Define Flow Detail Record Collectors

PacketWise can emit records that contain details of all flows that go through the PacketShaper to a collector on the WAN or LAN. The collector can be any product that understands Cisco NetFlow v5 flow detail records (such as Cisco Collector and Rodopi Billing Software) as well as Packeteer's ReportCenter. For more information, see Flow Detail Records Overview.

A collector is defined by its record type (NetFlow-5, Packeteer-1, or Packeteer-2) and its location (IP address and UDP port number). To send flow detail records to a NetFlow v5 collector, select the NetFlow-5 record type. To send flow detail records to ReportCenter, select the Packeteer-2 format. The Packeteer-1 format can be emitted, but collectors for this format are not currently available.

You can define collectors with the same IP address but different record types, or with the same record type but different IP addresses. For example, you can create two collectors with the same IP address (but different ports), with one collector collecting NetFlow flow detail records and the other collecting Packeteer-2 flow detail records.

You can define up to four collectors.

To define FDR collectors:

1. Click the setup tab.

2. From the Choose Setup Page list, choose flow detail records. The Flow Detail Record Settings page appears.  show screen

3. For each collector, specify the following:

Collector IP — IP address of the collector

Port — UDP port number of the collector (default = 9800)

Record Type — Type of record format to be emitted (NetFlow-5, Packeteer-1, or Packeteer-2)

Enabled — Selecting on enables the collector. When a collector is enabled, PacketWise will emit flow detail records to the collector. Selecting off disables the collector; flow detail records will not be emitted.

Note: When using the NetFlow-5 format, you can optionally assign an identifying number to a PacketShaper, in the Engine Type and Engine ID fields. You can use either, or a combination, of these fields to identify the unit that is emitting records. EngineType and EngineID are two of the fields in NetFlow-5 headers. These fields are not relevant for the Packeteer formats.

4. (Optional for NetFlow-5 format) Enter an integer (0-255) in the Engine Type and/or Engine ID fields.

5. Click apply changes to update the settings.

See also:

Enable/Disable an FDR Collector

Enable Intermediate FDRs

Remove an FDR Collector

FDR Troubleshooting