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Bidirectional Flow Support

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How does ElastiFlow handle bidirectional flows ()?

QUESTION

How does ElastiFlow handle a flow exporter that supports bidirectional flow records (), where two directions of traffic are expressed in a single record?

ANSWER

The collector will produce two unidirectional records, one for each direction. This allows these records to be processed and analyzed in the same manner as unidirectional flows.

RFC 5103
RFC 5103