Workflow to configure flow statistics collection

Stages
 
1 

For traffic in the business domain, enable AA performance reporting on each service from which flow statistics are to be collected. See “AA reporting” in the NSP NFM-P Classic Management User Guide for the configuration information.


2 

For traffic in the residential domain, enable AA performance reporting in one or more AA group policies, as required, by selecting the following parameter on the policy properties form:

  • Enable Application Performance Reporting for Residential Groups


3 

Open the NSP Flow Collector web UI; see   To open the NSP Flow Collector web UI .


4 

Specify the NEs from which to collect flow statistics; see   To specify the NEs and MDAs for flow statistics collection.


5 

Specify whether the statistics in a domain are to be stored for NSP Analytics use, or forwarded to a file server; see   To configure the AA flow data persistence.


6 

Configure the aggregation parameters; see To configure flow statistics aggregation.


7 

If required, configure the transfer of collected flow statistics to a remote server; see To configure the transfer of result files.


8 

If required, specify the transfer options for statistics files in CSV format; see To configure CSV file compression and renaming.


9 

Configure a special-study policy, if required; see To configure an AA Cflowd special-study policy.


10 

Configure AA application or protocol filters as required; see To configure an AA application or protocol filter.


11 

If required, configure redundant destinations for the statistics collected by each NSP Flow Collector. See the NSP System Administrator Guide.