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FlowMon 1.0.3 Release Notes

by Pavel Celeda last modified 2006-10-11 14:21

1   Introduction

The release notes for flowmon-1.0.3 package contains a summary of the changes made since flowmon-1.0.2 package. It describes recently added, changed or deleted tools or other features of FlowMon project.

flowmon-1.0.3 package is available at www.liberouter.org/clients/. Process of installing this package is described in README file inside the package. Information about FlowMon project can be found at www.flowmon.org.

2   What's new

FlowMon 1.0.3 is a maintenance release for users of FlowMon 1.0.2 release, which provides the following updates relative to 1.0.2:

2.1   Hardware (firmware)

  • MCS files are now installed in ${PREFIX}/mcs directory
  • fixed PCI bus problem generating gigabit flows, new firmware revision -> HW : 0x00000006
$ csid -s
Board    : combo6
Addon    : mtx2
Chip     : xcv2000
LAN ports: 4
Firmware : ok
SW       : 0xf1010002
HW       : 0x00000006
Text     : NETFLOW_1Gbps_Probe

2.2   Software

  • old NetFlow v9 flow exporter program removed from package, please use flowmon_nf9 exporter instead of flowexporter
  • script for loading kernel modules netflow_ph1_modules renamed to netflow_ph1_lkm
  • added FlowMon configuration file (flowmon.conf) to configure the probe behaviour
  • added FlowMon probe init.d script (flowmon.rc) to start up automatically the probe at the machine's boot time
  • documentation rewriten and extended

3   Upgrading from previous releases of FlowMon package

If you're upgrading from a previous release of FlowMon package please perform a complete reinstall. Read the README file for more information.