Performing Advanced Administration › Map Applications
Map Applications
You can combine traffic from an application that uses several ports into one port. By mapping the application traffic into a single port, you make it easy to report the total traffic for the application. To create application mappings, use the Administration functions to:
- Set up mapping rules to aggregate or segregate data by port number.
- Configure global settings to support mapping rules in reports.
For example, suppose you want want to map traffic to a target port in the following situations:
- Differentiate common protocols that are based on the application type. For example, you can differentiate HTTP protocols on CRM, web portals, and internet traffic.
- Aggregate VoIP traffic that uses several different ports into one port. You can aggregate all VoIP traffic with an appropriate ToS bit and can map it to a single port to identify it in reports.
- Aggregate all mail traffic for mail systems that use multiple protocols, such as IMAP and POP. You can report all IMAP and POP traffic from a core group of servers can be reported as a single application in one port. For example, suppose that IMAP uses TCP port 443 and POP mail uses TCP 109 and 100. You map all the mail to port 31000 and label the port as Mail.
- Identify all Microsoft Exchange Server traffic that uses a broad range of port numbers. You can map the traffic to a single port and can label it as MS Exchange.
More information:
Mapping Priorities
Create a Host Application Mapping Rule
Create a Subnet Application Mapping Rule
Create an All (ToS) Application Mapping Rule
