CA NFA Collection and Poller Webservices (Linux: nfa_collpollws)

Provides web service interfaces for the NFA console to communicate with the Harvester and Poller (Stand-alone and Harvester servers).

Yes

Yes

CA NFA Data Retention (Linux: nfa_dataretention)

Manages trimming to enforce volume and date limits for retaining data files.

2-tier: 15-minute, 1-minute, and Flow Forensics data (Stand-alone/Harvester)

3-tier: 15-minute data on DSA servers; 1-minute and Flow Forensics data on Harvester servers

Yes

Yes

Yes

CA NFA DNS/SNMP Proxies (Linux: nfa_proxies)

Handles SNMP and DNS requests from the Poller. Uses port 8081 by default.

Yes

Yes

CA NFA DSALoader

3-tier: Processes 15-minute data (.rpr files) into .rpa15 files for storage on DSA servers.

Yes

CA NFA File Server (Linux: nfa_filewebservice)

2-tier: In a distributed deployment, hosts the web service on the Harvesters to handle file requests from the NFA console Pump service.

3-tier: Hosts the web service for requesting file transfers between the DSA and the NFA console servers.

Yes

Yes

Yes
(3-tier)

CA NFA Harvester (Linux: nfa_harvester)

Runs the Harvester/collector process.

Yes

Yes

CA NFA Host Resolver Service

Performs hostname lookup for any host that has anomalies detected by CA Anomaly Detector.

Yes

Yes

CA NFA Hunter Tracker Service

Starts and stops the AnomalyDetector process for CA Anomaly Detector.

Yes

Yes

CA NFA Poller (Linux: nfa_poller)

Initiates and handles SNMP requests to the devices that export flow to the product.

Yes

Yes

CA NFA Pump

3-tier: Retrieves .rpr files from the NFA console.

Yes

CA NFA Reaper (Linux: nfa_reaper)

Runs the Reaper process, which processes incoming files and writes out files for 1-minute, 15-minute, and some Enterprise Overview data.

Yes

Yes

CA NFA RibSource

Provides a static interface--a RIB or Report Information Base interface--to provide the NFA data that appears in Performance Center views.

Yes

Yes

Yes

CA Performance Center SSO

Runs the Single Sign-On authentication software, so users can navigate between the NFA console and Performance Center without signing on again.

Yes

Yes

NetQoS MySql51

Runs the standard MySQL instance using port 3308 and stores MySQL configuration data.

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

NetQoS NQMySql51 (Linux: nfa_mysqlCSE)

Runs the Custom Storage Engines and provides an interface to run queries against the 1-minute, 15-minute, and Flow Forensics data.

Yes

Yes

Yes

NetQoS Reporter Manager Service

Runs maintenance threads in the background to handle the interoperation of the components.

Yes

Yes

NetQoS Reporter/Analyzer General Services

Maintain log retention in the reporter/Logs directory and handles data retention for Enterprise Overview data.

Yes

Yes

NetQoS Reporter/Analyzer Pump Service

Tasks include:

Collecting and processing Enterprise Overview data from Harvesters.

3-tier: Also collecting .rpr files from Harvesters and copying them to a staged folder for a DSA to retrieve.

Yes

Yes

NetQoS Reporter/Analyzer Query Services

Act as the interface for Custom reports and Analyses.

Yes

Yes

NetQoS ReporterAnalyzer Report Service

Executes Custom reports, Analyses, and Flow Forensics reports.

Yes

Yes

NetQoS Reporter/Analyzer Watchdog

Polls components for status information, in order to provide administrators with warnings. Also runs simple database integrity checks.

Yes

Yes