HP Transcend Traffix Manager manual Top N Connections, Received over the report period

Top N Connections Report 105

Top N Connections	This report calculates the top N connections by total octets sent and
Report	received over the report period.

A connection can be one of the following:

■A single conversation between two devices

■The total of multiple conversations between a device and a group

■The total of multiple conversations between two groups

You can limit the report to consider only connections between groups or devices at specified levels in the grouping, and also where each end of the connection must be within a specified parent group. Specify a high-level connection between two groups and the report tells you about the most active sub-connections it contains. For example, if you select U.S. to U.K. as your high-level connection in a geographical grouping, and select “City level” to report on, the report tells you the top city to city connections contained within the U.S. to U.K. connection.

There are lots of ways to use the top N connections report. Use the Level options to specify how the connections should be broken down at each end. Typically, you may want the connection to be broken down at the same level at each end.

If you are interested in the top N connections between actual devices, choose one of the following options:

■If the grouping used is one that collapses redundant groups (for example, DNS), select the Lowest level at each end of the connection. See “Groupings” on page 42 for more information.

■If the grouping used does not collapse redundant groups (for example, Type and Network), select Device level to display the connections between devices.

Choose a different level to aggregate the connections between many different devices.

The following are examples of reports on geographical groupings:

■“From US at City level to UK at City level” tells you the busiest city to city connection between the U.S. and U.K., such as Boston to London or New York to Edinburgh.