LiveWire Virtual is a virtual version of the LiveWire hardware network appliance. LiveWire Virtual uniquely combines flow-based reporting using deep packet inspection (DPI) with high-speed, packet capture and storage. LiveWire Virtual is designed to work with LiveAction's LiveNX, an innovative network performance visualization and analytics solution. LiveWire Virtual provides visibility in areas where flow-based data is typically not readily available, and is optimized for data center visibility.
Because LiveWire Virtual starts with packet data, it is able to provide a unique, and extended, set of flow-based monitoring data called LiveFlow. LiveFlow is extended IPFIX data and is exported to LiveNX, where the complete network topology is visualized. LiveNX stores monitoring data for both long-term reporting and real-time alerting. Regardless of the depth of LiveFlow data, there are inevitably times when packets are required for detailed, root-cause analysis. Since LiveWire Virtual is also storing all of the packets while simultaneously generating LiveFlow, issues identified on real-time LiveNX dashboards can easily be analyzed in detail, down to the packet level, by simply identifying an alert or a flow that needs further investigation.
