Chapter 3 Monitoring and Analysis

Response Time

Table 3-11 Client-Server Application Responses Window

Field

Description

 

 

Client Site

Name of the client site

 

 

Server Site

Name of the server site

 

 

Data Source

Name of the data source.

 

 

VLAN

VLAN

 

 

Server

Name or IP address of the server

 

 

Client

Host address of the client.

 

 

Application

Application being used by server

 

 

Number of Responses

Total number of responses observed during the monitoring interval

 

 

Minimum Client Network

Minimum network time between a client and the NAM switch or router.

Time (ms)

 

 

 

Average Client Network

Average network time between a client and the NAM switch or router.

Time (ms)

 

 

 

Maximum Client Network

Maximum network time between a client and the NAM switch or router.

Time (ms)

 

 

 

Minimum Server Network

Minimum network time between a server and NAM probing point.

Time (ms)

 

 

 

Average Server Network

Average network time between a server and NAM probing point.

Time (ms)

 

 

 

Maximum Server Network

Maximum network time between a server and NAM probing point.

Time (ms)

 

 

 

Minimum Transaction Time

The total amount of time between the client request and the final response

(ms)

packet from the server.

 

 

Average Transaction Time

Average time (ms) elapsed from the start of a client request to the

(ms)

completion of server response. Transaction times might vary significantly

 

depending upon application types. Relative thresholds are useful in this

 

situation.

 

Transaction time is a key indicator when detecting application performance

 

anomalies.

 

 

Maximum Transaction

The total amount of time between the client request and the final response

Time (ms)

packet from the server.

 

 

Client-Server Application Transactions

The Client-Server Application Transactions window provides a summary of the server application transaction response times (ART) per server application displaying the server IP address, application used, and minimum, average, and maximum response times for the following:

Application Response Time

Data Transfer Time

Retransmit Time

Round Trip Time

 

 

User Guide for the Cisco Network Analysis Module (NAM) Traffic Analyzer, 5.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

OL-22617-01

 

 

3-27

 

 

 

 

 

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