sFlow Developer Tools (Version 5)

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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sFlow Specifications at sFlow.org

Provides latest specification for sFlow Version 5.

sFlow Agent - Software Overview

Slides describing the structure of the sFlow Agent Source Code (see below). PowerPoint version available here.

sFlow Agent - Source Code

C code providing a reference implementation of an sFlow Version 5 Agent.

sflow5Test.awk

A script for testing the implementation of an sFlow agent.
Note: The test script requires the sflowtool utility.

sflowtool

The sflowtool command line utility for analyzing sFlow data. Includes source code for an sFlow decoder.

sFlowTrend

sFlowTrend is a free, graphical, sFlow collector, plotting top talkers and interface counters over time.

sflowenable

A script for configuring sFlow agents using the sFlow version 5 MIB