BUM Rates Probe

Module Status

TODO

Monitors for Broadcasts Unknown Unicasts and Multicast rates of individual source mac addresses. Triggers if a configured threshold is reached.

Functionality

Receive Package
Check If Package is Broadcast/Unknown Unicast (ADS)/Multicast
Count Package with Src And Dst

Events

BUM_RATES_UNKNOWN_UNICAST_EXCEEDED
BUM_RATES_BROADCAST_EXCEEDED
BUM_RATES_MULTICAST_EXCEEDED

Metrics

# packet generated
ixpect_bum_rates_packet_rate_count{type=unknown_unicast} 1
ixpect_bum_rates_packet_rate_count{type=broadcast} 10
ixpect_bum_rates_packet_rate_count{type=multicast} 5

# event generated
ixpect_bum_rates_exceeded_count{type=unicast} 1

Configuration

bum_rates:
  enable: true
  # events can be triggered in window only once
  window: 15s
  # thresholds per source mac address
  thresholds:
    broadcast: 10
    multicast: 10
    unicast: 10