Configure The Sflow Interface - NETGEAR M4300 User Manual

M4300 Series and M4300-96X Fully Managed Switches User Manual

Configure the sFlow Interface

sFlow agent collects statistical packet-based sampling of switched flows and sends them to
the configured receivers. A data source configured to collect flow samples is called a
sampler. sFlow agent also collects time-based sampling of network interface statistics and
sends them to the configured sFlow receivers. A data source configured to collect counter
samples is called a poller.
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To configure the sFlow Interface:
Launch a web browser.
1.
In the address field of your web browser, enter the IP address of the switch.
2.
The login window opens.
Enter the user name and password.
3.
The default admin user name is admin and the default admin password is blank, that is,
do not enter a password.
Click the Login button.
4.
The System Information page displays.
Select Monitoring> sFlow > Advanced > sFlow Interface Configuration.
5.
Use one of the following methods to select an interface for the flow poller and sampler:
6.
In the Go To Interface field, enter the interface in the unit/slot/port format and click on
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the Go button.
Next to the Interface column, select the check box for the interface that you want to
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use.
This agent supports physical ports only.
The Poller Receiver Index is the sFlow Receiver associated with this counter poller.
7.
Use Poller Receiver Index to specify the allowed range for the sFlow receiver. The
allowed range is 1 to 8. If set to 0, the poller configuration is set to the default and the
poller is deleted.
Use Poller Interval to specify the maximum number of seconds between successive
8.
samples of the counters associated with this data source.
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