Customizing CA Network Flow Analysis › Create Protocol Groups

Create Protocol Groups

Protocol groups can be used to filter data in Custom and Analysis reports. As an administrator, you can set up custom protocol groups that contain the protocols for particular types of network traffic.

For example, suppose that operators want to report on network traffic for different types of applications, such as email, videoconferencing, VoIP, and streaming media. No default protocol groups are defined for this purpose, so you create a custom protocol group for each of the application types. Each protocol group includes all the protocol values that are used in your enterprise for the target applications.

Operators can use a custom protocol group without having a thorough knowledge of the way each protocol is used and without adding individual protocol filters to report definitions.

The following topics show CA Network Flow Analysis administrators how to create a shell protocol group, configure the protocol group, then review and edit the protocol group settings.