Monitoring Ports

A Monitoring port is a physical, virtual, or logical interface monitored by a process that creates IPFIX/NetFlow records (referred to as flow records) from observed packets. The process exports the flow records to one or more collectors (for example, the Flowmon Collector or the probe built-in collector) where they are stored and further processed.

You can configure the content and export frequency of flow records for all ports at once through Global settings or individually for each Monitoring port. To apply different settings for a specific Monitoring port (local settings), you must enable Use custom settings for that port (available in both the Targets tab and the Advanced settings tab). Interface settings are always applied locally.

Click Save to apply any changes made in the Targets, Advanced settings, and Interface settings tabs. Applying changes restarts the monitoring process of the affected Monitoring ports, which can cause a short interruption in traffic monitoring.

You can start, restart, or stop each Monitoring port individually using the Start, Restart, and Stop buttons.

For more information on individual Monitoring ports sections and detailed configuration guidance, refer to the sub-sections below.