CLI Reference Guide-R01

Chapter 7 | Flow Sampling Commands
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instance-id - An instance ID used to identify the sampling source. (Range: 1)
owner-name - The associated receiver, to which the samples will be sent.
(Range: 1-30 alphanumeric characters)
polling-interval - The time interval at which the sFlow process adds
counter values to the sample datagram. (Range: 1-10000000 seconds, 0
disables this feature)
Default Setting
No sFlow polling instance is configured.
Command Mode
Privileged Exec
Command Usage
This command enables a polling data source and configures the interval at which
counter values are added to the sample datagram.
Example
This example sets the polling interval to 10 seconds.
Console#sflow polling interface ethernet 1/9 instance 1 receiver owner1
polling-interval 10
Console#
sflow sampling
instance
This command enables an sFlow data source instance for a specific interface that
takes samples periodically based on the number of packets processed. Use the no
form to remove the sampling data source instance from the switch’s sFlow
configuration.
Syntax
sflow sampling {interface interface} instance instance-id receiver owner-name
sampling-rate sample-rate
[max-header-size max-header-size]
no sflow sample {interface interface} instance instance-id
interface - The source from which the samples will be taken and sent to a
collector.
ethernet unit/port
unit - Unit identifier. (Range: 1)
port - Port number. (Range: 1-18)