flowacct Parameters

flowacct gathers information about flows in a flow table that is composed of flow records. Each entry in the table contains one flow record. You cannot display a flow-account table.

In the IPQoS configuration file, you define the following flowacct parameters to measure flow records and to write them to the table:

• timer – Defines an interval, in milliseconds, when timed-out flows are removed from the flow table and written to the file that is created by acctadm

• timeout – Defines a interval, in milliseconds, that specifies how long a packet flow must be inactive before it times out

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  You can configure timer and timeout to have different values.

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• max_limit – Places an upper limit on the number of flow records that can be stored in the table

For an example of how flowacct parameters are used in the IPQoS configuration file, refer to How to Configure Flow Control in the IPQoS Configuration File.