Monitoring Traffic on Devices
The monitors on the Traffic tab provide information about the traffic traversing switches, routers, Virtual Chassis, and Layer 3 Fabrics.
To monitor traffic on a device:
- Click Monitor in the Network Director banner.
- Select the device in the View pane that contains the traffic you want to monitor.
- Select the Traffic tab to open the traffic monitors.
- To get help for a monitor, click the Help button in its title bar.
The available monitors include:
Unicast vs Broadcast/Multicast Monitor: shows the distribution of unicast, broadcast, and multicast traffic entering and leaving the device.
Unicast vs Broadcast/Multicast Trend Monitor: shows trend data about the distribution of unicast, broadcast, and multicast traffic entering and leaving the device.
Traffic Trend Monitor: shows trend data about the amount of traffic entering and leaving the device.
Error Trend Monitor: shows trend data about the amount of errors on the device.
Top Talker - Wired Devices Monitor shows the hosts that are using the most bandwidth.