve Series Switches |
Palo Alto Networks Firewalls |
Brocade Series Routers |
Ixia’s Network Visibility Solution |
Riverbed SteelHead WAN Optimization Controllers |
Checkpoint Firewall |
Juniper MX Series Routers |
Silver Peak WAN Optimization Controllers |
Extreme Network Switches |
Netscaler LoadBalancer |
Viptela vEdge Routers |
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Ziften ZFlow |
Adtran NetVanta Series Routers |
Cisco Meraki MX Security Appliance |
Ixia’s Network Visibility Solution |
Alcatel-Lucent Routers |
Cisco NetFlow Generation Appliance |
Juniper MX Series Routers |
Brocade Series Routers |
Extreme Network Switches |
Ntop nProbe |
Cisco Series Routers (ISR Series, CRS-1, ASR 1000 & ASR 9000 Series Routers) |
Gigamon GigaSMART |
Palo Alto Networks Firewalls |
Cisco Catalyst Switches |
Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Procurve Series Switches |
Riverbed SteelHead WAN Optimization Controllers |
Cisco Nexus Switches (Nexus 3000, 7000 & 9000 Series) |
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Silver Peak WAN Optimization Controllers |
Cisco ASA 5500 Series Firewalls |
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Viptela vEdge Routers |
Cisco AnyConnect Network Visibility Module on Windows and Mac OS X Platforms |
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Ziften ZFlow |
LIveSP Specifications
LiveSP Deployment Requirement
Component | Sizing Tool * |
Hardware | LiveSP can be deployed on a single server or a distributed infrastructure. I/O is optimized for random data access, Data storage is implemented on the physical machine with SSD. The other components can be virtualized. |
Operating System | The current supported and validated Linux distribution are (Debian, Red hat, Ubuntu) with Kernel version greater than 3.10.
Kernel version 3.16 onwards is recommended for higher performance data access. |
Browser | Service providers, administrators, operation team and end-customers access LiveSP through support web browsers.
Supported web browsers are IE 11, Mozilla Firefox (latest), Google Chrome (latest, Safari (latest) |
LiveSP Sizing Guide
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Link (Bandwidth) | Bandwidth = Average flow size * Flow count at this max traffic * Predicted max aggregated traffic.
Typical enterprise network with 10000 live interfaces, static template = 200 Mbps |
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Hardware (Storage) | Storage = Client profiles * Data retention rule * Predicted average aggregated traffic
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* LiveSP sizing tool is designed to help size Link and Storage. It is based on observations on large networks, but could vary on traffic profile. Please contact LiveSP support for details analysis.
Flow Information
Flow Information
Flexible NetFlow FNF V9: (IPv4&6 compatible) Version v9 has brought FNF capability, which makes Netflow a highly versatile protocol. Its flexibility makes it particularly more relevant for complex reporting and heterogeneous data.
- Flexible key field aggregation
- variable number of data fields.
- unidirectional or bidirectional
- sampled or not
- multi-vendor (430 standardized fields, thousands vendor-specific fields)
- aggregated, synchronized or not for exports
IPFIX: (“IP Flow Information eXport”) also referred to as NFv10, IPFIX is the industry standardized version of Netflow. It builds on NFv9 for most of the features, and brings additional flexibility (variable-length fields, sub -application extracted fields, options-data).
Note: Netflow version 9 and IPFIX are the export protocols of choices for AVC, because they can accommodate flexible record format and multiple records required by Flexible Netflow infrastructure. IPFix is recommended.
If service providers choose a centralized collection, they must size the collection link properly. Link sizing recommendation depends on:
- IWAN features enabled: More features = more data to export.
- Bandwidth per site repartition: headquarter with 500 employees will have more variety (=more export) than a small office with 20 employees)
- The time traffic distribution: the CPEs don’t have their max traffic at the same time.
A Typical 10000 CP enterprise SP IWAN network required a 200 Mbps bandwidth
Collection Link Max Speed = Average Flow Size * Predicted Max Aggregated Traffic * Flow Count at this Max Traffic |