Re: NetFlow - path from Routers to Collector

[Niels Bakker <niels=nanog () bakker net>]

> On Tue, 01 Sep 2015 22:47:09 +0300, Tarko Tikan said:
> > Bad advice. No amount of money will fix major platforms that are 
> > not happy to export flow telemetry via router management ports.

Correct.  And for a proper network you may not wish to have those 
connections from in-band ports to your OOB/management network everywhere.


* Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu (Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu) [Tue 01 Sep 2015, 22:13 CEST]:
> And that box ended up in your rack, why exactly?

Because variety of flow telemetry delivery options isn't the #1 ranked 
purchasing decider.  Otherwise no Cisco would ever have been sold.


> <insert excuses that boil down to "We were willing to accept gear 
> that didn't have this functionality because we were OK with sending 
> flow telemetry over the inband network">

Everything is a tradeoff.  Welcome to the real world, where we have to 
make things work rather than pose on mailing lists about what we think 
other people should have.


        -- Niels.