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Chapter 15 Configuring NDE
Understanding How NDE Works
Note
For information on configuring CEF for PFC2, see
Chapter 13, “Configuring CEF for PFC2.”
For
information on configuring MLS, see
Chapter 14, “Configuring MLS.”
Integrated Layer 3-switching management includes products, management utilities, and partner
applications designed to gather flow statistics, export the statistics, collect and perform data reduction
on the exported statistics, and forward them to applications for traffic monitoring, planning, and
accounting. Flow collectors, such as the Cisco SwitchProbe and NetFlow FlowCollector, gather and
classify flows. This flow information is then aggregated and fed to applications such as TrafficDirector,
NetSys, or NetFlow Analyzer.
Traffic Statistics Data Collection
An external data collector gathers flow entries from the statistics cache of one or more switches or Cisco
routers. The switch or router transmits data to the flow collector by grouping flow entries for expired
flows from its statistics cache into a User Datagram Protocol (UDP) datagram, which consists of a
header and a series of flow entries. See
Figure 15-1
.
Figure 15-1 Integrated Layer 3 Switching Management
Routers
Switches
Flow switching
and data export
Flow
collection
Flow
consolidation
Flow consumers
Network monitoring
Flow profiling
Accounting/Billing
Network
planning
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