Avoiding duplicate IP flow information export record reports in a network fabric

A network device in a network fabric, the network device comprising:

• at least one processing resource;
• and
• a storage device storing instructions which when executed by the at least one processing resource comprise instructions to:
• receive a first flow indicating a destination internal to the network fabric;
• record the first flow and a corresponding first reverse flow in a flow table;
• mark the network device as an owner for the first flow and the first reverse flow, wherein a respective owner is to provide information associated with a respective flow based on Internet Protocol Flow Information Export (IPFIX);
• export information associated with the first flow and the first reverse flow;
• receive a second flow, a source of which, as indicated by the flow table or a packet of the second flow, has previously been marked as an owner for the second flow and for a corresponding second reverse flow;
• record the second flow and the second reverse flow in the flow table;
• refrain from marking the network device as the owner for the second flow and the second reverse flow;
• and
• refrain from exporting information associated with the second flow and the second reverse flow.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions which when executed by a processing resource comprise instructions to:

• receive, by an access switch in a network fabric, a first flow indicating a destination internal to the network fabric;
• record the first flow and a corresponding first reverse flow in a flow table;
• mark the access switch as an owner for the first flow and for the first reverse flow, a respective owner to provide information associated with a respective flow based on Internet Protocol Flow Information Export (IPFIX);
• export information associated with the first flow and the first reverse flow;
• receive by the access switch a second flow, a source of which, as indicated by the flow table or a packet of the second flow, has previously been marked as an owner for the second flow and for a corresponding second reverse flow;
• record the second flow and the second reverse flow in the flow table;
• refrain from marking the access switch as the owner for the second flow and the second reverse flow;
• and
• refrain from exporting information associated with the second flow and the second reverse flow.