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NetFlow v9 Not Working

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NetFlow v9 is not getting data from the source.

#####   ROUTER CONFIG   #######

Cisco 3945 15.0(1)M2

3945chitosb#sh ip flow export
Flow export v1 is enabled for main cache
  Export source and destination details :
  VRF ID : Default
    Destination(1)  10.255.254.139 (9995)
  Version 1 flow records
  54038469 flows exported in 2251611 udp datagrams
  0 flows failed due to lack of export packet
  0 export packets were sent up to process level
  0 export packets were dropped due to no fib
  0 export packets were dropped due to adjacency issues
  0 export packets were dropped due to fragmentation failures
  0 export packets were dropped due to encapsulation fixup failures
!
3945chitosb#ping 10.255.254.139

Type escape sequence to abort.
Sending 5, 100-byte ICMP Echos to 10.255.254.139, timeout is 2 seconds:
!!!!!
Success rate is 100 percent (5/5), round-trip min/avg/max = 1/1/4 ms
!
interface GigabitEthernet0/0
 description 
 bandwidth 204800
 ip address 192.168.101.1 255.255.255.0
 ip flow ingress
 ip flow egress
 load-interval 30
 duplex full
 speed 1000
 !
 service-policy output QUEUE-EGRESS-20150909
!
interface GigabitEthernet0/1
 description VIDEO LAN
 ip address 192.168.100.1 255.255.255.0
 ip pim sparse-dense-mode
 ip flow ingress
 ip flow egress
 load-interval 30
 duplex full
 speed 1000
 !
 service-policy input TAG-INGRESS
!
interface GigabitEthernet0/2
 description HOUSE LAN
 ip address 10.1.1.7 255.255.255.0
 ip flow ingress
 ip flow egress
 load-interval 30
 duplex full
 speed auto

ip flow-cache entries 4000
ip flow-cache timeout inactive 100
ip flow-export destination 10.255.254.139 9995
ip flow-top-talkers
 top 20
 sort-by bytes




#####  FIREWALL CONFIG  #######

ASA 5525-X ver 9.2(4)

CHI-ASA1/pri/act# ping 10.255.254.139
Type escape sequence to abort.
Sending 5, 100-byte ICMP Echos to 10.255.254.139, timeout is 2 seconds:
!!!!!
Success rate is 100 percent (5/5), round-trip min/avg/max = 1/1/1 ms
!
CHI-ASA1/pri/act# sh flow-export counters

destination: inside 10.255.254.139 9995
  Statistics:
    packets sent                                             6368
  Errors:
    block allocation failure                                    0
    invalid interface                                           0
    template send failure                                       0
    no route to collector                                       0
    failed to get lock on block                                 0
    source port allocation failure                              0

!
access-list netflow-export extended permit ip any any
!
flow-export destination inside 10.255.254.139 9995
flow-export template timeout-rate 1
flow-export delay flow-create 30
!
class-map netflow-export-class
 match access-list netflow-export
!
policy-map global_policy
 class netflow-export-class
  flow-export event-type all destination 10.255.254.139
!
service-policy global_policy global

netflow netflow9 prtg

Created on Oct 22, 2015 8:56:11 PM

Last change on Oct 23, 2015 8:03:49 AM by  Torsten Lindner [Paessler Support]



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Have you checked if the PRTG actually receives the flows? You can use our NetFlow Testers to do so.

Created on Oct 26, 2015 9:17:26 AM by  Stephan Linke [Paessler Support]



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The tester throws an error similar to the error initially given in PRTG - Socket could not be bound. Address and port are already in use.

Created on Oct 30, 2015 2:49:29 PM



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You'll have to pause PRTGs sensors before using the tester - sorry, should've mentioned that :)

Created on Oct 30, 2015 2:56:53 PM by  Stephan Linke [Paessler Support]



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In the NF9/IPFX Packets Received column I get - 10.1.1.2: 35 - inactive (ip)

Nothing in Unassigned Flows.

Templates received (ID) has about 25 numbers listed in the 2XX range.

It auto-detected Netflow 9

There is nothing in the decoded flows box.

There is IP connectivity between collector and devices sending the flows verified both ways. Also this server only has 2 devices sending flows to it.

Created on Oct 30, 2015 6:04:18 PM



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Hello Chris,

see also this post.
Kind regards.

Created on Nov 2, 2015 1:33:09 PM by  Erhard Mikulik [Paessler Support]




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