Page 2 - Customizing the Cisco NetFlow Collector Interface
2-2 Cisco NetFlow Collector User Guide OL-11399-01 Chapter 2 Using the NetFlow Collector User Interface Customizing the Cisco NetFlow Collector Interface Note The web-based UI only works with the collector located on the same machine. To access a differentinstance of Cisco NetFlow Collector you must...
Page 3 - Using the Cisco NetFlow Collector User Interface; The NFC Login Window; Setting
2-3 Cisco NetFlow Collector User Guide OL-11399-01 Chapter 2 Using the NetFlow Collector User Interface Using the Cisco NetFlow Collector User Interface Step 8 When the web configuration is complete, the following is displayed: NFC web configuration has been updated. Table 2-1 describes additional s...
Page 4 - Navigation
2-4 Cisco NetFlow Collector User Guide OL-11399-01 Chapter 2 Using the NetFlow Collector User Interface Using the Cisco NetFlow Collector User Interface Figure 2-1 Cisco NetFlow Collector User Interface Login Window To log in to Cisco NetFlow Collector, do the following: Step 1 From the Login window...
Page 5 - Configuration
2-5 Cisco NetFlow Collector User Guide OL-11399-01 Chapter 2 Using the NetFlow Collector User Interface Configuration Figure 2-3 NFC UI Navigation Tree Configuration From the Configuration window you can perform tasks including specify global parameters; definefields, key builders, value builders an...
Page 7 - Aggregators; Adding Aggregators
2-7 Cisco NetFlow Collector User Guide OL-11399-01 Chapter 2 Using the NetFlow Collector User Interface Configuration Aggregators Aggregators define how the Cisco NetFlow Collector receives NetFlow data, aggregates or combines thedata, and generates output files. Click on the Aggregators folder of t...
Page 8 - Fill in the fields and click Submit to complete the operation.; Editing an Aggregator; Aggregator window displays, as shown in
2-8 Cisco NetFlow Collector User Guide OL-11399-01 Chapter 2 Using the NetFlow Collector User Interface Configuration Figure 2-6 Add Aggregator Window Fill in the fields and click Submit to complete the operation. Editing an Aggregator To modify or remove an existing aggregator, click Edit for the a...
Page 9 - Thresholds
2-9 Cisco NetFlow Collector User Guide OL-11399-01 Chapter 2 Using the NetFlow Collector User Interface Configuration Figure 2-7 Modify Aggregator Window To modify the selected aggregator, fill in the fields and click Modify to complete the operation. Toremove the selected aggregator, click Remove. ...
Page 10 - Fields; Add Field to bring up an empty form for defining a new field.
2-10 Cisco NetFlow Collector User Guide OL-11399-01 Chapter 2 Using the NetFlow Collector User Interface Configuration The top item in the tree is the name of the threshold. Directly beneath this is a top-level thresholdcondition or expression. Add the top-level threshold condition or expression by ...
Page 11 - Key Builders; . Click Edit to modify a specific key builder, or Remove to remove
2-11 Cisco NetFlow Collector User Guide OL-11399-01 Chapter 2 Using the NetFlow Collector User Interface Configuration Figure 2-8 Fields Window The NetFlow Export Field window, Figure 2-9 , is displayed when adding or modifying a field. Fill in the form and click Add or Modify to complete the operat...
Page 13 - BGP Attribute; Attribute
2-13 Cisco NetFlow Collector User Guide OL-11399-01 Chapter 2 Using the NetFlow Collector User Interface Configuration BGP Attribute A BGP Attribute key builder looks up a BGP attribute from the Cisco NetFlow Collector BGP peerusing an address from a flow. The complete AS path is a special case that...
Page 14 - Bit Field
2-14 Cisco NetFlow Collector User Guide OL-11399-01 Chapter 2 Using the NetFlow Collector User Interface Configuration Bit Field The Bit Field key builder obtains a subset of bits from a field in a flow. It has the following attributes. Boolean A Boolean key builder maps flow values to true, false, ...
Page 15 - Customer Name; Egress PE
2-15 Cisco NetFlow Collector User Guide OL-11399-01 Chapter 2 Using the NetFlow Collector User Interface Configuration Customer Name The Customer Name key builder resolves the customer name from the input interface field. It has thefollowing attributes: The Customer Name key builder requires configu...
Page 16 - Ingress CE
2-16 Cisco NetFlow Collector User Guide OL-11399-01 Chapter 2 Using the NetFlow Collector User Interface Configuration Ingress CE The Ingress CE key builder resolves the ingress CE from the input interface field. It has the followingattributes: This key builder requires configuration in the config/p...
Page 17 - Integer Range Map
2-17 Cisco NetFlow Collector User Guide OL-11399-01 Chapter 2 Using the NetFlow Collector User Interface Configuration Integer Range Map An Integer Range Map key builder obtains an integer from a flow and maps the value to a string. It hasthe following attributes. Mapping information appears in the ...
Page 18 - IP Address Range Map
2-18 Cisco NetFlow Collector User Guide OL-11399-01 Chapter 2 Using the NetFlow Collector User Interface Configuration IP Address Range Map An IP Address Range Map key builder obtains an IP address from a flow and maps the value to a string.It has the following attributes. Mapping information appear...
Page 20 - Option Data
2-20 Cisco NetFlow Collector User Guide OL-11399-01 Chapter 2 Using the NetFlow Collector User Interface Configuration Option Data An Option Data key builder obtains one or more key values from a flow and performs a look up usingthis result from an option data cache. The result of the mapping is the...
Page 21 - String; Value Builders
2-21 Cisco NetFlow Collector User Guide OL-11399-01 Chapter 2 Using the NetFlow Collector User Interface Configuration String A String key builder obtains a UTF-8 string value from a flow. It has the following attributes. Subnet Address A Subnet Address key builder obtains an IP address and mask fro...
Page 23 - Active Time
2-23 Cisco NetFlow Collector User Guide OL-11399-01 Chapter 2 Using the NetFlow Collector User Interface Configuration Active Time The Active Time value builder obtains a start time and an end time from fields in a flow and calculatesthe difference. It has the following attributes. Directional Sum T...
Page 24 - Max Flow Byte Rate
2-24 Cisco NetFlow Collector User Guide OL-11399-01 Chapter 2 Using the NetFlow Collector User Interface Configuration Max Flow Byte Rate The Max Flow Byte Rate value builder determines the byte rate for each received flow and outputs thehighest value found for all flows in an aggregation period. Th...
Page 25 - Sum with Sampling Estimation
2-25 Cisco NetFlow Collector User Guide OL-11399-01 Chapter 2 Using the NetFlow Collector User Interface Configuration Sum with Sampling Estimation The Sum with Sampling Estimation value builder obtains an integer value from a field in a flow,multiplies by the sampling rate in effect, and adds the e...
Page 27 - Whether the equality check is equals or not-equals; NetFlow Export Source Groups
2-27 Cisco NetFlow Collector User Guide OL-11399-01 Chapter 2 Using the NetFlow Collector User Interface Configuration The Filter editor is applet-based. A tree on the left hand side of the filter editor shows the elements ofthe filter. A form on the right hand side of the filter editor contains the...
Page 28 - The NDE Source Group window, as shown in; NetFlow Export Source Access List; . If Action is Permit, NetFlow data is permitted only from the
2-28 Cisco NetFlow Collector User Guide OL-11399-01 Chapter 2 Using the NetFlow Collector User Interface Configuration Click on the NetFlow Export Source Groups folder of the navigation tree to display a table of currentlydefined source groups, as shown in Figure 2-16 . Click on the appropriate link...
Page 29 - BGP Peer; . Click on Add Remote Peer to specify a new BGP
2-29 Cisco NetFlow Collector User Guide OL-11399-01 Chapter 2 Using the NetFlow Collector User Interface Configuration Click on the appropriate link to add or remove a source device or group. Note that groups are obtainedfrom the NetFlow Export Source Groups page. See the “Creating Access Lists” sec...
Page 30 - Global; Advanced
2-30 Cisco NetFlow Collector User Guide OL-11399-01 Chapter 2 Using the NetFlow Collector User Interface Configuration Figure 2-19 Local Peer Settings Window Global The settings in Figure 2-20 affect how the Cisco NetFlow Collector works in general. They are not specific to any aggregator, aggregati...
Page 31 - Reports
2-31 Cisco NetFlow Collector User Guide OL-11399-01 Chapter 2 Using the NetFlow Collector User Interface Reports In limited cases where the configuration is more complex than the web-based UII supports, you will bedirected to the Advanced window and the XML for the selected component will appear in ...
Page 32 - Custom Reports
2-32 Cisco NetFlow Collector User Guide OL-11399-01 Chapter 2 Using the NetFlow Collector User Interface Reports Figure 2-22 Reports Window From this window you can select the following: • Custom Reports, page 2-32 • Scheduled Reports, page 2-37 Custom Reports Custom reports are generated on demand ...
Page 34 - Field
2-34 Cisco NetFlow Collector User Guide OL-11399-01 Chapter 2 Using the NetFlow Collector User Interface Reports Table 2-2 Custom Reports Fields Field Value Description Start Date A date string in the format ofdd MMM yyyy where dd is the day of themonth, MMM is the abbreviated name ofthe month, and ...
Page 36 - Generate; Report Templates
2-36 Cisco NetFlow Collector User Guide OL-11399-01 Chapter 2 Using the NetFlow Collector User Interface Reports After filling in the fields in the Custom Report window, you can select one of the following actions: • Generate — Runs the report in a separate browser window. A progress bar is shown un...
Page 37 - Select the srcaddr key and octet value.; Scheduled Reports; Configuring Scheduled Reports
2-37 Cisco NetFlow Collector User Guide OL-11399-01 Chapter 2 Using the NetFlow Collector User Interface Reports Figure 2-24 Report Templates List If you select Save as Template in a custom report form that was created from a template, you can modifythe template definition if you keep the existing t...
Page 41 - Displaying Scheduled Reports
2-41 Cisco NetFlow Collector User Guide OL-11399-01 Chapter 2 Using the NetFlow Collector User Interface Reports Displaying Scheduled Reports You can use the web-based UI to view scheduled reports. The IDs of all types of defined reports displayin the Reports navigation tree as subfolders of the Sch...
Page 42 - Reporting Features
2-42 Cisco NetFlow Collector User Guide OL-11399-01 Chapter 2 Using the NetFlow Collector User Interface Reports Figure 2-27 Scheduled Reports Folder Reporting Features Cisco NetFlow Collector enables you to sort, graph, export, filter, and drill down on report data from theReport window, as shown i...
Page 43 - Sorting and Graphing
2-43 Cisco NetFlow Collector User Guide OL-11399-01 Chapter 2 Using the NetFlow Collector User Interface Reports Sorting and Graphing Each column of a report supports ascending and descending sorting. Click on the column name to sortthe table on that column. Value columns support creating a bar or p...
Page 44 - Trending
2-44 Cisco NetFlow Collector User Guide OL-11399-01 Chapter 2 Using the NetFlow Collector User Interface Reports Figure 2-29 Sample Pie Graph Trending Trending reports can be launched from the Custom Report results window, as shown in Figure 2-30 . This allows you to see how one or more report value...
Page 45 - Export and Print; Filter; Status
2-45 Cisco NetFlow Collector User Guide OL-11399-01 Chapter 2 Using the NetFlow Collector User Interface Status Export and Print The toolbar icons on the top right of the Report window allow you to export and print report data. Clickon the export icon to export a report in CSV or PDF format. Click o...
Page 46 - Control; Statistics; Health Monitor Statistics
2-46 Cisco NetFlow Collector User Guide OL-11399-01 Chapter 2 Using the NetFlow Collector User Interface Status Figure 2-32 Status Window From this window you can select the following: • Control, page 2-46 • Statistics, page 2-46 • Logs, page 2-49 Control Clicking on the Control node of the navigati...
Page 47 - Port Statistics
2-47 Cisco NetFlow Collector User Guide OL-11399-01 Chapter 2 Using the NetFlow Collector User Interface Status Figure 2-34 Health Monitor Statistics Window Clicking Refresh updates the statistics displayed in the window. Also, the form refreshes automaticallyevery 30 seconds. The table contains the...
Page 48 - Source Statistics
2-48 Cisco NetFlow Collector User Guide OL-11399-01 Chapter 2 Using the NetFlow Collector User Interface Status Clicking on Refresh updates the statistics shown. The table contains the following fields. Source Statistics Click on the Source Statistics folder of the Statistics navigation tree to disp...
Page 49 - Logs
2-49 Cisco NetFlow Collector User Guide OL-11399-01 Chapter 2 Using the NetFlow Collector User Interface Status Logs The logs viewable from the web-based UI are listed under the Logs folder in the navigation tree. Clickingon a specific log loads that log file into the browser window, as shown in Fig...