STATUS > TOP CONVERSATIONS

The drop down box at the top of the trend lists the interfaces available on the router/switch. The colored background behind the interface name will change depending on the utilization of the link.

Navigation Tip: On the screen capture above:

• Click either host to trend the two hosts communicating over time
• Click the Application to view the top 10 conversations for the application

Features

• Click on the 1 icon to view 24 hours worth of data in 5 minute intervals.
• Click on the 7 icon to view 7 days worth of data in 30 minute intervals.
• Click on the 31 icon to view 31 days worth of data in 2 hour intervals.
• Click on the 365 icon to view 365 days worth of data in 7 day intervals.

Menu Options

There are a several navigation options using the menu icon displayed in this screen:

• Click on this icon to schedule the report for automated emailing on a regular basis. Click Here to learn more about this feature.
• Click on this icon to remove the gray "other" traffic from the historical trend.
  NOTES:
  * other traffic will not appear correctly if NetFlow is not configured correctly.
  * other traffic will not represent true traffic volume when dealing with sFlow. This is due to the sampling limitation of sFlow.
• Click on this icon to put back the gray "other" traffic in the historical trend.
• Click on this icon to view traffic from midnight to midnight
• Click on this icon to view the full utilization of the interface. This icon will pop up a window displaying the full utilization in and out on this interface in daily, weekly, monthly and full year format. Click Here to learn more about this feature.
• Click on the Out Bound icon to see data going out this interface.
• Click on the In Bound icon to see data coming in this interface.
• Trending Formats:
• Click this icon to trend and stack the data displayed. NOTE: this is the only format that allows for zooming in on the graph.
• Click this icon to place the data displayed into a pie chart.
• Click this icon to place the data displayed into a radar chart.
• Click this icon to place the data displayed into a bar graph.
• Click this icon to trend the data in percent utilization. Scrutinizer must know speed of the interface to calculate this. Click on the SNMP icon to configure the interface speed manually.
• Click this icon to trend the data in bits per second in lieu of percent utilization. This is very important as of low volume data will not show up using the % utilization icon.
• Click on the wrench icon to view the SNMP information in the database for this router. Specifically, Scrutinizer displays the System information using OID: 1.3.6.1.2.1.1 and the interface information.
• Click on the binoculars to search for a specific user or application.
• Click on the ID card and Scrutinizer will bring up a screen from Settings -> Known Applications and allow the protocol to be defined. This ensures that in the future, the protocol number will show up with a descriptive name in lieu of a number.

Emailing the Page

Send Page via Email: Place multiple emails in the space separated by a "," comma. Notes can also be entered and sent along with the email.

Drag and Drill - Zooming in on a time frame

Scrutinizer includes Drag and Drill™ technology empowering the user to drag the mouse over a time sample, release and view a closer look at the top talkers and applications of a specific time frame. Learn more about Drag and Drill by clicking here

Would you like to see a feature added to Scrutinizer? Click Here and tell us about your feature request.

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