Nexus 5596UP Netflow Solutions

[Nick C.]

I am looking for a solution to monitor east/west traffic in our data center. Currently we have 2 Nexus 5596 which do not support netflow.  Is there a recommended solution or network sensor that I could add onto the 5k and span the traffic? We have a netflow application (solarwinds) so I'm trying to avoid getting a full blown netflow appliance, just need a way to turn span traffic into netflow data and push to our existing netflow analyzer.

Thank you!

[keglass]

Nick,

I am moving your question to the Cisco Data Center Community under the Nexus Series Switches space for better visibility and access to feedback.

Nexus Series Switches

I hope this helps.

Kelli Glass

Moderator for Cisco Customer Communities

[Nick C.]

Bump.

[nkamenic]

Hi Nick,

Switch does not support SPAN to NetFlow conversion, and there is not way to do it on the switch. What I would suggest you, is to take a look at the SW that can do this on a windows/linux server. On of the topics that covers this subject is here: https://communities.cisco.com/message/263677

Hope this helps.

Best regards,

Nemanja

[Nick C.]

Hi Nemanja,

Thanks for the reply, your link is taking me back to this thread...maybe a typo?  I'm curious to see your link, thank you very much!

[nkamenic · Accepted solution]

Hi Nick,

Sorry about that. Here is good link: https://supportforums.cisco.com/t5/network-management/monitoring-network-via-span/td-p/2033963

Best regards,

Nemanja

[Nick C.]

Thank you, that link was VERY useful.