
Users must ensure their use of this technology/standard is consistent with VA policies and standards, including, but not limited to, VA Handbooks 61 VA Directives 6004, 6513, and 6517 and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) standards, including Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS). For more information on the use of cloud services and cloud-based products within VA, including VA private clouds, please see the Enterprise Cloud Solutions Office (ECSO) Portal at: Cloud services provided by the VAEC, which are listed in the VAEC Service Catalog, and those controlled and managed by an external Cloud Service Provider (i.e. This includes technologies deployed as software installations on VMs within VA-controlled cloud environments (e.g. The TRM decisions in this entry only apply to technologies and versions owned, operated, managed, patched, and version-controlled by VA.

SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer (NTA) enables a user to capture data from continuous streams of network traffic and convert that data into charts and tables. More information on the proper use of the TRM can be found on the If the source IP address of these exports matches the management IP of the 3560X switch in Solarwinds, it will be automatically added to your NetFlow -> NTA Summary page (otherwise Solarwinds will complain about receiving traffic from unknown sources).Technologies must be operated and maintained in accordance with Federal and Department security and Configure Flexible NetFlow according to the following configuration guide and configure the IP address of your Solarwinds Orion platform as destination IP for NetFlow exports:

Once you have that just make sure that the Solarwinds NetFlow Service is running (check Orion Service Manager). You need a C3KX-SM-10G network module which plugs to the side and provides a fast uplink with Flexible NetFlow capability. The 3560X and 3750X switches don't normally support NetFlow.
