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August 13th, 2024 12:13

Netflow for Dell switch

what is the best practice for enabling netflow/sflow on Dell switch?

do i enable at the core or access layer switch ?

will it have any performance impact if i enable at all the access layer switch like S3148/N3224T switches ?

  • DELL-Charles R

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    Posted August 13th, 2024 18:01

    Hello,

     

    These two Knowledge Articles may help:

     

    How to configure sFlow on Dell Networking N Series Switches

    https://dell.to/46IXKUO

     

    How to set up sFlow on Dell Networking Switches running OS 9

    https://dell.to/46N3UTN

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    Posted August 28th, 2024 09:33

    when i try to configure on my N3224T i hit error when configuring the interface 

    firmware version is 6.8.1.2.

    SWITCH(config)#sflow 1 destination 172.16.xx.xxx

    SWITCH(config)#sflow 1 polling gigabitethernet 1/0/1

    Command not found / Incomplete command. Use ? to list commands.

    Port      Description     Duplex Speed   Neg  Link    Flow  M  VLAN
                                                  State   Ctrl
    --------- --------------- ------ ------- ---- ------- ----- -- -------------------
    Gi1/0/1                   Full   1000    Auto Up      On    A  1
    Gi1/0/2                   Full   1000    Auto Up      On    A  1
    Gi1/0/3                   N/A    Unknown Auto Down    On    A  1

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    Posted August 28th, 2024 10:38

    Hello,

    can you try to do the second command in interface mode?

    Here the manual for the command pag 2238

    Dell EMC Networking N-Series Switches CLI Reference Guide version 6.7.0

    Thanks

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    Posted August 29th, 2024 03:08

    when i try in interface mode

    Gi1/0/48      Incorrect input! Invalid Receiver index value.
    SWITCH01(config-if-Gi1/0/48)#sflow 1 polling ?

    <interval>               Enter interval <0 - 86400>.

    SWITCH01(config-if-Gi1/0/48)#sflow 1 polling 86400

              Failure Information
    ---------------------------------------
    Interfaces failed to be configured : 1
    ---------------------------------------
    Interface             Error
    ---------------------------------------
    Gi1/0/48      Incorrect input! Invalid Receiver index value.
    SWITCH01(config-if-Gi1/0/48)#sflow 1 polling 1500 50

    why do i not see the sflow commands when i do show running-config ??

  • DELL-Joey C

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    Posted August 29th, 2024 09:10

    Hi,

     

    I'm not sure if the error comes from unfinished definition of the destination, let's try using the guide:

     

    console(config)#sflow 1 destination owner 1 timeout 2000
    console(config)#sflow 1 destination maxdatagram 500
    console(config)#sflow 1 destination 172.16.xx.xxx 560

     

    After this, 

     

    console(config)#sflow 1 polling gigabitethernet 1/0/1 200 (try inserting poll-interval as previous config you did not) 

    (edited)

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    Posted August 30th, 2024 08:17

    the command works, but OPManager will keep trying to add the switch with no result

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    Posted August 30th, 2024 08:31

    What do you mean? Can you explain to me what you want to achieve with opmanager? And with this configuration?

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    Posted September 10th, 2024 09:25

    i am trying to add N series switch to OpManager for Flow Analysis.

    is this supported or recommended to enable sflow in Dell N3248TE-ON switch??

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  • DELL-Erman O

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    Posted September 10th, 2024 14:03

    I beleive after enabling sFlow on the switch, you can set up OpManager to collect and analyze the sFlow data. I don't have much information about OpManager so please refer to the OpManager documentation.

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    Posted October 8th, 2024 06:33

    is there any difference in configurations for N3224T and N3224P series switch ??

    after i add the config to N3224T, the sflow command will "disappear"

    sflow 1 destination owner SFLOW timeout 1000
    sflow 1 polling tengigabitethernet 1/0/3 30
    sflow 1 sampling tengigabitethernet 1/0/3 1024

    logging source-interface vlan 2
    sflow source-interface vlan 2

    SW-L3-N3224T#show sflow 1 destination

    Receiver Index................................. 1
    Owner String...................................
    Time out....................................... 0
    IP Address:.................................... 0.0.0.0
    Address Type................................... 1
    Port........................................... 6343
    Datagram Version............................... 5
    Maximum Datagram Size.......................... 1400