Flow Collection for SteelCentral

This chapter describes the flow collection for SteelCentral. It includes the following sections:

• Base Requirements

• Flow Data Fields Consumed by NetProfiler

• Flow Type Considerations

• Flow Collection Considerations

• Flow Collection in Virtual Environments

• Validating Flow Collection

• Sample Third-Party Configurations

In this chapter, the term flow refers to standard flow types, including NetFlow, sFlow, NetStream, IPFIX, and jFlow. The term device refers to a router, switch, or another networking device that supports standard flow export.

For details about collecting data from NetSharks, see Packet Collection for SteelCentral. For details about collecting SteelFlow Net from SteelHeads, see SteelCentral and SteelHead Integration.