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Stacked Protocol Trend

The Stacked Protocol Trend views in CA Performance Center show the top protocols that are used the most heavily for traffic on the selected interface. The views also show when the traffic occurred.

The view shows a timeline of the data rate, interface capacity utilization, or data volume for the top protocols in use during the reporting period--up to a maximum of ten protocols. The view includes the following information:

Identifier

Consists of the router name, interface name, and interface description (under the view title).

Protocol Bands

Show the data rate, data volume, or interface capacity utilization for each Top N Protocol that is associated with traffic on the interface.

Time (All Views)

Point in time during data transmission--expressed in hours and minutes (X-Axis).

Volume (Rate or Bytes)

Data volume at each point in time--for example, expressed in thousands of flows in a Rate view or kilobytes in a Bytes view (Y-Axis). Depending on the data direction, the data volume is inbound to the interface, outbound from the interface, or both inbound and outbound. Rate is calculated by dividing the number of flows by the elapsed transmission time.

Percent (Utilization)

Percentage of the total interface capacity that the protocol uses (Y-Axis). The utilization percentage is calculated by dividing the data rate by the data speed, as measured on inbound traffic, outbound traffic, or all traffic.

Legend

Identifies the protocol for each color band by protocol keyword and tcp/udp port (bottom of the view).

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

To see the Stacked Protocol Trend views in CA Performance Center, go to one of the following locations:

• Interface Pages (with an interface selected): IP Performance tab
• Interface Pages (with an interface selected): CBQoS tab
• 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 type of measurement and the view name by editing the view settings. If the view is located on a custom dashboard, you also can change the interface for the report.
• Zoom in to narrow the time frame.
• Display only the data for a single protocol: Right-click a protocol in the legend at the bottom of the view and click Focus. This menu is available for a view that has multiple protocols.
• Hide data for a protocol: Right-click a protocol in the legend at the bottom of the view and click Hide.
• Position your cursor over the legend at the bottom of the view to display a Tooltip that has information about the graph. For example, a Tooltip might read "Outbound Rate in Bits per second."
• Jump to details on a CA Network Flow Analysis Interfaces page by double-clicking a protocol in the legend at the bottom of the view.

Find Protocol Trend Data in NFA Console Views and Reports

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

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

  Views: Stacked Protocol Trend (In and Out) for the Top N Protocols, plus other overview views.

• Top N Protocols, Stacked Trends -- Report type: Protocols. Filter: Top N Protocols. Presentation menu options: Stacked Trend Chart; Volume.

  Views: Stacked Trend for the Top N Protocols (In, Out, and Total).

• Top N Protocols, Trends -- Report type: Protocols. Filter: Top N ToS. Presentation menu options: Trend Chart; Volume.

  Views: Trend (In, Out, and Total) for each of the Top N Protocols.

• Single Protocol -- Report type: Protocols. Filter: Single protocol.

  Views: (Depending on the selected report subtype): trends, stacked trends, trend summaries, and multi-trend summaries for protocols, protocol hosts, and protocols in conversations.

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

Also See:

Top Protocols (Bar)

Top Protocols (Pie)

Top Protocols (Table)