Threshold: Interface Utilization

This home-level dashboard report displays the top devices based on their percentage of transmitted and received packets. Placing this dashboard report in a dashboard allows you to keep tabs on crucial devices and their interface utilization by glancing at the colors associated with each percentage level:

• Red. Above 90%
• Yellow. Between 80% and 90%
• Green. 80% or less

Each entry in the report contains the following information:

• Device. The network device.
• Interface. The network interface.
• Transmit. The percentage of packets transmitted by a device.
• Receive. The percentage of packets received by a device.

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 Interface Utilization reports Interface Utilization dashboard reports Interface Utilization: Interface Traffic Last X hours/days (Single Device) Interface Utilization (Specific Interface Traffic) Interface Utilization Last X hours/days (Single Device) Interface Utilization Last X hours/days (Specific Interface Utilization) Last Polled Interface Utilization Value (Specific Interface) Last Polled Interface Utilization Values (Single Device) Top 10 by Interface Utilization Top 10 by Interface Traffic Threshold: Interface Traffic