Adding a Flow Collector to a Flow Publisher configuration

You can add a collector from the Flow Collectors tab of the Flow Console. When you add a collector, it is associated with the selected Flow Publisher in the Flow Publisher list. The IP address and port number describe where the publisher will send the NetFlow data. You must configure Flow Monitor to receive the NetFlow data on this interface and port, since the publisher will send the information regardless of whether the collector is configured to receive the information.

To add a Flow Collector:

1. On the Flow Publishers list, select the publisher to which you want to add the Flow Collector.
2. Select the Flow Collectors tab. The Flow Collectors list appears.
3. On the Flow Collectors tab, click Add. The Add Collector dialog appears.
4. In the IP box, enter the IP address of the server hosting the collector.
5. In the Port box, enter the port number you want the Flow Publisher uses when communicating to the collector.

   Note: the default port number for communications between the publisher and Flow Monitor is port number 9999.

6. In the Display Name box, enter the name you want to assign to the collector. This name is displayed in the Name field of the Flow Collectors list.
7. In the Version list, select the NetFlow version to use in formatting the NetFlow data to be sent to the collector.
8. If the server hosting the Flow Publisher has more than one interface available, and you want to define an interface other than the primary interface to communicate with the collector, perform the following:
   1. In the NetFlow source box, enter the IP address of the server hosting the Flow Publisher uses when communicating to the collector.
   2. In the NetFlow source port box, enter the port number for the Flow Publisher uses when communicating with the collector.
9. Click OK to add the collector. The collector appears in the Flow Collectors list in the Flow Console.