Configuring Enterasys switches

The following commands configure an Enterasys switch (10.0.0.250), sampling packets at 1-in-2048, polling counters every 20 seconds and sending sFlow to an analyzer (10.0.0.50) over UDP using the default sFlow port (6343):

set sflow receiver 1 owner analyzer1 timeout 180000
set sflow receiver 1 ip 10.0.0.50

#configure packet sampling instances on ports 1 through 12
#assign to sFlow Collector 1
set sflow port ge.1.1-12 sampler 1
set sflow port ge.1.1-12 sampler maxheadersize 128
set sflow port ge.1.1-12 sampler rate 2048

#configure counter poller instances on ports 1 through 12
#assign to sFlow Collector 1
set sflow port ge.1.1-12 poller 1
set sflow port ge.1.1-12 poller interval 20

A previous posting discussed the selection of sampling rates. Additional information can be found on the Enterasys web site.

See Trying out sFlow for suggestions on getting started with sFlow monitoring and reporting.