Creating A Flow Monitor - Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Configuration Manual

Configuring NetFlow
Step 12
Step 13

Creating a Flow Monitor

You can create a flow monitor and associate it with a flow record and a flow exporter. All the flows that
belong to a monitor use the associated flow record to match on the different fields and the data is exported to
the specified flow exporter.
Procedure
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4
Command or Action
exit
Example:
switch(config-flow-exporter)# exit
copy running-config startup-config
Example:
switch(config)# copy running-config
startup-config
Command or Action
configure terminal
Example:
switch# configure terminal
switch(config)#
flow monitorname
Example:
switch(config)# flow monitor
flow-monitor-one
description string
Example:
switch(config-flow-monitor)#
description IPv4Monitor
exporter name
Example:
switch(config-flow-monitor)# export
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Creating a Flow Monitor
Purpose
Returns to global configuration mode.
(Optional)
Saves the change persistently through reboots
and restarts by copying the running configuration
to the startup configuration.
Purpose
Enters global configuration mode.
Creates a flow monitor and enters flow monitor
configuration mode. You can enter up to 63
alphanumeric characters for the flow monitor name.
(Optional)
Describes this flow monitor. You can enter up to
63 alphanumeric characters for the description.
(Optional)
Associates a flow exporter with this flow monitor.
You can enter up to 63 alphanumeric characters
for the exporter name.
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