• SonicOS and SonicOSX 7
• Flow Reporting
  • Statistics
    • External Flow Reporting Statistics
    • Internal AppFlow Reporting Statistics
    • Total IPFIX Statistics
  • Settings
    • Settings Configuration
    • Local Server Settings
    • Other Report Settings
  • AppFlow Agent
  • External Collector
  • SFR Mailing
    • SFR Email Settings
    • Scheduling SFR Reports by Email
      • Scheduling One-Time Delivery of the SFR
      • Scheduling Recurring Delivery of the SFR
      • Deleting Scheduled Reports
  • NetFlow Activation and Deployment Information
  • User Configuration Tasks
    • Configuring NetFlow Version 5
    • Configuring NetFlow Version 9
    • Configuring IPFIX (NetFlow Version 10)
    • Configuring IPFIX with Extensions
    • Configuring AppFlow Agent to Include Logs Through IPFIX
    • Configuring Netflow with Extensions with SonicWall Scrutinizer
  • NetFlow Tables
    • Static Tables
    • Dynamic Tables
    • Templates
      • NetFlow Version 5
      • NetFlow Version 9
      • IPFIX (NetFlow Version 10)
      • IPFIX with Extensions
• AppFlow Agent
  • Connecting to an AppFlow Agent
    • Basic Mode
    • Advanced Mode
• SonicWall Support
  • About This Document

Settings Configuration

The Settings section of the Settings screen allows you to enable real-time data collection and AppFlow report collection.

• Report Collections — Enables AppFlow reporting collection according to one of these modes:

  • All — Selecting this checkbox reports all flows. This is the default setting.

  • Interface-based — Selecting this checkbox enables flow reporting based only on the initiator or responder interface. This provides a way to control what flows are reported externally or internally. If enabled, the flows are verified against the per interface flow reporting configuration, located in the NETWORK | Interfaces page.

    If an interface has its flow reporting disabled, then flows associated with that interface are skipped.

  • Firewall/App Rules-based — Selecting this checkbox enables flow reporting based on already existing firewall Access and App rules configuration, located on the POLICY | Rules and Policies > Access Rules page and the POLICY | Rules and Policies > App Rules page, respectively. This is similar to interface-based reporting; the only difference is instead of checking per interface settings, the per-firewall rule is selected.

    Every firewall Access and App rule has a checkbox to enable flow reporting. If a flow matching a rule is to be reported, this enabled checkbox forces verification that firewall rules have flow reporting enabled or not.

    If this option is enabled, but no rules have the flow-reporting option enabled, no data is reported. This option is an additional way to control which flows need to be reported.

• Enable Real-Time Data Collection — Enables real-time data collection on your firewall for real-time statistics. You can enable/disable Individual items in the Collect Real-Time Data For drop-down menu. This setting is enabled by default.

  When this setting is disabled, the System Monitor does not collect or display streaming data as the real-time graphs displayed in the MONITOR | Real-Time Charts > System Monitor page is disabled.

  • Collect Real-Time Data For — Select the streaming graphs to display on the System Monitor page. By default, all items are selected.

    This option	Displays this graph(s)
    Top apps	Applications
    Bits per sec.	Bandwidth
    Packets per sec.	Packet Rate
    Average packet size	Packet Size
    Connections per sec.	Connection Rate and Connection Count
    Core util.	Multicore Monitor
    Memory util.	Memory Usage

• Enable Aggregate AppFlow Report Data Collection — If enabled, the firewall starts collecting data for aggregate reports. Individual items can be enabled/disabled in the next section. If disabled, AppFlow reports under the Dashboard are disabled.

  When this setting is disabled, the AppFlow Reports does not collect or display data.

  You can quickly display the INVESTIGATE | Reports | AppFlow Reports page by clicking the Display icon by Enable Aggregate AppFlow Report Data Collection.

  • Collect Report Data For — Enables/disables individual Report Data Collection. Select from this drop-down menu the data to display. By default, all reports are selected.

    Apps Report User Report IP Report

    Threat Report Geo-IP Report URL Report