flow-gen(1)

1FLOW-GEN(1)                                                        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 ]  [
10       -V version ]  [ -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
26              Generate count flows. Default 1000.
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28       -V version
29              Generate version type exports. Supported versions are:
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31                  1    NetFlow version 1 (No sequence numbers, AS, or mask)
32                  5    NetFlow version 5
33                  6    NetFlow version 6 (5+ Encapsulation size)
34                  7    NetFlow version 7 (Catalyst switches)
35                  8.1  NetFlow AS Aggregation
36                  8.2  NetFlow Proto Port Aggregation
37                  8.3  NetFlow Source Prefix Aggregation
38                  8.4  NetFlow Destination Prefix Aggregation
39                  8.5  NetFlow Prefix Aggregation
40                  8.6  NetFlow Destination (Catalyst switches)
41                  8.7  NetFlow Source Destination (Catalyst switches)
42                  8.8  NetFlow Full Flow (Catalyst switches)
43                  8.9  NetFlow ToS AS Aggregation
44                  8.10 NetFlow ToS Proto Port Aggregation
45                  8.11 NetFlow ToS Source Prefix Aggregation
46                  8.12 NetFlow ToS Destination Prefix Aggregation
47                  8.13 NetFlow ToS Prefix Aggregation
48                  8.14 NetFlow ToS Prefix Port Aggregation
49                  1005 Flow-Tools tagged version 5
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52       -z z_level
53              Configure  compression level to  z_level. 0 is disabled (no com‐
54              pression), 9 is highest compression.
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EXAMPLES

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

63       The test pattern may change between releases.
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AUTHOR

66       Mark Fullmer <maf@splintered.net>
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