Fluke Networks OneView is a dynamic portal that gives network managers and others with responsibility for administration, security, support and convergence, a single and highly configurable point of access for all their network monitoring applications, so they can quickly get to the information they need.

By uniting and streamlining Fluke Networks's various network monitoring applications, Fluke Networks OneView enables users to get even better performance and value from their individual NetFlow Tracker, ResponseWatch and NetWhere applications. If required, OneView can also provide the same centralised access to applications of other vendors.

We have identified four key areas where improved insight into network activity can have a major impact on organisational effectiveness. The powerful and flexible reporting functions in Fluke Networks applications ensure that information can be tailored and made meaningful to customer, technical and management audiences alike.

OneView unites these for the first time in a single, customisable, interface that can not only be tailored to limit options on a need-to-see basis, but also deliver executive and management summary reports straight to the post-login screen, or by email. OneView also simplifies the management of multiple installations of NetFlow Tracker, bringing them all together through one interface, with secure, controlled access to Tracker and NetWhere servers and other web-based applications, via a single sign-on.

OneView architecture

Portal access allows the reporting structure derived from NetFlow Tracker's databases, and those of other applications, to be tailored to the needs of particular audiences.

Whilst OneView provides the expected security of control in a managed service provision environment e.g. one customer cannot see another customer's report, even though they are both connected to the same provider edge router, its most powerful function lies in removing superfluous reports and function buttons, allowing users to focus on what they really need to see.

Features & Benefits

Single point of access
Instead of having to log in to all product installations separately, OneView bypasses the NetFlow Tracker and NetWhere login screens, to give users a single log-in and starting screen, from which the information they need can be accessed.

All installations on the network are accessible to, and specified by, the administrator from OneView's admin section. The necessary permissions can then be granted to users, who can either view or configure those installations, according to their rights

Authentication and Access Control
Once users log into OneView they see a customised crosssection of the network, based on their group membership or individual access rights. Access control is implemented using the NetFlow Tracker/OneView integration features, as well as a regular-expression filtering feature for other products, whereby users are given selective access to a server, subject to pattern-matching constraints.

Customised views
Administrators can build pages using elements from different installations and products and assign them to users and groups. This powerful feature makes it possible to provide tailored reports for any number of user groups and levels, from front-line operations to executive level.

Mediated reports for multiple NetFlow Tracker installations
With multiple installations of NetFlow Tracker brought together in OneView, reports can draw data from individual Trackers and display them in one report. These are overview reports that, when clicked on, take users to the individual Tracker reports, direct from the installations. It is not necessary to know where the different Tracker installations are located.

Typical Scenario of Use

Within OneView, a user might see high bandwidth usage on a critical link in NetWatch, or receive an SLA breach alert from ResponseWatch, then right click to select a NetFlow Tracker report for that interface. Tracker shows the IP address of the top talker using most of the bandwidth. The application report shows that the top talker is a non-approved application - e.g. Kazaa - making up most of the traffic. The user then goes to NetWhere and enters the offending IP address into the search page. NetWhere informs the operator of the switch port to which it is connected and tells the operator where the switch is located. The user can then be contacted and corrected, or the user's movements over the past month, by network connection, can be traced. In an emergency, the identified switch port can even be shut down.