Basically, there is just one listener - for all sflow input. So while there could be multiple sources, the data will get comingled into a single ntop virtual NIC. For most people, that's what they really want - a consolidated network picture.
To change that to multiple virtual NICs you'll have to hack the code in sflowPlugin.com. It's certainly doable - contact me off list if you're interested in sponsoring the work. -----Burton > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Chris > Moore - GMD > Sent: Friday, April 23, 2004 11:06 AM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: [Ntop] Multiple sFlow interfaces? > > > Hi, > > I'm beginning the process of deploying Ntop for key interfaces > throughout my > network. My original idea was to deploy one Ntop box per interface and > naming them according to what they're monitoring, but that adds > up to a lot > of machines. In some cases I'll just put multiple NICs in a box to > consolidate them to fewer machines. > > But in some cases it's more practical to use sFlow rather than a mirrored > port. But to do this using one Ntop box, I need to figure out how to > configure and (hopefully) uniquely name multiple sFlow virtual interfaces, > running multiple sFlow plugins listening to different ports. So far I've > been unable to find any discussion about how/if this might be > accomplished. > > In other words (in case I garbled the above), when a user clicks > on "Switch > NICs" they might see something like this: > > Available Network Interfaces: > > *Eth0 > *sFlow - Router 1 > *sFlow - Router 2 > > Any ideas/resources? > > Thanks, > > Chris > > _____________________________________________ > Chris Moore > WAN Engineer > Guardian Mortgage Documents > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _______________________________________________ > Ntop mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://listgateway.unipi.it/mailman/listinfo/ntop _______________________________________________ Ntop mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://listgateway.unipi.it/mailman/listinfo/ntop
