Cisco AVC ART Configuration

This document outlines the steps required to configure Cisco Application Visibility and Control (AVC) Advanced Real-Time (ART) features on a Cisco device. Follow the steps carefully to ensure accurate setup.

Configure the flow exporter:

flow exporter MFE
destination {MOTADATA_NETFLOW_SERVER_IP}
source {LOOPBACK_INTERFACE_NAME}
output-features
transport udp {MOTADATA_NETFLOW_SERVER_LISTENER_PORT}
export-protocol MOTADATA_NETFLOW-v9
template data timeout 60
option interface-table
option application-table
option application-attributes
option metadata-version-table

Create a class map:

class-map match any MFE_ART
match any

Define a flow record for MACE:

flow record type mace MFE
collect ipv4 dscp
collect interface input
collect interface output
collect application name
collect counter client bytes
collect counter server bytes
collect counter client packets
collect counter server packets
collect art all

Define a flow record for performance monitoring:

flow record type performance-monitor MFE_NBAR
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
match interface output
match flow direction
match application name
collect datalink dot1q vlan input
collect datalink dot1q vlan output
collect routing destination as
collect routing next-hop address ipv4
collect ipv4 dscp
collect ipv4 id
collect ipv4 source prefix
collect ipv4 source mask
collect ipv4 destination mask
collect transport tcp source-port
collect transport tcp destination-port
collect transport tcp flags
collect transport udp source-port
collect transport udp destination-port
collect counter bytes
collect counter packets
collect timestamp sys-uptime first
collect timestamp sys-uptime last

Set up flow monitors:

flow monitor type performance-monitor MFE
record MFE_NBAR
exporter MFE
cache timeout active 60

flow monitor type mace MFE-ART
record MFE
exporter MFE

Create policy maps:

policy-map type performance-monitor MFE
class class-default
flow monitor MFE

policy-map type mace mace_global
class MFE_ART
flow monitor MFE_ART

Enter global configuration mode on the router or MSFC, and apply the following commands for each interface where you want to enable flow:

interface {INTERFACE_NAME}
service-policy type performance-monitor input MFE
service-policy type performance-monitor output MFE
mace enable

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