ip flow-export

This command defines the host/port to send flow statistics to. IP flow (NetFlow) is a feature that gives the ability to collect IP network traffic. The NetFlow records are generated from the firewall statistics. Since the NetFlow information is taken from the firewall, you must activate firewall capabilities on the monitored interface.

Syntax

ip flow-export enable
ip flow-export destination <a.b.c.d> <port>
ip flow-export version <version number> enable
ip flow-export source-address interface <interface name> <interface-id>

Command

Description

enable

Enables IP flow statistics.

destination

Specifies the NetFlow Destination server IP address.

port

Defines  the NetFlow server port number (1-65535). The default port is 2055. 

source-address

Sets the source of the NetFlow packets. If not specified, the source will be set according to the routing table interface.

version number

Enables NetFlow version number (5 or 9).

a.b.c.d

Defines the Netflow IP address.

 

Interface Name

Interface Type

Interface ID

gigabitethernet

GigabitEthernet interface slot and port (VLAN ID is optional)

[SLOT/PORT.VLANID]

cellular

Cellular interface ID

0/0

gre

Tunnel GRE ID

[1-255] 

ipip

Tunnel IPIP ID

[1-255]

l2tp

L2TP ID

[0-99]

pppoe

PPPoE interface ID

[1-3]

pptp

PPTP ID

[0-99]

vlan

Vlan ID

[1-3999]

loopback

Loopback ID

[1-5]

bvi

Bridge interface

[1-255]

Default

NA

Command Mode

Privileged User

Example

This example enables IP flow statistics.

(config-data)# ip flow-export enable