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NAME

       flow-gen -- Generate test flows

SYNOPSIS

       flow-gen [-h]  [-b big|little]  [-d debug_level]  [-n count]  [-V version]  [-z z_level]

DESCRIPTION

       The flow-gen utility generates a test pattern of flows in any of the currently supported export versions typically for debugging purposes.

OPTIONS

       -b big|little
		 Byte order of output.

       -d debug_level
		 Enable debugging.

       -h	 Display help.

       -n count  Generate count flows.	Default 1000.

       -V version
		 Generate version type exports.  Supported versions are:

	   1	NetFlow version 1 (No sequence numbers, AS, or mask)
	   5	NetFlow version 5
	   6	NetFlow version 6 (5+ Encapsulation size)
	   7	NetFlow version 7 (Catalyst switches)
	   8.1	NetFlow AS Aggregation
	   8.2	NetFlow Proto Port Aggregation
	   8.3	NetFlow Source Prefix Aggregation
	   8.4	NetFlow Destination Prefix Aggregation
	   8.5	NetFlow Prefix Aggregation
	   8.6	NetFlow Destination (Catalyst switches)
	   8.7	NetFlow Source Destination (Catalyst switches)
	   8.8	NetFlow Full Flow (Catalyst switches)
	   8.9	NetFlow ToS AS Aggregation
	   8.10 NetFlow ToS Proto Port Aggregation
	   8.11 NetFlow ToS Source Prefix Aggregation
	   8.12 NetFlow ToS Destination Prefix Aggregation
	   8.13 NetFlow ToS Prefix Aggregation
	   8.14 NetFlow ToS Prefix Port Aggregation
	   1005 Flow-Tools tagged version 5

       -z z_level
		 Configure compression level to  z_level.  0 is disabled (no compression), 9 is highest compression.

EXAMPLES

       Generate a test pattern of 1000 version 5 flows and send them in the Cisco NetFlow packet format to 10.0.0.1 port 9500.

	 flow-gen -V5 | flow-send 0/10.0.0.1/9500

BUGS

       The test pattern may change between releases.

AUTHOR

       Mark Fullmer maf@splintered.net

SEE ALSO

       flow-tools(1)

																       flow-gen(1)