Monitoring Switch Traffic 439
Monitoring Switch Traffic (CLI)

This section provides information about the commands you use to manage

traffic monitoring features on the switch and to view information about

switch traffic. For more information about these commands, see the

Dell
Networking N2000, N3000, and N4000 Series Switches CLI Reference Guide

at support.dell.com/manuals.

Configuring sFlow

Beginning in Privileged EXEC mode, use the following commands to

configure the sFlow receiver and to configure the sampling and polling on

switch interfaces.

Command Purpose
configure Enter Global Configuration mode
sflow
rcvr_index
destination
ip-address
[
port
]
Configure the address of the sFlow receiver and
(optionally) the destination UDP port for sFlow
datagrams.
•
rcvr_index
—The index of this sFlow receiver (Range:
1–8).
•
ip-address
—The sFlow receiver IP address.
•
port
—The destination Layer 4 UDP port for sFlow
datagrams. (Range: 1–65535).
sflow
rcvr_index
destination owner
owner_string
timeout
timeout
Specify the identity string of the receiver and set the
receiver timeout value.
timeout
—The number of seconds the configuration will
be valid before it is automatically cleared. A value of 0
essentiality means the receiver is not configured.
sflow
rcvr_index
maxdatagram
size
Specify the maximum number of data bytes that can be
sent in a single sample datagram.
The receiver should also be set this value to avoid
fragmentation of the sFlow datagrams. (Range: 200–9116
bytes).