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The StealthWatch system is made up of several hardware components that gather,
analyze, and present information about your network to improve network performance
and security. This section describes the major StealthWatch components.
StealthWatch Management Console
The StealthWatch Management Console (SMC) is the control center for
StealthWatch. It manages, coordinates, configures, and organizes all of the different
components of the system. The SMC client software allows you to access the SMC's
user-friendly graphical user interface (GUI) from any local computer with access to a
Web browser. Through the client GUI, you can easily access real-time security and
network information about critical segments throughout your enterprise.
Featuring Java-based platform independence, the SMC enables:
Centralized management, configuration, and reporting for up to 25
StealthWatch FlowCollectors
Graphical charts for visualizing traffic
Drill-down analysis for troubleshooting
Consolidated and customizable reports
Trend analysis
Performance monitoring
Immediate notification of security breaches
FlowCollector
The StealthWatch FlowCollector for NetFlow gathers NetFlow, cFlow, J-Flow,
Packeteer 2, NetStream, and IPFIX data to provide cost-effective, behavior-based
network protection.
The FlowCollector aggregates high-speed network behavior data from multiple
networks or network segments to deliver end-to-end protection and improve
performance across geographically dispersed networks.
As the FlowCollector receives data, it identifies known or unknown attacks, internal
misuse, or misconfigured network devices, regardless of packet encryption or
fragmentation. Once StealthWatch identifies the behavior, the system can take any
action you have configured it to take, if any, for that kind of behavior.
Pre-Configuration Considerations
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