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Top Protocols (Table)

The Top Protocols (Table) views are tables that show the rate, volume, or utilization for the highest-volume protocol traffic on a particular interface. You can use this information to compare the data volume or utilization for particular protocols, for example.

The example graphic shows a Top Protocols (Table) view in the CA Performance Center Console. The view is set to show the traffic volume for each listed protocol. You can configure the view to display rate, utilization, or volume information.

The view contains an interface identification string and table. The table has a row for each protocol with the protocol name (keyword and TCP/UDP port assignment) and the following rate, volume, or utilization information (by default):

• Rate:
  • (CA PC/NPC) Average rate of total (Average Total), inbound (Average In), and outbound data (Average Out) for each protocol.
  • (CA PC) Maximum rate of data that is outbound, inbound, or both outbound and inbound (Maximum Out, Maximum In, and Maximum Total) on the interface for each protocol

  The rate is calculated by dividing the data volume by the elapsed transmission time.

• Volume: Number of bytes/megabytes of outbound data (Out), inbound data (To), and all data (Total) for each protocol.
• Utilization:
  • (CA PC/NPC) Average utilization by inbound data (Average In), outbound data (Average Out), and total data (Average Total) for each protocol.
  • (CA PC) Maximum percentage of interface capacity that the outbound (Maximum Out) or inbound protocol data utilizes (Maximum In)

  The utilization percentage is calculated by dividing the data rate by the data speed.

Performance Center views show the data from the time range that is defined for the page.

Opening the View

To see this view in the Performance Center Console, go to one of the following locations:

• (CA PC) Custom dashboard
• (NPC) Interface Pages (with an interface selected): Custom tab

Available Actions

You can perform several actions in this view, including the following ones:

• Change the type of measurement (Rate, Volume, or Utilization) and the view name by editing the view settings.
• (CA PC) Change the interface.
• Re-sort the table data by clicking a column heading. Click again to toggle between descending and ascending order.
• Change the Max Per Page value to show more or fewer items on each table page.
• (CA PC) Change the columns that are shown in the table: Click near a column border, click Columns, then choose the columns to display.
• Click a name to jump to a pre-filtered Interfaces report in CA Network Flow Analysis.

Find Protocol Tables in the NFA Console

You can use these ways to display tables of protocol volume data in the NFA console for a selected interface:

• Top N Protocols -- Report type: Protocols. Filter: Top N Protocols. Presentation menu options: Summary Table; Volume.

  View: Protocol Summary Table for the Top N Protocols, plus other overview views.

• Protocols for a Single Host -- Report type: Hosts. Filter: Single host. Report subtype: Protocols. Presentation menu options: Summary Table; Volume.

  View: Host Protocol Summary Table for the single host.

• Protocols for a Single Conversation -- Report type: Conversations. Filter: Single conversation. Report subtype: Protocols. Presentation menu options: Summary Table; Volume.

  View: Conversation Protocol Summary Table for the single conversation.

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