HammerHead Network Probe

HammerHead Network Probe is a flow-based meter designed for wire-speed network auditing and security monitoring. The flow exporter supports Neflow v5, v9, and IPFIX. In addition, the flow engine supports a plug-in architecture for easy integration of custom flow and/or frame decoders.

Target Applications: 

• Traffic analysis and reporting
• Network security monitoring
• Usage, accounting and billing
• Fault isolation and event correlation
• Performance and capacity planning
• Discovery and configuration management
• Compliance assurance
• Policy enforcement
• Lawful intercept

• Line-rate packet capture to 10 Gbps
• Native Netflow v5/v9 export
• IPFIX export when integrated with YAF
• Plug-in architecture for custom decoders
• Works with standard collectors and analyzers
• Support for IPv4 and IPv6 traffic
• Simple web-based management over SSL
• SNMP Management Agent
• Solid-state drive for reliability
• Intel Core i7-based platform
• 10 nanosecond time-stamping
• Network Time Protocol (NTP)