sFlowTrend-Pro

Table of Contents

1. Introduction

1.1. Introducing sFlowTrend-Pro

1.2. About sFlow

1.3. Getting started

1.4. Navigating around sFlowTrend-Pro using browser history and bookmarks

1.5. Getting help

2. Installing sFlowTrend-Pro

2.1. Installation

2.1.1. Using the interactive installer

2.1.2. Installing with a Debian or RPM package

2.2. Connecting to sFlowTrend-Pro

2.3. Firewall configuration

2.4. Notes on installing sFlowTrend-Pro on Linux

2.5. Memory configuration for the sFlowTrend-Pro service

2.6. Configuring https certificates

3. The dashboard

3.1. Status

3.2. Thresholds

3.3. Top interfaces

4. Network

4.1. Interfaces

4.2. Counters

4.2.1. Counters charts

4.2.2. Units

4.2.3. Using the legend to view one interface counter

4.3. Top N

4.3.1. Top N charts

4.3.1.1. Custom Top N charts

4.3.2. Units

4.3.3. Understanding the Top N traffic chart

4.3.4. Displaying end host information

4.3.5. Using the legend to drill-down on specific traffic

4.3.6. Filtering for specific traffic

4.4. Circles

4.4.1. Clustering end hosts

4.4.2. Automatically labelling chart elements

4.4.3. Units

4.4.4. Changing the time selection

4.4.5. Selectively labelling chart elements

4.4.6. Displaying end host information

4.4.7. Pan and zoom

4.4.8. Filtering for specific traffic

4.5. Root cause

4.5.1. Selecting the data to analyze

4.5.2. Understanding the results

4.6. Selecting a switch

4.7. Selecting an interface

5. Hosts

5.1. Statistics

5.2. Charts

5.2.1. Physical host charts

5.2.2. Virtual host charts

5.2.3. Using the legend to select one counter

6. Services

6.1. Counters

6.1.1. Counters charts

6.1.2. Using the legend to view one counter

6.2. Top N

6.2.1. HTTP top N charts

6.2.2. Units

6.2.3. Understanding the Top N services chart

6.2.4. Displaying end host information

6.2.5. Using the legend to drill-down into service data

6.2.6. Filtering for specific data

7. Using and configuring thresholds

7.1. Viewing thresholds

7.2. Threshold values and types

7.3. Defining thresholds

7.4. Root cause analysis

8. Events

9. Reports

9.1. Managing all reports

9.1.1. Organizing report definitions

9.1.1.1. Adding a folder

9.1.1.2. Adding a report definition

9.1.1.3. Copying a report definition

9.1.1.4. Adding a report section

9.1.1.5. Copying a report section

9.1.1.6. Deleting a folder, report definition or report section

9.1.1.7. Importing and exporting report definitions

9.1.1.8. Reloading report definitions

9.1.1.9. Changing the name of a folder, report definition or report section

9.1.1.10. Reorganizing reports and sections using drag and drop

9.1.2. Editing report definitions

9.1.3. Scheduling a report

9.1.4. Viewing report results

9.1.5. Editing a query section

9.1.5.1. Defining how query results are displayed

9.1.5.2. Editing a query using basic settings

9.1.5.3. Editing a query using advanced settings

9.1.5.4. Editing a query using scripted settings

9.1.6. Editing an HTML section

9.1.7. Running a report

9.2. Managing scheduled reports

9.2.1. Cancelling a running scheduled report

10. Selecting a time period

10.1. Using the Time selector

10.1.1. Using custom time selection

10.2. Making a time selection by dragging the mouse

11. Filtering

11.1. Basic use of filters

11.2. Advanced use of filters

11.3. Terms available for use in filters

12. End host information

13. Configuration

13.1. User preferences

13.1.1. Setting the switch and interface naming policy

13.1.1.1. Setting the switch naming policy

13.1.1.2. Setting the interface naming policy

13.1.2. Chart settings

13.1.3. Changing your password

13.1.4. Restore warnings

13.1.5. Show alerts

13.2. System configuration

13.2.1. General system configuration

13.2.1.1. Configuring the license

13.2.1.2. Reporting problems to InMon

13.2.1.3. File location

13.2.2. sFlow configuration

13.2.3. Configuring global SNMP settings

13.2.3.1. SNMP v2c settings

13.2.3.2. SNMP v3 settings

13.2.4. Proxy configuration

13.2.5. Email

13.3. Configuring agents in sFlowTrend-Pro

13.3.1. Adding a switch configured via SNMP

13.3.2. Verifying switch configuration and status

13.4. Configuring user authentication

13.4.1. Adding a user

13.5. Configuring subnets in sFlowTrend-Pro

13.6. Configuring action on events in sFlowTrend-Pro

13.7. Checking for updates

14. Troubleshooting and frequently asked questions

14.1. Troubleshooting sFlowTrend-Pro

14.1.1. Installation problems

14.1.1.1. sFlowTrend-Pro requires the Java Run-time Environment (JRE) v11

14.1.2. No switches are listed in the Switch selector

14.1.3. When I select a switch in the Network, Top N tab, the chart is blank

14.1.4. When I select a switch in the Network Interfaces tab, the table is empty

14.1.5. When I select a switch in the Network Interfaces tab, the table rows have no counter values.

14.1.6. sFlowTrend-Pro is not receiving sFlow from a switch or host

14.1.7. sFlowTrend-Pro cannot communicate with the switch using SNMP

14.2. Frequently asked questions

14.2.1. After I select a switch to monitor, why does nothing happen?

14.2.2. When I start sFlowTrend-Pro, why do I get an error message "Cannot open UDP port 6343"?

14.2.3. Why are most of the bars in a Top N chart colored grey?

14.2.4. What firewall requirements does sFlowTrend-Pro have?

14.2.5. How do I change the time for which sFlowTrend-Pro stores data?

15. Advanced topics

15.1. Server custom configuration settings

15.2. Customizing protocol names

15.3. Customizing the web client appearance

15.4. sFlowTrend-Pro REST API

16. Reference

16.1. Menu reference

16.2. Database fields reference

16.2.1. Flows table fields

16.2.2. Counters table fields

16.2.3. Host counters table fields

16.2.4. Services table fields

16.2.5. Service counters table fields

16.2.6. Time fields

16.2.7. Metadata fields

16.3. Filter functions reference

16.4. Database functions

16.4.1. Labels in database functions

16.4.2. Key functions

16.4.2.1. countryCode

16.4.2.2. countryName

16.4.2.3. hostname

16.4.2.4. ifAlias

16.4.2.5. ifAliasOrVMName

16.4.2.6. ifName

16.4.2.7. ifOrVMName

16.4.2.8. locate

16.4.2.9. locateSwitch

16.4.2.10. mac

16.4.2.11. vendor

16.4.2.12. getParent

16.4.2.13. resolve

16.4.2.14. subnet

16.4.2.15. uuid

16.4.2.16. vmName

16.4.3. Value functions

16.4.3.1. count

16.4.3.2. max

16.4.3.3. min

16.4.3.4. percent

16.4.3.5. rate

16.4.3.6. scale

16.4.3.7. sum

16.4.4. Time functions

16.4.4.1. format

16.4.4.2. timestamp

16.5. Classes and objects defined within scripted reports

16.5.1. Objects defined

16.5.1.1. report

16.5.1.2. reportVars

16.5.2. Classes defined

16.5.2.1. Chart

16.5.2.2. Query

16.5.2.3. Report

16.5.2.4. Table

A. Configuring switches to send sFlow

A.1. Using SNMP to configure the switch to send sFlow

A.1.1. Configuring ProCurve switches to allow sFlow configuration via SNMP

A.2. Using the switch CLI to configure sFlow

A.2.1. Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch

A.2.2. Brocade (Foundry Networks)

A.2.3. D-Link

A.2.4. Enterasys

A.2.5. Extreme Networks

A.2.6. Force10 Networks

A.2.7. H3C

A.2.8. Juniper Networks

A.2.9. Netgear

A.2.10. ProCurve Networking by HP

B. Configuring hosts to send sFlow

B.1. Installing the host sFlow agent

B.2. Configuring the host sFlow agent

B.2.1. Linux configuration using DNS Service Discovery

B.2.2. Linux configuration using the configuration file

C. Recommended sampling rates

D. Acknowledgements and copyright