[2.0] Connector, sflow type

For sFlow, only structures described in sFlow version 5 are supported. Settings for a connector of the sflow type are described in the following tables.

Basic settings tab

Setting

Description

Name

Unique name of the resource. The maximum length of the name is 128 Unicode characters.

Required setting.

Tenant

The name of the tenant that owns the resource.

Required setting.

Type

Connector type: sflow.

Required setting.

URL

URL that you want to connect to. You can enter a URL in one of the following formats:

  • <host name>:<port number>
  • <IPv4 address>:<port number>
  • <IPv6 address>:<port number>
  • :<port number>

Required setting.

Description

Description of the resource. The maximum length of the description is 4000 Unicode characters.

Advanced settings tab

Setting

Description

Debug

Ths switch enables resource logging. This toggle switch is turned off by default.

Buffer size

Buffer size in bytes for accumulating events in the RAM of the server before sending sending them for further processing or storage. The value must be a positive integer. Default buffer size: 1,048,576 bytes (1 MB). Maximum buffer size: 67,108,864 bytes (64 MB).

Number of handlers

Number of handlers that the service can run simultaneously to process response rules in parallel. To determine the number of handlers, you can use the following formula: (<number of CPUs> / 2) + 2.

Character encoding

Character encoding. The default is UTF-8.

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