Q: What Cisco equipment supports NetFlow?

A: The Cisco white paper NetFlow Performance Analysis, available from the link below, contains a list of Cisco equipment that supports NetFlow.

We have reproduced it here:

For the following selection of routers, tests were performed using Cisco IOS Software Release 12.0S. The platforms and configurations tested include:

  • * Cisco 2600 Router
    * Cisco 2851 Router
    * Cisco 3640 Router
    * Cisco 3745 Router
    * Cisco 7200 Router with Network Processing Engine NPE-300
    * Cisco 7200 Router with Network Services Engine NSE-1
    * Cisco 7500 Router with Route Switch Processor 8 using Cisco Express Forwarding
    * Cisco 7500 Router with Route Switch Processor 8 using Distributed Cisco Express Forwarding
    * Cisco 12000 Internet Router running Distributed Cisco Express Forwarding (Engine 1)
    * Cisco 12000 Internet Router running Distributed Cisco Express Forwarding, with 1:100 sampling enabled


For the following selection of routers an enhanced selection of tests were run using Cisco IOS Software Release 12.4T:

  • * Cisco 1841 Router
    * Cisco 2811 Router
    * Cisco 3845 Router
    * Cisco 7200 Router with Network Processing Engine NPE-400
    * Cisco 7200 Router with Network Processing Engine NPE-G1
    * Cisco 7200 Router with Network Processing Engine NPE-G2
    * Cisco 7301 Router


    There is another list of Cisco equipment that supports NetFlow on the link