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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 top conversation on the selected interface. An identifier near the top shows the router and interface whose data are displayed. The bar chart includes the following information:

Conversation Pair

Identifies the conversation source and destination servers by their names (the fully qualified DNS names, if they are available), followed by the IP addresses (Y-Axis).

Volume

Measures the total amount of data that was exchanged in the conversation (for example, in number of kilobytes) (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 following actions:

• Change the traffic direction, the view name, and the interface by editing the view settings.
• Display Tooltip details by holding your cursor over a bar.
• Jump to details for a specific conversation on a CA Network Flow Analysis Interfaces page by clicking a bar or name.

Find Conversation 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.