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Interface Overview Report

An interface Overview report is a broad summary report about the selected interface.

To display an Overview report, start from an interface report.

Follow these steps:

1. Display an interface report in either of the following ways:
   • Locate and click an interface on the Interfaces page.
   • Click an interface link in an existing view--for example, on the Enterprise Overview page.
2. Make sure that Overview is selected as the report type at the top-left corner of the page.

   The report page is shows the following interface data:

   • Protocol data that is Inbound to the interface and outbound from the interface
   • ToS data that is Inbound to the interface and outbound from the interface
   • Data that travels to and from hosts
   • Total volume of conversation data

   Note: To display another report type, select an option from the report menu at the top-left corner of the page.

3. (Optional) Change the data presentation type and the data measurement type by using the Presentation options.
   • Mixed Chart of Rate, Volume, or Utilization data: Show stacked trend charts of incoming and outgoing protocol and ToS data, pie charts of data volumes that travel to and from hosts, and a pie chart of the total volume of conversation data.
   • Mixed Trend of Rate, Volume, or Utilization data: Show stacked trend charts of incoming and outgoing protocol and ToS data, trend summary charts of data volumes that travel to and from hosts, and a trend summary chart of the total volume of conversation data.

     Use the Show Top setting to specify the maximum number of conversations to include. (Default setting)

   • Pie Chart: Use pie charts to show incoming and outgoing protocol and ToS data, volumes of data that travel to and from hosts, and the total volume of conversation data.
4. (Optional) Change the reporting period: Open the Timeframe dialog by clicking the timeframe link.

   The reporting period is the most recent 24-hour period by default.