RFC 6728
Configuration Data Model for the IP Flow Information Export (IPFIX) and Packet Sampling (PSAMP) Protocols
6. YANG Module of the IPFIX/PSAMP Configuration Data Model
The YANG module specification of the configuration data model is listed below. It makes use of the common YANG types defined in the modules urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-yang-types and urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-inet-types [RFC6021]. <CODE BEGINS> file "ietf-ipfix-psamp@2012-09-05.yang" module ietf-ipfix-psamp { namespace "urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-ipfix-psamp"; prefix ipfix; import ietf-yang-types { prefix yang; } import ietf-inet-types { prefix inet; } organization "IETF IPFIX Working Group"; contact "WG Web: <http://tools.ietf.org/wg/ipfix/> WG List: <ipfix@ietf.org> WG Chair: Nevil Brownlee <n.brownlee@auckland.ac.nz>
WG Chair: Juergen Quittek
<quittek@neclab.eu>
Editor: Gerhard Muenz
<muenz@net.in.tum.de>";
description
"IPFIX/PSAMP Configuration Data Model
Copyright (c) 2012 IETF Trust and the persons identified as
the document authors. All rights reserved.
Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or
without modification, is permitted pursuant to, and subject
to the license terms contained in, the Simplified BSD License
set forth in Section 4.c of the IETF Trust's Legal Provisions
Relating to IETF Documents
(http://trustee.ietf.org/license-info).";
revision 2012-09-05 {
description "Initial version";
reference "RFC 6728: Configuration Data Model for the IP Flow
Information Export (IPFIX) and Packet Sampling (PSAMP)
Protocols";
}
/*****************************************************************
* Features
*****************************************************************/
feature exporter {
description "If supported, the Monitoring Device can be used as
an Exporter. Exporting Processes can be configured.";
}
feature collector {
description "If supported, the Monitoring Device can be used as
a Collector. Collecting Processes can be configured.";
}
feature meter {
description "If supported, Observation Points, Selection
Processes, and Caches can be configured.";
}
feature psampSampCountBased {
description "If supported, the Monitoring Device supports
count-based Sampling. The Selector method sampCountBased can
be configured.";
}
feature psampSampTimeBased {
description "If supported, the Monitoring Device supports
time-based Sampling. The Selector method sampTimeBased can
be configured.";
}
feature psampSampRandOutOfN {
description "If supported, the Monitoring Device supports
random n-out-of-N Sampling. The Selector method
sampRandOutOfN can be configured.";
}
feature psampSampUniProb {
description "If supported, the Monitoring Device supports
uniform probabilistic Sampling. The Selector method
sampUniProb can be configured.";
}
feature psampFilterMatch {
description "If supported, the Monitoring Device supports
property match Filtering. The Selector method filterMatch
can be configured.";
}
feature psampFilterHash {
description "If supported, the Monitoring Device supports
hash-based Filtering. The Selector method filterHash can be
configured.";
}
feature immediateCache {
description "If supported, the Monitoring Device supports
Caches generating PSAMP Packet Reports by configuration with
immediateCache.";
}
feature timeoutCache {
description "If supported, the Monitoring Device supports
Caches generating IPFIX Flow Records by configuration with
timeoutCache.";
}
feature naturalCache {
description "If supported, the Monitoring Device supports
Caches generating IPFIX Flow Records by configuration with
naturalCache.";
}
feature permanentCache {
description "If supported, the Monitoring Device supports
Caches generating IPFIX Flow Records by configuration with
permanentCache.";
}
feature udpTransport {
description "If supported, the Monitoring Device supports UDP
as the transport protocol.";
}
feature tcpTransport {
description "If supported, the Monitoring Device supports TCP
as the transport protocol.";
}
feature fileReader {
description "If supported, the Monitoring Device supports the
configuration of Collecting Processes as File Readers.";
}
feature fileWriter {
description "If supported, the Monitoring Device supports the
configuration of Exporting Processes as File Writers.";
}
/*****************************************************************
* Identities
*****************************************************************/
/*** Hash function identities ***/
identity hashFunction {
description "Base identity for all hash functions used for
hash-based packet Filtering. Identities derived from
this base are used by the leaf
/ipfix/selectionProcess/selector/filterHash/hashFunction.";
}
identity BOB {
base "hashFunction";
description "BOB hash function";
reference "RFC 5475, Section 6.2.4.1.";
}
identity IPSX {
base "hashFunction";
description "IPSX hash function";
reference "RFC 5475, Section 6.2.4.1.";
}
identity CRC {
base "hashFunction";
description "CRC hash function";
reference "RFC 5475, Section 6.2.4.1.";
}
/*** Export mode identities ***/
identity exportMode {
description "Base identity for different usages of export
destinations configured for an Exporting Process.
Identities derived from this base are used by the leaf
/ipfix/exportingProcess/exportMode.";
}
identity parallel {
base "exportMode";
description "Parallel export of Data Records to all
destinations configured for the Exporting Process.";
}
identity loadBalancing {
base "exportMode";
description "Load-balancing between the different destinations
configured for the Exporting Process.";
}
identity fallback {
base "exportMode";
description "Export to the primary destination (i.e., the first
SCTP, UDP, TCP, or file destination configured for the
Exporting Process). If the export to the primary destination
fails, the Exporting Process tries to export to the secondary
destination. If the secondary destination fails as well, it
continues with the tertiary, etc.";
}
/*** Options type identities ***/
identity optionsType {
description "Base identity for report types exported with
options. Identities derived from this base are used by the leaf
/ipfix/exportingProcess/options/optionsType.";
}
identity meteringStatistics {
base "optionsType";
description "Metering Process Statistics.";
reference "RFC 5101, Section 4.1.";
}
identity meteringReliability {
base "optionsType";
description "Metering Process Reliability Statistics.";
reference "RFC 5101, Section 4.2.";
}
identity exportingReliability {
base "optionsType";
description "Exporting Process Reliability
Statistics.";
reference "RFC 5101, Section 4.3.";
}
identity flowKeys {
base "optionsType";
description "Flow Keys.";
reference "RFC 5101, Section 4.4.";
}
identity selectionSequence {
base "optionsType";
description "Selection Sequence and Selector Reports.";
reference "RFC 5476, Sections 6.5.1 and 6.5.2.";
}
identity selectionStatistics {
base "optionsType";
description "Selection Sequence Statistics Report.";
reference "RFC 5476, Sections 6.5.3.";
}
identity accuracy {
base "optionsType";
description "Accuracy Report.";
reference "RFC 5476, Section 6.5.4.";
}
identity reducingRedundancy {
base "optionsType";
description "Enables the utilization of Options Templates to
reduce redundancy in the exported Data Records.";
reference "RFC 5473.";
}
identity extendedTypeInformation {
base "optionsType";
description "Export of extended type information for
enterprise-specific Information Elements used in the
exported Templates.";
reference "RFC 5610.";
}
/*****************************************************************
* Type definitions
*****************************************************************/
typedef ieNameType {
type string {
length "1..max";
pattern "\S+";
}
description "Type for Information Element names. Whitespaces
are not allowed.";
}
typedef ieIdType {
type uint16 {
range "1..32767" {
description "Valid range of Information Element
identifiers.";
reference "RFC 5102, Section 4.";
}
}
description "Type for Information Element identifiers.";
}
typedef nameType {
type string {
length "1..max";
pattern "\S(.*\S)?";
}
description "Type for 'name' leafs, which are used to identify
specific instances within lists, etc.
Leading and trailing whitespaces are not allowed.";
}
typedef ifNameType {
type string {
length "1..255";
}
description "This corresponds to the DisplayString textual
convention of SNMPv2-TC, which is used for ifName in the IF
MIB module.";
reference "RFC 2863 (ifName).";
}
typedef direction {
type enumeration {
enum ingress {
description "This value is used for monitoring incoming
packets.";
}
enum egress {
description "This value is used for monitoring outgoing
packets.";
}
enum both {
description "This value is used for monitoring incoming and
outgoing packets.";
}
}
description "Direction of packets going through an interface or
linecard.";
}
typedef transportSessionStatus {
type enumeration {
enum inactive {
description "This value MUST be used for Transport Sessions
that are specified in the system but currently not active.
The value can be used for Transport Sessions that are
backup (secondary) sessions.";
}
enum active {
description "This value MUST be used for Transport Sessions
that are currently active and transmitting or receiving
data.";
}
enum unknown {
description "This value MUST be used if the status of the
Transport Sessions cannot be detected by the device. This
value should be avoided as far as possible.";
}
}
description "Status of a Transport Session.";
reference "RFC 6615, Section 8 (ipfixTransportSessionStatus).";
}
/*****************************************************************
* Groupings
*****************************************************************/
grouping observationPointParameters {
description "Interface as input to Observation Point.";
leaf observationPointId {
type uint32;
config false;
description "Observation Point ID (i.e., the value of the
Information Element observationPointId) assigned by the
Monitoring Device.";
reference "IANA registry for IPFIX Entities,
http://www.iana.org/assignments/ipfix.";
}
leaf observationDomainId {
type uint32;
mandatory true;
description "The Observation Domain ID associates the
Observation Point to an Observation Domain. Observation
Points with identical Observation Domain IDs belong to the
same Observation Domain.
Note that this parameter corresponds to
ipfixObservationPointObservationDomainId in the IPFIX MIB
module.";
reference "RFC 5101; RFC 6615, Section 8
(ipfixObservationPointObservationDomainId).";
}
leaf-list ifName {
type ifNameType;
description "List of names identifying interfaces of the
Monitoring Device. The Observation Point observes packets at
the specified interfaces.";
}
leaf-list ifIndex {
type uint32;
description "List of ifIndex values pointing to entries in the
ifTable of the IF-MIB module maintained by the Monitoring
Device. The Observation Point observes packets at the
specified interfaces.
This parameter SHOULD only be used if an SNMP agent enables
access to the ifTable.
Note that this parameter corresponds to
ipfixObservationPointPhysicalInterface in the IPFIX MIB
module.";
reference "RFC 2863; RFC 6615, Section 8
(ipfixObservationPointPhysicalInterface).";
}
leaf-list entPhysicalName {
type string;
description "List of names identifying physical entities of the
Monitoring Device. The Observation Point observes packets at
the specified entities.";
}
leaf-list entPhysicalIndex {
type uint32;
description "List of entPhysicalIndex values pointing to
entries in the entPhysicalTable of the ENTITY-MIB module
maintained by the Monitoring Device. The Observation Point
observes packets at the specified entities.
This parameter SHOULD only be used if an SNMP agent enables
access to the entPhysicalTable.
Note that this parameter corresponds to
ipfixObservationPointPhysicalEntity in the IPFIX MIB
module.";
reference "RFC 4133; RFC 6615, Section 8
(ipfixObservationPointPhysicalInterface).";
}
leaf direction {
type direction;
default both;
description "Direction of packets. If not applicable (e.g., in
the case of a sniffing interface in promiscuous mode), this
parameter is ignored.";
}
}
grouping sampCountBasedParameters {
description "Configuration parameters of a Selector applying
systematic count-based packet Sampling to the packet
stream.";
reference "RFC 5475, Section 5.1; RFC 5476, Section 6.5.2.1.";
leaf packetInterval {
type uint32;
units packets;
mandatory true;
description "The number of packets that are consecutively
sampled between gaps of length packetSpace.
This parameter corresponds to the Information Element
samplingPacketInterval and to psampSampCountBasedInterval
in the PSAMP MIB module.";
reference "RFC 5477, Section 8.2.2; RFC 6727, Section 6
(psampSampCountBasedInterval).";
}
leaf packetSpace {
type uint32;
units packets;
mandatory true;
description "The number of unsampled packets between two
Sampling intervals.
This parameter corresponds to the Information Element
samplingPacketSpace and to psampSampCountBasedSpace
in the PSAMP MIB module.";
reference "RFC 5477, Section 8.2.3; RFC 6727, Section 6
(psampSampCountBasedSpace).";
}
}
grouping sampTimeBasedParameters {
description "Configuration parameters of a Selector applying
systematic time-based packet Sampling to the packet
stream.";
reference "RFC 5475, Section 5.1; RFC 5476, Section 6.5.2.2.";
leaf timeInterval {
type uint32;
units microseconds;
mandatory true;
description "The time interval in microseconds during
which all arriving packets are sampled between gaps
of length timeSpace.
This parameter corresponds to the Information Element
samplingTimeInterval and to psampSampTimeBasedInterval
in the PSAMP MIB module.";
reference "RFC 5477, Section 8.2.4; RFC 6727, Section 6
(psampSampTimeBasedInterval).";
}
leaf timeSpace {
type uint32;
units microseconds;
mandatory true;
description "The time interval in microseconds during
which no packets are sampled between two Sampling
intervals specified by timeInterval.
This parameter corresponds to the Information Element
samplingTimeInterval and to psampSampTimeBasedSpace
in the PSAMP MIB module.";
reference "RFC 5477, Section 8.2.5; RFC 6727, Section 6
(psampSampTimeBasedSpace).";
}
}
grouping sampRandOutOfNParameters {
description "Configuration parameters of a Selector applying
n-out-of-N packet Sampling to the packet stream.";
reference "RFC 5475, Section 5.2.1; RFC 5476, Section 6.5.2.3.";
leaf size {
type uint32;
units packets;
mandatory true;
description "The number of elements taken from the parent
population.
This parameter corresponds to the Information Element
samplingSize and to psampSampRandOutOfNSize in the PSAMP
MIB module.";
reference "RFC 5477, Section 8.2.6; RFC 6727, Section 6
(psampSampRandOutOfNSize).";
}
leaf population {
type uint32;
units packets;
mandatory true;
description "The number of elements in the parent
population.
This parameter corresponds to the Information Element
samplingPopulation and to psampSampRandOutOfNPopulation
in the PSAMP MIB module.";
reference "RFC 5477, Section 8.2.7; RFC 6727, Section 6
(psampSampRandOutOfNPopulation).";
}
}
grouping sampUniProbParameters {
description "Configuration parameters of a Selector applying
uniform probabilistic packet Sampling (with equal
probability per packet) to the packet stream.";
reference "RFC 5475, Section 5.2.2.1;
RFC 5476, Section 6.5.2.4.";
leaf probability {
type decimal64 {
fraction-digits 18;
range "0..1";
}
mandatory true;
description "Probability that a packet is sampled,
expressed as a value between 0 and 1. The probability
is equal for every packet.
This parameter corresponds to the Information Element
samplingProbability and to psampSampUniProbProbability
in the PSAMP MIB module.";
reference "RFC 5477, Section 8.2.8; RFC 6727, Section 6
(psampSampUniProbProbability).";
}
}
grouping filterMatchParameters {
description "Configuration parameters of a Selector applying
property match Filtering to the packet stream.
The field to be matched is specified as an Information
Element.";
reference "RFC 5475, Section 6.1; RFC 5476, Section 6.5.2.5.";
choice nameOrId {
mandatory true;
description "The field to be matched is specified by
either the name or the identifier of the Information
Element.";
leaf ieName {
type ieNameType;
description "Name of the Information Element.";
}
leaf ieId {
type ieIdType;
description "Identifier of the Information Element.";
}
}
leaf ieEnterpriseNumber {
type uint32;
default 0;
description "If this parameter is zero, the Information
Element is registered in the IANA registry of IPFIX
Information Elements.
If this parameter is configured with a non-zero private
enterprise number, the Information Element is
enterprise-specific.";
reference "IANA registry for Private Enterprise Numbers,
http://www.iana.org/assignments/enterprise-numbers;
IANA registry for IPFIX Entities,
http://www.iana.org/assignments/ipfix.";
}
leaf value {
type string;
mandatory true;
description "Matching value of the Information Element.";
}
}
grouping filterHashParameters {
description "Configuration parameters of a Selector applying
hash-based Filtering to the packet stream.";
reference "RFC 5475, Section 6.2; RFC 5476, Section 6.5.2.6.";
leaf hashFunction {
type identityref {
base "hashFunction";
}
default BOB;
description "Hash function to be applied. According to
RFC 5475, Section 6.2.4.1, 'BOB' must be used in order to
be compliant with PSAMP.
This parameter functionally corresponds to
psampFiltHashFunction in the PSAMP MIB module.";
reference "RFC 6727, Section 6 (psampFiltHashFunction)";
}
leaf initializerValue {
type uint64;
description "Initializer value to the hash function.
If not configured by the user, the Monitoring Device
arbitrarily chooses an initializer value.
This parameter corresponds to the Information Element
hashInitialiserValue and to psampFiltHashInitializerValue
in the PSAMP MIB module.";
reference "RFC 5477, Section 8.3.9; RFC 6727, Section 6
(psampFiltHashInitializerValue).";
}
leaf ipPayloadOffset {
type uint64;
units octets;
default 0;
description "IP payload offset indicating the position of
the first payload byte considered as input to the hash
function.
Default value 0 corresponds to the minimum offset that
must be configurable according to RFC 5476, Section
6.5.2.6.
This parameter corresponds to the Information Element
hashIPPayloadOffset and to psampFiltHashIpPayloadOffset
in the PSAMP MIB module.";
reference "RFC 5477, Section 8.3.2; RFC 6727, Section 6
(psampFiltHashIpPayloadOffset).";
}
leaf ipPayloadSize {
type uint64;
units octets;
default 8;
description "Number of IP payload bytes used as input to
the hash function, counted from the payload offset.
If the IP payload is shorter than the payload range,
all available payload octets are used as input.
Default value 8 corresponds to the minimum IP payload
size that must be configurable according to RFC 5476,
Section 6.5.2.6.
This parameter corresponds to the Information Element
hashIPPayloadSize and to psampFiltHashIpPayloadSize
in the PSAMP MIB module.";
reference "RFC 5477, Section 8.3.3; RFC 6727, Section 6
(psampFiltHashIpPayloadSize).";
}
leaf digestOutput {
type boolean;
default false;
description "If true, the output from this Selector is
included in the Packet Report as a packet digest.
Therefore, the configured Cache Layout needs to contain
a digestHashValue field.
This parameter corresponds to the Information Element
hashDigestOutput.";
reference "RFC 5477, Section 8.3.8.";
}
leaf outputRangeMin {
type uint64;
config false;
description "Beginning of the hash function's potential
range.
This parameter corresponds to the Information Element
hashOutputRangeMin and to psampFiltHashOutputRangeMin
in the PSAMP MIB module.";
reference "RFC 5477, Section 8.3.4; RFC 6727, Section 6
(psampFiltHashOutputRangeMin).";
}
leaf outputRangeMax {
type uint64;
config false;
description "End of the hash function's potential range.
This parameter corresponds to the Information Element
hashOutputRangeMax and to psampFiltHashOutputRangeMax
in the PSAMP MIB module.";
reference "RFC 5477, Section 8.3.5; RFC 6727, Section 6
(psampFiltHashOutputRangeMax).";
}
list selectedRange {
key name;
min-elements 1;
description "List of hash function return ranges for
which packets are selected.";
leaf name {
type nameType;
description "Key of this list.";
}
leaf min {
type uint64;
description "Beginning of the hash function's selected
range.
This parameter corresponds to the Information Element
hashSelectedRangeMin and to psampFiltHashSelectedRangeMin
in the PSAMP MIB module.";
reference "RFC 5477, Section 8.3.6; RFC 6727, Section 6
(psampFiltHashSelectedRangeMin).";
}
leaf max {
type uint64;
description "End of the hash function's selected range.
This parameter corresponds to the Information Element
hashSelectedRangeMax and to psampFiltHashSelectedRangeMax
in the PSAMP MIB module.";
reference "RFC 5477, Section 8.3.7; RFC 6727, Section 6
(psampFiltHashSelectedRangeMax).";
}
}
}
grouping selectorParameters {
description "Configuration and state parameters of a Selector.";
choice Method {
mandatory true;
description "Packet selection method applied by the Selector.";
leaf selectAll {
type empty;
description "Method that selects all packets.";
}
container sampCountBased {
if-feature psampSampCountBased;
description "Systematic count-based packet Sampling.";
uses sampCountBasedParameters;
}
container sampTimeBased {
if-feature psampSampTimeBased;
description "Systematic time-based packet Sampling.";
uses sampTimeBasedParameters;
}
container sampRandOutOfN {
if-feature psampSampRandOutOfN;
description "n-out-of-N packet Sampling.";
uses sampRandOutOfNParameters;
}
container sampUniProb {
if-feature psampSampUniProb;
description "Uniform probabilistic packet Sampling.";
uses sampUniProbParameters;
}
container filterMatch {
if-feature psampFilterMatch;
description "Property match Filtering.";
uses filterMatchParameters;
}
container filterHash {
if-feature psampFilterHash;
description "Hash-based Filtering.";
uses filterHashParameters;
}
}
leaf packetsObserved {
type yang:counter64;
config false;
description "The number of packets observed at the input of
the Selector.
If this is the first Selector in the Selection Process,
this counter corresponds to the total number of packets in
all Observed Packet Streams at the input of the Selection
Process. Otherwise, the counter corresponds to the total
number of packets at the output of the preceding Selector.
Discontinuities in the value of this counter can occur at
re-initialization of the management system, and at other
times as indicated by the value of
selectorDiscontinuityTime.
Note that this parameter corresponds to
ipfixSelectorStatsPacketsObserved in the IPFIX MIB
module.";
reference "RFC 6615, Section 8
(ipfixSelectorStatsPacketsObserved).";
}
leaf packetsDropped {
type yang:counter64;
config false;
description "The total number of packets discarded by the
Selector.
Discontinuities in the value of this counter can occur at
re-initialization of the management system, and at other
times as indicated by the value of
selectorDiscontinuityTime.
Note that this parameter corresponds to
ipfixSelectorStatsPacketsDropped in the IPFIX MIB
module.";
reference "RFC 6615, Section 8
(ipfixSelectorStatsPacketsDropped).";
}
leaf selectorDiscontinuityTime {
type yang:date-and-time;
config false;
description "Timestamp of the most recent occasion at which
one or more of the Selector counters suffered a
discontinuity.
Note that this parameter functionally corresponds to
ipfixSelectionProcessStatsDiscontinuityTime in the IPFIX
MIB module. In contrast to
ipfixSelectionProcessStatsDiscontinuityTime, the time is
absolute and not relative to sysUpTime.";
reference "RFC 6615, Section 8
(ipfixSelectionProcessStatsDiscontinuityTime).";
}
}
grouping cacheLayoutParameters {
description "Cache Layout parameters used by immediateCache,
timeoutCache, naturalCache, and permanentCache.";
container cacheLayout {
description "Cache Layout parameters.";
list cacheField {
key name;
min-elements 1;
description "Superset of fields that are included in the
Packet Reports or Flow Records generated by the Cache.";
leaf name {
type nameType;
description "Key of this list.";
}
choice nameOrId {
mandatory true;
description "Name or identifier of the Information
Element.";
reference "RFC 5102, Section 2; IANA registry for IPFIX
Entities, http://www.iana.org/assignments/ipfix.";
leaf ieName {
type ieNameType;
description "Name of the Information Element.";
}
leaf ieId {
type ieIdType;
description "Identifier of the Information Element.";
}
}
leaf ieLength {
type uint16;
units octets;
description "Length of the field in which the Information
Element is encoded. A value of 65535 specifies a
variable-length Information Element. For Information
Elements of integer and float type, the field length MAY
be set to a smaller value than the standard length of
the abstract data type if the rules of reduced size
encoding are fulfilled.
If not configured by the user, this parameter is set by
the Monitoring Device.";
reference "RFC 5101, Section 6.2.";
}
leaf ieEnterpriseNumber {
type uint32;
default 0;
description "If this parameter is zero, the Information
Element is registered in the IANA registry of IPFIX
Information Elements.
If this parameter is configured with a non-zero private
enterprise number, the Information Element is
enterprise-specific.
If the enterprise number is set to 29305, this field
contains a Reverse Information Element. In this case,
the Cache MUST generate Data Records in accordance to
RFC 5103.";
reference "RFC 5101; RFC 5103;
IANA registry for Private Enterprise Numbers,
http://www.iana.org/assignments/enterprise-numbers;
IANA registry for IPFIX Entities,
http://www.iana.org/assignments/ipfix.";
}
leaf isFlowKey {
when "(name(../../..) != 'immediateCache')
and
((count(../ieEnterpriseNumber) = 0)
or
(../ieEnterpriseNumber != 29305))" {
description "This parameter is not available for
Reverse Information Elements (which have enterprise
number 29305). It is also not available for
immediateCache.";
}
type empty;
description "If present, this is a flow key.";
}
}
}
}
grouping flowCacheParameters {
description "Configuration and state parameters of a Cache
generating Flow Records.";
leaf maxFlows {
type uint32;
units flows;
description "This parameter configures the maximum number of
Flows in the Cache, which is the maximum number of Flows
that can be measured simultaneously.
The Monitoring Device MUST ensure that sufficient resources
are available to store the configured maximum number of
Flows.
If the maximum number of Flows is measured, an additional
Flow can be measured only if an existing entry is removed.
However, traffic that pertains to existing Flows can
continue to be measured.";
}
leaf activeTimeout {
when "(name(..) = 'timeoutCache') or
(name(..) = 'naturalCache')" {
description "This parameter is only available for
timeoutCache and naturalCache.";
}
type uint32;
units seconds;
description "This parameter configures the time in
seconds after which a Flow is expired even though packets
matching this Flow are still received by the Cache.
The parameter value zero indicates infinity, meaning that
there is no active timeout.
If not configured by the user, the Monitoring Device sets
this parameter.
Note that this parameter corresponds to
ipfixMeteringProcessCacheActiveTimeout in the IPFIX
MIB module.";
reference "RFC 6615, Section 8
(ipfixMeteringProcessCacheActiveTimeout).";
}
leaf idleTimeout {
when "(name(..) = 'timeoutCache') or
(name(..) = 'naturalCache')" {
description "This parameter is only available for
timeoutCache and naturalCache.";
}
type uint32;
units seconds;
description "This parameter configures the time in
seconds after which a Flow is expired if no more packets
matching this Flow are received by the Cache.
The parameter value zero indicates infinity, meaning that
there is no idle timeout.
If not configured by the user, the Monitoring Device sets
this parameter.
Note that this parameter corresponds to
ipfixMeteringProcessCacheIdleTimeout in the IPFIX
MIB module.";
reference "RFC 6615, Section 8
(ipfixMeteringProcessCacheIdleTimeout).";
}
leaf exportInterval {
when "name(..) = 'permanentCache'" {
description "This parameter is only available for
permanentCache.";
}
type uint32;
units seconds;
description "This parameter configures the interval (in
seconds) for periodical export of Flow Records.
If not configured by the user, the Monitoring Device sets
this parameter.";
}
leaf activeFlows {
type yang:gauge32;
units flows;
config false;
description "The number of Flows currently active in this
Cache.
Note that this parameter corresponds to
ipfixMeteringProcessCacheActiveFlows in the IPFIX MIB
module.";
reference "RFC 6615, Section 8
(ipfixMeteringProcessCacheActiveFlows).";
}
leaf unusedCacheEntries {
type yang:gauge32;
units flows;
config false;
description "The number of unused Cache entries in this
Cache.
Note that this parameter corresponds to
ipfixMeteringProcessCacheUnusedCacheEntries in the IPFIX
MIB module.";
reference "RFC 6615, Section 8
(ipfixMeteringProcessCacheUnusedCacheEntries).";
}
}
grouping exportingProcessParameters {
description "Parameters of an Exporting Process.";
leaf exportingProcessId {
type uint32;
config false;
description "The identifier of the Exporting Process.
This parameter corresponds to the Information Element
exportingProcessId. Its occurrence helps to associate
Exporting Process parameters with Exporing Process
statistics exported by the Monitoring Device using the
Exporting Process Reliability Statistics Template as
defined by the IPFIX protocol specification.";
reference "RFC 5101, Section 4.3; IANA registry for IPFIX
Entities, http://www.iana.org/assignments/ipfix.";
}
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