C H A P T E R 2

Installing CNS NetFlow Collection Engine

This chapter describes how to install Cisco CNS NetFlow Collection Engine.

This chapter includes the following sections:

Verifying System Requirements, page 2-1

Using the CNS NetFlow Collection Engine Installation Script, page 2-2

Installing on a Solaris or HP-UX Platform, page 2-3

Installing on a Red Hat Enterprise Linux Platform, page 2-7

Uninstalling CNS NetFlow Collection Engine 5.0, page 2-10

Verifying System Requirements

CNS NetFlow Collection Engine, Release 5.0 has the following hardware requirements:

Minimum of 1 GB RAM, 10K SCSI, 30 GB disk, single processor on an entry-level server.

Recommended: 4 GB RAM, 15K Ultra 320 SCSI, dual 70 GB disks, dual processors on an entry-level server.

The following operating systems and platforms are supported:

Solaris 8 and Solaris 9 on an entry-level server, such as the Sun Fire 280R with 1 GHz or greater UltraSPARC III or IIIi processors.

HP-UX Version 11i for PA-RISC on an entry-level server, such as the rp2400 series.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 or 3 ES on an entry-level server, such as an IBM x336 with 2.8 GHz or greater Intel Xeon processors.

Note that the CPU, RAM, and disk space recommendations above are minimum requirements, and that actual requirements are determined by your configuration and by the volume and uniqueness of NetFlow data that is received. Actual resource usage can vary greatly depending on these factors.

Note To prevent NetFlow data export packet loss, the workstation should be dedicated to the CNS NetFlow Collection Engine and should not be running other applications.

The CNS NetFlow Collection Engine generates output files containing aggregated data. The exact amount of disk space the output files require depends on the flow arrival rate, collection interval, number of aggregation schemes specified, use of compression or not, and data file retention policies.

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Cisco Systems OL-6900-01 manual Installing CNS NetFlow Collection Engine, Verifying System Requirements

OL-6900-01 specifications

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