Network

Troubleshooting Center
Technical Overview

Centralized Network Troubleshooting

Solutions

Network Troubleshooting Center

Agilents centralized network troubleshooting solutions, featuring the Network Analyzer and the
Network Troubleshooting Center, significantly reduce the time, people, and expertise needed to solve
the most costly problems in distributed multi-service, multi-technology networks.

The Network Troubleshooting Center (NTC) places the power of multiple Agilent Network Analyzer
platforms and other test agents in the hands of a single, centrally located individual or group.
Together with the Network Analyzer product family, NTC provides a centralized troubleshooting
solution that:
Expedites problem resolution by providing aggregated network-wide views of performance across
multiple LAN and WAN technologies, including 802.11 Wireless LANs (WLAN)
Provides seamless integration between problem isolation and troubleshooting
Enables rapid progression from problem detection and isolation to resolution with integrated RMON
statistics analysis and advanced troubleshooting
Eliminates the need for expert engineers/technicians at multiple locations, thus enabling a smaller
workforce and reducing travel
Reduces training time and workflow interruptions by providing a common solution and interface for
both centralized testing and dispatched testing; and for multiple LAN and WAN technologies
NTC is a software solution that provides single-user and multi-user access to information collected
from one or more Agilent Network Analyzer platforms and other data sources on a network. It also
provides remote access to one or more Network Analyzer platforms.
NTC processes and correlates data into intelligent information, useful for problem isolation and
troubleshooting. It also provides aggregated views of network health and performance, along with
the ability to drill down to detailed views of individual LANs, WANs, WLANs, switches, nodes,
connections, protocols, and error types. This enables the user to quickly go from identifying a
problem from an overall view of a network to isolating the location and nature of the problem. NTC
then allows the user to open remote Network Analyzer applications for advanced troubleshooting at
the source of the problem.

Centralized Network
Troubleshooting

Fast Ethernet. Gigabit Ethernet. ATM. Frame Relay. Packet over SONET. T3/E3. OC-3/STM-1. OC-12/STM-4.
Wireless LANs. Voice. Data. 3G mobile. It is evident todays networks are significantly more complex than
ever before, and the demands of installing and maintaining them are growing while companies are reducing
workforces.

Troubleshooting todays networks is technically more difficult for several reasons:

More problems are occurring in layers 3-7
In 1990, network engineers reported that a majority of network problems occur in layers 1-2. By 2001, they
reported that a majority of network problems were now occurring in layers 3-7. Problems in the network
layer and above are often distributed, spanning many network links and nodes. This makes problem isolation
more difficult.
Problems are distributed across different network technologies, requiring more network expertise
Networks comprise different technologies and network problems, and therefore network problems often span
across these different technologies, including Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, ATM, and Frame Relay. This
increases the expertise needed to identify and solve network problems.
Performance benchmarks focused on end-to-end services and applications, rather than segment-by-segment
technologies
With deployments of multiple services (voice, data, mobile, video) on a single network, performance must be
delivered from end-user to end-user. This means testing and troubleshooting performance problems must
focus on end-to-end performance, rather than just the performance of a single link or segment.
Switched networks vs. hubbed/shared
The deployment of switched networks in the late 1990s means that no longer can one analyze traffic for all
LAN nodes simultaneously by connecting an analyzer to a single hub port.
Troubleshooting todays networks is also economically more difficult for several reasons:
Workforce reductions result in significantly fewer people to fix problems on a network, even though the
number of problems hasnt decreased.
Centralization of experts: As companies slash operating budgets, skilled engineers and technicians can no
longer be deployed to all network sites and must maintain the network from a centralized location.
Reduced travel budgets prohibit companies from dispatching engineers and technicians to various locations
whenever there is a problem.
Agilents centralized troubleshooting solution introduces powerful new capabilities for network engineers and
technicians. It empowers them to identify and solve complex problems on a distributed network, even a
global network, from a single location. It simplifies and expedites the process for identifying, isolating, and
troubleshooting problems that span multiple network links, nodes, and even different technologies. For
example, an IP routing problem can disrupt network traffic beginning on a Fast Ethernet node, to a Gigabit
Ethernet access network, to an ATM link, and across a WAN to another Gigabit Ethernet access network.
With Agilents NTC and Network Analyzer products, which provide a single solution for analyzing the network
at each segment and for each technology, such problems can be quickly identified, isolated, and fixed.
Agilent NTC Wireless LAN is one of the solutions of the Agilent Network Troubleshooting Center. With this
functionality, NTC offers WLAN analysis and troubleshooting alongside wireline network testing (Gigabit
Ethernet, ATM, etc.) in a single console to quickly pinpoint network problems in either the wireless or the
wireline side of the network.
Agilent NTC combines vital network health information from distributed WLAN intelligent sensors, distributed
network analyzers, as well as legacy network elements. Each Agilent analyzer is equipped with its own
analysis engine purpose-built for the technologies it is managing. In particular the Wi-Fi sensor is able to
proactively identify over 60 conditions that can impact the integrity of wireless networks. These sensors bring
network intelligence to the edge where it is needed, and provide information and remote troubleshooting to
people and systems around the world.

NTC Centralizes the Power

of Multiple Network Analyzers

Agilents centralized troubleshooting solution can:

Increase the efficiency of a smaller workforce
Reduce cost of testing new technology and service deployments
Reduce cost of maintenance for distributed LANs, Wireless LANs, and WANs
Reduce the cost of maintaining remote locations by avoiding travel costs and eliminating the need
for experts at remote sites
Reduce training needs for engineers and technicians by providing a single solution for all network
troubleshooting
Agilents Network Troubleshooting Center (NTC) integrates and centralizes
troubleshooting capabilities from multiple Network Analyzer platforms, WLAN Sensors, and other
test agents. NTC places the power of multiple Network Analyzer platforms in the hands of a single
user or group. It supports both single-user and multi-user deployments. These deployments can be
as simple as providing a single user with remote or direct access to a single Network Analyzer
platform, and as powerful as providing multiple users with access to aggregated, correlated data
from over one hundred Network Analyzer platforms, WLAN Sensors, and other test agents.

NTC provides both remote access to, and aggregated data from, Agilents Network Analyzer
hardware and software platforms:
Network Analyzer (J6800A)
Distributed Network Analyzer (J6801A)1
Distributed Network Analyzer MX (J6802A)
Distributed Network Analyzer ME (J6805A)
Network Analyzer Software (J6840A)2
For more information on these products, please refer to the Network Analyzer Family Technical
Overview (see Related Literature).
In addition, NTC aggregates expert information from all Agilent WLAN sensors and correlates this
data with information from other technologies or applications being managed. NTC also maintains
configuration for every WLAN Sensor.
For more information on Agilent's WLAN solution, including NTC WLAN and WLAN Sensors, please
refer to the "Wireless LAN Analyzer Technical Overview" (see Related Literature).
The Agilent Application Analyzer extends the centralized troubleshooting capabilities provided by
NTC and the Network Analyzer. The Application Analyzer helps network professionals, from a single
location, identify and resolve application- and service-related problems across the entire IP network.
It is a fully distributed IP network performance analysis tool that provides visibility into end-to-end
network, application and service performance from anywhere on the network. The Application
Analyzer addresses the most pressing problems faced by network professionals, which include
difficult-to-diagnose problems related to networked applications. With the Application Analyzer,
users can easily determine if a particular application is having communication problems, losing
packets across the network, experiencing long response times, etc. For more information on the
Application Analyzer, please refer to the Application Analyzer Technical Overview (see Related
Literature).

1 NTC support for Distributed Network Analyzer (J6801A) requires that a PC with the Windows XP
operating system controls the J6801A. The J6800A, J6802A, and J6805A are all qualified to
control a J6801A for NTC.
2 NTC support for Network Analyzer Software (J6840A) on a PC requires that the PC runs the
Windows XP operating system.

NTC RMON (J6782A)

Hot-spot Monitoring,
Problem Isolation,
and Traffic Analysis with
Powerful and Unique
RMON Capabilities

Network diagnostics and troubleshooting are critical functions of any network operations
infrastructure. NTC RMON delivers significant improvements in the diagnostics and troubleshooting
capabilities of a network operations organization by providing powerful and unique capabilities for
hot-spot monitoring, problem isolation, and traffic analysis. NTC RMON is effective either as a
stand-alone solution, or as a functional component within an overall operations support systems
architecture.
NTC collects RMON and RMON2 statistics from agents running on Network Analyzer
platforms. Each Network Analyzer hardware platform (J6800A, J6801A, J6802A, J6805A), as well
as the Network Analyzer Software (J6840A) running on a Windows XP PC, includes an RMON1/2
ompliant agent and MIB that can continuously record vital network statistics. These statistics are
delivered to NTC for aggregation and presentation in various formats.
NTC can also collect statistics from RMON, RMON2, and MIB-II compliant agents on other devices
in a network. These include switches, routers, hubs, LAN and WAN RMON probes, printers,
network servers and hosts, and other types of analyzers. Due to variations in vendors
implementations of RMON1/2 and MIB-II specifications, NTC may not be able to collect data from
all devices claiming compliance with these specifications. The following devices have been
successfully tested with NTC:

Agilent Network Analyzer hardware and software platforms

Agilent NetMetrix LAN/WAN/ATM Probes
Cisco Catalyst Switches (1900, 2820, 5000, 5500, 5509, 6500)
Cisco 7200 Routers
HP Procurve Switches (224M, 1600M, 4000M, 8000M)
Network Associates Sniffer Distributed RMON Agents (Frame Relay, FastEthernet)
HP LaserJet Printers (5M, 8100DN)
Microsoft SNMP service
With its powerful RMON capabilities, NTC can show the overall health of the network, identify
problem areas, and enable the user to quickly isolate the problem for further troubleshooting with a
Network Analyzer platform. NTC provides unique aggregated views of RMON and MIB-II statistics
collected from many different sources. Statistics are presented correlated in time and across the
network. Aggregated views include the ability to drill down to individual agent and statistics views
so that one can quickly go from identifying a problem from an overall view of a network to isolating
the location and nature of the problem.
NTC can also generate SNMP event traps based on user-defined thresholds for RMON and MIB-II
statistics. These event traps can be sent to an external system, such as an SNMP-compliant
network management system, for event management operations, such as automated notifications.
NTCs RMON capabilities, along with the Network Analyzers advanced troubleshooting capabilities,
provides a seamless integration between problem isolation and troubleshooting. Engineers can
rapidly progress from problem identification to resolution.

NTC Wireless LAN (J6783A)

NTC Wireless LAN brings complete knowledge of every Wi-Fi device and channel in the
environment regardless of band (802.11a, 802.11b, or 802.11g). Management staff can easily
monitor the security measures in use on every device to ensure compliance with established
policies, while automatically scanning for dozens of wireless network attacks. In addition to security,
NTC Wireless LAN proactively addresses the performance and reliability of the network, without
which, the WLAN simply could not meet enterprise standards. Dozens of configurable alarms
proactively alert managers to developing issues before they lead to problems. A suite of active
testing utilities enable managers to test their infrastructure from any location they choose.
The front line of NTC Wireless LAN is manned by strategically placed Intelligent Sensors. These
sensors provide around-the-clock coverage of the entire wireless environment including all 802.11a,
802.11b, and 802.11g channels and infrastructure.

Capabilities
Intrusion Detection
Policy Control and Enforcement
Wireless Performance and Reliability
One Touch Remote Drill Down
End-to-End Troubleshooting
Multi-Mode Coverage 802.11a/b/g
Infrastructure agnostic
Standards based security
Proactive management
Local processing ensures enterprise scalability
Integrated with leading network management consoles
Gain Control Over Security Policy
No issue has defined Wi-Fi more than security. While the past year has welcomed new security
protocols that make WLANs as secure as their wired counterparts, ensuring that all users and
stations comply with these security measures has been another issue entirely. NTC Wireless LAN
Sensors address this gap by auditing and validating the security of every Wi-Fi device in the
network, providing managers with an easy process to ensure all users employ the appropriate level
of security.
Supported protocols include:
WEP

LEAP

PPTP VPN

WPA (802.1x)

LEAP

L2TP VPN

TTLS

TKIP

SSH VPN

TLS

MIC

IPSEC VPN

802.1x

Detect Wireless Intruders and Attacks

Maintaining internal defenses is only half the security battle. As Wi-Fi has grown, so too have the
number and sophistication of wireless attacks. WLAN Sensors have been engineered specifically to
counter these threats - scanning the environment for Rogue APs and War-Drivers, Spoofed MAC
Addresses, and a host of Denial of Service Attacks unique to Wi-Fi. Sensors send encrypted realtime alarms in response to an attack, allowing staff to respond before the network is impacted.
Ensure Network Reliability
In addition to predictable performance, WLANs must be highly reliable before being considered
business grade. NTC Wireless LAN addresses this need with a suite of alarms and diagnostics that
detect network faults and misconfigurations that can lead to outages in the network. These
diagnostics are complemented by active utilities to pin down the sources of connectivity problems in
the network.

Controlled Centralized System Management

NTC Wireless LAN aggregates expert information from all WLAN sensors and correlates this data
with information from other technologies or applications being managed. As with all NTC
applications, this information can be seamlessly integrated into large OSS\NMS systems with its
built-in policy-based management capabilities.
Configuration and User Management
Maintains configurations for every sensor in the system, allowing IT personnel to tune sensor
thresholds appropriately for each location.
Anywhere, Anytime Integrity Management
NTC Wireless LAN provides a view of alarms and WLAN health by individual sensor. NTC Console
can be run securely whether in a Network Operations Center (NOC), or remotely on a laptop keeping network engineers connected to the information they need regardless of their location.
Advanced LAN \ WAN \WLAN Troubleshooting
With expert information and the troubleshooting capability of Agilent's Network and WLAN
Analyzers, the most elusive network problems can be quickly isolated and then quickly resolved.
Remote Drill-Down and Troubleshooting
One of the most powerful features of the NTC is the ability to drill down directly into an analyzer to
solve a network issue. The WLAN sensor operates as any network analyzer and is available for
remote troubleshooting with a single click. This allows users to securely connect to a particular
sensor from any location, and view detailed information in real-time. Users can view low level data
on every channel and device in the area, see alarms, real-time local statistics, and even review
packet decodes.
Remote Troubleshooting and Active Tools
Using the Remote user interface to WLAN sensors, users can leverage a host of active
troubleshooting tools to pinpoint problems in the network. These tools allow the user to remotely
test throughput on a particular AP, diagnose connection problems, and perform Layer 3 debugging
and end-to-end provisioning. Such remote capability greatly reduces the need to dispatch resources
when troubleshooting the WLAN.
Efficient Use of Network Resources
NTC and its associated Network Analyzers have been designed with ultimate efficiency in mind.
After all, a troubleshooting system that adds a burden to the system is counter-productive. Unlike
many systems on the market today that simply capture and forward data to a central server for
processing, Agilent Network Analyzers have the analysis system built right in. Agilent's WLAN
sensors where created using this paradigm and therefore process locally, sending real-time alarms
only when thresholds are reached. Trending data is saved on the sensor, and securely transferred at
regular intervals to the NTC, minimizing operational load on the network and servers.

NTC Report Center (J6779A)

NTC Report Center provides tactical centralized reporting of network health and performance
information compiled by NTC. This is a turnkey solution for hot-spot trending, network performance
analysis, and network characterization for advanced diagnostics.

Many different report contents and formats are available. For example, generate reports showing
the performance of specific areas of the network over time, or contributions to network
performance and utilization by specific stations or protocols. NTC Report Center is valuable for:
characterizing the network over time to diagnose sporadic or recurring problems that are distributed
in nature;
baselining areas of the network for optimization, planning, and provisioning operations;
generating professional reports for customers or management.
NTC Report Center offers a web interface for ubiquitous access to reports and report generation.
NTC Report Center is available for both NTC RMON and NTC WLAN applications.
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NTC Simplifies and Expedites

Problem Resolution

With the deployment of multi-technology networks, engineers previously had to use

multiple tools to detect, isolate, and troubleshoot a problem. This increases training time and adds
time to the troubleshooting process by disrupting the workflow when moving from one tool to
another.

NTC along with the Network Analyzer products provide a complete solution for both centralized and
dispatched troubleshooting in one package, eliminating the need for multiple tools. This solution:
Works across multiple LAN and WAN technologies, including 802.11 Wireless LAN, 10/100
Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, ATM, Frame Relay, and Packet over SONET. Provides analysis of all
technologies with the same look and feel, so engineers need to learn only one tool. A single
graphical user interface provides aggregated information from all Network Analyzer LAN and WAN
technologies.
Addresses multi-service networks: data, voice, mobile
Can be integrated into a Network Management System (NMS) or Operations Support System (OSS)
architecture to provide tactical troubleshooting
NTC provides all capabilities needed for troubleshooting the most complex networks:
Aggregated views of RMON and MIB-II statistics from hundreds of data sources to present the
overall health and performance of the network
Aggregated views of Wireless LAN health and performance measurements from distributed WLAN
intelligent sensors for 802.11a, b, and g networks
One-click drill down from aggregated views to detailed views of individual LANs, WANs, switches,
nodes, connections, protocols, and error types. Quickly isolate the location and nature of a problem
Integrated RMON and advanced protocol analysis for seamless integration between problem
isolation and troubleshooting
Network data correlation across time and network
In addition, the Network Analyzer product family offers the most flexible and scalable line of
hardware platforms available to meet any deployment or performance requirement. It also offers
hot-swappable interfaces so that one hardware solution can be used for any LAN or WAN network
interface.

Seamless Integration Between

Problem Isolation and
Troubleshooting

With traditional network and protocol analysis techniques, problem isolation and
troubleshooting were segregated processes requiring different solutions. Engineers and
technicians had to first determine where on a network a problem was occurring before dispatching
a protocol analyzer to the trouble segment.
With NTC, this becomes one rapidly progressing process that can be performed from a single
computer. The following is one of many examples:

View the overall health of the network. See red status LEDs on History at a Glance view. Under
Current Health, click on a yellow or red hot spot in a radar chart to drill down to the specific
data source view that is exhibiting a problem.

See all vital statistics for the selected data source. Click on a yellow or red hot spot to drill down
to the specific statistics view to see main contributors behind the statistic.

See the Top Talkers or other detail behind the selected statistic. Click on a Top Talker to drill
down to specific protocols view for that node.

See the most active protocols used by the selected Top Talker. Click on a protocol to drill down to
the Top Listeners for that protocol.

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See the Top Listeners for the selected Top Talker node and selected protocol. Now you know the
specific protocol used by specific nodes that contributed to the threshold violation, or hot spot, in
the Health Summary View.
You can now launch a remote Network Analyzer application and filter on both the protocol and the
node IP address found.

Perform protocol and network analysis remotely on any Network Analyzer platform. Troubleshoot
the root cause of the problem using the Network Analyzers Expert Analyzer...

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... Protocol Vitals, and many other of the Network Analyzers powerful analysis capabilities.

NTC and Network

Management Systems

NTC can serve as a tactical diagnostics and troubleshooting tool for a Network Management
System (NMS) or an Operations Support System (OSS). NTC provides focused hot-spot monitoring,
rapid problem isolation, and advanced analysis beyond what any NMS or OSS can provide. NTC
can easily integrate into an NMS or OSS architecture by sending SNMP traps based on userdefined thresholds.
Such an architecture enables a network operator to use their existing NMS or OSS to monitor and
manage their network. When an alarm is generated indicating a problem on the network, the
operator can bring up the NTC console to isolate the problem on the network and determine its
nature (high utilization, unavailability, etc.). The operator can then open a remote session with the
Network Analyzer application to troubleshoot the problem.

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NTC Features

Remote access to one or more Network Analyzer platforms

Centralized management of multiple Network Analyzer platforms
Single-user and multi-user deployment models
Supported on Windows and UNIX
Aggregated views of Wireless LAN health and performance measurements from distributed WLAN
intelligent sensors for 802.11a, b, and g networks
Aggregated view of RMON, RMON2, and MIB-II statistics to show overall network health and
performance and isolate problems quickly
Centralized reporting of network health and performance information with NTC Report Center for
both NTC RMON and NTC WLAN applications
Integrated RMON statistics with advanced troubleshooting
Correlation in time of network data from different sources
SNMP event traps based on user-defined thresholds. Thresholds can be set globally or individually
for a data source.
Automated agent discovery
Extensive embedded Help utilities
Centralized and automated Network Analyzer software updates
Navigation tree provides easy navigation through different features and views
: Database export for integration with and analysis by other applications

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 Agent Manager:

Add agents (Network Analyzer platforms, WLAN Sensors, RMON and MIB-II agents)
Auto-discover agents
Manage agents: start/stop data collection, view properties, update software, open remote
application, etc. (as supported by agent)
Supported agent types:
LANs (includes all Network Analyzer LAN data sources)
WANs (NetMetrix WAN probes only)
Wireless LAN Sensors (hardware and software)
Switches
SwitchLinks (NetMetrix 10/100 Ethernet and Network Analyzer only)
Routers
Hubs
Printers
Hosts
Servers
Analyzers (e.g., Distributed Sniffer Frame Relay)

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Health Summary:

View aggregated RMON,WLAN, and MIB-II statistics collected in time intervals

Automatic links for drill down to detailed views of individual LANs, WANs, WLANs, switches,
nodes, connections, protocols, and error types

Real-Time Collections: Collect RMON and MIB-II statistics in real-time in intervals ranging from 10
seconds to 2 minutes (Standard non-realtime historical NTC collection intervals are 5 minutes and
greater)
Event Viewer:

View user-defined events, including threshold violations and device alarms

Filter events by severity, type, and time frame

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Global Configuration:

Configure thresholds globally or per agent

Add and configure events for data sources and the NTC system
Configure NTC server, security, and data storage parameters

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NTC Deployments

NTC can be deployed in many different architectures.Supported on both Windows and UNIX,
NTC can be deployed for single-user and multi-user environments.

Single-user for remote access to any Network Analyzer platform

NTC provides remote access for each of the Network Analyzers hardware and software platforms.
A basic version of NTC software is shipped with all Network Analyzer family platforms. This basic
version can remotely access Network Analyzer platforms, perform SNMP-based data collection from
up to four data sources simultaneously (analyzers from the Network Analyzer family or interface
MIBs), and manage many agents.

Single-user for centralized testing using multiple Network Analyzer platforms and other data sources

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Multi-user for centralized testing using multiple Network Analyzer platforms and other data sources

Field testing using multiple data sources

NTC can run on a J6800A Network Analyzer dispatched in the field. A technician or engineer can
analyze the network at a particular segment using the Network Analyzers Line Interface Module
(LIM) while collecting data from other sources on the network to determine the extent and nature
of the problem.

Remote Dispatched for centralized experts

WLAN monitoring and analysis

NTC WLAN can be operated as a complete stand-alone solution. It can also be operated along with
NTC RMON and Network Analyzer to provide complete wireline and wireless network diagnostics
and troubleshooting.

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A Network Analyzer or Distributed Network Analyzer MX can be dispatched to any site and inserted
into the network by local technicians. NTC then provides experts at a centralized location with
access to the dispatched Network Analyzers powerful troubleshooting capabilities. NTC can also
provide the centralized experts with access to other Network Analyzer platforms and SNMP data
sources distributed throughout the network for complete centralized troubleshooting.

NTC System Requirements

NTC is comprised of two main parts: the NTC Server and NTC Console. Both are supplied with the
product and can run on the same PC. Additional NTC Consoles running on different PCs can access
the same NTC Server.
The minimum recommended PC requirements for running the Network Troubleshooting Center
software:
Number of data sources for historical SNMP
PC
data collections at 5-minute intervals
Speed

PC
Memory

Free Disk Space

Required for
NTC Installation

Up to 120

700 MHz

256 MB

335 MB

Up to 150

1 GHz

256 MB

335 MB

Up to 200

2 GHz

500 MB

335 MB

Number of data sources for real-time SNMP

data collections at 10-second intervals
PC
(with 100 historical collections)
Speed

PC
Memory

Free Disk Space

Required for
NTC Installation

Up to 10

700 MHz

256 MB

335 MB

Up to 15

2 GHz

500 MB

335 MB

Up to 20

2 GHz

1 GB

335 MB

500 MHz

256 MB

170 MB

For NTC Console installation only

The NTC Server can also operate on UNIX (Solaris 8/9 with the latest recommended patch
cluster). NTC Consoles can operate on UNIX for viewing RMON/MIB data collections. In addition,
an open source software package is provided for opening remote sessions to Network Analyzers
from an NTC Console running on UNIX. This open source software package is not supported by
Agilent. Other third party software is also available for remote session capability from UNIX.
Minimum Installation and Operation Requirements (NTC Console and Server, or Console-only) for
UNIX:
Number of data sources for historical SNMP
data collections at 5-minute intervals

CPU
Speed

Up to 125

1 UltraSPARC II Processor, 650MHz

1 GB

Up to 500

1 UltraSPARC II Processor, 900MHz

2 GB

Number of data sources for real-time SNMP

data collections at 10-second intervals
(with 100 historical collections)

CPU
Speed

Up to 5

1 UltraSPARC II Processor, 650MHz

1 GB

Up to 10

1 UltraSPARC II Processor, 900MHz

2 GB

Up to 20

2 UltraSPARC II Processor, 900MHz

2 GB

Up to 30

4 UltraSPARC II Processor, 900MHz

2 GB

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Memory

Memory

Data Collection Performance: The above minimum configuration will support:

up to 125 historical collections at 5 minute collection intervals (with appropriate software
license enabled)
up to 5 real-time collections (10 second collection interval, co-existing with 100 historical
collections on the same NTC Server)
NTC software can run on the following operating systems:
Microsoft Windows 2000 and 2000 Server
Microsoft Windows XP
Solaris versions 8 and 9

Microsoft Windows is a U.S. registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation

Windows is a U.S. registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation
Pentium is a U.S. registered trademark of Intel Corporation
Intel is a U.S. registered trademark of Intel Corporation
UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group

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Network Analyzer Family
A basic version of NTC is shipped with each Network Analyzer family platform:
J6800A Agilent Network Analyzer
J6801A Agilent Distributed Network Analyzer
J6802A Agilent Distributed Network Analyzer MX
J6805A Agilent Distributed Network Analyzer ME
J6840A Agilent Network Analyzer Software
This basic version of NTC can remotely access Network Analyzer platforms, perform SNMP-based
data collection from up to four data sources simultaneously (analyzers from the Network Analyzer
family or interface MIBs), and manage many agents:
WLAN Analyzer
J7333A Wireless LAN SW Sensor (for NTC Wireless LAN use)
J7334A Wireless LAN HW Sensor (for NTC Wireless LAN use)
J7330A Wireless LAN Analyzer Laptop Pro (802.11 a/b)
J7332A Wireless LAN Analyzer Laptop (802.11b)
J7331A Wireless LAN Analyzer Handheld 802.11b)

Application Analyzer
J6790A Agilent Application Analyzer

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1800 1651 0170
+7 095 797 3963
1800 375 8100
080 769 0800
+34 91 631 3300
0200 88 22 55
0800 80 5353
0800 80 5353
0800 80 5353
0800 047 866
1800 226 008
+44 (0) 7004 666666
800 452 4844

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document are subject to change without notice.
Agilent Technologies, Inc. 2003
Printed in U.S.A. October 15, 2003
5988-8548EN

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