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Note the absence of a configured rate in the equation. That is because when the hardware sampling rate
value on the port-pipe exceeds the configured sampling rate value for an interface, the actual rate changes
to the hardware rate. The sub-sampling rate never goes below a value of one.
Back-off Mechanism
If the sampling rate for an interface is set to a very low value, the CPU can get overloaded with flow
samples under high-traffic conditions. In such a scenario, a binary back-off mechanism gets triggered,
which doubles the sampling-rate (halves the number of samples per second) for all interfaces. The backoff
mechanism continues to double the sampling-rate until CPU condition is cleared. This is as per sFlow
version 5 draft. Once the back-off changes the sample-rate, users must manually change the sampling rate
to the desired value.
As a result of back-off, the actual sampling-rate of an interface may differ from its configured sampling
rate. The actual sampling-rate of the interface and the configured sample-rate can be viewed by using the
show sflow
command.
sFlow on LAG ports
When a physical port becomes a member of a LAG, it inherits the sFlow configuration from the LAG port.
Extended sFlow
Extended sFlow
is supported fully on platform
e
Platforms
c
and
s
support
extended-switch
information processing
only
.
Extended sFlow packs additional information in the sFlow datagram depending on the type of sampled
packet. The following options can be enabled:
•
extended-switch
— 802.1Q VLAN ID and 802.1p priority information
•
extended-router
— Next-hop and source and destination mask length.
•
extended-gateway
— Source and destination AS number and the BGP next-hop.
Note:
Sampling rate backoff can change the sampling rate value that is set in the hardware. This equation
shows the relationship between actual sampling rate, sub-sampling rate, and the hardware sampling rate
for an interface:
Actual sampling rate = sub-sampling rate * hardware sampling rate
Note:
The entire AS path is not included. BGP community-list and local preference information are not
included. These fields are assigned default values and are not interpreted by the collector.
Summary of Contents for Force10 E300
Page 1: ...FTOS Configuration Guide FTOS 8 4 2 7 E Series TeraScale C Series S Series S50 S25 ...
Page 32: ...32 w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 132: ...132 802 1X w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 310: ...310 Configuration Replace and Rollback w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 330: ...330 Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 402: ...402 High Availability w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 462: ...462 Interfaces w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 482: ...482 IPv4 Addressing w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 506: ...506 IPv6 Addressing w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 582: ...582 Layer 2 w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 642: ...642 Multicast Source Discovery Protocol w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 662: ...662 Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 690: ...690 Object Tracking w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 754: ...754 PIM Dense Mode w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 784: ...784 PIM Source Specific Mode w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 800: ...800 Power over Ethernet w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 876: ...876 Quality of Service w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 892: ...892 Routing Information Protocol w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 1006: ...1006 Simple Network Management Protocol w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 1018: ...1018 SONET SDH w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 1048: ...1048 Broadcast Storm Control w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 1096: ...1096 Uplink Failure Detection UFD w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 1098: ...1098 Upgrade Procedures w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 1196: ...1196 C Series Debugging and Diagnostics w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 1252: ...1252 Standards Compliance w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 1262: ...1262 Index w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...