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Top Conversations (Bar)

The Top Conversations (Bar) views show the top 10 conversations that consume bandwidth for an interface. A bar graph shows the bandwidth consumption for each conversation.

For example, use conversation information to determine the IP addresses of high-volume hosts. Contact the host owners or users to investigate the nature and purpose of the traffic.

You can view the conversations for incoming data, outgoing data, or all data--as shown in the example graphic.

The view includes a bar for each high-volume conversation on the selected interface. A text string near the top of the view identifies the interface whose data is displayed. The bar chart includes the following information:

Conversation Pair

Identifies the conversation source and destination servers by their names or IP addresses (Y-Axis).

Volume

Measures the total amount of data that was exchanged in the conversation (for example, in number of megabytes) (X-Axis).

By default, views and reports show the most recent 24 hours of data.

To see a Top Conversations (Bar) view in CA Performance Center, add it to a custom dashboard.

Available Actions for This View

You can perform several actions in this view, including the ones in the following list:

• Change the traffic direction, the view name, and the interface for the report by editing the view settings.
• Position your cursor over a conversation bar to display Tooltip details, such as the hosts in the conversation pair and their data volumes.
• Jump to details for a specific conversation on a CA Network Flow Analysis Interfaces page by clicking a conversation bar or name.

Find Conversation Trend Data in NFA Console Views and Reports

You can display conversation volume trend charts in the NFA console for any interface you have selected:

• Overview Multi-Trend -- Report type: Overview. Presentation menu options: Mixed Trend; Volume.

  View: Conversations Multi Trend Summary (Total) for the Top N Conversations, plus other views.

• Top N Conversations Trend -- Report type: Conversations. Filter: Top N Conversations. Presentation menu options: Trend Chart; Volume.

  View: Conversations Trend for the Top N Conversations.

• Conversations for a Single Protocol -- Report type: Protocols. Filter: Single protocol. Report subtype: Conversations. Conversation Filter: Top N Conversations. Presentation menu option: Trend Chart.

  View: Protocol Conversations Summary (Total) for a single protocol.

• Conversations for a Single ToS -- Report type: ToS. Filter: Single ToS. Report subtype Conversations. Conversation Filter: Top N Conversations. Presentation menu options: Trend Chart; Volume.

  View: ToS Trend view for each conversation that uses the single ToS.

Note: To see trend charts for a single conversation, click Top N Conversations and select a single conversation as the filter.

To display Flow Forensics-level detail, click the Flow Forensics link and run a Flow Forensics report.