Cisco 4506 Configuration

This document outlines the necessary commands to configure a Cisco 4506 for network flow analysis. Follow the steps to set up flow records, exporters, and monitors.

Enter global configuration mode:

config t

Create a flow record:

flow record MFErecord
match ipv4 version
match ipv4 tos
match ipv4 protocol
match ipv4 source address
match ipv4 destination address
match transport source-port
match transport destination-port
match interface input
collect interface output
collect counter bytes
match application names
collect counter packets
collect timestamp sys-uptime first
collect timestamp sys-uptime last

Create a flow exporter:

flow exporter MFEexporter
destination {ip address}
export-protocol version-9
transport udp 2055
transport udp 2055
option application-table timeout 60

Create a flow monitor:

flow monitor MFEmonitor
record MFErecord
exporter MFEexporter
source {interface name}
cache timeout active 60
cache timeout inactive 15

Apply the flow monitor to all L3 interfaces:

ip flow monitor MFEmonitor input

After completing the configuration, navigate to Menu > Flow Explorer and select Explorer to view the active flow data.