Path (nfc_id=20183)
This syslog reports network path - a reconstruction of routes in a network taken by the traffic between a pair of communicating peers A and B (VM-to-VM, VM-to-Host, and Host-to-Host). Paths from A to B and from B to A are reported separately.
| Key | Field Description | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| NetFlow Integrator timestamp | Format: Mmm dd hh:mm:ss | |
| NetFlow Integrator server IP address | Format: IPv4_address | |
| NetFlow Integrator server NetFlow source ID | Configurable. | |
| nfc_id | Message type identifier | “nfc_id=20183” |
| src_ip | Source IPv4 address | <IPv4_address> |
| src_type | Source type | <string>, valid values: ‘phost’ - physical host, ‘vm_host’, ‘vm’ – virtual machine (includes vm over vxlan), ‘vtep’, ‘pdevice’ - reported by intermediate device |
| [src_vhost_ip] | Source VM Host IPv4 address (if source is VM: src_type = vm) | <IPv4_address>, included only for VMs |
| [src_vhost_name] | Source VM Host DNS name | <string>, included when FQDN is on and src_type = vm |
| [src_vtep_ip] | Source VTEP IPv4 address | <IPv4_address>, included only for VMs (special value ‘255.255.255.255’ for non-VXLAN VMs) |
| [src_vxlan_id] | Source VXLAN ID | <number>, included only for VMs (special value ‘0’ for non-VXLAN VMs) |
| [src_name] | Network source DNS name | <string>, included when FQDN is on |
| [src_vm_name] | Source VM name | <string>, included only for VMs |
| [src_vm_id] | Source VM MoRef | <string>, included only for VMs |
| [src_vm_vc_id] | Source VM vCenter UUID | <string>, included only for VMs |
| [src_vm_pg_name] | Source VM Port Group name | <string>, included only for VMs |
| dest_ip | Destination host IPv4 address | <IPv4_address> |
| dest_type | Destination type | <string>, valid values: ‘phost’ - physical host, ‘vm_host’, ‘vm’ – virtual machine (includes vm over vxlan), ‘vtep’, ‘pdevice’ - reported by intermediate device |
| [dest_vhost_ip] | Destination VM Host IPv4 address (if destination is VM: dest_type = vm) | <IPv4_address>, included only for VMs |
| [dest_vhost_name] | Destination VM Host DNS name | <string>, included when FQDN is on and src_type = vm |
| [dest_vtep_ip] | Destination VTEP IPv4 address | <IPv4_address>, included only for VMs (special value ‘255.255.255.255’ for non-VXLAN VMs) |
| [dest_vxlan_id] | Destination VXLAN ID | <number>, included only for VMs (special value ‘0’ for non-VXLAN VMs) |
| [dest_name] | Network destination DNS name | <string>, included when FQDN is on |
| [dest_vm_name] | Destination VM name | <string>, included only for VMs |
| [dest_vm_id] | Destination VM MoRef | <string>, included only for VMs |
| [dest_vm_vc_id] | Destination VM vCenter UUID | <string>, included only for VMs |
| [dest_vm_pg_name] | Destination VM Port Group name | <string>, included only for VMs |
| bytes | Bytes (Delta) | <number> |
| packets | Packets (Delta) | <number> |
| flow_count | Number of consolidated flows | <number> |
| resolved | Resolved | <string>, T, F |
| t_int | Observation time interval, msec | <number> |
| node_count | Number of nodes | <number> |
| nodes | Nodes in Path | [<structure>,<structure>,…] where structure is: {<node_id>,<node_type>,<ip_address>,<in_snmp>,<out_snmp>} where: node_id - a decimal number - a unique network node identifier node_type - path node type path node type (vds | vtep | vm_host | tor | device) ip_address - network node IP address (i.e. network device management port IP address) in_snmp - input interface SNMP index out_snmp - output interface SNMP index |