Documentation forNetFlow Traffic Analyzer
Analyzing network traffic and bandwidth is a key capability of SolarWinds Observability Self-Hosted (formerly Hybrid Cloud Observability) and is available in the Advanced edition. NetFlow Traffic Analyzer (NTA) is also available in a standalone module.

Flow analysis

To begin analyzing available flow data produced by devices within your network, you must either add a flow-enabled interface to your SolarWinds Platform database or monitor a previously added interface that is capable of generating NetFlow data. Adding your NetFlow devices and interfaces to the SolarWinds Platform database and adding your NetFlow devices and interfaces to NTA as NetFlow sources are separate procedures, detailed in separate sections, as follows.