Cisco Systems OL-6900-01 Network Router User Manual


 
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Cisco CNS NetFlow Collection Engine User Guide, Release 5.0.2
OL-6899-01
Chapter 1 Overview
CNS NetFlow Collection Engine Architectural Overview
CNS/XML Interface
The CNS/XML Interface is used to send and receive configuration/control requests and responses, and
unsolicited event notifications. The CNS/XML interface uses the CNS Integration Bus to communicate
with clients.
Report Generator
The Report Generator produces hourly and daily reports based on Collector output files by performing
further aggregation of the records in these files based on criteria selected by the user.
BGP Peer
A passive BGP peer is provided for supplementing CNS NetFlow Collection Engine output with BGP
attributes.