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How to configure sFlow on Cisco Catalyst 1000 switches

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sFlow prerequisites:

  • Ensure that the collector destination is reachable.
  • IP Routing must be enabled on the device.

sFlow guidelines:

  • When you enable sFlow for an interface, you can do it for ingress, egress, or in both directions.
  • You should configure the sampling rate based on the sFlow configuration and traffic in the system.

sFlow limitations:

  • sFlow is supported only on the physical interface.
  • The switch supports two sFlow collectors.
  • sFlow is not supported when the device boots up in stack mode.

Default Settings for sFlow 

The following table lists the default settings for sFlow parameters.

sFlow sampling rate 2048

sFlow sampling size 116

sFlow counter poll interval 10

sFlow maximum datagram size 1024

sFlow collector port 6343

 

1. Configuring sFlow Agent

 

To enable sFlow agent, you must configure a valid unicast IP address on the interface.

Items that are between { } and in bold should be replaced with values specific to the environment being configured.

For Auvik, the agent IP is the switch IP address that will send flows to the collector. 

configure terminal
sflow agent {ip ipv4 address | ipv6 ipv6 address}
end

 

2. Configuring sFlow Collector

 

 For Auvik, the sFlow collector {id} is a number from <1-2>. The collector {ip} is the Auvik collector IP.

configure terminal
sflow collector {id collector-id } {ip ipv4 address | ipv6 ipv6 address} [port 6343] [datagram-size <max-datagram-size bytes>]}

end

 

3. Configuring Flow Sampling

 

configure terminal
interface {interface-id}
sflow flow-sampling {input |output } {id collector-id} [rate <rate>] [hdr-size <max-header-size bytes>]}
no sflow flow-sampling {input |output }
end

 

4. Configuring Counter Sampling

 

configure terminal
interface {interface-id}
sflow counter-sampling id {collector-id} [interval <interval>]
no sflow counter-sampling
end

*note: Use the same collector {id} here as set in the previous step.

 

5. Verifying sFlow Configuration

 

Use these commands to display and verify the sFlow configuration:

 

show sflow   - Displays global sFlow configuration for sFlow agent and

sFlow collector.

show sflow interface  - Displays sFlow configuration on all interfaces where

either packet sampling or counter sampling is enabled.

show sflow interface {interface name}  - Displays the configurations 

specifically on a given interface.

show platform sflow enables    - Displays the global sFlow status at the 

   hardware level.

 

6. Save the configuration

copy running-config startup-config
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