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>> Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 11:05 AM
>> To: peter.ph...@inmon.com
>> Cc: sflow@sflow.org
>> Subject: Re: [sFlow] packet sampling point
>>
>> Thanks Peter,
>>
>> In a practical switch the filtering stage would be possibly the
>> packet-fi
; Subject: Re: [sFlow] packet sampling point
>
> Thanks Peter,
>
> In a practical switch the filtering stage would be possibly the
> packet-filters etc.
> and if it passes through it goes for routing/switching, where the
> sampler may choose
> to send it for measurement.
Thanks Peter,
In a practical switch the filtering stage would be possibly the
packet-filters etc.
and if it passes through it goes for routing/switching, where the
sampler may choose
to send it for measurement.
That should be the behavior as well, my question stemmed from the
observation of sFlow
The sampling point occurs after the packet has been accepted for processing.
>From section 3.1 of the sFlow version 5 specification,
http://www.sflow.org/sflow_version_5.txt:
Packet Flow Sampling is accomplished as follows: When a packet
arrives on an interface, the Network Device makes a f
