sFlow Developer Tools
The following documentation and source code are provided to assist in implementing sFlow agents and for software developers interested in collecting data from sFlow enabled devices.
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RFC 3176 InMon Corpororation's sFlow: A Method for Monitoring Traffic in Switched and Routed Networks
Documents the interfaces (SFLOW-MIB), packet formats (SFLOW-DATAGRAM) and functional requirements of an sFlow Agent.
sFlow Agent - Source Code
C code providing a reference implementation of an sFlow Agent.
sFlowTest.awk
A script for testing the implementation of an sFlow agent.
Note: The test script requires the sflowtool utility.
sFlow Toolkit
The sFlow toolkit provides command line utilities and scripts for analyzing sFlow data. Includes source code for an sFlow decoder.