VMwareIpfixConfig

VMwareIpfixConfig
VMwareIpfixConfig

Configuration for IPFIX monitoring of distributed virtual switch traffic.

IPFIX monitoring must be enabled to use this capability. See VMwareDVSPortSetting.ipfixEnabled.

AllOf
This class requires all of the following:
JSON Example
{
    "_typeName": "string",
    "collectorIpAddress": "string",
    "collectorPort": 0,
    "observationDomainId": 0,
    "activeFlowTimeout": 0,
    "idleFlowTimeout": 0,
    "samplingRate": 0,
    "internalFlowsOnly": false
}
string
collectorIpAddress
Optional

IP address for the ipfix collector, using IPv4 or IPv6.

IPv6 is supported in vSphere Distributed Switch Version 6.0 or later. This must be set before ipfix monitoring can be enabled for the switch, or for any portgroup or port of the switch.

integer As int32 As int32
collectorPort
Optional

Port for the ipfix collector.

This must be set before ipfix monitoring can be enabled for the switch, or for any portgroup or port of the switch. Legal value range is 0-65535.

integer As int64 As int64
observationDomainId
Optional

Observation Domain Id for the ipfix collector.

Observation Domain Id is supported in vSphere Distributed Switch Version 6.0 or later. Legal value range is 0-((2^32)-1)

integer As int32 As int32
activeFlowTimeout
Required

The number of seconds after which "active" flows are forced to be exported to the collector.

Legal value range is 60-3600. Default: 60.

integer As int32 As int32
idleFlowTimeout
Required

The number of seconds after which "idle" flows are forced to be exported to the collector.

Legal value range is 10-600. Default: 15.

integer As int32 As int32
samplingRate
Required

The ratio of total number of packets to the number of packets analyzed.

Set to 0 to disable sampling. Legal value range is 0-16384. Default: 4096.

boolean
internalFlowsOnly
Required

Whether to limit analysis to traffic that has both source and destination served by the same host.

Default: false.