1<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//Davenport//DTD DocBook V3.0//EN"> 2<refentry> 3 4<refmeta> 5<refentrytitle> 6<application>flow-gen</application> 7</refentrytitle> 8<manvolnum>1</manvolnum> 9</refmeta> 10 11<refnamediv> 12<refname> 13<application>flow-gen</application> 14</refname> 15<refpurpose> 16Generate test flows 17</refpurpose> 18</refnamediv> 19 20<refsynopsisdiv> 21<cmdsynopsis> 22<command>flow-gen</command> 23<arg>-h</arg> 24<arg>-b<replaceable> big</replaceable>|<replaceable>little</replaceable></arg> 25<arg>-d<replaceable> debug_level</replaceable></arg> 26<arg>-n<replaceable> count</replaceable></arg> 27<arg>-V<replaceable> version</replaceable></arg> 28<arg>-z<replaceable> z_level</replaceable></arg> 29</cmdsynopsis> 30</refsynopsisdiv> 31 32 33<refsect1> 34<title>DESCRIPTION</title> 35<para> 36The <command>flow-gen</command> utility generates a test pattern of 37flows in any of the currently supported export versions typically for 38debugging purposes. 39</para> 40</refsect1> 41 42<refsect1> 43<title>OPTIONS</title> 44<variablelist> 45 46<varlistentry> 47<term>-b<replaceable> big</replaceable>|<replaceable>little</replaceable</term> 48<listitem> 49<para> 50Byte order of output. 51</para> 52</listitem> 53</varlistentry> 54 55<varlistentry> 56<term>-d<replaceable> debug_level</replaceable></term> 57<listitem> 58<para> 59Enable debugging. 60</para> 61</listitem> 62</varlistentry> 63 64<varlistentry> 65<term>-h</term> 66<listitem> 67<para> 68Display help. 69</para> 70</listitem> 71</varlistentry> 72 73<varlistentry> 74<term>-n<replaceable> count</replaceable></term> 75<listitem> 76<para> 77Generate count flows. Default 1000. 78</para> 79</listitem> 80</varlistentry> 81 82<varlistentry> 83<term>-V<replaceable> version</replaceable></term> 84<listitem> 85<para> 86Generate version type exports. Supported versions are: 87<literallayout> 88 1 NetFlow version 1 (No sequence numbers, AS, or mask) 89 5 NetFlow version 5 90 6 NetFlow version 6 (5+ Encapsulation size) 91 7 NetFlow version 7 (Catalyst switches) 92 8.1 NetFlow AS Aggregation 93 8.2 NetFlow Proto Port Aggregation 94 8.3 NetFlow Source Prefix Aggregation 95 8.4 NetFlow Destination Prefix Aggregation 96 8.5 NetFlow Prefix Aggregation 97 8.6 NetFlow Destination (Catalyst switches) 98 8.7 NetFlow Source Destination (Catalyst switches) 99 8.8 NetFlow Full Flow (Catalyst switches) 100 8.9 NetFlow ToS AS Aggregation 101 8.10 NetFlow ToS Proto Port Aggregation 102 8.11 NetFlow ToS Source Prefix Aggregation 103 8.12 NetFlow ToS Destination Prefix Aggregation 104 8.13 NetFlow ToS Prefix Aggregation 105 8.14 NetFlow ToS Prefix Port Aggregation 106 1005 Flow-Tools tagged version 5 107</literallayout> 108</para> 109</listitem> 110</varlistentry> 111 112<varlistentry> 113<term>-z<replaceable> z_level</replaceable></term> 114<listitem> 115<para> 116Configure compression level to <replaceable> z_level</replaceable>. 0 is 117disabled (no compression), 9 is highest compression. 118</para> 119</listitem> 120</varlistentry> 121 122</variablelist> 123</refsect1> 124 125<refsect1> 126<title>EXAMPLES</title> 127<informalexample> 128<para> 129Generate a test pattern of 1000 version 5 flows and send them in 130the Cisco NetFlow packet format to 10.0.0.1 port 9500. 131</para> 132<para> 133 <command>flow-gen -V5 | flow-send 0/10.0.0.1/9500</command> 134</para> 135</informalexample> 136</refsect1> 137 138<refsect1> 139<title>BUGS</title> 140<para> 141The test pattern may change between releases. 142</para> 143</refsect1> 144 145<refsect1> 146<title>AUTHOR</title> 147<para> 148<author> 149<firstname>Mark</firstname> 150<surname>Fullmer</surname> 151</author> 152<email>maf@splintered.net</email> 153</para> 154</refsect1> 155 156<refsect1> 157<title>SEE ALSO</title> 158<para> 159<application>flow-tools</application>(1) 160</para> 161</refsect1> 162 163</refentry> 164