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Enable NetFlow:
feature netflow
Define an optional flow exporter by specifying the export format, protocol, destination, and other parameters:
flow exporter exporter-1
description Flow Collector
destination a.b.c.d
source Vlan3
transport udp 2055
version 9
Define a flow monitor based on the flow record and flow exporter:
flow monitor netflow-monitor-1
record netflow-original
exporter exporter-1
Apply the flow monitor to a source interface:
interface eth0/0
ip flow monitor netflow-monitor-1 input
exit
Set timeouts:
flow timeout active 300 (default is 1800 seconds)
Verifying the configuration:
show flow record netflow-original
show flow exporter
show flow monitor netflow-monitor-1
Optionally, create custom record:
flow record custom-netflow-record
description Custom Netflow Record
match ipv4 source address
match ipv4 destination address
match transport destination-port
...
collect counter bytes
collect counter packets
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