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Top Flows by Volume

The Top Flows by Volume views in the Performance Center Console show the interfaces across the enterprise that have the highest volume of inbound or outbound traffic.

The view shows the following information for a maximum of 10 top interfaces:

Name

Identifies the interface by its device name (such as its router name), followed by a colon (:) and the interface name (Y-Axis).

Volume

Measures the volume of flow data on the interface (X-Axis) expressed in a scale that is appropriate for the highest-volume interface.

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) Infrastructure Overview and Management Overview dashboards; Summary context view in a custom dashboard
• (NPC) Custom dashboard

Available Actions

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

• Change the data direction or the view name by editing the view settings.
• Display details in a Tooltip by holding your cursor over a bar. The Tooltip identifies the interface position among the top 10, with Interface 0 as the one with the highest traffic volume.
• Click a name or bar to open related information on the Interface context pages.

Find Flow Volume Data in the NFA Console

To see the flow volume of multiple top interfaces in the NFA console, create and run a Custom report. For example, you can view flow volume for the top interfaces in summary pie charts, summary tables, trend charts, and stacked trend charts. For instructions, see the topic "Set Up Custom Reports" in the CA Network Flow Analysis Operator Guide.

To see the flow volume of a single top interface in the NFA console, drill into details from the Enterprise Overview page:

1. Click an interface name or bar in one of the Top Interfaces views on the NFA console Enterprise Overview page.
2. Select Flows from the list labeled "For this interface, show me" on the Interface page that opens.
3. Click the gray bar on the left edge of the page to change the presentation mode.
4. Click Volume in the Presentation menu that opens.

   The Flows views display a trend chart of inbound flow volume and outbound flow volume.

   To jump to the Performance Center Interface Pages data for the selected interface, click the arrow next to the Flows title and select CA PC/NPC Interface Performance.