[c-nsp] Netflow analysis tools?

[Eric Van Tol]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gert Doering [mailto:gert at greenie.muc.de]
> Sent: Monday, May 19, 2014 2:15 PM
> To: Eric Van Tol
> Cc: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
> Subject: Re: [c-nsp] Netflow analysis tools?
> 
> Hi,
> 
> On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 10:30:03AM -0400, Eric Van Tol wrote:
> > Solarwinds has no plans on supporting IPv6 or MPLS - IPv6 has been a
> > feature request for more at least 3 years on their support forum
> 
> This would be an absolute killer for me.
> 
> (Even if I were not running an IPv6 network today, chances are *quite*
> high
> that you need it in the next years, and a company that is so obviously
> behind
> the times is not someone I'd trust)

Let me clarify: I have no solid evidence that they do not plan to support IPv6 for NTA.  Their other products are IPv6-compatible, it's just that the Netflow module cannot parse IPv6 addresses in the PDUs.  Why this is still the case in 2014, I am not sure.  I can only assume that they do not plan on introducing this feature anytime soon, as they have historically been driven by their enterprise customers, which don't give a damn about IPv6, unfortunately. :-/

-evt