Extreme Switch Configuration

You can configure sFLow for an Extreme Switch using the following steps:

Configuration Steps

Enable sFlow:

enable sflow

Configure the sFlow agent with the loopback interface name:

configure sflow agent {LOOPBACK_INTERFACE_NAME}

Configure the sFlow collector with the Motadata NetFlow server IP and listener port:

configure sflow collector {MOTADATA_NETFLOW_SERVER_IP} port {MOTADATA_NETFLOW_SERVER_LISTENER_PORT}

Set the sFlow sample rate:

configure sflow sample-rate 512

Set the sFlow poll interval:

configure sflow poll-interval 60

Enable sFlow backoff threshold:

enable sflow backoff-threshold

Configure the backoff threshold:

configure sflow backoff-threshold 500

Enable sFlow on all ports:

enable sflow ports all

After completing the configuration, navigate to Menu > Flow Explorer and select the Event Source(s) and the associated Interface(s) from the drop-downs to view the active flow data.