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Top N Protocols Report

A Top N Protocols report provides information about the protocols that generate the most traffic on a specific interface. This topic describes how to display a Top N Protocols 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. Select Protocols from the report type menu at the top of the page.
3. Make sure that the report scope is set to Top N Protocols. The Top N Protocols link should appear next to the report type at the top.

   The report page is updated to show protocol data in stacked trend charts by default. The report includes views for inbound, outbound, and total protocol data.

4. (Optional) Change the type of data presentation and measurement by using the Presentation options.
   • Stacked Trend Chart of Rate, Volume, or Utilization data
   • Trend Chart of Rate, Volume, or Utilization data:

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

   • Pie Chart
   • Summary Table of Rate, Volume, or Utilization data

   Each option displays data that is inbound and outbound on the selected interface.

5. (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.

Note: You also can display Protocol Summary views in a Custom report.

Open a Drilldown Protocol Report

To drill down to more detailed, protocol-specific data for the selected interface, click the name of a protocol in any of the Top N Protocol views. An overview report opens for the protocol on the selected interface.

Display an Interface Report for a Single Protocol

To drill down to details about a specific protocol, click one of the protocol links in a Top N Protocols view. A report opens, which you can display in Overview, Details, Hosts, or Conversations mode. The options in the Presentation menu are mode-specific. You can display any of the following types of data and views:

• Overview mode Mixed Chart or Mixed Trend chart: Rate, volume, or utilization data for the protocol on the selected interface
• Overview or Hosts mode Pie Chart in the following views: From (outbound on the interface), To (inbound on the interface), and Total
• Details mode Multi-Period Trend chart: Rate, volume, or utilization data in any combination of the following views, which are shown with or without baselines:
  • (Displayed by Default) Last Hour, Last 2 Hours, Last 8 Hours, and Daily
  • Weekly, Monthly, and Yearly
• Details mode Calendar Chart Rate in either of the following views:
  • Direction In: Protocol data coming into the interface
  • Direction Out: Protocol data going out from the interface
• Hosts mode Trend Chart: Rate, volume, or utilization data for the number of top hosts that you specify
• Hosts mode Summary Table: Table of rate, volume, or utilization data for hosts who used the protocol on the selected interface
• Conversations mode Trend Chart or Summary Table: Rate, volume, or utilization data for conversations that used the protocol on the selected interface
• Conversations mode Pie Chart: Data for all conversations that used the protocol on the selected interface

To return to the summary view of all protocols on the interface, click the link that is named for the currently selected protocol and click Select Top N Protocols.

Find Protocol Views in the Performance Center Console

Protocol data from CA Network Flow Analysis is displayed in the following locations in the Performance Center Console. (The built-in dashboards and report pages that are noted here show the views by default.)

• Top Enterprise Protocols by Volume
  • (CA PC) Infrastructure Overview and Network Overview dashboards; Summary context view in a custom dashboard
  • (NPC) Enterprise, Traffic Analysis, Network Overview, and custom dashboards
• Top Protocols (Bar) and Top Protocols (Pie)
  • (CA PC) Custom dashboards
  • (NPC) Custom dashboards; Interface Pages: Interface QoS and custom tab views
• Top Protocols (Table)
  • (CA PC) Custom dashboards
  • (NPC) Custom dashboards; Interface Pages custom tab views
• Stacked Protocol Trend
  • (CA PC) Interface Pages: IP Performance and CBQoS report pages
  • (NPC) Interface Pages: Interface Capacity, Interface QoS, and custom tab views

See Also:

Stacked Protocol Trend

Protocol Trend Views

Protocol Summary Views