information included
• version 9 - a new format which can be extended with new fields and record types thank's to its
template-style design
Additional Documents
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Software Package Management
General Configuration
Description
This section describes the basic configuration of Traffic-Flow.
Property Description
enabled ( yes | no ) - whether to enable traffic-flow service or not
interfaces ( name ) - names of those interfaces which will be used to gather statistics for
traffic-flow. To specify more than one interface, separate them with a comma (",")
cache-entries ( 1k | 2k | 4k | 8k | 16k | 32k | 64k | 128k | 256k | 512k ; default: 1k ) - number of flows
which can be in router's memory simultaneously
active-flow-timeout ( time ; default: 30m ) - maximum life-time of a flow
inactive-flow-timeout ( time ; default: 15s ) - how long to keep the flow active, if it is idle
Traffic-Flow Target
Description
With Traffic-Flow targets we specify those hosts which will gather the Traffic-Flow information
from router.
Property Description
address ( IP address | port ) - IP address and port (UDP) of the host which receives Traffic-Flow
statistic packets from the router
v9-template-refresh ( integer ; default: 20 ) - number of packets after which the template is sent to
the receiving host (only for NetFlow version 9)
v9-template-timeout - after how long to send the template, if it has not been sent
version ( 1 | 5 | 9 ) - which version format of NetFlow to use
General Information
Traffic-Flow Example
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