Threshold: Interface Traffic

This home-level dashboard report displays interface traffic information for a specified device group based on the number of packets both sent and received. Placing this dashboard report in a dashboard allows you to keep tabs on crucial devices and their current interface traffic rates by glancing at the numbers in the transmit and receive columns for each device.

• Device. The network device.
• Interface. The interface description.
• Transmit. The number of packets sent.
• Receive. The number of packets received.

To configure this dashboard report in WhatsUp Gold:

1. In the title bar of the dashboard report pane, select Menu > Configure. The Configure Report dialog appears.
2. Enter or select the appropriate information for the following fields.
   • Report name. Enter a title for the dashboard report.
   • Device group. Choose a device group for monitoring. Select Every device to select all devices regardless of their subgroups.
   • Threshold. Enter a number for the threshold and select a threshold criteria symbol from the list.
   • Maximum rows to return. Enter the number of records to display in the dashboard report.
   • Column 2 width. Enter a width for the Description column (in pixels).
3. Click OK to save changes.

See Also Threshold reports Threshold dashboard reports Threshold: CPU Utilization Threshold: Custom Performance Monitor Threshold: Disk Free Space Threshold: Disk Utilization Threshold: Interface Utilization Threshold: Memory Utilization Threshold: Ping Availability Threshold: Ping Packet Loss Threshold: Ping Response Time