Update manual: node now supports NetFlow v9.

Submitted by:	Alexander V. Chernikov <melifaro ipfw.ru>
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Gleb Smirnoff 2011-03-02 16:16:09 +00:00
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@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
.Dd October 8, 2008
.Dd March 2, 2011
.Dt NG_NETFLOW 4
.Os
.Sh NAME
@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ The
node listens for incoming traffic and identifies unique flows in it.
Flows are distinguished by endpoint IP addresses, TCP/UDP port numbers,
ToS and input interface.
Expired flows are exported out of the node in NetFlow version 5 UDP datagrams.
Expired flows are exported out of the node in NetFlow version 5/9 UDP datagrams.
Expiration reason can be one of the following:
.Bl -dash
.It
@ -59,19 +59,24 @@ A flow was inactive for the specified period of time.
The default is 15 seconds.
.El
.Pp
Export information is stored in NetFlow version 5 datagrams.
Node supports IPv6 accounting (NetFlow v9 only) and is aware of multiple fibs.
Different fibs are mapped to different domain_id in NetFlow V9 and different engine_id in NetFlow V5.
.Pp
.Sh HOOKS
This node type supports up to
.Dv NG_NETFLOW_MAXIFACES
hooks named
(default 65536) hooks named
.Va iface0 , iface1 ,
etc.,
and the same number of hooks named
.Va out0 , out1 ,
etc.,
plus a single hook named
.Va export .
By default (ingress NetFlow enabled) node does NetFlow accounting of data
plus two export hooks:
.Va export
(for NetFlow version 5) and
.Va export9
(for NetFlow version 9). Export can be done simultaneously for all supported
export hooks. By default (ingress NetFlow enabled) node does NetFlow accounting of data
received on
.Va iface*
hooks.
@ -83,12 +88,12 @@ If data is received on
hook, it is bypassed to corresponding
.Va iface
hook without any processing (egress NetFlow disabled by default).
When full export datagram is built it is sent to the
When full export datagram for an export protocol is built it is sent to the
.Va export
or
.Va export9
hook.
In normal operation, the
.Va export
hook is connected to the
In normal operation, one (or more) export hook is connected to the
.Va inet/dgram/udp
hook of the
.Xr ng_ksocket 4
@ -188,6 +193,33 @@ NG_NETFLOW_CONF_THISONCE defines that packet should be accounted only once
if it several times passes via exactly this netflow node. Last two options are
important to avoid duplicate accounting when both ingress and egress NetFlow
are enabled.
.It Dv NGM_NETFLOW_SETTEMPLATE
Sets various timeouts to announce data flow templates
(NetFlow v9-specific). This message requires
.Vt "struct ng_netflow_settemplate"
as an argument:
.Bd -literal -offset 4n
struct ng_netflow_settemplate {
uint16_t time;
uint16_t packets;
};
.Ed
.Pp
Value of time field represents time in seconds to re-announce data templates.
Value of packets field represents maximum packets count between
re-announcing data templates.
.It Dv NGM_NETFLOW_SETMTU
Sets export interface MTU to build packets of specified size (NetFlow v9-specific).
This message requires
.Vt "struct ng_netflow_setmtu"
as an argument:
.Bd -literal -offset 4n
struct ng_netflow_settemtu {
uint16_t mtu;
};
.Ed
.Pp
Default is 1500 bytes
.It Dv NGM_NETFLOW_SHOW
This control message asks a node to dump the entire contents of the flow cache.
It is called from
@ -219,6 +251,10 @@ commands are:
.Qq Li "settimeouts { inactive = %u active = %u }"
.It Dv NGM_NETFLOW_SETCONFIG
.Qq Li "setconfig { iface = %u conf = %u }"
.It Dv NGM_NETFLOW_SETTEMPLATE
.Qq Li "settemplate { time = %u packets = %u }"
.It Dv NGM_NETFLOW_SETMTU
.Qq Li "setmtu { mtu = %u }"
.El
.Sh SHUTDOWN
This node shuts down upon receipt of a
@ -272,21 +308,29 @@ SEQ
.Ed
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr netgraph 4 ,
.Xr setfib 2 ,
.Xr ng_ether 4 ,
.Xr ng_iface 4 ,
.Xr ng_ksocket 4 ,
.Xr ng_tee 4 ,
.Xr flowctl 8 ,
.Xr ngctl 8
.Rs
.%A B. Claise, Ed
.%T "Cisco Systems NetFlow Services Export Version 9"
.%O RFC 3954
.Re
.Pp
.Pa http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/cisintwk/intsolns/netflsol/\:nfwhite.htm
.Pa http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios/solutions_docs/netflow/nfwhite.html
.Sh AUTHORS
.An -nosplit
The
.Nm
node type was written by
.An Gleb Smirnoff Aq glebius@FreeBSD.org ,
based on
.An Alexander Motin Aq mav@FreeBSD.org ,
.An Alexander Chernikov Aq melifaro@ipfw.ru .
The initial code was based on
.Nm ng_ipacct
written by
.An Roman V. Palagin Aq romanp@unshadow.net .
@ -294,6 +338,7 @@ written by
Cache snapshot obtained via
.Dv NGM_NETFLOW_SHOW
command may lack some percentage of entries under severe load.
IPv6 flows are not shown.
.Pp
The
.Nm