Configuring NetFlow Switching

NetFlow switching is one of the available switching modes. When you configure NetFlow on an interface, the other switching modes are not used on that interface. Also, with NetFlow switching you can export data (traffic statistics) to a remote workstation for further processing.

NetFlow switching is based on identifying packet flows and performing switching and access list processing within a router. It does not involve any connection-setup protocol either between routers or to any other networking device or end station and does not require any change externally—either to the traffic or packets themselves or to any other networking device. Thus, NetFlow switching is completely transparent to the existing network, ...

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