ESX Server 3.5 (VMware) Configuration

You can configure ESX Server 3.5 (VMware) using the following steps:

1. Prepare ESX Server for NetFlow configuration.

   Make sure the VMkernel TCP/IP stack is properly configured and that a VMkernel virtual interface
   (vmknic) exists on the network where your collector is located.
   The ESX Server implementation of NetFlow uses the ESX Server TCP/IP stack to send NetFlow packets in the network.

2. Load the NetFlow module. Enter the following command:

   vmkload_mod netflow

3. Confirm that the NetFlow module is loaded. Enter the following command:

   vmkload_mod -l | grep netflow

4. Configure NetFlow

   Use the application called net-netflow for the remaining configuration steps. The application is located

   in /usr/lib/vmware/bin/ and takes multiple parameters, as shown in the following example:

   net-netflow -e {VSWITCHNAME}
{NETFLOW_SERVER_IP}:{NETFLOW_SERVER_LISTENER_PORT}