DELL Version 5.3 User Manual

Traffic Flow Analyzer - Example | Traffic Flow Analyzer

This portlet lets you display Traffic Flow you configure and save as a snapshot in a portlet visible on 

any Dell OpenManage Network Manager page. It is, in effect, a portlet that permanently displays 

the Expanded Traffic Flow Portlet, beginning with the selected snapshot.

After adding this portlet to a page, use the selector to choose which snapshot you want to appear. 

Refresh the portlet with the double arrows to the right of the units displayed. You can also change 

what appears, the units, the time interval, and so on, just as described in Expanded Traffic Flow 

The following describes typical situations where flow is useful. When ports are over-utilized 

because of intermittent performance problems diagnosis of the problem sometimes difficult. Turn 

on flow traffic data collection to evaluate who, what applications, and so on, are responsible for the 

traffic on the affected ports. This avoids getting overwhelmed with collection of traffic going in all 

directions. Follow these steps to do this:

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From the Resources monitor, select a desired router that has support for Flow