Figure 10 shows the path traveled by monitored traffic as it passes through the router. Packets arrive at input interfaces so-0/1/0, so-3/0/0, and so-3/1/0. The raw packets are directed into a filter-based forwarding routing instance and processed into cflowd records by the monitoring services interfaces mo-7/1/0, mo-7/2/0, and mo-7/3/0. The cflowd records are compressed into files at the flow collector interfaces cp-6/0/0 and cp-7/0/0 and sent to the FTP server for analysis. Finally, a mandatory class-of-service (CoS) configuration is applied to export channels 0 and 1 on the flow collector interfaces to manage the outgoing processed files.
Figure 10: Flow Collector Interface Topology Diagram

Router 1
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- chassis {
-
- fpc 6 {
-
- pic 0 {
-
- monitoring-services {
- application flow-collector; # This converts a Monitoring
Services II or
- #
MultiServices 400 PIC into a flow collector interface.
- }
- }
- }
-
- fpc 7 {
-
- pic 0 {
-
- monitoring-services {
- application flow-collector; # This converts a Monitoring
Services II or
- #
MultiServices 400 PIC into a flow collector interface.
- }
- }
- }
- }
- interfaces {
-
- cp-6/0/0 {
-
- unit 0 { # Logical interface .0 on a flow collector interface
is export
-
- family inet { # channel 0 and sends records to the FTP
server.
-
- filter {
- output cp-ftp; # Apply the CoS filter here.
- }
-
- address 10.0.0.1/32 {
- destination 10.0.0.2;
- }
- }
- }
-
- unit 1 { # Logical interface .1 on a flow collector interface
is export
-
- family inet {# channel 1 and sends records to the FTP server.
-
- filter {
- output cp-ftp; # Apply the CoS filter here.
- }
-
- address 10.1.1.1/32 {
- destination 10.1.1.2;
- }
- }
- }
-
- unit 2 { # Logical interface .2 on a flow collector interface
is the flow
-
- family inet { # receive channel that communicates with
the Routing Engine.
-
- address 10.2.2.1/32 { # Do not apply a CoS filter on logical
interface .2.
-
- destination 10.2.2.2;
- }
- }
- }
- }
-
- cp-7/0/0 {
-
- unit 0 {# Logical interface .0 on a flow collector interface
is export
-
- family inet {# channel 0 and sends records to the FTP server.
-
- filter {
- output cp-ftp;# Apply the CoS filter here.
- }
-
- address 10.3.3.1/32 {
- destination 10.3.3.2;
- }
- }
- }
-
- unit 1 {# Logical interface .1 on a flow collector interface
is export
-
- family inet {# channel 1 and sends records to the FTP server.
-
- filter {
- output cp-ftp;# Apply the CoS filter here.
- }
-
- address 10.4.4.1/32 {
- destination 10.4.4.2;
- }
- }
- }
-
- unit 2 {# Logical interface .2 on a flow collector interface
is the flow
-
- family inet {# receive channel that communicates with the
Routing Engine.
-
- address 10.5.5.1/32 {# Do not apply a CoS filter on logical
interface .2.
-
- destination 10.5.5.2;
- }
- }
- }
- }
-
- fe-1/3/0 { # This is the exit interface leading to the
first FTP server.
-
- unit 0 {
-
- family inet {
- address 192.168.56.90/30;
- }
- }
- }
-
- ge-1/0/0 { # This is the exit interface leading to the
second FTP server.
-
- unit 0 {
-
- family inet {
- address 192.168.252.2/24;
- }
- }
- }
-
- mo-7/1/0 { # This is the first interface that creates cflowd
records.
-
- unit 0 {
- family inet;
- }
- }
-
- mo-7/2/0 { # This is the second interface that creates
cflowd records.
-
- unit 0 {
- family inet;
- }
- }
-
- mo-7/3/0 { # This is the third interface that creates cflowd
records.
-
- unit 0 {
- family inet;
- }
- }
-
- so-0/1/0 { # This is the first input interface that receives
traffic to be monitored.
- encapsulation ppp;
-
- unit 0 {
- passive-monitor-mode; # This allows the interface to be
passively monitored.
-
- family inet {
-
-
- filter {
- input catch; # The filter-based forwarding filter is applied
here.
- }
- }
- }
- }
-
- so-3/0/0 { # This is the second interface that receives
traffic to be monitored.
- encapsulation ppp;
-
- unit 0 {
- passive-monitor-mode; # This allows the interface to be
passively monitored.
-
- family inet {
-
-
- filter {
- input catch; # The filter-based forwarding filter is applied
here.
- }
- }
- }
- }
- so-3/1/0 { # This is the third interface that receives
traffic to be monitored.
- encapsulation ppp;
-
- unit 0 {
- passive-monitor-mode; # This allows the interface to be
passively monitored.
-
- family inet {
-
- filter {
- input catch; # The filter-based forwarding filter is applied
here.
- }
- }
- }
- }
- forwarding-options {
-
- monitoring group1 {# Always define your monitoring group
here.
-
- family inet {
-
- output {
- export-format cflowd-version-5;
- flow-active-timeout 60;
- flow-inactive-timeout 15;
- flow-export-destination collector-pic; # Sends records
to the flow collector.
-
- interface mo-7/1/0.0 {
- source-address 192.168.252.2;
- }
-
- interface mo-7/2/0.0 {
- source-address 192.168.252.2;
- }
-
- interface mo-7/3/0.0 {
- source-address 192.168.252.2;
- }
- }
- }
- }
- firewall {
-
- family inet {
- filter cp-ftp { # This filter provides CoS for flow collector
interface traffic.
-
-
- term t1 {
-
- then forwarding-class expedited-forwarding;
- }
- }
- }
-
- filter catch { # This firewall filter sends incoming traffic
into the
-
- interface-specific;# filter-based forwarding routing instance.
-
- term def {
-
- then {
- count counter;
- routing-instance fbf_instance;
- }
- }
- }
- }
- routing-options {
-
- interface-routes {
- rib-group inet common;
- }
-
- rib-groups {
-
- common {
- import-rib [inet.0 fbf_instance.inet.0];
- }
- }
-
- forwarding-table {
- export pplb;
- }
- }
- policy-options {
-
- policy-statement pplb {
-
- then {
- load-balance per-packet;
- }
- }
- }
- routing-instances {
-
- fbf_instance { # This instance sends traffic to the monitoring
services interface.
- instance-type forwarding;
- routing-options {
-
-
- static {
- route 0.0.0.0/0 next-hop mo-7/1/0.0;
- }
- }
- }
- }
- class-of-service { # A class-of-service configuration for
the flow collector interface
-
- interfaces { # is required for flow collector services.
-
- cp-6/0/0 {
- scheduler-map cp-map;
- }
-
- cp-7/0/0 {
- scheduler-map cp-map;
- }
- }
- }
- scheduler-maps {
-
- cp-map {
- forwarding-class best-effort scheduler Q0;
- forwarding-class expedited-forwarding scheduler Q1;
- forwarding-class network-control scheduler Q3;
- }
- }
- schedulers {
-
- Q0 {
- transmit-rate remainder;
- buffer-size percent 90;
- }
-
- Q1 {
- transmit-rate percent 5;
- buffer-size percent 5;
- priority strict-high;
- }
-
- Q3 {
- transmit-rate percent 5;
- buffer-size percent 5;
- }
- }
- services {
-
- flow-collector { # Define properties for flow collector
interfaces here.
- analyzer-address 10.10.10.1; # This is the IP address of
the analyzer.
- analyzer-id server1; # This helps to identify the analyzer.
- retry 3; # Maximum number of attempts by the PIC to send
a file transfer log.
- retry-delay 30; # The time interval between attempts to
send a file transfer log.
-
- destinations { # This defines the FTP servers that receive
flow collector output.
-
- "ftp://user@192.168.56.89//tmp/collect1/" { # The primary
FTP server.
- password "$9$lXJK8xN-w2oZdbZDHmF30O1"; # SECRET-DATA
- }
-
- "ftp://user@192.168.252.1//tmp/collect2/" { # The secondary
FTP server.
-
- password "$9$eIbvL7-dsgaGVwGjkP3nOBI"; # SECRET-DATA
- }
- }
-
- file-specification { # Define sets of flow collector characteristics
here.
-
- def-spec {
- name-format "default-allInt-0-%D_%T-%I_%N.bcp.bi.gz";
- data-format flow-compressed; # The default compressed output
format.
- } # When no overrides are specified, a collector uses default
transfer values.
-
- f1 {
- name-format "cFlowd-py69Ni69-0-%D_%T-%I_%N.bcp.bi.gz";
- data-format flow-compressed; # The default compressed output
format.
- transfer timeout 1800 record-level 1000000; # Here are
configured values.
- }
- }
-
- interface-map { # Allows you to map interfaces to flow
collector interfaces.
- file-specification def-spec; # Flows generated for default
traffic are sent to the
- collector cp-7/0/0; # default flow collector interface
"cp-7/0/0".
-
- so-0/1/0.0 { # Flows generated for the so-0/1/0 interface
are sent
- collector cp-6/0/0; # to cp-6/0/0, and the file-specification
used is
- } # "default."
-
- so-3/0/0.0 { # Flows generated for the so-3/0/0 interface
are sent
-
- file-specification f1; # to cp-6/0/0, and the file-specification
used is "f1."
- collector cp-6/0/0;
- }
- so-3/1/0.0; # Because no settings are defined, flows generated
for this
- } # interface use interface cp-7/0/0 and the default file
specification.
-
- transfer-log-archive { # Sends flow collector interface
log files to an FTP server.
- filename-prefix so_3_0_0_log;
- maximum-age 15;
-
- archive-sites {
-
- "ftp://user@192.168.56.89//tmp/transfers/" {
- password "$9$IFaEyevMXNVsWLsgaU.m6/C";
- }
- }
- ]
- }
- }