Collector Settings

The Admin > Settings > Collector Settings tray contains the following settings:

Resolve Hosts at Collection Time

Forces DNS name resolution for every host seen when flows are collected (only necessary for Flow Analytics domain exclusions and Rev 2nd level domain reports)
*Note: Enabling this feature may result in significant latency at high flow volumes. For assistance, contact Plixer Technical Support.

Auto SNMP Update

Enables re-discovery of SNMP devices at 1:00 am every day.

Low Resource Fallback Cooldown Period

Amount of time (in seconds) to wait between low resource fallback “stages” (to prevent unwarranted feature or exporter pausing)

Low Resource Fallback Exporter Chunk Size

Number of exporters to pause or resume as a group when required for low resource fallback or recovery

Allowed Flow Rate Multiplier Percent

Multiplier/percentage of maximum supported flow rate that will not immediately trigger low resource fallback to accommodate brief spikes in flow rates
*Note: Sustained flow rates exceeding 100% of the rated limit may result in stability issues.

Low Resource Fallback Mode

Select one of three modes to define Plixer Scrutinizer’s low resource fallback behavior

Listener Port

Ports that will be used to listen for NetFlow or sFlow traffic (separate by comma)

Important

In distributed environments, these settings will be applied to all collectors in the cluster.