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9 (Optional) On the Resource allocation page, use the Network resource pool drop-down menu to
add or remove resource allocations and click Next.
10 (Optional) On the Monitoring page, use the drop-menu to enable or disable NetFlow and click Next.
Option Description
Disabled NetFlow is disabled on the distributed port group.
Enabled NetFlow is enabled on the distributed port group. You can configure NetFlow
settings at the vSphere Distributed Switch level.
11 (Optional) On the Traffic filtering and marking page, enable or disable traffic filtering and marking from
Status drop-down menu, configure traffic rules for filtering or marking specific data flows, and click
Next.
You can set the following attributes of a rule determining the target traffic and the action on it:
Option Description
Name Name of the rule
Action
n
Allow. Grant access to traffic of a certain type.
n
Drop. Deny access to traffic of a certain type.
n
Tag. Classify traffic in terms of QoS by inserting or retagging traffic with a
CoS and DSCP tag.
Traffic direction Set whether the rule is for incoming, outgoing or incoming and outgoing traffic.
The direction also influences how you are going to identify the traffic source and
destination.
System traffic qualifier Indicate that the rule scopes over system traffic and set the type of infrastructure
protocol to apply the rule on. For example, mark with a priority tag the traffic for
management from vCenter Server.
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