Specifications for Developers @ sFlow.org

sFlow Version 5 documents the interfaces (SFLOW-MIB), packet formats (SFLOW-DATAGRAM), data structures (SFLOW-STRUCTS) and functional requirements of an sFlow Version 5 Agent.

sFlow 802.11 Structures describes additional sFlow structures used to report on 802.11 traffic.

Elisa Jasinska of AMS-IX B.V. has provided format diagrams for sFlow Packet sFlow Datagram sFlow Sample Counter Sample Flow Sample. Please note, the format diagrams are for illustrative purposes only; the definitive specifications are given in the textual documents at the top of this page.

Discussion relating to these documents occurs on the sFlow Discussion Board.

Note: Previous versions of sFlow; version 4 and version 2 are deprecated. New implementations of sFlow should use the version 5 specifications.