Documentation forNetFlow Traffic Analyzer
Analyzing network traffic and bandwidth is a key capability of SolarWinds Observability Self-Hosted (formerly Hybrid Cloud Observability) and is available in the Advanced edition. NetFlow Traffic Analyzer (NTA) is also available in a standalone module.

Troubleshoot Long Flow Errors in NTA

Invalid flow errors recorded in the NetFlow Traffic Analyzer may result when a flow duration exceeds the cache timeout values. This condition displays the following event in the Last XX Traffic Analyzer Events widget:

To resolve this error, the following lines must appear in the Flow Monitor section of the Configuration file for Flow Records on Cisco devices:

cache timeout inact 10

cache timeout act 5

For additional information, see Configuring Devices for Flow Collection in the online help.