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IP Summary Display

The IP Summary Display provides a single place from where you view a snapshot of the most useful information about your network environment. Data on this display is sourced from the Packet Analyzer. The display provides the following complementary perspectives:

Condition Summary

Provides an exception-based perspective of your network environment. The summary compares a set of monitored IP characteristics with alert threshold conditions. It charts the values of those conditions and reflects their values through the following statuses: OK, WARNING, and PROBLEM.

IP Traffic Summary

Provides an activity-based perspective of your IP environment. The summary provides traffic throughput statistics and identifies the most active application, port, and addresses.

EE Traffic Explorer

Provides information about the recent and cumulative (Enterprise Extender) EE traffic throughput.

Alert Summary

Provides a graphical representation of how many alerts are outstanding for each alert severity. On focal point regions, alerts from linked regions are included.

Access IP Summary Display

Use the PROFILE command to have the IP Summary Display appear at the bottom of the primary menu every time you log on to the region.

To turn the primary menu IP Summary Display on

1. Enter PROFILE at the ===> prompt on the primary menu.

   The Primary Menu Format Control panel appears.

2. Complete the values in the IP Summary Display field.

   Note: For information on the fields and commands available, press F1 (Help).

   Press F3 (File).

   The IP Summary Display appears at the bottom of the primary menu.

Notes:

• You can specify:
  • That this display refreshes each five minutes.
  • The summary components that are refreshed.

  For performance reasons, be careful in specifying this if you often leave the primary menu unattended or in a background window.

• To list the available actions on a summary line, enter a question mark (?).
• Enter Z next to Condition Summary, EE Traffic Explorer, or IP Traffic Summary to display just Condition Summary or IP Traffic Summary on its own panel.

Display IP Summary Alone

To display the IP Summary Display on its own panel, enter /IPSUM at the command prompt.

Note: When the display is viewed on its own panel, it is initially static. Press F6 (AutoRef) to cause the display to refresh automatically at regular five-minute intervals.

Expand or Collapse a Summary

To expand or collapse a summary on the IP Summary Display, put the cursor beside the summary and press Enter.

To collapse all summaries, use one of the following methods as appropriate:

• At the primary menu, enter == at the Command prompt.
• At its own panel, press F12 (Collapse).