HP Networking TopTool Products Monitoring Network Traffic, Using Traffic Monitor, Performance, Traffic Monitor, ■Setting Thresholds, ■Using Traffic Monitor, ■Who Are the Top 5 Talkers

9

Monitoring Network Traffic

This chapter describes the tools for monitoring your network using Traffic

Monitor. It contains the following topics:

■Using Traffic Monitor■Reading the Segment Histogram■Setting Thresholds■Displaying the Network Meter■Who Are the Top 5 Talkers?■The Traffic Data Collector■Troubleshooting Traffic Monitor

Using Traffic Monitor

The Traffic Monitor presents real-time information about the status of your network. When you select Network Traffic, Examine Details from the home page (or select Traffic Monitor from the Performance button menu), the page displays five gauges in the top half of the browser window and a histogram in the bottom half of the window. Each gauge displays the worst measurement in the entire network for that statistical attribute. The histogram below the gauges displays the value of an attribute, such as broadcasts/sec, for the segments in a selected segment group.