flow-gen(1)

flow-gen(1) General Commands Manual flow-gen(1)

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NAME

6       flow-gen — Generate test flows
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SYNOPSIS

9       flow-gen  [-h]  [-b big|little]  [-d debug_level]  [-n count]  [-V ver‐
10       sion]  [-z z_level]
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DESCRIPTION

13       The flow-gen utility generates a test pattern of flows in  any  of  the
14       currently supported export versions typically for debugging purposes.
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OPTIONS

17       -b big|little
18                 Byte order of output.
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20       -d debug_level
21                 Enable debugging.
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23       -h        Display help.
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25       -n count  Generate count flows.  Default 1000.
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27       -V version
28                 Generate version type exports.  Supported versions are:
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30           1    NetFlow version 1 (No sequence numbers, AS, or mask)
31           5    NetFlow version 5
32           6    NetFlow version 6 (5+ Encapsulation size)
33           7    NetFlow version 7 (Catalyst switches)
34           8.1  NetFlow AS Aggregation
35           8.2  NetFlow Proto Port Aggregation
36           8.3  NetFlow Source Prefix Aggregation
37           8.4  NetFlow Destination Prefix Aggregation
38           8.5  NetFlow Prefix Aggregation
39           8.6  NetFlow Destination (Catalyst switches)
40           8.7  NetFlow Source Destination (Catalyst switches)
41           8.8  NetFlow Full Flow (Catalyst switches)
42           8.9  NetFlow ToS AS Aggregation
43           8.10 NetFlow ToS Proto Port Aggregation
44           8.11 NetFlow ToS Source Prefix Aggregation
45           8.12 NetFlow ToS Destination Prefix Aggregation
46           8.13 NetFlow ToS Prefix Aggregation
47           8.14 NetFlow ToS Prefix Port Aggregation
48           1005 Flow-Tools tagged version 5
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50       -z z_level
51                 Configure  compression  level to  z_level.  0 is disabled (no
52                 compression), 9 is highest compression.
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EXAMPLES

55       Generate a test pattern of 1000 version 5 flows and send  them  in  the
56       Cisco NetFlow packet format to 10.0.0.1 port 9500.
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58         flow-gen -V5 | flow-send 0/10.0.0.1/9500
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BUGS

61       The test pattern may change between releases.
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AUTHOR

64       Mark Fullmer maf@splintered.net
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