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User Guide for the Cisco Network Analysis Module (NAM) Traffic Analyzer, 5.0
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Chapter 3 Monitoring and Analysis
Analyzing Traffic
Host Conversations
If you choose Analyze > Traffic > Detailed Views > Host Conversations, and click on “Host” in the
host coversation tables, you can see detailed lists of all the conversations for a particular host:
• Table of hosts which are sending packets to the selected host, along with application, vlan, and
traffic rate information.
• Table of hosts which are receiving packets from the selected host, along with application, vlan, and
traffic rate information.
• Breakout of application usage for the selected host.
Use the Filter button in the Interactive Report (left side of the screen) to change the parameters of the
information displayed.
The NAM Traffic Analyzer only supports a maximum Time Range of one hour filter for the Host
Conversations, Network Conversation, RTP Streams, Voice Calls Statistics, Calls Table, and RTP
Conversations.
Network Conversation
If you choose Analyze > Traffic > Detailed Views > Conversations, you can see a detailed analysis of
all Network Conversations (including packets and bits information).
Use the Filter button in the Interactive Report (left side of the screen) to change the information
displayed.
Figure 3-6 Network Conversations
The NAM Traffic Analyzer only supports a maximum Time Range of one hour filter for the Host
Conversations, Network Conversation, RTP Streams, Voice Calls Statistics, Calls Table, and RTP
Conversations.
Top Application Traffic
When you choose Analyze > Traffic > Detailed Views > Top Application Traffic, you can view the
top applications by traffic rate over a selected time and for the specified site and/or data source.