> have you selected the sFlow virtual interface in Admin > Switch Nic?
Yes.

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> Sorry if this is a dumb question, but have you selected the sFlow
> virtual interface in Admin > Switch Nic?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 12:03 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Cc: [email protected]
> Subject: RE: [Ntop] sFlow not working!
>
>> you need to fix the configuration of your switch/router
> I think it's ok because data are received from the switch, if I check at
> the end of the sFlow plugins page, I can see the following informations
> meaning to me that data are correctly received.
>
> Received Flows
> Flow Senders  172.16.2.251 [267 pkts]
>
> Number of Packets Received    267
> Number of Packets with Bad Version    0
> Number of Packets Processed   267
> Number of Valid Flows Received        0
> Number of v2 Flows Received   267
> Number of v4 Flows Received   0
> Number of v5 Flows Received   0
>
> Discarded Flows
> Number of Flows with Bad Data         0
> Total Number of Flows Processed       0
>
> It look tyo me that sFlow plugin receive the data but Ntop doens't
> display it or maybe I'm wrong here.
>
>> So you've seen ONE processable FLOWSAMPLE and 1000s of unprocessable
>> COUNTERSAMPLE?
>>
>> Sounds like you need to fix the configuration of your switch/router
>> that's sending the stuff.
>>
>> -----Burton
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf
>> Of [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 12:02 PM
>> To: [email protected]
>> Cc: [email protected]
>> Subject: RE: [Ntop] sFlow not working!
>>
>>> Are there anything else in there?
>> No, all I can see is messages like the one I've pasted in the email,
>> nothing else. This one differ from the others:
>>
>> Mar 29 13:15:03 eyes ntop[8471]:   startSample ----------------------
>> Mar 29 13:15:03 eyes ntop[8471]:   sampleType_tag 0:1
>> Mar 29 13:15:03 eyes ntop[8471]:   sampleType FLOWSAMPLE
>> Mar 29 13:15:03 eyes ntop[8471]:   sampleSequenceNo 17451
>> Mar 29 13:15:03 eyes ntop[8471]:   sourceId 0:21
>> Mar 29 13:15:03 eyes ntop[8471]:   meanSkipCount 4096
>> Mar 29 13:15:03 eyes ntop[8471]:   samplePool 71479296
>> Mar 29 13:15:03 eyes ntop[8471]:   dropEvents 0
>> Mar 29 13:15:03 eyes ntop[8471]:   inputPort 21
>> Mar 29 13:15:03 eyes ntop[8471]:   outputPort 1
>> Mar 29 13:15:03 eyes ntop[8471]:   flowSampleType HEADER
>> Mar 29 13:15:03 eyes ntop[8471]:   headerProtocol 1
>> Mar 29 13:15:03 eyes ntop[8471]:   sampledPacketSize 1395
>> Mar 29 13:15:03 eyes ntop[8471]:   headerLen 128
>> Mar 29 13:15:03 eyes ntop[8471]:   headerBytes
>> 00-0D-56-9A-26-C9-00-30-6E-00-25-CA-08-00-45-00-05-65-57-5D-40-00-80-0
>> 6-42-A
>> F-AC-10-01-05-AC-10-02-61-0D-17-05-2B-44-07-5C-4D-62-C2-84-94-50-18-21
>> -D4-AC
>> -AF-00-00-3D-05-4E-00-00-00-20-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-FF-FF-FF-FF-
>> 00-00-
>> AC-10-02-61-05-2B-57-52-A0-06-90-07-00-00-05-00-00-00-64-00-00-00-C8-0
>> 4-00-0
>> 0-C8-04-00-00-58-00-00-00-0C-00-00-00-0C-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-07-DB
>> -4A-4D
>> -01
>> Mar 29 13:15:03 eyes ntop[8471]:   dstMAC 000d569a26c9
>> Mar 29 13:15:03 eyes ntop[8471]:   srcMAC 00306e0025ca
>> Mar 29 13:15:03 eyes ntop[8471]:   IPSize 1381
>> Mar 29 13:15:03 eyes ntop[8471]:   ip.tot_len = 1381
>> Mar 29 13:15:03 eyes ntop[8471]:   srcIP 172.16.1.5
>> Mar 29 13:15:03 eyes ntop[8471]:   dstIP 172.16.2.97
>> Mar 29 13:15:03 eyes ntop[8471]:   IPProtocol 6
>> Mar 29 13:15:03 eyes ntop[8471]:   IPTOS 0
>> Mar 29 13:15:03 eyes ntop[8471]:   IPTTL 128
>> Mar 29 13:15:03 eyes ntop[8471]:   TCPSrcPort 3351
>> Mar 29 13:15:03 eyes ntop[8471]:   TCPDstPort 1323
>> Mar 29 13:15:03 eyes ntop[8471]:   TCPFlags 24
>> Mar 29 13:15:03 eyes ntop[8471]:   extendedType SWITCH
>> Mar 29 13:15:03 eyes ntop[8471]:   in_vlan 1
>> Mar 29 13:15:03 eyes ntop[8471]:   in_priority 0
>> Mar 29 13:15:03 eyes ntop[8471]:   out_vlan 1
>> Mar 29 13:15:03 eyes ntop[8471]:   out_priority 0
>> Mar 29 13:15:03 eyes ntop[8471]:   endSample   ----------------------
>>
>>
>>
>>> All you're showing are COUNTERSAMPLE samples.  Are there anything
>>> else in there?
>>>
>>> As I quoted from the FAQ: "COUNTERSAMPLE packets give a quick look at
>
>>> interface counters on the machine, whereas FLOWSAMPLE packets are
>>> actual packet fragments from IP connections. Ntop seems to simply
>>> parse, debug_print, and discard COUNTERSAMPLE packets..."
>>>
>>> -----Burton
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf
>>> Of [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>> Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 10:22 AM
>>> To: [email protected]
>>> Cc: [email protected]
>>> Subject: RE: [Ntop] sFlow not working!
>>>
>>> This IP/MASK is the one of my Network Foundry switch ->
>>> 172.16.2.251/255.255.255.0 and the one I've defined into the Virtual
>>> sFlow Interface Network Address, port is 6343, and debug has been set
>
>>> to On. A tailf on /var/log/message return the following (much more
>>> for
>> sure):
>>>
>>> Mar 29 11:33:10 eyes ntop[8471]:   sampleType COUNTERSSAMPLE
>>> Mar 29 11:33:10 eyes ntop[8471]:   sampleSequenceNo 5651
>>> Mar 29 11:33:10 eyes ntop[8471]:   sourceId 0:19
>>> Mar 29 11:33:10 eyes ntop[8471]:   statsSamplingInterval 60
>>> Mar 29 11:33:10 eyes ntop[8471]:   counterBlockVersion 1
>>> Mar 29 11:33:10 eyes ntop[8471]:   ifIndex 19
>>> Mar 29 11:33:10 eyes ntop[8471]:   networkType 117
>>> Mar 29 11:33:10 eyes ntop[8471]:   ifSpeed 100000000
>>> Mar 29 11:33:10 eyes ntop[8471]:   ifDirection 1
>>> Mar 29 11:33:10 eyes ntop[8471]:   ifStatus 3
>>> Mar 29 11:33:10 eyes ntop[8471]:   ifInOctets 1151905399127
>>> Mar 29 11:33:10 eyes ntop[8471]:   ifInUcastPkts 1145225876
>>> Mar 29 11:33:10 eyes ntop[8471]:   ifInMulticastPkts 5444
>>> Mar 29 11:33:10 eyes ntop[8471]:   ifInBroadcastPkts 2562311
>>> Mar 29 11:33:10 eyes ntop[8471]:   ifInDiscards 0
>>> Mar 29 11:33:10 eyes ntop[8471]:   ifInErrors 1
>>> Mar 29 11:33:10 eyes ntop[8471]:   ifInUnknownProtos 0
>>> Mar 29 11:33:10 eyes ntop[8471]:   ifOutOctets 172371426642
>>> Mar 29 11:33:10 eyes ntop[8471]:   ifOutUcastPkts 704058492
>>> Mar 29 11:33:10 eyes ntop[8471]:   ifOutMulticastPkts 12849313
>>> Mar 29 11:33:10 eyes ntop[8471]:   ifOutBroadcastPkts 12397002
>>> Mar 29 11:33:10 eyes ntop[8471]:   ifOutDiscards 0
>>> Mar 29 11:33:10 eyes ntop[8471]:   ifOutErrors 0
>>> Mar 29 11:33:10 eyes ntop[8471]:   ifPromiscuousMode 1
>>> Mar 29 11:33:10 eyes ntop[8471]:   endSample   ----------------------
>>> Mar 29 11:33:11 eyes ntop[8471]:   datagramSourceIP 251.2.16.172
>>> Mar 29 11:33:11 eyes ntop[8471]:   datagramSize 132
>>> Mar 29 11:33:11 eyes ntop[8471]:   unixSecondsUTC 1112113991
>>> Mar 29 11:33:11 eyes ntop[8471]:   datagramVersion 2
>>> Mar 29 11:33:11 eyes ntop[8471]:   agent 172.16.2.251
>>> Mar 29 11:33:11 eyes ntop[8471]:   packetSequenceNo 176510
>>> Mar 29 11:33:11 eyes ntop[8471]:   sysUpTime 4166505708
>>> Mar 29 11:33:11 eyes ntop[8471]:   samplesInPacket 1
>>> Mar 29 11:33:11 eyes ntop[8471]:   startSample ----------------------
>>> Mar 29 11:33:11 eyes ntop[8471]:   sampleType_tag 0:2
>>> Mar 29 11:33:11 eyes ntop[8471]:   sampleType COUNTERSSAMPLE
>>> Mar 29 11:33:11 eyes ntop[8471]:   sampleSequenceNo 5652
>>> Mar 29 11:33:11 eyes ntop[8471]:   sourceId 0:21
>>> Mar 29 11:33:11 eyes ntop[8471]:   statsSamplingInterval 60
>>> Mar 29 11:33:11 eyes ntop[8471]:   counterBlockVersion 1
>>> Mar 29 11:33:11 eyes ntop[8471]:   ifIndex 21
>>> Mar 29 11:33:11 eyes ntop[8471]:   networkType 117
>>> Mar 29 11:33:11 eyes ntop[8471]:   ifSpeed 100000000
>>> Mar 29 11:33:11 eyes ntop[8471]:   ifDirection 1
>>> Mar 29 11:33:11 eyes ntop[8471]:   ifStatus 3
>>> Mar 29 11:33:11 eyes ntop[8471]:   ifInOctets 696722336339
>>> Mar 29 11:33:11 eyes ntop[8471]:   ifInUcastPkts 565653474
>>> Mar 29 11:33:11 eyes ntop[8471]:   ifInMulticastPkts 41
>>> Mar 29 11:33:11 eyes ntop[8471]:   ifInBroadcastPkts 92786
>>> Mar 29 11:33:11 eyes ntop[8471]:   ifInDiscards 0
>>> Mar 29 11:33:11 eyes ntop[8471]:   ifInErrors 2035717
>>> Mar 29 11:33:11 eyes ntop[8471]:   ifInUnknownProtos 0
>>> Mar 29 11:33:11 eyes ntop[8471]:   ifOutOctets 56464209045
>>> Mar 29 11:33:11 eyes ntop[8471]:   ifOutUcastPkts 342790372
>>> Mar 29 11:33:11 eyes ntop[8471]:   ifOutMulticastPkts 12852389
>>> Mar 29 11:33:11 eyes ntop[8471]:   ifOutBroadcastPkts 14864175
>>> Mar 29 11:33:11 eyes ntop[8471]:   ifOutDiscards 0
>>> Mar 29 11:33:11 eyes ntop[8471]:   ifOutErrors 0
>>> Mar 29 11:33:11 eyes ntop[8471]:   ifPromiscuousMode 1
>>> Mar 29 11:33:11 eyes ntop[8471]:   endSample   ----------------------
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Sounds like it's not receiving data - are you sure you've configured
>
>>>> it and activated it?
>>>>
>>>> If so, then you'll have to rebuild with the debug switch for sflow
>>>> and see what's going on internally, but be prepared for a lot of
>>>> output.
>>>>
>>>> -----Burton
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf
>
>>>> Of [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 9:57 AM
>>>> To: [email protected]
>>>> Cc: [email protected]
>>>> Subject: RE: [Ntop] sFlow not working!
>>>>
>>>> This doens't help, no trafic at all are seem. If I look inside the
>>>> sFlow plugin page, I can see this at the end of the page:
>>>>
>>>> Number of Flows with Bad Data      0
>>>> Total Number of Flows Processed 0
>>>>
>>>> The sFlow Interface Statistics appears correctly.
>>>> It's look like the plugins work and receive data from the switch but
>
>>>> Ntop doesn't procced them.
>>>>
>>>>> Check the back traffic - this has come up before - IIRC there are
>>>>> two kinds of sFlow packets, one is some sort of summary which ntop
>>>>> sees and ignores.
>>>>> So you may not really be getting data.  But I'm fuzzy on the
>>>>> details
>>>>> - google for it. Or check the FAQ and see if this makes sense:
>>>>>
>>>>> Q. sFlow doesn't work.
>>>>> A. Check this out:
>>>>>
>>>>>      This talks about a bad experience I had setting up sFlow
>>>>> reception.
>>>>> For
>>>>> the longest
>>>>>      time, I could see that ntop was getting sflow packets, but no
>>>>> data would show up.
>>>>>      It turns out the switch I was exporting from didn't see any
>>>>> real traffic, and it was
>>>>>      just sending COUNTERSAMPLE packets.....
>>>>>
>>>>>      - - - - - - - - I figured out that it was indeed "invalid"
>>>>> sflow packets.
>>>>>
>>>>>      Apparently, sflow sends COUNTERSAMPLE and FLOWSAMPLE packets.
>>>>> COUNTERSAMPLE packets
>>>>>      give a quick look at interface counters on the machine,
>>>>> whereas FLOWSAMPLE packets
>>>>>      are actual packet fragments from IP connections. Ntop seems to
>
>>>>> simply parse,
>>>>>      debug_print, and discard COUNTERSAMPLE packets...which made it
>
>>>>> confusing to look at
>>>>>      the debug output and say "wow, lots of sflow coming in!" when
>>>>> in fact it was just for
>>>>>      show, as Burton suggested. I added more switches (with active
>>>>> connections) to the
>>>>>      switches sending sflow packets and I now have hosts with
>>>>> pretty graphs.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Burton
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
>>>>> Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 8:14 AM
>>>>> To: [email protected]
>>>>> Subject: [Ntop] sFlow not working!
>>>>>
>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm trying to activate sFlow with Ntop 3.1 and it's not working, no
>
>>>>> trafic visible. Here my config:
>>>>>
>>>>> sFlow version: 2.99
>>>>> Local Collector UDP Port: 6343
>>>>> Virtual sFlow Interface network Address: 172.16.0.0/255.255.0.0
>>>>>
>>>>> Flow Senders IP is: 172.16.2.251
>>>>> Flow Collector (Ntop) IP is: 172.16.1.215
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>
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