R3303-HP HSR6800 Routers Network Management and Monitoring Configuration Guide

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Configuring sFlow
This feature is available on only SAP interface modules that are operating in bridge mode.
Sampled Flow (sFlow) is a traffic monitoring technology used to collect and analyze traffic statistics.
As shown in Figure 63, the sF
low system involves an sFlow agent embedded in a device and a remote
sFlow collector. The sFlow agent collects interface counter information and packet content information
and encapsulates the sampled information in sFlow packets. When the sFlow packet buffer is full, or the
aging timer of sFlow packets expires, the sFlow agent sends the sFlow packets in UDP datagrams to the
specified sFlow collector. The sFlow collector analyzes the information and displays the results.
sFlow provides the following sampling mechanisms:
• Flow sampling—Obtains packet content information.
• Counter sampling—Obtains interface counter information.
Figure 63 sFlow system
sFlow has the following advantages:
• Supports traffic monitoring on Gigabit and higher-speed networks.
• Provides good scalability to allow one sFlow collector to monitor multiple sFlow agents.
• Saves money by embedding the sFlow agent in a device, instead of using a dedicated sFlow agent
device.
Configuring the sFlow agent and sFlow collector
information
Ste
p
Command Remarks
1. Enter system
view.
system-view N/A