Flow Monitoring collection is disabled by default. The following steps will show you how to enable and filter the Flow Monitoring collection:
- Log in to the vSphere Web Client UI and navigate to Home | Networking & Security | Flow Monitoring. In the center pane, select Configuration and click on the Enable button next to Global Flow Collection Status.
- Once the Global Flow Collection Status is Enabled, the Flow Exclusion settings will appear at the bottom; select it if you would like to exclude specific flows from the Flow Monitoring collection. In this example, we will exclude layer 2 flows by selecting Collect Layer2 Flows, then selecting No under the Detail Collection Policy, and finally clicking Save ...