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>flow-send</SPAN
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><A
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><H2
>Name</H2
><SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>flow-send</SPAN
> -- Transmit flow data with the NetFlow protocol.</DIV
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CLASS="REFSYNOPSISDIV"
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><H2
>Synopsis</H2
><P
><B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>flow-send</B
> [-h] [-d<TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
> debug_level</I
></TT
>] [-m<TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
> privacy_mask</I
></TT
>] [-s] [-x<TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
> xmit_delay</I
></TT
>] [-V<TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
> pdu_version</I
></TT
>] {<TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>localip/remoteip/port</I
></TT
>}</P
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><A
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><H2
>DESCRIPTION</H2
><P
>The <B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>flow-send</B
> utility is used to transmit flows in NetFlow
format to a collector specified by localip/remoteip/port.</P
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><DIV
CLASS="REFSECT1"
><A
NAME="AEN29"
></A
><H2
>OPTIONS</H2
><P
></P
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><DL
><DT
>-d<TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
> debug_level</I
></TT
></DT
><DD
><P
>Enable debugging.</P
></DD
><DT
>-h</DT
><DD
><P
>Display help.</P
></DD
><DT
>-s</DT
><DD
><P
>Enable spoofing of source IP address.</P
></DD
><DT
>-m<TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
> privacy_mask</I
></TT
></DT
><DD
><P
>Apply <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>privacy_mask</I
></TT
> to the source and destination IP
address of flows. For example a privacy_mask of 255.255.255.0 would convert
flows with source/destination IP addresses 10.1.1.1 and 10.2.2.2 to 10.1.1.0
and 10.2.2.0 respectively.</P
></DD
><DT
>-V<TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
> pdu_version</I
></TT
></DT
><DD
><P
>Use <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>pdu_version</I
></TT
> format when transmitting.
<P
CLASS="LITERALLAYOUT"
> 1 NetFlow version 1 (No sequence numbers, AS, or mask)<br>
5 NetFlow version 5<br>
6 NetFlow version 6 (5+ Encapsulation size)<br>
7 NetFlow version 7 (Catalyst switches)<br>
8.1 NetFlow AS Aggregation<br>
8.2 NetFlow Proto Port Aggregation<br>
8.3 NetFlow Source Prefix Aggregation<br>
8.4 NetFlow Destination Prefix Aggregation<br>
8.5 NetFlow Prefix Aggregation<br>
8.6 NetFlow Destination (Catalyst switches)<br>
8.7 NetFlow Source Destination (Catalyst switches)<br>
8.8 NetFlow Full Flow (Catalyst switches)<br>
8.9 NetFlow ToS AS Aggregation<br>
8.10 NetFlow ToS Proto Port Aggregation<br>
8.11 NetFlow ToS Source Prefix Aggregation<br>
8.12 NetFlow ToS Destination Prefix Aggregation<br>
8.13 NetFlow ToS Prefix Aggregation<br>
8.14 NetFlow ToS Prefix Port Aggregation<br>
1005 Flow-Tools tagged version 5</P
></P
></DD
><DT
>-x<TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
> xmit_delay</I
></TT
></DT
><DD
><P
>Configure a microsecond transmit delay between packets. This may be necessary in some configurations to prevent a transmit buffer overrun.</P
></DD
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><DIV
CLASS="REFSECT1"
><A
NAME="AEN63"
></A
><H2
>EXAMPLES</H2
><DIV
CLASS="INFORMALEXAMPLE"
><A
NAME="AEN65"
></A
><P
></P
><P
>Transmit all flows in the directory /flows/krc4 to the collector at 10.0.0.1
listening on port 9500.</P
><P
> <B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>flow-cat /flows/krc4 | flow-send 0/10.0.0.1/9500</B
></P
><P
>Generate a test pattern of version 7 flows and send them to a collector at 10.0.0.1 listening on port 9500.</P
><P
> <B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>flow-gen -V7 | flow-send 0/10.0.0.1/9500</B
></P
><P
></P
></DIV
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="REFSECT1"
><A
NAME="AEN72"
></A
><H2
>BUGS</H2
><P
>It is not currently possible to convert between the aggregated formats (8.x)
and the non aggregated formats (1,5,6,7).</P
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><DIV
CLASS="REFSECT1"
><A
NAME="AEN75"
></A
><H2
>AUTHOR</H2
><P
>Mark Fullmer
<TT
CLASS="EMAIL"
><<A
HREF="mailto:maf@splintered.net"
>maf@splintered.net</A
>></TT
></P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="REFSECT1"
><A
NAME="AEN82"
></A
><H2
>SEE ALSO</H2
><P
><SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>flow-tools</SPAN
>(1)</P
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