Specifications

NetFlow Version 9 Templates
May 18, 2011 Page 16 of 21
datarecordfieldsdefinedintheNetFlowstandard.Thecontentsofthesedatarecordfieldsare
usedbythecollectorsoftwareapplicationforflowanalysis.Tenbasedatarecordfieldsare
includedinallVersion9templates.Uptoanadditionalsevendatarecordfieldsareincludedin
theappropriatetemplates.
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ThemodularswitchplatformimplementationoftheNetFlowVersion9templatesaredetailedin
thefollowingtables:
• Table 6onpage 16providesalistinganddescriptionofthesupportedNetFlowVersion9
headerfields
• Table 7onpage 17providesalistinganddescriptionofthesupportedNetFlowVersion9base
datarecord
fields
• Table 8onpage 17providesalistingofthesupported additionaltemplatespecificdatarecord
fields
• Table 9onpage 18providesthetemplateIDandageneraldescriptionofeachmodularswitch
Version9template
Table 6onpage 16detailstheNetFlowVersion9templateheaderfieldssupportedbyallVersion9
templates.
Table 7onpage 17detailstheNetFlowVersion9basedatarecordfieldssupportedbyVersion9
templates.BasedatarecordfieldsaresupportedbyallIPv4andIPv6Version9templates.IPv4
Table 6 NetFlow Version 9 Template Header Support
NetFlow Version 9 Header
Data Field Description Templates
Format Version NetFlow template Version 9 All Templates
Flow Record Count The total number of records in the export packet,
which is the sum of the options flow set records,
template flowset records, and data flowset
records.
All Templates
Sys Up Time Time in milliseconds since this device was first
booted.
All Templates
Unix Seconds Time in seconds since 0000 UTC 1970, at which
the export packet leaves the exporter.
All Templates
Flow Sequence Counter Incremental sequence counter of all export
packets sent from the exporter. This is an
accumulative count that lets the collector know if
any packets have been missed.
All Templates
Source ID Engine Type (1 = Line Card).
Engine ID (One based module slot number).
All Templates