Changing the Flow Settings in a Flow Collector for SFLOW

Changing the Flow Settings in a Flow Collector

The following steps require a reboot of your Flow Collector to apply these changes. Follow the steps below to change the flow settings in a Flow Collector.

1. Log in to the Flow Collector.
2. Click Support > Advanced Settings.
3. In the engine_startup_mode field, enter one of the following values:
   1. Default value from the model file - 0
   2. NetFlow -1
   3. sFlow - 2
   4. If the engine_startup_mode field does not appear in the Advanced Settings list, you can add it at the bottom of the page by using the Add New Option and Option Value fields.
4. Click Apply and then click OK.
5. Reboot your Flow Collector to apply your changes.
6. Log in to your Manager.
7. Select Configure > SYSTEM Flow Collectors.
8. Enter one of the following numeric values in the Monitor Port field. these are industry standard default port numbers for NetFlow and sFlow. If your exporters are configured to use a non-standard port, you must use that port number instead:
   1. 2055 - NetFlow
   2. 6343 - sFlow
9. Click Save to save your changes. Once the mode switch (NetFlow to sFlow or sFlow to NetFlow) completes, the following items that are based on flows from the previous mode are cleared:
   1. Caches: host cache, flow cache, security event cache
   2. Saved baseline files