Specifications for LiveNX |
LiveNX Deployment
Deployment Options
LiveNX components can be deployed via the following methods: Virtual, Physical, and Cloud. The Virtual Deployment Specifications, as well as the Cisco and Multi-Vendor Device Support lists, are provided below.
If you are interested in deploying LiveNX in a Physical, Cloud (Azure, AWS, & Google Cloud), Hyper-V, or KVM environment, please contact LiveAction sales (sales@liveaction.com) for the specifications appropriate for those environments and your needs.
Virtual Deployment Specifications
The LiveNX Server is primarily deployed as a VMware .OVA appliance and is fully operational right out of the box. The server operating system runs on a Linux (TinyCore or Ubuntu) platform.
Server Platform Specifications:
- VMware ESXi v5.0 or higher – VMware Hardware Version 8 (vmx-8)
- Network Hardware – At least two Physical NICS on ESXi
– Support up to 10 Gbps
– Virtual NICs on OVA are utilizing E100
LiveNX Network Protocol Requirements
Below is a list of required network protocols for normal operation of the LiveNX platform. This can be used as the basis for any firewall rules required.
| Protocol | Port Number | Direction | Description |
| TCP | 7000 | Java Client to NX Server | Java Client Access to Platform |
| TCP | 443 | Web Browser to NX Server | User Access to Web UI of Platform |
| TCP | 7026 | Server to Node (Bidirectional) | Server <-> Node Communication |
| UDP | 2055 | Network devices to nodes | Netflow Export |
| UDP | 161 | NX Node/Server to Network Devices | SNMP Polling of Network Devices |
Table 2: LiveNX Protocol/Port Requirements
LiveNX requires READ-ONLY access to network devices, the platform supports both versions 2c and 3, table below details the configuration required on Cisco devices to enable SNMP v2c or v3.
| Version | Command |
| v2c | snmp-server community RO |
| v3 | snmp-server group v3 auth read access snmp-server user v3 auth md5 priv aes 128 |
Table 3: SNMP Config (Cisco)
LiveNX Semantics Data Requirements
In addition to the information and prerequisites required for LiveNX to discover devices and add them to the inventory, there are other pieces of data required; semantic data. The network/device semantics allows LiveNX to provide maximum insight into the network both in terms of visualization and reporting.
| Semantic Data | Purpose |
| Sites to which devices belong | Allows devices to associated with sites for visualization within Java Client |
| Address of the sites – street, city, postcode, country | Allows sites to represented on a map from Web UI |
| IP Subnet’s associated with the respective sites | Allows LiveNX to run site to site reports based upon IP Address/Subnet |
| Any differentiators between circuits e.g. MPLS/INET or Service Provider | A tag allowing LiveNX to build reports based |
| Bandwidth capacity of WAN facing interfaces/circuits | Allows Live NX to calculate utilization rates per WAN interface – 95/99th percentiles |
Table 4: Semantic Data Requirements
The collection of Netflow data is a key component of the LiveNX platform, it allows users to both visualize and report upon traffic through the network. LiveNX is a platform that supports several different ‘flavors’ of Netflow: IPFIX, Version 5, Version 9, Flexible Netflow (FNF).
Client Platform Specifications:
- Windows or macOS
- 4 Cores
- 8 GB RAM
- Web browser: Edge, Firefox, Chrome, and Safari
Cisco Device Support – SNMP & Flow
- ASR 9000 Series Router
- Cisco AnyConnect Network Visibility Module on Windows and Mac OS X Platforms
- Cisco ASA 5500 Series Firewalls
- Cisco Catalyst Series Switches 2900, 3650, 3850 & 4500-X 6500, 6800, 9000 are supported.**
(Limited LiveNX QoS Monitor support on Layer 3-routable interfaces and VLANs depending upon Cisco hardware capabilities.) - Cisco ISR Series Routers: 800, 900, 1700, 1800, 1900, 2600, 2600XM, 2800, 2900, 3600, 3700, 3800, 3900, 4200, 4300, 4400, 4500, 7200, 7600**, ASR 1001x, 1002x Series Routers, CSR 1000V**
- Cisco Meraki MX Security Appliance
- Cisco Nexus Switches (Nexus 3000, 7000, 6000 & 9000 Series)
- Cisco NetFlow Generation Appliance
- Cisco SD-WAN vEdge, Cisco IOS XE SD-WAN Edge Devices
**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
Multi-Vendor Device Support – Flow
- Adtran NetVanta Series Routers
- Alcatel-Lucent Routers
- Barracuda Firewall
- Brocade Series Routers
- Checkpoint Firewall
- Citrix NetScaler Load Balancer
- Extreme Network Switches
- F5 Load-Balancer
- Gigamon GigaSMART
- Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Procurve Series Switches
- Ixia’s Network Visibility Solution
- Juniper MX Series Routers
- Ntop nProbe
- Palo Alto Networks Firewalls
- Riverbed SteelHead WAN Optimization Controllers
- Silver Peak WAN Optimization Controllers
- Sophos Firewall
- Ziften ZFlow