Flow Monitor

Flow Monitor provides IP Flow Information Export (IPFIX) and K-Mirror support based on RFC 7011 to collect and export flow records for Universal platforms. Flow Monitor builds on IPFIX by providing additional metering and exporting processes. Flow Monitor enables switches to gather information about flows through different ports on each switch and export the flow records (via UDP) to one or more remote collectors. This information can be used to analyze application and network usage, and monitor real-time network infrastructure.

Tip

Tip

Flow Monitor for Switch Engine version 32.2 is for demonstration purposes only. Full functionality will be available in a future software version.

Supported Platforms

This feature is supported on ExtremeSwitching 5420 and 5520 series switches.

New CLI Commands

The following new commands support Flow Monitor:

clear counters flowmon

configure flowmon collector collector_name

configure flowmon group group_name

configure flowmon group group_name [add | delete] collector collector_name

configure flowmon group group_name [add | delete] key key_name

configure flowmon key key_name ipv4

configure flowmon key key_name ipv6

create flowmon collector collector_name

create flowmon group group_name

create flowmon key key_name

delete flowmon collector collector_name

delete flowmon group group_name

delete flowmon key key_name

disable flowmon

disable flowmon group group_name

enable flowmon

enable flowmon group group_name

show flowmon

show flowmon collector [collector_name | all] detail

show flowmon group group_name | all] detail

show flowmon group group_name template detail

show flowmon key [key_name | all] detail

show flowmon group group_name statistics no-refresh wide