Overview: Internet Protocol Flow Information Export (Ipfix); Ipfix Support On Avaya Switches - Avaya 4500 Technical Configuration Manual

1. Overview: Internet Protocol Flow
Information eXport (IPFIX)
Internet Protocol Flow Information eXport (IPFIX) has evolved as an improvement upon the
Netflow V9 protocol. It is a standard that has been proposed by an IETF Working Group -
http://www.ietf.org/html.charters/ipfix-charter.html. IPFIX is an effort to standardize on
architecture for IP flow measurement and export. In an IPFIX model, an exporter such as a switch
or router collects IP flows and then exports the IP flow information using a transport protocol to a
collection server or servers. An IP flow is defined as a set of packets over a period of time that
has some common properties.

1.1 IPFIX Support on Avaya Switches

Feature ERS5000
Software Level 5.0
introduction
Metering and Yes
Collecting
Collector Default 9995
UDP Port
Collector Avaya IP Flow Manager (IPFM), NetQoS Harvester/Collector, Fluke Collector
Supported
Filters Supported No
Number of IPFIX 2
Collectors
Supported

Exported Traffic
Protocol type

Source IP

Destination IP

Ingress port

Type-of-service byte

TCP/UDP source port

TCP/UDP destination port
Table 1: IPFIX support on ERS8600 ERS5000, and ERS4500
1 – If IPFIX is enabled, a QoS policy precedence is used
1
ERS4500
5.4
Avaya Inc. – External Distribution
2
ERS8300 ERS8600
4.2 4.1
Yes

Source IP

Destination IP

Protocol Type

Source protocol port

Destination protocol port

Type-of-service byte

Byte/packet count

Ingress VLAN ID

Ingress port and observation point
(VLAN or port)
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