Menus of NetFlow result pane are shown in the following table:Ĭlick this button to select retrieve and display NetFlow for another device. The results may be empty if the NetFlow is configured in the device. Note: The data of NetFlow table is retrieved by the show command “show ip cache flow” while the data of Top-talker table is retrieved by the command “show ip flow top-talker”. Click the button NetFlow or Top-talker to view the corresponding results. There are two types of results: NetFlow table and Top-talker table. You can view the results displayed in the NetFlow window. In a monitored map right click the bandwidth usage of a device, the NetFlow option will be displayed if the device is configured with NetFlow. If the NetFlow is not configured in the device, a message box “The Device was not configured as a NetFlow Device” pops up.Ĥ. If the device cannot be accessed via telnet/SSH, the system cannot retrieve the NetFlow data.ģ. You can also click Home > NetFlow to open the NetFlow results pane.Ģ. The NetFlow window opens and the system automatically retrieves the NetFlow data from the live network.ġ. Right Click a device and select the NetFlow in the right click menu option. Other flow technologies such as Juniper’s Jflow and HP’s sflow will be supported in future release. Note: Currently only Cisco NetFlow is supported by NetBrain. NetBrain is able to retrieve NetFlow data and display the results.

NetFlow monitoring is a useful tool in evaluating and analyzing network traffic, identifying who and what are consuming your bandwidth.

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