Enabling NSX Flow Monitoring

This recipe will cover how to enable Flow Monitoring and export the flow to an external IPFIX collector.

Getting ready

You will need to have the following access and configurations present before proceeding with this recipe:

• NSX Manager deployed
• vSphere hosts prepared for NSX
• Access to the vSphere Web Client
• An IPFIX collector, such as Plixer Scrutinizer, should be available

How to do it...

To use Flow Monitoring, we need to first enable it and optionally export the flows to an external IPFIX collector.

Enabling Flow Monitoring collection

Flow Monitoring collection is disabled by default. The following steps will show you how to enable and filter the Flow Monitoring collection:

1. 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.
2. Once the Global Flow Collection Status is Enabled, the Flow Exclusion settings will...