Getting Started

NetFlow Auditor Manual

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Getting Started

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Logging into Netflow Auditor

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The Netflow Auditor front end is a web application. You can enter it from any browser with an internet connection.

To log into the Netflow Auditor front end:

1.     Enter the following IP in you browser’s address bar:

For NetFlow Auditor on Windows: http://{host-address}:8080/digitoll/login.do

For NetFlow Auditor on Linux : http://{host-address}/digitoll/login.do

NOTE: The {host-address} path is supplied by your Network Administrator.

You will be presented with the Login screen.



2.     Enter your Username and Password in the appropriate boxes.

Username:    Administrator

Password:     adminpass

3.     Click [Login] to proceed.

Successful login will send you to the Control Centre, Netflow Auditor’s main screen.

To load your license key. Click Configuration -> Administrator -> License



On selecting the License menu, the right side of the screen should look like the screenshot below. Note the screen is made up of two components, the top section is used to manipulate the data, you have at hand. The bottom section presents the data in a tabular form.



The screen below is used to edit, find, and delete license details. Here the screen is in its default search mode, this can be seen in the image below. To search for the details of the license, you can press the Search button and enter criteria to search for a license.



The table can be seen more clearly below.



If this is the first time you are installing NetFlow Auditor delete the freeware license key. Click on the license key, click Delete and Confirm



In order to use NetFlow Auditor, you will need to have a valid license that can be verified by the program. To do this once you have received your license, you can load it into the program by simply pressing the Load button.



Once the license is loaded, press the Apply Now button to finalise the procedure, you will then be prompted to press the Confirm button.



The Netflow Auditor Main Screen

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Navigation Pane

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The navigation pane allows you to navigate between the various Netflow Auditor features.

Netflow Auditor’s main features are represented by the following sections:

• Long-Term - produce pre-structured traffic analysis reports for:
  • The last month
  • The last year
• Real-Time - produce pre-structured traffic analysis reports for:
  • The last hour
  • The last week
• My Analytics - manage and configure previously saved custom reports. This includes:
  • One-off historical reports
  • Report templates for repetitive use
  • Scheduling the automatic production and delivery of these reports
• My Alerts - displays system alerts. These include:
  • Critical alerts (red column)
  • Warning alerts (yellow column)
  • Information alerts (green column)
• Configuration - define and configure the following:
  • Business Groups
  • Devices
  • Applications
  • Administrators

Toolbar

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The Toolbar provides the following options:

• Navigate to previously produced report
• Navigate to next produced report
• Drill down into the current report to reveal more details.
• Configure graph display.
• Navigate to the Filter screen, where you can fine-tune the current report or produce a new custom report.
• Save the current report for future production and delivery.
• Refresh the screen.
• Print the current report.

Display Window

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You can toggle between different forms of display:

• view the report as a Timeline Graph display.
• view the report as a Stacked Timeline Graph display.
• view the report as a Bar Chart display.
• view the report as a 3D Bar Chart display.
• view the report as a Stacked Bar Chart display.
• view the report as a 3D Stacked Bar Chart display.
• view the report as a Pie Chart display.
• view the report as a 3D Pie Chart display.