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.SS "NetFlow v5 Flow Logging"
-NetFlow is a protocol that exports a number of details about terminating
-IP flows, such as the principals involved and duration. A bridge may be
-configured to send NetFlow v5 records to NetFlow collectors when flows
-end. To enable, define the key \fBnetflow.\fIbridge\fB.host\fR for each
-collector in the form \fIip\fB:\fIport\fR. Records from \fIbridge\fR
+NetFlow is a protocol that exports a number of details about terminating
+IP flows, such as the principals involved and duration. A bridge may be
+configured to send NetFlow v5 records to NetFlow collectors when flows
+end. To enable, define the key \fBnetflow.\fIbridge\fB.host\fR for each
+collector in the form \fIip\fB:\fIport\fR. Records from \fIbridge\fR
will be sent to each \fIip\fR on UDP \fIport\fR. The \fIip\fR must
be specified numerically, not as a DNS name.
-The NetFlow messages will use the datapath index for the engine type and id.
-This can be overridden with the \fBnetflow.\fIbridge\fB.engine-type\fR and
+In addition to terminating flows, NetFlow can also send records at a set
+interval for flows that are still active. This interval can be configured
+by defining the key \fBnetflow.\fIbridge\fB\.active-timeout\fR. The value
+is in seconds. An active timeout of 0 will disable this functionality. By
+default there is timeout value of 600 seconds.
+
+The NetFlow messages will use the datapath index for the engine type and id.
+This can be overridden with the \fBnetflow.\fIbridge\fB.engine-type\fR and
\fBnetflow.\fIbridge\fB.engine-id\fR, respectively. Each takes a value
-between 0 and 255, inclusive.
+between 0 and 255, inclusive.
Many NetFlow collectors do not expect multiple virtual switches to be
sending messages from the same host, and they do not store the engine
flows from multiple switches appearing as if they came on the interface,
add \fBnetflow.\fIbridge\fB.add-id-to-iface=true\fR to the configuration
file. This will place the least significant 7 bits of the engine id
-into the most significant bits of the ingress and egress interface fields
+into the most significant bits of the ingress and egress interface fields
of flow records. When this option is enabled, a maximum of 508 ports are
supported. By default, this behavior is disabled.