Chapter 2 Using the NetFlow Collector User Interface

Configuration

Ingress CE

The Ingress CE key builder resolves the ingress CE from the input interface field. It has the following attributes:

Attribute

Output name

Field

Allow null value

Description

Column name in output.

ID of the field to obtain from a flow.

If not selected, an error is logged if a flow does not contain the indicated field.

This key builder requires configuration in the config/peList.conf file. You must include one row to correspond to each PE device VPN interface that export NetFlow packets to this NFC server. The rows in this file contains five fields, in the following order: exporting device (PE) IP address, interface name, name of the site to which this interface is connected, CE to which this interface is connected, and customer name. These fields should be separated by commas. See the following example:

172.20.98.250,FastEthernet0/1.401,vpn1-branchB,CERouter-3,Cisco 172.20.98.250,FastEthernet0/1.601,vpn2-branchB,CERouter-4,IBM 172.20.98.248,FastEthernet2/1,vpn2-branchA,CERouter-2,IBM 172.20.98.246,FastEthernet0/1,vpn1-branchA,CERouter-1,Cisco

Integer

An Integer key builder obtains an integer value from a flow. It has the following attributes.

Attribute

Output name

Field

Format

Allow null value

Description

Column name in output; defaults to the field ID if not specified.

ID of the field in a flow.

Decimal or hexadecimal.

If not selected, an error is logged if a flow does not contain the indicated field.

 

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