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700-765 · Question #56

Which Stealthwatch component is a physical or virtual appliance that aggrages and normalizes NetFlow data?

The correct answer is C. Flow Collector. The Stealthwatch Flow Collector is the appliance responsible for ingesting, aggregating, and normalizing NetFlow and other telemetry data from network devices before forwarding it to the management layer for analysis.

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Question

Which Stealthwatch component is a physical or virtual appliance that aggrages and normalizes NetFlow data?

Options

  • AInvestigate
  • BStealthwatch Management Center
  • CFlow Collector
  • DUOP Director

How the community answered

(39 responses)
  • A
    3% (1)
  • C
    95% (37)
  • D
    3% (1)

Why each option

The Stealthwatch Flow Collector is the appliance responsible for ingesting, aggregating, and normalizing NetFlow and other telemetry data from network devices before forwarding it to the management layer for analysis.

AInvestigate

Investigate is the user-facing interface for threat hunting and analysis of collected flow data, not the component responsible for aggregating and normalizing raw NetFlow exports.

BStealthwatch Management Center

The Stealthwatch Management Center is the central console used for policy configuration, reporting, and correlation of data from multiple Flow Collectors - it does not itself ingest or normalize raw NetFlow data.

CFlow CollectorCorrect

The Flow Collector is the dedicated Stealthwatch component that receives NetFlow, IPFIX, and other flow data from routers, switches, and other exporters, then normalizes and deduplicates that data before sending it to the Stealthwatch Management Center. It is available as both a physical and virtual appliance, matching the question's description exactly.

DUOP Director

UOP Director is not a recognized component of the Cisco Stealthwatch (Secure Network Analytics) product line and does not exist in the official architecture.

Concept tested: Cisco Stealthwatch Flow Collector role in NetFlow aggregation

Source: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/security/stealthwatch/index.html

Topics

#Stealthwatch#Flow Collector#NetFlow#network monitoring

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